album reviews
Reviews of albums old and new from iconic artists and up and coming musicians alike.
Charlie Puth’s New Album
If you wish for only the album review, skip a few paragraphs... Charlie Puth first rose to fame through his covers and original songs on YouTube. However, Puth really made it big back in 2015, when “See You Again” was released as his debut single which he co-wrote and co-produced with Artist Wiz Khalifa. Puth’s next step in his music career was the release of his debut studio album Nine Track Mind. I myself was not a fan of this album, as a lot of the records on this album were just cheesy piano ballads that were all fairly similar to the first track on the LP, “See You Again.” Despite this, Puth’s beautiful butterfly falsetto of a voice allows this album to at least be a pass when it comes to ratings.
By Josh Crowther7 years ago in Beat
Bas: 'Milky Way' Review
J. Cole’s roster of Dreamville artists boasts promising young talent. The likes of J.I.D. and Cozz are compelling storytellers. Omen is a crafty poet and self-proclaimed “jazz musician trapped in a rap form.” Then there’s the gracious, soulful voice of Ari Lennox.
By Rap Disciple7 years ago in Beat
Ariana Grande's 'Sweetener' Tops Billboard Top 200, Is It Really That Good? An Honest Review
On August 17, 2018 Ariana Grande dropped her highly anticipated fourth studio album Sweetener into the world. Fans were surprised by the truly new era Ariana had just begun. This album is unlike anything else fans have heard from Ariana. After a week of getting to listen and take in these 15 tracks, I have a lot to say about this album. I am the opposite of an expert, I am a 19-year-old college student with an extreme passion for the music industry/pop culture in general. So if you're looking for a real, somewhat educated, kinda grammatically correct album review, you have stumbled onto the right article.
By Elizabeth Cavaliere7 years ago in Beat
'Youngblood' Tops the Charts
Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer have made a come back. Their new title track Youngblood took number one on the Aria charts in Australia for more than two months after its release and remains in the Top 5. Their album Youngblood as a whole beat out artists such as Beyonce and Jay Z when it topped the Billboard 100 Chart—record-breaking numbers in the US music industry.
By Kayla Curry7 years ago in Beat
Ariana's Fourth Studio Album 'Sweetener'...
This is not a review of Ariana Grande's fourth studio album. Instead, this is simply a look of admiration at the musical expression she has articulated in the last year, a period of time when certainly no one had any expectations for the 25-year-old to release material for us to hear. But nonetheless, Grande has given us Sweetener, a bright, delicate, and colourful album that conjures up a special sense of healing for both herself and her fans.
By Harry Jenner7 years ago in Beat
Massive Wagon’s “Full Nelson” Lives up to the Massive Hype
When you first listen to Massive Wagon you feel like you’re being brought back in time to the 80’s British punk wave scene. They bring back the best qualities of punk and add a modern day flare to it.
By Francesca Scopelliti7 years ago in Beat
'Madman Across the Water'
After a highly successful first tour of the United States in the fall and winter of 1970-71, Elton John and producer Gus Dudgeon returned to Trident Studios in London to record Madman Across the Water. The tour was immensely successful, and if fans were anxious for the next LP to hit the shops they still had plenty of available product to ring the registers, not only with the previous two hit albums but also a songtrack for the movie Friends on which Elton worked with orchestrator Paul Buckmaster and a live album taken from a live radio concert in New York, titled 11-17-70 in the US (17-11-70 in the UK). UK fans could also still pick up Elton's actual debut, Empty Sky.
By Sean Callaghan7 years ago in Beat
'Red' by Taylor Swift: An Album I’ve Grown to Truly Understand with Age
I love every album Taylor Swift has released. In my eyes she has no “worst” album. However, if I’m being completely honest, when Taylor’s fourth album, Red, was released, I struggled to connect with it. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely loved it. I was at Target on release day, money in hand and ready to be spent. I listened to the album over and over again when I got home. But something was different about this album than Taylor’s previous three. It wasn’t worse, it wasn’t a letdown, it wasn’t disappointing…it was just different. I couldn’t find a personal connection with most of the songs the way I had with the songs on Taylor Swift, Fearless, and Speak Now. But why?
By Lily Kristian7 years ago in Beat
Denzel Curry's 'TA13OO' Review
The father of the SoundCloud wave, Denzel Curry, returns, following last year's 13 EP and 2016's Imperial album with the three-part TA13OO. Broken up into "Light," "Gray," and "Dark" acts, Curry gives a much more conceptual album than I anticipated, and he continues to distance himself from his contemporaries.
By Brockhampton7 years ago in Beat
