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Universal acclaim- based on 139 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 117 out of 139
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Mixed: 13 out of 139
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Negative: 9 out of 139
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May 7, 2016Thanks to Bjork for introducing me to Anohni. This album is not just beautiful, but also powerful. I love how she use the anger and turns it into something so beautiful.
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May 11, 2016A tremendously unusual collaboration between three of the most enigmatic and compelling contemporary artists creates what is for sure the most disgustingly and brutally beautiful political album of the era.
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May 26, 2016
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May 6, 2016Stunningly beautiful, masterfully crafted and politically potent and profound. Nobody has ever sounded so beautiful singing about things that are so abhorrent.
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May 7, 2016
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Jul 24, 2016
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May 15, 2016I've never been so much a fan of Anohni's previous works within Antony and the Johnsons, but Hopelessness among the acclaim it was getting with also its lead single Drone Bomb Me simply..drew me in. What did i uncover? One of the most truthful, emotional, beautiful and maybe even important albums of this year, and maybe the few before that.
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May 13, 2016Anohni's debut album is one of the most powerful records of the last months. The pop appeal in Hopelessness makes the ugly themes she sings about hang above our heads like heavy dark clouds, while the eerie production by Oneohtrix Point Never feels like a cold burst of wind, announcing that the storm is coming
Best Tracks: Drone Bomb Me; 4 DEGREES; Obama. -
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The WireJul 18, 2016The songs with less specific and less contemporary references hit harder. [Jul 2016, p.46]
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Jun 20, 2016An extremely compelling, beautifully articulated, bonafide masterpiece.
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Jun 13, 2016Good pop is often pliable, its message broad or ambiguous enough for listeners to flex it to their taste. Political pop can be like this without compromising its message, but most of Hopelessness has no interest in pliability. It regards its audience as either fervent believers in Anohni's cause or a pop mass in need of blunt polemic.