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- Summary: The debut full-length studio release for the South Korean pop group features guest appearances from Cardi B and Selena Gomez.
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- Record Label: Interscope
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop, Asian Pop, K-Pop
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Positive: 5 out of 8
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Mixed: 3 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Oct 2, 2020It is only eight songs and comes in under 25 minutes long, yet it packs more hooks than a whaling armada. It is short, punchy and sweet enough to cause tooth rot, every moment crammed with crafted earworms and swaggering beats.
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Oct 2, 2020Brevity works in The Album’s favour. There’s no time for longueurs, no padding, no ponderous ballads. ... Striking, glittery, depthless and rather impressive.
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Oct 5, 2020Overflowing with confidence, Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa conquer each track on The Album with their vocal ability (both singing and rapping) and effortless charm, switching up styles to offer something for every type of fan.
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Oct 5, 2020The Album showcases their signature style of blending genres and influences to create songs that are just as classically pop as they are identifiably BLACKPINK.
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Oct 6, 2020Crammed chockfull of crowd-pleasing EDM pyrotechnics and cheeky one-liners, The Album is undeniably a product of a well-oiled, state-of-the-art pop machine, but it feels stuck looking back to tried and true trends in both K-pop and Western pop music.
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Oct 2, 2020“Ice Cream,” the song with Gomez, is the most gratifyingly stylish track here. ... [The Album] plays like a transmission from a previous era. “Crazy Over You,” with its airy wind-instrument sample, rewinds even further to the hip-hop exotica of Timbaland’s late-’90s heyday. ... There’s something vaguely oppressive about “The Album.”
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Oct 2, 2020There is roughly an EP worth of songs here that bring something remotely interesting to the table, rather than simply rehashing past ideas and reproducing beats you’ve heard in 100 other tracks before.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 904 out of 1094
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Mixed: 30 out of 1094
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Negative: 160 out of 1094
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Oct 4, 2020
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Oct 2, 2020The album is completely flawless. With excellent vocals, perfect raps and contagious rhythm.
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Oct 2, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 4, 2020Es hermoso obra de arte el álbum del año no me imagino otro álbum mejor que este BLACKPINK IN YOUR AREA
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Oct 2, 2020For the 1st Album of Blackpink, this Album is so powerful. Music, beats, lyrics and the diversity of the songs are on point. So much love it.
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Oct 2, 2020Amazing songs!!! The perfect album. everything that we've waited. They will have the song of the year!!!
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Oct 3, 2020
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