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  1. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    her best album period. absolutely in love. will be streaming non-stop. #worththewait
  2. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Excelente, este álbum cuenta una historia, tiene muy buena letras y un excelente concepto, felicidades a Selena
  3. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    this is the best album ever listen all love it
  4. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ehh it’s alright not my cup of tea. some songs sound the same and only like her first single and a sweeter place with kid cudi Expand
  5. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Cohesive, refreshing, and innovative! Selena truly found her knack with this album which includes plenty timeless gems. This is the best pop album in recent memory and it solidifies her own specific sound in music. It is powerful lyrically with songs like Lose You To Love Me as sonically with songs like Crowded Room and Vulnerable. There is not a skip on the album and each song serves itsCohesive, refreshing, and innovative! Selena truly found her knack with this album which includes plenty timeless gems. This is the best pop album in recent memory and it solidifies her own specific sound in music. It is powerful lyrically with songs like Lose You To Love Me as sonically with songs like Crowded Room and Vulnerable. There is not a skip on the album and each song serves its purpose. The features do not feel forced and actually add to the music. Overall Rare is not only Selena's best album thus far, but it sets a standard for pop going forward. Expand
  6. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Perfect "I dont have it all (i dont have it all)
    im not claiming to (im not claiming to)
    i know that im special, yeah
    and ill bet theres somebody else out there"
    to tell me im rare, to make me feel rare
    oh yeah
  7. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Emotional, mature and sincere. Selena Gomez has perfectly balanced all the ingredients for a unique and quality work. Quite different from today's generic and fake material. This. Expand
  8. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Her best album, amooo todas sus canciones y se merece el mundo entero, la amoooo
  9. Jan 10, 2020
    10
    This shows how Selena is always evolving as an artist
    The album has great lyrics and amazing production, besides being really cohesive
  10. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Basic sounds, no coordination, low vocals, ew i wont buy this but i love selena
  11. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Trabalho meticuloso, elegante além de marcar a incrível evolução da artista. Álbum da carreira.
  12. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where is the vocal she can’t sing she only speaking and sounds same back to disney Expand
  13. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Lovely just art she did THAT girrrrrl thats we she did YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
  14. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This album is pure, true and powerful! Love it! Selena you rock! loooooooooove you
  15. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Such a Body of Work.The Album is beyond expectations, Spectacular Album Selena!Keep up the good work! Expand
  16. Jan 11, 2020
    4
    I really like cut you off and lose you to love me but overall it‘s kind off boring. Would be MUCH better without kinda crazy and fun.
  17. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Perfeito, ela conseguiu transmitir todo o seu sentimento e toda a sua passagem aos longos dos anos, principalmente a superação de um amor por um relacionamento ruim.
  18. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    The álbum was amazing I think is the best if Selena she has all support of our fans
  19. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This album is FULL OF BOPS!!! Each song is perfect on its own... but they all work perfectly together too. Selena, this is your best album yet and I’m so excited to see what this new era has in store for you!!!
  20. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Girl, you should go back to TV, the music is not for you, the album is mediocre, boring and repetitive rhythms
  21. Jan 11, 2020
    3
    Ini album nya selena yg buruk lbh buruk dari revival. Setelah 4 tahun proses pembuatan hanya menghasilkan karya yg biasa saja tidak menarik
  22. Jan 11, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The album is soundly cohesive and has great transitions between songs. However, Ring proves to be a fish out of water within the sound of the album. Selena bets on contagious beats and brought a good rhythm to the current pop. Vulnerable is undoubtedly one of the best if not the best songs on the album. Expand
  23. Jan 11, 2020
    1
    The vocals just aren’t doing it for me. Songs sound like Julia Michaels demos with strange syncopations that could have been created by toddlers and someone please get this girl some singing lessons.
  24. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Her most mature one. So grateful for her, for where she is at now. It was really worth the 4 years waiting. She deserves the best.
  25. Jan 11, 2020
    4
    I loved it, every song has something that make them interesting and catchy.
