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  1. Jul 24, 2020
    1
    Ay ya que se retire esta señora que lo único que sabe es hacer basura. Nada innovador o aportador en este álbum. Urge que se rare seleperro
  2. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a stupid album just like the singer, that whisper that is useless, back off Expand
  3. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. disgusting, that is the only word that can describe this album, disgusting. Expand
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    This album is a mess, the songs are generic, the only good song is Lose You To Love Me (congratulations to Julia Michaels for the great lyrics) but Selena Gomez ruined this live song at AMA 2018 this girl has no talent she doesn't it is comparable to the artists who grew up in the same generation as her, Selena Gomez do the world a favor and stop trying to be a singer you are terrible atThis album is a mess, the songs are generic, the only good song is Lose You To Love Me (congratulations to Julia Michaels for the great lyrics) but Selena Gomez ruined this live song at AMA 2018 this girl has no talent she doesn't it is comparable to the artists who grew up in the same generation as her, Selena Gomez do the world a favor and stop trying to be a singer you are terrible at everything you do you are and will always be Justin Bieber's ex girlfriend. Expand
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This album is a real crap, it is boring, monotonous, repetitive, basic and predictable, one of the worst I have heard in my entire life, a total waste of my time.
  6. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    All tracks sounds similar, repetitive. The voice and dynamics are bland, very monotone. At least autotune saved the album. This is definitely her most boring album so far.
  7. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Every song sounds the same. Mumbles her way through the entire thing. This album does not tell you what she went through in the past 4 years. Could’ve been about life and death, empowerment, etc. yet talks about her married ex. Absolutely embarrassing. Expand
  8. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Selena Gomez never pleased me with her 5 previous albums - but in her 6th, released today, the artist surprised me (for the worse). A mix of random noises and lots of empty and meaningless lyrics, which is not surprising since it was so throughout Gomez's career. Exceeded all my expectations of how deplorable this album could be, the only song saved from this mess she calls Rare isSelena Gomez never pleased me with her 5 previous albums - but in her 6th, released today, the artist surprised me (for the worse). A mix of random noises and lots of empty and meaningless lyrics, which is not surprising since it was so throughout Gomez's career. Exceeded all my expectations of how deplorable this album could be, the only song saved from this mess she calls Rare is Crowded Room, which was written by the talented singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha. Expand
  9. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Chile what in the pure hell is this. 0 depth to her music, 0 consistency and no flow. The only consistent thing on this album is the weak vocals that plague every single track. I wish I could get the time back I spent listening to this album.
  10. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    The album is trash not worth to listen to. 5 years for this album no thanks. Listen to the pinkprint by Nicki Minaj it’s much better.
  11. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    WORST CAREER ALBUM. Rare can be worse than Stars Dance with your repetitive instrumentality and a poorly finished production style. Disappointing
  12. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Um álbum básico. Com a sensação de que estou ouvindo a mesma música do início ao fim, Selena Gomez prova mais uma vez o que pensam sobre sua versatilidade: ela é inexistente. Aproveitando o marketing nojento de seu álbum, no qual em meio ao casamento do seu ex casado ela lança uma música chorando sobre ele, ela usa a superação como forma de válvula de escape para fingir algo que nãoUm álbum básico. Com a sensação de que estou ouvindo a mesma música do início ao fim, Selena Gomez prova mais uma vez o que pensam sobre sua versatilidade: ela é inexistente. Aproveitando o marketing nojento de seu álbum, no qual em meio ao casamento do seu ex casado ela lança uma música chorando sobre ele, ela usa a superação como forma de válvula de escape para fingir algo que não aconteceu. Perto fos 30, todos esperavam algo maduro, mas a sensação que passa é que ela nunca saiu de 2013, com faixas parecidas com o Star Dance e outras músicas muito pareciras com Bad Liar. A verdade é que já passou da hora de crescer e inovar, porém ela se prese a uma sonoridade linear e que não surpreende em nada. Falta emoção, falta inovação, e é explícito que sua voz sem edição é fraca e muito longe de ser uma cantora de verdade, estando nessa indústria apenas pela conveniência e por aproveitar as polêmicas em torno de seu relacionamento passado. Expand
  13. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Superficial e sem coerência. Um álbum sem nenhuma emoção, o que é comum na indústria mas, algo inesperado já que é taxado como o trabalho mais pessoal da carreira da Selena.
