album RAYE - 'My 21st Century Blues'

[Eglė]

A black guy with a drunk man’s phone
Did you ever think why is the drunk man drunk?
The system failed, two kids in jail
And the rich get rich, and the rest get sunk
Classist, sexist, racist, ableist, fascists, ageist, homophobic
Country leaders ****** our futures
And they think we haven’t noticed

 

Best song on the ALBERM methinks

 

[GardenPanty]

Can you imagine if we got an album with California Dreamin, Mercy, Born Again, Fantastic, and Locked Down whew

 

All 10/10s

[BlackoutZone]

Ice Cream Man is so ******* good 

 

Worth It is low key my least fave, it sounds like ESS/scrapped album track. I loved these pop demos she was making, but this album just feels above that

[Alex]

wait everything already grew and this album is now officially flawless

@GardenPanty

[Burqa]

Mary Jane  the Amy Winehouse jumped out

 

[Abracadabra]

I can't wait to listen to this tonight

[Burqa]

Flip a Switch final version WHEW

 

[Burqa]

Environmental Anxiety is a no for me we got a lil too experimental on this one

[Enzo]

I really wanted all those pop songs in the album but now I see, she came up with something superior, in her we trust 

[Burqa]

I had no idea who Mahalia was and I was expecting a male rapper  She ate it up

[Burqa]

I just know Worth It was recorded in 2021 

what in the jackson 5

 

[Burqa]

01 Escapism

02 Hard Out Here

03 Black Mascara

04 Ice Cream Man

05 Buss It Down

06 Flip a Switch

07 Five Star Hotels

08 Oscar Winning Tears

09 Mary Jane

10 The Thrill Is Gone

11 Worth It

12 Body Dysmorphia

13 Environmental Anxiety

 

what an album

[normanikordeix]

1 hour ago, Eglė said:

A black guy with a drunk man’s phone
Did you ever think why is the drunk man drunk?
The system failed, two kids in jail
And the rich get rich, and the rest get sunk
Classist, sexist, racist, ableist, fascists, ageist, homophobic
Country leaders ****** our futures
And they think we haven’t noticed

 

Best song on the ALBERM methinks

 

EXACTLY. The biggest standout!

[Valentine]

Loooooovee this whole album. As expected

[arianasdua]

As someone who didn't really care for bubblegum pop stuff I'm LOVING this album. My Tentative Top 3 rn is: 

- Flip a Switch

- Five Star Hotels

- Oscar Winning Tears

[mystery]

1. Black Mascara. 
2. Mary Jane. 
3. Escapism. 
4. The Thrill Is Gone.
4. Hard Out Here. 
5. Ice Cream Man.
6. Environmental Anxiety.
7. Flip A Switch. 
8. Oscar Winning Tears.
9. Worth It. 
10. Five Star Hotels. 
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11. Body Dysmorphia. 
12. Buss It Down. 

This is a great album and her going out as an artist to release something that speaks from her heart. The run of songs from Oscar Winning Tears to Flip A Switch is immaculate and a really well thought out tracklist. After that it starts to fall apart a bit as the songs get a bit too simple. I like the unusual song structure on the early part of the album much more.

Environmental Anxiety and Mary Jane might be the most interesting songs when it comes to production on the album. The lyrics on Environmental Anxiety are maybe a bit too on the nose and the pitched vocals are weird but the song is so chaotic in the best way possible and probably what Marina wishes she could have released with her last album.

Just great!

[My20sBlues]

I think the album get a little flat after Ice Cream Man, no more powerful songs like Escapism, BUT this can grow with listenings, her voice is on point THE WHOLE ALBUM, good start 

[mynameispain]

OSCAR WINNING TEARS THE SOTY THAT YOU ARE 

[LoveInStereo]

Short on time this morning, only played Oscar Winning Tears because I’d heard the Introduction leak & wanted to know what it lead into. Underwhelmed, honestly. Hoping this is 1 of the fillers, it really doesn’t hold up next to the singles or even many of her unreleased leaks. C’est la Vie was done dirty

[MusicIsMyMaster]

I CANT WAIT to listen to this ARGGHHH

[LoveInStereo]

3 hours ago, normanikordeix said:

How do yall switch ur IP to NZ??

In case nobody else told you, Tunnelbear is a free VPN service that lets you do this. Easiest on a computer but the app can be downloaded on your phone, in which case, go on your mobile browser (incognito) & search the songs on YouTube, they’ll come up. Big pain to hear a new album on Spotify free mobile. Can’t use your premium account as that’s linked to whatever region your card is from, regardless of your IP

[BlackoutZone]

100 from Independent and whew the headline

Raye review, My 21st Century Blues: Polydor will be kicking themselves after hearing this exceptional debut

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/raye-my-21st-century-blues-review-b2274423.html

[normanikordeix]

Excellent:

Escapism

Hard Out Here

Black Mascara

The Thrill Is Gone

Flip A Switch

Environmental Anxiety

Five Star Hotel

Buss It Down

 

Great:

Body Dysmorphia

Mary Jane

Ice Cream Man

 

Good:

Oscar Winning Tears

Worth It

[Daddy]

Environmental Anxiety

 

1 hour ago, BlackoutZone said:

100 from Independent and whew the headline

Raye review, My 21st Century Blues: Polydor will be kicking themselves after hearing this exceptional debut

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/raye-my-21st-century-blues-review-b2274423.html

Ha!

 

56 minutes ago, normanikordeix said:

Excellent:

Escapism

Hard Out Here

Black Mascara

The Thrill Is Gone

Flip A Switch

Environmental Anxiety

Five Star Hotel

Buss It Down

 

Great:

Body Dysmorphia

Mary Jane

Ice Cream Man

 

Good:

Oscar Winning Tears

Worth It

I think I totally agree with you! 

[KasioKas]

1 hour ago, BlackoutZone said:

100 from Independent and whew the headline

Raye review, My 21st Century Blues: Polydor will be kicking themselves after hearing this exceptional debut

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/raye-my-21st-century-blues-review-b2274423.html

YES

 

I'm so excited I've been rooting for her for soooooo long