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Juanlittlem

Oh wow, spanish tabloids are giving amazing reviews about the album. I might translate one of my faves I just read 'cause it was pretty good imo

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54 minutes ago, lastpopicon said:

NYT gave 50 to Chromatica, I think it's fair to assume Mayhem won't do worse (famous last words :sweat: )  

Never realized they gave it that, Chromatica deserved better and is skipless IMO

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7 hours ago, Future Lovers said:

Why is everyone melting down over Slant when a 6/10 isn’t really a bad score? The text is a little more negative but the score itself is fine? A 6/10 is far from a drag or a pan, especially compared to their past. 

Slant always gives her terrible reviews, so yeah, that was expected. Frankly, as you correctly said, compared to the past a 6/10 is relatively good by Slant's standards.

She's still at 85 on Metacritic, and they usually don't upload more than 20 reviews at most, so unless all the remaining reviews are 60s and below she's unlikely to drop into the 70s

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17 minutes ago, Juanlittlem said:

Oh wow, spanish tabloids are giving amazing reviews about the album. I might translate one of my faves I just read 'cause it was pretty good imo

Same for Portugal, all amazing reviews with little to no criticism from what i've read, I'm very surprised tbh. 

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7 hours ago, Future Lovers said:

Why is everyone melting down over Slant when a 6/10 isn’t really a bad score? The text is a little more negative but the score itself is fine? A 6/10 is far from a drag or a pan, especially compared to their past. 

Because it's Slant. I know haters always get accused of being bitter Madonna stans, and a lot of times that label is thrown around blindly, but this is one of the times it actually is. They have always dismissed her, given backhanded compliments, and their reviews are dropping in vitriol. And this is with multiple writers. If anyone else gave a mixed review, it would be whatever. But with them, it's predictable.

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4 minutes ago, Mr S said:

Because it's Slant. I know haters always get accused of being bitter Madonna stans, and a lot of times that label is thrown around blindly, but this is one of the times it actually is. They have always dismissed her, given backhanded compliments, and their reviews are dropping in vitriol. And this is with multiple writers. If anyone else gave a mixed review, it would be whatever. But with them, it's predictable.

Sure, I can get behind that, but like I said elsewhere…a 6/10 isn’t a bad score. Especially not compared to their past scores.  

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1 hour ago, lastpopicon said:

NYT gave 50 to Chromatica, I think it's fair to assume Mayhem won't do worse (famous last words :sweat: )  

If they give Mayhem anything less than 70 I'm cancelling my subscription

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Murakami27

A little preview from NYT, the review won't be coming until next week.

By Lindsay Zoladz

Dear listeners,

Today, Lady Gaga released “Mayhem,” her first pop album in nearly five years. If you have ever prayed for a Gaga song that sounds like “Reputation”-era Taylor Swift belting to the heavens atop an expertly chosen Yaz sample, rejoice and join me in blasting “How Bad Do U Want Me” on endless repeat.

I’m still processing how I feel about “Mayhem” as a whole, so look out for my review early next week….

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In regards to Slant Magazine, this is all I will say (lifting directly from my comment that's awaiting approval):

“…she sings with the shamelessness of someone half her age.” You have Hillary Clinton as your profile picture, and you are a woman. With that, you post something ageist like this? Do better.

People attacked someone for attacking Anthony Fantano a month ago, but they were right. Critics ABSOLUTELY deserve the stigma of receiving mass hate when they spew hateful rhetoric like this.

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