best of K$Ellie's Best of 2019 | Finished

[kiiwii]

worst songs is pretty accurate. interested in seeing your albums since taylor, maggie and carly didn't make it 

[BlackoutZone]

Mayb tea with albums, but Dedicated is still amazing and Heard It In The Past Life sure had a few more bangers like Retrograde

[Jet]

Forgot Carly even released   I still haven’t listened yet

[K$Ellie]

Top 20 Albums

 

 

20. Lana Del Rey - Norman ****ing Rockwell: 7.8

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Norman ****ing Rockwell - 8

Mariners Apartment Complex - 9

Venice Bitch - 10

**** it I Love You - 9

Doin’ Time - 8.5

Love Song - 7

Cinnamon Girl - 7

How to Disappear - 6

California - 6

The Next Best American Record - 9

The Greatest - 9

Bartender - 6

Happiness is a Butterfly - 7.5

hope is a dangerous thing - 7.5

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Favorites: Venice Bitch, **** It I Love You, The Next Best American Record

Gave this a couple of tries but it's not clicking. I think if she went in the Venice Bitch route I'd like it a lot more. It's not bad by any means and a step up from her last two albums but some of the songs are a bit dull  Yeah idk, I'm just not as excited by Lana these days

 

19. Yung Baby Tate - Girls: 7.8

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New Girl - 10

That Girl - 10

Pretty Girl - 6.5

Bad Girl - 9.5

Cozy Girl - 5.5

Wild Girl - 7

Freaky Girl - 9.5

Play Girl - 7

Lover Girl - 8

Flower Girl - 7.5

Hot Girl - 8.5

Rich Girl - 7

Mean Girl - 5.5

Girl - x

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Favorites: That Girl, New Girl, Freaky Girl

Stanned this a bit at the start of the year  The re-release was unnecessary, I don't use any of the new songs but the standard is mostly solid with back to back bops. Not the most revolutionary album ever but it's worth a listen

 

18. Tinashe - Songs For You: 7.9

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Feelings - 7.5

Life’s Too Short - 7

Hopscotch - 9.5

Stormy Weather - 10

Save Room for Us - 9.5

Story of Us - 6.5

Die a Little Bit - 8

Perfect Crime - 10

Cash Race - 7.5

Link Up - 6.5

Touch & Go - 5

Know Better - 8

So Much Better - 8

Remember When - 7.5

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Favorites: Perfect Crime, Stormy Weather, Hopscotch

Ngl, I mostly use Hopscotch for the Loona sample/beat  a few songs are basically just generic trap rehashes so I wish it had been a lil more experimental like Nightride since it's only a mixtape but oh well  a solid effort, much better than Joyride fffff

 

17. MUNA - Saves The World: 7.9

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Grow - x

Number One Fan - 10

Stayaway - 9

Who - 8

Navy Blue - 6

Never - 5

Pink Light - 9.5

Taken - 7

Hands Off - 8.5

Good News - 8.5

Memento - 8

It’s Gonna Be Okay, Baby - 7

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Favorites: Number One Fan, Pink Light, Stayaway

This could have been higher if Never hadn't been so annoying and repetitive  another album that lacks standouts but it's consistent and only dips around the middle section with Navy Blue and Never. I should probs get around to listening to their debut  

 

16. BANKS - III: 8.0

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Till Now - 6

Gimme - 10

Contaminated - 9.5

Stroke - 5

Godless - 8

Sawzall - 5

Look What You’re Doing to Me - 6

Hawaiian Mazes - 9

Alaska - 9.5

Propaganda - 9.5

The Fall - 9

If We Were Made of Water - 9

What About Love - 8

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Favorites: Gimme, Contaminated, Propaganda

I was a tad bit underwhelmed by Gimme considering it was an Altar reject but turns out it was the best on the album  it's not as good as her other albums and it came at a time when I was getting into k-pop so I didn't have much time for her and I listened to it in full maybe 5 times?  I mean overall, The Altar has 600 plays whereas this hasn't even crossed 100 nnnn - but the second half is quite good

 

15. Monsta X - Follow - Find You: 8.0

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Find You - 10

Follow - 7

Monsta Truck - 9.5

U R - 6

Disaster - 7

Burn It Up - 7.5

Mirror - 9.5

See You Again - 8

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Favorites: Find You, Monsta Truck, Mirror

