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The Arts Desk
Love Goes is inspired and it’s genuine
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8.0
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8.0 |
Evening Standard
Eight previously released singles going all the way back to the summer of 2018 are present, but it’s the earliest one, the slinky disco of the Calvin Harris collaboration Promises, that sets the overall tone
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7.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Sam Smith finds self-love and confidence on their multifaceted third outing Love Goes
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6.7
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6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
The British balladeer falls back on emotional pop crescendos to reveal a different outlook
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6.1
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Pitchfork
The pop crooner’s third album is at times freer, queerer, and more enlivening than anything Sam Smith has done before, and yet too cautious to make what could’ve been a career-defining leap
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6.0
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The Observer
The pop titan returns with a post-breakup album that takes risks without quite putting itself out there
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6.0
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All Music
The faintly cosmopolitan dance-pop grooves and finely measured ballads offer few unexpected turns. They're set apart more by a lack of gospel and soul, consequently rendering Love Goes plain by Smith's standard -- unfortunate for an artist whose instrument is anything but that
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6.0
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The FT
The singer’s new album stretches the boundaries of their stylistic conservatism — but not to breaking point
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6.0
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Rolling Stone
The singer’s latest album pairs classic heartbreak with versatile, modern pop vocals
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6.0
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Clash
In ‘Love Goes’ Sam Smith has produced a flawed but decent return that mirrors the introspection of this strange, difficult year
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6.0
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The Independent
For the most part, the mood here is pensive, the ballads plentiful and the pace glacial, with little evidence of the wild abandon that the singer supposedly longs for
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6.0
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The Irish Times
Lovelorn pop and unbreakable ballads
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6.0
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NME
Although there are dalliances here with buoyant, radio-friendly material, album three sees the star largely stick to their tried-and-tested break-up songs
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5.0
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musicOMH
At 17 tracks and nearly an hour ultimately Love Goes proves to be a fair old slog. So Serious has a nicely arch self-mocking air, but there are too many tracks like Breaking Hearts or My Oasis that just aren’t very memorable
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4.0
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The Guardian
Smith attempts to mix despair with euphoria on an album that delivers plenty of gloom but not much glitter
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