True Colors

Zedd - True Colors
Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
2015 Ratings: #943 / 1021
User Score
Based on 150 ratings
2015 Rank: #647
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CRITIC REVIEWS

70
AllMusic

The slick and skillful True Colors is built for fans of Zedd's music rather than his social media followers.

70
Complex

Ultimately, Zedd’s True Colors shows the guy is brilliant at what he does, and for those who want to get all in their feelings on the way to a festival or to soundtrack a beach date with bae (or a group of friends), this will be the disc to keep on repeat.

60
SPIN

On True Colors, each track tries to be a separate statement as Zedd tries to crash through his own, pre-existing glass ceiling — but the whole falls short of the sum of its parts.

60
Rolling Stone

True Colors, Zedd's second LP, includes songs about love, breakups and seizing the day, but the real subject is always his enormous beats.

42
Pitchfork
While it’s worked in the past, it feels like the primary colors Zedd tends to paint with feel faded.
POPDESIGN
70

I know this is Guilty Pressure.
But... Zedd's True Colors is fatally underrated.
It's too bad that this is his last LP.

Highlights : Done With Love, Daisy, Papercut or I Want You To Know
Worst : Bumble Bee

asjklas
52

Having sound-to-color synesthesia since my earliest memory, it has largely been in charge of the music I feel most connected to—I tend to favor songs that appear to be “vibrant” and reject songs that are “dingy”, I suppose. Naturally, I’m assuming Anton Zaslavski—AKA Zedd—had an excellent concept in mind when producing True Colors, which apparently assigns a color to each track. But while I certainly see splashing colors via the eclectic EDM ... read more

MAN
55

It'ok.

lucasbarnts
92

Despite a few flawed inclusions, this album is a sonic celebration of color and beauty. Zedd's attempt to move forward from Clarity and experiment with new sounds really paid off, and the transitions between songs are beautifully crafted. Highly recommend for anyone who likes dance music with a splash of classical.

1. Addicted to a Memory - 10
2. I Want You to Know - 7
3. Beautiful Now - 8
4. Transmission - 7
5. Done With Love - 9
6. True Colors - 5
7. Straight Into the Fire - 6
8. Papercut - ... read more

Zeum
80

started to lose me near the end, everything started to sound the same after a while but at least that sound is a good one

NateAnimates
59

Despite being basic and a bit derivative, 2015's "True Colors" is a slick, and for the most part, vibrant electronic album. For starters: The beats on this record are extremely well made. Unlike most electronic albums, the drops are consistent and satisfactory. Unfortunately though, I didn't enjoy how the color concept of the album was the only thing keeping it from being a bore, with most tracks giving off royalty free vibes. It's not horrible by any means, but I came in expecting a ... read more

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Added on: May 16, 2015