PEP

Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
2022 Ratings: #198 / 816
User Score
Based on 136 ratings
2022 Ratings: #717
April 1, 2022 / Release Date
LP / Format
Full Credits
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Critic Reviews

90
AllMusic

With Pep, Lights has leveled up, delivering a potent, lyrically mature, and musically colorful production that balances her empowered feminism with a sleek, take-no-prisoners pop aesthetic.

90
Spill Magazine
Holding some of the most emotional gravitas and creative zeal to date, Lights takes off the gloves on this latest album release and lets her charismatic energies flow from start to finish.
80
Under the Radar
The album—perhaps her finest—showcases both the artist’s multifaceted creative persona and her continually advancing songwriting abilities, remaining true to its title in providing a crucial dash of empowerment for listeners in the wake of a particularly bleak decade.
80
The Young Folks

PEP is a wonderfully cohesive piece of work, incorporating elements of electropop and rock.

60
Clash
While on the surface, the record may come across as a pretty paint-by-numbers alt-pop album, dig a little deeper as you’ll see everything that makes Lights so uniquely ‘Lights’.
NTTR
67

Lights - PEP

Genre: Electropop
Country: Canada

Final Verdict: 67% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 70th / 336

Highlight: In My Head (ft. Josh Dun) (added to my 2022 best of)

Made me think of:
Charli XCX
Finneas
Self Esteem

Crazyreviews
95

Lights é uma artista que eu conheci por causa do jogo just dance 2018 com a música fight club, amo essa música mas nunca havia ouvindo um álbum dela, e hoje lights lançou seu novo álbum.

1. Beside Myself = 9,5💜⭐
2. In My Head = 9,5💜⭐
3. Prodigal Daughter = 10💜⭐⭐
4. Salt and Vinegar = 10💜⭐⭐
5. Money In the Bag = 10💜⭐⭐
6. Jaws = 7,5💚
7. Rent = 8,0💚
8. Sparky = 8,0💚
9. Real Thing = 7,0💚
10. Easy Money = ... read more

WilderCountry
72

Lights is an artist that I’ve always supported over the years, having this incredible ability to create the most memorable music that just moves every being in my body. From the catchy electronic styles that get you up on your feet to the more stripped back and reflectiveness of her slower songs, Lights has consistently been an incredible artist going from strength to strength with every release she’s had. It’s been about 5 years since her last proper album with 2017’s ... read more

More popular reviews
Jacorywoohoo
70

Decent.

typoirier
82

To date this is the Lights album I resonated with the least; with the pandemic it seems my music taste finally diverged one way, while she forged a different path. It's still a fun album, with some songs resonating with me a bit more as time goes on, where I see the allure of songs that a few years ago I might have dismissed.

Favourite 3 Songs:
Beside Myself
Prodigal Daughter
Grip

gordo
77

⚡🧂💰
Beside Myself: 7,5
In My Head: 7,5
Prodigal Daughter: 8
Salt And Vinegar: 7,5
Money In The Bag: 8
Jaws: 7,5
Rent: 8
Sparky: 7,5
Real Thing: 7
Easy Money: 8
Okay Okay: 8
Voices Carry: 7,5
Grip: 7,5

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Track List

1Beside Myself
4:11
81
2In My Head
3:08
feat. Josh Dun
78
3Prodigal Daughter
2:55
84
4Salt and Vinegar
3:15
75
5Money In the Bag
2:44
feat. Kiesza
80
6Jaws
3:17
77
7Rent
3:26
72
8Sparky
3:27
78
9Real Thing
3:05
feat. Elohim
72
10Easy Money
3:26
72
11Okay Okay
3:20
84
12Voices Carry
3:39
76
13Grip
3:10
79
Total Length: 43 minutes

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#27/RIFF
/AllMusic

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