https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ed-sheeran-subtract/

 

 

Not everyone can work with Aaron it seems 

An improvement  

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The ghost of late-’00s indie rock will haunt the dentist’s office.

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The new record never quite touches such greeting-card levels of sentiment

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On the evidence of -, Sheeran’s deepest, darkest thoughts don’t make for great or even simply good songs, but he believes in his business-friendly platitudes with his whole heart.

Edited May 10, 20233 yr by Sadie Saxton

been waiting all week to read this looool

I love how RUTHLESS Pitchfork is for every release of his

Ed Sheeran has bragged that he wrote seven of his new album’s songs in a combined two and a half hours. It’s easy to believe him.

 

He's such an easy target for them, it's so blatant. Miley's latest snoozefest of an album can get a 6.2 and Chloe's faceless debut can get a 6.1, but this can't even get a 4?

Just now, wehavetostan said:

He's such an easy target for them, it's so blatant. Miley's latest snoozefest of an album can get a 6.2 and Chloe's faceless album can get a 6.1, but this can't even get a 4?

right  their hatred for him is so dumb and actually comes across as bullying. 

Critical and Commercial FAILURE!

Pitchfork and Ed Sheeran both deserve a 0.9 neither have absolutely any credibility, talent or artistry to speak of whatsoever.

Edited May 10, 20233 yr by Slap

they’re so predictable 

I dont think he should be getting a BNM or anything but my got not even a 6? 
they hate him 

13 minutes ago, wehavetostan said:

He's such an easy target for them, it's so blatant. Miley's latest snoozefest of an album can get a 6.2 and Chloe's faceless debut can get a 6.1, but this can't even get a 4?

I hate to agree but it’s true. Neither of those projects deserved scores that high.

 

Not to say I disagree with them panning this, it is just such a weak attempt at what he wanted to do and looks even worse when compared to folklore/evermore. But still think there’s no universe in which this deserves a 3.8, even if for no other reason than comparing it to the many other albums they give undeservingly high (even if they’re not that high, still too high) scores. They’re very predictable, and those stale drags they love to insert for viral points are stan twitter level at best  

Not saying Ed deserves praise but Pitchfork's hate boner for him is so blatant that these "skull-drag" reviews come off dull and tryhard

This is ridiculous  the album is actually pretty good. Deserves something between 6.5-7.0 imo.

10 minutes ago, Jeremiah said:

Not saying Ed deserves praise but Pitchfork's hate boner for him is so blatant that these "skull-drag" reviews come off dull and tryhard

the album isn't even that bad for them to be that mad, the review is too brutal 💀 good thing it's still has 73 metacritic score from 11 critics as of writing... 

Edited May 10, 20233 yr by ninetiesceline

Generous

They do too much on him and I'm not even a fan. 

Edited May 10, 20233 yr by EmailMySwift

is this worth a listen  I feel like his recent projects are so watered down