perpetual novice Posted December 5, 2020 Author Posted December 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, BlackoutZone said: I actually disagree, cause the album tries to be something bigger than it is. She heavily tried to paint it as a conceptual record with all these visuals, themes and at the end of the day as you said this is just a collection of bops, not even fresh or new in her discography Yeah I guess it does have the imagery around it, but I feel like this elevates the music rather than causes baggage, and the instrumentation and arrangement of the album does interplay with the imagery so I don't necessarily think it's trying to be something it's not. It's not conceptual, but the otherwordly vibe she gives it does play nicely with the music (unlike her past albums, especially ARTPOP, where it's all image and no show musically). I can agree to disagree though
mokitsu Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 2 hours ago, perpetual novice said: New Update! We are approaching the top 10 19. Kacy Hill - Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again 18. beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers 17. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 16. Taylor Swift - Folklore 15. Yves Tumour - Heaven to a Tortured Mind 14. Lady Gaga - Chromatica 13. Halsey - Manic 12. PVRIS - Use Me 11. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? very solid top 16 with one or two exceptions sad to see jessie missing out top 10 tho im #teammanic too, easily her best album
perpetual novice Posted December 5, 2020 Author Posted December 5, 2020 13 minutes ago, TRF. said: Heaven to a Tortured Mind Gospel for a new Century and Kerosene being my top 2 tracks of the year
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 On 12/2/2020 at 4:16 PM, perpetual novice said: 18. beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers 17. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 16. Taylor Swift - Folklore 15. Yves Tumour - Heaven to a Tortured Mind 11. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? I know 50% of your set. Yves Tumour's record was okay. I liked #18, #17 and #16 more. I have to say Taylor's record was a pleasant surprise. What's Your Pleasure? is definitely my favorite off this set. Top 10, bring it on!
perpetual novice Posted December 5, 2020 Author Posted December 5, 2020 20 minutes ago, dreamofyou said: not folklore below chromatica It beat it out because of replayability for me, I love Folklore but I'll only listen to it occasionally, I can come back to Chromatica pretty much whenever. 12 minutes ago, Sunderland 4ever said: I know 50% of your set. Yves Tumour's record was okay. I liked #18, #17 and #16 more. I have to say Taylor's record was a pleasant surprise. What's Your Pleasure? is definitely my favorite off this set. Top 10, bring it on! It was very hard cutting Jessie out the top 10, but everything above her is stronger
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted December 5, 2020 ATRL Moderator Posted December 5, 2020 this ones got some classics, like wyp and ftbc. should have been higher but i wont complain too much at top 20! chromatica and folklore are good too, but not classics to me, just solid albums.
perpetual novice Posted December 5, 2020 Author Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Madame X said: this ones got some classics, like wyp and ftbc. should have been higher but i wont complain too much at top 20! chromatica and folklore are good too, but not classics to me, just solid albums. It got very hard 11-1 especially, I think ms Jessie is in some good company
TheWayWeWere Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 nawt WYP missing top 10 Chromatica, Manic, Disco HAIM getting some recognition
perpetual novice Posted December 5, 2020 Author Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, TheWayWeWere said: nawt WYP missing top 10 Chromatica, Manic, Disco HAIM getting some recognition Glad to see someone else is also on planet chromatica
K$Ellie Posted December 6, 2020 Posted December 6, 2020 Shabrang too low although I wish the album had more of the PJ Harvey/Wallflower sound to it At least After Hours, Plastic Hearts and The Slow Rush made the top 40 even if they're quite low Joji-Allie-Bree back to back, all 3 were severely underwhelming for me Haim and Kylie were good tho Was gonna say I'm happy about folklore and Fake It Flowers being top 20 but I sad Gaga is above them Manic and Whats Your Pleasure? close to the top 10 the Yves album was just good for me, nothing more
perpetual novice Posted December 6, 2020 Author Posted December 6, 2020 9 hours ago, K$Ellie said: Shabrang too low although I wish the album had more of the PJ Harvey/Wallflower sound to it At least After Hours, Plastic Hearts and The Slow Rush made the top 40 even if they're quite low Joji-Allie-Bree back to back, all 3 were severely underwhelming for me Haim and Kylie were good tho Was gonna say I'm happy about folklore and Fake It Flowers being top 20 but I sad Gaga is above them Manic and Whats Your Pleasure? close to the top 10 the Yves album was just good for me, nothing more I love Shabrang but it definitely suffers from the track list being too long, there’s only so long I can appreciate her voice and writing alone before the lack of theatrics in the instrumentation become a bore
perpetual novice Posted December 6, 2020 Author Posted December 6, 2020 First half of the Top 10 coming later today
Lazuli Posted December 6, 2020 Posted December 6, 2020 Quote 17. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters 16. Taylor Swift - Folklore 15. Yves Tumour - Heaven to a Tortured Mind 14. Lady Gaga - Chromatica 13. Halsey - Manic 11. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? folklore too low manic is the only halsey album that isn't garbage
perpetual novice Posted December 6, 2020 Author Posted December 6, 2020 New Update! We're here at the Top 10. AOTY and the rest of the Top 5 will be announced tomorrow Text Version: Spoiler 10. Georgia - Seeking Thrills 9. SHYGIRL - Alias 8. 070 Shake - Modus Vivendi 7. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene 6. Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
BlackoutZone Posted December 6, 2020 Posted December 6, 2020 Grimes Surprised that BTF is a highlight though, that's rare! Ungodly Hour gorgeous album I listened to Modus Vivendi and thought I would enjoy it a lot, but it was just there, I will revist eventually
perpetual novice Posted December 6, 2020 Author Posted December 6, 2020 47 minutes ago, BlackoutZone said: Grimes Surprised that BTF is a highlight though, that's rare! Ungodly Hour gorgeous album I listened to Modus Vivendi and thought I would enjoy it a lot, but it was just there, I will revist eventually BTF is such a heavenly track, I'd love for her to do an entire ambient album like that It was either New Gods or BTF up for highlight. 14 minutes ago, dreamofyou said: i feel like i need to listen to shygirl You do, she goes off on every track 20 minutes ago, Nexto said: Ungodly Hour sitting at #6 Taste! Can't wait for the rest Thank you
perpetual novice Posted December 6, 2020 Author Posted December 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Delta said: Miss Anthropocene Disappointed to see it in most people's honourable mentions or disappointments, truly one of the strongest albums of the year.
SLIME Posted December 6, 2020 Posted December 6, 2020 you sorted through Nightmare Vacation QUICK! I still haven't gotten to listen. Shoutout Ari though It's not my top fav from c, but I think Miss Anthro is a solid project too. And yes I believe in Shygirl supremacy,
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted December 6, 2020 ATRL Moderator Posted December 6, 2020 ah i see you are cominging eps and albums. well, i liked every single album here. unfortunately idk if i can put 070 on my lists because even though it was release like in janaury i listened to it for the first time this week. late i know! georgia is great, kinda want her to find her own sound. some songs were giving me m.i.a. and some songs were giving me... chvrches. shygirl, cxh, and grimes, well i stan them. interesting grimes picks, aside from 4aem which is pretty obvious. the other 2 aren't ones i see chosen a lot but darkseid MIGHT be better than scream.
mokitsu Posted December 6, 2020 Posted December 6, 2020 hmmm can't really say i love most of these, except cxh. with that said, i agree with the top 3 picks for the albums, darkseid gave me chills first time i heard it
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