BADLANDS

Halsey - BADLANDS
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Based on 3 reviews
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2015 Rank: #623
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CRITIC REVIEWS

70
AllMusic

There's also something angry, literate, and youthfully defiant about Badlands that brings to mind the sneer of Garbage's Shirley Manson. Ultimately, it's all of Halsey's seemingly contradictory elements brought together that lend Badlands such a fascinating topography.

70
Rolling Stone

The music recalls Lorde or Rihanna heard from across a suburban football field, and it wears out faster than the lyrics — which vibrate with the twists and turns of a young woman taking command of her body, mind, and then the world.

49
Pitchfork

The momentum behind Halsey is undeniable, but Badlands mostly falls flat. At its best, the record plays like a conflagration of a half-decade's worth of alt-R&B--catchy, dark, spottily engaging. But it is weighed down by trite lyrics and stale production.

MariellyAkarius
25

Halsey is the new generation Kate Bush and this is her "The Kick Inside" 😗✌️

Nowadays everyone can release a concept album, the question is: if you want to create a concept album, you need to be consistent, original and know what you're doing, that's all that doesn't happen in Badlands, the debut album of American singer Halsey.

Badlands is pop and alternative music for people who don't like alternative music, it's mainstream music for teenage girls who would eat a mediocre ... read more

Missing_Lyriks
60

Like a typical Halsey project: A few good tracks, a lot are mid or worse though, dragging the entire project into the depths of obscurity.

jossilovesmusic
75

OOOOOO I USED TO THINK I WAS EDGY FOR LIKE THIS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL 😭

alexeyglukhov
59

a 59 is what i give this album.

95

One of the best debut albums I have ever heard. I spent the summer of 2015 counting down the days until Badlands' release, searching tumblr for grainy demo versions of Hold Me Down and Gasoline. Ugh, such good times.

Faves: Hold Me Down, Drive, Coming Down, Young God, Casoline
Least faves: New Americana

erickaraujo
91

O álbum de estréia de Halsey é o famoso "ame ou odeie", e esse foi o motivo pelo qual nadar contra a corrente da rejeição foi um ponto forte no início da carreira dela.
Seja pela duração do trabalho com faixas densas demais ou pelo pouco apelo sonoro interligando todas as faixas (isso sem citar polêmicas com outras cantoras alternativas), o disco recebeu algumas notas de rejeição. Faço parte dos que ... read more

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Track List

1Castle
4:37
77
2Hold Me Down
3:24
72
3New Americana
3:03
66
4Drive
4:18
75
5Roman Holiday
3:21
74
6Colors
4:09
82
7Coming Down
3:43
68
8Haunting
4:20
74
9Control
3:34
73
10Young God
3:00
70
11Ghost
2:33
75
Total Length: 40 minutes

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Added on: June 19, 2015