K$Ellie Posted December 9, 2020 Author Posted December 9, 2020 Top 100 Albums Spoiler 5.1-6.0: bad 6.1-7.0: meh 7.1-7.5: decent 7.6-8.0: good 8.1-8.5: great >8.5: excellent Recap Spoiler 41. EXO-SC - 1 Billion Views: 7.7 42. Purity Ring - WOMB: 7.7 43. Agust D - D-2: 7.6 44. Charli XCX - how i’m feeling now: 7.5 45. BENEE - Hey u x: 7.5 46. Allie X - Cape God: 7.5 47. HA:TFELT - 1719: 7.5 48. Dagny - Strangers / Lovers: 7.4 49. Yves Tumor - Heaven To a Tortured Mind: 7.3 50. TWICE - Eyes Wide Open: 7.2 51. The Strokes - The New Abnormal: 7.2 52. Taemin - Never Gonna Dance Again, Act 2: 7.2 53. The Boyz - Reveal: 7.1 54. Kiesza - Crave: 7.1 55. Magdalena Bay - A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling: 7.0 56. Megan Thee Stallion - Good News: 7.0 57. Mariah Carey - The Rarities: 6.9 58. Joji - NECTAR: 6.9 59. Yaeji - What We Drew: 6.8 60. Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension: 6.7 61. Camila Cabello - Romance: 6.6 62. Little Mix - Confetti: 6.6 63. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher: 6.5 64. Rico Nasty - Nightmare Vacation: 6.5 65. Megan Thee Stallion - Suga: 6.4 66. Austra - HiRUDiN: 6.4 67. City Girls - City On Lock: 6.3 68. Fleet Foxes - Shore: 6.3 69. The Chicks - Gaslighter: 6.3 70. BTS - Map Of The Soul: 7: 6.2 71. Laura Marling - Songs For Our Daughter: 6.2 72. Katy Perry - Smile: 6.2 73. Selena Gomez - Rare: 6.1 74. Meghan Trainor - Treat Myself: 6.1 75. Moses Sumney - græ: 6.1 76. Keke Palmer - Virgo Tendencies, Pt. I: 6.1 77. BoA - Better: 6.1 78. WayV - Awaken The World: 6.0 79. PVRIS - Use Me: 6.0 80. NCT - Resonance Pt. 1: 6.0 81. Georgia - Seeking Thrills: 5.9 82. Kehlani - It Was Good Until It Wasn’t: 5.9 83. Astrid S - Leave It Beautiful: 5.8 84. GOT7 - Breath of Love : Last Piece: 5.8 85. NCT - Resonance Pt. 2: 5.7 86. Stray Kids - Go Live: 5.7 87. U.S. Girls - Heavy Light: 5.6 88. Josef Salvat - Modern Anxiety: 5.6 89. Monsta X - Fatal Love: 5.5 90. Monsta X - All About Luv: 5.5 91. Hayley Williams - Petals For Armor: 5.5 92. Harry Styles - Fine Line: 5.5 93. Ava Max - Heaven & Hell: 5.4 94. Jhené Aiko - Chilombo: 5.4 95. Conan Gray - Kid Krow: 5.4 96. Kiana Ledé - KIKI: 5.3 97. Stray Kids - IN LIFE: 5.3 98. Mulatto - Queen of Da Souf: 5.2 99. Dua Lipa - Club Future Nostalgia: 5.1 100. IZ*ONE - BLOOM*IZ: 5.1 101. Alma - Have U Seen Her?: 5.0 102. Sam Smith - Love Goes: 4.9 103. JoJo - Good To Know: 4.9 104. Kesha - High Road: 4.8 105. Lady Gaga - Chromatica: 4.6 106. The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form: 4.5 107. BLACKPINK - The Album: 4.4 108. SuperM - Super One: 4.3 109. Låpsley - Through Water: 3.9 110. Justin Bieber - Changes: 2.8 #40 very cute album I think, not any massive standouts but it's consistent aside from the two title tracks which would fall more so into the filler category. Love how Seventeen build as it goes lyrics on this are kinda depressing tho x 1. Seventeen 2. Stupid/Crazy 3. Who You Lovin #39 another very consistent album on one hand I like how each song flows into the next but at the same time it makes the album kinda exhausting to listen to (i can't explain why) and doesn't necessarily make me wanna listen to certain songs individually 1. Maybe This Time 2. Give Me Another Chance 3. Not The One #38 opposite of the last two, this has a few massive bangers and some total duds that I never listen to. It's more or less on par with Side A but it aged quickly whereas I think if I revisited Side A rn I'd like it more than I did before 1. This Is What They Say 2. Summer Love 3. Now I Don't Hate California After All #37 the title track was the best song by far but the b-sides were all quite good, wish he had included Exclusive on this instead of Famous cause it's miles better and would have made this an 8.1 maybe Clockwork is a gorgist ballad and 2 Kids is a good poor man's Bad Friend x 1. Criminal 2. 