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Autumn Variations

Ed Sheeran

Autumn Variations

Sixth studio album from the English popstar produced by The National's Aaron Dessner

ADM rating[?]

5.2

Label
Gingerbread Man
UK Release date
29/09/2023
US Release date
29/09/2023
  1. 8.0 |   The FT

    Collaboration with Aaron Dessner of The National puts the singer’s friends first
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  2. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    On Autumn Variations, the storytelling skills that paved the way for Sheeran’s mainstream success are on full display
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  3. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Inspired by the divisive composer Edward Elgar, Sheeran goes into his mellow, misty-eyed mode for his seventh studio album
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  4. 6.0 |   All Music

    An album that sustains a mellow, melancholy mood without quite distinguishing itself as a collection of individual songs. Then again, that's kind of the point of the album: it's a pensive soundtrack for a specific season, nothing more and nothing less
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  5. 4.0 |   NME

    Four months after the soul-baring ‘Subtract’, Sheeran returns with a cloying, seasonal-themed endeavour
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  6. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    Plodding, genre-hopping songs all end up as unimaginative ballads, their dreary lyrics littered with gibberish – though Sheeran’s hooks remain strong on his second album this year
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  7. 4.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Autumn Variations lacks the nuance or excitement to make this worth revisiting for a newcomer, but it will certainly go down well with his regulars
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  8. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    This is not so much a companion piece to Subtract, from just four months ago, as an ugly stepsister
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