TheWayWeWere Posted December 16, 2021 Author Posted December 16, 2021 we're getting more controversial this update TOP 50 ALBUMS 42 Barbra Streisand | Release Me 2 "Once I was sure how real it was, now I try to pretend it never was" I ADORE when legends like Barbra goes into their extensive vault to gift us with some unreleased music. Release Me 2 is her follow-up to the compilation of the same name released in 2012, and this one I liked better. More cohesive and valuable this album reassures us with how great she is and was, she not only remasters, but actually rearranges some of her unreleased tracks for it and result is this containing one of her best songs in a while (Be Aware, I talking about you). The fact that most of it was created back in 70s - decade when she released most of her best music - just contribute it to the fact that I liked it so much. highlights: Be Aware, You Light Up My Life, One Day (A Prayer), When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin' 41 P.J. Harding, Noah Cyrus | People Don't Change EP "It feels like all I ever do is pay for your excuses to buy a little time" Artist without last-fm page, Noah Cyrus made some points last year with her pop-folk releases like July and I Got So High and she continues that theme on that collaborative EP with songwriter P.J. Harding. Beautiful little EP with simple production/sound and honest and touching songwriting, I think her voice is perfect for this acoustic/country/folk vibe she's getting on. And their voices blend together so good as a duet. Would've love for it being a little bit longer though. highlights: The Worst of You, Cannonball TOP 150 SINGLES 122 Sia, David Guetta | Floating Through Space "You made it through another day, let's celebrate" I know we hate modern Sia here, but let me say this is one of the few examples when she actually releases a bop. It's cute, generic bop with a bit of silly lyrics, but I kinda love it. It's such a earworm that I can't stop humming to it for few weeks. I still need 'old' Sia comeback though. We need another Colour the Small One sis! 121 Bebe Rexha | Sacrifice "I wanna feel your heart every time it bleeds" I don't remember stanning Bebe girl single since...I Got You or I'm a Mess? Bebe is one of those girls who seemingly has everything to smash (or at least make some good music), but struggling to find their sound/image. This is the one, Bebe! This is a fucking BANGER! We need more euro-dance smashes from you! We don't need your hip-hop invasions or major ballads, just have fun and release everything that you like sis! 120 Surf Mesa, Madison Beer | Carried Away "You look so good in this light" Yup, I lowkey like this song better than all the singles from Life Support, it kinda reminds me of Dear Society (her best song) musically. Very comforting, catchy, warm. We need more of that instead of sweet ballads tbh. 119 Dawn Richard | Bussifame "In case you niggas been missing' it, I been giving you hits" I don't remember such a hard-punch songs from Dawn since Blackheart, and I'm livin to it! Not the best from Second Line, but it hits you hard - electronic, dancehall, rap, hip-hop, funk, pop merged in just one song! Great bop to shake your ass off. 118 Coldplay, BTS | My Universe "They said that we can't be together, because we come from different sides" Okay, drag me sistrens I know this is generic bop and 'trying to get quick hit', but I kinda bopped to that explosive chorus a lot And I'm glad Coldplay got that #1, even this way. But Chris serves 'i'm not a regular mom, I'm a cool mom' in music video, which is embarassing 117 ionnalee, iamamiwhoami | summer never ended the damage was all mine "Intentions scattering like hymns in the meadows" iamamiwhoami remains one of the most interesting projects from last decade both musically and visually. But I struggled to actually like Joanna work outside of that project. But she proves me wrong with this masterpiece. Haunting, ethereal, dreamy piece of art that concludes with the amazing music video. 