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Kimbra

Vows

Debut album from the New Zealand singer, encompassing offbeat pop, soul and R&B

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
Warner
UK Release date
21/05/2012
US Release date
22/05/2012
  1. 8.0 |   Q

    A sparkling, witty debut that hymns commitment at every turn. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The intricate rhythms are the link between these disparate songs, all of which – scattergun or not – are absolutely beguiling
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  3. 7.0 |   Paste Magazine

    By the album’s end, you feel like your brain’s been violated by a malfunctioning jukebox. It’s difficult to remember what happened, though you’re fairly sure you enjoyed a great deal of it
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  4. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Kimbra certainly has the voice, and, at least for now, the production to foment both critical praise and mainstream success, provided she can find an audience with enough patience for such carefully plotted music
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  5. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A sleekly produced, haphazard collection of tunes with moments that approach but not quite achieve the creation of an entirely new experiment
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  6. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Vows gives R&B a wacky art-rock spin
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  7. 7.0 |   Spin

    Kiwi songbird emits offbeat R&B charms sharper than duet dude Gotye; debut LP actually invigorated by Yankee meddling
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  8. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Vows is a striking, though not impeccable, debut record
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  9. 4.0 |   musicOMH

    There are moments of brilliance, but it's bogged down by the kind of watery filler an older, more mature artist would have largely filtered out
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  10. 0.0 |   NME

    It’s the sound of the evacuating bowels and frazzled, incoherent chatter of a first-time crack user... It is, frankly, tosh
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