Reviews by vict14

As it is my typical experience with the Stones, there are some excellent songs in there, but this album is nothing to write home about. It is annoying to have such filler in between, and I just wish they would do just one good one, that would be legendary.

I do love this very much. It's not perfect, they are some things I dont find all that interesting musically on there, particularly in the latter half of the record. But it is a soundtrack album, so being a bit forgettable at times makes sense to me. That being said, I like the inclusion on the list. There is a legitimacy question I get, but in regards to betting on what current music will still be impactful in a couple years, Wuthering Heights is a strong choice.
Firstly they are songs that are great, Dying For you I truly love, it is inspired, quite different from the rest of pop music, but still very much a Charli song. It is catchy, it emotes really well but it also feels fresh and her thing.
As a whole, the record is cohesive, (maybe too much actually, if that is possible) and the string experimentation running throughout is such a perfect choice contextually. Giving to a pop star coming of a huge moment room to play on a big classic of literature and just make something so different and so inspired, is a great decision and that alone is deserving of recognition. Of course, strings are a great choice to soundtrack a movie of the 19th century, but Charli specifically really rose to the challenge here. It is experimental in the best way, but still pop with all the big feelings that comes with the territory, it is modern while still retaining a timeless quality. I really am impressed with the balance of modernity and reinterpretation of the past and the universal in our history. The album feels like a fresh take on a classic of literature, (my very favorite book) and too many people brush over this, like that is not a daunting task, and I would argue a triumph here.
Also, I do think that the music is probably the best part of the movie, and while the film has kinda come and gone, I agree that these songs are here to stay. To me, it is worthy of being here, cause if you pay careful intention and leave bias at the door, you may be surprised by exactly how great this record is on its own.

Some great ideas, and I was very into the start of the record. It looser a bit of steam by the end, and I do believe a bit of editing would have given it a 5, but definetly worth a listen

Forever not doing this.

I have a degree of respect for this, but it has little soul and I wasnt into it

While it is interesting and full of good songs, the use of the N word and the song The Boho Dance really bothered me. I'm aware of the "it's from a different time rhetoric", same as the "context" of use here, none of that comforts me today, none of that makes it ok for me. Cause I'm also well aware of her prowess as a songwriter, and therefore that there are many words she could have used. I don't want or need to listen to that before I die.
That is devastating, cause it's otherwise lovely, experimental work from Joni. I dont think one song should mean we throw away the whole album or the entire oeuvre of an artist, but I can't ignore the shadow that it does cast on this record and her either. I considered the one. I decided to go for balance because I do want to be consistent and there are a number of records that are offensive on here, that I have penalised but not outright canned, but I don't feel great about it.

I want to like it more than I actually do, cause I know the name and the importance of the song. I don't know that I was blown away, solid and interesting is enough, and I enjoyed the long form more than I thought I would. May be we just didn't meet at a good time.

Its one note a bit, but man is it an important one. I'm angry, and Im also sadden by its relevancy today

May be it's just me, but I didn't vibe with all of this as much as I thought I would. There is a gorgeous section that deserves the praise it gets, and I get why it's important. But the end of the record, while I listened and liked, I didn't think was the strongest Radiohead songs I encountered. Fine doesnt typycally cut it, but I really liked the middle so it gets a 4, albeit a low one

It feels like hiking and the dude wants mushroom to be tripping, and you tell him those are poisonous my guy, but he is doing it his own way, and he is dead wrong.

The flow and the rapping is awesome, the beats are good, but if rap is supposedly a "what Im saying" art form we are not there here. I get it, you may have nostalgia for it, but not me. If he were saying anything else other than my big balls were licked, I would have rated it much higher, but here we are

The start is a bit rough, without much to say apart from I'm the queen. But as time went on, and a few listens, I got it more and more. It's not amazing and I don't think I need it in my life, but it is more solid than I initially thought

It's real tough, cause this is so one note, (and that note being accordeon) that if you don't like it you stay outside the party. Every drunk guy should have a field day with this, but I don't drink anymore, and I have alway hated accordeon.

There is real beauty and importance to this record and the seat is grabbed, no resistance from me. I just think it does feel a bit too a like to truly be perfect, I do not need all of it, but the note that it does hit rings true.

Gorgeous voice and interpretation, I just think the two halfs are a very old school of doing an album and they sounds a bit samy to me.

I think my biggest issue is how little it feels like an album. It's a collection of weird sounds, and that is interesting for a minute, but at the end you are left with the sentiment that there could have been 10 000 thousand other weird ass noises that could have been included. There is little cohesiveness, little thought behind the pacing or flow of it. The experimentation is novel one by one, plenty to be interested by on it's own, but it doesn't really work as an album and that is disappointing especially since I love both of them

I think the blending of different styles works, it is consistently engaging, but That being said, I don't think every song is a hit for me, there is half I like the other that I'm like : cool. (To be more precise, Astal Weeks, Sweet Things, The Way Young Lovers Do, Madame George made the playlist).
It sounds fresh, it is different, but not always my cup of tea in short.

Its as good as it gets, and I kinda forgot about it. I am also not an interlude guy, they typically waste my time, but here I found them important to set the vibe, the shifts and the pacing of the album. I aint mad at that beauty

It's very standard, not bad at all but also nothing that special. I don't think I'll think about it very much in two weeks, but that's not on them cause apparently they were here first. Just yeah, not mind bending or a must listen.

I think it's mining for their own sound and that is commendable. Some songs are great, some are a bit repetitive and I don't love the gimmick of doing your album in two different languages, but it was interesting mostly and though it didn't arrive to where I wanted to be, it was enjoyable