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BAND BINGE: MGMT
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MGMT, bouncing off of the success of Oracular Spectacular, deliver an album that surpasses the heights of its predecessor.
Congratulations is the second album from indie/alt pop band MGMT, who took the word by storm with Oracular Spectacular, their 2007 debut that was a stunning blend of radio-ready electro-pop bangers and psychedelic deep cuts that thoroughly surprised me on my first listen of the album. The psychedelic tunes brought up the rear end of Oracular ... read more
Part 2/4
MGMT, bouncing off of the success of Oracular Spectacular, deliver an album that surpasses the heights of its predecessor.
Congratulations is the second album from indie/alt pop band MGMT, who took the word by storm with Oracular Spectacular, their 2007 debut that was a stunning blend of radio-ready electro-pop bangers and psychedelic deep cuts that thoroughly surprised me on my first listen of the album. The psychedelic tunes brought up the rear end of Oracular ... read more
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Sep 11, 2020
I usually don't like to spam my new albums or whatever, but I just dropped a collaborative EP with a producer KiNG that I'm really proud of. I would appreciate if you reviewed it. :)
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/280008-the-7-day-project-the-7-day-project.php
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/280008-the-7-day-project-the-7-day-project.php
Sep 6, 2020
One of the most underappreciated reviewers on this website. Keep up the amazing work, you have my full support π
Jul 30, 2020
Please Read and Vote β€οΈ https://twitter.com/jkpygttbrns/status/1288898090129293312?s=21
Jul 25, 2020
Since no one on Twitter seemed happy with the Mercury Music Prize, I thought it would interesting to see what people on here thought were the best! Not in any order so scroll through options to find your favourites. Write your choices in other if they don't appear in list! https://forms.gle/wMEd9cQD74RtzwtQ7
Jul 1, 2020
Yes, it is an understandable and very interesting answer! In fact this is the magic of the note, it is that it is subjective to its author; for me a note, whatever it is, whether I agree or not, takes all its meaning when it is accompanied by a constructive analysis and objective. Putting 100 to an album that you love but which objectively doesn't deserve it, is not a crime, it's a way of thanking something important and I totally understand this approach
The important thing is that everyone benefits from it and is happy to rating , it is necessary to be in adequacy with one's rating (:
The important thing is that everyone benefits from it and is happy to rating , it is necessary to be in adequacy with one's rating (:
Jul 1, 2020
For my part, I believe that no album is 100% perfect. But when I put a note of 98 it's very symbolic, in the sense that it represents one of the best albums (in my opinion). I totally adhere to the rating system, I base it on a general analysis and not on a scale per song. A recent album (with a very rare exception) can't have more than 90, because I estimate that from 90 to 100 are reserved for classical albums; which means that it takes time, sometimes years for the "recent" album to pass this milestone because it deserves to be considered as such. And finally I think there's only one album that I would rate 100, just to say it's my favourite album, it's Abbey Road by the Beatles ! (:
What's your opinion on ratings in general?
What's your opinion on ratings in general?
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Rating Distribution
100
5
90-99
30
80-89
80
70-79
107
60-69
84
50-59
53
40-49
29
30-39
24
20-29
12
10-19
12
0-9
5
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