album Janelle Monáe - 'The Age of Pleasure'

[Sabandija]

This album seems like a joke.

Edited May 11, 2023 by Sabandija

[wraith]

Maybe I am forcing myself to stan but Lipstick Lover is starting to hit after repeat listens 

[atrlxcx]

so bad compared to the excellence that was Dirty Computer 

 

 

[ahauntingnearu]

Is this ... a joke. 

 

What the fuhck happened

[HausofNick]

hate the album cover and those track lengths are an actual joke lmao

[stevenisFADING]

the cover is kind of ugly. the tracklisting is not it. where is the woman that created the archandroid?!

[modern thing]

this is all... very dissapointing 

[Dragonfly]

If she´s going for sexy, she did it waaaaay better with Take a Byte and Pynk

How´d we go from the excellency that is Float to this?

[ALA]

Not a bunch of interludes  

[Stacy Jensen]

I wonder if that vinyl cover is a slipcase. I like the swimming cover better, personally.

[Supervillain]

The album covers are all terrible...

[Trip]

it is not even out yet...can we give it a listen first before we complain smh

[Raw Honey]

The length after how long she took since DC is very strange

[BlackJesus]

6 minutes ago, Raw Honey said:

The length after how long she took since DC is very strange

what the ****, I just saw the lengths. They're looking like demo worktape lengths. 2 songs over 3 minutes, 6 songs in the 2-3 minute range, and 6 songs less than 2 minutes. this is not it.

[Sabandija]

Maybe this is just a little side project? I don't know, I guess I'm just trying to make sense out of this. 30 minutes feels like half an album.

[Rotunda]

…Lipstick Lover is not it 

 

I don’t mind the era aesthetic though 

[computer.boy]

2 hours ago, wraith said:

Tracklist 

Float (feat. Egypt 80' & Seun Kuti) 4:02
Champange **** 2:23
Black Sugar Beach 1:06
Phenomenal 3:38
Haute 1:37
Ooh La La 0:36
Lipstick Lover 2:49
The Rush 2:44
The French 75 1:10
Water Slide 2:45
Know Better 2:50
Paid In Pleasure 1:46
Only have Eyes 42 2:50
A Dry Red 1:52

What a joke.  

[Taste of Honey]

2 hours ago, wraith said:

9th June

Tracklist 

Float (feat. Egypt 80' & Seun Kuti) 4:02
Champange **** 2:23
Black Sugar Beach 1:06
Phenomenal 3:38
Haute 1:37
Ooh La La 0:36
Lipstick Lover 2:49
The Rush 2:44
The French 75 1:10
Water Slide 2:45
Know Better 2:50
Paid In Pleasure 1:46
Only have Eyes 42 2:50
A Dry Red 1:52

 

these track lengths 

The fact that there's only two songs over 3 minutes and we've already heard one of them.

[Riverbank]

2 hours ago, wraith said:

Black Sugar Beach 1:06
Haute 1:37
Ooh La La 0:36
The French 75 1:10
Paid In Pleasure 1:46

These track lengths... I'm cackling at the AUDACITY

[madonnas]

I just don’t get why she’s going down this route.  I’ll support regardless.  I do like the aesthetic of the era but idk.  Musically it’s not it. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

ugh ive been playing dirty computer non stop after i heard lipstick lover. such a monumental and overlooked masterpiece. the way 'dont judge me' is her best song of all time

[4Walls]

WHAT IS GOING ON OMGGGGGGGGGGGG this is crazy like I'm laughing from disbelief 

 

the cover, the track-lengths, the bad songs...........I'm blaming Hollywood 

 

 

I will be seeing her if she goes on tour tho 

[wraith]

16 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

ugh ive been playing dirty computer non stop after i heard lipstick lover. such a monumental and overlooked masterpiece. the way 'dont judge me' is her best song of all time

You're so right, it is so overlooked. I always felt it blended her unique sound and style with contemporary pop music so well  Whereas the sound this era just doesn't sound distinctively Janelle so far.

[Abie Roy]

Turning in my Stan card 

[Raw Honey]

Lipstick Lover... the sellout realness  

 

Everything is just so watered down from what she usually delivers, how do you go from ArchAndroid and Electric Lady's aesthetics to Pininterest beach vibes. I don't get what she's trying to do... and no I'm not gonna wait to listen before critiquing when I've seen the length and heard the singles.