vampirevore

i think the extent to which i feel positive about the experience of watching this has more to do with my like of billie's music and public persona than it has to do with the actual film. it's got a kinda novel approach and presents the show as a Spectacle, but it's not exactly a true substitute for a concert, and it doesn't do enough to show what goes into a billie concert in the first place, or to build any kind of narrative around the show or this moment in her career or ... read more

came back to increase my rating from 85, this album would be Perfect if they'd just cut a couple of the last few songs </3 but it might as well be perfect for how much i appreciate everything else on it

don't feel like i really walked away with much of anything outside of tracks like Orange County and The Plastic Guru, which actually do a decent job at conveying the mix of feelings reflected in how you might respond to losing someone. on the former of the two the tonality of the song is almost happy, kind of a celebration of life despite the blunt statement in the lyrics about how difficult it is to actually move on. the latter of the two being about how self-serving a lot of our own ... read more

90/100, just putting that here so the score for what is: a reissue (albeit a reissue i quite enjoy) doesn't butt its way into my top 2025 albums list on my profile. for what it's worth the new mixes do actually bring new life into most of these songs, enough to make this my preferred way to listen to this album whenever i feel the urge these days. other than the bbc radio stuff which we'd be better off without. also for god's sake record new music