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Only fitting that my 100th review (not rating, to be annoyingly accurate) is for the only album I've ever heard I would consider a perfect 100/100. I do not know if this is just a me thing, but it's a bit frightening to ponder the possibility of an extreme artistic genius or talent operating at the peak efficiency of their skill set and how they achieve such a feat. What circumstances must they face? What valleys or obstacles to overcome? External pieces of art to be inspired by? Life ... read more
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moral of the story a lot of internet music fans are 1000x more pretentious and less intelligent than they let on, so never let strangers on the internet tell you how to feel about what you enjoy when they weep and awe over binary code. Also this is trite slop a megachurch would play during service even if it wasn’t AI so … very horrifying implications for the state of the world in the future.
*im baaaaaaaack ;)*
So at long last, after 9ish months of listeners' block, 21 year old AOTY user cristiangabriel has returned *EVERYONE CHEERED*. Long story short, I just stopped loving music in the annoyingly analytical manner I have to be in to be active on this site, but who other than my favorite music group of all time, LOONA, to coax me back to the escapist practice of talking about music to strangers online that I run to when I need to feel sane? However, LOONA has been disbanded ... read more
At last... at fucking last... two unprecedented events have occurred in the year 2025: Addison Rae, former factory produced TikTok star turned pop sensation releases her long-awaited debut album after a string of bewilderingly promising singles, and AOTY user cristiangabriel returns to review and rate said album. THIS IS A NEXUS EVENT IN THE MAKING omg but after a wild summer of introspective transformation and painful rejuvenation, the baddie of this site is back to give unsolicited opinions ... read more
After the gargantuan commercial success and industry acclaim of 21, Adele was truly at the mountaintop in many people's eyes, and pondering exactly her next step musically must have been near impossible, even for her. However, what resulted was probably the smartest, yet simplest decision: a quasi-sequel to 21 (which was a quasi-sequel to 19, of course), still with the same emotional vulnerability, blue-eyed soul, and simple adult contemporary piano backed production, but with a slightly ... read more
Angel Olsen's fourth solo record (and her most commercially successful to date), All Mirrors, is easily the heaviest emotionally and sonically of her discography to date, combining chamber ensemble and ethereal rock elements in tandem with introspective, emotionally charged songwriting to create a cinematic atmosphere simply about how life is somewhat made up of our relationships, how they reflect the truth of our existence back to us, as if everyone and everything around us is a mirror to ... read more
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honest reviewer :-)) the effort given is dictated by the capricious whims of my inner being
Dart's Music Academy GPA:
100 - IT'S PAGAN POETRYYY
90+ - superb body of work. usually canonizes that era/year in my life or the wider culture
85+- monumental classic that will stand the test of time, everlastingly FIRE
75+ - great yet missing that je ne sais quos
70+ - Meh™, harmless, or dangerously inconsistent
65+ - glaring flaws r present but i didnt hate
anything under 65 ... honey you failed class
Dart's Music Academy GPA:
100 - IT'S PAGAN POETRYYY
90+ - superb body of work. usually canonizes that era/year in my life or the wider culture
85+- monumental classic that will stand the test of time, everlastingly FIRE
75+ - great yet missing that je ne sais quos
70+ - Meh™, harmless, or dangerously inconsistent
65+ - glaring flaws r present but i didnt hate
anything under 65 ... honey you failed class
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