'' LP1 '' received widespread acclaim from music critics . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications , the album received an average score of 86 , based on 38 reviews , indicating " universal acclaim " . Miles Raymer of '' Entertainment Weekly '' stated , " A singular kind of diva who asserts herself subtly , twigs sings in a near whisper that often threatens to blend in with the instruments behind it . But she exerts enough of a magnetic pull to lure listeners into some challenging territory " . Christopher Hooton of '' The Independent '' wrote that " while sultry , drug-addled R&B is an increasingly crowded genre , Twigs takes a hammer to the kind that The Weeknd made famous and plays in the rubble . " Hooton continued , " FKA Twigs emerges the high priestess of R&B 's latest corruption , and the world will kneel at the altar . " Kyle Fowle of '' The A.V. Club '' commended FKA Twigs for " manag ing to craft a cohesive aesthetic that draws on modern R&B and electronic while also remaining inventive " , concluding , " Few debuts possess such control and ambition all in one ; '' LP1 '' is the rare album that manages to sound both lived in and completely futuristic . " AllMusic 's Heather Phares noted the album contains " a lusher sound that 's more accessible , and more overtly R&B , than FKA Twigs ' earlier work but maintains its ethereal sensuality " , adding that " FKA Twigs ' music was already so fully realized that '' LP 1 '' ca n't really be called Barnett coming into her own ; rather , her music has been tended to since the ' Water Me ' days , and now it 's flourishing . " Jonathan Zwickel of '' Spin '' described the album as " unconventional stuff , drug-like , elemental and extraterrestrial " and opined , " In its menacing incandescence , '' LP1 '' sounds like nothing else in the world right now . " '' Pitchfork '' s Philip Sherburne praised '' LP1 '' as a " huge album " and a " monumental debut " , while writing that " FKA twigs is not a masterful lyricist , at least not yet ; some of her couplets feel clunky , like she 's grasping in the dark for rhymes and coming up with the objects closest to hand ... But when she zeroes in on the essence of a thing , she hits hard . " Alexis Petridis of '' The Guardian '' viewed the album as " a singular piece of work in an overcrowded market " , and expressed that it " has its flaws ... but you leave it convinced that FKA Twigs is an artist possessed of a genuinely strong and unique vision , one that does n't need bolstering with an aura of mystique . " Hazel Sheffield of '' NME '' commented that the album " impresses with its futuristic vision of R&B " and remarked that FKA Twigs 's " pervading sense of control and commitment to her art proves that Twigs is set on building the sound of the future all by herself . " Felicity Martin of '' Clash '' stated , " Fragile , heavenly and utterly compelling ; this debut paves the way for boundaries-pushing pop . This is music that shatters you with a single tap . " '' Q '' praised the music as an " uncanny " hybrid variously recalling " indie R&B ... and nervy trip hop " . '' Rolling Stone '' s Julianne Escobedo Shepherd found the album to be " far more substantial " than FKA Twigs 's two previously released EPs , adding that her " deconstructed shards of U.K. grime and garage land heavier , while elegiac vocals soften the songs without blunting their edge . " On 19 August 2014 , '' LP1 '' was included at number 87 on '' Pitchfork '' s list of The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far . The album was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize . It was also nominated for Best Recording Package at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards . In late 2014 , '' LP1 '' was voted the fifth best record of 2014 in the Pazz & Jop , an annual poll of American critics published by '' The Village Voice ''
57th Annual Grammy Awards
57th Annual Grammy Awards
LP1 (FKA Twigs album)