im gonna be honest i didnt even listen to this today, i was planning on listening to deathconsciousness but lost track of time and i want to sleep. i am doing this mainly off memory but i think i remember enough of how much i dislike it to review it. out of every big pop release ive heard from this year, this one is the most uncreative, soulless and annoying by a pretty large amount. ive heard ai generated songs with more life than some of these songs. i find the vocals really annoying, ... read more

i love how geordie greep write lyrics. while the songs on this album are obviously thematical and definitely have meaning to them, i really like how he still is very zany and keeps his songs very humourous, like a more poetic frank zappa. his vocals are also super expressive and i think are very good at being dynamic depending on the mood of the song. the production on this album is absolutely incredible, it is amazing how unbelievably well geordie is able to weave jazz fusion elements into ... read more

first thing i noticed when listening to the second song is the public enemy sample and i felt like an absolute genius, anyways this album is absolutely genius for its time. while this album does use typical smooth soul aesthetics, the way the songs are structured remind me more of prog rock than they do of what i usually consider soul. there arent many obvious verse and chorus sections across these songs, instead they feel like long pieces that go from movement to movement, each with their own ... read more

my favourite thing about this album is definitely its psychedelic sound, it reminds me alot of revolver by the beatles but if that album was shrooms, this album would be salvia because of how much crazier it is at some points. there are also some very beautiful moments on this album like sunday morning which is by far my favourite song on it. however, i do not think this album has aged as well as many say. while it is undoubtedly influential and it was proabably quite forward thinking for its ... read more

this album has grown on me loads since the first time i listened to it. the most noticeable thing that may put people off is the singer's very over-the-top and theatrical style but if you are opened minded, you can see that he is really good at encapsulating the emotion of a song in his voice, whether its more energetic or more tender. the production on this album is also absolutely incredible, its super grand and dramatic in way that doesn't feel like its too much or unnecessary. the ... read more

absolutely beautiful

i think queen is a bit overrated. as someone who mainly enjoys music through albums, i think that they are mainly carried by their singles and they dont have many actually proper good projects. that isnt necessarily a horrible thing as even i like some of the big songs (even i cant die bohemian rhapsody). however, this album is an exception, or atleast used to be. i used to be a much bigger fan of alot of the deeper cuts on this albums but they have grown off me since last i listened to this ... read more

so what if i get no hoes?

first of all, alexis marshall (the lead singer) is a disgusting person and i hope he never makes money off music again. however, this album is very good. for halloween i wanted to pick a scary album and i dont think any album has ever literally scared me as much as this one. the vocals and lyrics literally sound like he is constant pain and the songs are super dark, heavy and disturbing. the songs have super dramatic climaxes (like ocean song) and it literally all sounds like your head is being ... read more

this is easily one of the most important rap albums of the 80s, for me the most important ones are it takes a nation, pauls boutique, straight outta compton, paid in full and obviously this one. however, most of these have production that hasnt aged incredibly well, especially compared to early 90s rap albums but this album is not like that, the production still sounds super fresh and jazzy even by todays standards. my biggest gripe with this album is that especially compared to things like it ... read more

in MF DOOM's discography, this definitely feels like a turning point where he started leaning more towards his villainous persona, which is very noticeable in his production. compared to his projects before this, its alot darker and in some respects a bit more atmospheric and abstract, sort of like a sleazier version of atliens by outkast (even though i prefer this album). i think on his next few projects after this one (mm..food, madvillainy, mouse and the mask etc) is when his production ... read more

it took me a while to review this as i literally would just listen to beach life-in-death over and over its so good. the first 4 tracks of this album are super good and i love the lofi aesthetics i think its very unique. however, now that ive given this more proper listens, im slightly disappointed as the rest of the album is pretty inconsistent. it isnt necessarily bad, its still pretty decent ig but it is no where NEAR as strong as the start, i think its just alot more average and lacks the ... read more

to be fair on my last listen, i thought it had more diversity than i originally gave it credit for, but only to a pretty small extent. firstly, i dont really like the vocals in this album, i think they are pretty lackluster and unexpressive. while it does shine in SOME moments, the instrumentation on this album is very meh, most of the time all the instruments just blend together and are just watered down to make the most easily consumable rock music possible. im also not a big fan of the ... read more

i dont even know where to begin with this. this is probably one of the harshest, longest and most grand experiences ive had with an album for a while. as with most swans albums, this thing is agonisingly long, with 10 songs being stretched to 2 hours. i love how well it balances calmer moments like some things we do with just absolutely batshit crazy moments like oxygen in a way that flow into eachother in a continuous experience. the atmosphere on this album is absolutely incredible, ... read more

this is probably one of my biggest guilty pleasure albums. i love just how over the top it is in all aspects; the lyrics are super braggadocious and ridiculous and the production is just some of the grimiest memphis/cloud rap beats ive heard. it hits so unbelievably hard and the choruses are super catchy aswell, especially on songs like slick rick. while he isnt a lyrical genius, travis miller actually has some pretty fire flows across this album and alot of very funny and memorable bars, ... read more

i think my expectations were set a little bit too high. i did enjoy this album alot, i really like the dreamy and otherworldly atmosphere this album creates but at the same time im not as super enamoured by it compared to many people ive seen online. this isnt a criticism but the singer can barely be understood, but it weirdly kind of fits the vibe and the vocals feel more like another instrument than a way to send a message, think something like great gig in the sky by pink floyd. I see the ... read more

the first thing i want to comment on with this album is the production, as its pretty great. the beats feel like a mix of the jazziness of tribe mixed with a wu-tang style boom bap, and with a little pharcyde sprinkled in. however, that is not the biggest appeal of this album, that would be the rapping. the technical ability in this album are absolutely UNBELIEVABLE; imagine mixing mf doom level wordplay with pusha t's charisma and grit and with the flow of busta rhymes and that describes ... read more

im usually not the biggest fan of trap and other strains of modern rap, but this really impressed me. the production is clearly influenced by alot of cloud rap and southern, memphis-style rap but its revamped to still have that atmosphere but its alot more active and intense, especially on songs like nightcrawler. if im going to be honest, going into this i wasnt really focused on the lyrical content but there were some verses that i thought were decent, especially flow-wise on songs like ... read more

while it may not be takanaka's best album, its just a whole lot of fun. calling masayoshi takanaka's music jazz i feel kind of misrepresents him, he has a very one of a kind sound which i think is very hard to define, maybe described best as city pop but still its contentious. anyways, this album is just summery vibes. its hard to pick favourites and least favourite songs as they all just blend together kind of into this one experience, which is a good and bad thing. i like the ... read more

the first time i listened to this, i didnt give it loads of concentration and thought it was alright but nothing special. however, since relistening, i am extremely impressed. the worldbuilding on this album is absolutely incredible, sufjan is somehow able to make a place as boring as ilinois seem like a magic world just through the music alone. the production on this album is so lush, full of life and breathtaking; the writing is super immersive and compelling and while i used to not be a huge ... read more