BLUE LIPS

Critic Score
Based on 10 reviews
2017 Ratings: #537 / 940
User Score
Based on 703 ratings
2017 Rank: #274
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
AllMusic

On BLUE LIPS, Lo refines her unmistakable sounds and moods more satisfyingly than she did on Lady Wood, and transforms betrayal and denial into some of her finest songs.

80
DIY

Like Tove Lo herself, ‘Blue Lips’ isn’t perfect; it has a predilection towards being over produced. Thematically, though, her honesty about her imperfections is what makes all so irresistible.

80
The Line of Best Fit

Blue Lips invites listeners to really consider the way media and the world looks at sex and drugs. It asks listeners to challenge the taboos placed on women’s ability to exercise their freedom of expression.

80
Northern Transmissions

Despite some blander moments on the record that drag it down, it’s one of the year’s strongest pop releases.

80
The Irish Times

Blue Lips feels like the end of a night, when everything that once sparkled under the disco ball is now revealed under brash and unforgiving lights as rock bottom.

71
Pitchfork

An explicit testament to Lo’s chaotic love life, an unashamedly sexual and emotionally impactful piece of work. Lo ends up baring much more of her soul than her body.

65
Spectrum Culture
These are all songs that play to what makes her great, and they make the artsy affectations feel even more useless.
60
Rolling Stone

It'd be easy to dismiss as softcore shock-pop if her songwriting wasn't so formidable.

60
The Observer

Solid if formulaic, Blue Lips peaks with unfaltering vocals and the kind of humid, polished production that would make Jack Antonoff jealous.

Supertartory
98

A relic from pop’s past, a sound we don’t really hear anymore in today’s pop world. I know this is meant to be a log but I feel I need to write more about this, because this album was something I definitely was not prepared for. Up to this point all the albums I’ve listened to have been pretty good, with a few duds here and there, but overall they have been solid and I’ve enjoyed myself. This is the first album that has actively blown me away, from front to back ... read more

boyofmilkyway
82

Unapologetically sexual, sad, and free. 'Blue Lips', also known as Lo's best project so far, depicts a very real and raw Tove Lo, one that fails, has its peaks, and that is self-aware of everything and confident despite her surroundings and struggles. If this is considered "generic alternative pop" music, then I guess she hit the roof. A very vulnerable statement.

(+) "disco tits", "stranger", "9th of october", "hey you got drugs?".

joanne
76

Não tenho muito interesse na Tove Lo artisticamente, acho bem basic, mas ela tem trabalhos bons, o blue lips é um exemplo disso, é um álbum bastante consistente e com uma produção que não datou tanto assim, o álbum não é muito original nem muito revolucionário, ele é bem genérico aliás, o próprio suco de música pop alternativa, as faixas são bem lineares, não tem muito ... read more

althea_xo
95

one of the best albums of our generation

Nda020107
83

"Tu tu ve lo periodt too-ve lo"
~ Megan Thee Stallion

sleepyhead
72

top 3 - stranger, bitches, hey you got drugs?

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Track List

1LIGHT BEAMS
1:06
74
2disco tits
3:43
94
3shedontknowbutsheknows
3:16
87
4shivering gold
3:35
83
5dont ask dont tell
3:46
80
6stranger
3:54
92
7bitches
2:17
87
8PITCH BLACK
0:53
65
9romantics
3:31
feat. Daye Jack
73
10cycles
3:28
79
11struggle
3:46
81
129th of october
3:25
86
13bad days
3:26
80
14hey you got drugs?
4:18
90
Total Length: 44 minutes

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Added on: September 13, 2017