i kinda forgot this album existed until recently when i heard "Heartbreak Dream" in the closing credits of Pitch Perfect 2, that's a really good song.
― some dude, Friday, 3 June 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah that ones great
― Spottie, Friday, 3 June 2016 20:44 (seven years ago) link
This cover is fine, but I never thought the original was all that. Like, every song on Take Me When You Go (as perfect a pop album as any that has been released this decade) is better than it.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 3 June 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
I've always liked the original, but the production on the BW version is fuller and sweepier in just the right amount.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 4 June 2016 00:22 (seven years ago) link
This is coming Friday. It's probably a single and not an album, but who knows...Also, DAYUM.
http://i.imgur.com/rzkhRsH.jpg
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 November 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
new single sounds like chainsmokers
― art baengels (monotony), Friday, 11 November 2016 04:35 (seven years ago) link
GODDAMMIT THIS IS JUNK
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 11 November 2016 05:07 (seven years ago) link
ugh
― maura, Friday, 11 November 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
honestly i got a little worried by that promo image
― maura, Friday, 11 November 2016 23:22 (seven years ago) link
Acoustic version is nice. Promo image was alarming.
― sad, hombres (sic), Saturday, 12 November 2016 11:54 (seven years ago) link
her second single (on spotify) is also bad, worse than "human touch" i would venture. oh well we'll always have "somebody loves you" i guess
― monotony, Friday, 3 February 2017 00:05 (seven years ago) link
might be ok but there's what feels like an interpolation of the chorus melody from fergie's "london bridge" that keeps popping up and ruining everything
― monotony, Friday, 3 February 2017 00:06 (seven years ago) link
she's been charli xcx'd :(
― maura, Friday, 3 February 2017 01:08 (seven years ago) link
My life would probably be better if I don't listen, but I'm going to anyway...
Okay, so, at its core, I don't find this as offensively bad as Human Touch was, but my god there are so many things going on over the top of it that it's just a car crash. Also, when it comes to melody writing, she's got a very tiny bag of tricks. This doesn't just sound like other people's songs. It sounds like other (better) Betty Who songs.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 February 2017 01:27 (seven years ago) link
She really had something going for a while.... but so much for that
― skip, Friday, 3 February 2017 05:52 (seven years ago) link
Finally, one of these new songs isn't trash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7mIK4fqZf0
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 March 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
What song are those "Whoaaahs" reminding me of?
― MarkoP, Friday, 3 March 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Figured it out. It was Treasure by Bruno Mars.
― MarkoP, Friday, 3 March 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
Oh, good call.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 March 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link
album is not as horrible as singles implied
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 March 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
Has the label contacted you about making that a sticker quote yet?
― Tim F, Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
lol
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 March 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
It's not, but it's in the same zip code.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
Pretty bad.
― skip, Friday, 31 March 2017 03:12 (seven years ago) link
warren g feature is so random, it kinda works i think. album is alright!
― Spottie, Monday, 14 August 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
Loved Human Touch, surprised by frosty reception above
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 14 August 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
Based on the timestamp of my most recent post in this thread, I haven't listened to this shitpile since March 30th.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:03 (six years ago) link
lol. maybe try again?
― Spottie, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:11 (six years ago) link
I hit play on the You Can Cry Tomorrow video upthread because I mentioned it wasn't bad.
Objectively, it may not be, but I think I'm only madder now at how she's squandered the best qualities from her initial blast of songs.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:14 (six years ago) link
(fwiw my praise for her first LP was rather muted as well, even though I started the thread)
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link
The EP she put out recently (she's back to being independent) has a few gems: "Ignore Me" and "Just Thought You Should Know" particularly.
― monotony, Thursday, 28 June 2018 05:03 (five years ago) link
new album is pretty good! kind of patchy in the middle but "just thought you should know" is the best song she's ever done imo
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 February 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
Solid album, nothing to dislike, but equally I can't get that excited about much of it. I picked out "Old Me" and "All This Woman" in addition to "Just Thought…".
― Jeff W, Monday, 25 February 2019 12:28 (five years ago) link
I saw her a week ago playing a private event at a hotel in Boston with less than fifty people. I thought she was great, but I was pretty drunk. Closed with Somebody Loves You.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 01:57 (four years ago) link