  26. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    so generic, she want to be ariana grande so bad, and she stole the beats of others
  27. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Amazing album, she has grown so much.. everybody can relate to this songs. Love cut you off and vulnerable oooh and also lose you to love me... so many.. just love all of them
  28. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    No lo he escuchado completo, pero a lo que va, es interesante, volveré a modificar mi calificación una vez que termine de escucharlo.
  29. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    its so pure, the voice is clean, i love the real selena, she is powerfull!! ALBUM DA CARREIRA!!! thanks selena for save the pop, you're a incredible woman, your fas are proud of you girl.
  30. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    This album all sounds the same, has no artistic growth what so ever, Justin outsold, out streamed, and out impacted.
  31. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Perfect album. Not because I’m a fan but the lyrics and music are amazing.
  32. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Basic selena gomez. Nothing new. Still cant sing any of it live and proved on her instagram live that she didnt even write the lyrics to her TITLE TRACK SINGLE.
  33. Jan 10, 2020
    10
    Her best album up to now. It’s not your generic pop album.. she went for a different sound.. and the risk and wait for this album was worth it
  34. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Wow amazing album! I’m so proud of Selena and where she’s at right now, she’s finally happy and that’s all that matters!! She deserves nothing but love and support all this negativity is unnecessary!! Being a hater is ugly. It’s so hard to choose which one is my favorite, they’re all so great! I will say though that “a sweeter place” has been on repeat. Kid Cudi x Selena Gomez is probablyWow amazing album! I’m so proud of Selena and where she’s at right now, she’s finally happy and that’s all that matters!! She deserves nothing but love and support all this negativity is unnecessary!! Being a hater is ugly. It’s so hard to choose which one is my favorite, they’re all so great! I will say though that “a sweeter place” has been on repeat. Kid Cudi x Selena Gomez is probably the best thing that’s happened. Expand
  35. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Lo mejor musica que ha hecho hasta el dia de hoy sin duda alguna,es asombroso cada sentiemiento que trasmitio a travez de sus versos,el album del año sin duda.
  36. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Melhor álbum da vida, uma vibe muito boa, músicas que fazem voce querer cantar e dançar junto
  37. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    selena gomez voce eh iconica conte comigo para tudo! conceito coesão e aclamação
  38. Jan 11, 2020
    1
    The sounds are not too good for her voice, she is back and that's OK but not OK with that album, I have loved every work she has done till now
  39. Jan 11, 2020
    8
    One of the best comebacks ever. All the lyrics are wonderful and sounds amazing
  40. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    OH MY GOOOOOOD ITS SO COOL REALLY I LOVE THIS ALBUM
    ее музыка просто пение ангелов
  41. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. -La música es sinónimo de libertad, de tocar lo que quieras y como quieras, siempre que sea bueno y tenga pasión, que la música sea el alimento del amor
    Unos de los mejores álbumes que a sacado Selena Gómez y la felicito por ese logro tan grande y muy pronto estará el 1• de las estaciones de radios
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  42. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    El mejor álbum de la historia.
    Combina el ritmo tan alegre tanto que puedes bailar con el como las letras tan ligeras que llegas a llorar con ellas,es un disco elástico para todos los gustos.
    Pensó en todo y vaya que lo hizo de maravilla.
    En mi punto de vista es simplemente ARTE en su máxima expresión
  43. Jan 10, 2020
    10
    All songs are a 10/10. There's a song for every feeling. She really snapped. You can clearly see her grow, she went through a lot of things más now she's in a better place now. I'm just so proud of her.
  44. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    It is for sure the best album that she ever done! Very powerful and beautiful. She is really talented when it comes to write songs! The featurings with 6lack and Kid Cudi are amazings.
    Ps : Crowded room is *chef's kiss* !
  45. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    THE BEST POP ALBUM IN THE WORLD, I LOVE HOW THE MUSIC SOUND! we love u selenaa
  46. Jan 11, 2020
    7
    Selena Gomez is an artist who has been through so much: starting off at a very young age, some heavily scrutinized on/off relationships, a lupus diagnosis leading to a kidney transplant, etc... and even though her really good 2015 album had a title that fit it so perfectly, it feels like "Rare", 4 years later, is her true revival.

