24K Magic
by Bruno Mars
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Nov 18, 2016
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 426 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 270 out of 426
  2. Mixed: 57 out of 426
  3. Negative: 99 out of 426
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  1. aledelf
    Jun 27, 2023
    8
    I think it is a really underrated album, it was great, have good songs and a good mix, all of the instruments are sounding great and Bruno´s voice couldn´t get better, of course it have mistakes, but overall is a good album.
  2. juanselopez340
    May 14, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yes and no because he fit in with his same voice and the same repetitive sound that makes me explode, it doesn't reach me, I don't accept it… Expand
  3. Danilo_Mars
    Mar 18, 2022
    10
    ¿Qué clase de obra maestra es esta? El primer single "24k Magic" de el 3er álbum de estudio de Bruno Mars, nos muestra claramente el potencial y producción de calidad que nos puede llegar a dar un artista y equipo tan versátil.

    Una mezcla de RnB, ritmo funk, sintetizadores al estilo retro, tal box, videoclip auténtico y talento puro el que nos demuestra la leyenda Bruno Mars, para darnos    ¿Qué clase de obra maestra es esta? El primer single "24k Magic" de el 3er álbum de estudio de Bruno Mars, nos muestra claramente el potencial y producción de calidad que nos puede llegar a dar un artista y equipo tan versátil.

    Una mezcla de RnB, ritmo funk, sintetizadores al estilo retro, tal box, videoclip auténtico y talento puro el que nos demuestra la leyenda Bruno Mars, para darnos una idea de lo magnífico que es escuchar y ver la musiCALIDAD en su máxima expresión.    … Expand
  4. Bruterake
    Dec 5, 2021
    7
    Tem umas duas 3 músicas que são incríveis mais achei o resto muito sl genérico.
  5. amannda
    Nov 12, 2021
    10
    After years, I come here to say that the harsh criticism didn't make this album stop being memorable. Long live Bruno Mars!
  6. darinna
    Nov 12, 2021
    10
    That's when Bruno had my heart! I love this album from Top to bottom! Every track has it's own personality and vibe. They boring me to special times.
  7. MARTINCARDENAS
    Nov 3, 2021
    10
    One of his best albums or perhaps the best. Bruno Mars surprised with this album, undoubtedly an album with few songs, which becomes a work of art because the best is selected.
  8. igorpedro
    Apr 8, 2021
    10
    Adoro muito este álbum aqui, músicas ótimas! a melodia perfeita e suave. BRUNO MARS PRÍNCIPE DO POP, TE AMO !!!!!!!!!!
  9. Mobina1
    Mar 20, 2021
    10
    His best album so far I really love and enjoy this project. 0 skips n very well production. Lyrics aren't made for everyone but I loved EM too. Deserved all those Grammys and pop girlies fans gonna cry more for Melodrama
  10. joaostandalorde
    Feb 26, 2021
    0
    ALBUM HORRIVEL, CAPA HORROROSA SEM ACLAMAÇÃO NENHUMA! O AOTY DE 2017 É DO MELODRAMA!!!!
  11. Dsros96
    Dec 14, 2020
    1
    Every song is an unispired version of Uptown Funk. I don't understand how the amazingly talented Bruno Mars released this.
  12. Daniel1902
    Dec 12, 2020
    0
    malo, realmente mars no se esforzo en este album, parece que solo le interese cobrar cheques mas grandes
  13. Alexaaaanderg
    Aug 28, 2020
    9
    Un álbum muy prometedor, con tracks muy buenos, el concepto del álbum muy atinado, algunas canciones con ritmos muy repetitivos.
  14. Panchogul
    Aug 5, 2020
    0
    Genérico de principio a fin, es inaudito que un tipo como este tenga éxito, cero originalidad, cero estilo propio y muy repetitivo, siendo este su peor trabajo.
  15. georgianaeliza
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Um álbum maravilhoso, com letras e sonoridade incríveis, cada vem melhor e mais coeso ,um álbum completo.
  16. andyn823
    Jun 6, 2020
    4
    Bruno Mars is a talented artist, a funny man. I totally appreciate and respect him. But this album is not good. All it talks about are girls, sex, money, rich,... And I still don't understand how this album could win big at Grammy 2018 and it even won against Melodrama, a masterpiece by Lorde. I do like "24K Magic" the song because it's catchy and it's good whenever I workout. All of theBruno Mars is a talented artist, a funny man. I totally appreciate and respect him. But this album is not good. All it talks about are girls, sex, money, rich,... And I still don't understand how this album could win big at Grammy 2018 and it even won against Melodrama, a masterpiece by Lorde. I do like "24K Magic" the song because it's catchy and it's good whenever I workout. All of the other tracks are... meh. "That's What I Like" is a very overrated song and it used be played all the time on the radio, which makes me feel so irritated and uncomfortable.… Expand
  17. Nafor
    May 27, 2020
    10
    a classic end amazing album with great sound inspired by the 1990s era of R&B with pop soul funk end new jack swing top 5 fav tracks in this album are perm - thats waht I like - straight up down - finesse - 24k magic end to all those **** who trying to shade this album saty pressed yall
  18. NolanLundgaard
    Mar 25, 2020
    4
    24K Magic by Bruno Mars: 3.40

