Reception
Initial critical response to Mama, I'm Swollen ranged from mixed to positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 65, based on 14 reviews.
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Drowned in Sound | (9/10) |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | (C+) |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.2/10) |
| PopMatters | (5/10) |
| Rock Sound | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | |
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