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  1. Apr 9, 2021
    1
    That was awful I am sorry for her ,her voice isn’t good at all
  2. Apr 9, 2021
    0
    comprido e cansativo uma completa bagunça e com um descarte péssimo da outra concubina do scooter.
  3. Apr 8, 2021
    8
    Overall, a solid project from Demi Lovato. The album starts off strong, showing off Lovato's vocal power with piano ballads and stripped-back production. ICU (Madison's Lullaby) is a particularly high point on this record. However, as the album progresses, Lovato falls back on her pop laurels. While many of the songs of enjoyable and her emotionally raw songwriting elevates them beyondOverall, a solid project from Demi Lovato. The album starts off strong, showing off Lovato's vocal power with piano ballads and stripped-back production. ICU (Madison's Lullaby) is a particularly high point on this record. However, as the album progresses, Lovato falls back on her pop laurels. While many of the songs of enjoyable and her emotionally raw songwriting elevates them beyond previous releases, her vocal talents fall by the wayside (again). Listeners only get glimpses of her powerful voice, with soaring ad-libs over the final chorus. The features are well chosen, and the interjections of 80s synth pop here and there made for an interesting turn of events. When zooming out on the album, it clearly exceeds her previous releases, while still presenting many of the problems in them. Where her songwriting has significantly improved as she recounts the tales of her struggles with fame, abuse, and drugs, Lovato fails to accurately center her vocals. The production on this album improves from her basic pop brand of the past, but struggles to jump headfirst into the singer-songwriter vocal-centered record she ought to make. 8/10 Expand
  4. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    Amazing! This is her best album by far and one of the best albums of the year! Love you demi
  5. Apr 8, 2021
    0
    really generic lyrics over really tired and generic production, this kind of gives me a cringe feeling the lyrics are so poor.
  6. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    AOTY!!!!! So proud of Demi! This album means rebirth, grow, she made her best album.
  7. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    This new era is AWESOME!! is a real MASTERPIECE!!!!
    Demi deserves a Grammy!! I really love it!!!
  8. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    Demi is amazing! This album is the **** awesome, the lyrics, the beats, the featuring! Oh damn!
  9. Apr 8, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me gusta que se haya arriesgado a explorar nuevos sonidos demostrando que su voz se adapta a cualquier genero si se lo propone, melon cake , y dancing with the devil las mejores canciones del album y met him last nght y girfriends are my boyfriend tienen potencial de ser hits . el mejor album de su carrera yo le doy 80/100 Expand
  10. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So amaziiing, she was perfect, coherent, great tones of voice, incredibly perfect, stepped on the crazy blonde who did several songs for ex Expand
  11. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    It's an extraordinary album, full of her history and her feelings. She turned her pain into art.
  12. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    perfect album she is so powerful and the best singer. this is everything for me.
  13. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    Demi é uma artista brilhante, capaz de transformar acontecimentos ruins em novos recomeços... esse álbum é só uma amostra do quão forte e honesta ela consegue ser !
  14. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    Demi dit it! The album is amazing. Very well written and produced. One of the best songs must be "Carefully", just reminded me of her second album "Here We Go Again". Really good sound!
  15. Apr 8, 2021
    0
    Bad album. Boring as expected. Made no noise as deserved. She should focus on her music instead of shading other artists.
  16. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    I love this album! The best Demi Lovato’s one. She deserves the #1 on Billboard Hot 100 even if I think she’s underestimated. At least I can say that she grew up musically.
  17. Apr 8, 2021
    10
    her best album and probably the best album of the year cuz everything in this project is beautiful.
  18. Apr 7, 2021
    10
    This is the perfect album for reinventing ourselves. This is her best project so far. Completely in love with every track. Deserve a good 10/10 for sure
  19. Apr 7, 2021
    0
    How did she go from the excellence of TMYLM to... something so underwhelming? I really wanted to like this but I'm disappointed. Besides MHLN, which is a masterpiece, everything is lacklustre. TMYLM > HWGA > Unbroken > DWTD > Demi > Don't Forget
  20. Apr 7, 2021
    10
    One of her best albums, which offers raw lyrics, great melodies and a notable ability of turning pain into art. Demi Lovato is truly one of a kind and we have so much luck to be able to listen to her songs.
  21. Apr 7, 2021
    10
    Her strongest and most cohesive body of work, compelling and haunting from start to finish, brutally honest as she wears her heart on her sleeve and unloads her heavy baggage.
  22. Apr 7, 2021
    10
    Always been a fan of Demi but this is the first time I loved every single track off an album. This was a no-skip album for me. She really did THAT!!
  23. Apr 7, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Su peor álbum, ni generando lástima pudo salir de flop da asco si álbum. Debería retirarse Expand
  24. Apr 7, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This has to be the best album she has ever released, so true and brave in every single song and her voice is outstanding. Expand
  25. Apr 7, 2021
    10
    I don't know if this album is her best album but for sure it's in her top three best albums. except for lonely people and mad world, this album is a masterpiece. sunset deserved so bad to be in the standard version. the best of 2021
  26. Apr 7, 2021
    10
    In my opinion, she showed other side of her emotions that she's hidden for a long time
  27. Apr 2, 2021
    10
    It's like taking all of Demi Lovato's previous discography and putting it together in every song. Each song has a meaning, each song deserves attention. Demi's best work of her entire career.
  28. Apr 7, 2021
    0
    I was expecting more from Demi after years of waiting for her new album this album is the same as the last ones , singing about the same issues and she still over-singing .. she has a powerful voice but her screams in the whole album make it hard to enjoy it ..
  29. Apr 7, 2021
    10
    Demi Lovato tells her story while making an impeccable album, dancing with the devil.. the art of starting over shows that Lovato will show her truth no matter what you think!
  30. Apr 2, 2021
    10
    A journey through the past three years of Demi’s life & a representation of who she is today. She mastered the art of starting over.
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73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Apr 15, 2021
    60
    Lovato's frankness is disarming, forcing a listener to reckon with the depths of the singer's distinction, yet the album works best when it veers toward lighter territory, letting the slick R&B rhythms and sugared hooks carry Lovato's emoting.
  2. Apr 8, 2021
    80
    Dancing With the Devil… The Art of Starting Over is Demi Lovato like we have never heard before. She is sassy and carefree while serious about her identity and personhood in a way she has been itching to be for years.
  3. Apr 8, 2021
    80
    The opening three tracks are almost an EP in their own right, before a quick reset. Semi title track ‘The Art Of Starting Over’ begins anew, a straight forward bop that gets to the root of Demi’s recovery – her natural talent, her ear for pop magic, affording room for personal renewal.