The Welsh chanteuse’s first two records were rooted in clubby dance-pop, but on her latest, she tosses off the dubstep like cheap cubic zirconia. The change highlights her brightest facet—that limber voice, which swings from voluptuous alto to fluttering soprano in one swoop.
Not only the first album written, produced and for herself, but also remarkably candid in her fear of death, legacy and memory. This is Diamandis at her best.
Froot cements Diamandis as one of UK pop's brightest stars.
Froot is the sound of Marina & The Diamonds fulfilling that early potential without losing any of the quirks that make her stand out from other singer songwriters. It’s her best album by far.
Untamed by genre, unbothered by coolness and unhindered by people-pleasing, Marina and the Diamonds has gone from bubblegum bitch to true pop queen; this album is the jewel in her crown.
With the pop landscape becoming increasingly homogeneous, more artists need to experiment, and the variety displayed across Froot's 12 tracks is impressive.
FROOT is her strongest album to date. It's an exciting prospect to see an artist come into her own on album number three. We hope the good form continues now she has found what appears to be her most effective, and true, voice.
On Froot, she's found God, and pop music, within herself. She is an artist who knows who she is, and Froot luxuriates in the confidence that we do, too, relaxing in the space and power that Diamandis has claimed.
With Froot, Diamandis has crafted an arch, swaggeringly impressive album that balances its pop sweetness with a deep-rooted maturity.
In the end, Diamandis can't quite shape Froot into a coherent vision.
'Froot' is a deeply personal album, and following 'Electra Heart', Diamandis is using her music to discover who she really is. That said, by the end of 'Froot', we're still none the wiser.
Marina’s whooping, swooping mannerisms add to the sense of dislocation – but if you allow yourself to be swept into her world, it’s an intriguing place.
Flawed as it may be at times, Froot emerges as Diamandis’ strongest album to date, mainly because it’s the first one that strongly stamps her own personality on proceedings.
In the end, FROOT emerges from its bloated fifty-minute run an adequate, yet unoriginal album.
...há quanto tempo eu diria. algumas coisas aconteceram e desde então ando meio ausente no site. primeiramente eu estava sem celular, e sim, eu já consegui um novo. a questão é que... eu ando bem desanimado pra sequer ouvir álbuns, mais uma vez uma tristeza bastante cansativa anda pairando sobre a minha mente.
e sinceramente, isso não é desculpa pra estar revendo de novo este álbum. sim, eu quero fazer algo mais completo que deixe ... read more
Froot has a powerful meaning about life and love, the production is flawless and the lyrics incredible. 'Immortal' and 'Savages' are two of the best tracks I've ever heard lately. This is definitely Marina's best album and 2015 best album so far.
Froot is an album that has not aged very well for me, while the first part of the album remains quite strong and has some of Marina's best songs ever the second part leaves something to be desired such as "Gold" and "Can't Pin Me Down" being songs that can be annoying in their delivery or "Weeds" in his repetitive chorus. Although not as interesting as I thought in the past, it is undeniable that Froot brings a fresh and pleasant sound with a change in production ... read more
A good record, but also a clear step down from her previous works sonically. I wish the entirety of the album sounded like the title track.
Arguably her best album musically and lyrically, it only loses out to the Family Jewels in my book due to personal emotional bias. Only one meh song in this whole thing (it's weeds but you knew that) and the rest is magnificent. Even though I like TFJ more, this is probably the album that feels the most like Marina to me.
1 | Happy 4:03 | 88 |
2 | Froot 5:31 | 94 |
3 | I'm a Ruin 4:32 | 88 |
4 | Blue 4:14 | 88 |
5 | Forget 4:09 | 85 |
6 | Gold 4:14 | 81 |
7 | Can't Pin Me Down 3:25 | 82 |
8 | Solitaire 4:37 | 81 |
9 | Better Than That 4:36 | 83 |
10 | Weeds 4:07 | 80 |
11 | Savages 4:16 | 86 |
12 | Immortal 5:21 | 87 |
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#25 | / | Entertainment Weekly |
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