K$Ellie Posted December 7, 2020 Posted December 7, 2020 well you highlighted the best songs on Twice's albums (Depend On You snubbed tho ) glad I'm not the only one who thought SOTR was very St. Vincent'd Ari, Itzy and Ellie songs are massive bops You should be sad and Pporappippam deserved more than a HM absolutely stunning songs, easily top 10 for me
miguel Posted December 7, 2020 Posted December 7, 2020 52 minutes ago, bestfiction said: "I'm nice with a cream if you know what I mean" is one of the most touching and relatable lyrics from this year to me. adasdjakdasldk your serve
TheWayWeWere Posted December 7, 2020 Posted December 7, 2020 I ****ing love Babylon even album version slays! You should be sad that you put that masterpiece in HMs only Sophie Kyoto is flawless I got into Phoebe music only lately, but whew, she did that! Brightest Blue was such an suprisingly great album after all the messiness of the era
Psycho Posted December 7, 2020 Posted December 7, 2020 ICSM Tides is a bop, though there are better on the album Sugar On The Rim is one of the best on that album YSBS and Babylon both great and made my list Wannabe and Pporappippam top 20 hits on my K-Pop list
Blue Rose Posted December 7, 2020 Posted December 7, 2020 4 hours ago, bestfiction said: Hayley Williams - Sugar On The Rim Literally a MASSEDUCTION demo but thanks to that, it has easily became a highlight on that snoozefest of an album This is so accurate nnnn but still a gay bop!
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted December 7, 2020 ATRL Moderator Posted December 7, 2020 love language is sooo gorgeous. that and bugsnax kinda deserved more. and SUGAR ON THE RIM TOO. it is a masseducation demo, no wonder why its so good.
BlackoutZone Posted December 7, 2020 Posted December 7, 2020 Some of these being only in honorable mentions is questionable, but taste either way cause this is a great streak
Tom Vercetti Posted December 8, 2020 Posted December 8, 2020 Love Language isn't bad for the album it came from. I heard a couple of other st vincent demos from hayley's album and wasn't impressed. Sunmi will never top Noir huh.
Ewan Chaos Posted December 8, 2020 Posted December 8, 2020 That Joanne gif is making me scream Sugar on the Rim is sooooo good! But I will ignore the Hayley dragging! Babylon, Sophie's cover, and Love Language are all great too.
ikiru Posted December 8, 2020 Posted December 8, 2020 Bugsnax is a cute song! pporappippam is so good, I completely forgot about that song glad Ice Cream and Wannabe are only honorable mentions
bestfiction Posted December 16, 2020 Author Posted December 16, 2020 TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2020 It's finally here! I had to take my time due to tight schedule but now that I've got most of the important tasks out of the way, I can get to this. At first, lemme give an another honorable mention: LOONA – [#] & [12:00] No, we're NOT using the ugly [12:00] B version cover in here! Technically those are EPs and I don’t intend to include them but still decided to give my favorite k-pop group a shout-out. Besides, together they kinda make up for a good full-length album. So both of these EPs suffer from the same issues: they are split between more appealing pop perfection tracks that are more in vein of the signature LOONA sound and the contemporary, girl crush-y songs (basically, ITZY rejects). I’d say that [12:00] has a slight edge over [#], mostly thanks to a listenable title track. Let’s hope that LOONA embraces their artistry with the next release. Highlights: Number 1, Oh (Yes I Am), Day&Night from [#]; Why Not?, Voice, Universe from [12:00] Now, onto the first albums from my actual list: __________ 20. Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts Congrats to Miley Cyrus for finally releasing a decent album. Ultimately, “Plastic Hearts” feels like a Miley Cyrus album at its core but its sonic landscape finally allows Miley to present herself as authentic and non-contrived, like it was with “Bangerz” and “Younger Now”. Even though Miley is jumping on the 80s trend, her personality and vocal skills allow her to take on the image of a glam rock diva, which is very welcome. Highlights: WTF Do I Know, Angels Like You, Night Crawling, Midnight Sky 19. Red Velvet – The ‘Reve Festival’ Finale A late 2019 release but it hit me only in 2020 so decided to put it here. Red Velvet is notorious for the saccharine quirky bops and the campy festival concept fits them just right. The best songs on the album are the ones that have a very distinct style; in general this is the main strength of k-pop: if the producers know the concept they want to execute, they’ll execute it perfectly, and it really shows here. There’s groovy, city pop inspired “Ladies Night”, “LP” that is literally serving elevator music and “Love Is the Way” that reminds me of the Stock Aitken Waterman era. However, some of the tracks don’t seem to have a distinct aesthetic, and therefore end up to be “just OK” pop songs – mostly songs that come from the ‘Day 1’ EP are guilty of that. Still, I had a lot of fun with this album, let’s hope that the Irene controversy didn’t destroy their career and they’ll serve more bops. Highlights: Eyes Locked Hands Locked, Ladies Night, Love Is the Way, Zimzalabim 18. Carly Rae Jepsen – Dedicated Side B Didn’t like it at first that much but eventually it has grown on me; I’d even say that it’s better than original “Dedicated”. There’s much more variety in this project to me and simply less duds. “Summer Love” is a groovy banger, “Comeback” is your usual Jack Antonoff bop and I like how she created 2 different songs from the same bridge in “Felt This Way” and “Stay Away”. Just fun listen all around. Highlights: This Love Isn’t Crazy, Felt This Way, Stay Away, Summer Love, Comeback, Solo 17. Selena Gomez – Rare Ready for lashings x Tbh, I really enjoyed this! Half of the album feels super faceless and generic but generally Selena keeps on playing to her strengths and delivers lowkey, whispery bops. While “Bad Liar” and “Fetish” set my expectations high and the album doesn’t really come close to it, most of the songs still dabble into left-field pop, and I appreciate that. “Vulnerable” is ASMR pop done right. “Cut You Off” has a very good funky vibe to it. “Fun” is pretty much “Bad Liar” 2.0 and “A Sweeter Place” is an amazing closer, Kid Cudi’s influence definitely helped to create something magical. I liked medical references sprinkled here and there that makes the album more appealing if you care about Selena’s personal life. Also the bonus tracks from the deluxe reissue are all pretty great, the minimalistic bass-driven songs really fit Ms Gomez. So yeah, I liked Rare a lot and I own seven copies of it so x Highlights: Rare, Dance Again, Vulnerable, Fun, Cut You Off, A Sweeter Place, Boyfriend, Souvenir 16. The Weeknd – After Hours A bit bloated but a fine improvement over “Starboy”. I guess this album ties up everything that could be appealing about the Weeknd - atmospheric R&B and pop bangers all together but make up for a quite cohesive project. I generally enjoy more synth-pop infused cuts presented in the second half of the album; big bops as the kids would say. Deserved all the Grammy nods it could get. Highlights: Hardest to Love, Blinding Lights, In Your Eyes, Save Your Tears, After Hours
bestfiction Posted December 16, 2020 Author Posted December 16, 2020 That's it for now! The next update will probably be by the end of the week. In the meantime, lemme catch up with y'alls Best ofs x Spoiler On 12/7/2020 at 3:54 PM, mokitsu said: good HMs TWICE's new song that they just performed is a mature serve, you'll stan and yeah BB worked for me once i cut the 2nd disc with the singles and forgot they ever existed. ice cream avant garde Is that their new Japanese songs? I never catch up with Japanese discographies of k-pop groups but mautre serves is what we need from them Slow Grenade is a cute coffehouse bop but that's it really. I cackled when I read the BB review that said something like "Ellie said that she presents her confident side through E.GO... by hiding behind features". Hoping that you appreciate the artistry at #17 On 12/7/2020 at 3:56 PM, Post Malone said: YSBS and BibleON Also it was the catch me in the FRIDGE right where the ice BE for me The 3 Am hitmaker really snapped! Her album was surprisingly decent but not really enough to make it x awww On 12/7/2020 at 4:19 PM, KillingYourCareer said: Heating up because of Ice Cream. It gave us Selena's best look this year, I love her posing as a young ice cream vendor with a sailor beret. The video was a massive cultural reset me thinks! I hope the rarometer went through the roof with my first update! On 12/7/2020 at 4:27 PM, K$Ellie said: well you highlighted the best songs on Twice's albums (Depend On You snubbed tho ) glad I'm not the only one who thought SOTR was very St. Vincent'd Ari, Itzy and Ellie songs are massive bops You should be sad and Pporappippam deserved more than a HM absolutely stunning songs, easily top 10 for me idk ha x tbh it was you who pointed out the St Vincent similarities for me and I can't unhear them now kii On 12/7/2020 at 4:35 PM, miguel said: adasdjakdasldk your serve ty! On 12/7/2020 at 4:57 PM, TheWayWeWere said: I ****ing love Babylon even album version slays! You should be sad that you put that masterpiece in HMs only Sophie Kyoto is flawless I got into Phoebe music only lately, but whew, she did that! Brightest Blue was such