USA Today reviews The Chainsmokers debut album

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The Chainsmokers' Memories': Is this the worst album of 2017?

"Many great works of art have sprung from the minds of angry, horny, depressed and/or lovelorn men. Memories...Do Not Open, the moody debut album from the Chainsmokers, is not one of them."

"Perhaps they should’ve continued limiting their releases to singles, as Memories, their official 12-song debut, is better left forgotten."

"One of the Chainsmokers’ trademark quirks is Andrew Taggert’s hilariously bad vocals, which almost sound intentionally weak, like he’s trolling critics who actually expect him to sound like a professional. Taggert couldn’t sing on the Halsey-bolstered Closer, and he still can’t sing now. While the group mercifully invites guest vocalists to assist with most of Memories’ tracks — like Emily Warren, whose twisty-voweled performances on Don’t Say and My Type belong in a mid-2010s time capsule alongside Lorde and Halsey — Taggert is still heard on six of the album’s songs, and that’s six too many."

"Thankfully for the group, enough groundwork has been laid by their EDM peers that their passable production talents still sound on-trend."

"For an album called Memories, it’s faceless and forgettable; while their peers make music for late-night dancefloors, the Chainsmokers made an album of background music for the Uber ride home."

"It’s a trope at this point to compare everything in 2017 culture to Trump, but according to that mental exercise, the Chainsmokers’ appeal isn’t all that different from the president."

"...for listeners tired of progressive politics showing up in their pop culture offerings, who wish Beyonce would just stick to singing instead of making pro-Black Lives Matter statements, the Chainsmokers’ music offers an alternative.

And to their detractors, the Chainsmokers’ success is yet another example of mediocre white men ascending to outsized levels of power and fame, the celebrities that 2017 deserves."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/04/07/chainsmokers-review-memories-do-not-open-worst-album-2017-trump/100175836/?hootPostID=3457b75ec124c6695d895f4091542ed2

 

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Kiiiiii, isn't USA Today usually nice?

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This wasn't a review. This wasn't a drag.

This was how to properly skin someone alive, by USA Today.

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I mean, have anyone actually expected this album to be critically acclaimed? 

Were there anyone who actually and genuinely enjoyed this album? 

Like, OK, everyne have different taste, but lel

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10 minutes ago, manicholic said:

One of the Chainsmokers’ trademark quirks is Andrew Taggert’s hilariously bad vocals

 

10 minutes ago, manicholic said:

Taggert is still heard on six of the album’s songs, and that’s six too many

 

10 minutes ago, manicholic said:

the Chainsmokers’ appeal isn’t all that different from the president

 

10 minutes ago, manicholic said:

the Chainsmokers’ success is yet another example of mediocre white men ascending to outsized levels of power and fame

Me landing on this thread to see USA Today reading the Trashsmokers to filth

I AM LIVING for their review

 

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that gave me all the life I needed on this Friday night.

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Talent ALWAYS wins

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Each paragraph had me on the floor 

 

And when it got real

1 hour ago, manicholic said:

And to their detractors, the Chainsmokers’ success is yet another example of mediocre white men ascending to outsized levels of power and fame, the celebrities that 2017 deserves

Omg yes 

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F*cking ruthless

"For an album called Memories, it’s faceless and forgettable; while their peers make music for late-night dancefloors, the Chainsmokers made an album of background music for the Uber ride home."

I LIVE

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56 minutes ago, manicholic said:

Taggert is still heard on six of the album’s songs, and that’s six too many."

 

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1 hour ago, manicholic said:

And to their detractors, the Chainsmokers’ success is yet another example of mediocre white men ascending to outsized levels of power and fame, the celebrities that 2017 deserves."