Lux

Rosalía

Lux

Fourth album of experimental, flamenco-flavoured pop from the Catalonia-born Rosalia Vila Tobella includes guest appearances from Björk and Yves Tumor

ADM rating[?]

9.2

Label
Columbia
UK Release date
07/11/2025
US Release date
07/11/2025
  1. 10.0 |   The Guardian

    The Catalan star’s monumental fourth LP features lyrics in 13 languages, references to female saints, the London Symphony Orchestra – and Björk on ‘divine intervention’
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  2. 10.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Pop’s most provocative chaos agent delivers a transcendent album that sounds like nothing else in music right now
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  3. 10.0 |   Rolling Stone UK

    The singer’s fourth album, featuring songs sung in 13 languages and recorded with London Symphony Orchestra, is a shocking and sublime left turn
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  4. 10.0 |   The Independent

    Each song erupts from the former, constantly shifting and evolving in sound, on this truly phenomenal and ambitious work
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  5. 10.0 |   Dork

    What lingers isn’t the guest list or the language tally. It’s authority. A singer at full stretch without strain. A writer and arranger who knows when to hold and when to let go
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  6. 10.0 |   NME

    Swerves into yet another new lane, bringing together operatics, orchestral movements and buzzing electronics
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  7. 10.0 |   musicOMH

    Backed by the London Symphony Orchestra and featuring Björk and Yves Tumor, the Catalan superstar’s latest is a dizzying, unmatchable experience
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  8. 10.0 |   DIY

    Nothing short of magnificent
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  9. 9.5 |   Hot Press

    This is the work of a woman born to create. Lux is the kind of album that might, and should, go down in history
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  10. 9.2 |   Paste Magazine

    On her fourth album, the Catalan superstar wields her usual genre-smashing instincts to create an ambitious, masterful classical avant-pop work exploring the confounding mysteries of love, God, and the divine feminine.
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  11. 9.1 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Orchestral pop worthy of an orchestra
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  12. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Rosalía’s Lux may seem, at first, hard to read as pop, but it’s as pop as religion, one of its inspirations. The very act of calling it pop is an act of faith in the power of music
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  13. 9.0 |   Earmilk

    LUX confirms Rosalía as one of contemporary music's most fearless innovators
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  14. 9.0 |   Clash

    Measured against other marquee releases in the pop sphere, ‘Lux’ is a singular, inspired brushstroke; a breath of fresh air, an antidote to viral soundbites and music’s instant-grat monomania
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  15. 8.6 |   Pitchfork

    A heartfelt offering of avant-garde classical pop that roars through genre, romance, and religion
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  16. 8.5 |   Northern Transmissions

    Like the prayers one sings at church, mosque, temple, synagogue, or even their home, Rosalía’s LUX aims to be an album that resonates with anyone who listens
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  17. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    The record is in constant danger of toppling under its own weight. Thankfully, Rosalía largely manages to keep her head above the swell of her own ambition. Built on enormous waves of strings, brass, choir, thunderous kettledrums, bells and flamenco rhythms, it's a miracle just how nimble LUX sounds
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  18. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The album rewards patience as you luxuriate in the breadth of the singer’s world
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  19. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    The Spanish star wants to look forwards, not back – with results by turns thrilling, baffling and splendidly spooky
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