When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
by Billie Eilish
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7.7

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  1. longjetty7
    Apr 26, 2019
    5
    This is an interesting album, though a bit overrated in my opinion. I like the creepy/dark vibe of the album cover and songs like Bury a Friend and Bad Guy, but I think the album would have been much stronger if she had stuck with that sound more consistently. Instead, about half the tracks have a bit of an old-fashioned feel to them, 8 and Xanny in particular, which kind of ruins theThis is an interesting album, though a bit overrated in my opinion. I like the creepy/dark vibe of the album cover and songs like Bury a Friend and Bad Guy, but I think the album would have been much stronger if she had stuck with that sound more consistently. Instead, about half the tracks have a bit of an old-fashioned feel to them, 8 and Xanny in particular, which kind of ruins the effect. In addition, ending the album with 3 slow tracks was not a good decision, in my opinion. I think if she had chosen the best 6 or 7 tracks this could have been a pretty good EP.

    Standout tracks: When the Party's Over, My Strange Addiction, Bury a Friend    … Expand
  2. kjhkjhk
    May 27, 2019
    5
    the hazy sad creepy vibe holds for the first couple of tracks after which it becomes repetitive. It's alright but just not gripping enough to listen to in one go.
  3. StevenX
    Nov 29, 2020
    5
    Low-rent Lorde demos by someone whose hair matters more than her lazy voice. The audio equivalent of a man-bun. Billie's licensed "Bad Guy" to so many UK commercials - maybe she's cashing in because she knows her success will be short? Enough body-shaming of her, people - focus instead on her brother being in her bedroom so much. Ewww.
  4. C_dot
    May 22, 2019
    5
    On WWAFAWDWG, Billie Eilish spends too much time trying to be edgy and make references to pop culture (what was the point of the Michael Scott sample? It had no revelance to anything on the project) that she forgets about the rest of the album. The lyrics are shockingly shallow and hollow while the production, although cool at times, is rather repetitive and drab. There are bright momentsOn WWAFAWDWG, Billie Eilish spends too much time trying to be edgy and make references to pop culture (what was the point of the Michael Scott sample? It had no revelance to anything on the project) that she forgets about the rest of the album. The lyrics are shockingly shallow and hollow while the production, although cool at times, is rather repetitive and drab. There are bright moments and good tracks on this album, but for the majority, it is a boring listen, filled with a teenager tyring to be edgy.… Expand
  5. VitorMacauba
    Sep 3, 2020
    5
    I’m not a big fan of Billie, but this album is actually great, with some heartfelt lyrics and nice instrumentals and harmonies but, in my opinion, a lot of Billie’s songs just sound the same, very sleepy and slow.
  6. lei
    Mar 31, 2019
    5
    Mediocre voice, lyrics and production. Production often sounds outdated. For example You Should See Me in a Crown has a dubstep wobble straight out of 2011. The lyrics are something you'd expect from a 17-year old more or less but it's nothing soundcloud rappers haven't already been rapping about for years. Most interesting song is Bury a Friend. All in all this sounds like a 13 ReasonsMediocre voice, lyrics and production. Production often sounds outdated. For example You Should See Me in a Crown has a dubstep wobble straight out of 2011. The lyrics are something you'd expect from a 17-year old more or less but it's nothing soundcloud rappers haven't already been rapping about for years. Most interesting song is Bury a Friend. All in all this sounds like a 13 Reasons Why soundtrack. Nothing groundbreaking at all but very marketable.… Expand
  7. MeeranQureshi
    Oct 5, 2019
    5
    Its catchy in some ways but boring in some other ways.Also,its lacks originality. Its seems stolen from other artists and put together into one record.
  8. Afterglow_0202
    Jan 14, 2020
    5
    «When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go» is a volatile launching pad. This is anything but a safe debut, which could make Eilish a star In her own right — in the realm of dark pop or alternative could see her collapse under the weight of her enormous aspirations. It’ll be a wild ride either way, with plenty of dissension along the way. For the most part, «When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go»«When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go» is a volatile launching pad. This is anything but a safe debut, which could make Eilish a star In her own right — in the realm of dark pop or alternative could see her collapse under the weight of her enormous aspirations. It’ll be a wild ride either way, with plenty of dissension along the way. For the most part, «When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go» is stiflingly dull and bloated, with subpar production from Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell.… Expand
  9. SirFaulty
    Jan 16, 2020
    4
    Not sure what everyone sees in this. After 3 listens this is mediocre at best. It would seem we really are in the age where we celebrate mediocre as the second coming of Christ. She better show more range than the sad sack persona she seems to have cultivated here or she will be a footnote in the history of pop.
  10. hzy0421
    May 13, 2019
    4
    Never liked the mental health/ substance abuse theme probably because there are no actual roots for it. Also the constant distortion effect and mumbling vocal style are so annoying that the last guitar songs even felt a bit fresh to me.
  11. ImBathory
    Apr 2, 2019
    4
    I don’t know where we all go when we go to sleep but I do know that I almost fell asleep listening to this.
  12. jpegmafia
    Apr 16, 2019
    4
    I'm gonna be real with you. I vibe with bad guy and bury a friend. But everything else is pretty boring and not as "experiemental" or "groundbreaking" as everyone says it is.
  13. richrd
    May 9, 2019
    4
    This is a super generic 'im edgy' pop album. The same repetitive effects are used on every song and she relies on her 'deep' lyrics to soothe the population. One or two songs are catchy, but they're not worth buying the entire album for. I really liked dont smile at me because it displayed her vocals nicely.
