We've Been Going About This All Wrong
by Sharon Van Etten
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
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  1. The Observer (UK)
    May 9, 2022
    60
    All these highs and lows pass in an unvarying, mid-paced indie-rock fug, with little to hold the attention outside her gossamer delivery of candour and insight.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 5, 2022
    60
    It may lack the immediacy of 2018’s hookier ‘Remind Me Tomorrow’, but this unyielding record is, at times, a powerful reckoning with the age of uncertainty.
  3. Mojo
    May 4, 2022
    60
    It builds a new stoic eloquence into her vulnerability, even if the stark, birdsong-imbued Darkish drips with Radiohead-like ennui. [Jun 2022, p.84]
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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
  1. NWLondon
    May 6, 2022
    10
    Darkish and beautiful. Switch out the lights and enjoy this gorgeous album.
  2. Malts18
    Nov 17, 2022
    9
    This album is sonically gorgeous and very much builds on SVE's marvelous '19 album Remind Me Tomorrow. I do think this one hits closer toThis album is sonically gorgeous and very much builds on SVE's marvelous '19 album Remind Me Tomorrow. I do think this one hits closer to home for her as it really is about about a lot of personally difficult subjects that affected her deeply in the last decade. Sharon has gotten to the point where she is at the height of her craft. Appreciate this album for all that it is-- a superior introspective look and realization of what has not always been easy for her. Couple that with beautiful vocals and excellent songwriting and you have one of the better albums of 2022.… Full Review »
  3. uvauvauva
    May 14, 2022
    10
    Another masterpiece Sharon gave us! This is - like all her albums - amazing from start to finish!
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