Younger Now
| Miley Cyrus
Younger Now
Younger Now is the sixth studio album by American singer Miley Cyrus. It was released on September 29, 2017, by RCA Records. Cyrus began planning a commercial follow-up record to her fourth album Bangerz while simultaneously making her experimental fifth album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz in 2015, although later became influenced by her reconciliation with fiancé Liam Hemsworth in 2016.- Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Younger Now blends pop-rock and pablum country fare that is so restrained, so thinly produced, it seems like her lovably goofy personality was hobbled throughout the recording process.
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Variety
Cyrus means to let us know exactly where she stands at this mindful crossroads. The album’s mea culpa-ish opening lines — “Feels like I woke up / Like all this time I’ve been asleep” — are followed by an addendum about not regretting her naughtier previous persona.
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NME
Grab your cowboy boots because Miley Cyrus’ sixth album sees her going all country and western.
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SPIN
Younger Now is the first time where it feels like Cyrus is really trying to sell us something, to push our thinking about her to a predetermined place, and it shows in an album that is, contrary to her pleas, rather uninspired.
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The Guardian
The pop provocateur plays safe on her new album, abandoning R&B in favour of country-pop.
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Consequence of Sound
A listless set of songs satisfied with being inoffensive
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Rolling Stone
All over Younger Now, she revives her Southern accent, demonstrating her Nashville bona fides by including a voicemail from her godmom Dolly Parton to cue their Monkees-esque duet “Rainbowland.”
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Tiny Mix Tapes
The singer’s voice on Younger Now is a supple kind of smoke, a thing coming down the mountains into the towns where we make our lives.
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Slant
Despite what its cringeworthy advance press would have us believe, Younger Now doesn’t quite fit the narrative of Cyrus fleeing urban music for the safe, white confines of country-pop.
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USA Today
Miley Cyrus’ 'Younger Now' is a sanitized country-pop fantasy
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High Snobiety
It might not be the most remarkable record of the year, nor the most resonating of her already ambitious catalogue, but this album is made with more heart and personal intent than pop albums need to be, and we should give Miley some serious credit for that.
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The Diamondback
On ‘Younger Now,’ Miley Cyrus is older, but still boring.
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Daily Mississippian
Overall, this album overall represents major growth for Cyrus, and any growth can be uncomfortable to experience.
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Substream Magazine
On her latest album, Younger Now, Miley wants us to hear her first. The trouble is, this album doesn’t feel complete.
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The Young Folks
With Younger Now, Cyrus has shed her past image to give us an album composed entirely of folky, relaxed country pop.
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Drowned in Sound
Unsurprisingly, Younger Now’s standouts are the tracks that give Cyrus’ voice the biggest platform, ‘I Would Die for You’ and ‘Inspired’.
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Idolator
For all its shortcomings, one ultimate truth pervades the release: Miley will always keep us guessing. She has emerged as pop’s new chameleon.
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Star 2
There are lots of old school sensibilities in the way Cyrus presents her new music, which is ironic for an album titled Younger Now.
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Entertainment Weekly
Miley Cyrus is a girl gone mild on Younger Now.
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Cleveland
There are no bangers here for mainstream music fans to hang their hats on. But Cyrus is out for something more - Proof she was always a better songwriter than we gave her credit for.
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AV Music
On her new Younger Now, the best cuts are the ones where she clings to those still-strong Tennessee roots.
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Sentry
Cyrus has reclaimed her musical identity and made it all her own.
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Varsity (UK)
Certain tracks are easy on the ear, but Younger Now’s overall formulaic nature makes this an album as forgettable as it is best forgotten about.
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University Observer (IE)
Miley’s new album focuses in on her skills as a singer-songwriter; a fine idea but one that fails almost immediately due to the sheer blandness of the project.
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New Zealand Herald
Miley opens up about her feelings, insecurities, hopes and dreams and regrets. It's a real story-telling album and it's an incredibly welcome change.
