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Release Date
5 July 2013
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Length
11 tracks
he Blackest Beautiful is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band Letlive. The album was released through Epitaph Records on July 9, 2013. The album was released to positive reviews from critics, generating an aggregated score of 80/100 on Metacritic. This album marks the last appearance by drummer Anthony Rivera, who left shortly after tracking drums for the album.
The Blackest Beautiful received generally positive reviews from music critics, although many fans have been dissapointed with the quality of the album's production. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80/100, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Absolute Punk gave the album 9.5/10, describing the album as a "masterpiece" that will "redefine your musical preconceptions and tastes for the better." NME gave the album 8/10, describing the album as a "strong, focused record from beginning to end." Allmusic gave the album 4 stars, describing the album as "more ambitious, interesting, thoughtful, and boundary-pushing than any of Letlive's previous work" and a "compelling document of anger, loss, and struggle." The Guardian gave the album three stars and was largely positive about the album, saying that "This fourth full-length release should take them to a wider audience." This Is Fake DIY was also very positive about the album, saying that the album is "the first time letlive. have really put their stamp on a record." Sputnik Music's Channing Freeman was likewise positive about the album, giving the album 4/5 and writing that the album "sounds much more mature to me than Fake History."
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