Blurred Lines is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Robin Thicke.
[7] On March 10, the jury found that Thicke and Williams had infringed on the tune, but not rapper T.I., who was also named as a party in the suit.
[12] The album's second single, "For the Rest of My Life", impacted urban adult contemporary radio on May 21, 2013[13][14] and was released digitally on June 3, 2013.
[15] The album's third single, "Give It 2 U" which features American rapper Kendrick Lamar, was released on July 2, 2013.
[26] Nick Catucci of Entertainment Weekly found its music predictable and characterized by unadventurous "boutique-lounge grooves.
[24] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian said that Thicke's "blunt-instrument romantic technique" lacks dignity and keeps Blurred Lines from being "a pretty good album.
"[5] In her review for The Observer, Hermione Hoby wrote that some of the songs are "passable party pabulum", while Thicke's obnoxious lyrics make the album less entertaining.
[27] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune said that his distasteful lyrics ruin the music's exciting mood.
[4] In a positive review, Rolling Stone magazine's Rob Tannenbaum called it an optimistic, "near-perfect summer record" that improves over Thicke's previous albums, which he felt were dulled with his "expressions of angst".
"[28] Spin magazine's Keith Harris wrote that Thicke "exaggerates and sings the hell out of" the limitations of his pickup artist character.
[25] The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 177,000 copies in the United States.