I cannot, I repeat, I CAN NOT glaze this album enough. Y'know I was like why not let me just do a track ranking and think about it for a little bit, but I just think this is electronic music PERFECTION and ended up giving all the tracks 100. People will point to "weaker" spots in the tracklist such as songs like Nightvision, Short Circuit, or Too Long and to that I say WRONG! Nightvision works as a great interlude in the album, but also "interlude" term aside even ... read more
This grew on me even more than when I last remember hearing it. Firstly I have to say that the first 5 track run is SO GOOD! Literal chef's kiss for the first 5 tracks oh my GOSH! Secondly, several of my all-time favorite Coldplay songs turn up on this record. Songs like The Scientist, Clocks, In My Place, and Amsterdam hit so hard. I for the most part love all of the songs here. The only song that is a bit forgettable for me is A Whisper. I wish that one day Coldplay may return to a sound ... read more
It's pretty aight. A couple songs I enjoyed, but everything else was just ok. Nothing bad so the score isn't gonna be that low, but a lot of these songs just lived in the shadows of the initial single. I did like On My Soul quite a bit and the two final tracks were pretty solid, but everything else I could take it or leave it.
Still consistently serving bangers alongside Joey's production which continues to be adventurous. Some of these synths are giving me some early Kanye vibes like with the latter half of "how does it feel to be young". That song may be short, but it allows for such a nice transition into "bustamove" that it helps make it a memorable moment regardless of how brief it is. Did I mention they sampled my GOAT PORTER!!!?? I promise I'm not biased towards that song because ... read more
Instrumental goes nuts, Thundercat's humming harmonies are so sweet on the ears, and hearing Mac go off rapping over this so nonchalantly is so surreal and incredible to hear. This almost in a way feels like Thundercat giving Mac the floor one final time and sending it out on such a happy and fun note. Absolutely gorgeous!
Heard this a while back, but it felt like a good excuse to re-listen when I'd heard that this album would be coming to streaming services for its 25th anniversary. Feels nice to listen to it on something other than a YouTube video. And how well does it hold up 25 years later exactly? Well I wasn't exactly born at the time this dropped and I only found myself listening to it for the first time in January of this year. Almost an entire year later and I can still definitively slap a ... read more