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10.0
141007
10.0 |
musicOMH
Rebecca Lucy Taylor’s third album takes the best parts of Prioritise Pleasure and her debut Compliments Please, and turns it all up to 10
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10.0
141013
10.0 |
The Skinny
Self Esteem recommends listening on her third album under the stage name, and we're inclined to agree
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10.0
141018
10.0 |
DIY
Her most concentrated and burning record
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10.0
141030
10.0 |
Dork
Self Esteem shoots from the hip, strikes at the heart, and sends you on a journey to the centre of her soul. Turns out the third time really is the charm
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10.0
141049
10.0 |
God Is In The TV
With A Complicated Woman, Self Esteem proves once again that nobody else is doing what she’s doing right now – and perhaps nobody ever has
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10.0
141069
10.0 |
Rolling Stone UK
Liberating and life-affirming pop sermons abound on the third album from Rebecca Lucy Taylor
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10.0
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10.0 |
The Arts Desk
She’s been quoted as saying she wanted to take things "stadium" - and she totally has
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9.0
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9.0 |
Far Out
A sexy, searing celebration of femininity
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8.0
141039
8.0 |
Record Collector
Don't let the bubblegum lightness obscure her visionary talent. Print edition only
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8.0
141096
8.0 |
Clash
Self Esteem has returned with one of the most important albums of 2025
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8.0
141100
8.0 |
PopMatters
Self Esteem steps into a more grounded and rangy perspective. She’s overcome numerous challenges. She’s learned to live in the world and her own skin. She’s free
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7.7
141107
7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
Like the puritanical/Handmaid’s Tale artwork depicts, Taylor is screaming into the void, a pitch black nothingness that may or may not respond. But we do hear her; the void sings back and we gather around her, because this is what community does
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7.0
141050
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Taylor is a fantastic vocalist, and A Complicated Woman plays to that strength
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7.0
141037
7.0 |
Uncut
A predominantly female choir features throughout, boosting Taylor's crises of confidence on "Focus Is Power" and "What Now" into communal rallying cries. But there is fun here too. Print edition only
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6.0
141038
6.0 |
Mojo
There's something of the counsellor's couch about these songs, a record that trembles between acute self-awareness, self-laceration and self-preservation in its quest for "the deep blue OK". Print edition only
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6.0
141032
6.0 |
The Guardian
After her big breakthrough and West End fame, Rebecca Lucy Taylor works through her worries in real time on her new album – to fascinating and confusing effect
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6.0
141036
6.0 |
The Independent
Rebecca Lucy Taylor returns with a fiery new album exploring fame, dependent partners and empowerment
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6.0
141088
6.0 |
Northern Transmissions
Prioritise Pleasure, in its snarling ferocity, began with a pack of women barking, shrieking to ward off male prey. A Complicated Woman is more of a whimper
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4.8
141097
4.8 |
Pitchfork
The UK star repeats some of her breakout album’s formula but little of its lacerating insight on a record where the Big Feminist Statements feel frustratingly basic
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