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80
Eclipse is not a record for everyone, and Twin Shadow’s older fans probably are justified in their dismissals. But in terms of emotional texture, Eclipse represents a return to form, after Confess’s brittle kiss and tell.
11y
80
The quivering intimacy of Shadow's best songs is more palpable here than ever, but rather than engineer the LP for the bedroom, Lewis plays it to ring out from the rooftops.
11y
80
The resulting album comes across as a natural progression, with Lewis and his Twin Shadow project reaching big and not disappointing in their grasp.
11y
70
The occasional misstep aside, Eclipse is the sound of Lewis Jr. defying labels, flipping the bird at his detractors, and laughing all the way to the bank.
11y
70
Though it may not be quite as consistent as Forget or Confess, Eclipse still reflects Twin Shadow's dedication to atmosphere and hooks in engaging ways.
11y
67
While Confess is an exercise in efficiency, Eclipse wears itself thin.
11y
65
Overall it's a triumph, but one can't help but anticipate what he'll do next, if nothing else because Eclipse plays it a little safe.
11y
60
Eclipse unveils itself less coyly than previous Twin Shadow albums, and sounds more brashly contemporary. But it hazards turning generic in the process.
11y
60
At its best, though, Eclipse is an album that's self-assured and unrestrained.
11y
60
Eclipse finds the singer shoehorning himself into an awkward space between the Weeknd and any number of faceless pop-rock groups like One Republic or Maroon 5.
11y
60
Considering how much Twin Shadow excels as a project of pristine, highly addictive pop bangers, ‘Eclipse’ falls flat too often.
11y
60
On Eclipse, Twin Shadow hasn’t completely lost the plot – scattered across the album are some nice little melodic turns. But while his debut album sounded wonderfully effortless, this one feels effortful in the worst possible way.
11y
50
Eclipse blacks out nuance of every kind, resulting in a record which achieves its ambitions for sheer, bludgeoning vastness, but falls down on actually engaging the listener in simpler, more relatable ways.
11y
50
Eclipse is at times a desperate album, frantic to show off the limits of emotional and musical turbulence it's capable of reaching, and so the remaining glimmers of restrained cool lingering from Lewis's dominant influences are further diminished.
11y
49
The trouble with big leaps is that they can come with precipitous drop-offs, and on Eclipse Lewis plummets, hard, into a valley of deep ridiculousness.
11y
33
Eclipse sounds lab-engineered to achieve the kind of sound critics tend to call “cinematic,” but it comes off like more of a made-for-cable retread of a Beyonce power ballad.
11y
30
George Lewis Jr’s third album as Twin Shadow manages to sound dated to two entirely different eras, while doing neither much justice.
11y
30
Twin Shadow's nostalgia addiction worsens on his latest album.
8y
30
While not everything here is awful, the good is often streaked throughout each song like marbled fat in a rubber steak.
11y
Twin Shadow's Eclipse is an Icarus-level plummet from the exorbitant highs of Forget and Confess.
Favourite songs: When the Lights Turn Out, Old Love / New Love
it's possible he sold out on this record, he went from really lowkey music to trying to do inspirational imagine dragons synthpop anthems, but it's not as good as tears for fears or anything. some of the tracks notably have some nice melodic licks in the verses and choruses even if the forceful production drags down the quality, but some are just ass through and through. weirdly I liked this album the first time I heard it, but that was clearly not an impression that lasted.
it's possible he sold out on this record, he went from really lowkey music to trying to do inspirational imagine dragons synthpop anthems, but it's not as good as tears for fears or anything. some of the tracks notably have some nice melodic licks in the verses and choruses even if the forceful production drags down the quality, but some are just ass through and through. weirdly I liked this album the first time I heard it, but that was clearly not an impression that lasted.
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Track List
| 1 | Flatliners 4:19 | 90 |
| 2 | When The Lights Turn Out 3:30 | 65 |
| 3 | To the Top 3:16 | 83 |
| 4 | Alone 3:01 feat. Lily Elise | 78 |
| 5 | Eclipse 3:04 | |
| 6 | Turn Me Up 3:21 | |
| 7 | I'm Ready 3:32 | |
| 8 | Old Love / New Love 3:49 feat. D'Angelo Lacy | 80 |
| 9 | Half Life 3:22 | |
| 10 | Watch Me Go 3:53 | |
| 11 | Locked & Loaded 2:57 |
Total Length: 38 minutes
