Album Reviews

92/100 I think ULTRA BLUE is one of the clearest examples of Hikaru Utada bringing together pop sophistication […]

90/100 Hikaru Utada’s Fantôme is an album shaped by loss, but it never collapses into grief alone. What it cap

95/100 E=MC² feels like one of the most underrated albums in Mariah Carey’s catalog. Because The Emancipation

93/100 Butterfly feels like the album where Mariah Carey fully transformed from a pop star with extraordinary

91/100 What makes The Emancipation of Mimi special is not simply that it was Mariah Carey’s “comeback” album.

100/100 Beyoncé’s discography has always been about renewing both the mainstream and her own stardom at once.

100/100 Beyoncé is not just one of Beyoncé’s best albums. It is also a record that fundamentally redefined wha

98/100 Lemonade is not simply a great concept album. It is, of course, a record with a clear emotional arc—bet

96/100 4 is, to me, one of the most underrated albums in Beyoncé’s catalog. After I Am… Sasha Fierce, th

92/100 HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM is not just a live album. It documents Beyoncé’s now-legendary 2018 Coachell