116 FKA twigs, Headie One, Fred Again… | Don't Judge Me "I didn't choose to be me, so why discriminate me?" Welp, do we've needed Judge Me interlude extension? No. Does it better than anything she did before? No. Far from her best work, it's still nice gift for fans, I love instrumental, but the rappers weren't needed tbh RECAP Spoiler On 12/10/2021 at 11:11 PM, TheWayWeWere said: R E C A P TOP 50 ALBUMS 41 P.J. Harding, Noah Cyrus | People Don't Change EP 42 Barbra Streisand | Release Me 2 43 Foxes | Friends in the Corner - EP [x] 44 Mariah Carey | Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special [x] 45 Kanye West | Donda [x] 46 Will Young | Crying on the Bathroom Floor [x] 47 Selena Gomez | Revelación - EP [x] 48 Kelly Rowland | K - EP [x] 49 Tori Amos | Ocean to Ocean [x] 50 Kelly Clarkson | When Christmas Comes Around… [x] TOP 150 SINGLES 116 FKA twigs, Headie One, Fred Again… | Don't Judge Me 117 ionnalee, iamamiwhoami | summer never ended the damage was all mine 118 Coldplay, BTS | My Universe 119 Dawn Richard | Bussifame 120 Surf Mesa, Madison Beer | Carried Away 121 Bebe Rexha | Sacrifice 122 Sia, David Guetta | Floating Through Space 123 Birdy | Surrender [x] 124 JoJo | Creature of Habit [x] 125 Natalie Imbruglia | Maybe It's Great [x] 126 Kacey Musgraves | simple times [x] 127 Kacey Musgraves | star-crossed [x] 128 Taylor Swift | Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) [x] 129 Taylor Swift, The National | coney island [x] 130 Madison Beer | BOYSHIT [x] 131 Jennifer Lopez | In The Morning [x] 132 MØ | Kindness [x] 133 Martin Garrix, Tove Lo | Pressure [x] 134 Joel Corry, RAYE, David Guetta | BED [x] 135 Katy Perry | Electric [x] 136 Olivia Rodrigo | drivers license [x] 137 Garbage | No Gods No Masters [x] 138 P!nk, Willow Sage Hart | Cover Me In Sunshine [x] 139 Kylie Minogue | Dance Floor Darling [x] 140 Pop Smoke, Dua Lipa | Demeanor [x] 141 Jhené Aiko | Born Tired [x] 142 London Grammar | America [x] 143 Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX, Saweetie | OUT OUT [x] 144 Jazmine Sullivan | Tragic [x] 145 RAYE | Regardless [x] 146 Cheat Codes, Tinashe | Lean on Me [x] 147 Emeli Sandé | Look What You've Done [x] 148 Big Red Machine, Taylor Swift | Renegade [x] 149 Mitski | Working for the Knife [x] 150 Gwen Stefani | Let Me Reintroduce Myself [x] RECURRENTS / HONOURABLE MENTIONS love to everyone who comments Spoiler 2 hours ago, Reverse Warholian said: The FLAVOR 3 hours ago, Sunderland 4ever said: Simple Times and Maybe It's Great 9 hours ago, Sempiternal said: Creature of habit ♡ 9 hours ago, rvx said: Taylor Swift 13 hours ago, Brandon said: ????? ?????? 16 hours ago, JGibson said: coney island + Creature Of Habit 19 hours ago, Legend E said: you are right, it truly is a flop update except for Kacey x2 ofc 19 hours ago, kiiwii said: friends in the corner your highlights are some of my faves too, especially dance they kacey tracks are cute too tho i do prefer the opening track 19 hours ago, Remmy said: Yup, Friends In the Corner really was released late - as she loves to do! || Heard the JoJo song like 3 times now and I forget what it sounds like everytime Double Taylor and Double Kacey back-to-back, and all 4 are great picks coney island has been underrated since day 1 and Mr. Perfectly Fine is an anthem. Play that shit in a stadium or sumn!!! Oop I wasn't even aware but that explains it 20 hours ago, luckystrike said: so happy to see some Birdy recognition, her album was great also the 1-2 tay/kacey punches sis is so criminally underrated 21 hours ago, dreamofyou said: taylor and kacey with the multiple entries 22 hours ago, Tinashegrande6 said: Jojo 22 hours ago, dangerousalex said: these graphics slay i can’t also yeah FITC ep was well… underwhelming 22 hours ago, KasioKas said: Great lyrics, great voice, was bsessed with this for a short while! 