cool record, but definite different vibe to what they would make, including what is still their best, the queen is dead. much more upbeat, but still has melancholic sounds and their unique sound.

highlights: Reel Around the Fountain, This Charming Man (not listed on the tracklist?), Still Ill
least favorite: Miserable Lie

daydream nation is a classic and i seriously love it but this is, hot take, not only a better album, but also a fucking badass album cover. i will die on that hill.

the first full on jazz album ive ever heard and it was... something else. ive always loved jazz but it feels like ive never heard jazz before and only just have. it really is a one of a kind album that can only be described as an experience. also, coming off of a few GY!BE albums, it makes me feel like in a way post rock is a sort of jazz rock/modern jazz genre less so in how they sound the same, but the emphasis on instruments and sending messages through insturmentals rather than lyrics. just ... read more

very inconsistent tonally. it seems to be going for some sort of theme, but its difficult to grasp what the album is trying to say, and at times comes off as more of a compilation than an LP. due to this the first two instrumentals have little to no impact and are mediocre at best. however there are flashes of greatness in this album. the one two punch of hated because of great qualities and Loved despite of great faults is amazing, both are probably the greatest songs on the LP and the best ... read more

an album very clearly well made, with some exceptional tracks, and really like nothing ive ever heard before... but also something im way too dumb to understand or fully appreciate. much respect for this and still one that i enjoyed to an extent however (even tho it honestly was scary as fuck sometimes.) one that i will come back to once i have a better understanding of post rock, or after letting it marinate a little at the very least.

this is probably... my favorite live album... no... favorite album of all time. and its not even close. no other music has ever made me feel this way. i never knew music could make you feel this way. or be like this. this transcends anything else i have ever listened to. its not even fair to compare this album to anything else because no one can even hope to reach its level. unbelievable...

Igors theme: 10
Earfquake: 8.5
I think: 8
exactly what you run from you end up chasing: 6.5
running out of time: 7.5
new magic wand: 6.5
a boy is a gun: 8.5
puppet: 7.5
whats good: 9
gone, gone/thank you: 9
I dont love you anymore: 7.5
are we still freinds: 10

average of 8.2

United in Grief: 10
N95: 10
Worldwide Steppers: 9
Die Hard: 9
Father Time: 9
Rich (Interlude): 7
Rich Spirit: 9.5
We Cry Together: 10
Purple Hearts: 8
Count Me Out: 10
Crown: 7
Silent Hill: 8.5
Savior (Interlude): 10
Savior: 8.5
Auntie Diaries: 9.5
Mr. Morale: 10
Mother I Sober: 10
Mirror: 9

average of 9.11

Wesley's Theory: 10
For Free?: 10
King Kunta: 10
Institutionalized: 10
These Walls: 10
u: 10
Alright: 10
For Sale: 10
Momma: 10
Hood Politics: 10
How Much a Dollar Cost: 9.5
Complexion (A Zulu Love): 9
The Blacker the Berry: 10
You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said): 9.5
i: 10
Mortal Man: 10

average of 9.875

DNA. ELEMENT. FEAR. and DUCKWORTH. carry the fuck outta this album. only 3 features on arguably the worst songs, and aside from what i mentioned the only other notable songs are BLOOD. FEEL. PRIDE. and HUMBLE. which leaves about half an album of lower tier/forgettable kendrick songs. blows my mind this won the fucking pulitzer prize and not TPAB or mAAd city. cant say its bad tho.

Sherane a.k.A Master Splinter's Daughter: 9.5
Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe: 10
Backseat Freestyle: 10
The Art of Peer Pressure: 10
Money Trees: 10
Poetic Justice: 9.5
good kid: 10
m.A.A.d city: 10
Swimming Pools (Drank): 10
Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst: 10
Real: 9.5
Compton: 7.5

average of 9.67

Before the Beginning: 10
Song to the Siren: 8
Unreachable: 8.5
God: 7
Dark/Light: 9
Heaven: 8
Enough of Me: 8.5
Central: 8
One More of Me: 8.5
After the Ending: 7.5

average of 8.3

the only other album thats able to feel sad and bleak while still comforting me is the queen is dead, but in a very different way. the queen is dead does it in a way where I can tell someone else feels the same way I can and I am comforted to know im not alone. this album feels more like an escape, like right after something terrible that I know is entirely my fault happens I get in my car and go for a drive, and just keep going and going, knowing what happened, knowing I fucked up, but ... read more

The queen is dead: 9.5
Frankly Mr shankly: 9
I know its over: 10
Never had no one ever: 9
Cemetery gates: 9.5
Big mouth strikes again: 10
The boy with a thorn in his side: 9.5
Vicar in tutu: 8.5
There is a light that never goes out: 10
Some girls are bigger than others: 9.5

Favorites: there is a light that never goes out, I know its over, big mouth strikes again
Least favorite: vicar in tutu

Average of 9.45
100 is staying since I fucking love this and its my life I can choose to keep it if I ... read more

Introduction: NA
My Moon: 9.5
I'm Not Perfect: 8
Sorry: 7.5
2002 (Demo): 8.5
Take It Back: 9.5
Self Deprecation: 9
Didn't Mean to Hurt You: 10
A Soulmate Who Wasn't Meant to Be: 10
Did You Ever Hurt For Me?: 10

average of 9.11

Favorites: a soulmate who wasn't meant to be, didn't mean to hurt you, did you ever hurt for me?
Least favorite: sorry

Maybe I'm overrating this, I can see a lotta problems with it, but I really love it anyways. I've yet to find a sad album like this that captures the ... read more

roll over beethoven: 6.5
thank you girl: 7.5
you really got a hold on me: 7.5
devil in her heart: 5
money (thats what i want): 6
you cant do that: 6.5
long tall sally: 8.5
I call your name: 8
please mister postman: 10
ill get you: 7.5
she loves you: 10

average of 7.55

Love Me Do: 7.5
From Me to You: 8
She Loves You: 10
I Want to Hold Your Hand: 9
Can't Buy Me Love: 10
A Hard Day's Night: 9.5
I Feel Fine: 8
Eight Days a Week: 10
Ticket to Ride: 9.5
Help!: 10
Yesterday: 10
Day Tripper: 8.5
We Can Work It Out: 9.5
Paperback Writer: 8
Yellow Submarine: 7.5
Eleanor Rigby: 10
Penny Lane: 10
All You Need Is Love: 10
Hello Goodbye: 9
Lady Madonna: 9.5
Hey Jude: 10
Get Back: 7
The Ballad of John & Yoko: 8.5
Something: 10
Come Together: 9.5
Let It ... read more

by far the best of hte anthology project, with a lot of very cool and interesting alternate versions of songs (acoustic while my guitar gently weeps and the slow burn helter skelter are both really cool) as well as several potential beatles songs that were released on solo projects being released as they would most likely sound had they been beatles songs. really interesting stuff.

more interesting than the first anthology album with some enjoyable alternate versions of tracks.

Free as a bird is easily the best of the three new tracks released with this anthology trilogy, but its unfortunately the least enjoyable in terms of the rest of the tracks on it of the trilogy due to it focusing on probably the least interesting portion of their career.