HausofMayhem

2nd March 2025 01 127 Little Mix 02 125 Lady Gaga 03 80 Robbie Williams and Take That 04 23 Spice Girls 04 23 Kylie and Dannii Minogue Weekly positions in 2025: 02-04-04-02-01-01-01-01-02

I am absolutely obsessed with the album. I ADORE pretty much everything except for The Beast which I merely just like! There is so much to return to on the album - little nuances of production, lyrics and vibes. It is not an album to be heard once and discarded, it is a piece of music that transforms as you listen to it.

01. Abracadabra 02. Shadow of a Man 03. Disease 04. Garden of Eden 05. Perfect Celebrity 06. Die with a Smile 07. Vanish Into You 08. How Bad Do U Want Me 09. Killah 10. Blade of Grass 11. Zombieboy 12. Don’t Call Tonight 13. LoveDrug 14. The Beast This is very early rankings from me lmao - I usually give things time but I wanted to get down my initial thoughts. They will no doubt change like crazy and I will look back at this ranking and cringe

Another amazing week

Gaga on Apple Music UK 05 Die With A Smile 07 Abracadabra 27 Garden of Eden 30 Vanish Into You 34 Perfect Celebrity 42 Disease 47 Zombieboy 48 Killah 52 LoveDrug 57 How Bad Do U Want Me 64 Shadow Of A Man 74 Don't Call Tonight 92 The Beast 121 Blade of Glass

Metacritic score of 85 currently!

Oh this is a great analysis! I can see it. I also order the tracklist order because through all of the MAYHEM it ends with love - Blade of Grass and Die With A Smile are really the perfect closing tracks. Die With A Smile makes so much sense in the album - the world is ending but at least we have love. ❤️

The Apple Music domination in Brazil! - she has the entire top 10 there! Looks to be off to a great start with 48 iTunes #1s and 41 AM #1s AND COUNTING x

Billboard have ranked the best to worst songs on ‘MAYHEM’ 1. Perfect Celebrity 2. Garden of Eden 3. Zombieboy 4. Abracadabra 5. Shadow of a Man 6. Vanish Into You 7. Killah 8. Blade of Grass 9. Disease 10. LoveDrug 11. Die with a Smile 12. The Beast 13. Don’t Call Tonight 14. How Bad Do U Want Me The question is - what are YOUR early reactions and rankings?

Shadow of a Man supremacy!

Garden of Eden highest non-single

These reviews! deserved!

"I can be your girlfriend for the weekend" is LODGED into my brain and I can't stop singing. If Garden of Eden is getting the push I'm VERY happy !!

Sticking with 60-80k having heard the album!

I think this is missing the entire point of the album! Having watched her interviews, it is her finally coming full circle since her humble beginnings and honouring her music, career and all the influences that have built it. Some of the tracks are purposefully reminiscent of her different eras, it's intentional but they've been pumped up with much, much different production with the new producers she has on board with this era.

Some of the lyrical nuances are so clever. Perfect Celebrity referencing Diamond Heart, The Fame, Princess Die etc - she is coming full circle with this album. Honouring her career and all of its influences. I am so happy with it all

NMF UK 01. Vanish Into You 20. Garden of Eden 35. Zombieboy HHUK 03. Abracadabra 28. Die With A Smile

STARTED MY FIRST OFFICIAL PLAY !!!

ENJOY ❤️

It sounded great to me on my first listen :o I'll see how it sounds tomorrow on my first proper listen~

From what little I remember from first listen through (in not the best ideal surroundings to focus on the music), this sounded very user-friendly and accessible. I think the casuals will like it so it's great for the album's first week. Some of the other more fan-favourite songs may be too divisive on the first week!

Now I've listened once I'm SO excited for this! The album is a RIDE so I'm intrigued for opinions track-by-track from people

Glad to see it get that exposure in Australia - hopefully the rest of the world follows suit too

The Prince influence is gigantic on Killah! As a humongous Prince stan, it obviously grabbed me instantly. Also can definitely hear the MJ vibes on Shadow of a Man (explaining her MJ moves when the song was teased on the Chromatica Ball film!)

"Mayhem" critic reviews so far: -Shatter The Standards: 80/100 -The Guardian: 80/100 -NME: 80/100 -FAMETHISWAY: 100/100 -The Telegraph: 80/100 Average: 84/100 based on 5 reviews