2 KIDS 3. Clockwork #36 He's kinda like Sufjan for me where I like some of his music but I'm not totally into him. This was a solid effort, I liked the middle section a lot and I think it could have grown on me more if I kept listening but I stopped after like 5 plays Leave -> Nothing At All is great and Jason overrated af btw x 1. On The Floor 2. Your Body Changes Everything 3. Nothing At All #35 a great rap album usually I don't listen to male rap (tried getting thru Lil Uzi's album twice, failed x) but this is experimental enough for me to really enjoy starts off kinda rough though, the first 3 songs were just okay but it picks up from there 1. never look back 2. goonies vs. E.T. 3. a few words for the firing squad (radiation) #34 one of the most consistent k-pop albums this year love how their title tracks all how that pop-rock sound but their b-sides are so diverse, who would have expected a STUN like Jazz Bar from Dreamcatcher if they only listened to their singles Scream was great but I liked Piri more 1. Jazz Bar 2. Tension 3. Red Sun #33 this is kinda overrated but still good, wish they had more songs like 3am cause it's by far their best I have some unpopular opinions with this alberm cause Don't Wanna and Gasoline are fillers to me but yeah some ups and downs but its good overall and has a good few standouts 1. 3am 2. Summer Girl 3. I Know Alone #32 might get dragged but this really isn't that bad, it's basically tu,n 2.0 but not quite as great, which I don't mind cause I loved tu,n even the fillers like six thirty are at the very least listenable which I can't say for Sweetener's fillers. The title track is severely overrated and one of my least faves tho 1. nasty 2. off the table 3. just like magic #31 could have been an excellent album but was dragged by shite like Kick It and the boring ballad on the reissue that no one asked for while those two dragged the score down for me, it's still filled with great b-sides and I'm one of the few people who didn't hate Punch so they should do a full album of 90s hip-hop/r&b sounding songs cause clearly that's what they're good at or better yet, make that Dream's sound and leave the noise to 127 x 1. Boom 2. Elevator 3. Pandora's Box
K$Ellie Posted December 9, 2020 Author Posted December 9, 2020 getting onto the really good releases next whew two disco albums OUT back to back + a hugely acclaimed album Spoiler On 12/7/2020 at 11:51 PM, dangerousalex said: all non-events i fear 20 hours ago, Legend E said: all non-events i fear [2] well here's Ariana you basic f-words 23 hours ago, Psycho said: I agree with you on EWO, a cute 6 song EP I fear I preferred the first half of Strangers / Lovers but the album was pretty solid overall Cape God weakest Allie project, Super Sunset amazing [2] HIFN seems to be a big grower basically, maaaybe a good 10 track album at best but even then On 12/7/2020 at 11:54 PM, BlackoutZone said: AHH what a streak WOMB aged tho, but I agree it’s overhated I was anticipating 1BV on your list Hey u x really pleasantly surprised me EWO was a bit underwhelming but they are going in the right direction hope you're happy with 1BV's placement and Leon too you'll also stan 2 in the next update but they missed the top 20 soooo... 18 hours ago, Tom Vercetti said: I didn't like the art-rock approach yves tumor made Dagny doesn't do crap for me and the way she's constantly payola'd in the games section hifn is an event, yes it is. t we wanted creepy bops again like SITHOL 18 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said: Dagny and Allie X, disgustingly too high xo I actually kinda liked Yves's album from this year about the same as his 2018 album. The consistency of it actually made me play it more, but I totally recognize their previous album is "objectively" better or whatever. How I'm Feeling Now, talent. Hey, c2.0 love too, I hate when people rag on that song. It's like... the "emotional" centerpiece of the album. kinda wish i re-rated them now a 7.2 for both would probs be better people who stan click but hate c2 are so lame, it's clearly the superior song 17 hours ago, Madame X said: twice album is good. probably their best release. the way they get better with age, truly the new generation snstd. tbh, the yves album was underwhelming to me. while his album before felt super varied and strong, this just felt like a couple great songs with a bunch of filler. decent, enjoyable filler, but still filler. i have no idea why allie, benee, and dagny are this high. they are not bad ARTISTS but all their works really really let me down and filed to live up to their hype/talent. they should be punished, not enabled! i guess benee's the best of the 3 (but allie has the best song xx) how im feeling now, too low. its timeless. it's by no means better than Feel Special or Fancy You, unless you're just talking about full length albums but even then &TWICE is better agree on Yves, a solid album but only a few standouts they're barely in the top half of my list but I should have panned them a bit more I don't think they were bad releases just underwhelming 17 hours ago, bestfiction said: glad that Miss XXX have grown on you, detonate SOTY/ROTY me thinks! c2.0 a bop too I've listened to Yves only once tbh TWICE is deffo brought down by a couple of fillers but it was still nice Allie's album suffers from the same issue as Purity Ring, just too sterile for me Agree on the Allie/Purity Ring criticism I guess that's why I like those album but don't love them at all 16 hours ago, Mezik said: Allie X & Charli XCX both released some quality albums this year. I especially enjoyed Charli's! miles better than her self titled album 15 hours ago, Brandon said: ?????? ??? + ????? Snail and Claws 15 hours ago, potent said: Didn't hear any of these, but maybe I'll listen to BENEE's considering I liked her EP from last year and I've seen this one appearing on some Best Ofs Yeah Dagny is just like... not interesting to me idk it's worth listening to and I think Superlonely + Night Garden are the worst songs which were both singles 14 hours ago, ikiru said: charli and exo-sc allie x and dagny's albums were really underwhelming tbh benee's album was cute! sheesh is a great song! Sheesh deffo one of my faves the way everyone manages to pull out a great Grimes collab except Ashnikko 11 hours ago, Lazuli said: eyes wide open yas but yes a lot of the middle tracks could be cut tbh. stan say something good that you came around how i'm feeling now purity ring album was meh Say Something stomped on Yukika a bit (listen if you haven't already x) 10 hours ago, mokitsu said: dagny yves and charli all delivered..... m&m kinda outsold eyo but prob because its shorter, i agree that those bsides are better than ICSM M&M only slightly better as a whole bc it's shorter but EWO deffo has better songs on it, M&M would suck if they added like 5 more fillers to it 8 hours ago, jpow said: You kinda didn't lie here about Purity Ring is their debut worth checking out now that I've heard their more recent stuff 7 hours ago, prézli said: You better stan anthems, SIS one of the biggest bops 7 hours ago, Sanguine said: Purity Ring being higher than Charli... now what was that Accurate for Benee and Allie, though I think the Collxtions are superior to both SS and CG Dagny was disappointing sadly The way she's never topping CollXtion I 6 hours ago, Blue Rose said: Yves and Allie X my faves from this set kii nawt the ones that got dragged the most 3 hours ago, ARTPØP said: Hey U X is really a great debut album How I'm Feeling Now if only she had made it 10 songs and cut off the fillers 2 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said: I didn't liked Yves' album, but Kerosene SLAYS me so much HIFN omg yes easily the best song, got me really hyped for the album and then...
