April 4Apr 4 A week on and I feel like this is one of those albums what people are either going to fully appreciate or not. It’s something what only really works as an album when you hear it in order as a whole album as just hearing a handful of tracks or playing the album on shuffle you don’t get what she’s trying to do. I’m in the category of I personally love this and get what she’s doing but I equally see why some people aren’t keen. Lifeboat, I Know You’re Hurting and Goodbye Henry are my absolute standouts but nothing bar FIN doesn’t have replay value.
April 6Apr 6 I enjoyed this a lot, very good theatrical pop and building on the promise that her singles have done for me into a very nice thinking listen. I agree it mainly works as listened as a whole album, and as such I will offer a defense of Fin., I genuinely enjoyed listening to her reeling off names as the album closed out, I expected it to be a tad boring but it got a little hypnotic with the backing. It would only work as a coda after you've listened to the whole album, and I won't listen to it outside of that, but as it is it offers you a moment to really contemplate how much work goes into making a popular album, and as much as the rest of the album is about showing off Raye's artistry as the frontwoman, that she takes the time to shout out everyone who was also important to making the project, that there wouldn't be an album without, it's a great egalitarian and levelling moment in a world that's inevitably about popstars and the slightly problematic process of elevating one person above others. Or in other words, I think it's a sweet and humbling moment that makes me think very well of her for putting in.Besides that, barely a track I didn't enjoy overall, Click Clack Symphony, Life Boat, Joy, I Know You're Hurting, the sweet interlude in Fields and the wonderful opening of I Will Overcome, this hits my theatrical bones very well, I'm glad to see it get success.
April 6Apr 6 The album is outstanding. Truly mesmerizing and haunting. I've been obsessed. I've already streamed it over 1,000 times.
April 7Apr 7 I thought this album was all really strong up to 'Life Boat.' but then considerably more patchy after that (the first two singles are high points from the latter half but otherwise 'Skin & Bones.' and 'Joy.' are the only others I'll take away from it and even they're not as good as any of the first 7 proper songs). 'Click Clack Symphony.' is definitely my favourite on the album overall and almost even holds a candle to the quality of 'Escapism.', otherwise my biggest first listen standouts were 'Winter Woman.' and the aforementioned 'Life Boat.', both of which I think sound like they could also be at least mid level hits for her if she wants to try and push another song. Quite surprised that 'I Know You're Hurting.' was the other song to chart from the album release with it being the longest song on the album (minus 'Fin.' lol), not being right at the start of the tracklist and not really sounding like an obvious commercial smash to me, I have heard that one twice and it went over my head on first listen but I enjoyed it a lot more on the album, it is quite a powerful track. 'I Hate The Way I Look Today.' is a fun little diversion as part of the flow of the album but not a song that I'd want to go back to on its own, while 'Goodbye Henry.', 'Fields.' and 'Happier Times Ahead.' were all pretty inessential (I've seen some criticism of her doing a bit too much telling rather than showing with the lyrics and that definitely does apply to 'Goodbye Henry.' in particular). I think the spoken parts work pretty well for the most part, it's a very theatrical album, nothing wrong with a bit of narration! 'Fin.' is what it is but it's literally just the outro, easy enough to ignore (but the actual song part at the start of it is nice as is the instrumentation throughout the credits).
April 8Apr 8 Funnily enough she seems to be teasing a music video for Winter Woman. as per her latest instagram post! Also, Life Boat. has now overtaken IKYH on UK Spotify and is her third highest song there so that’s one to look out for
April 10Apr 10 "THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE." is now certified Silver! Edited April 10Apr 10 by DanielCarey
April 10Apr 10 so good. Gold hopefully in 2 weeks. On my personal chart, "Hope" is 2xP for over 1,000 streams. <3 She slayed in my country.
April 10Apr 10 3 hours ago, Jordanlee1402 said:UK #2 this week! A great second week ❣️very good indeed. (#1 on my personal chart for 2 weeks now). <3
April 11Apr 11 Am I broken or does anyone else’s brain throughout the day constantly recite:But it is my pleasure 🎵 to say 🎶 that all 🎵 the way 🎶 from Memphis, Tennessee, put your hands together 🎶 ladies and gentlemen…For Al Greeeeen 🎶
April 15Apr 15 On 08/04/2026 at 11:25, blackmascara said:Funnily enough she seems to be teasing a music video for Winter Woman. as per her latest instagram post! Also, Life Boat. has now overtaken IKYH on UK Spotify and is her third highest song there so that’s one to look out forSurely would be better as an end of year release.
April 22Apr 22 Echoing the comments before me - this is a very well put together album, Raye really sells her vision and its brimming with her personality at every turn. Definitely an album designed to be listened to a whole but the central 1-2-3 of 'Click Clack Symphony', 'I Know You're Hurting' and 'Life Boat' particularly stand out. The latter reminded me a lot of Kate Bush's 'Waking the Witch' from 'Hounds of Love' with the varied voices speaking and the way the song ends in a different place musically to where it started. Can see this album continuing to grow with further listens!
April 24Apr 24 This albums chart run has been really impressive?#6 in week 4! Brilliant by 2026 standards and this week we had quite a few new entries charting ahead. I can see it getting a few more weeks top ten.
April 30Apr 30 im still playing it consistently, definitely see it being my number 1 most played of 2026!
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