Was gonna boycott after Wonho left  but it was a lot better than I expected from them, especially after the messy single. Find You is just  

 

14. Melanie Martinez - K-12: 8.1

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Wheels On the Bus - 9.5

Class Fight - 6

The Principal - 9.5

Show & Tell - 8.5

Nurse’s Office - 7.5

Drama Club - 6

Strawberry Shortcake - 5.5

Lunchbox Friends - 9.5

Orange Juice - 9

Detention - 7.5

Teacher’s Pet - 9

High School Sweethearts - 10

Recess - 8

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Favorites: High School Sweethearts, Wheels On the Bus, Lunchbox Friends

Another album that I hadn't listened to much. Not exactly worth the three year wait and Cry Baby outsold but this is still cute. High School Sweethearts could have been a career highlight if the whole song sounded like the intro

 

13. Shura - forevher: 8.1

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that's me, just a sweet melody - x

side effects - 10

religion (u can lay your hands on me) - 10

the stage - 9.5

BKLYNLDN - 8

tommy - 8

princess leia - 7

flyin' - 7

forever - 6

control - 7.5

skyline, be mine - 7.5

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I suppose my main problem with this album is the fact that it starts off so strong and gets weaker towards the end. The first three songs are especially good and tommy could have easily been a highlight if she hadn't went out of her way to ruin it  she could have kept the title track, the rest is solid tho

 

12. Kim Petras - Clarity: 8.1

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Clarity - 6

Icy - 10

Got My Number - 8

Sweet Spot - 10

Personal Hell - 9.5

Broken - 9

All I Do is Cry - 7

Do Me - 9.5

Meet the Parents - 6

Another One - 5

Blow It All - 9

Shinin’ - 8.5

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Favorite: Sweet Spot, Icy, Personal Hell

Wasn't a fan of the rollout, by the time the full album came out I was already over most of the songs. Unlike the last few albums, this had some amazing standouts and a few fillers that could have been deleted. Overall it's better than Era 1 but not as good as TOTL

 

11. Caroline Polachek - Pang: 8.2

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The Gate - x

Pang - 6

New Normal - 6

Hit Me Where It Hurts - 10

I Give Up - 6

Look At Me Now - 8.5

Insomnia - 10

Ocean of Tears - 9

Hey Big Eyes - 8.5

Go As a Dream - 9

Caroline Shut Up - 8.5

So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings - 6.5

Door - 10

Parachute - 9

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Favorite: Door, Insomnia, Hit Me Where It Hurts

Pleasantly surprised by this  Door is still my fave but the rest of the album is really good too. The second half, specifically from Insomnia onwards slaps  New Normal, Pang and I Give Up are a lil annoying and could have deff been better tho, also SHYHMF is kinda generic

 

Edited December 21, 2019 by K$Ellie

[BlackoutZone]

Loving these, surprised half of them isn't higher  Clarity kinda trash though

[bestfiction]

damn ma, you're taking no time with your list

 

NFR!, Songs For You, Clarity, Pang  K-12 deserves to be lower 

[Diarrhoea]

NFR! bored me to death, at least her songwriting's improved  Pang is great still, Songs For You is talent

[potent]

I agree with all of the worst except SYL.

Senorita 

 

I haven’t really listened to that many albums lately, but I’d be interested in Lana, Banks and maybe Muna.

[ARTPØP]

High School Sweethearts is definitely the best from K-12 

[TheWayWeWere]

nawt NFR lower than Tinashe  both are pretty nice records  

III is nice... but worse than her previous efforts

Pang is such a discover for me this year  

[Ewan Chaos]

Japanese House was cute! I've just never fully stanned Lana but quite like NFR, def get what you mean about kinda wishing she went down the VB path tho.

 

I'm gonna ignore the Never shade, and say that picking Pink Light as a highlight is CORRECT. 

 

Banks & Melanie... are way too high. Yas Caroline, yas Polachek. 

