TipsyGagaFan 320 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Hebi said: All the tracks are single worthy. Dawn FM? A Tale By Quincy? Starry Eyes? Phantom Regret by Jim? I’m tired and angry but somebody should be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TipsyGagaFan 320 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Final thoughts after giving the album multiple listens: yes, there are some standouts, such as HDIMYLM, TMB, and LTZ, however for the most part every song sounds the same. Also, most of the tracks just don’t go anywhere. I found myself waiting for the beat to drop, and instead it just went to the next song, or another radio break from Jim. Also, to whoever said every song is single worthy, imo the exact opposite is true. Nothing on here other than LTZ or HDIMYLM screams radio hit. It’s way too boring for the GP to get into. As another user said, it might be a good album to have sex to, but it’s certainly not meant for the club, apart from like 2 or 3 tracks. If you like a chill album that rarely excites, this is the album for you. Me personally, I’ll stick with After Hours After Hours>Kiss Land>BBTM>Starboy>Yawn FM I’m tired and angry but somebody should be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawsUpJago 1,956 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 As someone who really doesn't enjoy Abel's work, I appreciate that he's at least putting in some effort to his concepts and sound etc, unlike basically every other mainstream male artists out there. My brain couldn't stay interested in After Hours really, I found it incredibly dull, this grabbed my attention much more sonically. I still think it loses all its steam in the middle really and doesn't fully get it back until right at the end, but the ones that are good are really fantastic. As a fan of synthwave music, you really do need to switch it up more if you're committing to that sound for a whole mainstream album, the tracks do start to bleed together and not in a good way. Gasoline, HDIMYLM, Take My Breath, Sacrifice, Starry Eyes, Don't Break My Heart and Less Than Zero stuck with me the most. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainiac 10,834 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Well, the critics are eating it up so far. On track to be his most critically acclaimed album yet... 89 on Metacritic as of this post. https://www.metacritic.com/music/dawn-fm/the-weeknd?ref=hp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil R 1,084 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 The concept of a radio program narrating the after life is so haunting and so brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TipsyGagaFan 320 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, Brainiac said: Well, the critics are eating it up so far. On track to be his most critically acclaimed album yet... 89 on Metacritic as of this post. https://www.metacritic.com/music/dawn-fm/the-weeknd?ref=hp Critics acclaim everything but Solar Power these days I’m tired and angry but somebody should be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Boy 43,152 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Just finished it... This album ticks every box. The outro. "****ing rat" - @Dynamite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon 10,903 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, TipsyGagaFan said: As another user said, it might be a good album to have sex too Just did some research on your thesis and i can confirm it ... and now i just sit in silence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TipsyGagaFan 320 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Trust me when I say that on Yawn FM, the songs may sound cool while you’re listening to them, but you will struggle to remember most of them. I’ve listened to it 5 times now and can’t remember a lick of most of them I’m tired and angry but somebody should be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windowlicker 3,444 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 38 minutes ago, TipsyGagaFan said: Trust me when I say that on Yawn FM, the songs may sound cool while you’re listening to them, but you will struggle to remember most of them. I’ve listened to it 5 times now and can’t remember a lick of most of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windowlicker 3,444 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Anyway, been listening to the record all day. Definitely on par with After Hours, and the perfect continuation to the story he's been telling. Can't wait to see how the rest of the era unfolds. The live stream last night was great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 For me Gasoline, How Do I Make You Love Me?, and Sacrifice are the highlights imo Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster7 5,694 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 12 hours ago, Monster7 said: Sacrifice and Less Than Zero are all great! There are other songs like Out of Time, Here We Go Again and ITSE? that are good but a bit samey for me. Take My Breath remains the highlight This is probably my least favourite album of his though. I like the sound, but there are too many songs that feel the same one over and over again... Starry Eyes and Out of Time have grown on me and I can say thag after four listens I like the album a lot more, but it's still far from BBTM, AH and Starboy which blew my mind at first listen Less Than Zero has the potential to be huge if they promote it really well in a few months Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TipsyGagaFan 320 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Imagine thinking this is on par with After Hours, I have to scream I’m tired and angry but somebody should be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson123 37,771 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 I just finished my second listen and I just started playing it while I was doing other things at home so wasn't looking at the tracklist (can't tell the songs apart right now) but it flows pretty well. Standout tracks are Sacrifice (That Thriller vibe/sample?) and Less Than Zero. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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