This Is What the Truth Feels Like
by Gwen Stefani
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 188 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 148 out of 188
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 188
  3. Negative: 22 out of 188
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  1. fallouts
    Mar 27, 2016
    0
    9s and 10s? lol You kidding me? This is one of the most boring pop albums i've heard this year. The lyrics are so over the top and melodramatic at times, and other times she tries to bring the glory back from her past albums. It was just a complete fail IMO.

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#37 Most Discussed Album of 2016

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Q Magazine
    Apr 8, 2016
    60
    The over-sauced, finger-wagging Naughty might take the joyful retribution to far in the panto direction but I Will Survive update Me Without You and joyful dancefloor rebirth Rare prove that Stefani has lost none of her pop spirit. [Jun 2016, p.117]
  2. The Telegraph (UK)
    Apr 4, 2016
    60
    Although it's a bright and buoyant effort--with recognisable touches of ska and reggae--her new album lacks the left-field flourishes that make her special.
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  3. The Guardian
    Mar 24, 2016
    40
    Only reggae-lite skank Where Would I Be hints at Stefani’s once playful personality. But the truth is that this feels like little more than careerist chart fodder.
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