  14. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    This album is a pure dumpster fire. Boring, repetitive and bland tracks have been the norm from Selena and yet again we see this on RARE. She can't seem to evolve her music and move forward from her Disney era, in some cases it feels like a step back from her other albums and I cannot understand how it took just over 4 years to make this album.
  15. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    I'm sorry but all songs of this album sounds exactly the same and I feel like every one of them is a rejected work from another project. I saw some fans of miss Gomez that were so hyped up but... all that... for this. Doesn't feel right.
  16. Jan 11, 2020
    3
    Selena went through a lot, but I didn’t see that reflected in this album. She cried more over Bieber than the literal life or death kidney transplant that she didn't mention at all.
  17. Jan 10, 2020
    3
    it’s quite mediocre, definitely not bad but after all that anticipation i felt rather underwhelmed when i listened to it
  18. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    disco sem personalidade e sem conteúdo, letras pobres e instrumental fraco.
  19. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Nunca irá superar o Revival. O rare me decepcionou muito como fã. Anos de espera pra essa cabeçuda vir com esse lixo
  20. Jan 10, 2020
    3
    despite being selenator, i'm so discouraged about what selena gave fans. we waited 4 years for this album and the end result was boring and basic.
  21. Jan 10, 2020
    1
    TERRIBLE, GENERIC, CHAOTIC. An album that looks more like boring guided meditation. Production is poor, the lyrics aren't good
  22. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    It's embarrassing for a 27-year-old woman with over a decade in the music industry, to produce an album that sounds like she's still on Disney Channel
  23. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Weak lyrics and her voice is kinda annoying, vulnerable is the only listenable song
  24. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    um álbum morno e que não superou as minhas expectativas porém mostra um amadurecimento da artista... horrível
  25. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Not a Good album, always the same, i do not like your voice. Always whispering!!!!
  26. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. shallow and very incoherent, not bad, terribleeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Expand
  27. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Músicas repetidas com produções chatas, Selena nunca vai superar o revival, pena
  28. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    it’s very boring. i expected better after waiting 5 years for a new album. the lyrics and production is lazy and i’m just not impressed
  29. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    A mess. It's sad she had to put other artists to do the high notes she could never reach, how sad is it. Can she please give up her music career?
  30. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Bad album, super bad. I want my wasted minutes back hearing this garbage album
  31. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Revival the best, I didn't like this album but a loveeeeeerrr Selena songss Expand
  32. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    o rare acabou de quebrar o recorde de álbum mais bem avaliado pelo público na história do metacritic!!!!
  33. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Selena Gomez has once again proven herself to be an inconsistent and underperforming artist and songwriter with her newest album rare
  34. Jan 10, 2020
    1
    She took 4 years to make this album and it is really bad the producing on the album is not good. The lyrics are good on song like “people I know”
    There nothing new on this album in a world of consumption
  35. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. worst album i've heard in my life, so boring and generic, literally...
    only selenators are pretending to like it sksjfjdj
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  36. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    she spent 4 years working on this album and it was disappointing as hell and no that personal
  37. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    worst album of the DECADE, lousy writing, horrible vocals.. i disagree by poppy is much more well written & it’s disgusting how some people can compare this to the masterpiece sweetener
  38. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Álbum genérico, infantil e imaturo, sem autenticidade nenhuma, mas não se pode esperar muita coisa de uma artista fabricada e sem talento
  39. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This album is horrible...After I finished the album, I had a strong headache...
  40. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sem nenhuma identidade! Mais EDM como sempre, tem que aprender muito sobre coesão e qualidade com sua amiga Ariana Grande! Expand
  41. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Boring all the song sounds the same. The only good song is rare. Really disappointed
  42. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    soa como qualquer coisa que ela já fez antes. atrapalhado. comum. feio. mal produzido. estas são apenas algumas palavras que vem à mente quando penso nesse disco que azedou o mês de janeiro.
  43. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Who told this girl she could sing??? All the tracks look like each other, there isn’t ANY vocal dynamic and the lyrics (except Lose you to love me and Cut of you) are totally generic. She took 4 years to do an album that other singers of her generation would took 2 weeks. That’s it!
  44. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Nunca escutei algo tão ruim na vida.
    Minha tia não andava a meses e hoje levantou da cama só pra levantar e desligar a música.
