Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
85

– Carries on in the same groove as their self titled, but feels distinct from it still
– Many great individual tracks, cohesive sound throughout without being repetitive
– Makes you wanna go outside (possibly a quality of all their music in general)
– Supposedly there's an existentialist theme here which I'm normally down for but the lyrics are not direct enough for my dummy brain to connect with it effortlessly

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
80

Original score: 60 (Idk what I was thinking)

Edit:
– Has a mythical / folklore-y vibe about it
– Very distinct cohesive sound, but still great variation between songs, many memorable moments
– Transitions and moves along really well, good listening experience

The Weeknd - Dawn FM
80

– More variation in the vocal performance than After Hours had, that's nice
– Some sweet transitions between songs, nice listening experience
– Take My Breath gives me Daft Punk vibes in all the right ways
– The radio station concept works pretty well, some good interludes
– First half kept me well engaged
– Starts to drag a bit around track 8/9, not as engaging after that point
– IMO it could have been 3-4 tracks shorter

Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
70

– Her singing is very engaging, emotive
– Holds your attention well
– Nice production here and there
– Underlying sense of me not being the target audience, so doesn't connect with me beyond recognising that its a good album

The Weeknd - After Hours
50

– Establishes a cool setting
– Nice production and mix
– Not a huge fan of his voice
– Would have liked some more variation
– A bit long, feels like a drag at times

Pond - 9
35

Found this a bit annoying and boring and idk why

Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
60

Big meh for me unfortunately. Wish I connected more with it but I just didn't

Post Animal - When I Think of You In a Castle
80

When I think of you in the Gizzverse castle

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
95

At first listen I thought this sounded super pretentious but now I love it so I guess I became pretentious uhoh

Meltt - Swim Slowly
90

Doesn't quiiiiite hold my interest towards the end, gets a bit monotone, but overall I love the sound of this album

Matmos - Plastic Anniversary
90

Really unique sounding, held my interest most of the way through, concept is really intriguing and the cover art is incredible. A neat project overall

COIN - Rainbow Mixtape
80

Really don't care much for the first 3rd of this, but tracks from Green Blue + Indigo Violet like Sprite, Earth to God and Make It Stop have been stuck in my head for a week now so I have to give it the 8

COIN - Green Blue + Indigo Violet
75

Hey hold on a second, I'm beginning to think I really like this band

The Beatles - The Beatles
85

Old rating: 70
Update 17 Feb 2021: 85

Wildly varied but still somehow consistent. Unbelievable how 95% of the songs on a 30 track album can be instantly memorable.

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
85

- Instantly memorable
- Varied but cohesive
- Instrumentation sounds great and crisp

Men I Trust - Oncle Jazz
85

In a technical, objective sense this album probably doesn't deserve an 85, but just in the sense of listening enjoyment it deserves it for me. If every album in my library was incredibly varied, catchy, memorable and attention grabbing, they would require too much of me to want to listen to while I'm in a chilled out mood or trying to focus on something. This is a long, guitar-twangy, Mac DeMarco elevator music kind of album, and sometimes that's what I'm all about you know

Paul McCartney - McCartney III
70

I was prepared for this to be disappointing, but I'm really glad it isn't

Taylor Swift - evermore
55

meh.

I liked folklore for the atmosphere that came with the album cover, and the excitement that came with a surprise isolation folk album from Taylor Swift of all people. Evermore has less of both of those. In general I also just liked the songs on folklore more than the ones on here.

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
80

Bright and funky, impressive amount of catchy songs. Can't hate on that can ya

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