Purpose
by Justin Bieber
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Nov 13, 2015
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6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1302 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 350 out of 1302
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  1. artpopgr
    Jan 30, 2016
    3
    Forced and pretentious, this is not Justin Bieber music. He has at least 5 writers on each song, and that doesn't justify the tragic, cliché lyrics. Love Yourself needs too much the person who wrote it, Ed Sheeran, and Justin just won't fill that expectation. An album with too many tracks to be cohesive that tries to appeal to a more general public.
  2. rach
    Nov 13, 2015
    3
    I did not enjoy this album. Hate to say his songs mostly sounded the same, but they did. I was expecting so much more from Bieber, I honestly think he might've been better in his My World/My World 2.0 era. The songs are too electronic for me and the hype for this album was way too much. The whole "comeback" story his PR made was extremely smart, considering he never actually went away, butI did not enjoy this album. Hate to say his songs mostly sounded the same, but they did. I was expecting so much more from Bieber, I honestly think he might've been better in his My World/My World 2.0 era. The songs are too electronic for me and the hype for this album was way too much. The whole "comeback" story his PR made was extremely smart, considering he never actually went away, but everyone loves the comeback kid. Of course Bieber's voice is incredible though, it always has been. Giving him a 3 rating only because his vocals are insane.… Expand
  3. GovernmentMan
    Nov 15, 2015
    3
    I had to force myself to listen to this record. That’s just how boring it was. To be honest I thought this guy was done for in the music business but he came back with ‘Purpose’.

    To start of the record he starts by waling out a melody through “nah’s and duns”. Then a mellow trap-like beat plays accompanies him while he sings meaningless and generic lyrics about living a lie called ‘Mark    I had to force myself to listen to this record. That’s just how boring it was. To be honest I thought this guy was done for in the music business but he came back with ‘Purpose’.

    To start of the record he starts by waling out a melody through “nah’s and duns”. Then a mellow trap-like beat plays accompanies him while he sings meaningless and generic lyrics about living a lie called ‘Mark My Words’.

    The third song on the record, titled ‘What Do You Mean’ was a big hit before he released this. I honestly don’t mind this one song besides the piano and the clocks. It just doesn’t fit the song at all. The lyrics are crap but what do you expect from JB?

    A few more boring song later ‘No Pressure’ comes up which features rapper Big Sean. The lyrics in this song seem to have the same theme as ‘What Do You Mean’ (running out of time, making up your mind). Then Big Sean comes in with his monotone voice. I thought it was interesting that he mentioned Yoko Ono in the song.

    A few other electronically processed and computer generated lyrics later comes ‘Where Are Ü Now” which features Skrillex and Diplo. The verse sounds Skrillex-like with JB’s filtered voice. Then the beat drops in normal Skrillex fashion and it’s actually not bad. The melody is pretty good and everything but of course Skrillex made this song and Justin Beiber didn’t. I thought the horn could get kind of anyoing sometimes during my second listen of this song.

    The next song is an EDM-like song titled ‘Children’ and he’s talking about making a different. When the beat drops I actually had a smile on my face because it wasn’t bad a all.

