÷ [Divide]
by Ed Sheeran

From spigelwii 11/23/2023 19:33 | #300116

As disingenuous as it is musically cynical, Divide ensures nothing but the continued division of people who listen to music critically for enjoyment, and people who throw something on in the background that has a beat so the zombie apocalypse will at least have a soundtrack.

The best thing that can be said about the album is that most of songs are at least interesting enough to want to turn them off, as opposed to just being kind of there. For example: mega-hit Shape of You is like an early draft of Mark Mothersbaugh's Rugrats theme song set to vapid poetry, which has some value, even if I don't know what it actually is. I will admit that leadoff track, Eraser, is actually pretty neat, and the closing Supermarket Flowers is saccharine but effective.

But what do I know?

Hay algunas canciones buenas, pero la mayoría de ellas mantienen la misma estructura, con voces en coro y arreglos con instrumentos de cuerda hacia el final de cada canción para añadir emotividad... está bien, pero es un poco predecible y aburrido. Básicamente es lo mismo que Ed Sheeran ha estado haciendo durante años.

English review:
There are some good songs, but most of them keep the same structure, with chorus vocals and string arrangements towards the end of each song to add soulfulness... it ok, but a bit predictable and boring. It's basically the same stuff that Ed Sheeran has been doing for years.

For me I still really like The Shape of You - perhaps because I don't do a lot of radio so didn't get over exposed. I also rate Perfect and Supermarket Flowers. This is a fair enough pop album

Some great songs (with big commercial success), but it needed more variety to be outstanding.

From mayonaise93 03/11/2020 17:02 | #248654

Listening to this album is as much fun as banging your head against a brick wall.

From LukasAntoine00s 11/10/2019 03:33 | #244611

This album is so hated and I know why, there are few songs that triumphed commercially and people may be hating them whether by their overplaying or by their easy thought lyrics. However, there are other ones that I do enjoy the beat and their story, because Ed focuses on more personal aspects of life by also telling experiences, like on Castle on the Hill, or Supermarket Flowers. I get why it is hated so much, but honestly it shouldn't be that dismissed.

From VictorVale 10/30/2019 13:02 | #244277

Simples, melódico e radiofônico, nada demais!

From jeremy9 09/08/2019 15:57 | #242351

Too far into commercialism

From Boltzmann 10/31/2018 10:11 | #223640

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This isn't an awful album, but it's definitely a step down from his previous efforts. I kinda like Shape of You even if it was the most overplayed song of 2017, but besides "Castle on the Hill", this is all pretty weak and been-here, done-that.