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Something Beautiful

Miley Cyrus

Something Beautiful

Ninth studio album from the pop singer-songwriter executive produced with Shawn Everett featuring songs from the short film of the same name

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
RCA
UK Release date
30/05/2025
US Release date
30/05/2025
  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The songs take their sweet time unfolding, luxuriating in sax solos, spoken interludes, and world-building
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  4. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    A wide-ranging search for light (and sax solos) in the darkness
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  5. 8.0 |   Paste Magazine

    NEW 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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  6. 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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  7. 6.0 |   The FT

    The pop star has released a high-fashion ‘visual album’ that veers from disco to electropop
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  8. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Pop star’s habit of veering so wildly off-piste is, in its own way, consistent
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  9. 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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  10. 5.6 |   Pitchfork

    NEW 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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  11. 5.0 |   Exclaim

    NEW All style and no substance
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  12. 5.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Cyrus mistakes experimentation for enlightenment, resulting in a hollow, self-congratulatory record
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  13. 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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