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bluth | Best of 2015 FINISHED
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I loved Communion
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Wow @ two Demi songs making your list. Jackie was one of Cici's most interesting tracks, I also loved Froot and Magnets. Not really feeling CFMF but out of The Weeknd going commercial songs it was the best one, I think.
Communion was actually cuter than I thought it would be, I really liked the opening track and two or three other. Need to check that Tinashe mixtape.
Perched for the rest
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Member Since: 2/17/2012
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Confident isn't better than CFTS but it's GOOD.
Can't Feel My Face is a great sellout track, better than Earned It which sucks.
I thought Magnets was SUPER forgettable. Disappointed!
Gonna listen to the Breakbot track.
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Weeknd
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2015 Best Albums
18 Unbreakable
Janet Jackson
| The most impressive thing about Janet's current situation is that she didn't even need to release an album to reassert her presence in modern music, with all the Poetic Justice's, Funny How Time Flies and all the other songs which owe themselves to miss Damita Jo.
The best thing about Unbreakable is that it doesn't seize this opportunity and peddle Janet's strengths for the sake of it, nor does it feel like someone trying on the same dress they wore years ago - hoping for the same effect. At its highest, Unbreakable is wonderfully effortless. No Sleeep is an absolute stunner of a track, as are Dammn Baby, Dream Maker, Broken Hearts heal etc.
The lows are kind of middling, but they're more than made up for elsewhere. |
17 Endless Vacation (EP)
Annie
| I had so much trouble ordering my #10-#17 albums, but I'll try and stick with this order (EP's here because allow doing a countdown of three EP's)
Annie is pretty much there if you need a fix of pop bliss and Endless Vacation delivers on that front. I guess you could say it slightly borrows from au courant eurodance, but it works perfectly with her usual style and results in a four-track slice of paradise.
May as well run through the tracks since it's an EP: Cara Mia and Out Of Reach probably wouldn't sound out of place on Dumblonde's latest, Dadaday reminded me of the existence of Inna through similarity, and WorkX2 sounds like the theme music to some early 00's dance mat game on the playstation 2. In part (especially with those dance dance revolution teas on the cover) it's almost like a 00's throwback, which is a weird concept in itself, but she makes it work.
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16 Ratchet
Shamir
| The most refreshing thing about Ratchet is how much it oozes (hate that word but couldn't think of another) with confidence. It's pretty confident enough to rifle through the drawers of the past few years of music and make a pretty diverse and yet coherent record which goes from the lounge-y opener, the house vibez on Head in the Clouds, or the sheer whimsy in On The Regular which bounds in with the vivacity and confidence of a drunken hen party. Ratchet isn't afraid to borrow influences because it knows it can just as well add its own sense of fun, originality and, above all, personality |
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At its highest, Unbreakable is wonderfully effortless.
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True! And No Sleeep is definitely a highlight
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Originally posted by madonnas
Confident isn't better than CFTS but it's GOOD.
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idk, that 'what's wrraawng wih bein?' hook was stuck in my head for days!
and yeah idk either about magnets either. it was kind of a grower for me. probably should have put focus or something there (poor ari, forgot about her as most people probably did)
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Endless Vacation is VERY 2000. I lurve it.
I love Ratchet and Unbreakable
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I liked Unbreakable! I think it was a solid comeback and I like what you said about it feeling effortless. Annie's EP was also really great but I guess I prefer the A&R EP from a few years ago. You're totally right though, it's so early '00s
I was disappointed with SHamir's release, nothing was as good as On The Regular but I think he's cool and has potential.
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Member Since: 9/4/2012
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3 amazing pieces, if I did an EP list I would've included Annie, Shamir was an HM for me and Janet...
The Endless Vacation cover >>>
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Cool For The Summer I prefer it over Confident
CFMF and Jungle
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Unbreakable was good and I think I liked Ratchet that one time I listened. Definitely need to listen to that Annie EP, seems to be quite a favourite on here.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Open Season and Magnets
Can't Feel My Face
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Communion
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The Annie EP is so great, 4 excellent dance tracks, can't ask for anything more, really.
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Dunno why but I couldn't get into the Annie EP, but ive loved everything she's released before so hmm
Unbreakable was v enjoyable
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Member Since: 4/3/2014
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OMG, another Demi song Can't Feel My Face, Open Season and Magnets
Unbreakable
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LOVE the Annie EP! I find Unbreakable a bit hit and miss, she literally sounds so much like Michael on some of the tracks its creepy
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From last year~
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01 DJ Snake - Turn Down For What
04 Taylor Swift - Style
05 Tinashe - 2 On
06 Ariana Grande - Break Free
07 Lana Del Rey - Cruel World
09 Ariana Grande - Love Me Harder
12 Ariana Grande - Problem
13 Tinashe - Cold Sweat
19 Lana Del Rey - West Coast
20 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
22 Nicki Minaj - Truffle Butter
24 Tinashe - Feels Like Vegas
25 Chromeo - Jealous
26 Tove Lo - Stay High
27 Route 94 - My Love
28 Beyonce - 7/11
30 Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk
32 Jess Glynne - Right Here
33 Lorde - Flicker (Rework)
38 Robyn - Monument
01 Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive (half of it)
03 Tinashe - Aquarius
05 Taylor Swift - 1989
10 Ariana - My Everything
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This year, so far~
Songs: Demi, Weeknd, Disclosure/Lorde
Album: Tinashe, Demi, Janet
Excited to see everything else that's coming up!
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Effortless really is the best word to use to describe Unbreakable. Such a warm, genuine album <3
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