Olivia Rodrigo Sour [Cassette]

4 stars out of 5 -- "Rodrigo brings old musical references back into our consciousness, like an excited teenager relaying gossip on a rotary phone."
"SOUR confirms this is just the start of her story, where she expertly rides the wave of teenage turbulence and emotional chaos down any road she chooses."
Included in Rolling Stone's "The 50 Best Albums of 2021" -- "With SOUR, Olivia dropped a greatest-hits album on her first try, the kind of flawless megapop monster that just thrives in heavy rotation."
"The album is a delicious entrŠ of young devastation and pissed-off petulance, which will hopefully keep informing Rodrigo's work."
"[The album] feels exactly right for this moment: the sound of electric youth personified."
Billboard - "From its starkest lyrics of insecurity to its most biting one-liners, her songwriting prowess is on full display throughout."
Billboard - "The way Rodrigo captures the hopelessness of heartbreak throughout the album makes it hard to believe that she's only singing about young love and not a lifetime of romantic disappointments..."
4 stars out of 5 -- "On her debut album, SOUR, the 18-year-old singer-songwriter puts herself forward as pop's most promising new megastar -- one with the talent, musical personality and smarts necessary to craft a long and illustrious career."
Paste (magazine) - "SOUR cements Rodrigo as an artist deserving of the year's most meteoric rise."
Pitchfork (Website) - "[A] nimble and lightly chaotic collection of breakup tunes filled with melancholy and mischief."
Clash (Magazine) - "Marked by excellence from front to back, SOUR is the sound of a bold talent operating on their own terms -- potent in its execution, revealing in its lyricism, it's a record that finds Olivia Rodrigo effortlessly claiming her status as pop's newest icon, and one of its bravest voices."