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10.0
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10.0 |
NME
A memorable and game-changing debut record, with Billie's disruptive streak front and centre. We'll no doubt see the mainstream scrabbling to replicate it
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9.1
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9.1 |
Consequence Of Sound
The singer balances a dark side with a penchant for fun and sarcasm on her haunting debut
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9.0
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9.0 |
Clash
She champions the strange, the misfits, the misunderstood and offers an alternative to the oversaturation of vapid, plastic pop stars and reality TV ghouls
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8.5
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8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
She has created an album so unquestionably true to her quirks and personality traits that fans are offered a true insight into her process and psyche. This openness means they will be invested for the long run. Substance over streaming
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8.0
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8.0 |
Exclaim
A debut record that showcases a bold artistic vision and a willingness to move beyond the boundaries of pop conventions
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
A supremely exciting, innovative first move from a pop voice that feels utterly fresh and modern
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8.0
110430
8.0 |
The Irish Times
This is a clear portrait of the artist and an in-depth insight into her world. It’s certainly true to say that Billie Eilish doesn’t miss much and she isn’t afraid to commit her experiences to song
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8.0
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8.0 |
Evening Standard
The music that has captivated her fellow teenagers is anything but pop-by-numbers. It’s strange and brittle, displaying multiple personalities in a single song
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Quietus
Together with co-collaborator brother and producer Finneas O’Connell, she has drawn on trap and industrial pop to create a darkly humorous record about romance, rejection and addiction
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Observer
Fascinatingly ambitious, and often extremely fun, this debut finds pop in safe and thrilling hands
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8.0
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8.0 |
The FT
There’s cynicism around the 17-year-old singer-songwriter, but her latest album shows an authentic teen sensation with a real gift
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Arts Desk
This isn't the 'ta-daaaaa' off-Broadway cabaret of, say, Lady Gaga, it's real LA noir, smoky dive mystery theatre
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
The album is a thrill. Bouncing from infectious dance-pop highs to tender, restrained lows, Eilish manages effortless cohesion, even within the span of a single song
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7.3
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7.3 |
Paste Magazine
Eilish capitalizes on her immense hype, proving that she more than deserves to stick around for years to come; if anything, she very well could define what the next decade or so of pop music will sound like. If that’s true, we have a lot to look forward to
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7.2
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7.2 |
Pitchfork
The debut album from the meteoric pop star lives in a world of its own: gothic, bass-heavy, at turns daring and quite beautiful
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
There’s a lifeline between Kanye’s Yeezus and Rihanna’s Anti and this album. But Eilish is a rising star, so it feels riskier
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7.0
110447
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Rarely has teenage wasteland been rendered so darkly as on the 17-year-old singer’s debut album
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7.0
110420
7.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
This is anything but a safe debut, which could make Eilish a star In her own right – in the realm of dark pop – or alternatively could see her collapse under the weight of her enormous aspirations. It’ll be a wild ride either way, with plenty of dissention along the way
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6.7
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6.7 |
Earbuddy
The album is nothing revelatory, but it’s fun
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6.0
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6.0 |
NOW
Eilish shines when she is giving attitude, but falls flat when she’s trying too hard to be earnest
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6.0
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6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
The record’s successes are born less of structure or composition and more of delivery
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Independent
It takes until track five for the album to gather any kind of momentum, and songs like ‘xanny’, as the title suggests, are more soporific than seductive
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