(A-F grading) [TLDL: too long didn't listen summary]
albums ranked so far: 34
Albums:
- Halsey - Manic: B
- Highlights:
- You Should Be Sad, Finally // beautiful stranger, More, I HATE EVERYBODY, clementine
- TLDL: catchy angst
- BTS - Map of the Soul: 7: B-
- Highlights:
- UGH!, 00:00 (Zero O'Clock), My Time, Shadow, Black Swan (orchestral)
- TLDL: hip hop brit pop
- Grimes - Miss Anthropocene: B
- Highlights:
- Delete Forever, Violence, 4AEM, My Name is Dark, You'll Miss Me When I'm Not Around
- TLDL: ethereal
- Lauv - how i'm feeling: D+
- Highlights:
- Modern Loneliness, Who ft BTS, Sweatpants, Tattoos Together
- TLDL: singalong depression
- Public Service Broadcasting - The Race For Space: B
- Highlights:
- The Race For Space, The Other Side, Valentina, Go, Tomorrow
- TLDL: relive space travel
- NCT 127 - Neo Zone The 2nd Album: C+
- Highlights:
- Elevator (127F), Love Me Now, Not Alone
- TLDL: nice beats kpop
- Christine and the Queens - La vita nuova EP: A-
- Highlights:
- People I've been sad, mountains (we met), nada, la vita nuova (ft caroline polachek), I disappear in your arms
- TLDL: French longing/spending the night in france
- The Weeknd - After Hours (Deluxe): A
- Highlights:
- Alone Again, Too Late, Hardest To Love, Faith, Blinding Lights, Save Your Tears, Nothing Compares, Final Lullaby
- TLDL: loneliness in synth/blade runner pop
- Childish Gambino - 3.15.20: C+
- Highlights:
- Time (ft Ariana Grande), 12.38, 47.48, 53.49
- TLDL: past and future vibes
- Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia: B+
- Highlights:
- Don't Start Now, Physical, Cool, Hallucinate, Good In Bed, Boys Will Be Boys
- TLDL: retro pop
- Suho Self-Portrait - The 1st Mini Album: B-
- Highlights:
- O2, Made In You, Self-Portrait
- TLDL: peaceful beats
- Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION: C+
- Highlights:
- Run Away With Me, Emotion, All That, Making The Most of The Night, Your Type, I Didn't Just Come Here To Dance
- TLDL: ridiculously pop
- The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form: B+
- Highlights:
- The End (Music For Cars), Frail State of Mind, The Birthday Party, Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America, Roadkill, Me & You Together Song, Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied, If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know), What Should I Say, Bagsy Not In Net, Guys
- TLDL: disjointed/indie electronica
- Agust D - D-2: C
- Highlights:
- People, Honsool, Interlude: Set me free, Dear my friend (ft Kim Jong Wan of NELL)
- TLDL: abrasive friend
- Lady Gaga - Chromatica: B-
- Highlights:
- Alice, Stupid Love, Rain On Me, Fun Tonight, Plastic Doll, Sine From Above (ft Elton John)
- TLDL: dancing in a nightclub with the girls/dance the pain away
- The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965): A
- Highlights:
- Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), You Won't See Me, Nowhere Man, Michelle, Girl, I'm Looking Through You, In My Life
- TLDL: relaxing folk/smoking pot in a field
- The Beatles - Revolver (1966): A-
- Highlights:
- Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping, Here There and Everywhere, Yellow Submarine, She Said She Said, For No One, Got To Get You Into My Life, Tomorrow Never Knows
- TLDL: revolutionary/new age
- The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963): B+
- Highlights:
- I Saw Her Standing There, Anna (Go To Him), Chains, Please Please Me, Love Me Do, Do You Want To Know A Secret, A Taste Of Honey, Twist And Shout
- TLDL: innocent folk
- The Beatles - With The Beatles (1963): B-
- Highlights:
- All My Loving, Don't Bother Me, Please Mister Postman, Hold Me Tight, You Really Got A Hold On Me, Not A Second Time
- TLDL: guitar riffs
- The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964): B+
- Highlights:
- A Hard Day's Night, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You, And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love, Any Time At All, Things We Said Today, I'll Be Back
- TLDL: COWBELL / rubber soul prelude
