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The Line of Best Fit8/ 10

“Did SOS need to be 23 tracks long? Not really. However it doesn’t feel like SZA is trying to make the blueprint for the album arc – she’s making a SZA album, no one else’s. It’s something self-indulgent that few could get away with, but every song finds its place effortlessly”

The Guardian4/ 5 stars

“The R&B artist’s long-awaited follow-up to Ctrl is less focused but still full of character”

musicOMH

“Emotional heft, piercingly astute lyrics and a versatile delivery mark a triumphant return that comes with lush production, some A-list guests and wild mood swings”

Rolling Stone4/ 5 stars

“Even more enjoyable than her 2017 debut, CTRL. The songs are looser and more confident. And the worthy themes—retribution, nostalgia, ego—amount to the most intimate and juicy self-revelations since the Real World confessional booth”

Slant Magazine4/ 5 stars

“Like SZA herself, SOS seems to be in a state of constant flux, operating at times on what seems to be a total whim”

Clash

“This is an album about growth, however messy and non-linear it may be. Finally prized from the hands of a perfectionist, you’d hope going forward, ‘SOS’ vindicates and releases it’s creator from the burden of expectation”

Exclaim!9/ 10

“In an era where bloated albums built to inflate streams are increasingly frequent, SZA has delivered a 23-track masterwork on which nearly every song fits, each individual piece made with purpose and feeling”

Pitchfork8.7/ 10

“SZA’s long, ambitious, luxurious new album solidifies her position as a generational talent, an artist who translates her innermost feelings into indelible moments”

The Quietus

“A brilliant, clever, broken junkyard of an album, often compositionally and melodically so gaspingly good, I’ve completely fallen for large chunks of it”

NME

“The US star’s first album in five years – and her last ever, she says – is sprawling, superb and rarely puts a foot wrong”