Chris is both an impressive and ambitious second album.
For a flag-waving LGBTQ artist riding the transgender express, the secret of Letissier's crossover charm is that she never lets polemic get in the way of a slick hook. It may be pop with a purpose, but first and foremost it is pop with a damn catchy chorus.
Chart-mingling, radio-ready pop has rarely felt this disruptive.
This is a deft and mind-bogglingly intelligent record – a subversive pop masterpiece – that somehow sounds effortless, too.
Chris more than anything revels in fluid identities—whether gender, personality, mood, or otherwise—and the way they free people from expectations and limits. By extension, this frees up Christine And The Queens from musical conventions, and propels the group to the precipice of greatness.
It’s groovy and funky and sultry, and it takes things seriously while still being joyful. It encourages freedom of form, in the sense of both body and art.
As she examines what masculinity, femininity, strength, and vulnerability mean to her, Christine has never sounded more exposed -- or in control. A triumph, Chris reaffirms just how masterfully she engages minds, hearts, and bodies.
Chris is the sound of an already accomplished artist pushing things even further, exploring new territories rather than resting on their laurels.
Chris should serve as a prototype for those looking to make both music and its message so personally meaningful that it invites others in to relish - and listen - in its depth and in its quality.
On Chris Letissier is in complete, delicious control.
Far more than just a concept for a record, it’s a successful artistic experiment that demands attention. All eyes on Chris.
One of the year’s most intelligent, enjoyable albums, and cements her position as one of our most intriguing, interesting pop stars.
Chris is not Letissier’s masterpiece – that is surely yet to come – but it is a glorious statement of intent and a beacon of rainbow neon illuminating the current cultural and social landscape.
Taking everything up a notch from 2015’s hit debut ‘Chaleur Humaine’ (Human Warmth), this is most intensely personal and overtly sexual work yet.
This is an album that navigates the ambiguous waters of sexuality and identity, relationships and selfhood, with a steady, sure hand.
Chris is an imposing structure, one likely to dominate 2018's skyline. There are, however, still heights left to hit.
A refreshing and urgent exploration of what it means to be a woman in a cultural moment when women’s experiences definitely need to be heard.
Unlike most ephemeral pop music today, Chris—like the gender-fluid character at its center—feels consequential and everlasting.
A sparkling pop album that flourishes in both English and French, Chris is a supremely confident introduction to the next phase of Christine and the Queens.
This is the voice of a major emerging artist in mainstream music and one that has a fiercely strong sense of control over where she is heading.
Chris is moving: either its beat will grab you or its lyrics will -- or both. And when it does, you'll lose all your social safeguards, and dance.
Her metaphors blur the line between dancing to records and the act of love-making as great disco songs wont to do. Letissier sounds the freest and more importantly herself as she sings and struts to her favorite beat.
Letessier's evidently heightened confidence goes a long, long way on Chris, and its emotions and attitude pop with astonishing strength, even if the sound could afford to do so a little more.
Despite the new hair and shortened name, Chris is not a total reinvention of Letissier as an artist, it's simply a proclamation that she's one step closer to finding out who she really is.
Edit: I think critics are looking at this album for the wrong reasons. I honestly really like this album for what it is I could give less of a rats fat ass about how queer it is or how it surpasses the boundaries of gender I really don't care and if that's why your giving it a high score than so be it but don't give it a pass on being bad music if that's what you think it is.
The same thing happened with Sivans album critics went crazy over who made it rather than the music itself. Again ... read more
Oh come on 90 !!!!!? It's a joke.
(I listened the french version. I don't know how the english version is)
The lyrical content don't deserve this big praise. It's really unilateral to the point that the multi big questions of sexuality, feminity, etc are often without nuances. It's a shame considering the past of Héloïse Letissier and her responses in interviews. Plus, she remains some non-sense sentences with "stylistic words" (Goya Soda, Soda l'imprécis for ... read more
A wonderful and empowering synthpop album. Great LGBTQ album with some of the best synthpop pf the past few years.
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Christine and the Queens comes with a fun synthpop record that talks about an assortment of things, without really having a sense of direction or depth to it outside of the sound. It feels like a hit compilation rather than a well-thought-out project like they usually do. It's very long and fillery as lyrics repeat themselves with no purpose, making the pretty cool punchy synth beats monotonous and overstay their welcome. It's pretty mediocre but I highly recommend their ... read more
1 | Comme si 3:52 | 88 |
2 | Girlfriend 3:19 feat. DāM-FunK | 84 |
3 | The walker 4:16 | 84 |
4 | Doesn't Matter 4:23 | 82 |
5 | 5 dollars 3:28 | 80 |
6 | Goya Soda 5:24 | 84 |
7 | Damn (what must a woman do) 3:36 | 78 |
8 | What’s-her-face 5:03 | 74 |
9 | Feel so good 3:45 | 80 |
10 | Make some sense 3:20 | 81 |
11 | The stranger 4:02 | 77 |
1 | Comme si on s’aimait 3:52 | 85 |
2 | Damn, dis-moi 3:19 feat. DāM-FunK | 85 |
3 | La marcheuse 4:16 | 87 |
4 | Doesn't matter (voleur de soleil) 4:23 | 89 |
5 | 5 dols 3:28 | 82 |
6 | Goya ! Soda ! 5:24 | 82 |
7 | Follarse 3:36 | 75 |
8 | Machin-chose 5:03 | 78 |
9 | Bruce est dans le brouillard 3:38 | 80 |
10 | Le G 3:55 | 82 |
11 | Les yeux mouillés 3:20 | 73 |
12 | L’étranger (voleur d'eau) 4:02 | 82 |
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