• Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Feb 19, 2002
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. An album which feels like a hand-me-down from a ghost.
  2. What sets Beautysleep apart from any of her previous records is that her voice is front and center, and stronger than ever.
  3. 80
    May well be Donelly's definitive post-Belly work.
  4. Uncut
    80
    A wicked, weathered stream of sinewy, shadowy songs. [Mar 2002, p.102]
  5. At times strong, at other times vulnerable, and invariably honest, Donelly both affirms and fulfills the promise of her songwriting talent with Beauty Sleep.
  6. Donelly focuses on tunes that enter your head with a determination to stay for the long term.
  7. Beautysleep's weakness is that so many songs are pretty instead of awe-inspiring-- that she gives us only a little greatness.
User Score
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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. PennyTVGohome
    Feb 20, 2002
    10
    I love it!