The main issue with this album is that 3 of the best songs on it were released on the EP they dropped in 2022, and of the non-singles on the record, the only true highlight is Верить в Людей. A few horrible delivery and production choices throughout (I'm looking at you outro of Счастье), but overall it's a decent record. Мечты Хрустальные is arguably the best Wildways song ever made after the incredible piece of music that is Цветы from their last album
Not the world's biggest Rolling Stones fan by any stretch of the imagination but this is solid for as late into their careers as it is
Toothless car commercial music that tries to be something deep and fails miserably. At least Shinedown released Planet Zero to stop this from being the worst example of this from 2022.
I had to go listen to the original first to have something to compare this to. And I wish I had just finished the original and then not listened to this. WOW this is insufferably boring.
Something about this just clicks with me on such a deep level that I can't help but absolutely love it. "If We Were Vampires" is one of the best songs ever made, and I will take no arguments on this.
Went into this with averagely high expectations but wow I love this, probably my favorite album of 2023
Rating update 91->93
For sure one of my favorite albums of 2023, gets only better with each listen
Rating update 93->95
Came back and re-listened again, and it's even better than I remembered
Damn, for a Bad Bunny album this is boring.
I mean it's boring in general but after UVST this is sleep-inducing. The opener was setting me up for things that never ended up coming.
Also 22 tracks?
Absolutely perfect from start to finish. My favorite album ever and I doubt that's changing any time soon.
This album would've been an 80 if it was just A.D.D. and then 15 tracks of silence only interrupted sometimes by random construction noises, that song is INCREDIBLE
Didn't think it was possible to make a cover of If We Were Vampires that did it proper justice but this is just that, wow. Really nice version of Orange Juice as well
No but what actually is this? Can we answer that question? Cause I don't think anyone can.
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