Paula
by Robin Thicke
User Score
1.5

Overwhelming dislike- based on 102 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 102
  3. Negative: 84 out of 102
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  1. Bagils
    Jul 18, 2014
    8
    Let me just start by saying I'd be interesting to know how many users actually took the time to listen to this album before reviewing it. Following up his popular 2013 album 'Blurred Lines' Thicke has a lot to live up to, and he rises to the occasion.

    'Paula' is a different sort of animal. It encapsulates none of the bright happiness that was a plenty in 'Blurred Lines', and that's    Let me just start by saying I'd be interesting to know how many users actually took the time to listen to this album before reviewing it. Following up his popular 2013 album 'Blurred Lines' Thicke has a lot to live up to, and he rises to the occasion.

    'Paula' is a different sort of animal. It encapsulates none of the bright happiness that was a plenty in 'Blurred Lines', and that's just fine. Drawing from his recently failed marriage, Paula is full of heartache and longing with tortured lyrics that way heavy. Combine this with his soft falsetto or low drawl and you have a great R&B album.    … Expand
  2. Haandy
    Jan 4, 2021
    10
    Quanto hate, não é um dos meus favoritos, mas foi lindo ele tentando reconquistar a ex mulher que ele tanto amava.

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#87 Most Discussed Album of 2014

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Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Jul 11, 2014
    60
    It is genuinely embarrassing at times, compounded by the intrusive sense that the songs were really written for an audience of one (who, like the rest of the world, has reportedly shown no interest in listening to it).
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Jul 9, 2014
    50
    His soft falsetto is sumptuous, but too many tracks veer into uncomfortable parody.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Jul 3, 2014
    67
    There's a breathlessness here, as though these songs rushed out of Thicke uncontrollably. That energy is welcome--Paula is not all sad-piano ballads--but it also leads to some incomplete thoughts.
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