  45. Jan 10, 2020
    3
    SO many fake 10s on this. Everyone is commenting the same stuff and don’t explain anything. Yes the albums diverse, we get it. But it doesn’t make it good. It’s very lackluster is so many areas. A lot of the tracks were filler and skippable.
  46. Jun 2, 2020
    0
    Mediocre, aburrido y genérico al igual que toda la discografía de Selena Gómez.
  47. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Everybody must know that it Is what it is. Ir Is so mucho autotune in every song
  48. Feb 12, 2020
    0
    Asco con esta hpta, urge retiro, cansadito de tanta basura, no pierdan el tiempo con esta marrana que no sabe ni cantar
  49. Jan 10, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Há muitas faixas “puláveis”, não é um álbum que vc ouve ele inteiro sem pular nenhuma faixa e também não há grandes vocais então acaba se tornando monótono e entediante mas há algumas músicas como “People You Know” que são dançantes e divertidas! Expand
  50. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Took 4 years to produce and the outcome shows no growth at all. Full of recycled and unreleased tracks from other artists.
  51. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    It's a bored, It was very much waiting for this, without a doubt I am left with his previous worked...
  52. Feb 13, 2020
    1
    Não há nada de novo aqui, é tudo tão genérico dando aquela impressão de "eu já ouvi isso antes" os vocais não são incríveis da pra perceber bem o uso de autotune, revival continua sendo seu melhor trabalho
  53. Jan 11, 2020
    1
    I don't know ... like I expected more after several years of absence, it's not that good, but it's not bad either, but it's as if all the songs sound almost the same, it feels like it's something you've alreadby heard before.
  54. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This is what happens when a label decides to hire writers to write a "personal" album for someone who doesn't sing or write just because they're a celebrity.

    Labels putting money over music once again.
  55. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This album is trash. Revival was so good and she decided to whisper in every song and not music just whispers with the same beat for 40 minutes. Not even streaming worthy glad I listened to the leak before it got released
  56. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    No vocal improvement, no artistry improvement. I’m extremely disappointed. We all waited five years for a brand new album from Selena Gomez to get this. What is this? Lover by Taylor Swift is so much better. Very sad for her.
  57. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    So bad and lower than mediocre she should just stop with her non existing voice, justin bieber's songs were disgusting and this is none different sorry stream billie taylor and beyonce
  58. Jan 10, 2020
    1
    You need to back off, Selena, don't sing, stop grieving.

    The arrangements are good BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE VOICE
  59. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    horrendous album full of generic pop songs. all sound the same. easily one of the worst albums in the last few years
  60. Jan 13, 2020
    0
    Sinto muito dizer isso mas eu estava esperando um álbum melhor do que foi apresentado pela Selena. Adoro a Selena, mas nesse álbum só me agradou umas música.
  61. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This is just horrible. It’s very repetitive and it gets boring. Every single song its a skip...
  62. Jan 10, 2020
    1
    Most of the songs sounded the same. No improvement on her vocals. No creativity and artistic exploration.
  63. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    gente? eu teria vergonha de ficar fazendo um álbum por 4 anos e sair isso kk, thank u next maior e melhor
  64. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Ruim demais, não supriu com os 4 anos de espera, minha opinião galera!!!!
  65. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    mediocre and repetitive, didn’t have high expectations but this isn’t good
  66. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Músicas genéricas, com a mesma melodia e bem nível Selena Gomez. Não consegui escutar algumas faixas até o fim, parecia uma tortura. Nenhuma inovação.
  67. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Es un álbum sumamente aburrido que horror que alguien se haya ocurrido dirige un álbum realmente una muerda no es nada interesante tratando de hacerse la víctima en sus letras también hablando sólo de Justin el peor álbum del año y de la decada
  68. Jan 10, 2020
    3
    nothing new... pretty much her old sound all over again.. a few songs about justin here and there and a lot of autotune
  69. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    sounds like all old songs, without innovation, a desperate attempt to be Ariana Grande but in a failed way
  70. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Worst album ever all she's doing is whispering and moaning taylor ended her
  71. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    No, this album is not a masterpiece. It sounds almost like the same song for its 41 minutes of horror. I guess the only decent moment that this project containts, besides its ending, is the song "Rare". I can't believe that THIS needed +20 writers...
  72. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible, me quedo con revival, muy aburrido, muy simple, lo unico rescatable es dance again. ni hablar del autotune Expand
  73. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    tried to make something but it ended up as nothing, the album is so repetitive and bored, maybe in the next time Selena.
