Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts
Nov 27, 2020
50
She came in like a wrecking ball with the first few songs, but then fell off of it into a ditch for the rest.

Miley Cyrus is a very interesting figure in the music industry. She's had her highs and had some very low points, but I really see this album as a redemption for her, and you know what? It has some pretty great moments! But at some points, it falls right on it's face.

Let's get all of the good stuff out of the way before I go to the negatives. The production on here is very reminiscent of 80's music, which I really did like this stylistic choice as it's very different to her other styles which I personally disliked. Her voice is actually perfect for a lot of the instrumentation here, and at some points impressive! This ain't the Hannah Montana I remembered! The lyrics on here can be bad sometimes, but I can look past it because these songs are quite enjoyable. My highlight's being "Plastic Hearts" and "Midnight City", those 2 were just flawless, she really performed well on there. Also the features on the record? I mean some pretty big names, I'll give her props for that!

I'm very glad she took a different stylistic approach with this album, cause her older stuff were just either really average or just flat out bad.

But that's it. That's all of the positives I have.

I was honestly blown away from the first two tracks, but then it just went down exponentially. This album is very inconsistent with it's material. It's rock then it's pop? "Angels Like You" is the album's first example of just a mid song. This just doesn't fit at all. And then another mid song featuring Dua Lipa which seemed promising but it just came out very average. This album's best moments were the rock inspired parts! Why didn't she just stick to that? It seems like she is trying to please way too many people at once, and it really shows. But the rock cuts aren't always good either, there are also some underwhelming moments too.

If this album kept some consistency, and didn't include songs like "High", this would've been much more enjoyable for me. I do like a lot of the songs here. But I feel this could've benefited with either more work put into it or cutting off a few tracks.

Favorite Tracks: WTF Do I Know, Plastic Hearts, Night Crawling, Midnight Sky
Least Favorite Tracks: Angels Like You, High, Bad Karma

68/100

3 Comments
3y
See,i liked. Now please let me out the basement
3y
High is my favorite. :(
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