best of uvie's best of 2018 ☁️?? ilysm | album time! |

[ultraviolence.xx]

5 minutes ago, Eeveelution said:

I hope you're doing ok sis!  

 

Fair hms overall, I like most of them and there's only one really that deserves better.

thanks muffin.  yeah i'm ok, just been feeling low and low-energy lately. also ahsldjkfh her LIPS in your avi, i-

those aren't fillers in there, those are ALBUMS full of filler

are you going to tell us which album you mean?  

[ultraviolence.xx]

17 minutes ago, ultraviolence.xx said:

the high-functioning is jumping out today, so let's get going with albums!

i made my lists shorter this year because i didn't want to **** around with padding my lists with stuff i didn't actually use.

 

 

 

2018 ALBUMS: HONORARY MENTIONS

(sorted alphabetically)

 

– kendrick lamar, et al.:

the black panther soundtrack

i'll be honest: most of the reason this album is here is "king's dead," which—spoilers for my song list—is probably my favorite hip-hop song of the year. i start there, play it seventeen times or so, and then loop through the rest of the album. though it's no DAMN. or butterfly, low-functioning kendrick is still pretty damn good.

 

– boygenius:

boygenius EP

i didn't love any of the members' solo material (save for phoebe bridgers, whose first LP is halfway to wonderful), but there's something about them melding together that i really love. maybe it's because most of their individualities melt away into an archetypal, yet not anodyne indie-rock sound. maybe it's because six songs is a perfect introduction: long enough to give us a sense of how they function together, long enough for each of their personalities to rear its head a time or two, but not long enough to feel like a slog.

 

– christina aguilera:

liberation

a surprise? maybe. (especially after that disaster of a first single, one of the many things midas west touched this year and turned to ****.) but i thought this was a pretty solid pop album. (keep in mind the version i use is ten tracks, cut from the standard's fifteen.) i like the contributions from MNEK and julia michaels, the reggae lilt of "right moves," the francis-and-the-lights-and-cashmere-cat lovechild that is "masochist."

 

– julia holter:

aviary

let me preface with the obvious: this album is a beast. it's ninety minutes of complexity, shirking comprehensible structure, actively trying to be indigestible. and it succeeds on all of those fronts: it succeeds in pushing listeners away. but if those listeners are willing to fight their way in, they'll find something worthwhile.

 

– janelle monáe:

dirty computer

this is my first time at the janelle monáe rodeo, so i'm not able to analyze this album within the rest of her oeuvre. the overwhelming critical praise surprised me, but i didn't think it was completely undeserved. is it overrated? maybe a bit. but is it an absolute dumpster fire? no. i love the prince-pastiche "make me feel" and have even come around to the grimes-assisted "pynk." my one absolute no is the song with the feature from P-word (surprise, i know).

 

– let's eat grandma:

i'm all ears

i considered snubbing this entirely, because i didn't really use it all that much after the first couple weeks, but there are some moments here that are too special to go undiscussed. though on the whole i find their swelteringly-cool schtick a little suffocating, some songs stuck with me: "i will be waiting," an updated eighties slow-jam; the SOPHIE-drenched "hot pink"; the sublime "falling into me"; the ethereal jam just before the seven-minute mark of "cool & collected." i wish i liked this more as a whole.

 

– ride:

tomorrow's shore EP

white men! am i right?

these are cuts from last year's gorgeous weather diaries, and unlike some reunions, which make me excited about the band's past, these songs make me marvelously excited for the band's future. my favorite, of course, is the feverish closer, "catch you dreaming."

 

– s. carey:

hundred acres

this album, holistically, was a letdown after the incredible first single "fool's gold." it's a bit too vanilla, a bit too i-love-nature-so-much-i-think-about-it-when-i-***, in the smooth folk tradition of early bon iver (the band he's a part of). there are some wonderful moments, though: that first single i mentioned earlier; and the closer, "meadow song," which swells to an unforgettable orchestral climax.

 

– teyana taylor:

KTSE

mr. west did a lil something here (though he still ultimately ****ed it up by making it adhere to his montana short-album tradition, trimming the songs and cutting extras). this album helped me realize just how captivating teyana's voice is: whether she's singing about a three-way on the aptly-titled "3way" or imploring a lover to wait up for her until she gets home on "gonna love me" or ...moaning... on "hurry," i'm glued to her stories. the only song i'm not sold on is WTP, which feels like a strange veer left at the end of the album.

 

– tinashe:

joyride

this album got a lot of flack upon release, but there's a lot to love here: the minimalist ambient club track that lurches behind her glitching vocals on "faded love"; the fenty-beauty swagger of the title track; the slow waltz of "salt"; the nelly-sampling R&B candy of "ooh la la." (i still firmly believe that would've smashed on urban radio.)

 

 

that's all for today!

 

bump

[Unoriginal]

some solid choices  a few of these deserved better than hm, no prizes for guessing which  

i find the bad on joyride outweighs the good because it's just so bad but you mentioned pretty much all of the good songs (and ooh la la)

 

[Vilppu]

good to see you're doing a bit better. if you feel worse and/or need someone to vent to, please do not hesitate to reach out!

 

i like a lot of these but HMs seem fair. a fair chunk of LEG album is def impressive stuff but it's just kind of exhausting to listen to the full thing imo. and joyride well i'm glad at least one person didn't think it was completely awful 

[Eeveelution]

13 minutes ago, ultraviolence.xx said:

 

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thanks muffin.  yeah i'm ok, just been feeling low and low-energy lately. also ahsldjkfh her LIPS in your avi, i-

those aren't fillers in there, those are ALBUMS full of filler

are you going to tell us which album you mean?  
 

 

not albums full of filler adsjjff

 

As for the one I was talking about.

