#200 on Anthony Fantano's top 200 albums of the year. I think there's probably two types of people when it comes to this Album. There's people who listen to the lyrics and really appreciate how personal it is and how well it captures the death of a younger more optimistic version of ones' self and there are people like me who just get really hung up on the auto tune not sounding very pleasing to the ear. Still it's got merit. If auto tune doesn't bother you I think ... read more
#493 on the RollingStone top 500. It's with regret I say I'm neutral to this album too. Though this time it feels like a very different reason than all the other albums. Whereas before I felt the music was very average here I felt that it wasn't connecting to me because my experiences with Romance and Love are so staunchly different from Marvin's. I also couldn't help but think that perhaps I just haven't lived enough life to really connect with his ballads and perhaps I'd be better off ... read more
I listened to this album less than a week ago and felt completely indifferent to it at the time. Currently I can't remember a single thing that came from this album. I don't think it was bad but it really left no impression on me.
It's difficult to articulate what this album did for me that the other albums I've looked at so far didn't. For starters I just want to say I don't think the album is perfect or anything. I think it still suffers from almost all the music being largely forgettable but I was still able to sit through the entire thing and enjoy myself. While I can't tell you why I felt this way or how it achieved this I can tell you that it felt well made and that while having a central theme I felt there was a ... read more
I had a lot of feelings listening to this album.
I went from thinking I would like the album.
Then I felt like it was heavily commercialized and lacked substance despite sounding nice.
Then I thought it was really well made slop.
Then I realized it's just meant to appeal to women attracted to the various Boyz II Men members.
And now I'm just sitting here accepting that I listened to what I believe is called a Boy Band.