For basic background music at a pop-heavy dance party, something like Triangle would be hard to beat. For musical exploration and complexity, it's an album that would be hard not to beat.
Never thought I would love a japanese "hyperpop" album from 2009 as much as I did, but well here we are.
Hyperpop hypebeasts think bitcrushing a snare you made in a plugin makes you futuristic, but could you make the music of tomorrow in 2009? No, you can't. You should stick to vaporwave and let Japanese people figure a way to dabble with it. More grimey bangers than a maximalist hip-hop record and more tearing down of institutionalized racism and capitalist troupes then on To Pimp A Butterfly. Music was invented with triangle, everything before it is overrated fodder, and Morton Feldman would die ... read more
❄🎄⛄ The December Challenge Day 19⛄🎄❄
List: https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/flapjack483/list/281651/the-december-challenge-2024-/
The prompt: a critically acclaimed international pop album
The album: ⊿ by Perfume
This album is literally called triangle of course it's amazing, that's the best shape!
I haven't listened to all too much J-Pop, at least in terms of albums, but most J-Pop songs I've heard are all bangers. It might have helped that I was a ... read more
Great J-pop record that is very modern for it's time very enjoyable and is a good first taste of J-Pop or Electro pop.
Average score: 8.375 (8.5 is closest in my scoring system)
| 1 | Take off 0:48 | 82 |
| 2 | love the world 4:32 | 85 |
| 3 | Dream Fighter 4:53 | 89 |
| 4 | edge (⊿-mix) 8:43 | 90 |
| 5 | NIGHT FLIGHT 5:21 | 87 |
| 6 | Kiss and Music 2:35 | 77 |
| 7 | Zero Gravity 4:53 | 80 |
| 8 | I still love U 4:33 | 82 |
| 9 | The best thing 4:23 | 82 |
| 10 | Speed of Sound 3:59 | 82 |
| 11 | ワンルーム・ディスコ (One Room Disco) 5:09 | 87 |
| 12 | 願い [Negai] (Album-mix) 4:58 | 81 |