March 28Mar 28 It’s a masterpiece but I just can’t get into it which I’m gutted about. There’s just way too many spoken parts for me and it’s definitely not mainstream enough for someone like me who adores a Raye bop! Appreciate it’s an incredible album but I can’t see myself returning to it as an album as a whole as much as that pains me to say I much preferred the debut.
March 28Mar 28 55 minutes ago, Hadji said:Looks like Where Is My Husband! is gonna get a reset on FridayIt's not quite gained 25% from the same day last week on Spotify (although close). Could go either way.
March 28Mar 28 Songs ruined by the talking: Lifeboat, Goodbye Henry, Click Clack SymphonyWhere talking works: The WhatsApp Shakespeare, Winter Woman, Beware.. The South London Lover Boy. Edited March 28Mar 28 by Henessy Lake
March 28Mar 28 This is the first album to click (clack) for me this year, and the best storytelling album since West End Girl by Lily Allen. Absolute masterpiece. AOTY.
March 29Mar 29 I'm not that keen on the album as a whole although I appreciate her vision and how well crafted it is.Saying that I Know You're Hurting and Lifeboat are excellent! Especially the former, it made me cry and really resonated with me
March 29Mar 29 Only listened once i think the singles really stand out she has chosen well!! Many songs sound the same / have the same feel unlike her debut.
March 29Mar 29 Three songs in the Sunday chart update:#11 Click Clack Symphony.#16 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!#19 I Know You're Hurting.
March 29Mar 29 New performance music video for I Know You’re Hurting! Edited March 29Mar 29 by blackmascara
March 29Mar 29 I've listened and I have thoughts Firstly, I have to totally commend and appreciate the sheer artistic vision behind the album. I love an album with a story, a concept, an idea that is followed through. The spoken elements, the big band-ness of it all, the live performance nature some of the songs have and the conversational side of it is a cute concept. Does it always work? No - I think some of the tracks really get hindered because they become quite trite in the use of the spoken-word and story telling nature. I did - dare I say it - cringe at some moments throughout. I get her pouring her thoughts out into the album but some of it just seemed so overdone and saccharine, I just couldn't enjoy. FIN. is probably one of the worst things I have heard - yes it is a celebration of who worked on the project, but this is still a project, an album at the end of the day and so to have to listen to all of that is torture. Include it on the credits of the physical album please! The song triggers me, omg I need to calm down It seems like a "really good on paper" idea~ but nah, horrendous. I also hated Beware.. The South London Lover Boy :') that awful opening made me cringe so hard. That being said, some of the moments of the album blew me away. Click Clack Symphony is out of this world phenomenal and Raye at her best (Escapism vibes!). I Know You're Hurting similarly hit me for 10 - properly floored me with the emotions. There were a few other moments that I really enjoyed. I feel like taking the best elements of the album and making a shorter EP of sorts? I do think however due to its bold, unapologetic nature and unconventional style it will pick up all the awards and recognition and good for it! While it doesn't always work for me, as I opened this post, I commend her for doing it and sticking with it and being true to her artistry~
March 30Mar 30 This album really has so much to it that I’m still kind of processing it! I will aim to post a review but there’s still so much to unpack and I’m discovering new things on repeated listens!What I will say is I’m so glad that RAYE is where she is. I have to say I almost underestimated what she was capable of when she was more of a features artist but she’s one hell of a talent and I just wish she was able to do all this sooner (although on the flip side her struggles and what she’s experienced in the industry have given her a fire what may have led to her writing and crafting even better..). Hoping this does give her that albums #1!
Wednesday at 12:435 days Listening to this for the first time (so late!) and currently on I Will Overcome.Some people say I remind them of AmySome spit through their keyboards I'll never amountAnd the evil in insults, the arrows from your tongueIs the same devils you tortured her with LOVE that she went there.
Wednesday at 16:155 days Enough time has passed and many listens have been given for me to calm down and properly assess the album. Not including the intro/outro tracks:08 // I Will Overcome08 // Beware.. The South London Lover Boy10 // The WhatsApp Shakespeare09 // Winter Woman09 // Click Clack Symphony (really has grown on me with the impact of the video and time to let it all sit in)11 // I Know You're Hurting10 // Life Boat09 // I Hate The Way I Look Today (I actually love the OTT craziness of this but can appreciate that to some it's probably a lil bit much)10 // Goodbye Henry (this is so underrated, absolutely stunning and she ticked the box of "happy sounding sad song" in the absolute best way)11 // Nightingale Lane07 // Skin & Bones10 // Where Is My Husband07 // Fields09 // Joy (the verses of this really remind me of Emeli Sande - Breathing Underwater!!)09 // Happier Times AheadAnd that's me being pretty strict - I know that the ones below 9 have potential to grow further. It's a two 11 scoring situation because I Know You're Hurting is SO powerful and touching, while Nightingale Lane remains the song of the year so far for me and speaks to me on a similar level. It's going to be hard to top this as the album of the year as the months go by! I'm just so glad that she's getting her flowers and this is on track to be her first number 1 album, I find it mad that My 21st Century Blues never made it!
Friday at 14:553 days Debuts at 2 here in Ireland, big improvement on the number 13 peak of the last album.
Friday at 18:343 days Debuts at #1 on the UK Albums Chart with 46,976 sales - triple that of her debut!!
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