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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
If ‘TYLA’ introduced one of contemporary pop’s brightest new voices, ‘A*POP’ is the album that strengthens the foundation beneath her
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Without a doubt, A*POP is a much riskier and more personal effort than Tyla, which was the type of accessible, star-making debut engineered to be an across-the-board smash. Give it a few more listens and A*POP reveals itself to be equally worthwhile
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
The South African singer reflects on love’s highs and lows on her second album, nimbly flipping between moods but with her voice always holding attention
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7.3
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7.3 |
Beats Per Minute
The title says African music is pop music. The most persuasive evidence is not in the singles. It is in the fact that a 2009 Johannesburg house record is now on a global pop album, and sounds like it belongs there
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7.2
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7.2 |
Pitchfork
Polishing an already polished sound, Tyla’s second album adds reverb-heavy guitar and electronic production to frothy Afropop and amapiano log rhythms
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
The breakout South African artist’s second album is packed with irresistible singles and effortless charm, but it falls short of the bold promise of its rollout
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6.9
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6.9 |
Spectrum Culture
Grammy winner Tyla returns from her historic win with an album that doesn’t arrive merely as an album but as a bold declaration that African pop is a structural pillar of the global mainstream, rather than a localized niche
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6.0
145227
6.0 |
The Quietus
As a unified project, its broader artistic thesis feels blurred: it carries the anxiety of a singles-driven artist striving to construct a traditional LP, arriving at its most arresting moments when her South African roots take centre stage
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
The big win, as on her eponymous debut, is that this is soundsystem music
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