Album No. 8
by Katie Melua
  • Record Label: BMG
  • Release Date: Oct 16, 2020
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Oct 16, 2020
    80
    This is a laidback album, drawing on the dreamy Seventies milieu of Laurel Canyon with a touch of the easy listening sumptuousness of Burt Bacharach. It is about the ways lovers drift apart, evoking the fall of Autumnal leaves rather than blood on the tracks.
  2. AllMusic
    Oct 16, 2020
    80
    Album No. 8 is an intensely personal album that feels like Melua made it for herself first and foremost.
  3. American Songwriter
    Oct 16, 2020
    70
    Nothing approaches rock, or even rock oriented. Rather Melua keeps her expressive, mellifluous voice focused on mood and atmosphere, letting the songs and orchestrations do the heavy lifting.
  5. musicOMH.com
    Oct 16, 2020
    80
    A compendious set of cinematic, soothing and poignant songs, showcasing a deeper maturity not only in Melua’s voice, but also in her songwriting.

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Ayalhosani
    Nov 2, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I didn't like it at all
    To boring and shallow I didn't get the idea
    Its not fair ti have this rating at all    … Full Review »
  2. Emotionbig
    Oct 20, 2020
    10
    A beautiful emotional journey...nothing is a filler here. Beauticul and haunting. It seems hard times made Katie write and make her best album yet.
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