[Brandon]

 

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[Moonlightbae]

NFR! and Songs For You so low  

Clarity is a great album too 

[K$Ellie]

20 hours ago, Jeremy Corbyn said:

NFR! bored me to death, at least her songwriting's improved  Pang is great still, Songs For You is talent

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this

 

9 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said:

nawt NFR lower than Tinashe  both are pretty nice records  

III is nice... but worse than her previous efforts

Pang is such a discover for me this year  

t III was a biT of a regression, Crystal Castles' III >>>

 

9 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said:

Japanese House was cute! I've just never fully stanned Lana but quite like NFR, def get what you mean about kinda wishing she went down the VB path tho.

 

I'm gonna ignore the Never shade, and say that picking Pink Light as a highlight is CORRECT. 

 

Banks & Melanie... are way too high. Yas Caroline, yas Polachek. 

I would have actually liked Never quite a lot if the hook hadn't been so grating 

[DancingShoes]

I listened to the Caroline album last time and she deserved her spot

[K$Ellie]

 

10. TWICE - &TWICE: 8.2

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Fake & True - 10

Stronger - 9.5

Breakthrough - 10

Changing! - 8

Happy Happy - 8

What You Waiting For - 10

Be OK - 7

POLISH - 5

How U Doin' - 6.5

The Reason Why - 8

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Favorites: Breakthrough, What You Waiting For, Fake & True

Their best full length album by far  The singles are such bops. Even Happy Happy grew on me, it's such a cute song  Breakthrough was SUCH a serve, one of their best songs ever  What You Waiting For is up there as one of their best b-sides too  The first half of the album is really strong, the second half was a biT of a letdown though  The Reason Why is nice but the three before it are... questionable. It's only a Japanese release so I'm not too bothered, but I really hope they release a full length album next year cause I know it's gonna be amazing after the songs they've been putting out this year. They stepped it up and delivered some of the best songs of 2019

 

9. TXT - The Dream Chapter: MAGIC: 8.3

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New Rules - 9.5

Run Away - 10

Roller Coaster - 10

Poppin' Star - 7

Magic Island - 6

Can't We Just Leave the Monster Alive - 6

20cm - 9

Angel or Devil - 9

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Favorites: Run Away, Roller Coaster, New Rules

Their discography is so good so far, if they keep it up, they might become one of my faves  Roller Coaster is absolutely their best song and New Rules lowkey ended miss Dua  Run Away was suuuuch a good comeback, a total switch from their regular sound, I hope they keep experimenting since it's not looking like they're gonna be scoring hits anytime soon  Poppin' Star -> CWJLTMA could have been better but oh well. The whole album is really solid, as was the mini (Blue Orangeade ), but this doesn't have a song as boring as Nap of a Star x 

 

8. Ariana Grande - thank u, next: 8.4

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imagine - 9

needy - 9.5

NASA - 9

bloodline - 6

fake smile - 6

bad idea - 10

make up - 5

ghostin - 10

in my head - 9

7 rings - 10

thank u, next - 10

break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored - 7

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Favorites: thank you, next, 7 rings, bad idea, ghostin

A major step up from her previous effort. I'll take a generic album like tu,n over an ~experimental~ (which lbr, is what pop stans say when an album is messy or just plain BAD) album like Sweetener any day  the title track was such a grower, for some reason I hated it at first  bad idea and ghostin are amongst her best album track. But ofc it wouldn't be an Ariana album without some filler. make up is awful, fake smile is boring and bloodline is a Side to Side rehash

 

7. Tove Lo - Sunshine Kitty: 8.5

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Gritty Pretty (Intro) - x

Glad He’s Gone - 10

Bad as the Boys - 8.5

Sweettalk My Heart - 10

Stay Over - 8.5

Are U Gonna Tell Her - 10

Jacques - 5

Mateo - 8

Come Undone - 7

Equally Lost - 5.5

Really Don’t Like You - 9.5

Shifted - 9.5

Mistake - 10

Anywhere U Go - 9.5

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Favorites: Are U Gonna Tell Her, Mistaken, Glad He's Gone

I expected this to awful after the singles, which mostly grew on me but they weren't on Cool Girl/Disco ****' level. Glad He's Gone deserved to smash, especially for that video but it's such a cute summery song. Jaqcues is still a generic mess, should have never made the album and it sounds out of place. Equally Lost is quite **** too, Doja's verse is so annoying  I needed more Are U Gonna Tell Her's but I'm cool with what we got, it's not like she was gonna release a third back to back 10/10 album (even my main fave Halsey can't do it x). Mistaken is the closest we'll get to this album's Hey You Got Drugs  the last 4 songs really went off, it's just the middle section that drags it down. Overall it's still a great album, just not quite as amazing as her previous 2.

