Revival
by Eminem
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6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1269 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 690 out of 1269
  2. Mixed: 207 out of 1269
  3. Negative: 372 out of 1269
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  1. fdanLencom
    Jan 23, 2018
    10
    One of his best albums ever. He tried to combine all of his albums in this one. Love it very much!!!
    Castle and Arose are masterpieces
  2. emotional12
    Feb 1, 2018
    10
    I like it!I like it!I like it!I like it!I like it!I like it!I like it!I like it!I like it!I like it!
  3. EMINM
    Feb 4, 2018
    10
    STRAIGHT OUTTA FIRE..!! All those fukers who are saying this album sucks need to clean their mutha'fukin ears...!!! They either Trump supporters or some lil **** (if you know what i mean). I love this album album it's on repeat. All of them from 1 to 19.It's hard to tell but notables are -Believe,Framed,Chloraseptic,In your head,Castle,Arose,offended,Nowhere Fast i just fukin love them. IfSTRAIGHT OUTTA FIRE..!! All those fukers who are saying this album sucks need to clean their mutha'fukin ears...!!! They either Trump supporters or some lil **** (if you know what i mean). I love this album album it's on repeat. All of them from 1 to 19.It's hard to tell but notables are -Believe,Framed,Chloraseptic,In your head,Castle,Arose,offended,Nowhere Fast i just fukin love them. If you still think it's not good just give them a listen out of hate or any grudge. This is something which most albums are not or actually none are and that- Lyrically meaningful with some real moves and lines. Just listen yourself. He's the Rap GOD and all will be.Love you EMINEM.… Expand
  4. SlimSlim
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    Revival is an amazing album. The sole reason why Revival is a must-listen is that regardless of what is in nowadays, Eminem is still an ingenious lyricist at the top of his game. The production and features are also great enough and in line with what is needed to be heard at 2018! Unfortunately some critics are stuck in a 2000s' time portal! Eminem has grown up as an artist and it'sRevival is an amazing album. The sole reason why Revival is a must-listen is that regardless of what is in nowadays, Eminem is still an ingenious lyricist at the top of his game. The production and features are also great enough and in line with what is needed to be heard at 2018! Unfortunately some critics are stuck in a 2000s' time portal! Eminem has grown up as an artist and it's pointless and stupid to rap like he's in his twenties or thirties! What's more, name one rapper who has achieved as much as he has! None. Go pick it up and a couple of years from now, this **** would be considered illmatic! Eminem has stood the test of time and Revival is strongly recommended to anyone who knows what rap is about!… Expand
  5. Gabriel0211
    Aug 30, 2018
    10
    Great album! A lot of different flow patterns, complex rhyme schemes, great beats. The features are all right. Not his best album, but neither is as bad as people are saying.
  6. FrancisDG
    Jul 30, 2019
    10
    No, no, no. Why people don't like this album!!! It's a good piece of music!!!
  7. ProShady
    Nov 4, 2018
    10
    this is a great album in my opinion, i think people were wanting slim shady back too much.
  8. Rap_Reviews
    Jan 21, 2019
    7
    Worst Eminem album easily!!! Revival has 2 classic (Castle & Arose) few good songs but many bad songs
  9. Sermanson2002
    Jun 13, 2019
    10
    Very good album that some people hate because the message or the features but at the end is a very good body of work with rock beats and excellent lyrics.
  10. Yanstarr
    Jun 5, 2019
    10
    His penmanship has always been top notch. On tracks like walk on water, river, arose, castle, framed and bad husband Em has a way with words that is very impressive. Only a couple tracks I don't like on the album otherwise, it's a good album with a very personal feeling to it.
  11. Dev49
    Aug 12, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Legendary Eminem is The greatest rapper for forever EMINEM EMINEM EMINEM

