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9.1
65192
9.1 |
Consequence Of Sound
Li isn’t exactly blazing new territory in terms of emotional revelation but is in uncomfortable territory, realizing that her voice is her own and using it for what feels true to her
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9.0
65232
9.0 |
musicOMH
A heart-wrenching, utterly compelling listen
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9.0
65156
9.0 |
The 405
This is 100% bittersweet, but it's honest, it's genuine and we see Li's true colours
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9.0
65363
9.0 |
Exclaim
It does feel like an ending of sorts, or at the very least a graduation, from the artist she was to the one she wants to be
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9.0
65568
9.0 |
The Quietus
If you don't feel something while it's playing, well then you know what you're made of
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8.4
65282
8.4 |
Pitchfork
We’re used to breakup albums that assume you just want to crawl into a hole and die, but I Never Learn is for the times when heartbreak is so life-affirming that you want to share the feeling with the world
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8.0
65200
8.0 |
The Irish Times
What Lykke Li has created on I Never Learn is a world where the stripped-back, minimal aesthetic allows her to push the lyrics front-stage
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8.0
65312
8.0 |
All Music
She sounds every bit the wounded princess, unwilling to let anyone help her pick up the pieces as she delivers these lovely, sad songs from behind a shroud of her own making
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8.0
65398
8.0 |
The Music
A transcendent work that will remain a high water mark for Li whichever river she follows hereafter
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8.0
65163
8.0 |
Uncut
Digs further into heartbreak, often tipping into fury. Print edition only
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8.0
65164
8.0 |
Mojo
Her voice cracks with emotion, every melody instantly grabs. Print edition only
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8.0
65166
8.0 |
DIY
An album you will fall for despite (or even because of) its flaws and imperfections as much as the real moments of truth and beauty it provides
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8.0
65151
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
A stunning break-up album that will resonate with anyone who has ever had a heart
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8.0
65153
8.0 |
Clash
Though her personal tragedy has been transformed into an affecting record of real beauty, one truly hopes Li’s next chapter isn’t quite so agonising
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8.0
65155
8.0 |
The Skinny
Lyrical fragility finds its counterweight in bold pop production
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7.8
65359
7.8 |
Earbuddy
I Never Learn packs a strong, gut-wrenching punch that will satisfy longtime fans and the many new fans who find Lykke Li while searching for breakup songs
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7.8
65387
7.8 |
Paste Magazine
Li may feel like she’s got a lot to learn when it comes to matters of the heart. But when it comes to her music, she’s well on her way
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7.0
65525
7.0 |
No Ripcord
It doesn’t pander to current production trends, but it targets the same audience as the Katy Perrys and Taylor Swifts of the pop world. Just a couple more lovelorn power ballads and it might even win that audience over for good
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7.0
65690
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
It’s all poise and precision, complemented by a suitably cavernous, wall of sound production
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7.0
65344
7.0 |
Under The Radar
It's quite frankly perfect pop, and despite its occasional missteps, that's something Li's trilogy has flaunted in abundance
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7.0
65376
7.0 |
PopMatters
I Never Learn is actually where Li’s story get more and more interesting, rather than simply being the end of a trilogy
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7.0
65187
7.0 |
Digital Spy
Never moving much above mid-tempo, the sparkle and punch seems to have gone in place of something far more meditative
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7.0
65287
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Li still manages to make the ramshackle music of I Never Learn sound grand and, perhaps more impressively, inject a kind of dark romanticism into her depictions of crippling separation
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7.0
65150
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
If Lykke Li keeps refining her voice, she'll soon rank as an A-list pop heart-crusher
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6.5
65605
6.5 |
Beardfood
A break with her earlier work and not necessarily an improvement
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6.0
65291
6.0 |
NME
Maybe this is an album Lykke Li had, instead of wanted, to make. 'I Never Learn' is an album about love, but not a record to love
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6.0
65194
6.0 |
Time Out
After two devastatingly brilliant records, her third is one we’ll reluctantly have to file under ‘average’
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6.0
65236
6.0 |
The Observer
Every track on I Never Learn is a massive torch song. This is heartbreak squared, romantic pain for breakfast, lunch and afters; not everyone will be able to stomach it
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6.0
65154
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The highs are grand when they come - but it has a tendency towards bombast and shallow self indulgence that sees it edge dangerously close to the fringes of mediocrity
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4.2
65152
4.2 |
Pretty Much Amazing
These songs sound disappointingly like one another, and while one good belter about the pain of unrequited love is a blessing, nine in a row turns out to be real drag
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4.0
65167
4.0 |
Q
Another remodelling-a breakup album to follow her modest breakthrough. Print edition only
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4.0
65243
4.0 |
The Independent
The album needs greater variety, some sort of joy against which to measure the pain
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4.0
65251
4.0 |
The FT
Handsomely made and stately in pace, but hamstrung by lack of incident
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