 

6. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors: 8.6

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Lark - 10

All Mirrors - 9

Too Easy - 6

New Love Cassette - 6

Spring - 7.5

What It Is - 9

Impasse - 9

Tonight - 10

Summer - 10

Endgame - 9.5

Chance - 9

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Favorites: Lark, Tonight, Summer

Only listened to this album in the last month but wow, I was missing out  Took maybe three listens to fully hit me but when it did, whew. Such a cohesive album. Her voice alone carries songs like Tonight and Endgame. Summer is such a cute bop, reminds me of MAH by U.S. Girls which was my fave from that album. What It Is is lowkey a ripoff of All Love To Me by Say Lou Lou tho  Too Easy and New Love Cassette are my least favorite but they're still decent, they don't drag the album down or anything. I should check out her other album but the cover really bothers me x

 

5. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising: 8.7

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A Lot’s Gonna Change - 9.5

Andromeda - 10

Everyday - 10

Something To Believe - 5.5

Titanic Rising - x

Movies - 10

Mirror Forever - 9.5

Wild Time - 8

Picture Me Better - 7

Nearer To Thee - x

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Favorites: Movies, Everyday, Andromeda

Obviously a stunning album that deserved an AOTY nom considering its 91 meacritic score  ngl tho, my faves are the singles and I can't say I was underwhelmed by the album, but the album tracks weren't as amazing, especially with 2 songs being useless interludes and Something to Believe being meh. Still an incredible work of art but I think replacing either StB or NtT would have guaranteed its spot in the top 3  

 

4. Kim Petras - Turn Off the Light: 8.8

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Purgatory - 8

There Will Be Blood - 10

Bloody Valentine - 7

Wrong Turn - 10

<demons> - 8

Massace - 9.5

Knives - 8

Death By Sex - 10

o m e n - x

Close Your Eyes - 9.5

TRANSylvania - 8

Turn Off the Light - 10

Tell Me It’s A Nightmare - 10

i don’t wanna die… - 8

In The Next Life - 8

Boo! Bitch! - x

Everybody Dies - 8

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Favorites: Tell Me It's a Nightmare, Turn Off the Light, There Will Be Blood, Wrong Turn

The fact that she tacked the old songs onto the album kinda killed its replay value for me and the interludes after every song are tiring but the full songs all slap, not a single filler  the interludes on their own are really good too, I just wish there weren't as many. Not to be rude but if Luke hadn't been trash and this were the music Kesha would be making, instead of that Raising Hell crap, then maybe I would still be a stan  yeah nothing else to say other than she brought it this year, and this is by far her best project. Can't wait to see her in February and if she doesn't perform anything from this album then I'm done with her x

 

3. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE: 8.9

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thousand eyes - 8.5

home with you - 10

sad day - 7

holy terrain - 7.5

mary magdalene - 9

fallen alien - 10

mirrored heart - 10

daybed - 9.5

cellophane - 9

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Favorites: home with you, fallen alien, mirrored heart

Ugh the wait was worth it in the end  I just hope we don't have to wait another 5 years for another album  still not sure if this topped LP1 and M3LL155X for me but wow, I pretty much like every song in her discography (except Ache x). cellophane was disappointing as a lead single, I always thought it sounded more like a closer, thankfully I like it much more in the context of the album. Y'all did too much on holy terrain when it was released, it's not her best but it's a bop nonetheless. I'm glad everyone switched on home with you, it's one of her best songs ever  everything about it is so...  fallen alien is such a banger and the production on mirrored heart is so pretty  I'm still not feeling sad day, the repetitive 'make a make a make a wish on my love' is annoying and grating  

 

2. Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?: 8.9

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!!!!!!! - x

bad guy - 10

xanny - 7

you should see me in a crown - 8.5

all the good girls go to hell - 7

wish you were gay - 10

when the party's over - 10

8 - 9.5

my strange addiction - 8

bury a friend - 10

ilomilo - 10

listen before i go - 10

i love you - 10

goodbye - 6

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Favorites: when the party's over, bury a friend, ilomilo, listen before i go, i love you

