I feel a lot of Arthur Russell’s World of Echo in this album and i love it

Wowwww

Joel.

Honestly not as big as a fan of this as i wanted to be. The only track i’ve ever heard off this album was Vicious Streak and so I was really excited. Everything from Turn My Way to Slow Jam was great and I really liked Someone Like You. But the other tracks just didn’t do anything for me. Still a fine album despite half the tracks, I do think my feelings will change over time as thats usually the case with albums I feel are sonically 50/50 on first listen

Love

I honestly I didn’t expect to actually like the folk elements considering it’s an electronic album, but i think the production really might’ve been my favorite part of this album. At some points I feel like the lyrics get so confrontational that sonically, it becomes off-puting. But when looking at the album thematically, this discomfort only seems to prove the album’s point and strengthen Madonna’s rejection of the audience. I also think it was genius that at ... read more

The Reeling

Cortt

must be on that white like othello

Not a fan of the congestion, there were moments where the production really worked but still lyrically flat. Doesn’t seem to reach a conclusion thematically which is my biggest critique. Repetition doesn’t bother me much but when it transcends a single track and becomes the whole album… mm. On a positive note, im sure she can do better.

beautiful opening track

PUT IT ON THE FLOOR.

I really enjoyed the new wave of it all. Really not bad

Cried to Keen on Boys my first listen while walking home from school early sophomore year

THIS ALBUM IS MORE THAN YOU THINK. I'm not a fan of this album for reasons I've yet to see be expressed. I actually enjoy the production and the idea of searching for authenticity in a place so concerned with performance. And where she does this right is the genre hopping and over production in her voice. She's acknowledging that she isn't bigger than her city, that she too is shaped by the shared desire to be desired. Miami being a very black and latino city, you can sort ... read more

Growing up in the late 2010s I think immediately makes this album special. Not because it's necessarily detailing experiences specific to that time, because it's not, but because there was nowhere you could go without hearing it or hearing about it. At least for me. The place I happened to hear it the most was in the room I shared with my older brother. He played it so much that at some point it really started to annoy me. Now that I finally have my own room, I thought maybe I should ... read more

Documentation of queerness that really hits home

On the Floor was a standout track

LIAR? was an incredible song for my summer

goodbye stranger