    Over the course of 13 songs (all of which she obviously
    Selena Gomez is an artist who has been through so much: starting off at a very young age, some heavily scrutinized on/off relationships, a lupus diagnosis leading to a kidney transplant, etc... and even though her really good 2015 album had a title that fit it so perfectly, it feels like "Rare", 4 years later, is her true revival.

    Over the course of 13 songs (all of which she obviously co-wrote), Gomez sounds like she is finally in control of her creative process and her craft. Saying this doesn't go in the sense that every song on here is flawless, the album has its forgettable moments of course, but its strong moments truly take off and win. The choice of singles is excellent: 'Lose You to Love Me' may have been one of the best, if not the best, comeback of 2019, and 'Look At Her Now', an enjoyable song about self-worth, turns out to be very fitting in the context of the record.

    The other moments where she truly shines are the ones on which she does things she wouldn't usually do: 'Ring' is probably the sassiest, most attitude-filled song Gomez has ever put out, 'Crowded Room' finds her singing with a flawless falsetto, and she even goes a bit alternative on 'Cut You Off', with a non-chalant delivery and a gorgeous instrumental bridge. However, some other songs fall short, either feeling like fillers ('Fun'), or just being repetitive/nothing new as the album progresses ('Kinda Crazy', 'People You Know').

    "Rare" is a really good pop record, and it is definitely a step in the right direction for Gomez.
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  47. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. her best album, her voice fits really well with these kind of song. definitely streaming this 24/7 Expand
  48. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Con este nuevo álbum, Selena pudo expresar todo lo que estuvo pasando durante estos 5 años, y lo logró con música de calidad y excelencia.
  49. Jan 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfeito, um álbum que da dá pra ver o amor e o cuidado com que foi feito, com muito sentimento e sinceridade.
    Selena Gomez maravilhosa e perfeita
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  50. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Simplesmente lendario, com musicas de vão desde uma baladinha mais calma até um pop mais dançante.
  51. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    a masterpiece with no skip, congratulations selena, it was definitely worth the wait!!
  52. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    AOTY i think, revival was a really good album but rare is LIT PERIODT i have to do 75/1000 so yeah
  53. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Very bad. Didn‘t like any song, not one :/. Sounds lame to me & all the same. I see no growth. I don‘t recommend buying it
  54. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To all the people saying "every song sounds the same" selena doesn't want you to really focus on the beat, she wants you to focus on the lyrics. If you listen carefully to the lyrics, they aren't just random words, she's telling the story about her experiences Expand
  55. Jan 10, 2020
    10
    amazing lyrics and new sound. selena really took us on a trip to discover what she learned and how she progressed in these years of hiatus
  56. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Yikes, one of the worst albums I've ever heard. It's just so incredibly boring.
  57. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i love all musics! it’s everything amazing! i’m proud of selena, she deserves the best! my fav song is Rare and Ring Expand
  58. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, **** on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.
  59. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
  60. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Excelente, sin duda Selena se ha reinventado y mejorado en sus producciones musicales ❤️
  61. Jan 11, 2020
    9
    It has everything you want and need! The vocals are on point and the emotions get me every time I listen to this album
  62. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Haters can hide beacuse selena did something amazing. This album is so raw and special. She deserves grammy nomination and more.
  63. Jan 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So power and true! Selena change a lot and bring to us another version of herself. CONGRATS Expand
  64. Jan 11, 2020
    9
    Álbum com um "pop puro" melodias simples e contagiantes. É notável a evolução vocal da intérprete e também a evolução sobre como ela trata de assuntos pessoais dentro do álbum. A faixa título do álbum é a melhor música da carreira de Gomez, lose you to love me e vulnerable merecem menção honrosa por serem tão poderosas e intimistas. A espera de quase 5 anos por um novo álbum de SelenaÁlbum com um "pop puro" melodias simples e contagiantes. É notável a evolução vocal da intérprete e também a evolução sobre como ela trata de assuntos pessoais dentro do álbum. A faixa título do álbum é a melhor música da carreira de Gomez, lose you to love me e vulnerable merecem menção honrosa por serem tão poderosas e intimistas. A espera de quase 5 anos por um novo álbum de Selena parece ter valido bastante, mal posso esperar pra ver os próximos passos dessa mulher incrível.
