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100
Let the complete composition wash through your neurons and take it for what it is: a completely brilliant beginning to what hopes to be a long and bright career.
6mo
90
The final mixtape in his trilogy is a perfect ending. He’s more confident, he’s embraced it, but he’s still weak.
11y
85
Echoes of Silence is arguably The Weeknd’s most fully formed album-oriented statement thus far.
11y
83
It’s Tesfaye’s total commitment to his ghastly persona that makes Echoes Of Silence so entrancingly chilling.
11y
83
On this final entry in his lauded mixtape trilogy, Tesfaye’s velvety melodies infuse his trippy minimalism like incense smoke, getting lost only on the too-woozy title track.
81
It's a strong finish to Tesfaye's first trilogy, providing just enough closure to satisfy, and just enough mystery left to entice us back for the next round.
11y
80
The latest installment of tracks from Ontario's the Weeknd builds on the best characteristics the previous releases from this experimental R&B project had to offer.
80
Echoes is a profound listen that, despite its veneer of cynicism, oozes pain and crisis.
11y
80
It’s The Weeknd’s most concentrated effort to date and one that sets the bar inordinately high for that imminent debut album.
11y
80
It’s The Weeknd’s most playful, confident mixtape yet.
11y
80
The dragging beats, washes of synthesiser and eclectic musical references – chillwave and crunk hip-hop, Aaliyah and France Gall – somehow contrive to sound not just eerie and desolate but cosseting as well, inexorably drawing the listener into a deeply troubling world.
80
No one has made non-stop partying sound so depressing since Lou Reed’s early solo work.
76
The ubiquity of the Weeknd has saturated their latest mixtape, and ultimately Echoes of Silence struggles under that ubiquity.
11y
70
The Weeknd has helped make R&B a creepier place, crooning too-honest come-ons over cavernous, ballad-slow tracks that balance leering sensuality with vague menace.
70
Disappointing as Echoes of Silence may be as a collection of songs, it nonetheless serves its purpose in giving the Weeknd’s triptych a suitably grim finale, and pushing the most extreme aspects of Tesfaye’s sound about as far as it can go.
65
Echoes of Silence is a complicated album, if not quite the equal of its predecessors. Where they were dynamic and fascinating, it’s tragic, exhausted and sometimes even beautiful.
60
While Echoes of Silence shows flashes of excellence, Tesfaye is caught like the Greek god Janus, looking backward and forward at the same time
11y
Echoes Of Silence is an excellent ending to the mixtapes trilogy of The Weeknd. Here we continue the dark themes as well as the somber atmosphere that were presented in the previous mixtapes, bringing great versatility and experimentalism (especially with the vocals) in this project as well as lyrics that go deep into the soul of Abel but still leaving a bit of mystery.
D.D. (9.5/10)
Montreal (8.7/10)
Outside (8.3/10)
XO / The Host (9.7/10)
Initiation (8.3/10)
Same Old Song (8.4/10)
The Fall ... read more
Not exactly the ending I was hoping for, but still a damn solid way to close out this trilogy. EOS basically wraps up the themes of the previous 2 tapes in its own little tight package, while still delivering that pretty high quality level of haziness that made HOB so special. Granted, it’s not an all around success, personally I would’ve probably kicked that Juicy J track off of here, and the only real phenomenal track on here being “XO / The Host”. But still, ... read more
Echoes of Silence is my second time listening to the Weeknd project and god dammit this is a lot better than Dawn FM.
A lot smoother alternative rnb mixed with some cool trip-hop drums. The Weeknd's voice works also a lot better with great songwriting and charm that early 2010s alternative rnb had. The only thing that would be cut off this album is the Juicy J feature and maybe the first track cuz he sounds too much like a copycat of Michael Jackson.
Echoes of Silence is a cohesive project and it creates an atmosphere, it's definitely great for late nights however I feel like it's just boring and uninspired at times. His cover of Dirty Diana was quite underwhelming even though it was very similar to the original.
Highlights: The Fall, Echoes of Silence and Outside.
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Track List
| 1 | D.D. 4:34 | 92 |
| 2 | Montreal 4:10 | 91 |
| 3 | Outside 4:19 | 86 |
| 4 | XO / The Host 7:24 | 91 |
| 5 | Initiation 4:20 | 85 |
| 6 | Same Old Song 5:12 feat. Juicy J | 83 |
| 7 | The Fall 5:45 | 86 |
| 8 | Next 6:01 | 87 |
| 9 | Echoes Of Silence 3:59 | 86 |
Total Length: 45 minutes
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2d
the dirty diana cover is still one of the most bold and unique things abel has ever done, he completely transformed the song into his own fucked up world, and I love every second of it.
Added on: December 21, 2011