god this rules
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
I feel like it’s gonna take me a few listens to get into it, but of the non-singles “Crazy, Classic, Life” and “Americans” are the most immediately striking.
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdH2Sy-BlNE
here's the film!
― ufo, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:14 (six years ago) link
album slays
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
it's lithe!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link
"Don't Judge Me" is magnificent
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
Love this album
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
Damm love how much of her gospel upbringing she brings into this
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:50 (six years ago) link
film is good too, all the videos for the songs are great
― ufo, Friday, 27 April 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
"americans" is the only hat-tip toward archandroid/electric lady on this record i think
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
it's also real good
man, and it feels so much less fussy; it's got a grace to it.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
don't judge me sounds like electric lady to me
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
oh yeah that's not wrong
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
"Stevie's Dream"!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
Even though I only really liked one pre-release track out of four, I listened to the whole thing front to back this morning. The only thing that really surprised me was the prog synth on "So Afraid." The album's good and all, and the advance tracks I thought were bland worked a little better in the context of the album (meanwhile, the one I liked a lot kinda got shoved down to the level of everything else), but it's good in an earnest, try-hard, theater-kid-who-likes-Prince way, like everything else she's done. I don't think I'll be listening to it again. On the other hand, it's made me want to pull out Erykah Badu's New Amerykah albums again. So there's that.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
i'm addicted to this record
love the TLC reference to crazy,sexy cool
juice sounds like hollaback girl
and love that killer stevie wonder esque synth on i'm afraid
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
Album good, song good, bought tickets.
― rb (soda), Friday, 27 April 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
This album rules, much like her other albums
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
I like it when "Screwed" shifts into slow jam mode
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 April 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
"and love that killer stevie wonder esque synth on i'm afraid"
I saw a mention that this might actually be him? not sure.
anyway I think this is probably her best album, improved immensely by the absence of skits, which I hate.
― akm, Friday, 27 April 2018 21:53 (six years ago) link
This is clearly the record of the summer if not the year
― Οὖτις, Friday, 27 April 2018 23:45 (six years ago) link
The film is decent, but I'm not sure I needed these (frequently awesome) videos with an underfed Handmaid's Tale wraparound narrative.
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Friday, 27 April 2018 23:49 (six years ago) link
bummer "so afraid" doesn't appear in the film at all
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 28 April 2018 01:00 (six years ago) link
akm - sounds like him
the film's OK but it neglects so much of the album it doesn't feel too relevant to the record
the ionnalee film this year excelled in merging the clips with the album but this seems like an afterthought
― done and dusted (Ross), Saturday, 28 April 2018 01:47 (six years ago) link
the film looks good but it doesn't do a good job in filling in the story
this album seems disconnected from the last two narrative wise
but the video just sells beautiful images and scenes without a lot of conviction narrative wise
― done and dusted (Ross), Saturday, 28 April 2018 01:53 (six years ago) link
This is clearly destined to win pazz & jop and lose all the grammies to Taylor Swift.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 28 April 2018 07:39 (six years ago) link
It's almost as if we've become spoiled with political pop these last few years, but wow, take a step back and consider how incredible the existence of something like 'Americans' is.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 28 April 2018 08:02 (six years ago) link
Virtually every second of this is a delight, and when I got to the end of Americans I felt like applauding.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 28 April 2018 10:35 (six years ago) link
Americans is great, ain’t gonna lie it made me tear up
― done and dusted (Ross), Saturday, 28 April 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
Virtually every second of this is a delight
― Matt DC, Saturday, April 28, 2018 3:35 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
undelightful seconds of this record occupied by pharrell
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 29 April 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
Well -intentioned , sometimes great but flawed. HerPrince homages are too studied.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 29 April 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
I haven't even heard the Pharrell track because I'm scared.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 April 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
xp taylor swift's album will definitely not be grammybait
excited to listen to this + watch the film!
― dyl, Sunday, 29 April 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link
I love how smoothly this flows from one track to the next.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 29 April 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
The Pharrell track is fine.
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Sunday, 29 April 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
Her Prince homages are too studied.
this is a bad take, I propose this take instead: her Prince homages are fun & good
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 29 April 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
Last two posts otm
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 29 April 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link
I found her previous james brown homages much less fun tbh
pharrell's verse is good
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 29 April 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
Screwed/Make Me Feel/Americans already all-time for me. Still working on the rest.
― it was stale, and I did not like it, as the man said, &c (seandalai), Sunday, 29 April 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
the whole record rules. incredibly happy with this record
chill out N co-exist
― done and dusted (Ross), Sunday, 29 April 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
"screwed" has been running through my head all weekend
― geoffreyess, Monday, 30 April 2018 02:49 (six years ago) link
Pynk is a such great late-night-driving-through-the-city song current fave is I Like That
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 April 2018 03:27 (six years ago) link
was kinda cool to this until "django jane" and then it started to click for me emotionally.
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Monday, 30 April 2018 04:17 (six years ago) link
Her "Americans" >> Prince's "America"
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 30 April 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
I like most of this but I find her rapping cringey for some reason I can't quite place (it might be the perceived Drakeness)
― Simon H., Monday, 30 April 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
closing stretch is the strongest despite some mild corniness
― Simon H., Monday, 30 April 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
not crazy about this after first listen, but i was only half-paying attention.
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Monday, 30 April 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
It really does!
I like some of the grooves, not the lyrics so much. Do *not* care for the rapping.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Monday, 30 April 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link