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Lemonade (2016) by Beyoncé
I always mentally filed Beyoncé alongside artists like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran--highly successful mainstream pop stars whose music doesn't appeal to me much at all. This is more out of ignorance than anything else. I've never really listened to Beyoncé. And while there's a long section in the middle of this album that kinda fits my preconceptions (although it's less irritating than Ed Sheeran for instance), this album actually has some decent stuff on it. The first four tracks are very listenable. And All Night is good. But I think Formation is terrible, an awful way to end the album. And that long section of meh isn't doing the album any favors. So, while there are some catchy bits and some good vocals and what-not, on the whole this is just okay. It's not by any means deserving of the massive hype, but it's not bad.
52/100
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Neurosis. I prefer Souls at Zero, but I think Through Silver in Blood is the consensus pick for their best.
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My ten are split between two lists:
BEA top unrated albums
1: 409. Highway To Hell by AC/DC (1979)
2: 412. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz (2021)
3: 433. Ocean Rain by Echo & The Bunnymen (1984)
4: 449. The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me by Brand New (2006)
5: 461. Dog Man Star by Suede (1994)
RYM top unrated albums
1: 138. Flood by Boris (2000)
2: 150. Jenny Death by Death Grips (2015)
3: 154. Silent Hill 2 by Akira Yamaoka (2001)
4: 160. Boris at Last -Feedbacker- by Boris (2003)
5: 174. ATLiens by Outkast (1996)
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