and 700th post in a row but who cares x

 

album listenthrough rank:

1. good 4 u

2. drivers license

3. deja vu

4. brutal

5. 1 step forward, 3 steps back

6. hope ur ok

7. traitor

8. jealousy, jealousy

9. happier

10. enough for you

11. favorite crime

 

that was way tougher than I thought!! Really loving them all :cheeseblock: My only thing is I do wish there were more good 4 u/brutal bops!

Disagree with most... :cry:

 

There’s some really terrible tracks on here but who cares when there’s Good 4 U.

Last two are duds and Jealousy, Jealousy made me cringe like all “i hate myself and i’m jealous of other girls” songs do but the rest of the album is REALLY solid

Hope ur ok is my fav other than the singles, it's incredible.

I'm kinda disappointed like it's fine but I feel like from the breadth of the three singles, you get what the album is about there's nothing really that new or exciting, Brutal is definitely my fave except the singles

I think it’s a very solid debut! Olivia definitely has a gift for songwriting & emoting, so as an overall body of work it really works for me - it feels sincere.

 

enough for you strikes me as being a song that the general public will latch on to in a major way, so it was a good call for it to be given extra prominence today. It’s not my fave, but it just sounds like a hit.

 

Highlights for me outside of the singles include brutal ( :cheeseblock: ) and hope ur ok. Queen of bookending her debut with amazing songs x

This is a solid debut for sure as Jay said, with the highlights for me being Brutal & Enough for You.

 

To be honest though, it just makes me excited for the next record - for a debut this is great but I think there is so much potential with Olivia.

AOTY for me :wub:

I will need to listen to this after work, flop fan.

 

Album: SOUR

iTunes (14x #1):

#1 United States

#1 Brazil

#1 Canada

#1 India

#1 Indonesia

#1 Malaysia

#1 Mauritius

#1 Mexico

#1 Paraguay

#1 Peru

#1 Philippines

#1 Singapore

#1 Thailand

#1 Vietnam

#2 United Kingdom

#2 Australia

#2 Chile

#2 Ireland

#2 New Zealand

#2 Norway

#2 Poland

#2 Slovakia

#2 Spain

#2 Turkey

#3 Belgium

#3 Bolivia

#3 Hong Kong

#3 South Africa

#3 Taiwan

#4 Bolivia

#5 Brazil

#5 Cambodia

#5 France

#5 Germany

#5 Netherlands

#5 Russia

#6 Austria

#6 Italy

#9 Ireland

#10 Switzerland

#11 United States

#11 Macau

#14 Canada

#15 United Kingdom

#16 Australia

#24 Brunei Darussalam

#29 Cyprus

#35 Bulgaria

#38 Qatar

#41 Qatar

#43 Costa Rica

#43 Romania

#44 Panama

#63 Hungary

#97 Saudi Arabia

#155 Ukraine

#157 Ukraine

#174 Germany

#188 Philippines

Poor Olivia wont have any other song charting due to the three track rule and I see Driving License getting a massive boost but just missing out on the 25% increase as it's streams have remained very stable.

Really enjoyed it on first listen. I was listening while I work so I wasn’t able to concentrate enough for a ranking yet but I was still impressed.

 

It certainly feels like an album written by a teenager at times but that’s part of its charm. I can’t wait to hear how she evolves and matures from here because I think she has the potential to release something REALLY great.

 

Good 4 u is still the song of the year!

Poor Olivia wont have any other song charting due to the three track rule and I see Driving License getting a massive boost but just missing out on the 25% increase as it's streams have remained very stable.

 

That's good, driver license has had its time and I wouldn't want a reset. Hopefully brutal will eventually overtake one of the 3 to become chart-eligible.

Its good and fine for a debut but it's pretty obvious it was originally just a 5 track EP and they extended it due to DL taking off. She did a good job of it though and I agree better things are to come!

The whole album is already top 100 on Apple Music UK

Its good and fine for a debut but it's pretty obvious it was originally just a 5 track EP and they extended it due to DL taking off. She did a good job of it though and I agree better things are to come!

 

Yeh she confirmed it was due to be an EP but I think her label have been smart by making an album especially with the success of everything!

 

1. good 4 u

5. deja vu

10. drivers license

31. brutal

33. traitor

43. 1 step forward, 3 steps back

54. enough for you

74. happier

82. jealousy, jealousy

101. favorite crime

107. hope ur ok

523. All I Want

I do feel like I would've related to these lyrics more about 5 years ago but enjoying what I'm hearing so far nonetheless, 'brutal' is a stormer :cheeseblock:

 

'happier' and 'jealousy, jealousy' would round out my top 3 album tracks

I had a quick listen to this earlier and loved Brutal, really unexpected... then as a result was immediately disappointed that most of the other tracks didn't have anywhere near as much impact. Most of the ballads are perfectly nice on their own but I was wanting more variety and everything kinda just blurred outside of the singles.

 

I think I'll need a few more listens to fully appreciate this & pick out my favourites but it's all sounding pretty good on first listen. Both deja vu & drivers license grew on me sm and I LOVE them now so I have no doubt that it will be the same for the rest of the album! :wub:

Spotify automatically playing Skin for me when I finished the album :cheeseblock:

 

I'm a bit underwhelmed, at times it was a bit of a slog to get through. I don't think there are any real standout moments besides drivers licence, deja vu (which has grown on me massively recently) and brutal. Mostly just the same song talking about the same thing again with different lyrics.

Traitor and Happier are the best of the new ones for me for sure!