Sucker Punch
by Sigrid
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Mar 8, 2019
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Mar 4, 2019
    100
    Aside from being a near-perfect collection of belting pop, Sucker Punch also carries a message of triumphant grace: if you can try to be your own best friend and love yourself a little more, wonderful things will happen.
  2. PopMatters
    May 1, 2019
    80
    It makes for a strong debut in more than one sense, and moments like "Dynamite" indicate that the strong personal stamp puts on her songs doesn't equal out into being one-dimensional or un-self-aware. It's a pretty killer combination.
  3. The Skinny
    Mar 11, 2019
    80
    It’s certainly an assured debut, impeccably written and produced in a way that captures the singer as both youthful and soulful. Her voice is light and airy, with her distinctive vowel sounds giving a fresh spin to even the simplest of lyrics.
  5. AllMusic
    Mar 7, 2019
    80
    Sucker Punch is a masterful debut from a promising talent unafraid to just be herself.
  6. Clash Music
    Mar 7, 2019
    80
    A bold, tremulous feat, Sucker Punch will leave you floored.
  7. Drowned In Sound
    Mar 7, 2019
    80
    Imbued with a defiant refusal to succumb to external pressure or fall into the well-worn paths of similar artists who have trodden this road in the past, Sigrid has created a truly unique and recognisable debut record which I’m sure is a sign of spectacular things to come.
  8. The Independent (UK)
    Mar 7, 2019
    80
    Sigrid has a raw energy and emotional briskness that can make you feel like you’re doing aerobics in neon leg warmers atop a pristine mountain. Pure friluftsliv.
  9. musicOMH.com
    Mar 6, 2019
    80
    The narrative may be light and oft charted, but what an impressive and impassioned debut album from Sigrid Sucker Punch is. She and a world of adulation are unlikely to be Strangers for much longer.
  10. Q Magazine
    Mar 1, 2019
    80
    Overall, a promising, if risk-free start. [Apr 2019, p.116]
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  11. New Musical Express (NME)
    Mar 1, 2019
    80
    These songs may well do that all on its own, and its certainly a marvellous cap on a two-year campaign that did just about everything right--but it’s also more than that. Sucker Punch is the story of a young adult whose tales of friendship, love and more aren’t just relatable because they’re supposed to be--they simply are.
  12. Rolling Stone
    Mar 11, 2019
    70
    Blurring pop and folk, while singing with concise phrasing that feels jazz-schooled, she moves between genres with ease.
  13. DIY Magazine
    Mar 1, 2019
    70
    Sucker Punch does much as the name suggests. It’s full of swooping, dramatic choruses and clean-cut vocals, where almost every song is a potential radio hit--only that’s not a bad thing.
  14. Exclaim
    Mar 1, 2019
    70
    Though it may seem as though she's yet to fully embrace her uniqueness in mainstream spaces, there are plenty of moments on Sucker Punch that suggest Sigrid is on her way.
  15. Pitchfork
    Mar 15, 2019
    60
    The story of a young female songwriter pushing back against the sexist songwriters on her major label and modern pop’s oppressive beauty standards is an impressive one. The cautious Sucker Punch could do with more of that insurrectionist spirit.
  16. The Observer (UK)
    Mar 11, 2019
    60
    Sigrid is at her best when difficult emotions complicate her pop endorphins. ... Yet there’s a slight feeling, for all the quality here, that she could have maintained her momentum while taking a few more risks with her high-polish sound.
  17. The Guardian
    Mar 8, 2019
    60
    [Business Dinners is] a moment of offbeat delight on an album otherwise characterised by earworm-centric efficiency--and the kind of gratifyingly idiosyncratic move a supposed pop renegade would benefit from making more often.

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 149 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 132 out of 149
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 149
  3. Negative: 5 out of 149
  1. Vanners
    Mar 12, 2019
    8
    A pretty good debut album from Sigrid, Despite only releasing her first LP now and it featuring some tracks from her Don't Kill My Vibe EPA pretty good debut album from Sigrid, Despite only releasing her first LP now and it featuring some tracks from her Don't Kill My Vibe EP back in 2017, It doesn't change the fact that she is keeping on top of her hype and continuing to deliver is very respectable fashion.

    There are a few tracks to mention here many of which have been heard before such as standout songs like Sucker Punch, Strangers, Don't Feel Like Crying and Don't Kill My Vibe.
    Meanwhile, the tracks that are added on here, for the most part, don't feel like filler to simply make an album. Most notably In Vain a very stripped back love song that is captivating from the get-go and a superb performance from Sigrid to say the very least, perhaps my favorite on the entire album, or even her entire Discography to date.
    The only thing I have to mention is that Business Dinners doesn't do anything to the album that adds to it and found it to be nowhere near as good as the rest of the cuts on here and would've much rathered seen Plot Twist on here instead.

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    In Vain, Strangers, Don't Feel Like Crying    … Full Review »
  2. guilherme_soi
    Mar 8, 2019
    10
    She sings very well, has a personality of her own and is certainly the future of music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  3. lucarc
    Mar 8, 2019
    10
    I was soo hyped for this album and i didn't dissapoint me, my favorite album of this year so far. It's a really creative and fun way to do popI was soo hyped for this album and i didn't dissapoint me, my favorite album of this year so far. It's a really creative and fun way to do pop and i just love it… Full Review »
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