I don't know which songs I like better. The hopeful and yearning ones (Oh Yoko!, Imagine) or the brooding and scathing ones (Jealous Guy, Gimme Some Truth, How Do you Sleep?). It is this duality that defines the album.

Wow a major discovery for me. Needs to be discussed and cited more frequently.

On Kanye's FML off of The Life of Pablo he sang, "I been thinking/About my vision/Pour out my feelings
/Revealing the layers to my soul/My soul"

This album feels like that sentiment complete. From moment one, "I Thought About Killing You" to his emotional embrace of fatherhood in the closing track, Kanye is looking inward, confronting his mental illness, suicidal thoughts, and destructive vices. And yet the music, witticisms, and production all seem to be affirming life. ... read more

Ambitious and gifted storytelling here. Really beautiful work. Halls of Sarah is stunning.

Standouts for me:
Hell-On
Bad Luck
Curse of the I-5 Corridor
Gumball Blue - most New Pornographers -esque track on the album.

Floored. Album of the year for me. The obsessive quality of the lyrics and music. Any review, positive or negative, that has written this off an Alex Turner solo project is missing how integral the rest of the members are in realizing this album.

"golden boy's in bad shape" and he's crafted a better record for it.

At once incredibly dense/complicated ideas but presented with such levity and playfulness. Multiple listens required

The first 5 songs on this are really strong. Loses momentum and urgency until the collaboration with Lykke Li. Now, a few years removed from the controversy of it appearing in your iTunes library, it may be time to assess this album properly.

When the sequel is better than the first one.

Title track may be one of the best songs ever

I don't know anything about music. My response to a piece of music has always been emotional rather than analytical or critical. I don't have the background or technical understanding to explain or talk about music.

This album hits me. Oddly, it reminds me of Kanye West's The Life of Pablo. Like Pablo, it's a work brimming with energy and ideas. Like Pablo, it feels like a record constantly shifting, pivoting, and subverting the listener's shallow expectations of what the artist responsible ... read more

"skull designs upon my shoes"

RIP

I guess I need to listen to more by Vince Staples, this was GREAT

Hello, he's Johnny Cash

Drive-In Saturday, Cracked Actor, & Time are essential Bowie tracks

A great album - not for its technical achievements, not for the interesting wordplay and lyrics she crafts here, nor for the instant ear-worms Green Light or Liability or Perfect places.

It's a great album because it reckons with what it means to be young and heartbroken in a really fearless way. Definitely one of my favorites of the year.