    24K Magic: 0.5 Chunky: 0.75 Perm: 0.5 That’s What I Like: 0.25 Versace on the Floor: 0 Straight up & Down: 0.5 Calling All My Lovelies: 0.75 Finesse: 1 :) Too Good to Say Goodbye: 1 :) 5.25/9 ~ .583 -> 3.40 Overall, I’m honestly disappointed with this album. I really enjoyed both of Mars’s previous works, “Doo-Wops and Hooligans” and    24K Magic by Bruno Mars: 3.40

    24K Magic: 0.5
    Chunky: 0.75
    Perm: 0.5
    That’s What I Like: 0.25
    Versace on the Floor: 0
    Straight up & Down: 0.5
    Calling All My Lovelies: 0.75
    Finesse: 1 :)
    Too Good to Say Goodbye: 1 :)

    5.25/9 ~ .583 -> 3.40

    Overall, I’m honestly disappointed with this album. I really enjoyed both of Mars’s previous works, “Doo-Wops and Hooligans” and “Unorthodox Jukebox”, for their musical creativity along with their catchy lyrics. Unfortunately, while the catchy lyrics are still present (for the most part), most of the songs in 24K Magic sound exactly the same. The first song I listened to from this album was “Finesse”, and I really enjoyed it. This made me want to go back and listen to the rest of the album. To my surprise, most of the songs were “Finesse-like” and it was pretty disappointing. I am a bass player, so I really thought it was fun that this album featured many complicated bass lines. I enjoyed the music part of the song 24K Magic (again, sounding a lot like Finesse), but found the lyrics to be offensive. The same went for Chunky, and that’s when I noticed the pattern. I’m just not really into modern music (I find all the electronic aspects of it hard to listen to), and sadly, Bruno Mars is moving in that direction. The only other songs I liked on this album were Calling All My Lovelies, and Too Good To Say Goodbye. I appreciated the tempo difference in Too Good, and the lyrics were especially powerful in that number. Calling All My Lovelies also had exceptionally fun lyrics, and it was clever how Mars used an actual voicemail intro in this song. While this album had some highlights, I think I’m going to stick with his previous work. Highlights: Finesse, Too Good To Say Goodbye.    … Expand
  19. gabrielcipriano
    Dec 21, 2018
    10
    Bruno Mars, comes with this vibe of past music reform for this generation. Perfect. And with a few tracks you can do this essence of a real album!
  20. TheReviewr
    Aug 13, 2018
    5
    24K Magic is a mixed bag of amazing song and some strait up boring ones. Bruno has in my opinion made some of the best modern pop songs. His recent music proves to us after the 4 year wait from his 2012 album, he still has hits in him

    1. 24K Magic, This is a strait up hype song, and a good intro 7/10 2. Chunky, the low-key hit from his project. its way underrated for how catchy it is    24K Magic is a mixed bag of amazing song and some strait up boring ones. Bruno has in my opinion made some of the best modern pop songs. His recent music proves to us after the 4 year wait from his 2012 album, he still has hits in him

    1. 24K Magic, This is a strait up hype song, and a good intro 7/10
    2. Chunky, the low-key hit from his project. its way underrated for how catchy it is 7/10
    3. Perm, the first dud of the album, but who had high hopes for a song called "Perm" 1/10
    4. Thats What I Like, this song is good but not as good as people made it out to be 6/10
    5. Versace On The Floor, what a great Bruno Mars song this one is... 10/10
    6. Strait Up And Down, its soo bad its a huge disappointment 0/10
    7. Calling All My Lovelies, what the hell were they thinking including this song 0/10
    8. Finesse, this song is great but the Cardi B remix was a bit better 9/10
    9. Too Good To Say Goodbye, its underwhelming, i expected a better outro 3/10

