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 26th April 2021, 05:49 PM
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Oh I see we're just being wrong now then xx (in what universe have some of the remaining songs beaten 'just like magic'
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26th April 2021, 11:44 PM
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I didn't vote but omg 'just like magic' is top tier !
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27th April 2021, 12:35 AM
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Yay for a big jump in average score but still, off the table finishing as low as 13th?
 Sure it's not quite as incredible as Love Me Harder (and I can't help but think that the high expectations for the collab might have played a part) but it's such a moving moment on the album and of course Ari and The Weeknd sound amazing together on it!  QUOTE(HausofArgento @ Apr 25 2021, 09:11 PM)   My favourite on the album - what a disaster for it on here!? It's stunning! Coi, let's grab our taste and leave xoxo This!! 
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27th April 2021, 04:01 PM
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11. TEST DRIVE
AVERAGE SCORE: 7.67 LOVE language: George.keh (11), Coi + Nina West (10) NASTY: Tawdry Hepburn (2), HauseofArgento (5) Aside from the interlude, Test Drive holds the distinction of being the shortest song on an album brimmed full of concise tracks with a total running time of two minutes and two seconds. During that time she manages to fit in car scheme very reminiscent of some of the lines found in her older songs, namely six thirty, Honeymoon Avenue & imagine. Ari uses this scheme to show her willingness to commit to her lover with lines such as “No second guessin', checkin' the rearview, ain't lookin' back unless it's right at you” and “Baby, I'm sold on you, so I don't ever gotta test drive nothin'”. This was the only deluxe track to have bothered the charts when it spent a week at #38 earlier in the year. However, this was almost not the case as it was seriously close to appearing on the original version of Positions released in October. In a livestream preceding the release of the 34+35 remix music video, Ariana admitted that she had a massive dilemma choosing between this and one other track, saying “it was kind of like, the hardest decision for me was whether or not test drive or love language was gonna fill … [the 11th] spot [on the tracklist]. These results show that we agree that she made the correct choice in the end with ‘love language’ still to come in the top 10. Test Drive has some real lovers on here with George.keh giving it his coveted 11 and Coi & Nina West also providing it with two round 10’s. However, most weren’t as sold and some lower scores from Tawdy Hepburn and HauseofArgentino mean that it just falls short of that all important top 10. |
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27th April 2021, 04:58 PM
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These results continue to be full of surprises as I did not expect fellow bonus track ‘worst behaviour’ to out-perform ‘test drive’!
‘test drive’ has been a bit of a slow burner for me. Ari managing to get a bonus track top 40 *.* |
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27th April 2021, 05:05 PM
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27th April 2021, 09:23 PM
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Too early for test drive to be out as well really
I do think it's a little short but at least those two minutes are great!
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28th April 2021, 03:30 PM
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That was far too early for 'test drive', underrated apparently. But yes I do agree that 'love language' deserved a sport over it.
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28th April 2021, 06:00 PM
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10. LOVE LANGUAGE
AVERAGE SCORE: 7.73 LOVE language: ...ready for it, blacksquare + LMLou (10) NASTY: coi (0), Bré (5) So here we are at the top 10 countdown! No 11s this time but a respectable amount of 9 to 10 scores across the board, minus a couple of little blips in there. Without the tragic 0 from Coi (shady. ) The track would have finished top 5 where it truly belongs. (Not that I'm biased of course. )What's also tragic is that 'love language' remains the lowest streamed track from the original tracklist. For me this is a clear highlight and a gorgeous, original and interesting track. It gives me cool, sleek bar that opens until 3 in the morning background music, and I'm not mad. 'love language' also contains and outro which was originally intended to be an Interlude rumoured to be called 'home' or 'my home' track but was scrapped due to it's short length. |
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28th April 2021, 06:04 PM
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Pleased that 'love language' made the top 10 despite the 0! I'd say it peaked in my affections pretty early - as in I would've given it a 10 months ago but 'only' awarded it a 9 now - but still a standout for sure. The production is really quite different compared to the rest of the album.
