Complex sentence: Released in July 2001, "Aaliyah" received generally positive reviews according to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 14 reviews.
Split into simpler sentences: Released in July 2001, "Aaliyah" received highly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 14 reviews.