    PS: a única coisa que tem de ruim no álbum é a capa e look at her now, o resto eu só vejo conceito e aclamação
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  65. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    a beautiful, sonically cohesive that shows selena’s growth. she’s become a better person that knows her worth. people need to appreciate that.
  66. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    A really cohesive album. The lyrics are just wow. Her best album by far. Congrats.
  67. Jan 11, 2020
    3
    Wasn’t really into it! I was expecting something way better than this from selena, sounds the same as all her other stuff..
  68. Jan 11, 2020
    1
    I had high expectations for this album, but after listening to it I cannot understand the hype. It's pop at its basic level. The high scores must be driven by Selena's many followers, but musically this album does not do it for me.
  69. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Selena has managed to do everything, Rare sounds like a sweet album. His lyrics and melodies sound very good in the ears, something quiet and pleasant to hear. Rare is taking Selena to another level, I look forward to seeing her next steps in this era. Expand
  70. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    SELENA VOCÊ FOI MUITO PERSPICAZ COM ESSE ÁLBUM, obrigado por agraciar o mundo com essa obra divina, parabéns!
  71. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Uma sonoridade leve e cativante. Além de mostrar um lado mais adulto da Selena.
  72. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    The best!! Keep streaming the whole album and the music video for Rare on YouTube!
  73. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    I literally fell in love with this album. I felt every single lyric in every single song.I've been waiting for this album since 2015 and i understand now, she waited 4 years for a reason.This album has no skips, just pure talent and magnificent lyrics. Thank Selena for this BEAUTIFUL album. By the way i'm a Vulnerable stan. And Ring was very lovely too it felt me like a bad bi***.I meanI literally fell in love with this album. I felt every single lyric in every single song.I've been waiting for this album since 2015 and i understand now, she waited 4 years for a reason.This album has no skips, just pure talent and magnificent lyrics. Thank Selena for this BEAUTIFUL album. By the way i'm a Vulnerable stan. And Ring was very lovely too it felt me like a bad bi***.I mean THIS ALBUM IS LEGENDARIC. Expand
  74. Jan 11, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Selena volta entregando mais de si em um trabalho incrível e um álbum coeso com uma sonoridade rica e leve, com letras fortes e sensíveis. Expand
  75. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    best album of the decade i just know it! NO ONE COULD EVER DO WHAT SHE DID. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MAIN POPGIRL
  76. Jan 11, 2020
    7
    The album has some very good tracks, that, beautiful as they are, unfortunately don't quite hit the mark. Some tracks just sound outdated - yeah, Look at her now, I'm talking about you. Selena was able to convey both happiness and sadness, and made us want for more. A good album with a few tracks that own replay value. Not bad.
  77. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    Its okay. Nothing amazing. Cut you off and look at her now are fire though.
  78. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rare. That's ALL. Gomez has been working on this album for years. She can convey all her emotion and feelings in each of the tracks. Vulnerable, Rare e Ring are one of the best songs on the album. Expand
  79. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Selena Gomez really made one of the best pop albums in recent years and I could have never seen that coming.
  80. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    even better than the expected, she absolutely blew my mind, her best work until the moment
  81. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    A masterpiece, lenda, com a Selena é tudo na base do conceito, coesão e aclamação
  82. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    o melhor álbum a selena simplismente incrível todas as músicas são ótimas com letras importantes e uma produção incrível.....
  83. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    A true representation of genuine happiness and freedom. With this introspective lighthearted return Gomez leaves me feeling like I am indeed in a sweeter place.
  84. Jan 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very underwhelming for a four year comeback she had so much to tell and sing about but it was just very boring to me nothing really stood out about nothing made it “rare” Expand
  85. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Rare is such a beautiful album with difference tone and tune. The melodies is so catchy. So proud of her.
  86. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Perfeito, um dos melhores álbuns da Selena se não o melhor, fada perfeita amoooo
  87. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Her best album yet!! Minimalistic yet amazing can't wait for more!! The lyrics and her emotions can be felt through every word she sings. The collabs were just right
  88. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Selena mostrou que amadureceu muito nesse novo álbum com ótimas melodias e letras maduras
  89. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Most beautiful album of the decade, so powerful , self-acceptance , just everything you need to listen right now
  90. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    The best album i ever heard. Favorite songs - all. Good vibes, rhythm and great vocal.
