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. Abdansfikri
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When you first time hear this whole album you will think this album so complicated, but this is real masterpiece, i love it very much!… Expand
  2. lautiabregu
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    In Manic, Halsey explores uncharted territory with deep insights on her life, detailing on her love life, her mind and even harsher topics like motherhood and family life.
  3. Meaburro
    Jan 18, 2020
    0
    Disappointed with the album... Manic is possibly halsey worst album to date. manic was the worst **** album i’ve ever heard. out of every artist out of every album u have fully listened to. manic is the worse album i’ve ever heard. All the singles are basic and trash
  4. 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
  5. Menios
    Jan 18, 2020
    9
    It is simply and without a doubt her best album up to date. She is at her most confessional state in this album and it really helps us identify with her, given that we are all people and that she talks about love and loss, feelings and choices to which we can all relate. I hope she continues thriving and evolving, giving us more artistic songs, exactly like the ones of this magnificent album.
  6. Benjadelrey
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    Is so beautiful, so intimate, the album is like her emotions, full intense, in less words a materpiece almost like Melodrama by Lorde but no. Hahaha
  7. Halseyfanforeva
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    I totally respect everyone's opinions but this album is just so real and pure that it's kinda safe to say anyone who gave it a less than 5 didn't even understand the concept of the album. Just a suggestion, listen to the album without comparing it with her previous albums. All her music is different and the reason why some don't like Manic is because they are comparing it with badlandsI totally respect everyone's opinions but this album is just so real and pure that it's kinda safe to say anyone who gave it a less than 5 didn't even understand the concept of the album. Just a suggestion, listen to the album without comparing it with her previous albums. All her music is different and the reason why some don't like Manic is because they are comparing it with badlands when manic is not trying to be a Badlands vol.2 so I would say manic is her best album in my opinion.… Expand
  8. heitorolin
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    É um álbum introspectivo, intimista e com uma coesão fantástica. uma gramde destaque para as letras que transmitem sinceridade da cantora. as produções são incríveis! muito interessante como foi juntado vários gêneros músicas e não fez o álbum se perder, pelo contrário so ficou melhor.
  9. Geovani1
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This album is so raw and it is just a beautifully made album every song is diffrent and this album is one of yhe best albums of 2020.
  10. 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. ✨
  11. Jonathanegm7
    Jan 17, 2020
    9
    A beautiful, personal and emotional album. Manic is a masterpiece. 3am should be a single
  12. Fer3107
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Album Of The Year

    Halsey hizo un trabajo impecable en este álbum, sus letras son increíble y la producción magnífica.
  13. paulocgete
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    album of the decade period
    cant believe she outdid herself once again! her mind and concepts are our of this world
    she deserves everything
  14. sb4
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    The album is lyrically and sonically beautiful. Halsey shares a part of herself that she has never shown before, and she does it with great success! Halsey shows versatility and talent in this masterpiece of an album.
  15. 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
  16. melliejellie
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Halsey never fails to disappoint. This album is personal, emotional and amazing.
  17. wonderlost
    Jan 17, 2020
    2
    I was a big fan of Halsey’s previous albums, that said, I won’t be listening to this again. I understand this album was not meant to be cohesive and was meant to be music in a manic form... Before the album came out, I was truly hoping for some kind of Kanye-like rise from the ashes and some bops while getting emotionally intimate, but this really fell short for me.

    The lyrics were    I was a big fan of Halsey’s previous albums, that said, I won’t be listening to this again. I understand this album was not meant to be cohesive and was meant to be music in a manic form... Before the album came out, I was truly hoping for some kind of Kanye-like rise from the ashes and some bops while getting emotionally intimate, but this really fell short for me.

    The lyrics were sometimes infantile, sometimes forced. Sometimes fine and forgettable, but not at all something I felt that giddiness in my chest for. It just felt like whining with a side of pettiness, and a minor sprinkling of self awareness as a shield for bad behavior. Very disappointed.    … Expand
  18. Johan21
    Jan 17, 2020
    9
    El álbum tiene un toque tan único de ella. Realmente se nota que es una pieza demasiado personal, estoy sorprendido, aunque, a decir verdad, me hubiera gustado que agregara "Nightmare", ya que podía entrelazarse con "3 am".
  19. allansilva
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    acho que esse álbum mostra muito a visão da Halsey sobre si mesma lidando com relacionamentos e situações pessoais. O Badlands e o HFK têm universos completamente distintos, assim como o Manic. Pessoalmente, o álbum não me decepcionou, e sinto que as músicas estão mais intimistas e honestas. Amo ver uma artista de verdade se desenvolvendo.
  20. honeymoon_
    Jan 17, 2020
    9
    halsey conseguiu colocar toda sua personalidade e se expressar de uma forma artista no álbum de um jeito incrível. as letras são incríveis, clememtine me toca de um jeito que eu não sei explicar. melhor álbum dela!
  21. Garysmoya
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    A greatest confidence album... and a smarter piece of art... that I'm sure you will enjoying...
  22. Iamgab1
    Jan 17, 2020
    8
    While it lacks the bangers that her two previous albums had it is a beautiful peace of work. It’s nice to meet you Ashley.
  23. Fer1807
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Its so perfect, the production and the lyrics are on fire. It's so personal and the collaborations give an special thing to the songs
  24. matthewmirliani
    Jan 17, 2020
    6
    Manic’s ambition cannot be denied - nor can the importance of the message it delivers, nor can Halsey’s great talent, nor can the heart that is put into a work like this. However the album starts and ends on its weakest tracks, leaving the middle a more engaging and impressive pop album and resulting in an overall mixed bag of an experience. But despite its disappointments and missteps,Manic’s ambition cannot be denied - nor can the importance of the message it delivers, nor can Halsey’s great talent, nor can the heart that is put into a work like this. However the album starts and ends on its weakest tracks, leaving the middle a more engaging and impressive pop album and resulting in an overall mixed bag of an experience. But despite its disappointments and missteps, when the album is good it’s very good - the exceptional punk-pop anthem “3AM” which takes us back to the early 2000s; the brilliant lead single “Without Me”; and the dreamy pop-rap of “SUGA’s Interlude.” Other highlights include the sparkling “More” and Alanis Morissette’s emotive guest appearance.… Expand
  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. Joqtan
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Halsey y su hermosa voz hacen que el album sea muy bueno y diferente, no hay canción mala me gustaron todas
  27. 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!
  28. ssierra
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    loooooved the album. It’s just so pure and unique. Really love halsey as an artist. She’s just amazing. The album is a masterpiece and I really meant it. It’s such a roller coaster of emotions. Really refined the album and her music in general. She’s so talented as a singer and as a writer. We can really really tell she lives what se does and there’s nothing greater than that. This albumloooooved the album. It’s just so pure and unique. Really love halsey as an artist. She’s just amazing. The album is a masterpiece and I really meant it. It’s such a roller coaster of emotions. Really refined the album and her music in general. She’s so talented as a singer and as a writer. We can really really tell she lives what se does and there’s nothing greater than that. This album is just a proof of her hard and amazing word and I also think that she deserves every littler amount of success she has.… Expand
  29. josrob
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Este es el álbum que esperaba de la grandiosa Halsey, un trabajo hecho con puro sentimiento y cuidado, letras que dejan con la boca abierta y destruyen para luego volver a armar. Siempre me ha sorprendido su trabajo y este álbum no es la excepción sin duda alguna.
  30. Redwin38
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Amazing album! She has become such a wonderful artist. The lyrics, the melodies, the vocals but her attitude as an artist and woman is what sold me. In love!
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Metascore
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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