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Post by orangesky on Jan 5, 2020 20:19:15 GMT
Disappointing to see Head Above Water was the ‘5th worst album of 2019’ according to Metacritic :’( at least she’s in company with Kanye and Ed Sheeran, I guess? They also made the list. I truly feel it’s my fav of the year, a shame critics never seem to appreciate Av. Anyway, you can vote for your fav on Metacritic’s website, so we should prove them wrong and vote for HAW! I think that’s really unfair and that’s not just coming from a biased fan. It’s a really good and solid album. I agree. I don't think it's extreme enough to end up one of the worst. It really is hard to tell what people want from her sometimes (or what they think her fans want from her if that's what they're basing it on)
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Post by oneofthoseguys on Jan 6, 2020 20:19:21 GMT
new viral on Twitter
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Post by orangesky on Jan 6, 2020 20:44:42 GMT
at 14? what?
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Post by katy on Jan 6, 2020 21:13:32 GMT
she actually wrote IWY? what?
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jan 6, 2020 23:55:44 GMT
Avril didn’t even have a record contract at 14. She wrote IWY at around 16 or 17.
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Post by Crush on Jan 7, 2020 4:24:36 GMT
Disappointing to see Head Above Water was the ‘5th worst album of 2019’ according to Metacritic :’( at least she’s in company with Kanye and Ed Sheeran, I guess? They also made the list. I truly feel it’s my fav of the year, a shame critics never seem to appreciate Av. Anyway, you can vote for your fav on Metacritic’s website, so we should prove them wrong and vote for HAW! I think that’s really unfair and that’s not just coming from a biased fan. It’s a really good and solid album. I'm a biased fan too, but I personally found this album to be her worst, and one of the worst overall. Not a popular opinion on this forum, I know! Still love Av a lot though of course. Waiting for the next era ♡
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Post by Jinkxx on Jan 7, 2020 9:34:27 GMT
I think that’s really unfair and that’s not just coming from a biased fan. It’s a really good and solid album. I'm a biased fan too, but I personally found this album to be her worst, and one of the worst overall. Not a popular opinion on this forum, I know! Still love Av a lot though of course. Waiting for the next era ♡ Really?? Why?? I see you also like Lana del Rey so the slower songs must not be something you dislike. I LOVE the album and tbh, since I think it's so amazing I'm a bit worried what will come next. But slightly a bit since she mostly satisfy me with her music. But everyone has their own opinion so what is so terrible about HAW in your opinion?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2020 16:38:20 GMT
I think that’s really unfair and that’s not just coming from a biased fan. It’s a really good and solid album. I'm a biased fan too, but I personally found this album to be her worst, and one of the worst overall. Not a popular opinion on this forum, I know! Still love Av a lot though of course. Waiting for the next era ♡ I just found this album to be more consistent than others. Sure it never had a sure fire hit but that’s what I like about it. She wasn’t trying too hard and for the first time felt like she actually let go. For me AL is the worst. It’s all over the place and in a lot of places childish for a 30 yo woman. GL isn’t one of my favourites either but it is really good in places but not so much in others. The track listing does my head in. WTH is not a true representation of the album and should have been last on the tracks list as I feel like DB should have been towards the end of HAW, it doesn’t fit in with the feel of the album
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Post by Duwod on Jan 8, 2020 7:15:38 GMT
Based on the story telling aspect of the song order in HAW DB’s spot is perfect. While it‘s up to you to like it or not the song is sonically completely different than the first four tracks. It‘s like an explosion. It gives me the feeling as if she was so under pressure in the previous tracks that she had enough what resulted to be that „explosion“ in DB. Right after that song IWIM starts which is again completely the opposite of DB but I dare to say that that spot for IWIM was perfectly chosen.
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Post by ame · 雨 on Jan 8, 2020 14:00:59 GMT
Based on the story telling aspect of the song order in HAW DB’s spot is perfect. While it‘s up to you to like it or not the song is sonically completely different than the first four tracks. It‘s like an explosion. It gives me the feeling as if she was so under pressure in the previous tracks that she had enough what resulted to be that „explosion“ in DB. Right after that song IWIM starts which is again completely the opposite of DB but I dare to say that that spot for IWIM was perfectly chosen. hey, that actually makes a lot of sense haha, maybe we were wrong all this time with the "DB doesn't fit" thing LOL
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Post by BogoGog24 on Jan 8, 2020 14:52:36 GMT
To me DB sort of represents a tonal shift in the album. It sounds out of place, but at the same time I think it was sort of a necessary "bridge" between the ballads and the more upbeat portion of the album. The songs before it are about Lyme and this toxic relationship she's in, DB talks about this guy calling her a dumb blonde but basically how she isn't going to take his shit anymore and stand up for herself, in this very upbeat, tongue-in-cheek sort of way. The songs that follow like IWIM and Warrior represent strength and then there's the rest of the songs on the second half of the album discussing the new love she's found and how happy she is. DB represents that tonal shift, IMO.
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Post by jant017 on Jan 8, 2020 16:19:40 GMT
Am I the only one who doesn't really like Birdie?
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Post by delmatico on Jan 8, 2020 17:13:04 GMT
Am I the only one who doesn't really like Birdie? I really love first part of the song, and maybe second part, but chorus and bridge I really dont like.... I don't like when singers sing that way.... I don't know how to express myself...
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Post by orangesky on Jan 8, 2020 20:57:10 GMT
Am I the only one who doesn't really like Birdie? I really love first part of the song, and maybe second part, but chorus and bridge I really dont like.... I don't like when singers sing that way.... I don't know how to express myself... Agreed. A lot of fans seem to like when she sings really high and sharp but I find it so unpleasant on the ear
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Post by katy on Jan 8, 2020 21:03:14 GMT
Am I the only one who doesn't really like Birdie? I’m not a big fan of it either. It’s a bit bland.
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