Two Months of MAYHEM...

[REALITY 75,691]

...and what are y'all's thoughts on the album now? 

Did it change in your ranking? Did your favorites/least favorites change? Do you like it more or less now? Are y'all still complaining that the album isn't "dark" enough?  I feel like the initial wave of euphoria and excitement is gone now, and we can analyze the album more objectively—or I guess, subjectively, but without feeling the novelty of having a *brand new* album.

When the album was first released, I said it was my favorite, and I largely stand by that. Sonically speaking, it is my favorite album of hers, but I don't think anything will beat the impact that Born This Way and ARTPOP had on me. Those were two very formative albums for me that nothing can ever replicate.

I think my initial top 3 were Garden of Eden, How Bad Do U Want Me, and Perfect Celebrity. Now it's Garden of Eden, Zombieboy, and Vanish Into You. I still play the entire album, but there's definitely a distinction between the songs that I like and ones I don't. Sorry to Blade of Grass  She hasn't gotten much replay from me

[windzo 759]

i started with Shadow of a man > Zombieboy> The beast 
now its Shadow of a man> Killah> Dont call tonight(that bridge is everything)
Honestly this album is a no skip for me its so good

[Plastic Flower 4,494]

My top 3 during release were Zombieboy, Perfect Celebrity and Killah. I was OBSESSED with Zombieboy but now I got a bit tired of it tbh. I won’t skip it if it comes up randomly tho.

My current top 3 are Disease, How Bad Do U Want Me and The Beast . Shadow Of A Man joins the top 3 if I exclude the singles. 
My least played songs are Don’t Call Tonight and Blade Of Grass because I have to be in the mood. 
I played DWAS for the first month, now I completely avoid it.  Sorry but I’ve had enough with that song. 

[noimfull 21]

Justice for love drug!!!!!

[codymonster 8,520]

I love it! It really is such a strong album. The only ones I almost consistently skip are LoveDrug, Shadow of a Man, Die with a Smile, and sometimes HBDYWM. But, all the rest I LOVE; like a lot of them are top all time best Gaga songs. 

[Anderson123 37,698]

I love it so much and still sounds fresh obviously but it’s a fun listen from start to finish. My Top 5 are still Disease, Abracadabra, Vanish Into You, Perfect Celebrity and Killah but the ones I didn’t love that much at first (Garden of Eden, LoveDrug, The Beast) have grown on me. Zombieboy of course the bop it is, Don’t Call Tonight the underrated, Shadow of a Man still one of my least favorites I don’t get how it was #2 here GGD Rank but oh well. 

It’s still my 3rd favorite album after Born This Way and The Fame Monster. Makes me appreciate going back to Harlequin, Chromatica and even ARTPOP. 

[River 113,267]

been listening to it in full everyday since release date lol

my top 3 changes every second

[princedeeblebleble 1,318]

Overall I think its her best work, as much as she insists that its chaotic, I think its her most cohiseve work of art, for me even beating BTW and AP which are my faves. Happy Michael got her the studio and that she had a heavy hand in the production and it shows. Its a brilliant, timeless album.

My love for the songs remains kinda the same, I have changed the tracklist a bit;

Disease, Abracadabra, Perfect celebrity, Can't stop the high, GOE, Killah, Zombieboy, HBDYWM (live version that added brilliant guitar riffs and drums), Happy mistake, VIY, Lovedrug, Kill for love, DCT, Shadow of a man, The beast (a more upbeat remix), BOG, DWAS. 

Initially I really disliked the bland production of HBDYWM and the original The beast slowed down the album too early, so i added those changes to make it more coherent and chaotic. I also HAD to ad HM, it deserves more than to be stuck in Harlequin.

[HeAteMyh3art 116]

Still think it's her best work and you can tell how much fun she had making it. First time I heard The Best song on the album I was actually lost from how good it was and I literally dont play it as much as abra or garden of eden because I'm afraid I'll overplay it and that would ruin me (I overplayed abra  ). My top 3 after that are vanish into you, perfect celebrity and killah. 

[MayhemMonster 286]

I agree, it’s her best work so far! My favorites remain disease, shadow of a man, vanish into you, debra and perfect celebrity.

and oddly this era kinda made me revisit joanne. I caught myself sitting on a bench and thinking what a nice cup of tea this album is.

[Sarah H 3,476]

In a way it feels like I've loved these songs longer than two months! 

My favourite Gaga album. 

[lastpopicon 21,219]

the main thing about Mayhem is that it always sounds fresh, i listen Vanish Into You and even after 2 months it sounds so fresh Or anytime SOM starts I get a the feeling I'm still listening to something new, and don't even get me started on The Beast

Just 3 examples but this can be said for many tracks, Mayhem is really entering magnum opus territory for me. 

[Borislshere 52,885]

Feels like so much longer than two months  but my love for this album grows exponentially every day. 100% my favorite Gaga album 

[lastpopicon 21,219]

And justice for kill for love

[Gagaplayer315 13,862]

The most significant changes

HBDYWM grew so much on me
Lovedrug is literally the most underrated song on the album
Shadow of a Man aged like milk and became a skip
The Beast is the worst song she's released in so long