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8.6
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8.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Miley Cyrus has historically been at the top of her game when her albums have plainly reflected its contents (Breakout was her breakout, Bangerz had bangers); and with Something Beautiful, she has created just that
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
The musical shapeshifter’s ninth LP might not be her most hit-packed album, but it does feel like a fully realised artistic statement
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8.0
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8.0 |
Slant Magazine
The songs take their sweet time unfolding, luxuriating in sax solos, spoken interludes, and world-building
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8.0
141433
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
A wide-ranging search for light (and sax solos) in the darkness
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8.0
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8.0 |
Paste Magazine
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For the first time since Bangerz, Cyrus has moved her chameleonic talents out of the ordinary—embracing ad-libs, prog-rock eruptions, techno flair, and pop blowouts with abandon
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7.0
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7.0 |
musicOMH
Sprawling ninth album is another pleasingly unpredictable swing from one of our more intriguing and exciting pop stars
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6.0
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6.0 |
The FT
The pop star has released a high-fashion ‘visual album’ that veers from disco to electropop
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
Pop star’s habit of veering so wildly off-piste is, in its own way, consistent
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
The singer’s ninth album has grand ambitions but – despite some sparkling songcraft – falls short of its mind-altering promises and the hits that made her a star
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5.6
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5.6 |
Pitchfork
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With her smoldering alto, a roster of indie rock luminaries, and remarkable gusto, Miley Cyrus tucks into a concept album without a concept
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5.0
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5.0 |
Exclaim
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All style and no substance
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5.0
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5.0 |
Northern Transmissions
Cyrus mistakes experimentation for enlightenment, resulting in a hollow, self-congratulatory record
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Irish Times
The star’s first album for two years is an ambitious yet ultimately patchy, underwhelming record
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