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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 18:09:13 GMT
Also my initial ranking of the songs (which is bound to change very often, I'm sure): 1. I Fell In Love With The Devil 2. Birdie 3. It Was In Me 4. Head Above Water 5. Crush 6. Goddess 7. Tell Me It's Over 8. Dumb Blonde 9. Bigger Wow 10. Warrior 11. Souvenir 12. Love Me Insane Wow it looks more or less like mine: 1. It Was In Me 2. I Fell In Love With The Devil 3. Crush 4. Head Above Water 5. Birdie 6. Dumb Blonde 7. Tell Me It's Over (I want to chart this higher but I CAN'T, the rest are just too good) 8. Goddess (the same as TMIO) 9. Bigger Wow (the same as the other two) 10. Warrior (I love it but the chorus could be better) 11. Souvenir (definitely doesn't deserve to be so low but there's no other choice) 12. Love Me Insane
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 18:02:43 GMT
Avril proved them wrong because she's not a dumb blonde, not a freaking cherry bomb, not a stupid barbie doll. It was funny because they called the album AL 2.0 because of the Souvenir snippet and even Souvenir is better than 80% of AL.You think 6/13 songs are 80%? Let Me Go, GYWYL, Falling Fast and Hush Hush. 69,2307692%. My bad.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 17:58:45 GMT
I just seriousy cant get into Love Me Insane. Hard to say but I find it boring and blank. LOVE the rest. Since the snippet I knew that song was going to be the most hated one. I particularly find it interesting but it's definitely the worst song of the album. She could have replaced it with another song or a piano ballad but I still enjoy it. By the way, It Was In Me bridge and last chorus > Avril's entire career
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 17:53:49 GMT
Any of y'all remember HAW being labelled AL 2.0 just a week ago? 🤔 Avril proved them wrong because she's not a dumb blonde, not a freaking cherry bomb, not a stupid barbie doll. It was funny because they called the album AL 2.0 because of the Souvenir snippet and even Souvenir is better than 80% of AL.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 17:36:41 GMT
I guess the song will take off in the States soon since all the promo is scheduled for this week and next. They need to add the song to radio and release the music video.
The song has been PRAISED by critics as I expected to be. I hope the album overall has these good critics too because she deserves them this time.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 17:09:05 GMT
GL was until today my favourite album, but comparing its standouts with HAW ones there’s a big difference...
The lyrics, production, melodies, vocals are far superior in HAW. I don’t wanna even mention AL because that album was found dead after HAW release.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 14:17:41 GMT
I'll wait until we have the proper HQ version to make a full review. But I've listened to it 4 times already and I'm pretty convinced this is her best album. And it's not because it's new, but I'm sure in a couple of years I will be saying the same as now.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 10:39:39 GMT
I’m listening it on my HomePod and it sounds even better. Souvenir is growing on me so much.
The problem of having created such a masterpiece is that AL7 is gonna struggle hard to surpass this.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 10:17:09 GMT
The piano intro of Birdie reminds me a lot Don't Tell Me intro.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 8:13:43 GMT
hopefully everyone who has heard the song, will still download the album or stream it on the same day of release so it will boost the sales avril has worked hard for it (for years) and bragging that you are the first ones to listen then wont do anything to help avril's album (downloading and or streaming on the official release) well can u call yourselves "true fan" - iTunes pre-order - Physical CD - Vinyl - Spotify Thank u, next.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 7:27:40 GMT
Well, I have just finished my first listen and now I can confirm this is the first Avril Lavigne album with no filler tracks. I love every single song of this album.
Clearly the weakest songs on the album are Souvenir and Love Me Insane, however I think they fit the album perfectly. Reading you before listening, I thought LMI was going to be a mess and I found it pretty interesting and different. Souvenir is cute but it has nothing special.
My favorites are:
It Was In Me: It's like I'm With You part 2. The vocals are insane, you can feel her pain and how she finally managed to find herself and the strength she needed to overcome her fight. Probably the best song of the album.
I Fell In Love With The Devil: It's incredible that this song is self-produced because it leaves you breathless. When I listen to the album more and in proper HQ, I will make a deeper review, but I just can only say this song is on another level.
Crush: It follows the path of TMIO but in a slower and romantic way. Along with IWIM, it made me cry. Her vocals in this album are just godly.
Birdie: Not the best track of the album but the production is modern and strong. Clearly a standout. I miss some high vocals at the end of the song.
The rest of the album is still good. Goddess is an amazing surprise, Bigger Wow is one of her best upbeat songs and Warrior is powerful but the lyrics are a little bit cliche.
Of course we have the three singles than still remain as three of the strongest options in the album. I absolutely love them, even DB. I don't know how to rank them but I'll try to do in a second listen.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 13, 2019 6:47:50 GMT
I'm on TMIO yet but my fuckin God. IFILWTD is a fuckin masterpiece. That's another level.
Birdie es pretty beautiful too. Very modern and powerful, but Devil remains superior.
I'll post when I have listened to the full thing.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 12, 2019 22:35:20 GMT
New snippet of It Was In Me on her Instagram story! new snippet? where? I don't see it on her IG Check her last story. It Was In Me is gonna leave me bald.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 12, 2019 22:03:47 GMT
Does this count to Metacritic? I just googled it. nme reviews count in metacritic scores. A fuckin 60 coming soon.
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Post by Tyrion123 on Feb 12, 2019 21:21:56 GMT
I still dislike the chorus specially the 'watch me, watch me' and the 'Stand up everybody!'. It all sounds so outdated Disney movie track. The rest of the verses are better. I like the feeling in her voice 'Well there you go again'. Nicki's verse is great and sounds modern. I liked the beat there too. Actually really glad she's on it because it will bring attention and probs make it mainstream. It's already trending on Twitter. If it was only Avril I wouldn't think it will. Still I would like to listen to her solo version because the lyrics I saw looked good. The “Stan up everybody” part is the best for me. Really euphoric and anthemic. I wish all the songs sounded like Disney songs and not like urban generic trash. Those were good times for music.
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