BIG NOTE - I rated this before my music taste was nearly as good as it is now, meaning that I would probably give it a completely different rating now, especially because of the user score
Not the best
Notes from before:
* Guitar and its riffs not very interesting and new
* Vocals have some interesting elements
* Drums could be better
* Elevation is at least a bit better, with a good intro and constantly changing instrumentation, but still is not great
* There are some innovative inst parts ... read more
Many great songs, but there Always has to be some mid ones
Notes I made when I initially rated it:
- Beautiful vocals
- Trumpets in the background suddenly appearing is fun
- Very nice, deep drums
- It is great always starts quiet, but slowly gets louder, more instruments are added and the overall mood
becomes happier
- Very sudden start to turning wheel
- Backing Vocals in turning wheel are a great edition
- Synths are also great
- Small string sections throughout the songs really set the ... read more
One of the best from the 70s
Notes from when I rated it:
- Very creative and revolutionary instrumentation for the 70s, with deep bass guitars in the back of every song
and riffs being thrown around like never before
- In my time of dying has a slow start, but it compliments the transition into the chorus perfectly with the
sudden drums and new guitar
- Each song has its own creative start, but does not change much in the middle
- Sometimes other creative instruments are used
- The ... read more
First listen - 18/08/2023:
Definitely Kanye's and Kudi's best
8.9/10
Re-review (listened to on 31/01/2024):
Wow, I thought I would like this time less as time went on, but I guess the opposite happened. Recently, I have found myself listening to this album on repeat. The production is amazing. The singing is amazing. The soundscape is amazing.
I still have two problems with it, even though they are minor:
- Reborn does not fit into the album quite well as it is completely different than the ... read more
Original Review - 13/08/2023:
This album has so many goods
9.8/10
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Re-review - 17/05/2024:
Even though I think that this is still an amazing record, I believe that I might have rated it a bit too high because of the slight receptiveness through the album and the oversimplicity of some tracks.
9.3/10
First Deep Listen - 2023/08/13
Not as bad as melon puts it
7.4/10
Second Deep Listen - 2024/03/19
I came back to this as I new I did not fully absorb it the first time and I was right. There are some beautifully produced moments on this album such as the sample flipping in POWER and the piano at the start of Runaway. Even though I fully understand this amazing instrumentation now, my main problems with this album are the same as before.
Firstly, even though there are amazing moments, these ... read more
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