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Evening Standard (UK)
Now, in perhaps the most shocking development of all, the 24-year-old is fully clothed and duetting with Dolly Parton on a collection of beautiful, emotional country rock.
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Vulture
On Younger Now, Miley Cyrus Grows Up and Settles Down, But Did She Need To?
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The Times (UK)
Younger Now isn't terrible; it's just not terribly interesting.
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The Musical Hype
Despite a lack of flashy records and singles, Miley Cyrus exceeds expectations on her sixth studio album, ‘Younger Now.’
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Newsday
Miley Cyrus embraces simple, mature sound.
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The Ringer
On her new album, ‘Younger Now,’ the once-controversial singer grabs the songwriting reins and drives toward a gentler sound. But shifting direction for a third time in five years won’t be easy.
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El Paisano
Younger Now is a great addition to Cyrus’ discography, but not her best.
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All Music
She knows she's got style for miles and miles, enough to keep her afloat when the time comes that she delivers her country tunes with acoustic guitars, not digital instruments, and she has the wisdom to know that snappy sheen is precisely what this particular album needs.
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Georgetown Voice
The general sound of the album resembles what I would expect from a Californian hippie who has been to one too many county fairs.
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Cryptic Rock
If it is not completely ridiculous to say, Cyrus is at her absolute finest when singing of her ‘achy, breaky heart,’ blending her colorful brand of Pop with her father’s Country roots, and rising above it all.
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Independent (UK)
It's another reinvention for Miley, as she ditches the drug-fuelled psych-rock and half-heartedly embraces country music.
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Daily Tar Heel
Overall, the album is great for anyone who misses the old Miley. After all, she’s younger now.
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Media Hype
She has stripped everything back and the result is a pure fun listening adventure.
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Richer Sounds
Most of us know her for all the wrong reasons, but on Miley Cyrus’ latest album Younger Now, the teen-actor turned pop-provocateur appears to have transformed once again.
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The Edge (US)
Miley Cyrus has finally dropped an album without room for any disappointment.
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Pure M Zine
Younger Now, is relaxed country-pop and folky and Cyrus’ best album to date.
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Financial Times
Showcasing a more organic version of the singer, the collection consists of soporific acoustic pop-rock
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Irish Times
Younger Now presents us with a more reflective Miley. Her tongue-wagging ways are back in her dressing up box, and as she dons her cowboy boots, we can enjoy this oasis of calm until her next phase begins.
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The Breeze
Miley Cyrus' "Younger Now" falls flat.
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Immortal Reviews
Younger Now is a wise and passionate album, and even if it's not the most captivating record, it definitely has a strong message to back Cyrus' passion.
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South China Morning Post
Younger Now may be Cyrus searching for her true identity but the contrived country-pop moments have stripped away her personality, leaving something far more generic than perhaps intended.
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Penn State CommRadio
While she can be applauded for trying something new, the monotonous mainstream pop sound to this album will not have her making any big headlines any time soon.
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Z Review (UK)
Younger Now” actually works.
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Hot Press (IE)
- the former child star is, at 24, apparently all grown up, calmed down and eager to reconnect with her country rock roots.
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Kent Wired
New Miley’s decidedly laid-back feel makes it less apt for a house party playlist and more fitting for a nighttime sleeping aide. But, you certainly wouldn’t wake up in a bad mood.
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Metro
Younger Miley Cyrus at last comes of age.
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Salute
It’s safe to say Miley is back and better than ever. Younger Now is a beautifully vulnerable work of art.
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Entertainment Voice
Miley Cyrus is saying hello to authenticity on her new album “Younger Now,” or so it would seem.
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Flood
Younger Now is an adroit change of pace for Miley Cyrus’s career—drop the usual popstar pageantry, take ’em back to the country roots, put her singing, songwriting, and message front and center; the only issues with that being the singing, songwriting, and message.
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Popdust
"Change is something you can count on" with Miley Cyrus "Younger Now" is any further proof you needed that Miley Cyrus is constantly evolving.
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