November 27, 20204 yr This album is so cohesive and all round incredibly strong, I was expecting myself to not like it as much as I have but the album has so may different to layers it and her vocals are insane. I’m 100% okay with Angels Like You being pushed as the next single, ideally it would have been released over the Christmas period but the song is stunning! High is also absolutely stunning too, I believe that’s the Mark Ronson track too isn’t it? I’ve not felt this way upon first listening to an album in quite a while :wub:
November 27, 20204 yr This album is stellar, she deserves to be as big as she was during the ‘Bangerz’ era honestly. :wub: Top 5 after my first listen-through: 1. Midnight Sky 2. Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa) 3. Gimme What I Want 4. Plastic Hearts 5. Never Be Me Everything is as a solid 8/10 or higher, though :cheer: Edited November 27, 20204 yr by *Callum
November 27, 20204 yr The album is sounding super strong, nearly finished and a couple of tracks need more listens but not much lacking really. She's really on point with this era imo. Non single faves would be 'Night Crawling', 'Plastic Hearts', 'Angels Like You' and 'Gimme What I Want'. 'High' is nice enough too and 'Hate Me' reminds me of early P!nk. Edited November 27, 20204 yr by Rob S~
November 27, 20204 yr Angels Like You is FAB, it's got a timeless kind of feel and I could definitely see it smashing as a single!!
November 27, 20204 yr 10 WTF Do I Know 09 Plastic Hearts 09 Angels Like You 11 Prisoner 08 Gimme What I Want 08.5 Nightcrawlin' 10 Midnight Sky 08.5 High 09 Hate Me 09 Bad Karma 08.5 Never Be Me 08 Golden G String 09.5 Edge of Midnight 08.5 Heart Of Glass 09.5 Zombie ahh this is such a consistent album and slay, LOVE :wub: Prisoner/Midnight Sky/WTF Do I Know is def my top 3 easily <3
November 27, 20204 yr Author "Angels Like You" is the focus track of the album. As it was mentioned before, it was added to a bunch of New Music Friday playlists, including the US, being atop there. It's also #18 on Today's Top Hits (the equivalent of Hot Hits UK in the US), so I can see this one to be pushed as the next single.
November 27, 20204 yr 06.0 WTF Do I Know 08.5 Plastic Hearts 10.0 Angels Like You 07.0 Prisoner 09.0 Gimme What I Want 09.0 Nightcrawlin' 10.0 Midnight Sky 07.5 High 08.0 Hate Me 06.5 Bad Karma 08.5 Never Be Me 08.0 Golden G String By FAR her best work. She’s really found her lane, huh?
November 27, 20204 yr my rate: 06 WTF Do I Know - it's very Ashlee Simpson / Hannah Montana for me tbh 10 Plastic Hearts - a career highlight 09 Angel Like You - a career highlight also... is her own 'Every Rose Has It's Thorn' 07 Prisoner - A nice song... relies on the meta interpole more than it probably needs to 07 Gimme What I Want - A great album track 10 Night Crawling - Fantastic song... deffo single worthy 10 Midnight Sky - deffo a career highlight 07 High - the first new song here (as the rest have been out since June and not much difference). It's a nice enough song, will probs need to spend more time with it. 07 Hate Me - it's a nice enough album track... I'd probs have put 'Win Some Lose Some' on instead but the sentiment is there. 09 Bad Karma - this song is great. Joan Jett doesn't really add to much to it and the original version as Miley is better.. 09 Never Be Me - A fantastic track... certainly a highlight... it almost has a 'Dead Petz' vibe to it, but also feels a little nod to 'Goodbye' from 'Breakout' with the narrative structure. 11 Golden G String - Miley at her best. 10 Edge Of Midnight - A genius mash-up... a bit clunky but nonetheless, great. 08 Heart of Glass - A great cover... 08 Zombie - Again, a great cover... In general it's probably Miley's best album (besides 'Dead Petz'). You can see it being a mixture of a lot of her other works together... I read a fantastic comparison to 'Younger Now' where it kinda picks off where that left of as the angrier cousin... I can also see comparisons to 'Can't Be Tamed' stylistically and the ballad side of things... I can also see parallels of it with her much earlier stuff like the 'Breakout' era. It's interesting to see where it sits with the change in eras (as to where it fits with the 'She Is Miley Cyrus' initial album) as a lot of this stuff content is over a year-2 years old.
November 27, 20204 yr 09.5 WTF Do I Know 08.5 Plastic Hearts 10 Angels Like You 09 Prisoner 09 Gimme What I Want 09 Nightcrawlin' 11 Midnight Sky 07 High 06 Hate Me 06.5 Bad Karma 08 Never Be Me 09 Golden G-String Love the album, consistency goals!! It's so cohesive but it doesn't lose those highs either, and it's cohesive rather than being samey. There's a few songs I could see as singles but Angels Like You really sticks out to me. 78 on Metacritic so far which is easily her highest!