    Lastly, the final song ‘Purpose’ starts off with a sad piano vibe. Then he starts singing some more generic lyrics. After listening to this record and almost falling asleep (twice) besides the few tolerable tracks on album I think it was just boring and unoriginal.    … Expand
  4. Jiano74
    Jan 24, 2016
    2
    To me this proves that Justin is improving from his earlier albums but it still isn't good enough he should be producing brilliant albums but instead he bores me to tears and I put something else on.
  5. luazao
    Nov 13, 2015
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bem chatinho, gostei de algumas músicas mas me lembra muito o Journals, pra mim, é um journals 2.0, mas tirando isso achei bom, as melhores músicas são Purpouse e I ill show you, as outras são meio farofinha sabe?… Expand
  6. lucrls
    Nov 27, 2015
    2
    amiga se aposenta em nome de jesus e vai procurar outra coisa pra fazer... ninguém quer ouvir sua voz de taquara rachada se doendo por causa da selena gomez nao! alem de ser um album horrível tenho que ouvir as batidas sem graças genericadas pelo jack u. melhore, justin bieber, so melhore.
  7. Ellysworld
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    All the songs are so similar ... Some of them are cute but, I don't know there's no point in making an album if you're going to use the same sound in half of it? I gave 1 just because I think "life is worth living" is a good song, the rest of them are just boring.
  8. Joseluismay
    Nov 13, 2015
    1
    No me ha encantado, lo único favorable han sido sus singles, no creo que haya una madurez, ni un graaan cambio. lo siento, no me gusto para nada, tanto tiempo de descanso fue un desperdicio.
  9. JorgeLRamirez
    Aug 30, 2019
    1
    A poorly played bet where plasticity and superficiality prevail let us see a little striking and harmful phase
  10. AndreaSMPTH
    Nov 14, 2015
    1
    Really bad. Algunas suenan bien pero esto no me gusto, tal vez solo es que nunca me agrado su actitud y ahora estoy aquí comentando algo que realmente me tiene sin cuidado.
  11. MateoDuff
    Nov 15, 2015
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La verdad, es un album muy basico, su muica sin calidad, la verad no me gusto para nada, y el album de 1D se merece muchisimo mas, esa es mi opinion vale.… Expand
  12. nanijoyce
    Dec 2, 2015
    1
    What a boring **** album uh
    Eu realmente achei chatinho e muito repetitivo, nem de longe é um album que gostaria de ouvir e não recomendo pra ngm. Pra uma volta deveria ter sido melhor mas é cansativo.
  13. ShyamPrasad
    Mar 29, 2016
    1
    HORRIBLE album..all songs sound the same..repetitive beats and justin's 1 octave vocals really dull and unimpressive. Justin can't sing let alone make music. The 1 point is for Skrillex and Diplo
  14. KripBop
    Aug 7, 2017
    1
    i think the problem here tht this albums his best the first time the focus is makin sense unlike previous he could actually produce an easy version of oxymoron or gkmc where he can talk issues his life the purpose wht fame did but its lack and the lyrics sucks jst cause a gd voice doesnt mean gd **** justin work with frank hes a one of kind he is one of the best gd voice and soulful worksi think the problem here tht this albums his best the first time the focus is makin sense unlike previous he could actually produce an easy version of oxymoron or gkmc where he can talk issues his life the purpose wht fame did but its lack and the lyrics sucks jst cause a gd voice doesnt mean gd **** justin work with frank hes a one of kind he is one of the best gd voice and soulful works tht touch on things so justin we need proper your best but still weak people wake up… Expand
  15. Gloria7
    Apr 7, 2021
    1
    This most decent Justin bieber album .. maybe because the only 2 o 3 good songs were inspired on Selena Gomez so thank you to her .
  16. Samimacedo
    Jan 20, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Reasonable material, boring voice as always, annoying middle -sounding however sounds cool at times , strong compositions , and the contradiction sounds strong this album when "Love yourself" says not wanting to his old love , and "sorry" says he wants Selena right back , reasonable material. kinda cool to… Expand
  17. PCRcovers
    Mar 24, 2016
    0
    Música comercial muy mal hecha, cabe aclarar que hay que música comercial muy bien hecha y que es muy buena pero este no es el caso. Como siempre con este artista líricas muy pobres y simples, y ni se diga de la música, es muy básica. La producción es muy buena, y es lo único que se salva de este disco. es sorprendente como es que este disco tuvo tanto es éxito, la verdad da vergüenza.
  18. matheusbrigida
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    This is a bubble gum teen album. This is a Reflection 2.0 just made to hit and he forgot the quality. He is so focus to get the #1 thet forgot to do a good album. Forget Selena, she's movin' on and is happy now. HER ALBUM IS BETTER THAN YOU
  19. AngelXCX
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    bombaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  20. fallouts
    Nov 24, 2015
    0
    Bad album that isn't made out of passion. It's made so he can get more tattoos, and pay his out standing charges and fees from the bad stuff he committed.
  21. thibaesso
    Jan 1, 2016
    0
    Album muito farofa, usam batidas pra tentar atrair pessoas que gostem do album, mas o album em si n e bom, poderia ter feito muito melhor.1d fez o album muito melhor, com otimas letras e n lotou de auto tune q nem o JB
  22. kogaminho
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    Dei ZERO pq me deu vontade :) Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem? Problem?
  23. HolyFloWelch
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    the album also takes itself so seriously that too often it inadvertently suppresses exactly what made Bieber so appealing in the first place. nnnnnnnn
  24. vanessamenezes
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Purpose tem o som muito parecido com os albums anteriores a esse, ficou repetido e ele precisa inovar. Não parece que ele levou três anos escrevendo este album, e as músicas com a produção do skrillex devido ao seu toque acabam ocultando muito a voz dele.
  25. KINGOFPOP21
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    ew, this is a horrible album. we cannot call this as a album because this is a trash. Selena and Demi are better than jb. He's thinking about being the king of the pop, but he is a trash of the pop
  26. justinbieberis
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    well, I will tell you the truth: this is the worst album of 2015. Don't buy it, it is not worth it. Reflection and Revival are better than this album. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeew
  27. BeatrizLima
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    is always the same with this new generation, all that occurred, are not very many songs with good lyrics, but has a silver lining in all this is that for fans
  28. sarahg224
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    All the songs are the same. Same beat same style same everything
    I would like to hear different sounds and different vocals for certain songs but there's none so to me I would rate 4 out of 10
  29. Comunitycritic
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    Es un disco maduro pero eso no define el contenido de este disco, necesita mejores sonidos y mejor contexto de las letras. Es uno de los discos malos del 2015, la única canción buena que tiene este disco es "Love Yourself" y las demás no son muy buenas.
  30. itsmanuelalex
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    it's so bad, it sounds repetitive, I didnt enjoy it while I was listening to it, I expected more for this album, this album sucks. I'm so dissapointed,
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. HipHopDX
    Dec 2, 2015
    60
    It’s when Bieber’s honesty feels less-than-honest and the tracks feel less-than-groundbreaking that this album falls short of the heights it should by all means be capable of reaching.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Dec 2, 2015
    70
    It's full of motivational Bieb-talk about the realness of the Bieb-struggle.
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  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Nov 19, 2015
    50
    You can’t hear The Feeling in his voice, which is still one of the most infectiously beautiful in the industry, because as his faith has saved him from his pain, his production team has saved his voice from Justin. It makes for a series of unbeatable mainstream and crossover singles, and a desensitized, unnerving album.
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