23 hours ago, TalkThatRihanna said: Mr Perfectly Fine a bop 23 hours ago, BlackoutZone said: No cause I'm still caught off guard every time by the fact you prepared THESE graphics for nearly hundreds of entries Kacey queen, star-crossed was great! Foxes was pretty whatever, but she already stepped up so we stan. Creature of Habit so nice, should be tucked onto the album/mixtape/whatever she calls it. thank u! I already tucked it onto capsule, so I'm okay with just new songs 23 hours ago, Achilles. said: Coney Island is an underrated masterpiece, so it’s nice to see some appreciation. Mr Perfectly Fine is such a good bop. I hate her for not giving it a music video; it would’ve gone so viral if Sophie Turner had starred in it. Star Crossed is a cute song. sounds like a smash 23 hours ago, gagacasanova said: Taylor & Kacey coming in hot. LOVE to see it
TalkThatRihanna Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Not My Universe above Sacrifice sis
Achilles. Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Barbra!! I love the Willie Nelson collab.
ATRL Moderator Tsareena Posted December 16, 2021 ATRL Moderator Posted December 16, 2021 summer never ended is such a good song. ionnalee snapped
dreamofyou Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 i keep meaning to listen to that new noah ep sacrifice don't judge me... hum
ATRL Moderator Legend E Posted December 17, 2021 ATRL Moderator Posted December 17, 2021 not a fan of anything, but i just know bebe rexha is the inventor of music!
kiiwii Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 sacrifice, absolute bop it's so low tho! carried away is cute too
Lazuli Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 my universe... anyways don't judge me is not too bad
OreGuy Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 OKAY now that mini album graphics is AMAZING awww I loved Boyshit by Madison and it's nice to see her appear
rvx Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 My Universe is a bit of a guilty pleasure. I just find it very catchy
ATRL Administrator Lee!! Posted December 17, 2021 ATRL Administrator Posted December 17, 2021 Carried Away
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 My Universe was alright. I must confess that at first I was surprised to see both bands working together.
Sbbmsve Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 The graphics holy shit Quote Iamamiwhoami remains one of the most interesting projects from last decade both musically and visually. But I struggled to actually like Joanna work outside of that project. But she proves me wrong with this masterpiece. Haunting, ethereal, dreamy piece of art that concludes with the amazing music video. Hmm I actually liked her solo albums. Not as good as her Iamamiwhoami stuff but, still interesting. This song was good too.
theblackestday Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 Bussifame is a smash I love how you drag Don't Judge Me in a writeup for your top songs of the year but you didn't lie. It's probably her worst song, but she has such a solid discography that even her worst is still good.