an suprisingly great album after all the messiness of the era oh I'm not doing the best songs list this year and I didn't quite like Manic that much It was an admirable effort from Halsey though! I wanted to like the Phoebe album but it was just too underwhelming for me I think it's my first Ellie album, I never got to her previous ones but it was cute! The droplets are really generic though On 12/7/2020 at 6:21 PM, Psycho said: ICSM Tides is a bop, though there are better on the album Sugar On The Rim is one of the best on that album YSBS and Babylon both great and made my list Wannabe and Pporappippam top 20 hits on my K-Pop list Thanks for checking out! On 12/7/2020 at 8:38 PM, Blue Rose said: This is so accurate nnnn but still a gay bop! nnn definitely, I think it's the song with the most personality with this album. I think I liked Over Yet a lot as well. On 12/7/2020 at 10:08 PM, Madame X said: love language is sooo gorgeous. that and bugsnax kinda deserved more. and SUGAR ON THE RIM TOO. it is a masseducation demo, no wonder why its so good. Well if KKB come back with a new album (it's about time) and include Bugsnax, I'll definitely highlight it! Hayley should've stolen more songs from St. Vincent's vault, or maybe signed up to her Masterclass On 12/8/2020 at 8:00 AM, Tom Vercetti said: Love Language isn't bad for the album it came from. I heard a couple of other st vincent demos from hayley's album and wasn't impressed. Sunmi will never top Noir huh. I guess, just like Yubin will never top Lady but pporappipam is very cute! On 12/8/2020 at 8:01 AM, Ewan Chaos said: That Joanne gif is making me scream Sugar on the Rim is sooooo good! But I will ignore the Hayley dragging! Babylon, Sophie's cover, and Love Language are all great too. This gif is just too iconic Who knows, maybe one day the Hayley album will hit me On 12/8/2020 at 12:32 PM, ikiru said: Bugsnax is a cute song! pporappippam is so good, I completely forgot about that song glad Ice Cream and Wannabe are only honorable mentions Bugsnax is the signature cutesey KKB style I'd say that I want them to serve more of those with their next LP Ms Sunmi needs to release a Warning follow up already me thinks! well x On 12/8/2020 at 1:15 AM, JGibson said: You should be sad It randomly hit me recently so I had to include it. Thanks for checking out my best of!
BlackoutZone Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 Very fine picks from all albums and the albums picks themselves too However Sunny Side Up is my fave from ReVe series
TheWayWeWere Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 it's been 84 years... Plastic Heart is low-key the best Miley album yas for some Rare love it' was worse than I expected, but there's still many bops After Hours
Souvenir Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 37 minutes ago, bestfiction said: 17. Selena Gomez – Rare Ready for lashings x Tbh, I really enjoyed this! Half of the album feels super faceless and generic but generally Selena keeps on playing to her strengths and delivers lowkey, whispery bops. While “Bad Liar” and “Fetish” set my expectations high and the album doesn’t really come close to it, most of the songs still dabble into left-field pop, and I appreciate that. “Vulnerable” is ASMR pop done right. “Cut You Off” has a very good funky vibe to it. “Fun” is pretty much “Bad Liar” 2.0 and “A Sweeter Place” is an amazing closer, Kid Cudi’s influence definitely helped to create something magical. I liked medical references sprinkled here and there that makes the album more appealing if you care about Selena’s personal life. Also the bonus tracks from the deluxe reissue are all pretty great, the minimalistic bass-driven songs really fit Ms Gomez. So yeah, I liked Rare a lot and I own seven copies of it so x Highlights: Rare, Dance Again, Vulnerable, Fun, Cut You Off, A Sweeter Place, Boyfriend, Souvenir taste
Blue Rose Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 Some choices were made... After Hours and its unanimous praise. Selena’s ex did that.
Tom Vercetti Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 After Hours is too good for Grammys. Wouldn't really consider it to be bloated either (def not as much as Starboy). There's a case to be made for almost every song.
Ewan Chaos Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 The Miley dragging on her write-up, it's what she deserves. But yeah, that album is good! But also... it's Miley nnn. Carly and Abel
dweebz Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 The random Miley drag. She just can never win.
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 12:00 PM, bestfiction said: Dedicated Side B This one and After Hours.
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