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7.0
97174
7.0 |
The Music
Despite having a constant overarching sound, there's enough variety and range across the album to keep it interesting
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6.0
97175
6.0 |
NME
A bit samey – but there’s plenty to please fans
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6.0
97176
6.0 |
All Music
Evolve feels very much like the digital Zeitgeist of 2017: good intentions aside, its bold, colorful textures elbow aside any notions of introspection or reflection
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6.0
97180
6.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s easy to see why Imagine Dragons have been so successful to date. Whether this kind of glossy grandiosity has longevity is an entirely different matter
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5.0
97185
5.0 |
musicOMH
Evolve is a good idea, but in practise it turns out that it doesn’t really work
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4.0
97190
4.0 |
State
‘Thunder’ reveals the strengths and flaws of the songwriting: on one hand we have excellent production, big beats and confidence in abundance and on the other a perfunctory lyrical idea of ‘look at me I’ve achieved my dream’
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4.0
97181
4.0 |
The FT
Singer Dan Reynolds indulges his fantasies of suffering and reward amid catchy but bombastic music
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4.0
97177
4.0 |
The Independent
Involves mostly devolving back into the hoariest of tired rock cliches, and plodding grimly towards the summer’s festivals
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4.0
97178
4.0 |
The Guardian
Lifeless electronic-tinged arena rock
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4.0
97173
4.0 |
Rolling Stone
Redeeming moments come via Alex Da Kid, producer of the Dragons' mega-hit "Radioactive." See "Yesterday," a sulk-fest whose boozy stomp and goofy guitar solo actually sound like a band having fun, rather than stoic engineers of content delivery systems
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2.0
97179
2.0 |
Earbuddy
The band’s latest inescapable album. Like a misogynist that doesn’t understand the meaning of no, it forces itself on us at every turn
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