- The Beatles - Beatles For Sale: C+
- Highlights:
- I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, I'll Follow The Sun, Eight Days A Week, Every Little Thing, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, What You're Doing
- TLDL: diamonds in the rough / guitarrrrrr
- The Beatles - Help!: B+
- Highlights:
- Help!, The Night Before, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, I Need You, Another Girl, Ticket To Ride, You Like Me Too Much, I've Just Seen A Face, Yesterday
- TLDL: solid acoustics
- Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee (1968): C+
- Highlights:
- Summer Wine, Sundown Sundown, Some Velvet Morning, Sand, Lady Bird
- TLDL: sweet 60s vibe western
- The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966): A-
- Highlights:
- Wouldn't It Be Nice, You Still Believe In Me, That's Not Me, Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder), I'm Waiting For The Day, Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder), Let's Go Away For A While, God Only Knows, Hang On To Your Ego (instead of I Know There's An Answer), I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, Caroline No
- TLDL: chirpy dreamy goodness
- Taylor Swift - folklore: B+
- Highlights:
- the 1, cardigan, the last great american dynasty, exile (ft Bon Iver), mirrorball, seven, this is me trying, mad woman, epiphany
- TLDL: folk peace / soothing calming indie dreams
- The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971): C
- Highlights:
- Disney Girls, Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song), 'Til I Die
- TLDL: average euphoria
- The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1967): B+
- Highlights:
- Magical Mystery Tour, Your Mother Should Know, I Am The Walrus, Hello Goodbye, Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, Baby You're A Rich Man, All You Need Is Love
- TLDL: sentimental psychedelic
- The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1969): C-
- Highlights:
- Hey Bulldog, It's All Too Much, All You Need Is Love
- TLDL: soundtrack filler
- The Beatles - White Album (1968): B- / B
- Highlights:
- Back In The U.S.S.R., Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, I'm So Tired, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, I Will, Julia, Mother Nature's Son, Sexy Sadie, Long Long Long, Cry Baby Cry, Good Night
- TLDL: messy gems
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967): B+
- Highlights:
- With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Getting Better, Fixing A Hole, She's Leaving Home, Lovely Rita, A Day In The Life
- TLDL: birth of psychedlic/young summer of love
- The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969): A
- Highlights:
- Come Together, Something, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, I Want You (She's So Heavy), Here Comes The Sun, Because, You Never Give Me Your Money, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight
- TLDL: bittersweet ending/pop rock splenda
- Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts (2020): A-
- Highlights:
- Plastic Love, Angels Like You, Night Crawling (ft Billy Idol), Hate Me, Bad Karma (ft Joan Jett), Never Be Me, Golden G String, Edge of Midnight( Midnight Sky Remix), ((COVERS: Heart of Glass, Zombie)
- TLDL: pop rock goodness
- BTS - BE: B-
- Highlights:
- Life Goes On, Blue & Grey, Telepathy, Stay
- TLDL: _harmless, sweet beats _
- Mitski - Be the Cowboy: B
- Highlights:
- Geyser, Why Didn't You Stop Me?, Old Friend, A Pearl, Lonesome Love, Me and My Husband, Nobody, Pink in the Night, Washing Machine Heart, Two Slow Dancers
- TLDL: desperate yearning
- Taylor Swift - evermore: B+
- Highlights:
- willow, champagne problems, gold rush, tolerate it, no body no crime, dorothea, ivy, long story shot, marjorie
- TLDL: folklore's sister
- Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic: B-
- Highlights:
- Is Everybody Going Crazy?, Moral Panic, Real Love Song, Free If We Want It, Impossible, Before We Drift Away
- TLDL: enjoyable angst
mar 4 2020 ∞
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