Being Funny in a Foreign Language
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CRITIC REVIEWS
100
Whether it's reinvention or simply revisitation, The 1975 strip things back to basics to present one of their most complete records to date.
11mo
100
Despite its concise, compact nature; even after dozens of listens later I still feel like I'm only scratching the surface with the record, like a goldmine of perfectly balanced layers waiting patiently to be noticed and unpeeled with every replay.
11mo
100
‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ is The 1975 at their very best.
11mo
90
Being Funny offers a more introspective shift, with Healy’s character-driven storytelling at the fore. But it’s hardly sparse.
11mo
90
There’s a growth and maturity to this album that is refreshing. The band put care and tenderness into this album where it’s not trying so hard. It’s creative yet accessible to new listeners and familiar to previous 1975 fans.
5mo
80
‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, like most of their projects, has something for everyone, but this time does stay in one lane – and that’s for the better.
11mo
80
The UK band remains at the forefront of modern pop-rock, and they've got empathy for the kids too.
11mo
80
The band have given up irony and bombast in favour of heartfelt snapshots of millennial life – though, as ever, frontman Matty Healy can’t quite resist going too far.
11mo
80
There is something strangely satisfying about its consistency and confidence.
11mo
80
After a phase of experimentation, the band’s fifth album is succinct, cuttingly self-aware, and boasts some of their most-direct pop hits in years.
11mo
80
The songs click almost immediately, but they’re subtler and pricklier than a first listen would imply.
11mo
80
The 1975 have probably done as much as any band to maintain the aesthetic of the rock gang in the digital commercial environment. But while it is all very well making meaningful pop music, it sure helps to have songs that people might actually want to sing and dance to.
11mo
80
With Being Funny in a Foreign Language, Healy and the 1975 do seem to have matured, confidently jumping off the ropes and back into the center of the pop music ring.
11mo
80
Matty Healy taps Jack Antonoff to help produce a concise, meaningful, pop-focused album about love. It’s cliché, it’s obvious, it’s slyly profound—it’s the 1975.
11mo
80
This new record is half the size of its messy 2020 predecessor, and all the better for it.
11mo
70
Being Funny in a Foreign Language is the 1975’s shortest LP to date, and maybe not so coincidentally, it also might be their best.
11mo
70
Matt Healy and co. keep it succinct and tasteful on Being Funny in a Foreign Language.
11mo
70
A gradual, encouraging maturation from Matty Healy and co which combines melodious songwriting with some bracingly abject lyrics.
11mo
60
Though there are tantalising hints of adventure on the sumptuous “Part Of The Band” and the LCD-ish piano of the eponymous opening track, the overall mix of MOR and torturous wordplay recalls no-one so much as Robbie Williams.
11mo
60
It’s his breezy lightness of touch, his airy skipping between styles and sentiments which lets this attempt at mature substance breathe.
11mo
60
The 1975 want to be funny in a foreign language, but on their fifth go-round, their ambitions are tempered in plain English.
11mo
50
The band sound more relaxed than ever before, perhaps because of stylistic intentions, but also due to a lack of stakes in the music.
11mo
40
The biggest problem with Being Funny in a Foreign Language — apart from it sounding like a substandard rehash of their most promising moments — is that there is no real craft to these clunky, desultory songs.
11mo
I like how transparent the guy has become about his feeling and real raw emotions... but wow do i still hate this guy and his huge ego. This album is blatantly ripping off the sounds of other artists doesn't help much either. Perfectly listenable until it becomes extremely cringe at many many important moments that keep me from wanting to return to most of these songs.
Desde que conheci The 1975 ao ouvir pela primeira vez 'A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships', comecei a gostar bastante da banda, no entanto, ao ouvir o restante da discografia do grupo percebi que, mesmo com todos seus projetos artísticos me interessando, a maioria deles contavam com certos erros que faziam com que, mesmo sendo bons, não conseguissem atingir um nível de qualidade excelente. No entanto, em 'Being Funny in a Foreign Language' os integrantes da banda ... read more
2. happiness — 55
3. looking for somebody (to love) — 67
4. part of the band — 62
5. oh caroline — 58
6. i'm in love with you — 62
7. all i need to hear — 70
8. wintering — 63
9. human too — 55
10. about you — 73
11. when we are together — 59
a great effort that makes me incredibly excited for their next album. although the sound of this album isn't incredibly consistent, and human too isn't a very good song, i think the production is great and the lyrics are generally much more sincere compared to some of their other works.
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Track List
| 1 | The 1975 4:10 | 77 |
| 2 | Happiness 5:03 | 83 |
| 3 | Looking For Somebody (To Love) 2:58 | 77 |
| 4 | Part of the Band 4:20 | 75 |
| 5 | Oh Caroline 3:32 | 76 |
| 6 | I'm In Love With You 4:22 | 75 |
| 7 | All I Need To Hear 3:30 | 76 |
| 8 | Wintering 2:45 | 71 |
| 9 | Human Too 3:44 | 62 |
| 10 | About You 5:26 | 84 |
| 11 | When We Are Together 3:36 | 75 |
Total Length: 43 minutes
Year End Lists
| #2 | / | Coup De Main |
| #2 | / | Dork |
| #3 | / | Gigwise |
| #5 | / | Hot Press |
| #5 | / | MondoSonoro |
| #8 | / | DIY |
| #9 | / | Chorus.fm |
| #9 | / | Variety: Jem Aswad |
| #10 | / | Entertainment Weekly |
| #10 | / | NME |
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4d
Gonna relisten to this at some point since a friend of mine is taking me through their discog, im really hoping it grows on me more with new context
Added on: June 29, 2022