Critics give Iris Silver Mist a B-Side Breakdown of 81 (B-), from 8 reviews at outlets we track. Scores run 60 to 100.
The verdict on Iris Silver Mist
Most critics liked it: 7 of 8 liked it.
- Highest 100 The Guardian
- Outlier 60 The Arts Desk, 20 points below the next-lowest score
- Career Tied for #3 of Jenny Hval's 5 albums with a Breakdown
- By the numbers Jenny Hval's best-reviewed album here since Classic Objects (2022).
| The gist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Guardian via Wikipediaby Katie Hawthorne | 5/5 | 100 | 2025 | “The Norwegian experimentalist’s ninth album is a personal journey through the past and self, focused on the power of scent in evoking forgotten moments” |
| AllMusic via Wikipediaby Heather Phares | 8.7/10 | 87 | ||
| Paste via Wikipediaby Karly Quadros | 8.2/10 | 82 | 2025 | |
| Uncut via Wikipediaby Daniel Dylan Wray | 8/10 | 80 | 2025 | |
| Pitchfork via Wikipediaby Madison Bloom | 8.0/10 | 80 | 2025 | |
| musicOMH via Wikipediaby John Murphy | 4/5 | 80 | 2025 | “An immersive album of beguiling charms about memories, isolation and dislocation” |
| Mojo via Wikipediaby James McNair | 4/5 | 80 | ||
| The Arts Desk via Wikipediaby Katie Colombus | 3/5 | 60 | 2025 | “Had I read the contextual blurb about Jenny Hval's latest album first, I might have assumed it was a perfume company collaboration. The album is named after a fragrance created…” |
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Iris Silver Mist in Jenny Hval's catalog
How these critics usually treat Jenny Hval
- Mojo About usual for them1 point below the other critics here. Usually 8 points below on Jenny Hval's other albums (3).
- AllMusic About usual for them7 points above the other critics here. Usually 1 point above on Jenny Hval's other albums (3).
- Pitchfork About usual for them1 point below the other critics here. Usually 1 point above on Jenny Hval's other albums (4).
- Uncut About usual for them1 point below the other critics here. Usually level with the others on Jenny Hval's other albums (3).
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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. Approval is the share of critics who scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not how many 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. Published is the date on the review itself, read from the outlet’s page, so you can see whether an album’s reputation came at release or years later. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number. Scores marked via Wikipedia are archive ratings, mostly for older albums, taken from the “Professional ratings” box on the album’s Wikipedia page (published openly through Wikidata); each links to the original review when we can find it online, and to that Wikipedia entry when we can’t. When an outlet reviewed an album twice, years apart (often for a reissue), both scores count, each labeled with its year.
A-Side marks the critics’ top tier. An album earns it automatically, from its numbers alone: a Breakdown of 90 or higher, from at least 5 reviews, with at least 75% approval. Nobody hands it out and nobody can buy it; if new reviews pull an album below the line, it loses the badge.
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