The Album
by BlackPink
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 2491 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 1,998 out of 2491
  2. Mixed: 78 out of 2491
  3. Negative: 415 out of 2491
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  1. rutilo
    Oct 2, 2020
    2
    En realidad el álbum merece 0, de no ser por la colaboración de Selena gomez y cardi el álbum sería un completo desastre
  2. Anonymous0695
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    I found nothing memorable. Something different, sure I guess, but the main formula still remains just slightly more acoustic in sound and more of a chorus. Anyways that’s just my opinion p, nothing against the girls
  3. alice_hyuuga
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    It is just as awful and uncreative as every other thing that generic kpop group releases, it's sad that some stans pretend to like it only because the girls. YG is showing again how easy is to take money from teenagers with a bad trap music style plus the influence of what is currently trending and a bad girl concept to make young girls feel empowered when the only thing the company reallyIt is just as awful and uncreative as every other thing that generic kpop group releases, it's sad that some stans pretend to like it only because the girls. YG is showing again how easy is to take money from teenagers with a bad trap music style plus the influence of what is currently trending and a bad girl concept to make young girls feel empowered when the only thing the company really wants is their money.… Expand
  4. bloodwalls
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    Para ser su primer álbum está muy sobrevalorado, todos los tracks suenan genéricos y el tracklist no tiene sentido...en pocas palabras una desgracia para la industria de la música
  5. BEKQUEEN
    Dec 7, 2020
    0
    Really loved the rythm and song compositions. But the thing that really messed it up for me, it's the songs production. As a production lover, this really makes me sad.
    Lovesick girls, the title track, really sounds messy. There's no clarity on the song components and the excessive echoing makes it weird to me, and hurts my ears. Definitely, the whole album is a skip for me, and a    Really loved the rythm and song compositions. But the thing that really messed it up for me, it's the songs production. As a production lover, this really makes me sad.
    Lovesick girls, the title track, really sounds messy. There's no clarity on the song components and the excessive echoing makes it weird to me, and hurts my ears. Definitely, the whole album is a skip for me, and a definitely goodbye to Blackpink.
    Nothing to save on my playlist, honestly.    … Expand
  6. atomicblonde69
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    It's a very trashy album. Super commercial and very disturbing with the sounds in the background.
  7. isssfgvh
    Oct 2, 2020
    3
    achei que faltou coisas novas, sempre a mesma farofa genérica, por ser o primeiro álbum da carreira, podia ser BEM melhor, sem contar que só tem oito faixas, parece mais um mini álbum.
  8. User2912
    Oct 2, 2020
    1
    Quite basic. The songs have repetitive beats with no individuality. The tracks have same base and layerings. Seems like same ground is used to build up every song. The don't make sense. In whole, below average
  9. daviduwuxd
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's the same song generic 8 times … Expand
  10. Senadalgic
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    I only liked the song ''love to hate me'' on the album. Ice Cream is terrible!
  11. chickl
    Oct 2, 2020
    1
    I was looking forward to this and then Ice Cream happened and it was awful noise and the rest of the album is just as awful. While HYLT was ok, it's still not great :(
  12. Maribon96
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    uhm... just listened it i and i found nothing really memorable... alt ought i don't like How you like that... probably it was the most impact-ful song
  13. emolo
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    More of the same, it's not a bad album, but also not an outstanding. there's nothing powerful in it. just the prerelease single how you like that and pretty savage.

    i expected more from the collaborations, but the song with Selena Gomez and the other with Cardi B were just a mes.
  14. hannygondim
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    the album is perfect, all songs are such a bop. the only defect is that has only 8 songs. Apart from that everything about the album is perfect. this girls slayed so much and their vocals are so freaking amazing. Also the amazing producers really served us with this beats.
  15. Livian
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    Mais do mesmo, como sempre. Parece que fogem da inovação. A música com a Cardi B tinha tudo pra ser hit mas ficou ruim, o rap dela dá a impressão de que não era pra estar lá, mesma coisa com HYLT e Ice Cream que é horrível. A única mais ou menos é a title. O único lado positivo é que não é longo, quem aguentaria um full album com essa mesmice? E, ah, não vamos nos esquecer que PrettyMais do mesmo, como sempre. Parece que fogem da inovação. A música com a Cardi B tinha tudo pra ser hit mas ficou ruim, o rap dela dá a impressão de que não era pra estar lá, mesma coisa com HYLT e Ice Cream que é horrível. A única mais ou menos é a title. O único lado positivo é que não é longo, quem aguentaria um full album com essa mesmice? E, ah, não vamos nos esquecer que Pretty Savage tem uma parte completamente gordofóbica e problemática. Álbum esquecível, usando novamente o sample da música de debut delas há 4 anos. Horrível.… Expand
  16. patchi
    Oct 2, 2020
    10
    pretty savage, you never know, and lovesick girls are some of their best songs in their whole discography and they served them all in this album
  17. Mimicu2-
    Oct 3, 2020
    3
    Nice vocals but the first single sounds like a recycled song. The second single is catchy but the lyrics are nonsense. The album has 2 ok songs, the last one and lovesick girls. Waiting for such a long time for this kind of album is pretty disappointing imo.
  18. Yamiibaybeh
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    I honestly expected better. Ice cream was the worse track. Very disappointed tbh
  19. MattWolft
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    This can't even be considered an album, it was a release with so much publicity and it was short and mediocre, you can see the desperation of the company for wanting to take a group to a market that requires a quality contribution.

