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The Holy Ground: 2015 In Review ♬♬♬ Later, guys!
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Kacey Musgraves
#8 most listened album released in 2015
2014: Ghost Stories - Coldplay
2013: Pure Heroine - Lorde
Best: High Time, Dime Store Cowgirl, Late to the Party, Fine, Are You Sure
Worst: Biscuits
A country album hasn't hit me as hard since Speak Now. This album just sounds like a classic that will stand the test of time. Kacey is writing about the same themes about being different from society's expectations and about her hometown with the same old smart lyrics, but something about this album feels even more timeless. Perhaps the increased acoustic-ness and sparseness gives it that feeling. | |
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E•MO•TION
Carly Rae Jepsen
#7 most listened album released in 2015
2014: X - Ed Sheeran
2013: ARTPOP - Lady Gaga
Best: Gimmie Love, Run Away With Me, L.A. Hallucinations, Warm Blood, Your Type
I really don't need to say much about Carly cuz basically the entire ATRL raves about her anyway. Yeah but ok this album is a marvelous curation of pop songs that are deliciously 80s, that somewhat tiptoes into the indie pop realm, giving Carly this newfound Pitchfork-cred. Despite Carly's childlike voice and demeanor, the grittier themes and production never make this album cloyingly sweet. | |
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Art Angels
Grimes
#10 most listened album released in 2015
2014: So Long, See You Tomorrow - Bombay Bicycle Club
2013: The Blessed Unrest - Sara Bareilles
Best: California, SCREAM, Kill V. Maim, Venus Fly, Butterfly
I never knew much about Grimes and her music, but this album was such a thrill and a joy to get into. It's all you can imagine in one album. It's very accessible, catchy, fun to dance to, yet it's still boundary-pushing, experimental, creative, filled with deep themes, etc. The well-roundedness of this body of work, combined with Grimes immaculate work ethic, makes this album so much more deserving of all sorts of praise. | |
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Florence + the Machine
#1 most listened album released in 2015
2014: Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey
2013: Heartthrob - Tegan and Sara
Best: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, Queen of Peace, St Jude, Third Eye, Mother, As Far As I Could Get, Hiding
Worst: Caught, Ship to Wreck
If I were to characterize Florence's albums, Lungs would be air, driven mainly by drums. Ceremonials was water, with strings flourishing. This would be earth, powered by horns. It's interesting how Florence centers each album around a sound and a theme, which she really commits to. This album is a stark contrast to its predecessor, in the way how Ceremonials was more restrained (and so was Florence's persona), whereas this album showcases her on a full on assault of visceral emotion. While Ceremonials might make you wanna cry, this album makes you wanna thrash around and flash your boobs. It's just a much more liberating experience and she never disappoints when it comes to delivery. |
And the number one album is...
all around the world pretty girls
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The Desired Effect
Brandon Flowers
#2 most listened album released in 2015
2014: 1989 - Taylor Swift
2013: Paramore - Paramore
Best: Can't Deny My Love, I Can Change, Between Me and You, Lonely Town, Untangled Love, The Way It's Always Been
Worst: Dreams Come True
This album is everything I wanted music, or pop music specifically, to be. I didn't expect Brandon Flowers to create such a straight-up pop album, but it definitely feels like he's fulfilling some inner desire as you can tell this is no contrived effort to break into the mainstream or something. The songs are huge, with massive hooks, effervescent joy and boisterous energy. Every track is also filled with emotion, some make you dance, some make you sad, some inject me with a tearful amount of nostalgia. This album just makes me feel like so wide-eyed and optimistic, and I think the fact that it's a male that delivers such messages and vibes make me think that he's gay he is such a nimble musician that can make music that resonates with many.
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Florence Such a beautiful album.
Emotion
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Top 2
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EMOTION
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EMOTION No lies found in that write-up!
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Emotion, HBHBHB & Art Angels. Whew
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brandon is such a cutie
also got to love the grimes love, as well as carlys fantasic record! great list
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Carly
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Great top 4
Brandon's album got a bit old for me quickly though, it's just too much and too cheesy for me
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Your taste
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holyguacamole! I can't believe you already completed the album countdown
You sold me on the fact that I need to listen to Miss Musky.
Grimes and Carly also are everything
I was kind of surprised at the number one, just because I didn't expect him to be number one for some reason, but he is Brandon mother****ing Flowers so it all makes perfect sense.
What a great number one he is also!
Your taste as always is holy Your countdowns are always perfect
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This album just makes me feel like so wide-eyed and optimistic, and I think the fact that it's a male that delivers such messages and vibes make me think that [strike]he's gay
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he is such a nimble musician that can make music that resonates with many. [/quote]
I got caught off guard and legit laughed out loud.
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Piece By Piece
I LOVE your write up about the album
Revival is ok...
Emotion was a really solid album
HBHBHB was hit n miss..some songs are REALLY boring, while some are REALLY beautiful
KING Brandon #1
Thanks for mentioning my husband agian
Seriously this album delivered. The sound, his voice EVERYTHING was solid
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Art Angels, Emotion, Pageant Material Great.
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I love Carly's new album to death. It is so good and amazing! I love the production!
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Comments #10- #6
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Comments #5 -#1
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