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  1. Nov 16, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The most relatable and most beautiful album ever to exist. I love this album so much. Expand
  2. Nov 16, 2020
    10
    Her best album! All the songs are very meaningful and with great lyrics. She proves you don't have to reach high notes to be an amazing singer.
  3. Nov 16, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very good album. must listen to all the songs, but especially lose you to love me. Expand
  4. Nov 16, 2020
    10
    I can relate to this album a lot... its very meaningful every song is special.
  5. Nov 17, 2020
    10
    I like this album and every song in it very much. It is genuine and firm yet Selena's kindness still shines through. Can't wait for her next project!
  6. Nov 17, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm not a Selena Gomez fan. However, this album is very unique and rare, I think people need to take a little glance at the songs from this album. This is an album with magic lyrics. Expand
  7. Nov 18, 2020
    10
    I loved it. Selena really knows how to make good and catchy songs. Lose you to love me is perfect.
  8. Nov 21, 2020
    10
    Love love love this album❤every song is relatable ..specially lose you to love me this song heals me ❤
  9. Nov 21, 2020
    10
    this is my favorite album ever is so good and the song are totally different from each other
  10. Nov 24, 2020
    10
    Pop perfection.
    One of the best albums of the year.
    Unique, vulnerable, soft, sophisticated and rare.
  11. Nov 24, 2020
    10
    she deserved grammy all song is amazing, fun and meaning.
    at least didnt say yummy yummy 68 times
  12. Nov 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. And excellent and creative album. It an adventure of genres. The lyrics are so heart feeling, that’s one thing that defines what’s music Expand
  13. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Amazing Album. Not to describe with simple words. Goes deep into emotions. Amazing work by Selena Gomez.
  14. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    This is Selena’s best album yet.
    Rare is an invitation into her own head showing us what’s going on with her life, fighting for her happiness. Selena showed vulnerability and versatility in this piece of art. Hands down AOTY.
  15. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Best album in recent memory. Selena is finding her path. She's so honest! i LOVE the lyrics and everything about it.

    unbelievable that gRAMMYs HAS snubbed.

    SELENA YOU ARE THE BEST
  16. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Selena showed everyone how it is beautiful to be vulnerable. I love this album forever. Plus, Kid Cudi!! Expand
  17. Nov 28, 2020
    10
    This is such an incredible album. Selena keeps improving herself by time. She really found the type which suits her voice well. Deluxe version of this album also has bops. I believe her next album will be her masterpiece.
  18. Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Esto es una obra maestra gracias selegend por tanto arte ya deja de cargarte en tus contemporáneas
  19. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    the lyrics are amazing, all the songs are meant to be personal and you know they weren't written just to fill the album, so proud of this work
  20. Mar 16, 2021
    10
    Rare is definitely Selena's best album to date. The album has fun bops, catchy and soothing beats, and breathtaking lyrical and vocal production. Her voice is sultry, soft, and distinctive, and it seems she really found her sound with this album! 10/10 and I very much recommend giving this album a listen.
  21. Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Her best album so far. It's her most personal album to date where she talks about all the things she's gone through for the past years she wasn't in the limelight. I love the whole production. Overall, great!
  22. Mar 21, 2021
    10
    Este álbum es de lo mejor, todas las canciones son muy buenas, no te cansas de escucharlas.
  23. Nov 28, 2020
    10
    simply an album that expresses too many feelings and fits perfectly with Selena's voice timbre, her lyrics are powerful, It has a mix of retro and modern type melodies. The rare is unique, powerful and magical.
  24. Nov 30, 2020
    7
    The album has a good songs but I felt like it’s the type of songs that don’t last long. Although I loved most of them I prefer Selena to sing
  25. Nov 30, 2020
    0
    she waited four years to release an album with cheap pop songs that was rejected by other artists.
  26. Dec 3, 2020
    10
    This is Selena's most personal album to date! "Lose You To Love Me" is easily one of her best songs as well. Every song compliments Selena's voice perfectly and provides head-nodding beats and melodies! Love it!!
  27. Dec 11, 2020
    9
    it's a cute album. most of the songs are actually joyful but quite simple for an album called rare. she could've done much more!
  28. Dec 12, 2020
    10
    Best album in the world! Really good songs, no skipping, full of emotions and feelings. I love it
  29. Dec 12, 2020
    10
    The marketing copy of this album defines it as being "Honest. Vulnerable. Rare" and for once, I have to agree. 'Rare' is to Selena Gomez what 'ARTPOP' was to Lady Gaga: “This album is a celebration. My pain exploding. It’s heavy, but after I listen to it, I feel happy again. I feel lighter.”

    Gomez lets shine all her emotions, from the good ones to the most troubling ones, in all the
    The marketing copy of this album defines it as being "Honest. Vulnerable. Rare" and for once, I have to agree. 'Rare' is to Selena Gomez what 'ARTPOP' was to Lady Gaga: “This album is a celebration. My pain exploding. It’s heavy, but after I listen to it, I feel happy again. I feel lighter.”

    Gomez lets shine all her emotions, from the good ones to the most troubling ones, in all the tracks, travelling in a journey of self-discovery, healing and moving on. She does something bloody brilliant by letting her fans and the public see her real self, after years of silence in the media that speculated on her love life and her health.

    On 'Rare' you will trully see an honest, vulnerable and Rare Selena Gomez. She is not shy of letting her emotions out in the world in this fantastic pop record that i find myself listening almost daily. A perfect statement that shows that you can have your lows, but ultimately come stronger in the end.
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  30. Dec 13, 2020
    10
    One of the best albums of this year
    This album is great
    Again, Selena has created a masterpiece
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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.