Love + Fear
by MARINA
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Apr 26, 2019
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 343 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 269 out of 343
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 343
  3. Negative: 36 out of 343
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  1. srtafozex
    Apr 29, 2019
    3
    The album sounds very fake to me. It's as if Marina sings about subjects she does not really know about. Definitely disappointed me
  2. shedone
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    It's just not what I was expecting from her and due to all the noise she was making about I thought It was going to be amazing but she came put with basic lyrics and beats, worse than Electra Heart. Definitely not worth it.
  3. memorylapse
    Apr 30, 2019
    0
    90% of the user reviews are fans trying to raise the user score of this album not accepting that this is, sorry, garbage.
    Although Marina already proved to be a great songwriter and vocalist, Love+Fear doesn't make her justice. All the tracks are filled with cringeworthy lyrics, common sense and a generic sound that literally any other artist can do. In Electra Heart she made pop music,    90% of the user reviews are fans trying to raise the user score of this album not accepting that this is, sorry, garbage.
    Although Marina already proved to be a great songwriter and vocalist, Love+Fear doesn't make her justice. All the tracks are filled with cringeworthy lyrics, common sense and a generic sound that literally any other artist can do. In Electra Heart she made pop music, but she putted her personality, emotion, stories and creativity on every track. To Be Human is the only song she wrote by herself in the whole album, it shows all her songwriting skills but fail miserably at the production, that turns it into another trap influenced soulless ballad. Note that Froot was entirely written by herself and produced by her and another collaborator only. On Love + Fear she didn't produce ANYTHING, and every track comes with hundreds of writers that probably sucked her creativity.
    Emotional Machine is the only good song in terms of production and melody, but the lyrics are so lazy that seems like something that a 7 year old child would write. Biggest disappointment of the year.    … Expand
  4. Xar
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    Después de tanto alboroto cln que era su mejor álbum el resultado es algo que parece hecho en dos meses, ritmos pegajosos sí pero calidad no.
  5. alexpafs09
    May 5, 2019
    0
    Marina demuestra una vez más que la mejoría en sus vocales y en las líricas es casi imperceptible pero aquí lo que se juzga es la falta de calidad y producción que se había visto en su único buen álbum "Froot", así que se podría deducir que el álbum es malo no por Marina, si no por la falta de creatividad y la pobreza del potencial que la cantante de "Baby" generó en las expectativas deMarina demuestra una vez más que la mejoría en sus vocales y en las líricas es casi imperceptible pero aquí lo que se juzga es la falta de calidad y producción que se había visto en su único buen álbum "Froot", así que se podría deducir que el álbum es malo no por Marina, si no por la falta de creatividad y la pobreza del potencial que la cantante de "Baby" generó en las expectativas de promoción.… Expand
  6. bluebeardtattoo
    May 2, 2019
    2
    Попса... Такой большой альбом и ниочем... Честно говоря даже немного раздражает звучание, никакого удовольствия от прослушивания.
  7. Sleetz
    Nov 22, 2019
    1
    Generic sound, looks like a new Marina without the essence that made her famous.
  8. Segundoleo26
    Oct 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Volvemos a lo mismo con Marina parece hacer el mismo juego una y otra vez necesita despertar y abrir los ojos y reinventarse… Expand

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#21 Most Discussed Album of 2019
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#57 Most Shared Album of 2019

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. musicOMH.com
    May 17, 2019
    60
    As ever with Diamandis, there’s some decent pop music here, but it seems like we’re still waiting for her to produce that genuine killer album, Diamonds or no Diamonds.
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  2. Q Magazine
    May 14, 2019
    40
    There are suggestions of better directions not taken. [Jul 2019, p.113]
  3. AllMusic
    May 2, 2019
    80
    As the first offering of a new stage in her career, Love + Fear not only reveals its creator as newly hopeful, but it also gives hope that future efforts might be carved in a similar fashion. Marina's Electra heart still beats, it's just pumping smoother and with a confidence born from a renewed and mature perspective.
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