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8.0
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8.0 |
Vinyl Chapters
There is simply no denying the immense talent on display with his writing, vocals, and production
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7.0
127450
7.0 |
Gigwise
A worldwide soundtrack to romance
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6.0
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6.0 |
musicOMH
So, as expected, everything is, erm, as expected. If you’re a fan, you’ll still be a fan and if you’re not, you still won’t be
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
If you loved what came before, you will love this
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
Despite keeping one foot in the club-pop groove, commitment and maturity set the tone for settled-down Sheeran’s latest outing
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
On his fourth studio album, the singer-songwriter deals with becoming a father for the first time, marriage, success and what it all means
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
One of the world’s biggest pop stars only slightly tweaks the formula for an album that many will already have decided they either love or hate
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6.0
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6.0 |
Evening Standard
He’s the unglamorous everybloke who conquered the world and moved back to his home town, but settling down clearly doesn’t mean giving up on superstardom. Everything about the = sound is calculated to keep him on top for a long while yet
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
It's business as usual for the Suffolk singer-songwriter, who's turned in a fourth album of undeniable hits and savvy, sickly-sweet concoctions
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6.0
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6.0 |
Clash
Unashamedly broad, it can lack detail and punch; yet ‘=’ has something about it that is difficult to shrug off, while being hard to truly relate to
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6.0
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6.0 |
Rolling Stone
The sensitive superstar has ditched folk-pop for songs with choruses meant to incite cell-phone-lit sing-alongs in stadiums
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5.0
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5.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
It has little segments of potential, but its short attention span ultimately executes more misses than hits
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5.0
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5.0 |
Spectrum Culture
For every impressive idea Sheeran comes up with, he also falls back on the bland trends and boring songwriting that gets him to the top of the Billboard Hot 100
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4.0
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4.0 |
The FT
The chart-topper’s fourth album is fitfully engaging but unimaginative
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Arts Desk
Pop as a business crashes headlong into fame as an existential crisis
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3.6
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Pitchfork
Ed Sheeran is older now; he’s married and newly a father. With all this change comes a new set of trite observations about love, life, and partying amid anonymous and synthetic pop music
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