My LP1 Review
Preface
*- Nice way to start the album off
*- Great juxtaposition of the hard hitting beat and twigs' vocal
*- The C&S male vocal sample makes the song
*- Towards the end, the vocal and the instrumental seems to desync*
8/10
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Lights On
*- I like the icy vocal the song seems to have
*- The instrumental is addicting, from the guitar(?) to the spastic bits before the chorus and after the bridge*
*- I could listen to the flute solo in the bridge for hours*
*- The chorus, is a bit repetitive, but I like how it gets really intense at the end
9/10
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Two Weeks
*- I LOVE THIS SONG
*- The main synth barely changes but still manages to be enrapturing*
*- Great use of forward and background vocals
*- The whistle/bell sound in the second chorus :giveup:
*- The bridge is heaven :flutter: "Feel your body closing, I can rip it open"
10/10
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Hours
*- First song on the album to not blow me away
*- The first minute or so kinda drags on
*- But when it gets to the "rap" verse, it gets better
7.5/10
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Pendulum
- Best song on the album
- It has twigs' best writing:
* * *"I've got time but you're tired of waiting, you only want me in open spaces/ Come fill your gaps * with people, I know no one/ So lonely trying to be yours, when you're looking for so much more."
- It has has the best production, the most effective use of pauses, use of processing on her vocals and use of twig's signature "clack-a-lack" percussion.*
- The last minute of this song :giveup: "How does it feel to have me thinking about you"*
10/10
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Video Girl
- What kinda of flawless tempo shift for the chorus (sorry West Coast)
- I got used to the post chorus cooing, but the sound would be better without it still.*
- This song has the best use of a pre-chorus, its my second favorite part of the song with the first being:
- The bridge, (she seems to really shine with bridges) is just amazing. The bridge also has that signature percussion, and I notice it more in the last chorus too.
9/10
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Numbers
- This song seems more like a interlude than anything else
- But twigs is SERVING with the vocals
- I could picture her having a looped video to this song, like Breathe, the repetition in the instrumental alludes to that.*
8.5/10
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Closer
- Don't care for this one too much, doesn't really stack up to the other AMAZING tracks.
- It sounds like a church hymn, but not in a good way.*
- I think I need more time actually get into the lyrics
7/10
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Give Up
- Not the good sis twigs serving a BOP (I hate that word but) although it's still kinda a slow jam, I can't help to dance to it. *
- The chorus.... :giveup: yaaaas twigs dont let me give up*
- That bass line, those trap high hats :giveup:
- The early live version does not do this song justice.
- The bridge!! I live. The note she hits at the end
- Slayed*
10/10
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Kicks
- The verses kinda drag, but:
- The chorus ab-sol-ute-ly SLAYS, that icy synth is just everything
8/10
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Total Score: 87/100*
(But honestly, this album is perfect)
Quote:
Originally posted by Marq
Pendulum is blowing my mind right now. I've always liked it, but it took some time for it to really click.
Yet another incredible song... I'm beginning to wonder if this is one of the best albums of the decade.
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I agree with all this
Best of the album 
