I know i'm a bit late with posting this as the albums been out for a few weeks now but I've managed to have a good listen to it and have been totally surprised by some of the outcomes !!
Oh and just to let you know this will be a looong post so if you get bored easy and don't want to listen to me ramble on & on stop now ha.
So the first track you hear is Phresh Out The Runway a great way to start the album, the beat goes hard making you want to stomp around, or in my case twerk around the room like a mad person. Ri tries her hand at rapping on this track and in my opinion does a very good job at it to.
The second track is her latest single Diamonds this has to be my favourite song on the album, or possibly ever. I love the euphoric feel of the chorus when it kick in, and it's just one of those songs you can blast up and sing your hear out to. Definitely gonna be a fan favourite at concerts/festivals I think.
Third is Numb I have mixed feelings about this track. I love the beat, it's very hypnotic, and the way it drops at the beginning of the song is just epic. But at the same time it's very bland and repetitive with Ri chanting "I'm going numb" for pretty much half the song, I guess I just feel she could of done a lot more with it. At least we have a saving Grace that goes by the name of Eminem, like always he never fail to deliver and his verse makes the song for me.
Pour It Up is the fourth track another amazing song, but this ones definitely a grower, on the first couple of listens I didn't like it at all, but now one of my most listened to. This has got to be the ratchet anthem of Rihanna career so far I LOVE IT, "I still got my money".
The fifth and most played track off the album is Loveeeee Song how this song has had so much hate I don't know. I get that Futures voice is not everybody's cup of tea but I really like it, I find the way he croons fits the mood of the song and makes it more sensual. The only thing I wish was different about this track is I want more of the pair singing together. They way Ri sounds when she is sining in the background at the end of the song gives me shivers every time.
Sixth is Jump woop woop dubstep time. Words cannot describe how utterly amazing the break down is on this song. If that's not enough to make you fall in love with this track then surely when Ri start singing "Let's do it, Ride it, My pony" (a sample from Ginuwine) you do.
Ok so track seven is Right Now this another song I'm not 100% sure on, I do like listening to it and it never gets skipped, I just feel it's a bit same old and typical Guetta song. With that said tho when the track drops it drops hard and you can't do nothing but get crazy and jump around.
Onto number eight What Now in my opinion this is one of Ri's most powerful ballad to date. The lyrics are beautiful and personal to her, but at the same time you can still relate to the what she's saying and how she's feeling and you can hear the emotions in her voice throughout the whole song. This song has a nice little surprise at the end as well.
Ninth is her second single and what a great choice Stay another ballad but more mellowed out than 'What Now'. This is another beautiful track. This song features a song writer/singer (if i'm correct he actually wrote this song) Mikky Ekko, his voice is perfect for the mood of this song and is a great addition.
Track ten Nobody's Business is a song that when I first heard about it I instantly thought I was gonna hate (yes it was partly because it's a breezy collab) , well surprise surprise I really like it, so much so that when it comes on I find myself having to play it 3-4 time before I can go onto the next one ha. It's true when people say "don't judge a book by its cover". So what makes this song so catchy, its got to be the whole 80's beat, and funnily enough I really like the way they've auto tuned Chris to sound similar to Michael Jackson.
The epic, amazing, beautiful, stunning Love Without Tragedy/Mother Mary at number eleven this song has to be my second most favourite song off the album. LWT is another (or so it seem) personal song to Ri. She talks Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and heart break. She singing "You took the best years of my life, I took the best years of your life" and "Who knew this one drive would injure us so fatally" which has lead a lot of people to believe she is sing about her and Chris back in 2009. It's still a very listenable song tho. Onto Mother Mary, wow where do I start, this song takes me places I can't even begin to explain, whenever I hear the song I get goose bumps. It's got a mesmerising sound to the song and Ri's vocals and lyrics really catch your attention making you stop and just listen.
Things get slowed down on track twelve Get It Over With some people find this some boring and some like me think this is the hidden gem on the album. Ok so i'm not gonna lie this is another song where the lyrics are very repetitive but there's just something about it. On first listening you can easily mistake this song for being about getting high and smoking weed, but if you really take the time to listen you start to realise that the song has a hidden meaning.
Track thirteen, Ri takes it back to her island routes with No Love Allowed this is what I like to hear Ri sing, you can tell by the way she sings the song that she's at home on this track. I think the thing that makes this song so unique is that it has no drums in it which makes for an interesting beat. Now this song is no 'Man Down' but it's still very catchy and is more upbeat, not so dark.
Lost In Paradise track fourteen is another song I find myself getting lost in (no pun intended ha), I'm not sure if it's the music or the lyrics that capture my attention. The song goes from being quite mellow at the start, to build in the chorus, then BAM your hit with the quick and short "Bass Slap", the song them goes back to mellow and you get to do it allover again.
Last but not least track fifteen Half of me again not quite sure what to say about this one, it's a nice little number but it my least played song. It's definitely a personal for Ri and her way of saying F-you to all the critics and haters, it just doesn't do it for me. The song certainly drags and is very repetitive, you get a sense of the song needing to come to a climax a lot quick than it does.
That's it, that's my views on the album.
If you are reading, well, well done you because I would of left a long way back. Thank you for taking the time out to read this :).
No comments:
Post a Comment