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10.0
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The Independent
Post-Disney, Rodrigo arrives kicking and screaming into reality
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10.0
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NME
The 20-year-old's self-assured second album documents her hopes, fears and trauma with thrilling emotional candour
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10.0
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Rolling Stone
This is the album of a truly brilliant rock star
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10.0
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Dork
There was an irreplicable magic on ‘SOUR’, so Olivia doesn’t bother trying to recreate it. ‘GUTS’ is a different beast – an ode to the angsty, aching final days of being a teenager and girlhood, it’s a formidable second album that leaves Olivia Rodrigo ready to face whatever is thrown her way next
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9.0
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PopMatters
Olivia Rodrigo sings of fame, pain, heartbreak, and growing up on Guts. There’s rage, yearning, and reckless behavior here that transcends generations
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9.0
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All Music
GUTS is emphatic proof that Rodrigo isn't just good for a kid -- she's grown into an artist with plenty of things to say, and the confidence and eloquence to say them her way
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9.0
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DIY
The opposite sex is still firmly caught in her crosshairs, but there’s a tongue wedged firmly in cheek
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8.2
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Spectrum Culture
Building on many of the tropes and themes established on her debut, Guts shows just how snarky, smart and self-aware Olivia Rodrigo and her songwriting are
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8.2
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Paste Magazine
Beneath the cannonball of her voice and the album's thunderous rock arrangements, there is a soft fragility waiting to be absorbed
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8.0
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The Irish Times
If you thought Sour was a royal flush, then this album is the winning goal in a penalty shoot-out
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8.0
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musicOMH
An immensely confident and assured record which confirms that its creator is here for the long-term
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8.0
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Clash
Overall, ‘GUTS’ has returned Rodrigo to the music scene with quite a force
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8.0
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The Guardian
Her debut made her a pop superstar and gen Z icon, and the tougher-sounding followup remains full of sharp portraiture and withering put-downs
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8.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
GUTS doesn’t sound like anything any major pop star has released in decades – or ever, to an extent. And that’s a good thing
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8.0
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Evening Standard
The singer-songwriter’s second album marks a gutsy new era
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8.0
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The Observer
Pretty tunes are laced with pain as Rodrigo grapples with identity, betrayal and overnight superstardom on her fascinating second album
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8.0
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The FT
The 20-year-old returns with emo-adjacent pop-punk and bombast-free ballads
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8.0
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Pitchfork
The pop star rocks out on her biting, charismatic second album, turning the ritual humiliations of girlhood into dazzling, over-the-top spectacles
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
Olivia Rodrigo’s ascent to superstardom has only just begun
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8.0
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Sputnik Music (staff)
On SOUR she was a budding superstar; on GUTS, her sound has fully bloomed
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7.6
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Beats Per Minute
GUTS is the kind of work a generation of young people needs, and I’m sure many will look back at having their youth soundtracked by such a talent as a privilege
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7.0
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Slant Magazine
On her second album, the 20-year-old singer attempts to expand the aperture of her worldview
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