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8.0
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BBC
It’s simply, elegantly, propelling Bieber into the next chapter of his career. And for an album whose aims are so remarkably graceful, Believe exceeds all expectations
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8.0
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The Observer
After enough fine material to make those of us who are not nine-year-old-girls feel unabashed about our Beliebing, he has, I think, earned the right to vaunt
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6.7
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A.V. Club
It’s clear Bieber is still figuring out who he wants to be, both in life and on record, but he has more than enough hands guiding him in both venues to ensure the transition will at least appear and sound seamless
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6.0
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Rolling Stone
Bieber's revamped sound makes room for universalist Euro-house ("All Around the World") and high-drama hip-hop boom ("As Long as You Love Me"), and on "Right Here," Drake and Bieber go low-talking Lothario to low-talking Lothario
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6.0
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Evening Standard
Believe is not without its merits
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5.0
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Slant Magazine
The headline is, of course, that Bieber's voice has taken the predictable roller-coaster plunge from the lilting alto that made girls' mosquito bites feel all butterfly-kissed into a raspy tenor
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4.0
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The Independent
I realise that teen idoldom is hardly the territory to hunt for innovation, but even so, this is a pitifully timid affair
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