 

Edited December 20, 2018 by Eeveelution

[volition]

33 minutes ago, ultraviolence.xx said:

– tinashe:

joyride

this album got a lot of flack upon release, but there's a lot to love here: the minimalist ambient club track that lurches behind her glitching vocals on "faded love"; the fenty-beauty swagger of the title track; the slow waltz of "salt"; the nelly-sampling R&B candy of "ooh la la." (i still firmly believe that would've smashed on urban radio.)

screaming at this description, you should become a songwriter

 

aviary deserved better btw

[ultraviolence.xx]

34 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:

some solid choices  a few of these deserved better than hm, no prizes for guessing which  

i find the bad on joyride outweighs the good because it's just so bad but you mentioned pretty much all of the good songs (and ooh la la)

 

don’t worry i’m sure the deserving will make like birds and FLY to top 3 in your list  

yeah what i forgot to mention in my write-up was “however, there is some TRASH.” oh my god that one spoken interlude...

28 minutes ago, Vilppu said:

good to see you're doing a bit better. if you feel worse and/or need someone to vent to, please do not hesitate to reach out!

 

i like a lot of these but HMs seem fair. a fair chunk of LEG album is def impressive stuff but it's just kind of exhausting to listen to the full thing imo. and joyride well i'm glad at least one person didn't think it was completely awful 

thanks bug  agrihd about LEG!

28 minutes ago, Eeveelution said:

not albums full of filler adsjjff

 

As for the one I was talking about.

 

my god, that promo was slick 

22 minutes ago, volition said:

screaming at this description, you should become a songwriter

 

aviary deserved better btw

the adjectives JUMPED out! sheldon pearce WISHES! 

and did it   

[Tsareena]

the black panther soundtrack was pretty good
liberation, aviary (I hated it on first listen but a few songs grew on me)
 dirty computer, I'm all ears, k.t.se. (hate the length), yas joyride .. no no contest shoutout uhmnnn

[Sbbmsve]

It’s sad that I’m All Ears, Dirty Computer or Aviary didn’t make your list   But still better than nuthn... You are doing amazing sweetie, can’t wait for your list

[World Eater]

Aviary and I'm All Ears deserved  The others... great gowns

[fossora]

aviary is so low wtf?  

[Pink Matter]

Black Panther, I'm All Ears, Dirty Computer, and boygenius  mess these are relegated to HM territory

[Wicked]

I agree on most of these being HMs, perched for the main lists.

[ultraviolence.xx]

my list is only 30 which is why these are HMs

[worldwide angel]

your honorable mentions

 

the only positive joyride review ive read since Best of 2018 started  

[ultraviolence.xx]

6 hours ago, Tsareena said:

the black panther soundtrack was pretty good
liberation, aviary (I hated it on first listen but a few songs grew on me)
 dirty computer, I'm all ears, k.t.se. (hate the length), yas joyride .. no no contest shoutout uhmnnn

knew i was forgetting sumn! what a dumb bitch i am. no contest, whew 

6 hours ago, Sbbmsve said:

It’s sad that I’m All Ears, Dirty Computer or Aviary didn’t make your list   But still better than nuthn... You are doing amazing sweetie, can’t wait for your list

it’s only 30 albums so the competition was tight...  luv u

5 hours ago, World Eater said:

Aviary and I'm All Ears deserved  The others... great gowns

beautiful gowns!

4 hours ago, artangel said:

aviary is so low wtf?  

 call me an OJHH

2 hours ago, Pink Matter said:

Black Panther, I'm All Ears, Dirty Computer, and boygenius  mess these are relegated to HM territory

well the list is only 30 so if it were longer they would’ve had actual spots

29 minutes ago, Wicked said:

I agree on most of these being HMs, perched for the main lists.

whew!

18 minutes ago, FancyMoonlight said:

your honorable mentions

 

the only positive joyride review ive read since Best of 2018 started  

dkfkdks the tinashe stans SWITCHED  

[TheWayWeWere]

Libra, KTSE and Dirty Computer on HM  

Let's Eat Grandma was so promising with Hot Pink/Falling Into Me/It's Not Just Me, but album turns out to be not on the level of this songs

 

[theblackestday]

I'm sure you know which albums I think deserved better but an HM is still something

[Navyofbadgals]

Your HMs are already looking cute; I like most of them, and some of them I either don't know or don't like (Joyride )

Good that you didn't snub Grandma entirely  

[Lazuli]

BP soundtrack, boygenius, Liberation, Dirty Computer, I'm All Ears  

[madonnas]

You actually used all of Aviary?

Congrats I put it on my list and even I didn't.

 

[ultraviolence.xx]

10 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said:

Libra, KTSE and Dirty Computer on HM  

Let's Eat Grandma was so promising with Hot Pink/Falling Into Me/It's Not Just Me, but album turns out to be not on the level of this songs

TEA about LEG!

5 hours ago, theblackestday said:

I'm sure you know which albums I think deserved better but an HM is still something

  there may be a certain one

5 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

Your HMs are already looking cute; I like most of them, and some of them I either don't know or don't like (Joyride )

Good that you didn't snub Grandma entirely  

thanks sis  grandma deserved some praise, yes she did!

3 hours ago, Lazuli said:

BP soundtrack, boygenius, Liberation, Dirty Computer, I'm All Ears  

whew, stan   

2 hours ago, madonnas said:

You actually used all of Aviary?

Congrats I put it on my list and even I didn't.

askldjhf mood. every time i listen to it i tell myself, okay, you have to listen to the WHOLE thing, and normally i do okay

[ultraviolence.xx]

top 30 starting today!

 

 

[Uncatena]

readTy

 

some of those HMs deserved so much more tho x

[Pink Matter]