Country music and bluegrass keep winding their way into the album, and while it rarely smacks of a gimmick, these rustic numbers often evolve into EDM around their drum machine-introducing choruses, as if True was a remix album commission Avicii picked up while vacationing in Appalachia.
Avicii has been mostly lucky — a producer of serviceably adrenalized electro-house anthems who stumbled his way into the zeitgeist via a particularly canny soul-rave mashup. It turns out that he’s a smart, fun, and persuasive pop songsmith, closer in spirit to Bruno Mars than Swedish House Mafia.
The challenge he faces, and mostly meets, on his official debut, True, is how to break up a woozy, whomping live experience into songs with feeling — to translate house music for the home. His answer: Invite a genuine smorgasbord of collaborators.
True is an album that takes one type of music and moulds it into something completely different, allowing Avicii to cement himself as one of the best DJs in the world.
The Swede’s debut album picks up on this Mumford & Synths sound for a set of folk, soul and addictive house beats.
All in all the album is a failed attempt at broadening the palates of the “EDM generation” in America.
Favourite: You Make Me
Worst: Shame On Me
1. Wake Me Up - 8
2. You Make Me - 8
3. Hey Brother - 7.5
4. Addicted To You - 8
5. Dear Boy - 7
6. Liar Liar - 6
7. Shame On Me - 3
8. Lay Me Down - 4
9. Hope There's Someone - 4.5
10. Heart Upon My Sleeve - 6
Average: 6.2
Quick Comment:
Today it is Tim Bergling birthday, I thought I would do this in honor of him. Good start but didn't finish strong, personally it felt like the first half or so had some meaning towards or even had a bit of ... read more
See, I don't know if this deserves this score. Probably doesn't. But, this is the first album I heard and Avicii' will always mean a lot to me. It's just based off my personal enjoyment!!
The smile didn't leave my face at all. So fun, so enjoyable record.
Second half is weaker than first, but it doesn't ruin experience at all.
CERTIFIED EDM CLASSIC
I have so much nostalgia and love for Avicii. He's easily a contender for best EDM artist/DJ.
Avicii is so incredibly peak when there’s not someone in your ear telling u it’s bad
I expected a Fortnite compilation to start all the time. Either that or a DIY timelapse or something.
Some better and more heartfelt EDM tracks, but overall not really anything abnormal to find on here.
1 | Wake Me Up 4:09 | 89 |
2 | You Make Me 3:53 | 81 |
3 | Hey Brother 4:15 feat. Dan Tyminski | 85 |
4 | Addicted to You 2:28 | 81 |
5 | Dear Boy 7:59 | 74 |
6 | Liar Liar 3:59 | 73 |
7 | Shame on Me 4:13 | 64 |
8 | Lay Me Down 5:00 | 75 |
9 | Hope There's Someone 6:21 | 71 |
10 | Heart Upon My Sleeve 4:43 | 61 |
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