Heard of Billie back in 2017 when I frequented the YTT section and someone had Bellyache on their chart (this was before she blew up x), so I checked it out and liked it but didn't keep up with her. I may have jumped on the hate bandwagon at the start of the year cause Twitter convinced me she was tryhard and ~edgy~ but I switched when bury a friend was released  then I got into when the party's over right before the album came out and it was over for me. The album held up SO well, hasn't aged one bit and many of the songs grew on me. Even xanny, which is my least favorite (excluding goodbye cause that isn't a song), is still very nice in the context of the album. bad guy is obvi a bop but lowkey overrated and not one of her best  the second half REALLY goes off, I mean that section from bury a friend -> i love you is back to back 10/10s  her ballads are truly something else, just shows that emoting is more important than high notes and range, at least for me  I NEED more songs like listen before i go and i love you on the next album

 

 

1. LOOΠΔ - [X X]: 9.4

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X X - x

Butterfly - 10

Satellite - 10

Curiosity - 8

Colors - 10

Where You At - 10

+ + - x

Hi High - 10

favOriTe - 9

Heat - 7.5

Perfect Love - 10

Stylish - 9

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FavOriTes: Butterfly, Satellite, Colors, Hi High, Perfect Love

I can't put into words how amazing this album is, the replay value is insane  technically this is listed as two minis (EPs) but [X X] was a re-release of [+ +] and the physical version of [X X] has the 10 songs on it so I'm counting it for this  I've listened to each mini at least 50 times already and I'm still listening it regularly. Not a single bad song. Even Heat which has kind of a noisy drop still works and while it's my least favorite, it still absolutely slaps, especially when they sing over the drop at the end ksdjksjdsdjs  favOriTe was a huge grower and even though it's a bit messy, it's a big bop  Hi High was the perfect debut, it's like love4eva on steroids, and Stylish... let's just say Hide and Seek walked so Stylish could run. Colors is ofc their best b-side ever and literally every song on the first half is perfect except Curiosity with it's somewhat messy chorus, but we still love ha  Satellite and Colors' chorus is pop perfection. I go I go I go I just wanna feeling and then Where You At ugh  if there's no comeback in Q1 I'm gonna kermit x

So yeah, get into it if you haven't heard it (at least listen to the 5 songs from [X X], it's around 20m) and Stan LOOΠΔ x

 

[Moonlightbae]

thank u, next, Sunshine Kitty and wwafa,wdwg? 

Turn Off The Light was ok too but the interludes were too much 

[BlackoutZone]

TASTE  Gorgeous #1, horrible #2, gorgeous #3, #4 and so on  
Tbh I prefer to treat [+ +] and [x x] separately, but both are rally amazing and together make such a fantastic body of work  

 

also if I see fancy above butterfly in top songs you are over mwah x

[K$Ellie]

6 minutes ago, BlackoutZone said:

TASTE  Gorgeous #1, horrible #2, gorgeous #3, #4 and so on  
Tbh I prefer to treat [+ +] and [x x] separately, but both are rally amazing and together make such a fantastic body of work  

 

also if I see fancy above butterfly in top songs you are over mwah x

I don't even see Loona in your sig x

 

[BlackoutZone]

1 minute ago, K$Ellie said:

I don't even see Loona in your sig x

 

My sig is dated let me revamp x

[K$Ellie]

1 minute ago, BlackoutZone said:

My sig is dated let me revamp x

make sure you add TWICE to it x

[BlackoutZone]

1 minute ago, K$Ellie said:

make sure you add TWICE to it x

1 ok album is not enough for that, maybe if it was as good as 4 Walls

Edited December 6, 2019 by BlackoutZone

[bestfiction]

oh wow, the #1 the taste... the flavor

also can we talk about how [x x] cover art is like the best cover art ever

the rest is pretty good, I still haven't checked out Twice though  neither did I click with Angel Olsen

[ARTPØP]

SUNSHINE KITTY 

 

Mistaken is one of her best songs 

[BlackoutZone]

1 minute ago, bestfiction said:

oh wow, the #1 the taste... the flavor

also can we talk about how [x x] cover art is like the best cover art ever

the rest is pretty good, I still haven't checked out Twice though  neither did I click with Angel Olsen

Tea, but overall [+ +] covers were better, I mean