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70
The slick and skillful True Colors is built for fans of Zedd's music rather than his social media followers.
70
Ultimately, Zedd’s True Colors shows the guy is brilliant at what he does, and for those who want to get all in their feelings on the way to a festival or to soundtrack a beach date with bae (or a group of friends), this will be the disc to keep on repeat.
60
On True Colors, each track tries to be a separate statement as Zedd tries to crash through his own, pre-existing glass ceiling — but the whole falls short of the sum of its parts.
60
True Colors, Zedd's second LP, includes songs about love, breakups and seizing the day, but the real subject is always his enormous beats.
42
While itβs worked in the past, it feels like the primary colors Zedd tends to paint with feel faded.
I know this is Guilty Pressure.
But... Zedd's True Colors is fatally underrated.
It's too bad that this is his last LP.
Highlights : Done With Love, Daisy, Papercut or I Want You To Know
Worst : Bumble Bee
Having sound-to-color synesthesia since my earliest memory, it has largely been in charge of the music I feel most connected to—I tend to favor songs that appear to be “vibrant” and reject songs that are “dingy”, I suppose. Naturally, I’m assuming Anton Zaslavski—AKA Zedd—had an excellent concept in mind when producing True Colors, which apparently assigns a color to each track. But while I certainly see splashing colors via the eclectic EDM ... read more
started to lose me near the end, everything started to sound the same after a while but at least that sound is a good one
Despite being basic and a bit derivative, 2015's "True Colors" is a slick, and for the most part, vibrant electronic album. For starters: The beats on this record are extremely well made. Unlike most electronic albums, the drops are consistent and satisfactory. Unfortunately though, I didn't enjoy how the color concept of the album was the only thing keeping it from being a bore, with most tracks giving off royalty free vibes. It's not horrible by any means, but I came in expecting a ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Addicted to a Memory 5:03 feat. Bahari | 74 |
| 2 | I Want You to Know 3:59 feat. Selena Gomez, Zedd | 76 |
| 3 | Beautiful Now 3:38 feat. Jon Bellion | 88 |
| 4 | Transmission 4:02 feat. Logic, X Ambassadors | 65 |
| 5 | Done With Love 4:56 | 67 |
| 6 | True Colors 3:48 | 69 |
| 7 | Straight Into the Fire 3:41 | 69 |
| 8 | Papercut 7:23 feat. Troye Sivan | 77 |
| 9 | Bumble Bee 4:07 with Botnek | 70 |
| 10 | Daisy 2:54 | 70 |
| 11 | Illusion 6:30 feat. Echosmith | 71 |
Total Length: 50 minutes
Added on: May 16, 2015