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❤ Eevee's Best of 2015 ❤
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Good for You being my lucky number 17 I initially hated it, thank goodness I saw the light.
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Carrie & Lowell is certainly a heartbreaking album, and one it took me a long time to get into. The simplistic instrumentation and Sufjan's frail vocals became a little grating for the whole record. But it's really been punching me lately, maybe the bleak winter months are better for appreciating such a depressing album? Anyway, I regret not putting the album on my list. That being said, I always loved "Fourth of July". It's one of those songs where you'd have to be completely soulless not to feel anything when listening to it: I can't relate to the lyric at all, but it really moves me. The hushed piano and frank lyrics make the song feel really intimate to me, it almost feels like I'm in the room as Sufjan and his mother have a conversation on her deathbed. </3
Also in cute lil connection with another song on my list, someone tried to pass off a snippet of this as as a part of "Swan Song" in a Honeymoon "leak". I quickly clocked the girls, though.
Laura Marling is one of those artists who just gets better with every album. Once I Was an Eagle was a very strong record, but dragged at points whereas Short Movie is all killer, no filler and it was difficult choosing only one of it's many highlights for my countdown. But really the only contender was my initial favourite: "Gurdjieff's Daughter". The song is so infectious and poppy that I think most ATRLers could find themselves bopping to it. Though the song is still pretty unique, with Laura's strange almost talk-singing delivery and the obscure source material. She serves a bit of a Joanna T with the references for this song. It was inspired by the spiritualist George Gurdjieff, whose daughter gave advice to another spiritual guru such as "never give orders, just to be obeyed", which Laura recites in the song. Educate us, Queen. The video is super cute too, and it gives us a tour of the good sis's old house and even features some famous (?) faces.
I'm still not sure about that haircut though. Girl...
To Pimp a Butterfly is obviously a very strong album, but I think "How Much a Dollar Cost" stands ever so slightly above the rest. The song is just so hard hitting, the kind that really makes you stop and think. I mean, I'm not a Christian, but I appreciate the message the song presents. "And I'll tell you just how much a dollar cost /The price of having a spot in Heaven, embrace your loss, I am God" gives me CHILLS every time. I almost regret not putting it in my top 10 tbh, it's quite possibly the best written song on my countdown. "Alright" and "Kind Kunta" are great songs and everything but I think this masterpiece deserves some acclaim too.
And, I have to say, the leader of the free world's music taste is much better than his politics, #trump4president.
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Fourth of July.
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Sufjan Stevens and Kendrick! love this set
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Of all the TPAB songs.. why that?
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Because it's objectively the best song on the album.
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How Much a Dollar Cost is quite objectively a masterpiece and the best album track on To Pimp a Butterfly, glad to see it finally getting its deserved acclaim.
As for the others, I never really got into Sufjan's album but Fourth of July is stellar. I've never heard the other song before but it's pretty great too!
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How Much a Dollar Cost is quite objectively a masterpiece and the best album track on To Pimp a Butterfly, glad to see it finally getting its deserved acclaim.
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I was gonna drag until I saw "album track".
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I listened to Sufjan ha album but it was kind of same-y, so it'll probably take me like a solid half dozen more listens before I can form an actual opinion on it
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I listened to Sufjan ha album but it was kind of same-y, so it'll probably take me like a solid half dozen more listens before I can form an actual opinion on it
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Yeah, it definitely took me some listens to get into it. It might never click for you, but it's worth a shot!
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Yeah, I heard this new Sufjan album was more slower and acoustic and like immediately NOPED out of even trying it
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Laura Marling def had the most underrated album this year! Suf/Kendrick are incredible ofc.
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Yeah, I heard this new Sufjan album was more slower and acoustic and like immediately NOPED out of even trying it
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You really shouldn't ignore it! It's slow but the songs themselves are really strong and worth the listen.
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That Sufjan song is a tearjerker.
The Kendrick one is not one of my faves on TPAB but it's still great.
Need to check the other one!
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Perfect set of three!! Laura Marling was really underrated this year, and I loved that track. Great Kendrick pick ofc, and without spoiling too much, I'll just say that was a VERY great Sufjan pick.
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ugh, fourth of july great choice
how much a dollar cost - not my personal pick, but anything from that album is at least 9/10. i loved james fauntleroy's vocals towards the end, reminded me of frank o
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Sufjan
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Winter is kind of the perfect month for Carrie & Lowell. Suf should have just waited to release it. This is coming from a Sufstan
Fourth Of July is great though.
How Much A Dollar Cost is great I kind of love it more than Alright and King Kunta
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And, I have to say, the leader of the free world's music taste is much better than his politics, #trump4president.
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GFY was one of the best songs released this year
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How Much A Dollar Cost
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Won't you please tell me the answer?
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