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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
‘How Did I Get Here?’ finds its strength in cohesion, shaped by an artist confident enough to sit with complexity rather than rush toward resolution, and who understands that growth can be quiet, deliberate, and deeply personal
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
A sizeable shift in tone and emotion from 2022's excellent Faith in the Future, this equally enjoyable release finds Tomlinson on a winning 2020s streak
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rolling Stone UK
The artist is embracing a new era of optimism in his life, reflected in his bright and bold third album
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8.0
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8.0 |
Dork
Not the sound of an artist arriving somewhere new, but of one who knows where he is, and doesn’t feel the need to explain how he got there
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7.5
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7.5 |
Beats Per Minute
There is a striking balance in the 12 songs here between respecting the pop formulas that strike the right chord among a wide-ranging audience and trying to introduce elements from other genres or sub-genres that might be unfamiliar to any specific individual listener
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
On his third solo album, the 1970s-inspired How Did I Get Here?, Louis Tomlinson executes a clear creative vision, but relies heavily on his boy band roots
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6.0
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6.0 |
Rolling Stone
The former One Directioner offers a confident, radiant groove on his pivotal third solo LP, How Did I Get Here? — but that's about it
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
His most confident album yet
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
Thumpingly okayish blend of Oasis guitars and Ed Sheeran-style saccharine bangers
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5.8
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5.8 |
Paste Magazine
The songs on the former One Direction member’s over-referential, sometimes uneven third album don’t shrink down for anyone, and he sells his disappointment and anxiety with nuance, refusing to bemoan his own celebrity
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5.0
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5.0 |
musicOMH
The sometime One Direction star’s third album is at its best when it gets deep and personal
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Arts Desk
Off-the-peg blunderbuss tunes stop the personality from really coming to the fore
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