    Standouts are Chunky, Versace On The Floor & Finesse

    Overall: 4.78 (rounded up to 5) as I also gave Cardi this rating, it doesn't at all mean the album is bad. I am a Bruno fan and this album just happens to be a just average album seeing the quality of every song individually. I personally liked the album a lot    … Expand
  21. HyanHythalo
    May 5, 2018
    3
    Bruno Mars stopped in time, no developments since Unorthodox Jukebox. If we have any difference between one and the other, this 24K Magic was specially produced to play on the radios, only....
  22. ManuelContreras
    Apr 7, 2018
    5
    Su peor album, no es malo pero comparado con sus anteriores trabajos si es una gran diferencia
  23. MacsMusic
    Mar 22, 2018
    5
    Musically, 24K Magic is dynamite. Every song sounds great, with an impossibly fun sense of style that only BM is capable of pulling off. Every song is a finely-crafted, funky, dance-able, combination of passionate vocals and killer throwback-style music.

    The lyrics, however, are utterly terrible, and even offensive to women. A woman is more than just an object to be used for men's    Musically, 24K Magic is dynamite. Every song sounds great, with an impossibly fun sense of style that only BM is capable of pulling off. Every song is a finely-crafted, funky, dance-able, combination of passionate vocals and killer throwback-style music.

    The lyrics, however, are utterly terrible, and even offensive to women. A woman is more than just an object to be used for men's pleasure, and Bruno Mars doesn't seem to know that. The lyrics are as shallow as they could possible be.

    Bruno Mars will go down in history as one of the defining voices of the 2010's, and like many greats, fame and money plague his view of his fellow humans. 24K Magic is a cleverly disguised, fun, flashy album with terrible lyrics.    … Expand
  24. Lauraazuly
    Mar 6, 2018
    10
    Amazing album. His vocals are impressive, out of this world. 9 songs unforgettables with so much emotions. I love this album.
  25. MilesW1998
    Feb 26, 2018
    9
    Bruno Mars makes a great comeback after his massive 2015 hit Uptown Funk to deliver an album in a similar but great way., with elements of 70s disco, 80s funk and R&B, and even 90s new jack swing.

    Best: 24K Magic, That's What I Like, Versace On The Floor, Chunky, FInesse,

    Worst: Perm
  26. samsopinion
    Feb 6, 2018
    9
    Um álbum com claras referências aos a musica dos anos 80 e 90, que não deixa de ser contemporâneo em momento algum, curto, porém cumpre seu papel em ser conciso e objetivo, produção e vocais de alta qualidade, um dos melhores álbuns lançados no período de 2016-2017, Bruno conseguiu ir contra a correnteza eletrônica que as rádios tem pulverizado nos últimos anos, 9 músicas que você ouve semUm álbum com claras referências aos a musica dos anos 80 e 90, que não deixa de ser contemporâneo em momento algum, curto, porém cumpre seu papel em ser conciso e objetivo, produção e vocais de alta qualidade, um dos melhores álbuns lançados no período de 2016-2017, Bruno conseguiu ir contra a correnteza eletrônica que as rádios tem pulverizado nos últimos anos, 9 músicas que você ouve sem apertar o botão skip, onde o ponto alto está em Chunky, Versace on the floor e Finesse. Só não é perfeito por que as letras poderiam ser mais bem elaboradas.… Expand
  27. GFace
    Feb 5, 2018
    0
    a mess don't even know how this s*** won the album of the year
    tragic
    please go backojfisdsdhsdhsudh
  28. Jose_Victor
    Feb 5, 2018
    10
    Pode não ser o melhor album do Bruno mas nào deixa de ser um excelente album.
  29. checoberenjena
    Feb 5, 2018
    10
    This album is the best, i love this album of Bruno Mars, My favorite Song is "Versace on the floor"
  30. DuhhMr
    Feb 5, 2018
    10
    He won. Just get over It kids. Give a bad score to the album won't take that Grammys from him.
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70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Q Magazine
    Dec 13, 2016
    60
    Ultimately 24k Magic's luxe exterior writes cheques its soul can't cash. [Feb 2017, p.115]
  2. Pitchfork
    Dec 2, 2016
    62
    24K Magic is the rest of the park: rebuilt shinier and glitzier and safer, every element engineered to please more than the real thing, and with a hell of a tour guide. It’s not history, not even historical fiction, but harmless fun.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    Dec 1, 2016
    80
    Few albums designed to sound like a party actually play like one, but Bruno Mars has pulled it off with style.
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