Manic
by Halsey
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Jan 17, 2020
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 1008 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 844 out of 1008
  2. Mixed: 56 out of 1008
  3. Negative: 108 out of 1008
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  1. CarolaBuendia
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This album is so personal yet so relatable, and that's something very rare to found these days. Halsey putted her heart and soul into it, and it shows. Now, for all the acts in the industry, THIS is how you make an album. Bravo!
  2. moulin
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    her best album ever, everything fits so well here, I'm glad I was able to listen to this masterpiece
  3. TSFan
    Jan 18, 2020
    9
    I just have to point out how amazing this album is. There’s not much more I can say. It has its bops, sad songs, all of that stuff. I have a feeling this album will do great.
  4. guivitarelli13
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    I definitely wasn’t expecting that, it’s different, and I liked it. Halsey deserves, love her.
  5. mathtsc
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Brilliant!! This is Halsey’s masterpiece, I’m so so so so soooo proud of her!!!
  6. NEWCLASSICMATER
    Jan 19, 2020
    10
    Best album of 2020 so far I am shocked and at the same time proud of this girl showing so much art her pains anguishes internal conflicts really didn’t know she was a great composer
  7. ivan13
    Jan 17, 2020
    6
    Maniac Ashley 5/10
    clementine 7/10
    Graveyard 9/10
    You should be sad 10/10
    Forever ... (is a long time) 5/10
    Dominic’s Interlude 8/10
    I HATE EVERYBODY 6/10
    3am 7/10
    Without Me 9/10
    Finally // beautiful stranger 6/10
    Alani’s Interlude 8/10
    killing boys 6/10 SUGA’s Interlude 7/10
    More 5/10
    Still Learning 8/10
    929 4/10
  8. Puppynoir
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Phenomenal, her best record yet. Manic offers the perfect amount of insight into Halsey’s mind, while creatively pouring her heart into each individual song. Sonically cohesive yet offers hints of different genres throughout the tracklist. It’s easy to discover something new upon each listen.
  9. perrydelrey
    Jan 26, 2020
    7
    O álbum apresenta uma coesão até certo ponto e nele contém algumas faixas que não acrescentam em absolutamente NADA, fazendo com que o mesmo se torne um pouco cansativo e menos interessante de se ouvir.
  10. adylover
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    "Manic" brings us to Halsey's personal space, the way she guides us through her mind and let us know more about her vision of the world, it's very brave of her to show her feelings and thoughts with this masterpiece
  11. Adrianomor
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Manic is one of the Best album released in 2020, incredible lyrics and good sounds, she deserve the #1 of 200 albums
  12. felippe999
    Jan 17, 2020
    8
    I love this project, honestly, I'm was so afraid of how it’s supposed to work, but Ashley give us a cohesive record, and I’m so happy for this. ✨
  13. Born2Lose
    Jan 17, 2020
    6
    Mientras iba sacando los singles promocionales me gustaban y esperaba mucho del álbum, pero en sí las canciones nuevas no me gustaron tanto :(
  14. Nosturnos
    Jan 17, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Halsey showed a lot of creativity in her 3rd album, the tracks have different rhythms and connect easily. The album has a lot of amazing songs with great single potential, but there are some tracks that don't appeal to all types of audiences being more personal. Well placed interludes, with illustrious presences that generate a good bond within the album.… Expand
  15. SebasDiaz13
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    ..................................................................................this album is art
  16. emilyo6
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    I actually love this album with everything in me. The music is so raw and real and I love every song so much.
  17. beanie_chris
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    Halsey’s best album! My favorites on this project are graveyard, you should be sad, 3am, Alani’s interlude, killing boys and still learning
  18. lucaxxx
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This album is so incredible! I hope she's nominated for a Grammy next year, because this is her best album ever!!!!
  19. wh4td01kn0w
    Jul 7, 2021
    1
    this album aged like milk just like all halsey albums, is just so predictible and boring, she could do better if she tried at least for once
  20. Kauami1
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Álbum perfeito. No geral é um álbum muito bom, com boas faixas. Halsey nunca decepciona.
