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8.5
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Billboard
A relentlessly positive and unselfconsciously joyful tour de force
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
The mood on G I R L is celebratory rather than predatory, concerned with conveying a sense of musical joy that's remarkably hard to pull off when your music is this precision-tooled
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8.0
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Time Out
Pharrell has created, hands down, one of the biggest and best pop albums of the year
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8.0
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Entertainment.ie
Perhaps the biggest surprise is that there's nothing here that really matches the ear-worm levels of his recent hits
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8.0
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Digital Spy
Fortunately big names never manage to overshadow the presence of Pharrell, whose radiating passion and positivity is the real star of the show
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8.0
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The 405
It's not too long, but not too short; it's fun without being transparent and it's got its feet firmly rooted in the sounds of the past without sounding like a weak tribute. In short, it's great
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spin
Pharrell Walks on Pop-R&B Sunshine With the Daring, Infectious G I R L
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
It's fun, frivolous, and low on excess
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8.0
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Rolling Stone
The 10 songs on Girl are steeped in sunshine, air and the most natural, universal strains of Seventies and Eighties R&B
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8.0
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NME
An apology for 'Blurred Lines' transforms into the superstar producer's solo high point
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8.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
G I R L will keep you entertained throughout
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
Fresh, innovative production without drowning out the frequently spectacular songwriting. Print edition only
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7.5
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A.V. Club
This is pop music at its cleanest, with none of “Blurred Lines’” unctuous sexual politics or even so much as a single rap verse to offend delicate sensibilities
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7.0
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musicOMH
G I R L may not be breaking many new boundaries, but it’s guaranteed to keep Williams in ludicrously large hats for some time to come
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7.0
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The Music
There’s not enough substance for G I R L to be considered anything more than a very pleasant pop album, but there’s no shame in that
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6.7
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Consequence Of Sound
Given his lack of solo success pre-“Happy” you could argue that G I R L was always a destination for Williams, even when he vowed he wouldn’t make another solo record
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6.2
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Pitchfork
While the immaculately blended pop smoothie that is G I R L goes down easy, its complacency is disappointing
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6.0
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6.0 |
Evening Standard
The backroom may be his natural habitat
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6.0
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6.0 |
The FT
He’s a better producer and hook-singer-for-hire than frontman
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6.0
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The Independent
It’s an enjoyable dance-pop album lacking a central focus. But one whose diffident charm makes a pleasant change from the overwrought wailing that routinely afflicts R&B
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6.0
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Slant Magazine
G I R L may have benefited from a few more introspective trips back to the drawing board
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6.0
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Mojo
Only a few moments sound truly out of the ordinary. Print edition only
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6.0
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The Irish Times
A couple of superstars make appearances, but the real pleasure is in listening to Williams open those laidback grooves, add space and sunshine and fire them up again
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
No sackcloth is in evidence, just a coy, elfin who-me face, and songs that tone down the smut'n'grind of Pharrell's more R&B-oriented productions and turn up the knobs on his Michael Jackson fetish
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5.0
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PopMatters
It comes off like a tossed off, half baked batch of outtakes from sessions where his more impressive music was produced
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5.0
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No Ripcord
Sounds like the work of a much less interesting artist. But if Pharrell’s goal was to bring happiness to his listeners and vibrant tunes to the charts, then by all means he’s fulfilled his goal
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4.0
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Clash
Pharrell isn’t raising the game on ‘G I R L’ – it’s a thoughtful, imaginative unit-shifter with some sincere themes running through it. But “different”? Not quite
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3.0
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Crack
Wine bar shit
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2.0
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Fact
One of this generation’s finest talents opting for paint-by-numbers retro-pop (no matter how bright and shiny) when his old records still sound like dispatches from the future is heartbreaking
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1.7
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Pretty Much Amazing
This record has no artistic ambitions, only commercial ones
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