TheWayWeWere Posted December 17, 2021 Author Posted December 17, 2021 flopping a bit I see TOP 50 ALBUMS 40 WILLOW, Tyler Cole | The Anxiety "You're the only one that is around when I fall" Even though I always been interested in Willow's music, since she's amazingly talented, diverse and creative, I absolutely missed this release by my radar last year, discovering it thanks to 'Meet Me at Our Spot' success (we'll talk about that song later). Album is short, aggressive, mad, vibing, vulnerable, sometimes bright, sometimes romantic - with such a range of emotions spread over the tracks it is showing off anxiety disorder's symptoms. Despite loving some of her tracks here and there, I find myself realizing it's one of her best projects to date. highlights: Hey You!, Poolside, Are You Afraid?, After You Cry 39 Coldplay | Music of the Spheres "They said love is only equal to the pain" I was in the minority, but I actually didn't saw any problem with Coldplay going more pop last decade - they still served both bops and hasn't lost their magic and creativity. But this is... just lazy? Like.. the concept seems a bit strange to me since the beggining, but Higher Power and especially Coloratura gave me hope. In the end we got so-called album with just 8 songs and bunch of absolutely pointless interludes (I'm okay with interludes, but they should serve some purpose or at least musicality). And these new songs aren't even that good. Collabs seems a bit pointless and trend-hopping this time. I don't really find myself wanting to return to this album after first couple of listens. They still has IT (it's clear thanks to some precious finds on this album), but I feel like Chris needs to find some pride and confidence again. highlights: Humankind, Let Somebody Go, Coloratura TOP 150 SINGLES 115 WILLOW, Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker | G R O W "Being confused ain't right or wrong" Seeing Avril Lavigne being an inspiration for so many MPG this year seems like a bit of surprise, but I'm so happy for her. This song is so fun and seems like a celebration of 00s punk/pop rock, Willow really made some points with this. And not this being better than Bite Me 114 Sigrid | Burning Bridges "I could tell you the truth but you'd call me a liar" Sigrid sis gave us two major bops this year, this one is more angry and punchy, lyrics are very 'straght-into-the-face' and explosive chorus makes some points! 113 Jessie Ware | Hot n Heavy "I just wanna be your dream controller" This song is pure sex - full of passion, lush, desire! Ugh, Jessie knows damn well how to make hot bops without swearing or reffering to main topic openly! 112 Anne-Marie, Niall Horan | Our Song "When I hear it, I just can't stop smiling" After releasing bunch of shit quick singles for a year, Anne-Marie finally backs on tracks with this vanilla nostalgia bop, I love Niall's voice and he finds his place here so well. One of these songs, that you hear and can't stop humming for a long time. 111 Troye Sivan, Kacey Musgraves | Easy Remix "I'm not a saint, so just gimme the blame" I LIVE for these random collabs tbh Easy was already a great song, but Kacey's angelic voice and delievery takes it to another level. Great bop with pretty good updated production thanks to Mark Ronson and amazing video too! 110 BANKS | Skinnydipped "I aired out my sheets 'cause they smell like you" After 'The Devil' (which was a bop for a minute, but aged badly), I felt like Banks kinda lost her touch and direction, but Skinnydipped proved me wrong. I love haunting sound, wilderness in it, and especially 'screaming' parts - ugh, sis really can make some beautiful dark bops. 109 Natalie Imbrulia | On My Way "I'm done looking for trouble" This one is such a 'feel-good' bop with some early 00s pop nostalgia vibe, so I genuinely loved it. RECAP Spoiler On 12/10/2021 at 11:11 PM, TheWayWeWere said: R E C A P TOP 50 ALBUMS 39 Coldplay | Music of the Spheres 40 WILLOW, Tyler Cole | The Anxiety 41 P.J. Harding, Noah Cyrus | People Don't Change EP [x] 42 Barbra Streisand | Release Me 2 [x] 43 Foxes | Friends in the Corner - EP [x] 44 Mariah Carey | Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special [x] 45 Kanye West | Donda [x] 46 Will Young | Crying on the Bathroom Floor [x] 47 Selena Gomez | Revelación - EP [x] 48 Kelly Rowland | K - EP [x] 49 Tori Amos | Ocean to Ocean [x] 50 Kelly