SOS

Pitchfork 8.7/10 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 Line of Best Fit 8/10 SOS is a staggeringly confident record, all in SZA’s familiar playground of lush and vibrant R&B.

NME 5/5 SZA's 'S.O.S.' – her first album in five years and potentially her last – is sprawling, superb and rarely puts a foot wrong

Rolling Stone 4/5 Review: SZA’s ‘S.O.S.’

DIY 5/5 The drought may be over, but SZA left no crumbs.

The Forty Five 4.5/5 SZA returns with a boundary-pushing second album that both reimagines her lo-fi roots and fearlessly ventures into new territory

Clash 8/10 The wait for SZA’s sophomore effort is over. The drawn-out build-up to the release of ‘SOS’ – which comes six years after the hazy masterpiece ‘CTRL’ –

The Observer 3/5 The R&B artist’s long-awaited follow-up to Ctrl is less focused but still full of character

Slant 4/5 SZA’s sophomore effort, ‘SOS,’ is an unwieldy, unruly, and, at times, deeply beautiful album. Read our review.

The Guardian 4/5 The US star’s follow-up to her groundbreaking debut ranges wildly, from pop-punk to traces of Radiohead and a Phoebe Bridgers feature. You’d give it a trim were the quality not so unerringly high

The Telegraph 5/5 Sam Ryder makes Britain proud once again, electric R&B star SZA ponders isolation, godmother of punk Nina Hagen puts her twist on Bob Dylan