I’m going to listen to the top 3 upvoted albums and give you my honest unfiltered thoughts.
Please explain what makes the album special to you. For context, lyrics are very important to me, so I gravitate to music with good storytelling.
Alright! Results are in. I’ll be listening to:
- Lateralus - Tool
- To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
- Pink Moon - Nick Drake
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
(I know I said 3, but I couldn’t resist!)
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
Cyborg woman defies her programming and falls in love with human man, thereby becoming a government target, and as chase ensues, she ascends to messianic status. But if you want, ignore the delicate lyricism and allegorical social commentary and focus on a stream of delicious melodies, meticulous arrangements, and effortless genre-hopping between funk, neo-soul, pastoral folk, theatrical orchestra, bossa nova… It’s an album that begs to be loved.