March 11, 20169 yr 'Misery' is decent. The reaction to it seems to be massively positive so far but I think it's probably the weakest out of the 3 we have heard personally. Still very good though. Agreed.
March 11, 20169 yr It's weak, but at least it's got her stamp all over it. 'Make Me Like You' hasn't had lasting appeal for me. :( I still give it the occasional listen though.
March 11, 20169 yr So all her creativity went into Hollaback Gurl, Rich Gurl and her opus What You Waiting For? then., Everything else has been kinda crap. Decent: Cool. 4am, Early Winter. Her creativity basically went 90% into the first song though XD
March 12, 20169 yr It's weak, but at least it's got her stamp all over it. 'Make Me Like You' hasn't had lasting appeal for me. :( I still give it the occasional listen though. Agreed. It seems everyone else is underwhelmed.
March 17, 20169 yr Poor Gwen. The albums been leaked for almost a whole day now and no one curr :lol: Edited March 17, 20169 yr by Lee_J11
March 17, 20169 yr listened to bits of this and have to say it is pretty patchy. there is some good stuff on there but also some dross.
March 18, 20169 yr Initial impressions rate: 6.5 Misery 4.0 You're My Favourite 7.5 Where Would I Be 8.0 Used To Love Me 3.0 Truth 7.0 Used To Love You 2.5 Send Me A Picture 2.0 Red Flag 5.5 Asking 4 It 6.0 Naughty 7.5 Me Without You 4.5 Rare 7.0 Rocket Ship 8.0 Getting Warmer 6.0 Obsessed 6.0 Splash 2.0 Loveable A massively patchy, if not poor effort, if I'm honest. I never actually listened to her albums back in the day despite loving the singles, were they always this bad? There isn't really anything to massively write home about at all apart from one or two that are reasonably fun. I feel like the whole thing is way too formulaic too: it's like she sat down and was like "we need half of it to show how vulnerable I am and the other half to capture the Gwen single vibe from '06" but it is just done so obviously that it means that half of the album becomes dull and predictable and the other becomes generic and almost tiring with the relentless "look how fun I am". There is no nuance.
March 18, 20169 yr The Japanese bonus War Paint is easily the best song from this era, so of course it's only a Japanese bonus :drama:
March 18, 20169 yr Where Would I Be? is the only properly good album track. And Misery if we don't count that as a single. I didn't really have high expectations so four really decent songs isn't a bad takeaway. Plus Red Flag is pure guilty pleasure. :D
March 22, 20169 yr I'm quite enjoying the album. It's not the best thing ever and it certainly isn't here best (doubt she'll ever beat LAMB) but it is decent and it's lovely to hear from Gwen again. I don't mind that she hasn't really moved on musically because I guess I haven't either.
March 23, 20169 yr The Japanese bonus War Paint is easily the best song from this era, so of course it's only a Japanese bonus :drama: nothing like a bonus japanese deluxe album track being the highlight of a record!!!
March 25, 20169 yr I can quite confidently say that this is one of the worst albums I've ever heard. Such a shame.
March 25, 20169 yr I quite liked it overall, though these songs could have all come from the writing sessions of the previous two albums. There's a distinct mid 00s whiff to the album. The singles plus Where Would I Be, Red Flag, Me Without You and War Paint are all keepers for me, as above I'm not entirely sure why the latter is wasted a Japanese deluxe bonus track...
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