  14. MyleeneFRW
    Aug 23, 2019
    4
    Альбом абсолютно проходной, есть пару неплохих песен на которых держится весь релиз, однако альбом для "не такие как все". Загробное звучание, некоторые песни имеют неплохой текст. Но в общем - плохо.
  15. Luisslopezz
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    She has potential, but I know she will have a better album and I look forward to it
  16. K5144
    Nov 3, 2019
    4
    Just a couple of years ago, I was blown away by Billie’s album ‘don’t smile at me’. However, this album seems a bit rushed and many of the songs sound very similar. Bad guy, although becoming a top hit in several countries, came across to me as very boring. A few songs were good, though. A shame since her firstborn album was so good.
  17. Vincent
    Apr 3, 2019
    3
    Billie wears her abominable behavior proudly on her sleeve, with creeping vocalizer effects and brooding bass. Perhaps it would work if her rise to fame was more organic. It's hard not to hear the boardroom of old, white executives at Interscope snickering as they unleash this cacophony onto the masses. Maybe it's time they stop trying to give youth culture a hellish ethos and just retire already.
  18. Jevus
    Jun 25, 2019
    3
    I have refused a lot to hear it, but if I want to criticize it, I have to hear it. I will not deny that it has a very good production, with great quality, but it is useless if your voice is so dull and boring. When I heard "Bad Guy" it was perfect, but when she sings she does **** it would sound much better if it were only instrumental. Her singing, well, her whispers are so exasperating,I have refused a lot to hear it, but if I want to criticize it, I have to hear it. I will not deny that it has a very good production, with great quality, but it is useless if your voice is so dull and boring. When I heard "Bad Guy" it was perfect, but when she sings she does **** it would sound much better if it were only instrumental. Her singing, well, her whispers are so exasperating, only Selena Gomez can forgive her, but lately she has also made pure garbage. Billie Eilish brings nothing but her whispers and "super weird" lyrics for a 17-year-old girl, she does not use great technique or effort to sing if she could be said to sing, she sounds totally like Lorde in Pure Heroine but without soul. As it is possible that the music sounds much louder than the voice, it is incredible how flat and boring it is, those effects that it uses in its voice are exasperating and annoying, it is noted that it is the only resource that it has to use because it does not have a great voice or that is the image you want to give. It was like 40 minutes underwater and I was not wrong to think that this was going to be a tremendous bore.… Expand
  19. mihailopro
    Jul 30, 2019
    3
    There are few good songs, but not good enough to make this album anything but decent. Lows are low, and highs are mediocre. Hype around her public persona will make this album comercially successful, but Billie fails to make anything intresting.
  20. Ibn_G
    Apr 2, 2019
    3
    This is honestly one of the few times where the sum of it's part is LESS than the whole. I liked some songs on the album and I would give them average scores but the whole thing together is so boring
    Same delivery, same whispery voice, I was really happy when I heard something different for 15sec on the track "Bury a friend". At times she is really trying too hard to be relatable and edgy    This is honestly one of the few times where the sum of it's part is LESS than the whole. I liked some songs on the album and I would give them average scores but the whole thing together is so boring
    Same delivery, same whispery voice, I was really happy when I heard something different for 15sec on the track "Bury a friend". At times she is really trying too hard to be relatable and edgy with the lyrics.
    The beats were alright most of the time but I just got bored listening to it.    … Expand
  21. Saintdean
    Mar 30, 2019
    3
    It seems like billie and her brother finally got to play with their voice changer over some cool beats and creepy instruments, most of the songs sounded so boring and dull and shallow nothing outstanding like some of the locals claim , only 4 songs are worth the listen , i think she wasn't ready yet to put on a full album , she should've sticked to releasing ep's with a better songs likeIt seems like billie and her brother finally got to play with their voice changer over some cool beats and creepy instruments, most of the songs sounded so boring and dull and shallow nothing outstanding like some of the locals claim , only 4 songs are worth the listen , i think she wasn't ready yet to put on a full album , she should've sticked to releasing ep's with a better songs like she used to , sad to see the mess she has turned to… Expand
  22. camszinha
    Aug 24, 2019
    3
    Esse álbum é HORRÍVEL. A Billie nem canta e sim, só sussurra. Algumas músicas são completamente aleatórias e muitas até GENÉRICAS. When we all fall asleep where do we go não mostra nem 20% do seu talento vocal (que ela tem de sobra). É um álbum que dá sono.. Realmente o nome do álbum fez jus quando eu comecei a ouvir o álbum kkkk. Não tem potência alguma. É um álbum fraco. O que é umaEsse álbum é HORRÍVEL. A Billie nem canta e sim, só sussurra. Algumas músicas são completamente aleatórias e muitas até GENÉRICAS. When we all fall asleep where do we go não mostra nem 20% do seu talento vocal (que ela tem de sobra). É um álbum que dá sono.. Realmente o nome do álbum fez jus quando eu comecei a ouvir o álbum kkkk. Não tem potência alguma. É um álbum fraco. O que é uma pena.… Expand
  23. RajP
    Jul 30, 2021
    3
    Overrated trash album. The aesthetic is pukey and the themes of the songs are downright depressing. She can do better.
  24. ariangelfan
    Sep 19, 2022
    3
    Totalmente sem graça e entediante, parece um álbum feito para quem quer dormir, as vezes nem consigo acreditar que isso tem grammy, sério muito superestimado.
  25. Gustavoart
    Mar 18, 2021
    3
    sei la, nao gostei, vi a crescida da billie, mas não vi muito bom resultado vindo do album
  26. NolanLundgaard
    Mar 25, 2020
    2
    WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish: 1.54

