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10.0
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DIY
It’s huge, expansive, bonkers and brilliant. It’s RAYE at her very core, and it’s fantastic
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10.0
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The Independent
The way the 28-year-old throws her vocal virtuosity and infectious delight into every moment of her storytelling is breathtaking
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10.0
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Rolling Stone UK
A bold and life-affirming listen
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10.0
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NME
The South Londoner’s second album can be a lot to take in, but her unrestrained, all-in approach is worth the journey
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10.0
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Far Out
A theatrical magnum opus of pure triumph
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10.0
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Dork
Full of big ambition and packed with emotional intelligence, 'This Music May Contain Hope' is RAYE at her most fearless. Every risk feels justified, every wild idea fully formed. It's a bold, all-feelings-on-deck mission statement that confirms her as one of pop's most compelling voices
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9.5
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Hot Press
Cinematic genre fusion from one of music’s most exciting leading ladies
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9.0
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musicOMH
A certain contender for end of the year lists, this is an album of rare scale and energy, one that’s been designed to come back to time and time again
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9.0
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Rolling Stone
The British star delivers a 73-minute autobiography of romantic despair and nonstop emotional turmoil. It's a lot — and all the better for it
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8.5
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Spectrum Culture
Grander, louder and packed with even more lyrics than her debut, Raye’s THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. is perhaps the best and first must-listen in pop music this year
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8.0
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Clash
Generational diva slips into world-beating gear
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7.0
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Slant Magazine
The album reaffirms the singer’s refusal to be pigeonholed into any one genre
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7.0
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God Is In The TV
If you were in an ungenerous mood then you’d say it’s all a bit much. It’s not just the kitchen sink; it’s the whole house here. An assault of the senses in many ways. But if ever an artist deserved to choose to do whatever they wanted, it’s Raye
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6.9
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Pitchfork
The British singer’s second album is all curated melancholy and aestheticized heartache, winding its way through jazz, orchestral pop, and R&B with melodramatic flair
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6.0
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The Guardian
Almost overstuffed with musical ideas, the singer’s second studio album can be self-indulgent and messy, but it’s a heartfelt and exuberant grand statement from an artist determined to go her own way
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5.0
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Northern Transmissions
THIS MUSIC MAY HOPE. is a fascinating yet nebulous project, a pompous and lavish exploration that would have been better on the stage, with backup dancers, percussion, and RAYE as the star in the center of it all
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