MAYHEM doesn't need trimming.

10 minutes ago, ONOPKA said:

1. Disease

2. Abracadabra

3. Garden of Eden

4. Perfect Celebrity

5. Vanish Into You

6. Killah

7. ZombieBoy

8. LoveDrug

9. How Bad Do U Want Me

10. Don't Call Tonight

11. Shadow of a Man

12. The Beast

13. Blade of Grass

14. Die With a Smile

skinny version with a better lead (abra)

Oh when i get you white demon

How Bad Do You Want Me should have been left in the drafts

The only songs I'd take out of the standard are Vanish, How Bad and Blade of Grass.

 

HBDUWM pisses me off so much because it sounds like Gorgeous and that song is the stain on an otherwise flawless Reputation for me (alongside Nice Things). And serves the same purpose of randomly throwing off the vibe of the overall theme of the record. And I've inadvertently given it too many streams because it follows the peak of Zombieboy and LoveDrug.

 

Vanish and Blade just embody some of the things I have never liked throughout her discography. The theatrics of songs like Marry the Night and I've never been a fan of a lot of her style of ballads. She has a way of overcompensating the concept of ballads (Dope, Speechless, etc.) that remove any actual emotion meant to happen (imo). This continues on BoG and I knew that's what it would be when she described it being literally about sitting in her backyard on Zane Lowe.

I haven't yet listened to the deluxe tracks though, so I'll continue to revisit the perfect listening layout.

 

But generally to remove the disco vibes doesn't make sense since they are the majority and really make the album what it is, so yeah no!

Edited March 14, 20251 yr by Rico Shameless v2

11 minutes ago, stjosephprey4us said:

It definitely had a bit of a large lunch and might need to release some gas in order to return to goal weight 

Seems like no one here agrees 

delete DWAS and HBDUWM and it's perfect 

Mayhem might be 80/20 but that's FINE

Let me propose to you MAYHEM (The Actually Skipless Edition)

 

1. Disease

2. Abracadabra

3. Garden of Eden

4. Perfect Celebrity

5. Vanish into You

6. Killah

7. Zombieboy

8. LoveDrug

9. Don't Call Tonight

10. Shadow of a Man

11. Die With A Smile

1. Disease

2. Abracadabra

3. Garden of Eden

4. Perfect Celebrity

5. Vanish Into You

6. Zombieboy

7. LoveDrug

8. How Bad Do U Want Me

9. Shadow of a Man

10. Die With a Smile

 

Kinda would have been the best 10 track album ever.

Edited March 14, 20251 yr by perfectillusion204

1. Disease

2. Abracadabra

3. Garden of Eden

4. Perfect Celebrity

5. Vanish Into You

6. Killah

7. Zombieboy

8. LoveDrug

9. How Bad Do You

10. Dont Call Tonight

11. Shadow of a Man

12. The Best

13. Blade Of Grass

14. Die With a Smile

 

That middle section is such a slog, love the beggining and the end though 

 

Edit: took the deluxe songs out 

 

 

Edited March 14, 20251 yr by Venice B

Anyone even touching Godillah... Instant block.

 

Doesn't need trimming but the album can do without the last 3 tracks (Beast, Blade, DWAS). I actually love DWAS as a standalone track, but it just does not fit that well on the album, especially if Blade was removed.

I would only replace Die with a Smile and The Beast with two bonus tracks. I admit I was hating on the album at first but it's been on repeat since the release tbh. It all sounds cohesive even though there are different genres and the album keeps getting better with each listen.

19 minutes ago, AdrianNicki said:

I would only replace Die with a Smile and The Beast with two bonus tracks. I admit I was hating on the album at first but it's been on repeat since the release tbh. It all sounds cohesive even though there are different genres and the album keeps getting better with each listen.

i tried doing exactly that and the album doesn't flow as well without that lighter ending. 16 track long works perfectly 

I think the album is superb as it is, but if I had to, I would remove How Bad Do U Want Me and Blade of Grass. These two are the skips for me. It's somewhat noticeable that the Swifties are trying to push the former because I'd be annoyed if that became a single over so many amazing options.

1. Disease

2. Abracadabra

3. Garden of Eden

4. Perfect Celebrity

5.  LoveDrug

6. Don't Call Tonight

7. Shadow of a Man

Bonus track: The Taylor Swift track 

 

tbh the ONLY fat is Blade of Grass and I cant even count it as pure fattyness because it helps lead to DWAS / make it more of a smooth transition. This is one of the few times there isnt any real fat on an album. Plus it is relatively short nayways. 14 songs in today's day and age is already serving skinny legend vibes

1. Die With A Smile

Nah MAYHEM is already skinny and snatched as hell, no need to alter!

 

1. Disease

2. Abracadabra

3. Die with a Smile

4. How Bad Do You Want Me

5. Killah

6. Don't Call Tonight

7. Perfect Celebrity 

8. Zombieboy

9. Garden of Eden

10. Shadow of a Man

Fillah, Don't Call Tonight, The Beast and Blade of Grass can go

This is order and track list I have saved on my phone. 

1. Disease
2. Abracadabra
3. Garden of Eden
4. Perfect Celebrity 
5. Zombieboy
6. Killah
7. How Bad Do You Want Me
8. LoveDrug
9. Shadow of a Man
10. Vanish Into You

2 minutes ago, JennyWayne said:

Fillah, Don't Call Tonight  can go

 

The Taylor Swift song + the three ballads OUT

GOE, HBDUWM, The Beast and DWAS would be gone

Poor Don't Call Tonight. We don't deserve that amazing song