Maybe too early to rate it a 100, it's out only since yesterday, but honestly this record is simply astonishing. It left me speechless at the first listening, the second one went even better. I don't know what else to say, I mean it. This is probably JMSN's peak, and I can't imagine it doing better than this. I can't imagine anyone else doing better than this, honestly. This is peak music, genre-less intended.
I appreciate Fred Again's music, that's for sure. This doesn't work as a whole album, tho. There are some very good tracks and a pair of peaks, but it simply had to be filled with some cohesive stuff (like the 20s interludes, which I did not fully appreciate). I feel that the real peaks of this album come along with the presence of huge artists, like Sampha, .Paak and Obongjayar.
Still, it's not a completely bad album.
Testi molto, molto ispirati (ma Dutch del resto ci ha sempre abituato molto bene). Non ho trovato moltissima coesione all'interno del disco, ma è generalmente album riuscito, che ha un focus abbastanza preciso. Il pezzo con Willie bellissimo, anche se il punto più alto si ha con "Contrappunto" e con il featuring di Levante (azzeccatissima). Uno dei migliori lavori di quest'anno, e forse con degli ascolti in più rimarrà in rotazione e magari il mio ... read more
This is maybe too hasty as a review, but everything sounds simply bland, banal, tasteless. The lyrics are, once again, bland, banal, tasteless. As a record, it sounds very little “different,” and on the contrary, very very flat.
That's a good one, very evocative, a great exploration of various themes. Arguably her peak. Still on rotation :)