Special
by Lizzo
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Lizzo bestography
Special is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Lizzo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lizzo is Cuz I Love You which is ranked number 2583 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 613.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Special track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Special rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2025 04:07 |  identifer | 974 | 82/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2025 04:15 | jnmayles | 2,258 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2024 05:08 |  zags7000 | 20,496 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2024 16:39 | dukeboxkool | 2,211 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2024 14:39 | Stehako | 244 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.9/100, a mean average of 65.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2023 Grammys. The winner was Harry's House by Harry Styles
In the back of an office in the Midwest, there is a poster of a cat dangling from a wire with the caption “Hang in there”. It’s meant to inspire the struggling workers to get through their days, but it’s so flat and corporate it lacks any strength. “Special” is the musical equivalent of that poster. Lizzo oozes positivity but it’s choked by overproduced vocals and formulaic writing. Subjects like friendship, queerness and body positivity are all handled at such a surface level that it misses any of the emotional core. On occasion, little bits of funk or soul will pop up but never long enough to revive the record. Like the poster, the only real inspiration that comes from how earnestly it tries and how hard it fails, there is courage in that.
ExTeaSea 07/16/2022 00:19 | #287456
Well shoot I really like it! It's fun as heck but gosh it just doesn't slap as hard as Cuz I Love You. The album cover is gorgeous.
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