Psycho Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 I'm Your Empress Of acclaim Dedicated Side B cute for a month WIMPIII great Poshitions shite
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted December 9, 2020 ATRL Moderator Posted December 9, 2020 oh, positions was the album that would get you draged? nnn, wait until you see where it is on my list. this is indeed a quality update: we got dreamcatcher, empress of, and rtj. honestly, considering what you had in other updates, i think that carly, haim, and perfume genius are the ones that are too high, but at least there was quality material in their albums, somewhere. dreamcatcher serving versatility was the gag of the season to me. loungey jazz, funk, electropop, omg they can do it all
potent Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 The only one I’ve listened to here is HAIM, I mean Don’t Wanna and Gasoline are good but they’re not my favorites, but the album tracks I liked the most were Up from a Dream and All That Ever Mattered which may also be an unpopular opinion so Interested in listening to Leon though! AIMBH is a slay
ATRL Moderator Legend E Posted December 9, 2020 ATRL Moderator Posted December 9, 2020 literally WHO overrates haim here sister what an album though
Ewan Chaos Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 FINALLY some love for This Is What They Say! YAAAAAS! Empress Of, RTJ, and Haim's albums were also albums I played quite a bit this year. Perfume Genius & Ariana too high but fair enough to have them up here xo
Ava Max Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 Dedicated Side B IYEO is good but I haven't played it since it released
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 Dedicated and Women In Music Pt. III are my favorites. It was the first LP I heard from HAIM.
Remmy Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 Strangers / Lovers "the original EP was just okay but the new songs were significantly better imo," not this... the whole album is really great but Side A features all the best songs (sans Let Me Cry.) Cape God is also definitely not Allie's weakest release, 7.5 is good enough I suppose how i'm feeling now, Apart, I'm Your Empress Of, Women In Music - all albums with strong standouts and a few fillers. Positions this high I'm cackling a bit! Dedicated Side B I've seen way too many people overly critiquing it, not your top 2 being my bottom 2 Give Me Another Chance, Now I Don't Hate California After All, I Know Alone Quote Punisher is bad! unstan her now! and Magdalena Bay kinda mediocre in the grand scheme of things Whew, the delusions!
ikiru Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 the Kick It dragging continues Dedicated Side B was cute but absolutely forgettable positions too high
BlackoutZone Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 I'm definitely ok with Apart and 1BV placements, but the scores in these updates seem pretty high for their albums I don't dislike any of these and I'm even fine with positions being in top 40, but 8.1 for it and Neo Zone is a bit too much DRAG Kick It!
TheWayWeWere Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 Dedicated Side B was such a downgrade tbh Positions is too hated, I love most of it Women In Music i'm so happy for Grammy nom
Mezik Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 RTJ4 & WIM3 were great albums I did enjoy listening too. Positions is cute but a step down in quality.
Into The Void Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 I honestly hated positions at first but I began liking it more recently. Guess it was a grower
KasioKas Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 On 12/5/2020 at 2:07 AM, K$Ellie said: #72 not as terrible as I thought it would be or as some of y'all make it out to be but half of it is duds at the end of the day. NRO, Daisies and Tucked were the standouts Wow low! But nice standouts On 12/6/2020 at 2:09 AM, K$Ellie said: #62 the first 5 + Rendezvous CARRY the album, I would have panned this a lot harder if it didn't have those really strong singles at the start. it's more or less like every other Little Mix album, a handful of good songs and a bunch of fillers Wow this is way too low, it's one of their best albums 20 hours ago, K$Ellie said: #38 opposite of the last two, this has a few massive bangers and some total duds that I never listen to. It's more or less on par with Side A but it aged quickly whereas I think if I revisited Side A rn I'd like it more than I did before 1. This Is What They Say 2. Summer Love 3. Now I Don't Hate California After All #32 might get dragged but this really isn't that bad, it's basically tu,n 2.0 but not quite as great, which I don't mind cause I loved tu,n even the fillers like six thirty are at the very least listenable which I can't say for Sweetener's fillers. The title track is severely overrated and one of my least faves tho 1. nasty 2. off the table 3. just like magic Nice top 3 for positions, I kinda get what you're saying. Side b was more enjoyable for me
Hug Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Not me not commenting, the way I could've sworn I did. We LOVE to see the Dreamcatcher praise, and you're right. Dreamcatcher had one of the most consistent albums of the year (I'd say most but that's me!) and also diverse because they did some THINGS on this album i really didn't expect from them. A lovely 8.0 score for them, I'd put it a bit higher but you can't complain with a good score like that ?
Green Posted December 10, 2020 Posted December 10, 2020 Positions and Women in Music Part III I wanna check that Run the Jewels album
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