- Artist
- Ellie Goulding
- Album
- Brightest Blue
Early reviews. Based on 5 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| musicOMH | 4/5 | 80 | “A fourth album of two distinct halves finds her at her most honest” |
| Riff Magazine | 8/10 | 80 | “Ellie Goulding shows her darker side on "Brightest Blue," a double album that balances emotional lyricism and infectous pop.” |
| Spectrum Culture | 75/100 | 75 | “Brightest Blue, Goulding’s best and most vulnerable work yet, proves that we could never hate or replace her.” |
| Pitchfork | 6.4/10 | 64 | “With her fourth album, the pop songwriter reaches a welcome sense of self-assurance. But if this was supposed to be an introspective record, that’s not what’s happening musically.” |
| Slant | 1.5/5 | 30 | “The album refines the singer’s sound, slowing tempos and removing sonic affectations to reveal a core of amorous pop anthems.” |
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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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