- Artist
- Ellie Goulding
- Album
- Higher Than Heaven
Early reviews. Based on 5 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Riff Magazine | 8/10 | 80 | “U.K. singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding returns with a collection of dance pop anthems on her fifth album, "Higher Than Heaven."” |
| Spectrum Culture | 76/100 | 76 | “Crafting an album meant for nightclubs and purposely forgoing telling a personal narrative, Ellie Goulding’s Higher Than Heaven is perhaps her most fun record yet.” |
| PopMatters | 7/10 | 70 | “Following the intense ambition of Ellie Goulding's previous album, 2020's Brightest Blue, Higher Than Heaven is a refreshing jolt of candy-coated vigor.” |
| Clash | 7/10 | 70 | “A few facts about Ellie Goulding that are worth repeating. She’s a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador. She’s been exceptionally open about her mental” |
| musicOMH | 3/5 | 60 | “A return to the more uptempo sound of her past, the sometime BBC Sound Of winner's fifth is an album full of club bangers designed to stick in the memory” |
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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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