  74. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Truly disappointed, Selena can do better even tho she’s not a vocalist or a great singer. The most important thing is that she needs to move on from Justin and write about other staff ( if she actually writes)
  75. Jan 10, 2020
    3
    I was very disappointed i expected something way better then this . This album is so bad
  76. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    This album was pretty mediocre. As I would expect from an “artist” who cannot even sing. People are saying the album is cohesive but it really isn’t, most songs just sound exactly the same. I’m a bit surprised that it took her four years to release this because it honestly sounds like it took her a week.
  77. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Worst album ever, so monotonous. Selewhispers strikes again! It feels like she is using Billie and Ariana's style.
  78. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Revival is your best last album ! I'm sorry but is the true ! Well maybe you can make other thing in the future
  79. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    did your fans wait 5 years for this? the songs are boring and repetitive, the album should talk about her but only sends arrows to her ex. but didn't this girl have a life after she was left?
  80. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    It's so horrible, every sound of this album made me so uncomfortable and his voice is still ugly
  81. Jan 10, 2020
    1
    Não há mudança das música passadas. Gosto da cantora mas infelizmente não inova no que faz
  82. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    :( :( :( not good, thought it would be better. Same beat in the hole album. Sorry :(
  83. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    I love Selena but this album is so underwhelming. She has so much potential but let’s it go to waste by making very forgettable pure pop songs. Yes, they’re “bops” but nothing on that album is really standing out. A step back from Revival.
  84. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Es el peor álbum me recuerda mucho a lover de taylor la verdad fue una verdadera kk
  85. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    I'm a Swiftie but I don't like Selena Gomez so i don't support her. And this album is not that good
  86. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    all the songs sound the same. very bland. you can’t differentiate the songs from eachother
  87. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    has to be one of the worst albums ever. she has no vocal abilities and all the songs sound the same. she is so overrated
  88. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    All songs sound the same, she didn't even write them and she whispers. TRAGEDY
  89. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    Mediocre, EXTREMELY mediocre. She has no versatility and can only use the subject of her ex for every. single. song. as a way to even begin to chart at all. She's a sub par artist at best and this album shows that. Please, I don't even understand why ya'll even give her a seat at the table that is the music industry when she doesn't deserve it :/
  90. Rkp
    Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Its disgusting, its revolting and its lazy. Already the first track in made my children cry
  91. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    It’s a really bad album, sounds the same and there’s only two good songs. Nothing new about the sound or the way she’s placed each song. All the hype for what?
  92. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    It's rare for her to make a good album. This entire album is just garbage. Stream yummy.
  93. Jan 11, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O que salva o álbum são apenas três faixas: look at her now, ring e vulnerable Do mais nada impressionante Expand
  94. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    I don't like the album at all , its boring and doesn't deserve the hype it gets .
  95. Jan 11, 2020
    1
    Honey I see no progress in this album, just sounds boring, emmm I gotta say NO.
  96. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Not good as usual Selena flops. She can't sing and write good songs. She should quit music.
  97. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    already the worst album of the decade. no artistic growth or anything. maybe if she followed another route for production instead of the bad liar and hands to myself, this would've been a better album. this album just isnt it
  98. Feb 14, 2020
    2
    To be honest I was disappointed. The expectations was high af so it’s really sad that this album is so bad
  99. Jan 11, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The album was so boring and bland, nothing new. No artistic growth, the songs sounds the same, there’s only 3 good songs, Revival was definitely better. This album is definitely auto tuned to the maximum. Wish she could do those vocals live. Overall, the album was disappointing Expand
  100. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    I find her album very basic and all sound the same. I enjoy look at her now. The others have a very boring sound.
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Jan 15, 2020
    60
    Rare continually teases intriguing forays into leftfield pop, but so many of the album’s experiments come off as just that, without ever crystallizing with memorable hooks.
  2. Jan 14, 2020
    80
    The record she has delivered to kickstart a new decade is a career defining release, and from a pop star who is firmly back on top of her game.
  3. Jan 14, 2020
    68
    While none of these 13 songs attempt the subtle weirdness of “Bad Liar” and the emotional thesis—self-love!—can be a bit one-note, Rare is the 27-year-old’s most cohesive record to date. ... But it’s difficult to come away from Rare with any real perspective on who Gomez is other than that she doesn’t want to be the person she was, whoever that similarly mysterious shadow was.