November 27, 20204 yr I'm just flicking through this as it sounds great! I'm going to put it on properly but it instantly feels like a 'proper album' in terms of consistency of aesthetic and a body of work that was meant to be together.
November 27, 20204 yr Wow, I definitely was not expecting to like this as much as I do! Some really strong tracks here! Shame she doesn't have a shot at number one with it.
November 27, 20204 yr Yeh I would be delighted with a top three debut but can probably see it debuting at around #5 which is still a good result, I can see it having a good chart run though and actually selling well over Christmas and possibly getting a new peak next year, although known Miley’s team I doubt they have anything planned like that. I expected a bigger streaming push with prisoner, I thought it would go top five this week but not so sure now as it began dropping down a bit on Spotify! I’m excited to see Midnight Sky’s positions though especially if edge of seventeen gets a good amount of streams too *.*
November 27, 20204 yr 'Angels Like You' sounds like a classic hit ballad — they really should push it next.
November 27, 20204 yr It's so nice to see an artist like Miley who sort of floundered from sound to sound to FINALLY locate a sound that works perfectly for her. She's actually the only person I know who got vocal chord surgery who sounds BETTER after it. Combining pop / county-rock / her voice and delivery makes this album absolute fire. There's a few duds, Golden G String and High are.. not her best. But overall the highs on this album are some of my favourites from Miley. Angels Like You is... incredible. I found that the album lost a bit of momentum after Midnight Sky, tracks 8 - 13 were a bit of a slog as the high energy was in the first 7, but songs like Bad Karma and Hate Me are so strong you almost don't click onto the energy dip. I was also slightly disappointed there wasn't more glamrock numbers like Midnight Sky. 09 WTF Do I Know 08 Plastic Hearts 10 Angels Like You 07.5 Prisoner 08 Gimme What I Want 07 Nightcrawlin' 11 Midnight Sky 07 High 09 Hate Me 08 Bad Karma 06 Never Be Me 05 Golden G-String
November 27, 20204 yr WTF Do I Know 8/10 Plastic Hearts 8.5/10 Angels Like You 8/10 Prisoner 8/10 Gimme What I Want 8.5/10 Night Crawling 9/10 Midnight Sky 9/10 High 6.5/10 Hate Me 7.5/10 Bad Karma 6.5/10 Never Be Me 8.5/10 Golden G String 9/10 What a queen :cry: I was worried the bar was going to drop post Midnight Sky but boy does it pick up at the end again :wub:
November 27, 20204 yr She’s #1 and #3 on USA ITunes! Her U.K. domination though.... United Kingdom iTunes: 6. Prisoner 12. Midnight Sky 105. Night Crawling 108. Edge of Midnight 115. Prisoner 116. Plastic Hearts 123. Midnight Sky 166. Gimme What I Want 186. WTF Do I Know 206. Zombie 212. Plastic Hearts 214. Angels Like You 215. Night Crawling 236. Angels Like You 284. Heart Of Glass 338. Zombie 339. Midnight Sky 340. Bad Karma 343. Gimme What I Want 355. The Climb 399. Edge of Midnight 400. High 401. Never Be Me 414. Wrecking Ball 486. High 487. WTF Do I Know 612. Hate Me 626. Never Be Me 627. Bad Karma 731. Nothing Breaks Like a Heart 885. Nothing Breaks Like a Heart 1239. Hate Me 1255. We Can't Stop 1356. Hoedown Throwdown 1394. When I Look At You Spotify: 15. Prisoner 28. Midnight Sky 194. Heart Of Glass YouTube: 16. Prisoner 30. Midnight Sky Apple Music: 9. Prisoner 13. Midnight Sky 110. WTF Do I Know 120. Plastic Hearts 122. Angels Like You 142. Night Crawling 143. Gimme What I Want 159. Heart Of Glass 217. High 239. Hate Me 245. Bad Karma 251. We Can't Stop 431. Edge of Midnight 558. Party In the U.S.A. 601. Never Be Me 720. Golden G String 1026. Nothing Breaks Like a Heart 1301. Zombie iTunes Albums: 2. Plastic Hearts 6. Plastic Hearts 62. Plastic Hearts 1016. Bangerz Apple Music Albums: 2. Plastic Hearts 9. Plastic Hearts 53. Plastic Hearts 764. Bangerz 1193. Younger Now 1402. SHE IS COMING
November 27, 20204 yr Slide Away will eventually end up on a a deluxe version along with Naked, Sagittarius and Bad Karma (Feat Carrie Underwood) apparently!
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