Dancing with the Devil... The Art of Starting Over
by Demi Lovato
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Apr 2, 2021
User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 3177 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,838 out of 3177
  2. Mixed: 49 out of 3177
  3. Negative: 290 out of 3177
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  1. Victoriakono
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    Meu Deus, que álbum incrível. Sem dúvidas o melhor trabalho dela. Profundo!
  2. carefully
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    The album of her career, im speechless for 15 hours, im addicted for every song on the album
  3. grandesnaked
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    what a good album. I got goosebumps listening to some tracks and cried. But also there are many summer bops and chill songs i see myself listening to in the car. my favorite album released this year so far. would totally recommend
  4. mafepicchi
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    This album is a bop! Vulnerable charming lyrics with the company of great beatings. Also fantastic artists for the featurings. Demi has finally reached the AOTY landing.
  5. madualv
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    O melhor album da carreira e do ano! Simplesmente incrível, a demi se supera a cada música!
  6. methiago
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s everything we wanted! é coeso e emocionante! as letras são inovadoras e bonitas.. pra encher todo lovatic de orgulho!!… Expand
  7. yoaugusta
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    The best album of the year. The musics are amazing and powerfull. Congrats Demi
  8. vinosousa
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    O álbum ser torna um pouco longo tendo em conta estarmos acostumados com musicas curtas hoje em dia, mas ainda sim não deixa de ser álbum bom, talvez até o melhor feito até agora. Algumas musicas poderiam ter sido tiradas para deixar o álbum menor, mas sendo uma narrativa DELA quem somos nós pra dizer o que devia ter entrado ou não.
  9. maclaraujo
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    This album is versatile like the new Demi's era, it has a little pinch of each of the previous albums with a hint of things never tried before by Demi. And its differential is to follow the chronological order of the artist's last years, which makes us enter the book of her life. It's magical!
  10. chitchattalkerb
    Apr 2, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this album is perfectly done, we can see that she put a lot of effort in this. she is starting over and i’m living for it. the best track is obviously the track with ariana and all her collaborations are cohesive and coherent she did amazing… Expand
  11. Guzmann
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    As experiências marcadas por tragédias e incidentes foram retratadas no álbum da forma mais lúcida e alegre que imagina. Lovato volta a dominar seus vocais em faixas extremamente pessoais e maduras, sua colaborações estão levando de uma triste viagem a uma balada interessante. O álbum está completo, suas 19 faixas estão sendo um caminho interessante e tedioso a se tornar. O poderoso vocalAs experiências marcadas por tragédias e incidentes foram retratadas no álbum da forma mais lúcida e alegre que imagina. Lovato volta a dominar seus vocais em faixas extremamente pessoais e maduras, sua colaborações estão levando de uma triste viagem a uma balada interessante. O álbum está completo, suas 19 faixas estão sendo um caminho interessante e tedioso a se tornar. O poderoso vocal da Demi está em ápice nas primeiras faixas, ao decorrer do álbum a história fica muito mais interessante. Eu amei!… Expand
  12. adnan4xd
    Apr 1, 2021
    10
    Album of the year everyone knows this, she’s coming to sweep the Grammies ... now how many words I gotta write ?
  13. Bobb1dev
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    The best album she has ever made!!! So much heart and emotion from beginning to end!! Best album of the year!! ❤️❤️❤️
  14. Themurielzinho
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    Here's you'll find everything, THIS IS DEMI, this is her story, but most of it, this is what she really is
  15. laraf
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    Most amazing album of his career, it doesn't have a bad song, just PERFECT and TRUE! Moreninha gave everything. What about the clip, without words right? Still recovering here! Very much deserves a grammy!
  16. RaphaelMotta
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    Simply a brilliant and phenomenal album! Demi Lovato totally delivered her best body of work ever! No skips!!
  17. jlennonmarques
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    she really gave to us and to the world, the best album of her entire career, for sure it has to be nominated to the grammys
  18. swiftlikever
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    .....................................flawless..................perfection.....
  19. gxldenpieces
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    Demi surpassed her work, it's the best album I've ever heard. Her voice is impaccable, impressive and beautiful. Each of the tracks tells you a story and they are really all a jewel that you are going to enjoy listening to.
  20. dileyvatics
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    this is Demi’s best album and that’s the best project released in 2021 so far
  21. Mauricio7895
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing, her best album ever, a really piece of art, she's comeback more stronger than ever, i'm so proud for her!!!!!!… Expand
  22. suhdevonne
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    The way the tracks are following a period, completing each other, telling a story is just perfect. It’s totally different from what I’ve seen Demi do and it’s amazing
  23. lenycst
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    olhei e gritei, ARTISTA. um fenômeno, conceitual, aclamada, voz da geração, VEM GRAMMY AI AAAAA
  24. amoboasmusicas
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    O álbum está incrível, impecável, maravilhoso, brilhante, magnífico, perfeito, estupendo, extraordinário, divino, esplêndido, fantástico, fenomenal, fascinante,excelso e tudo de bom.
  25. evilsamy
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    the best album i've seen, thanks demi, you deserves so many grammys, aoty, all this
  26. IgorGinaid
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ‘Dancing With The Devil... The Art Of Starting Over’ tells Demi’s full story since her addiction & overdose to nowdays that are better days! In ‘Anyone’ we can see her asking for help to her friends & family, telling that anyone is listening and she is tired of singing & praying; by that, we can observe a lyric paralel to her 2017 hit ‘Sober’, which she tells she is not sober anymore! Following the prelude, we go to ‘Dancing With The Devil’, the song represents, as shown on the newly released music video, Demi’s 2018 heroine overdose, that she was violated, drugged & almost died on a hospital bed, almost going to heaven, ‘closer than you know’, by that, we can see that ‘ICU’ is the continuation of her hospital story & the moment she had with her sister there, ‘Maddison’s Lullaby’! So after that, we observe that ‘Intro’ is the introduction or her new life, her rebirth, the starting over (as the next song, ‘The Art Of Starting Over’)! For now on she continues to tell her 3 year life story trough solo and amazing songs like ‘Lonely People’, ‘Melon Cake’, ‘15 minutes’, ‘California Sober’, ‘Butterfly’... & of course, incredible collaborations with Ariana Grande (Met Him Last Night), Sam Fischer (What Other People Say), Noah Cyrus (Easy) & Saweetie (My Girlfriends Are My Boyfriend)!… Expand
  27. Reup
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    Very much a cohesive album.. Demi lovatic delivered from start to finish.. total magic
  28. hLeonard1
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    Artista das gerações , álbum impecável, colaborações impecáveis, tudo de bom, o melhor álbum da carreira
  29. hogwacts
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    it's so honest, brutal and beautiful. it's a masterpiece. i'm glad to be alive in the same century that demi lovato exists.
  30. devonedelrey
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    Legendary album, her best so far. So many potential hit single as well as tear jerkers....the quality is amazing
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. AllMusic
    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.
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  2. PopMatters
    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.
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  3. Clash Music
    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.
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