AOTY 2023
BROCKHAMPTON - GINGER
Critic Score
Based on 12 reviews
2019 Ratings: #569 / 803
User Score
2019 Ratings: #204
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
DIY

Their most mature and concise work to date.

85
The Line of Best Fit

BROCKHAMPTON’s particular brand of magic comes from the careful balance of individuality in their unity. The tighter they are, the greater the music will be, and GINGER is testimony to that.

80
AllMusic

Less rascally and rambunctious than their prior output, Ginger found the crew delving deeper into heavy emotional territory, tackling mental health, depression, betrayal, and struggles with love, faith, identity, and substance abuse.

80
NME

The boyband’s fifth album is short on potential hits but sees them move past the intense, dogged emotion of predecessor ‘Iridescence’, proving they're built for distance.

80
The Needle Drop

GINGER is a return to form for the BROCKHAMPTON boys, albeit a decidedly downcast one.

75
Consequence of Sound

Since GINGER contains more fresh ideas than almost every great rap album of 2019 combined, once again it’s hard to pin down why it feels like such a relief when it finally ends.

65
Pitchfork

Even the prettiest BROCKHAMPTON songs can feel cramped, but many of these songs, though each endowed with their little moments, are disorganized or inefficient.

64
HipHopDX

While Iridescence proved that the group could survive Vann’s abrupt departure, Ginger exposes their creative limitations.

63
Paste

Each of their albums experiment with genre, but GINGER is all over the place, never really sure what it wants to be.

60
Clash

The self-proclaimed hardest working boyband in showbiz break new ground, but they're missing some of that old magic.

60
Highsnobiety

Unfortunately the final product doesn’t quite live up to the billing, with GINGER feeling like a confused, disjointed record, from a group that’s full of great ideas without the follow-through to fully realize them.

50
Rolling Stone

The 13-member “boy band” zips between sounds, signifiers and moods, usually staying on the surface but sometimes showing real depth.

Bobby792003
80

ALBUM SWAP #3 - @DJaycup

Before this album swap, ‘GINGER’ was the BROCKHAMPTON album I was most excited for. I’m aware how acclaimed the Saturation trilogy is, but I was intrigued by the album’s warm embrace (mostly thanks to the album cover), so I just had to listen to this. While I wasn’t blown away, I still enjoyed it. From the mellow “NO HALO” to the admittingly hard “BOY BYE”, it was eclectic enough for me to enjoy, but not as ... read more

Mol
36

Pre-Album: BROCKHAMPTON has become stale and too worried about their image. I hope they prove me wrong.

Post-Album: I miss Ameer

exception
76

I was completely wrong and am blown away by the quality of this album. The singles are by far the worst songs on the project. Stellar production throughout, great lyricism, and Ginger does an even better job at conveying that "indie rap" sound than iridescence had done awkwardly. The band has matured and progressed.

fav tracks: St. Percy (standout), Sugar, No Halo

YahirRiv
73

Some of BH's best hit songs surrounded by some of their most boring stuff

AminAchmahou
68

This album has a soul

AnotherWhiteMan
80

White man approved.

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Track List

1NO HALO
4:19
88
2SUGAR
3:24
89
3BOY BYE
2:22
88
4HEAVEN BELONGS TO YOU
1:29
78
5ST. PERCY
3:30
81
6IF YOU PRAY RIGHT
5:02
83
7DEARLY DEPARTED
4:40
91
8I BEEN BORN AGAIN
3:39
79
9GINGER
3:54
82
10BIG BOY
3:55
76
11LOVE ME FOR LIFE
3:35
75
12VICTOR ROBERTS
4:23
81
Total Length: 44 minutes

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Added on: July 1, 2019