- Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Album
- Midnights
Early reviews. Based on 7 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PopMatters | 9/10 | 90 | “Taylor Swift's Midnights, her latest musical pivot, highlights her artistry by overshooting her commercial ambitions. It's a capstone to Swift's career.” |
| Spectrum Culture | 86/100 | 86 | “On her 10th album, Swift tells a more comprehensive story than ever before, blending previous pop styles and further widening her songwriting collaborations for another sprawling and genuinely fun album.” |
| musicOMH | 4/5 | 80 | “Her 10th studio album is an understated, beguiling look into the mind of one of the biggest pop stars of our age” |
| Clash | 8/10 | 80 | “A diary entry always exists at a point of compromise: it is made to be read, and it is made to be never read. It bursts at the edges where…” |
| Beats Per Minute | 78% | 78 | “Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s” |
| Slant | 3.5/5 | 70 | “With ‘Midnights,’ Taylor Swift proves she’s unwilling to operate on anyone’s terms other than her own.” |
| Pitchfork | 7/10 | 70 | “Read Quinn Moreland’s review of the album.” |
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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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