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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
NME

The rapper has produced a lush, complex, extraordinarily accomplished album that invites us mere mortals to peer in at his life behind the velvet rope.

100
The Independent
26-year-old artist offers a futuristic record with virtually flawless production, that lingers on the mind long after the final track.
90
Spill Magazine

AstroWorld shows off how talented Travis Scott is and how he lives up to the hype.

90
AllMusic

Astroworld undoubtedly feels more like a spectacle than did Birds in the Trap.

90
Highsnobiety

Astroworld will be remembered as the moment Travis Scott produced a piece of music worthy of the riots he is capable of inducing.

90
Exclaim!

Astroworld finally hit the Earth like a meteor, and it's an epic ride for the senses riddled with illustrious features, heavyweight production and is the most polished Travis Scott has ever been.

85
The 405
The album is a world to itself, endlessly explorable.
85
GIGsoup

Never missing a beat, a synth, a feature, a voice. Overall, Astroworld is an amazing project and if we were to rank all of Travis Scott’s projects, this album is number one.

84
HipHopDX
As an overall product, it’s a brilliant tapestry of subtle elements that position the 26-year-old virtuoso as the closest thing his generation has to Kanye West-level album curation.
80
XXL

While Astroworld has some slight flaws, the project is Travis' best, most-progressive and most-well-rounded album to date. Hip-hop’s token rager is becoming a truly unstoppable force.

80
The Line of Best Fit

By emphasizing his vocal performances and finding the best middle ground he ever has with his bevy of superstar collaborators, he’s made Astroworld a theme park worth revisiting whether you came in as a stan or a skeptic.

80
Drowned in Sound

His third studio album, Astroworld, feels like the grand opening of a vision that took a half-decade to perfect, still using the same psychedelic synth warps, diamond-cut drums, and reptilian hooks that initially skyrocketed him to stardom.

78
Pitchfork
Travis Scott’s third album is inarguably his strongest to date. His skill as a curator helps sculpt a sticky, humid, psychedelic world with dazzling production and odd pleasures at every turn.
75
Entertainment Weekly

Astroworld maximizes Scott’s strengths in ways that, for once, don’t feel like his ambitions are out-sizing him.

75
Northern Transmissions
On his new record, Scott goes above and beyond in finding new sounds for the genre, using collaborations interestingly and pushing the limits. The passion and sense of exploring is definitely there, but the album is also uneven and bloated track-wise.
75
Consequence of Sound

The music might take your breath away, if the worst of the lyrics don’t make you roll your eyes. He’s very good at what he’s good at, but he’s not what you’d call well-rounded.

74
Sputnikmusic
Even if Astroworld isn’t the year’s best rap album, then it certainly feels, looks like, and seems like it is.
70
Rolling Stone

In the sixth year of his career, Astroworld marks the first time that his music has actually matched the aspirations of his art-crunk bluster, rock-star stage dives and aisle-crossing fashions.

70
The Needle Drop

Travis Scott continues pushing the psychedelic boundaries of trap on Astroworld, but doesn't quite stick the landing.

70
Spectrum Culture

To equate it to America’s most reliable big-budget form of entertainment: it’s not great the way The Dark Knight is but in the way Thor: Ragnarok is. It doesn’t work because of truth and depth and pathos but because the right people and a big enough budget came together to make something spectacularly entertaining.

BradTasteMusic
81

I tried to not compare this to Rodeo, and It is tough. Rodeo is one of my favorite rap albums, and quite possibly the best Trap Rap album of the decade. I had high hopes going into this album, but it just lacks focus and structure. I feels like a collection of confused, mixed quality trap bangers.

I heard this album when Fantano was listening in a discord, and I couldn't see the track listing at the time. Without seeing the trackless, this album will seem like it has way more songs than the 17 ... read more

AZIZ
88

Did Travis invent psychedelic trap? Yes. This album while not as good as Rodeo, is the proper successor rather than BITTSM. The production on this thing amazing to groundbreaking. My main gripe with this project is that it wasn't dark enough. The day cover artwork for this album makes sense now. Travis has improved tremendously as a lyricist also. Coffee Bean was a true indication of what Travis is capable of as a rapper. I'm glad that reception has been mostly positive for this record from ... read more

CameronFriezer
85

Favourite: STOP TRYING TO BE GOD
Worst: NC-17

1. STARGAZING - 10
2. CAROUSEL - 9
3. SICKO MODE - 10
4. R.I.P SCREW - 8
5. STOP TRYING TO BE GOD - 10
6. NO BYSTANDERS - 9
7. SKELETONS - 9
8. WAKE UP - 8.5
9. 5% TINT - 8.5
10. NC-17 - 6
11. ASTROTHUNDER - 8
12. YOSEMITE - 7.5
13. CAN'T SAY - 8.5
14. WHO? WHAT! - 7
15. BUTTERFLY EFFECT - 9
16. HOUSTONFORNICATION - 8
17. COFFEE BEAN - 9

Average: 8.529
Quick Comment: One of the best rappers at the moment. The way Travis approaches his music his ... read more

Yebos
89

Probably my favorite Travis album. The only bad thing about it is the weeknd feature but other then that there is no skips.

ManoloFeltes
85

this is good asf, but the Travis fans need to stop starglazing Utopia, this is obviously better.

h00drat
75

Nice thing

I still prefer UTOPIA over it, but i regularly come back to astro

fav tracks: STARGAZING, SICKO MODE, STOP TRYING TO BE A GOD, SKELETONS, ASTROTHUNDER, BUTTERFLY EFFECT, COFFEE BEAN

worst track: WAKE UP when weekend sings pussy line i just wonna commit suicide

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Track List

1STARGAZING
4:30
92
2CAROUSEL
3:00
84
3SICKO MODE
5:12
93
4R.I.P. SCREW
3:05
82
5STOP TRYING TO BE GOD
5:38
91
6NO BYSTANDERS
3:38
87
7SKELETONS
2:25
88
8WAKE UP
3:51
81
95% TINT
3:16
82
10NC-17
2:36
73
11ASTROTHUNDER
2:22
85
12YOSEMITE
2:30
77
13CAN'T SAY
3:18
87
14WHO? WHAT!
2:56
75
15BUTTERFLY EFFECT
3:10
81
16HOUSTONFORNICATION
3:37
84
17COFFEE BEAN
3:29
85
Total Length: 58 minutes
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Added on: May 3, 2018