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8.0
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Observer Music Monthly
The music's Pharrell Williams-assisted dancefloor pop; the words entirely Shakira's. Preposterously brilliant
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8.0
3803
8.0 |
The Times
Just because … she remains poised on the brink of perpetual laughter, it shouldn’t detract from the meticulous attention to detail that distinguishes this as a superior pop album
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8.0
3804
8.0 |
musicOMH
A primal, carnal album of songs focusing on the opposite sex and, well, having sex with the opposite sex. It's about sex, basically.
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8.0
3806
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Exactly the sort of endearingly bonkers, hugely likeable, often brilliant record all superstars should be making.
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8.0
5809
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Q
Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rolling Stone
...she's a charmer — a globe-straddling star you can cuddle up to
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7.0
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NME
...eccentricity is a must when it comes to pop music, and Shakira has it by the bucketload
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7.0
6096
7.0 |
Spin
I want us thinking outside the box," Shakira tells a lover on her third English-language studio disc. And musically, at least, she succeeds
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6.0
3807
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
...a groovier, more modern and electro-flavoured collection, yet it is Shakira’s weird mash of melodies, multiplicitous vocals and man-eating lyrics that define its character
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6.0
3801
6.0 |
The Guardian
Unique – and not bad, either.
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
There's ... a significant sea-change in Shakira's sound, mostly courtesy of The Neptunes, which brings her more in line with the contemporary generic dancefloor electro employed by less distinctive pop divas.
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6.0
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6.0 |
Eye Weekly
Take note, Shakira: more guests artists, fewer ballads
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5.0
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PopMatters
...this is an album that has gone through an unconventional journey to achieve surprising, unconventional results: just don’t be too surprised that the backstory is more interesting than the finished product
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4.0
3805
4.0 |
The Sunday Times
Caution, far from being thrown to the wind, continues to shackle Shakira to convention.
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