Clarkson | When Christmas Comes Around… [x] TOP 150 SINGLES 109 Natalie Imbrulia | On My Way 110 BANKS | Skinnydipped 111 Troye Sivan, Kacey Musgraves | Easy Remix 112 Anne-Marie, Niall Horan | Our Song 113 Jessie Ware | Hot n Heavy 114 Sigrid | Burning Bridges 115 WILLOW, Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker | G R O W 116 FKA twigs, Headie One, Fred Again… | Don't Judge Me [x] 117 ionnalee, iamamiwhoami | summer never ended the damage was all mine [x] 118 Coldplay, BTS | My Universe [x] 119 Dawn Richard | Bussifame [x] 120 Surf Mesa, Madison Beer | Carried Away [x] 121 Bebe Rexha | Sacrifice [x] 122 Sia, David Guetta | Floating Through Space [x] 123 Birdy | Surrender [x] 124 JoJo | Creature of Habit [x] 125 Natalie Imbruglia | Maybe It's Great [x] 126 Kacey Musgraves | simple times [x] 127 Kacey Musgraves | star-crossed [x] 128 Taylor Swift | Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) [x] 129 Taylor Swift, The National | coney island [x] 130 Madison Beer | BOYSHIT [x] 131 Jennifer Lopez | In The Morning [x] 132 MØ | Kindness [x] 133 Martin Garrix, Tove Lo | Pressure [x] 134 Joel Corry, RAYE, David Guetta | BED [x] 135 Katy Perry | Electric [x] 136 Olivia Rodrigo | drivers license [x] 137 Garbage | No Gods No Masters [x] 138 P!nk, Willow Sage Hart | Cover Me In Sunshine [x] 139 Kylie Minogue | Dance Floor Darling [x] 140 Pop Smoke, Dua Lipa | Demeanor [x] 141 Jhené Aiko | Born Tired [x] 142 London Grammar | America [x] 143 Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX, Saweetie | OUT OUT [x] 144 Jazmine Sullivan | Tragic [x] 145 RAYE | Regardless [x] 146 Cheat Codes, Tinashe | Lean on Me [x] 147 Emeli Sandé | Look What You've Done [x] 148 Big Red Machine, Taylor Swift | Renegade [x] 149 Mitski | Working for the Knife [x] 150 Gwen Stefani | Let Me Reintroduce Myself [x] RECURRENTS / HONOURABLE MENTIONS thanks for coming to my countdown Spoiler 35 minutes ago, dangerousalex said: Sacrifice and Carried Away 54 minutes ago, theblackestday said: Bussifame is a smash I love how you drag Don't Judge Me in a writeup for your top songs of the year but you didn't lie. It's probably her worst song, but she has such a solid discography that even her worst is still good. more drags coming 1 hour ago, Sbbmsve said: The graphics holy shit Hmm I actually liked her solo albums. Not as good as her Iamamiwhoami stuff but, still interesting. This song was good too. Her debut was pretty good, but her second album was mostly fillerish, never getting back to it tbh 2 hours ago, Sunderland 4ever said: My Universe was alright. I must confess that at first I was surprised to see both bands working together. 4 hours ago, Lee!! said: Carried Away 5 hours ago, Sempiternal said: My universe is actually a bop ♡ 10 hours ago, Yvess said: the graphics!!!! 11 hours ago, rvx said: My Universe is a bit of a guilty pleasure. I just find it very catchy 11 hours ago, Brandon said: Ｍｙ Ｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｅ 12 hours ago, OreGuy said: OKAY now that mini album graphics is AMAZING awww I loved Boyshit by Madison and it's nice to see her appear 15 hours ago, Lazuli said: my universe... anyways don't judge me is not too bad 17 hours ago, kiiwii said: sacrifice, absolute bop it's so low tho! carried away is cute too 19 hours ago, luckystrike said: Sacrifice is a smash 20 hours ago, Legend E said: not a fan of anything, but i just know bebe rexha is the inventor of music! 20 hours ago, JGibson said: My Universe 22 hours ago, dreamofyou said: i keep meaning to listen to that new noah ep sacrifice don't judge me... hum 22 hours ago, Tsareena said: summer never ended is such a good song. ionnalee snapped 23 hours ago, Achilles. said: Barbra!! I love the Willie Nelson collab. omg, so nice to see some love for Barbra on ATRL 23 hours ago, TalkThatRihanna said: Not My Universe above Sacrifice sis
TalkThatRihanna Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 Easy Remix I need to listen to the Willow album tbh
Tinashegrande6 Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 Not My Universe ddddd Great graphics, beautiful graphics
Tinashegrande6 Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 Oh not me coming just in time for the next update. Easy Remix and Burning Bridges Our Song is honestly quite good, considering the lead singer
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