Freedom Child
| The Script
Freedom Child
Freedom Child is the fifth studio album by Irish pop rock band The Script. It was released via Columbia Records and Sony Music on 1 September 2017 Freedom Child received mixed to negative reviews from critics upon release. Matt Collar of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, stating that the album "is a vibrant, immediately engaging effort that finds them nicely balancing their various influences, from slick dance-pop to kinetic R&B and thoughtful, crowd-pleasing anthems." Eleanor of Live Arena also gave the album a positive review but with no score, stating that "the group's confident new sound, that strays away from the rock feel we're used to, strikes listeners with positivity and strength. It's worth a listen." Taelor Connell of The O'Colly, gave another positive review with no score, stating that "The Script's new sound combined with their strong message strike listeners with force. -Wikipedia
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Cryptic Rock
Colorful, topical, and most importantly, beaming with positivity, CrypticRock gives The Script’s Freedom Child
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RTE
The rise of the Right, war, and the refugee crisis are all issues worth tackling but The Script do it all with a crippling grasp of the bleedin’ obvious. Time for a rewrite.
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XS Noise
The Script have shown us that despite being the world full of controversy, politically charged problems and instability; that we can be who we want to be. Freedom of expression allows us to be us. Take any chance you get and make it happen. “Find a dream and make it real”.
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The Last Mixed Tape
As I said at the start, this is an interesting album but not in the way the Script intended it to be.
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Immortal Reviews
The band make sure your mood is lifted and your spirit stands high, but at some point you can't stand up straighter. When you hit that point, you just get bored of the polished, pop rock sound. There's not enough meat on this one.
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Young Post
In fact, the only good songs are Deliverance, and closer Freedom Child, both of which have interesting rhythms and a more playful, infectious vibe. Freedom Child could have seen The Script rise above as a progressive pop act, but they’ve ended up with another safe, bland album.
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Thomas Bleach
As a whole the record is weak and lacks any real moment of brilliance or originality. The songs that do stand out are just recycled moments that we have already heard from them while the new ones are gimmicky. At least lead singer Danny O’Donoghue’s vocals sound good?
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O'Colly
Overall, this album serves to bring positivity to all listeners. The Script’s new sound combined with their strong message strike listeners with force.
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Others
Musically, The Script have enough talent to stand on the world stage. However, this new venture to include songs commenting on the state of the world following recent international political unrest may be viewed by some as bland tokenism.
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Evening Standard UK
Well-meaning but full of chugging guitars and lyrical guff.
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The Nicholls Worth
Overall, Freedom Child does not live up to the expectations that The Script has set for itself with albums like The Script and Science and Faith. The group’s new EDM vibe is an interesting venture, but the end result is bland tracks with cliché lyrics and underwhelming beats.
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Hey Nineteen
If you think you’ve heard this bland AOR-channeling-EDM before then you’re right; Imagine Dragons and Linkin Park have released more or less the same album just this year. Freedom Child is pap and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.
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Vidette Online
The Script switches up its sound with subpar execution in 'Freedom Child'. Script’s characteristic pop-rock, emotionally vulnerable sound is what they do best, and this album would have likely seen more success if it had stuck to it rather than trying to unnecessarily mold to the times.
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Ben's Beat
The lyrics here are honestly embarrassing, and it’s just too easy to see through O’Donoghue’s wholesome white guy with a guitar image.
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Daily Cal
There’s still a place for The Script’s characteristic style today — just ask Young the Giant and Bastille, who are doing just fine. It’s not that evolution of sound is wrong, but evolution into an unfamiliar space for the sake of relevance rather than artistic interest never really works.
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Irish Times
It’s too long, but more importantly, it’s emotionally hollow – even as pop music goes.
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Hebron Hawkeye
Overall, I think that, although it was a good album, they should stick to softer vocals; the rapping doesn’t fit the lead singer’s voice well enough. The band’s earlier songs were better, and falling into more mainstream pop sounds is a sure way for them to go out of style.
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Musiq Tone
it does offer a refreshed sound throughout save for 2 or 3 tracks that is more classic The Script and showcases that they still have the ability to make an organic pop/rock ballad and do it well.
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Everything Erin
As I said before I love how meaningful all their songs are in their lyrics. They are so worth a proper listen to because they are not just good song, but underneath the music they are really fighting for freedom, as the even album title suggests.
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Farmer's Harvest
“Freedom Child” brought a fresh, unique sound to The Script. Although the songs differ in their topics and most are unique in sound, many follow a set format with minimal variation in the general structure of the songs.
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Swansea Student Media
Straying away from the pop-rock feel, Freedom Child gives a positive and upbeat feeling.
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The Musical Hype
Dublin rock band The Script delivers a ‘sunny’ winner on ‘Rain,’ the exuberant promo single from new album, ‘Freedom Child.’ The vocals are well performed and overall, the sound of the record was appealing.
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My Pink Fairy Tale
I really like the album in general and I am so happy that there are new songs from The Script. I have waited so long for this!
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Creative Disc
The Script. Entertaining? Certainly. 14 tracks don't feel boring. The problem is, after hearing it, we almost immediately forget what we just heard. The lack of a stand-out track is the reason.
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Nieuweplaat
The Script no longer sounds entirely like The Script, they have delivered a good album. The music remains pleasant and well received. The songs fit well together and when the album is finished, the only option is actually to switch it on again.
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Mister Beebop
But there’s no single track that draws me in and unlocks the whole album for me. I hear the songs and recognize how other fans can love them, but I’m emotionally disconnected. As exhilarated as I was over No Sound Without Silence, Freedom Child has left me drained.
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Blogger's Gamut
The album overall has a really enjoyable tone to it. It’s the perfect album to travel with, with a consistent and optimistic beat running throughout.
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College Tribune
The opener “No Man is an Island” is also a respectable pop song, with a tincture of reggae in it. But overall, despite their modifications, The Script fail to hit any heights here.
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The Music Blog 42
The record is all about positivity, but it’s hard not to look at the negatives.
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The Last Mix Tape
While they may seem misguided, or at the very least harmless, it’s the treatment of activism like a marketing tool that is worrying.
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Hey Nineteen
What takes this beyond mere contempt is the sickening, simpering belief by those involved that Freedom Child is in any way a political album.
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Sputnik Music
Typical, simplistic radio-pop that borrows more ideas than it invents.
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