    EMINEM    … Expand
  12. DevinMarklee
    Oct 29, 2019
    10
    Not bad at all. I don't understand why this album got so much hate, it has all the contents of any other album, its got the complex rhymes, dre on the beats, only difference is the producer
  13. Todor5325
    Nov 7, 2019
    7
    I love the songs on the album, but some of them are unnecessarry. The album should've been shorter, and the production could've been way better.
  14. Nightseric
    Dec 18, 2019
    9
    From tracks that talks about America's issues that reflects from Eminem's BET freestyle to tracks that reflect on Eminem's life and state in hip-hop, Revival is a mix between all of his previous albums that have gone platinum. Only one track seems to stand out poorly: Chloraseptic. Thankfully, its remix performs better, but blows the original out of the water and makes a blister inFrom tracks that talks about America's issues that reflects from Eminem's BET freestyle to tracks that reflect on Eminem's life and state in hip-hop, Revival is a mix between all of his previous albums that have gone platinum. Only one track seems to stand out poorly: Chloraseptic. Thankfully, its remix performs better, but blows the original out of the water and makes a blister in Revival. Without that track, its an easy 10.… Expand
  15. aon4962
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    This is Eminem, you love him or hate him, but whatever he comes up with, you talk about it.
  16. ArkodeepSen
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    Insant classic. This is the best album of all time. Nothing can be better than this. This is the greatest piece of music.
  17. Jr88
    Jan 19, 2020
    7
    This truly is a good album but when Eminem has something that is very important to say people don't want that.
  18. shaly21
    Jan 20, 2020
    10
    Em's still killin it. Like most albums, takes a few listens to really decide how u feel about it. Theres a couple songs that I skip over. But thats typical of almost every album i own, not just eminem albums. I dont think its overly political like some people are saying, there are 2 political songs out of 19. Its a mix of a lot of different styles. I love it.
  19. VetalShady
    Jan 21, 2020
    10
    Revival... We didn’t get album from Eminem since 2013 now it’s 2017... It was hyped for most but for most as-well as disappointing. Well to me this album was very good , it was more personal Eminem side. The only bad song was Need me ft Pink everything else was okay till amazing. Best song for me is Castle and I like how Castle and Arose are combined song , makes the ending very great forRevival... We didn’t get album from Eminem since 2013 now it’s 2017... It was hyped for most but for most as-well as disappointing. Well to me this album was very good , it was more personal Eminem side. The only bad song was Need me ft Pink everything else was okay till amazing. Best song for me is Castle and I like how Castle and Arose are combined song , makes the ending very great for album.… Expand
  20. Yousaf
    Jan 21, 2020
    10
    This is a masterpiece album. Love the content and the funky Em! This is what i love about Em! He shows different sides of him!
  21. Diavoloo
    Jan 28, 2020
    10
    This is a different eminem and shows he's matured as marshall mathers the man and eminem the artist GOAT!
  22. JrsMwn
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Underrated, overhated album. The content here is amazing and great lyrical display by Eminem. I really can’t understand why this album gets a lot of hate smh
  23. Grrrsta
    Jan 22, 2020
    9
    I actually like this album despite so many hating this one ..............................................................................
  24. ExtraCritic
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    after listening to this several times, years later, the album is certainly not as bad as it was made out to be. several great songs.
  25. slimshady99
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    This album shout every one facking mouth its was pure fire thanks agian em ❤️
  26. Adssavill23
    Sep 4, 2021
    10
    I really rate the album 6-7 but want to keep the scores high.. average for Eminem, peak for other artists just shows ems level (my biggest flips are your greatest hits)
  27. Ryanscaggs
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Goat things
  28. ViTRiFY
    Jan 22, 2020
    9
    There's a few skips but the lyricism is still top notch! Em gives us his take on issues in America.
  29. Joeygh98
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    I don’t give a **** what people say, this album is fire. This is the woke Eminem, no matter what he does people are gonna criticize him. You should listen to the lyrics and enjoy the album, there are a lot of good songs on it. Eminem never disappoints.
  30. chiraggandhi
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    One of Eminem's best album my favorites from Revival are Oops All xD can't say bc every song of Eminem is lit
  31. Ghostt
    Jan 23, 2020
    7
    Not the worst album I’ve seen but it also wasn’t the best, some tracks were good
  32. Yikes137
    Mar 13, 2021
    8
    Is this Eminem’s worst album? Yes.
    Does that mean it’s a bad album? No.
    Lyrically, Eminem is so far above any other artist out there. This is an engaging album, full of emotion and new things to say from Em. There are some suspect production choices, and the songs are so varied in content/style that you almost certainly won’t like every song. Still, this project is stronger than most    Is this Eminem’s worst album? Yes.
    Does that mean it’s a bad album? No.

    Lyrically, Eminem is so far above any other artist out there. This is an engaging album, full of emotion and new things to say from Em. There are some suspect production choices, and the songs are so varied in content/style that you almost certainly won’t like every song. Still, this project is stronger than most other rappers will put out in their entire careers.

    If anything, this album is proof that when people jump aboard the hate train because it’s the “cool” thing to do, the evidence doesn’t matter. Unless you have put your blinders on and have committed to hating everything Eminem puts out ever again, you will recognize this for the solid album it is.    … Expand
  33. 2enr
    Feb 21, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Highly underrated Eminem album, overhated... people say all songs suck... yet i think songs like Arose, Castle, Chloraseptic are awesome... especially the a capella on Chloraseptic. Overall a good album, not the greatest he has ever done, but a good album.… Expand
  34. TheKaleidoscope
    Oct 18, 2020
    8
    It does sound as if he actually wanted to start a rap-rock band, but goddamn, Rick Rubin why didn't you stick to Linkin Park? The rest is just typical eminem, overhating him is useless lmao
  35. Erowden48
    May 7, 2020
    7
    Overall good album that stumbles along the way. Castle and Arose are some of the best Eminem songs ever. River is very catchy and the Ed Sheeran feature makes the song and walk on water is great as well. I will always have a soft spot for it being my first album I downloaded on Apple Music.
  36. Alex_RGH
    Jun 7, 2020
    10
    man i just liked this album since day one
    but people and critics are rude
    this album is his best after TES to me
    better than MTBMB easily
    i don't understand people man
    like Em said "maybe because it doesn't sound like everything else"
  37. athena1111
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    definitely not eminem’s best work but still a pretty decent album and a lot of rappers wouldn’t be able to do anything like this sooo. walk on water and arose are my top songs from this album
  38. Zaelio
    Nov 7, 2022
    10
    A good change for eminem who explored all his talent
    People are overly to critical of this album without cause
  39. tombradygoat
    Nov 23, 2022
    10
    while you're all hating, this album is aging like fine wine. most underrated album of the last 6 years.
  40. gotosleepbtch
    Nov 25, 2022
    8
    Not my favorite, I have to admit. But still a banger. Still in love with Castle, Arose, Tragic Endings and Framed.
  41. todaywasagooday
    Dec 1, 2022
    8
    Not his best work but a lot of people still can't understand most of his lyrics in this record. Being truly honest, some songs aren't good, like "Need Me", but some others are just overhated for no reason.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 24
  3. Negative: 6 out of 24
  1. The Wire
    Feb 23, 2018
    40
    Chosen topics prove less crucial than his relentlessly tedious delivery. [Feb 2018, p.51]
  2. Q Magazine
    Jan 30, 2018
    40
    Eminem has never sounded more like a man out of time. [Mar 2018, p.107]
  3. RapReviews.com
    Jan 18, 2018
    75
    At least a third of the tracks are songs I could do without. The other two-thirds show that whether you love or hate the modern day Marshall Mathers, he's still as relevant as he ever was.
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