• Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Oct 29, 2021
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5.6

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  1. May 22, 2023
    0
    grotesco, achei triste esse álbum não tem nenhum tipo de tempero, completamente insosso
  2. May 21, 2023
    3
    Sabemos que esse é o estilo do Ed mas convenhamos, já saturou. A essa altura toda música dele soa com alguma já feita antes. Está precisando se arriscar e se reinventar
  3. May 8, 2023
    0
    This is Ed Sheeran at the most uninspired or most dissatisfying point of his career. He hit his peak long ago, and now all his music is as personal as if a toddler wrote ballads about toys. 'Equals' stands out for all the wrong reasons as the bargain bin album of 2021.
  4. Mar 30, 2023
    0
    how is this possible that his music is getting worse and worse, like it’s soo bad!
  5. Aug 7, 2022
    0
    Una porquería, musica pop basica hecha para ser escuchada en la radio y nada mas
  6. May 10, 2022
    0
    It's AOTY: Abortion Of The Year and I don't even need to hear it in full to come to this conclusion
  7. Jan 6, 2022
    1
    Instrumentally, it sounds not only outdated and awfully outside of Ed’s brand, but it’s also embarrassingly empty and kitsch. On =, Ed tries to open up about his recent experiences, mainly about his family life and big ego. Sadly, it doesn’t work out for him at the end. Before, it used to be cute and magical, but now it’s just tragical.
  8. Nov 19, 2021
    3
    After this album I stop listening to Ed, it's okay to maintain his music style. But this one?

    like pitchfork said, He’s settled into the comfort zone of songs that will haunt weddings for years to come. Kinda disappointed.
  9. Nov 19, 2021
    0
    This is horrible, amen doubts is ed's worst album From Ed. It's a mess, the singles are pretty generic and work, but the album itself, discards
  10. Nov 15, 2021
    3
    I honestly don't have much to say... only this: Ed Sheeran = Below average
    Why did i even bother??? It was not like i was expecting anything...
  11. Nov 11, 2021
    2
    why is he still doing this? it's not that his old music is bad, it just that it was never something that needed to be replicated, and yet here it is. for the third time.
  12. Nov 9, 2021
    0
    One of the worst albums ever! Don't listen
  13. Nov 8, 2021
    1
    It's a wonder Sheeran has reached the heights he has when he puts out dull, pedestrian 'music' like this.

    As someone else remarked, he makes music for people that don't like {or at least appreciate} music.
  14. Nov 6, 2021
    0
    Same old sound, nothing new. Skipped all songs and removed them from my playlist. Yuck sums this grabage up
  15. Nov 5, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is boring like ed personality nothing new he just repeats himself Expand
  16. Nov 4, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad, always the same sounds and style. He should taste new generes and give better music Expand
  17. Nov 3, 2021
    0
    Music for grocery stores. This album is bland to the point of offensiveness. If you like this, then you you don't like music.
  18. Nov 2, 2021
    0
    Me decepcionó por completo, jamás creí que tenían razón sobre ed Sheeran y su carrera. Otro álbum monótono y aburrido.
  19. Nov 2, 2021
    0
    Lo siento pero este se convierte en otro álbum monótono... no trae nada novedoso. Bad habits tiene un sonido básico y es sobrevalorado.
  20. Nov 2, 2021
    0
    bland songs, mathematically made for the charts with no flavor at all, just boring and no worth a full listen
  21. Nov 2, 2021
    0
    Unlike his previous albums, Equals (=) seems inauthentic and made solely for the charts. The songs are so generic and boring and lack an emotional appeal.
  22. Nov 2, 2021
    0
    Absolute garbage................................................................
  23. Nov 2, 2021
    0
    Um álbum lixo de um homem lixo. julio do cocoricó continua lançando bombas nucleares e cadê as pessoas atacando ele? vergonha da humanidade
  24. Nov 2, 2021
    0
    Infelizmente, mais do mesmo. O Ed parece que não consegue evoluir musicalmente. Enquanto artistas femininas são versáteis o tempo inteiro ele continua enfadonho.
  25. Nov 1, 2021
    0
    Chart-obsessed drab. Probably the most basic, lazy music you can make. His fan-base has grown up, but he isn’t maturing with them.
  26. Oct 31, 2021
    1
    His worst album ever. I’m so disappointed and mad about this. Everything sounds worse than his other albums and you can tell he doesn’t care anymore
  27. Oct 31, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ed Sheeran carefully constructed yet another album , this time his target is tiktok hits. But he is so blatant about it that the dishonesty is pouring out of it. Even a child can tell you this album doesn't have the "it" that makes us love music. Expand
  28. Oct 31, 2021
    0
    very bad album.
    My expectations were very low but I was still disappointed. The lyrics and the instrumental are very empty
  29. Oct 31, 2021
    0
    Bland, Tasteless but what can you expect from a white guy that has never done anything other than generic songs over and over again. He makes one good song as a single and then just makes the rest so bland.
  30. Oct 31, 2021
    0
    Underwhelming album. The past 2 albums have been such a letdown after the fantastic 'divide' album.
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Dec 16, 2021
    60
    If you’re a fan, you’ll still be a fan and if you’re not, you still won’t be.
  2. Nov 4, 2021
    70
    Here, Sheeran's melodies are soft yet insistent, and the production glistens with flair borrowed from younger, hipper artists who mine a similar blend of retro new wave and modern R&B, but he knows how to turn this stylish sound into something cozy and reassuring.
  3. Nov 2, 2021
    36
    He’s settled into the comfort zone of songs that will haunt weddings for years to come, like “2step,” in which he raps about “Two-steppin’ with the woman I love.” Even at his most passionate, Sheeran sounds as threatening as a meringue peak. ... Sheeran’s reliance on clichés is especially unfortunate during the album’s back half, which is where he placed a majority of the songs about death and fatherhood.