    !!!!!!!: 0.25 bad guy: 0.75 xanny: 0 you should see me in a crown: 0 all the good girls go to h**l: 0.5 wish you were gay: 0.25 when the party’s over: 0.5 8: 0.75 my strange addiction: 0.5 bury a friend: 0 ilomilo: 0.25 listen before i go: 0.5 i love you: 0.75 goodbye: 0.5 5.5/14 ~ .393 -> 1.54 All my    WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish: 1.54

    !!!!!!!: 0.25
    bad guy: 0.75
    xanny: 0
    you should see me in a crown: 0
    all the good girls go to h**l: 0.5
    wish you were gay: 0.25
    when the party’s over: 0.5
    8: 0.75
    my strange addiction: 0.5
    bury a friend: 0
    ilomilo: 0.25
    listen before i go: 0.5
    i love you: 0.75
    goodbye: 0.5

    5.5/14 ~ .393 -> 1.54

    All my friends hate Billie Eilish. I didn’t want to reach that same conclusion without listening to her work, so I gave her only album a listen. I was expecting it to be absolutely awful, and those expectations were mostly met. I didn’t like how dark a lot of her songs were—and it’s sad to think that’s what the world enjoys now—the lyrics to some songs weren’t that creative, and some of them use the awful, annoying, and generic electronic drum tracks. Plus, the way she vibratos her voice can be really hard to listen to. On the other hand, I did enjoy the upbeatness of some tracks and I enjoyed the loud and creative bass, but neither of those things are able to save this album from disaster, unfortunately. It’s such a shame Bad Guy turned into a generic mumble rap song in its finale, I really liked the first 75% of it. Bottom line, while I did not quite think this was as bad as it could’ve been, I’m not sure that I would call some of her songs from WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? music. Highlights: none :(    … Expand
  27. ErickXavier
    Sep 1, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Chato! Porém é algo com um bom empenho na elaboração. A voz dela deveria ser mais explorada ela só sussurra na maioria das músicas… Expand
  28. petedavidsom
    Dec 7, 2019
    2
    honey, what is this? bad guy is trash. the others too. should’ve stuck to the sound you had before. who produced this mess?
  29. Alextaylorswift
    Jul 25, 2020
    2
    Not a fan of this album. Boring, Billie has no voice, it sounds just like an album to fall asleep
  30. noalygh
    Apr 10, 2019
    1
    The intention is clear, as creepy and hysterical sounds are forcefully put with soft music, that Billie and her brother are just trying to copy Lana Del Rey or Melanie Martinez because they think it would be a good formula to gain success in alternative. The ghosty look of the album cover and all non-capital song titles also prove how bad Billie is trying to look artistic and cool. To me,The intention is clear, as creepy and hysterical sounds are forcefully put with soft music, that Billie and her brother are just trying to copy Lana Del Rey or Melanie Martinez because they think it would be a good formula to gain success in alternative. The ghosty look of the album cover and all non-capital song titles also prove how bad Billie is trying to look artistic and cool. To me, it just sounds like dead and lifeless music stiffly stay in the same pattern for the whole album. The music is the same old sad slow song, with low volume and high pitch, but really doesn't offer good melodies and aesthetic values. Unlike Lorde and Lana Del Rey, who people compare her with, Ellie is a rip off version who doesn't know how to write songs with passion nor meaningful lyrics.… Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
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  1. musicOMH.com
    Dec 3, 2019
    80
    When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? is a startlingly good introduction to Billie Eilish, an album full of attitude but with the talent to back it up. Where she goes from here will be fascinating to see.
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  2. Austin Chronicle
    Oct 4, 2019
    89
    The 17-year-old sensation takes pop iconography and musical status quo and lacerates it, opting out of femme fatale for tomboy cargos and goth macabre, and sleek soundscapes for creepy eccentrics.
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  3. Q Magazine
    Apr 9, 2019
    80
    This surprising, haunting album will speak powerfully both to her peers and to anyone who remembers how youth can sometimes feel like an overwhelming weight. [Jun 2019, p.110]
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