Beauty Behind the Madness
by The Weeknd
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2015
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 567 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 495 out of 567
  2. Mixed: 43 out of 567
  3. Negative: 29 out of 567
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  1. Lolilia
    Sep 19, 2015
    0
    Hate his pop music, it's kinda sad how he used to be good and then bam! He turned mainstream. This album was plain bad. Sorry Weeknd, but I guess the new fans can replace your old ones. :/

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#25 Most Discussed Album of 2015
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#40 Most Shared Album of 2015

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Clash Music
    Sep 22, 2015
    60
    Many fans will still be happy with the change that Beauty Behind The Madness has brought but some will surely feel the album has nothing to offer except immediate accessibility for the short attention of the mainstream.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Sep 10, 2015
    70
    If the sound has widened and even brightened in spots, the Weeknd still rocks a serious Eeyore vibe for much of Beauty Behind the Madness.
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  3. The Telegraph (UK)
    Sep 8, 2015
    60
    Real Life builds up to a pitch of doomed drama from a corrosive slash of guitar as Tesfaye confides that even his “Mama called me destructive”. But Ed Sheeran fails to rescue him on the tedious Dark Times and Lana Del Rey--who ought to be his perfect partner in pop-noir--adds nothing but a bored spritz of vocal perfume to the lethargic Prisoner.
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