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[FRESH ALBUM] Post

Tracklist:

1. End Of An Era
2. Houdini
3. Training Season
4. These Walls
5. Whatcha Doing
6. French Exit
7. Illusion
8. Falling Forever
9. Anything For Love
10. Maria
11. Happy For You

News:

‘Radical Optimism’ by Dua Lipa debuts with 15.8 million streams on its first day on Global Spotify.

Reviews:

The Independent 5/5 The singer delivers a much-awaited release that sees her do what she does best, keeping people moving with an unfaltering slick pop style.

Slant Magazine 4/5 Lipa's views on life and love might be broad enough for a pop song, but the joy is in the little details.

The Telegraph 4/5 Listening to the propulsive, shiny pop of Radical Optimism feels like attending a Dua Lipa dance class, where no step is ever out of place.

The Forty-Five 4/5 On album number three, Dua Lipa is here for a good time and a long time.

The Observer 4/5 This is an album that, as with previous Lipa outings, preaches agency and self-worth; her high bar for distilling past dance forms into present pop bangers is maintained, whatever the spin.

Dork 4/5 Dua’s place in pop is still a crucial one, as big pop albums become increasingly bloated with tabloid fodder, it’s refreshing to hear one from a superstar that isn’t suffocating under the weight of its own lore.

The Irish Times 4/5 To the listener, it feels like the pop album we’ve been waiting for.

Northern Transmissions 7.3/10 Surely most of the tracks on Radical Optimism will soon be bumped in commercial gyms and pop playlists everywhere, but as a definitive artist statement, it’s a little bare.

DIY 3.5/5 Plenty of sun-drenched sonic optimism, but not so much that’s all that radical.

Sputnikmusic 3.4/5 There are a lot of individual moments on Radical Optimism that are lovely to listen to, and—despite my qualms—it’s definitely worth a spin.

Pitchfork 6.6/10 Dua Lipa’s star power sounds muffled on her much-anticipated third album, which has many interesting ideas for songs and a surprisingly low hit rate.

NME 3/5 The superstar’s third album, produced with Tame Impala and Danny L Harle, chases hedonistic and carefree vibes – yet the results are mixed.

Clash 6/10 Lipa has become ever-so-slightly risk-averse in an effort to cement her place in pop’s upper echelons.

The Guardian 3/5 The British superstar has said her new album is influenced by Britpop, rave culture and Primal Scream, but you could go mad trying to find the evidence.

The Arts Desk 60/100 It’s not a wash-out by any means, with every song jam packed with hooks and decent grooves ... It just feels like Lipa and her team have worked a little too assidiously to recreate the magic of the last album, without leaving a lot of room for cutting loose and happy accidents.

Evening Standard 3/5 There’s plenty to like here even if it’s nowhere near as radical as its title would have us believe.

Rolling Stone UK 3/5 Moments of greatness can be found on the pop giant's latest album, but it's hard to shake the sense that she is capable of so much better.

The Line of Best Fit 3/10 Nobody needs to know the details of Lipa’s real life to lend her songs weight, but there should still be something in her performance, delivery, songwriting or production that sets them apart from platitudes, from background noise.