- Artist
- The Weeknd
- Album
- After Hours
Early reviews. Based on 5 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consequence | A- | 91 | “On the long-awaited After Hours, The Weeknd drops a collection of eclectic songs ripe with introspection and new direction.” |
| Clash | 8/10 | 80 | “'After Hours’ has finally dropped after a long year of being in the works. The Weeknd’s fourth studio album is a mixture of the usual dark” |
| Slant | 4/5 | 80 | “The Weeknd's 'After Hours' explores new levels of sonic innovation, expanding on old themes while finding new shades of emotional maturity.” |
| PopMatters | 8/10 | 80 | “Abel Tesfaye's, a.k.a. the Weeknd's, decade's worth of work has always been confident in its aesthetic purpose. Even throughout his shifts in tone, from” |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10 | 79 | “Abel Tesfaye finally delivers on his long-running vision, leveraging a self-loathing villain into an irresistible, cinematic narrative with his most satisfying collision of new wave, dream pop, and R&B.” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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