  21. witchrosa
    Jan 27, 2020
    6
    Listening to Manic, you can feel the emotion that Halsey put behind it. She does a great job putting her personal experiences and feelings on it. As someone who's been following Halsey since before her debut album, it hurts that I can't give it a higher score than this. It suffers from several repetitive and weak tracks that make the whole experience a bit shaky. It's a very ambitiousListening to Manic, you can feel the emotion that Halsey put behind it. She does a great job putting her personal experiences and feelings on it. As someone who's been following Halsey since before her debut album, it hurts that I can't give it a higher score than this. It suffers from several repetitive and weak tracks that make the whole experience a bit shaky. It's a very ambitious project that doesn't pay off completely.… Expand
  22. Keanjovi
    Jan 19, 2020
    0
    Nothing neww super borreeeed, is a copy of a lot of albums, please the only good thing was nightmare and the **** don’t put it
  23. EnzoSantini
    Aug 28, 2020
    6
    outro album que saturou bem rapido, ele é bem enjoativo com o tempo, é bom mas nada muito demais
  24. dvmendes
    Jul 25, 2020
    8
    I've been a Halsey fan since the Badlands era, and I can see such a growth of her as an artist. She made such a good and different album and I loved it. The least favorite were the interludes, but that doesn't ruin the album, it's still good anyway. A strong 8/10.
  25. soundmate
    Jan 17, 2020
    8
    Opening your feelings to someone is hard as hell. Now, imagine expressing yourself and explain your emotions and thoughts for an audience of millions of people, which are able to judge and criticize. It is a very smart and mature move for anyone. Thus, Halsey has decided to open her heart to anyone who'll listen; millions of people in her case.
    Halsey has made a very enjoyable and    Opening your feelings to someone is hard as hell. Now, imagine expressing yourself and explain your emotions and thoughts for an audience of millions of people, which are able to judge and criticize. It is a very smart and mature move for anyone. Thus, Halsey has decided to open her heart to anyone who'll listen; millions of people in her case.
    Halsey has made a very enjoyable and relatable album full of deep personal lyrics that can reach out to anyone. Everyone could empathize with the singer and this album; you only have to have the willingness to listen to the chaotic emotional roller-coaster that is Halsey's life. Billie Eilish once said during her teenage years that "everyone I know in the music industry is fuc*ing sad". Thus, Ashley focuses on her most personal life, on bad loving, ex-lovers and how hard it is to deal with fame and loneliness. The singer has been able to write a 16 track album that resumes how she has felt emotionally during the three years, since the release of her previous album. She has been able to talk as Ashley, the most honest version of herself, the true one. I can hear Halsey singing thoughout the album and Ashley screaming in the background, hoping to be heard by the pop star. Manic definitely is a chaotic amalgamation of self-analysis, rage, depression, ecstasy, and growth that sees its creator managing the messiness of fame while trying to stay true to herself.
    The message is amazing and so is the music that accompanies it. A perfect mix of traditional pop assorted with the newest trends in the industry: low electronic R&B filled with an acoustic guitar and a little bit of notorious autotune.
    In conclusion, combining heartbreak with a journey to self-love, the album feels like entering the mind of a bipolar person: chaotic and relaxed at the same time. It is an album to cry of sadness and of joy. Manic will for sure be remembered as one of the best and most interesting albums to be released in recent memory by a female pop act.    … Expand
  26. Seoulmilk4849
    Jan 20, 2020
    9
    Halsey's new album 'Manic' feels that Halsey has well expressed her world that she wanted to express in music.
  27. sunsetbabe10
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This album is so refreshing. Halsey wrote intelligent lyrics but not too much to intimidate new listeners like me. I love how sonically cohesive this album is.
  28. Muratka
    Jan 23, 2020
    0
    so bad so ujas Its so boring and terrible hahahnoooo okay, bye, good luck, colxolzi
  29. Jorge_e
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    O conteúdo lírico é foda, a sonoridade é um pouco experimental, mesclando gêneros.
    Halsey, você é um gênio!
  30. venusinterlude
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Manic is the most beautifully cohesive body of work Halsey has released. It is chaotic, yet soft and reflective. It seems to find this middle ground of the intricate lyricism Badlands had, combined with clean & crisp production Hopeless Fountain Kingdom brought to the table.
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Q Magazine
    Feb 11, 2020
    80
    Freighted by unflinching lyrics, Manic is a magnificent - and magnificently raw - pop confessional. [Apr 2020, p.110]
  2. No Ripcord
    Feb 4, 2020
    40
    The real problem is that the best ideas are outvoted by frustrating ones, leaving us with little touches like the short, yelping-like sound in the second verse of More or the distorted vocals that end killing boys. There are some good moments here, but even the best of them can’t help Halsey get out of her own way.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Jan 29, 2020
    68
    Manic is a rich and often confounding listen, an expansive album filled to the brim with the imagined worlds Halsey’s built for herself in the real one. It’s also sincerely, indefatigably Halsey: She puts her loves and ambitions on wholly earnest display, even if it doesn’t always make for the most consistent listen.
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