Primal Heart
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CRITIC REVIEWS
80
Perhaps it’s her wisely chosen collaborators or more life experience, but Kimbra’s exploratory ethos has never been so on point.
9mo
80
The time and deliberation taken by Kimbra on ‘Primal Heart’ shows, as on album three she’s truly hit her stride. Throughout she offers up rich, swirling instrumentals and intricate musical landscapes, crunchy chord progressions and twinkling chromaticism complemented by her confident, warm vocals.
9mo
80
A consistently winning album, Primal Heart finds Kimbra hitting the sweet spot between imagination and accessibility -- if her nods to the mainstream get more ears pointed her way, so much the better.
9mo
80
Though she’s often made albums that straddle sharp pop with very focused genre-pieces, she has written her most cohesive collection of songs to date with Primal Heart.
8mo
72
In an album that is perhaps Kimbra’s strongest work yet, Primal Heart sees the New Zealand musician fuse elements of the old and new, creating an art-pop LP determined to overcome past faults.
7mo
70
Despite being a stylistically mixed bag, Kimbra's latest album features some of the best art pop you'll hear this year.
8mo
60
You can’t help but feel, though, that Primal Heart lacks blood. For every genre-busting banker such as Human (inventive, effects-laden soul) or Recovery (pugnacious swing-pop), there are so-so tracks that should have been palmed off on to someone else.
8mo
59
The New Zealand musician’s third album is a collision of hard electronics with a touch of R&B. Though it contains moments of great power, it sounds like a work that’s stuck between two places.
8mo
I hope this gains the cult following that Emotion has
Kimbra's "Primal Heart" is one of the best pop albuns of the year, with no bad songs and managed to join his previous eras into a cohesive and consistent album. After a considerable time without making any musical appearance, Kimbra have became some kind of internet meme of "being death" for not releasing any album (along with the still mythical "Masochism" by Sky Ferreira). Fortunately, last year she has announced her long-awaited album (first it was going to be ... read more
I'm so conflicted on this album. Tracks like Version of Me and Like They Do On the TV are excellent, but Top of the World makes me cringe and I can't get through it. Human is just alright and I don't really care for it. I wanted to like this album so much more, it just isn't clicking.
Edit: After revisiting this it's a lot stronger than I originally thought. One of the best pop records of this year without a doubt. Still can't stand Top of the World tho
Edit: After revisiting this it's a lot stronger than I originally thought. One of the best pop records of this year without a doubt. Still can't stand Top of the World tho
I wish I could love it like all the other people here do, but I just felt disenchant by this album. Maybe it will grow on me, but as for right now i'm sticking to my score.
this is as average and middle of the road as one can get, how is this getting so much love, it's forgetable af.
END OF YEAR LISTS
| #13 | / | Albumism |
MISC LISTS
| #40 | / | Uproxx (First Half) |
Track List
- The Good War
- Top of the World
- Everybody Knows
- Like They Do On the TV
- Recovery
- Human
- Lightyears
- Black Sky
- Past Love
- Right Direction
- Version of Me
- Real Life
Added on: September 30, 2017