  91. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    a masterpiece, las letras son excelentes, todas las canciones son buenas (no skips)
  92. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Best album ever, this is very well written and every single song tells a story and that's why I love this album and Selena SO MUCH
  93. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing, she's so talented, I'm blown away by the fact that Selegend gave us ART once again. Expand
  94. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    A cohesive, lyrically beautiful and amazingly produced body of work. Selena’s vocals are stronger than ever and it sounds like she’s found her true sound. A great pop album to start the new decade, Selena deserves all the success and accolades for this!
  95. Jan 10, 2020
    10
    Un chef-d’œuvre, Revival était excellent déjà mais alors là elle a frappé encore plus fort, son album est rempli d’authenticité, mais également pousse a s’accepter et a s’aimer, les chansons sont toutes puissantes, Lose You To Love Me reste une chanson extrêmement forte dans cet album et désormais accompagné du reste de l’album elle devient presque plu intéressante. Tout comme Look At HerUn chef-d’œuvre, Revival était excellent déjà mais alors là elle a frappé encore plus fort, son album est rempli d’authenticité, mais également pousse a s’accepter et a s’aimer, les chansons sont toutes puissantes, Lose You To Love Me reste une chanson extrêmement forte dans cet album et désormais accompagné du reste de l’album elle devient presque plu intéressante. Tout comme Look At Her Now qui accompagné du reste de l’album devient plus emblématique des émotions de Selena Gomez. Après plus de 4 années d’attentes depuis Revival Selena marque son retour avec un album très personnel et très réussi, elle a dead ça wesh. Qui plus est elle n’a pas énormément promu son album et pourtant elle aurait dû car il vaut le coup d’être écouté, Rare l’un des meilleurs album de 2020 assurément si ce n’est le meilleur d’avance, et pourquoi pas de la décennie qui arrive. Elle qui subit énormément de critiques, elle vient de prouver qu’elle était une artiste accomplie et que ses talents n’étaient plus à démontrer. A masterpiece, Revival was excellent already but then she struck even harder, her album is full of authenticity, but also pushes to accept and love, the songs are all powerful, Lose You To Love Me remains an extremely strong song in this album and now accompanied by the rest of the album it becomes almost more interesting. Just like Look At Her Now which accompanied by the rest of the album becomes more emblematic of Selena Gomez's emotions. After more than 4 years of waiting since Revival Selena marks her return with a very personal and very successful album, she has dead it wesh. What is more, she did not promote her album very much and yet she should have been because it is worth listening to, Rare one of the best album of 2020 certainly if not the best in advance, and why not from the coming decade. She kicks asses and especially asses of her haters. Expand
  96. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Definitely her best work and of the best pop albums to be released by a main pop girl
  97. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Rare is Gomez' best work to date. With its honest and vulnerable lyrics, the album is being carried by flowing RnB sounds. It's a very cohesive album and her voice is soothing. One of the best albums i've heard.
  98. Jan 10, 2020
    10
    Best album ever. Selena did that omg fjdjfisndksidnfndiwnjdidjwkxnwkdiebfjdjd
  99. Jan 11, 2020
    10
    Selena has come so far since Revival and all songs clearly show the growth she has had. All songs are beautiful and tell a story and journey she has been one while being a pop song you will all love!
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Jan 15, 2020
    60
    Rare continually teases intriguing forays into leftfield pop, but so many of the album’s experiments come off as just that, without ever crystallizing with memorable hooks.
  2. Jan 14, 2020
    80
    The record she has delivered to kickstart a new decade is a career defining release, and from a pop star who is firmly back on top of her game.
  3. Jan 14, 2020
    68
    While none of these 13 songs attempt the subtle weirdness of “Bad Liar” and the emotional thesis—self-love!—can be a bit one-note, Rare is the 27-year-old’s most cohesive record to date. ... But it’s difficult to come away from Rare with any real perspective on who Gomez is other than that she doesn’t want to be the person she was, whoever that similarly mysterious shadow was.