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This was the loudest I have ever listened to an album, mostly because I just realized how much better songs sound at higher volumes, which was rather dumb of me. But regardless of volume Jean Dawson shocked me with Glimmer of God, I was honestly expecting to give this album a low-to-mid 80 based on the singles, which would have still been really good. However, even after just the first couple of songs, I had a pretty good vison of what my rating would be. While there are a few obvious ... read more

A single that you don't want to end, is the best way I can describe my feelings of Houston. I was recently listening to a couple of Jean Dawson's singles because someone recommended a couple of other songs by him, and when I played Houston, I remembered I had actually already listened to it and enjoyed it a lot. And after hearing it again, I found that like I said earlier, I didn't want to stop listening to it. Jean Dawson really did an amazing job of making Houston pull you into ... read more

It's crazy how all the best songs are right after each other. While mostly each song is good, Psykos definitely could've benefited from a couple more songs in the middle of the album, and overall, less dull songs, especially with Coda and some of the later songs on this album. I had no problems with either Yung Lean or Bladee on Psykos, I thought they both did good in terms of singing and their overall prominence on Psykos. My problems with this album came from the individual songs ... read more

I am a bit late, but I did my first review now slightly over a year ago. And before I started reviewing, I listened to several albums including this one and Costal Grooves in August of 2023 as recommendations, so in a way The Ballad of Darren is one of the reasons I even got into music. It's a surreal experience listening to this album as each song is nostalgic to me as I am already very familiar with each of them, which makes it hard for me to dislike any part of this album. And while I ... read more