Tylerbv Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Am I the only one kinda disappointed with this? Loved the OG but the bonus tracks don't do anything new sonically mostly, and some of the lyrics are.. bad. I hope she's a bit more metaphorical and clever instead of direct on the next album. The bridge of Little Sister stood out to me as.. unpolished when I first heard it: Don't get me wrong She can be wrong sometimes And it took me years To realize, most of the time She's right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Teller Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 38 minutes ago, Tylerbv said: Am I the only one kinda disappointed with this? Loved the OG but the bonus tracks don't do anything new sonically mostly, and some of the lyrics are.. bad. I hope she's a bit more metaphorical and clever instead of direct on the next album. Absolutely. The lyrics on the re-release are some of the worst of her career. Little Sister is bad indeed and Perfection was painful Oh, perfection I don't need it All I need is your affection Oh, imperfection I try to lean in And I'm still working on it Terrible The whole thing is also pretty incohesive. The new tracks don't flow together or with the original songs. The standard is truly a body of work. That being said, I don't want to be "ungrateful", I'm very glad we got so many new songs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Teller Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 And omg Arms Length 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylerbv Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 1 minute ago, Truth Teller said: Absolutely. The lyrics on the re-release are some of the worst of her career. Little Sister is bad indeed and Perfection was painful Oh, perfection I don't need it All I need is your affection Oh, imperfection I try to lean in And I'm still working on it Terrible The whole thing is also pretty incohesive, both the new tracks between them and the new mixed with the standard. The original tracks are truly a body of work. That being said, I don't want to be "ungrateful", I'm very glad we got so many new songs I'm glad she released them, but they scream bonus tracks to me. Ruthless is fun at least, but I found myself doing a double take for the drop in quality for the lyrics, especially knowing what she was capable of on the standard edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveLights Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 I wish we had a different cover 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edibles. Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Ruthless is a career highlight 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campelo Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Flower Child is such a highlight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelFox Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I really love Ruthless, Arm's Length and Irish Goodbye. Do not care much for the other ones to be honest. But they also do not really fit the main album's theme. She did a great job with it, and I'm glad we got these as bonus tracks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diet Pepsi Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Flower Child a late candidate for song of the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofy Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 the new songs don't give off the same or similar sonic & emotional vibe as the main album but I'm grateful we got them anyway, Arm's Length is a career highlight, Irish Goodbye & Ruthless are great too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitysmith Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Listened to this on a long car trip so the more pop-oriented ones stood out to me. Overall, the writing is fairly weak on these tracks, but it is nice to have them for a longer album experience. It seems like this whole era was a strong reset after a not great reception for Star-Crossed. Curious to see if she does another genre switch up, or if this solidified the more stripped down folk/country style for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kern Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Ruthless is so beautiful… WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Arms Length is the definite standout after a few days with this. It should have replaced Heaven Is on the standard album . I like a couple of the other songs but they don't really fit the album. She really needs to make her next album with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderland Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 This album is SO underrated it's criminal. I just keep coming back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
computer.boy Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 My faves might be "Ruthless / Flower Child". There's something about the text / edges in the new cover that sorta give me an ick, haha. Not sure if anyone's interested but either way, here's an edit of the artwork: Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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