Billie Eilish Refuses To Stand Still Musically on the Heroically Honest ‘Happier Than Ever’
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Her sophomore album documents her fears and traumas and still manages to sound astonishingly self-assured
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Prince’s ‘Welcome 2 America’: Funkier, Sexier, Superflyier Than Most of His Latter-Day Music
Posted in: Album ReviewsWith stronger songs and sharper messages than much of the music he released during his final years, the album should have come out when he was alive
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Jack Antonoff Makes His Most Cohesive Album Yet With Bleachers’ ‘Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night’
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe Top 40 super-producer dreams and strives and displays some serious Springsteen worship as he reaches for his unique vision of pop grandeur.
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Tainy and Yandel Riff on Reggaeton’s Past and Present on ‘Dynasty’
Posted in: Album ReviewsOn Dynasty, a nimble, eight-song project, Yandel and Tainy team up to celebrate their 16-year partnership.
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Pop Smoke’s ‘Faith’ Dilutes Its Star’s Intensity With Endless Features
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe rapper's second posthumous album has some dazzling moments, but ultimately feels like business as usual for an audience whose attention may be elsewhere
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The ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Soundtrack Is an Insult to Children
Posted in: Album ReviewsA galaxy of stars comes out to service a manufactured pop moment
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Clairo Raises the Stakes on the Adventurous ‘Sling’
Posted in: Album ReviewsClaire Cottrill expands her sound with grace and subtlety on second album
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John Mayer Makes Eighties Slickness Seem Weirdly Heartfelt on ‘Sob Rock’
Posted in: Album ReviewsBeneath the self-consciously dated packaging is a warm, classy record.
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Vince Staples’ Self-Titled LP Is a Concise Study in Peril and Paranoia
Posted in: Album ReviewsTeaming up with producer Kenny Beats, the Long Beach rapper pilots a shadowy world with forlorn determination
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Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth Capture the Awkwardness of Divorce on ‘Utopian Ashes’
Posted in: Album ReviewsWith moments of beauty and a few songs that make you want to scream primally, the collaboration never rises to either artist's full potential