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28th April 2021, 07:06 PM
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Most of those songs outside the top 10 are barely listenable, but 'Love Language' is a good 'un!
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28th April 2021, 08:36 PM
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'love language' has unfortunately just fallen more and more flat for me the more I've heard it - it's one of the more upbeat songs on the album and yet still one of the most boring songs on there to me. (Not being quite as harsh as coi though ofc
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28th April 2021, 08:46 PM
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QUOTE(Juliannnial @ Apr 28 2021, 07:00 PM) 10. LOVE LANGUAGE What's also tragic is that 'love language' remains the lowest streamed track from the original tracklist. Glad it's not just me then It does stand out but not in a good way for me, it feels like it doesn't really fit that well in the album at all, right from the start of the song the production sounds quite out of place after west side! The outro also doesn't seem necessary (probably would have worked better as an interlude but even then it would be very short) and the song itself is pretty meh for me, it's one of only two songs on an otherwise pretty strong album that I don't go back to at all aside from when I'm listening to it in full (with shut up being the other)! I did think at one point that giving it a 0 seemed a bit too harsh but seeing that it could have ended up top five otherwise, I have no regrets Yay for a good quality top nine anyway! |
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28th April 2021, 08:55 PM
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QUOTE(coi @ Apr 28 2021, 09:46 PM) Glad it's not just me then 0 seemed a bit too harsh but seeing that it could have ended up top five otherwise, I have no regrets Yay for a good quality top nine anyway! Just shows you how much each vote counts. Every opinion is perfectly valid and as you said there are others that agree ofcourse. I'll agree that the Outro comes across quite pointless. |
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28th April 2021, 08:55 PM
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The outro still throws me off every time
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29th April 2021, 02:06 PM
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Love Language deserved the top 5 spot
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29th April 2021, 05:11 PM
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09. NASTY
AVERAGE SCORE: 7.8 LOVE language: ...ready for it, Juliannial (10), blacksquare, LewisGT (9) NASTY: Tawdry Hepburn, Nick F1, HausofArgento, Nina West (6), George.keh, JosephStyles, coi (7.5) Next up track 9 on the album 'nasty' fittingly finishes in 9th place! I believe that this song was our first taste of the 'positions' era, when Ari posted a snippet of it on instagram all the way back in March last year. Of course we had no idea that a fully fledged era would be landing in 6 months time. The snippet promised something dreamy although the title sounded suggestive. It pretty much does straddle the line between both. 'nasty' has some of the most racy lyrics on the album - such as "like this pussy designed for ya" - but also uses astrology imagery with the "you're a whole constellation" line. Sonically it opens with a very similar intro to 'The Way' from back in 2013 but quickly morphs into a 2020 style Ari mid-tempo jam. Ariana was singing "I got a bad boy I must admit it" as far back as 'The Way' so her cheeky side has never been secretive in her music. She is explicitly stating that she wants to get nasty here which is exactly the kind of lyrical content I was expecting from an album called 'positions'. I'd say this and '34+35' are peak lewd though and that the whole body of work wasn't as in-your-face as I was anticipating. Ari sounds heavenly on 'nasty' and treats us to whistle notes from the word go. It's backed with a combination of trappy beats and hand-claps, plus some brief lower backing vocals that sing the title. Re-listening to it now has reminded me that the bridge is one of my favourites on the record. She sounds lush throughout but that section is a particularly magical moment. ...ready for it and co-mod Julian are the biggest 'nasty' fans in the AF as they award it a perfect 10! On the other hand Aly, Bal and Nick thought this was more of a 6 on the album. I gave it an 8 so right in the middle of both sides! This was randomly a bit of a 7.5 magnet. |
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29th April 2021, 05:46 PM
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That's 2 of my top 3 gone already then
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29th April 2021, 05:49 PM
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QUOTE(Jade @ Apr 29 2021, 06:11 PM) Sonically it opens with a very similar intro to 'The Way' Omg I never noticed that!  It is isn't it!Another one gone that deserved top 5. I wouldn't be mad if it randomly dropped as a single and I think it'd do big things. |
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30th April 2021, 03:41 AM
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nasty is my second favorite.
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