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10.0
126729
10.0 |
Albumism
Halsey has created the strongest and most focused album in her catalog and is more themselves than ever before. It's a beautiful, twisted, transformative journey in all senses of the word
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10.0
127016
10.0 |
Dork
‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ is Halsey’s definitive artistic breakthrough. They have always made great music but this feels bigger. More powerful, more moving, more confident and breathlessly exciting. Halsey doesn’t play by pop rules rather bends them to their will through sheer force of nature
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9.0
126446
9.0 |
All Music
With Reznor and Ross supporting such a weighty artistic vision, Halsey takes a huge leap forward with this course-changing opus, a revelation that finally presents their most authentic representation of self
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8.2
126482
8.2 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Halsey may not have love, but her latest record is power
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8.0
126534
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
The boldest sonic statement yet from an artist who has never shied away from airing their grievances in public
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
With art this bold and ambitious, Halsey doesn’t really have to choose between love and power: they deserve both
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8.0
126425
8.0 |
NME
With production from Nine Inch Nails and featuring Dave Grohl, the artist's fourth album feels like a defiant artistic statement of their singular talent
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8.0
126438
8.0 |
Kerrang!
As Halsey moves into a new chapter in their own life, so too does their music. And we are here for it
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8.0
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8.0 |
Gigwise
A potent, restrained development in sound
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8.0
126458
8.0 |
Clash
A world of distortion and contradiction, blood and venom, ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ is a singular statement, one of extreme power
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Independent
More sonic and lyrical experimentation could allow the songs to make a deeper mark. But this record is a definite power-up from an artist who carries, as promised, “a knife with the heart on my sleeve”
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7.0
126460
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Halsey’s If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power thrillingly homes in on notions of self and identity
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7.0
126461
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The adventurous pop star’s fourth album is a fascinating, if at times overwrought, collaboration with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
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7.0
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7.0 |
Pitchfork
Produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Halsey’s spectral fourth album confronts the thrill and terror of getting what you want. It’s their strongest work to date
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7.0
126561
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
All in all, the album is an effort in breaking convention. It pits heavy industrial droning, drums and despair against a pop star known for huge chart hits
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7.0
126490
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Self-indulgent, sure, but its emotional chaos feels earned
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7.0
126494
7.0 |
PopMatters
It’s an ambitious work by an artist exploring aesthetic possibilities
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7.0
126498
7.0 |
The Music
If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power' is a brave and ambitious record
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6.0
126463
6.0 |
The Observer
The singer-songwriter contemplates new motherhood on this intriguing fourth album
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