If you want to take it as an extended musical treatise on queer identity and non-binary sexual orientation, there’s plenty here to keep you occupied ... If you just want to treat it as a collection of beautifully wrought pop music, then it functions fantastically as that, too.
iT - 5/5 ❤
Saint-Claude - 4/5
Christine - 3/5
Science fiction - 3/5
Paradis perdus - 5/5 ❤
Half Ladies - 4/5
Chaleur humaine - 4/5
Narcissus Is Back - 5/5 ❤
Ugly-Pretty - 4/5
Nuit 17 à 52 - 4/5
Here - 5/5 ❤
On its surface, Chaleur Humaine is a pop album filled with beautifully thought out lyricism, both in English and French. If you choose to dig deeper, however, you will find that it’s truly a project to honor and cherish queer identity, no matter how it may present itself. Either way, it may touch you as endearingly as it touched me!
The front half of this album is a near 100, incredibly front loaded. First three tracks are some of his best. The back half is the worst in his whole catalog, but still very good pop music. Chris becoming a top 5 pop artist for me.
On its surface, Chaleur Humaine is a pop album filled with beautifully thought out lyricism, both in English and French. If you choose to dig deeper, however, you will find that it’s truly a project to honor and cherish queer identity, no matter how it may present itself. Either way, it may touch you as endearingly as it touched me!
I honestly didn't know what to expect from the first album. I could recall hearing some of the songs off this album from Elton John's radio show, but nothing else after that. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised by what I heard! Personally, I thought that the production was really well done for a debut album. I will admit, part of my enjoyment particularly relied on that and the instrumentals, since I don't really know the French language all that well. However, I was still able to catch ... read more
1 | iT 3:38 | 85 |
2 | Saint-Claude 3:59 | 84 |
3 | Christine 3:54 | 89 |
4 | Science fiction 3:39 | 83 |
5 | Paradis perdus 3:35 | 84 |
6 | Half Ladies 4:18 | 80 |
7 | Chaleur humaine 3:57 | 77 |
8 | Narcissus Is Back 3:28 | 82 |
9 | Ugly-Pretty 3:25 | 76 |
10 | Nuit 17 à 52 4:22 | 73 |
11 | Here 4:27 | 81 |
#3 | / | Dork |
#3 | / | Fopp |
#3 | / | NME |
#6 | / | musicOMH |
#7 | / | Time Out London |
#8 | / | Digital Spy |
#8 | / | The Guardian |
#10 | / | Q Magazine |
#10 | / | The Times / The Sunday Times |
#16 | / | Rough Trade |