    It seems that not even the collaborations helped, nor the Beats, it seems a recycling of their previous work. Not even the pile of bundles helped them to sell    This can't even be considered an album, it was a release with so much publicity and it was short and mediocre, you can see the desperation of the company for wanting to take a group to a market that requires a quality contribution.

    It seems that not even the collaborations helped, nor the Beats, it seems a recycling of their previous work. Not even the pile of bundles helped them to sell well in a US

    I definitely wouldn't buy this crap.    … Expand
  20. Lucasswiftie
    Oct 19, 2020
    10
    I love this álbum. This Girls is so amazing. We love yah Blinks. QUEENS you deserves all the best of the world. Thanks so much ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
  21. Erica28
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    The musicality is awful. Only the last 2 songs are good but all the others songs are too much noisy.
  22. mica23
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    album nada inovador, musicas ultrapassadas que parece ter saído de 2010, como o crítico falou ainda bem que só são 8 faixas ninguém aguentaria escutar mais que isso
  23. Hiroshiii
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    I wish Blackpink would bring more versions of themselves. The first time I saw them getting a little away from the same concept was Ice cream, and if I must say, what a huge fail. The album is short, only 6 new songs, and at least 3 of them I just cant remember because it felt it was really the same song. When are we going to get more than 10 musics a year? When are going to get more thanI wish Blackpink would bring more versions of themselves. The first time I saw them getting a little away from the same concept was Ice cream, and if I must say, what a huge fail. The album is short, only 6 new songs, and at least 3 of them I just cant remember because it felt it was really the same song. When are we going to get more than 10 musics a year? When are going to get more than black and pink? The girls have much to offer, I wait for the real revolution.… Expand
  24. alejandro0312
    Mar 17, 2021
    1
    Todo el album suena igual, el album mas mediocre hechop por una girl band que no influye en nada. Dede tonos repetitibos como DUDUDU THAT THAT THAT ICE CREAMINGGG, letras que ni ellas mismas se dignan a escribir y album en donde no pusieron un dedo de ayuda
    1, por LoveSick Girls, a pesar de tener pesima letra y voz, lo salva los ritmos
  25. computer2001
    Oct 3, 2020
    3
    Al tener una poca cantidad de canciones, el concepto y ritmos de las canciones te hacen pensar que son la misma canción (ej. pretty savage, crazy over you, how you like that). Ice cream sería la ecepcion ante el ritmo, porque es bastante fácil de identificar con respecto a los demás temas
    Las letras no eran innovadoras, todas las canciones tocaba la misma temática
    Tienen una ventaja de    Al tener una poca cantidad de canciones, el concepto y ritmos de las canciones te hacen pensar que son la misma canción (ej. pretty savage, crazy over you, how you like that). Ice cream sería la ecepcion ante el ritmo, porque es bastante fácil de identificar con respecto a los demás temas
    Las letras no eran innovadoras, todas las canciones tocaba la misma temática
    Tienen una ventaja de tener varias canciones en Inglés, para así llegar a más publico, así que pensé que iban a mostrar una letra más potente/fuerte o ligados a otros temas, pero no fue así, siguieron con lo mismo, y no han un trasfondo en ella, no muestra el sentimiento de las chicas solo nos dicen que son mejores que otros pero ahí termina su letra, sus voces no se proyecta en cada una de las canciones, los rap, me causan cierta decepción porque ni siquiera se si ellas mismas escribieron sus versos o otro las escribió por ellas (lo más probable)
    El álbum se siente como querer buscar validación con solo melodía sin letra ni canto, gran producción pero sin calidad absoluta. La única balada presente, esta de sobra entre las demás canciones del álbum, se siente como si se colocara solo para bajar la intensidad de los demás canciones o para querer justificar que pueden mostrar algo más que melodía, pero fracasan al no mostrar las voces de cada miembro, es una valida plana sin sentimiento, muy por debajo de su antecesora Hope Not
    Más que un álbum parece una playlist con sonidos parecidos.    … Expand
  26. Johana21
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    This album wasn't as YG said. I am disappointed, they promised something and gave us another
  27. JosVal
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    Same tones in the songs, two songs that had already been released before and only eight songs in the whole album.
  28. Steph92
    Oct 4, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album, despite the low amount of songs, is truly perfection made sound.

    The girls of BLACKPINK, Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa, never stop to surprise with their amazing vocals, fast rap, compelling beats and superb lyrics written by the members themselves, as well as songwriters like Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and Cardi, the last two also present in two of the tunes, make it a 10/10.    … Expand
  29. Lmjcerise
    Oct 2, 2020
    10
    This album is just iconic, every song and beat are on point. Congratulations to Blackpink for doing a really great job as always.
  30. lsgdeluxe
    Oct 2, 2020
    10
    best album ever stream the album on all platforms! lovesick girls soty the album aoty
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Slant Magazine
    Oct 6, 2020
    60
    Crammed 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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  2. Consequence
    Oct 5, 2020
    67
    The 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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  3. AllMusic
    Oct 5, 2020
    80
    Overflowing 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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