When The Sun Goes Down

Selena Gomez & The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2011 Ratings: #967 / 1031
User Score
Based on 316 ratings
2011 Rank: #367
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CRITIC REVIEWS

83
Entertainment Weekly

On her first two albums, this Disney star never shook the moonlighting-actor vibe; on When the Sun Goes Down, though, she sounds fully invested in tart electro-disco ditties like ”Bang Bang Bang".

80
AllMusic

For now, as long as she makes records as good and as much fun as When the Sun Goes Down, everything will be fine.

50
PopMatters

On When the Sun Goes Down you get a teenybopper posing as a dorm-hardened college junior, and we all know how convincingly that scenario plays.

40
musicOMH
The sad thing is, Gomez has one of the most pleasant and distinctive voices of her Disney cohorts, but she's let down by an album of weak songs that try too hard to be family friendly. Back to the drawing board for this cartoon pop star.
40
Rolling Stone
Gomez may be the most boring teen-pop star of her generation. She makes Ashley Tisdale seem like Lady Gaga.
40
The Observer
Throughout this dance-pop album there's a catch in her throat that suggests an embryonic personality.
aristocat
67

Love You Like A Love Song - 100
Bang Bang Bang - 0
Who Says - 100
We Own the Night (feat. Pixie Lott) - 100
Hit the Lights - 100
Whiplash - 70
When the Sun Goes Down - 100
My Dilemma - 100
That’s More Like It - 0
Outlaw - 40
Middle of Nowhere - 20
Dices (Who Says - Spanish Version) - 80

pedrosabe16
60

With more experience, a few hits and a bigger budget, you'd expect this third album to reach higher. In part it does, thanks to catchier hooks and production with the help of pop experts Greg Kurstin and Britney Spears. Still, it suffers from the usual: unoriginality, lack of unity, overproducing and weak lyrics. Even backed by greater consistency on the first half, the second one drowns all their rights into a sea of wrongs.

ARTPOP
62

Love You Like A Love Song 7.7๐Ÿ’š
Bang Bang Bang 5.7๐Ÿ’›
Who Says 8.3๐Ÿ’š
We Own The Night 6.2๐Ÿ’š
Hit The Lights 7.5๐Ÿ’š
Whiplash 5.2๐Ÿ’›
When The Sun Goes Down 5.6๐Ÿ’›
My Dilemma 7.0๐Ÿ’š
That's More Like It 3.0โค
Outlaw 7.8๐Ÿ’š
Middle Of Nowhere 5.2๐Ÿ’›

Nota Final:62๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š(Mediano)

60

Another example of an album I liked back in the day, but it's really not great.

xnc00x
77

the nostalgia!!! i remember this being the FIRST album i downloaded on my very first ipod touch... it definitely saved me as a kid. however, as much as i love this, it's definitely (probably) my least favourite album from selena. it's a difficult one because it has HITS and then some mediocre songs mixed together... nonetheless, this was a moment. times were simpler :,)

perfect: love you like a love song, who says, my dilemma
favs: hit the lights, middle of nowhere, dices
skip: that's more ... read more

alliensuperstar
65

Album that dances on the edge of pop greatness but often finds itself caught in the shadows of its own ambitions. It has a few great moments but too many missed opportunities to truly be memorable.

โœ…Love You Like A Love Song 10
โœ…Who Says 8,5
โœ…Hit The Lights 7,5
โš ๏ธBang Bang Bang 6,5
โš ๏ธDices (Who Says) [Spanish Version] 6,5
โš ๏ธWe Own The Night (feat. Pixie Lott) 6,5
โš ๏ธMiddle Of Nowhere 6
โš ๏ธWhiplash 6
โš ๏ธThat's More Like It 6
โš ๏ธWhen The Sun Goes Down ... read more

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Added on: August 3, 2014