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- #1
- Posted: 01/30/2021 21:01
- Post subject: Album of the day (#3696): Ctrl by SZA
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Today's album of the day
Ctrl by SZA (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2017.
Country: 
Overall rank: 968
Average rating: 78/100 (from 287 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Supermodel
2. Love Galore (Feat. Travis Scott)
3. Doves In The Wind (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
4. Drew Barrymore
5. Prom
6. The Weekend
7. Go Gina
8. Garden (Say It Like Dat)
9. Broken Clocks
10. Anything
11. Wavy (Interlude) (Feat. James Fauntleroy)
12. Normal Girl
13. Pretty Little Birds (Feat. Isaiah Rashad)
14. 20 Something
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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DommeDamian
Imperfect, sensitive Aspie with a melody addiction
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Age: 24
Location: where the flowers grow. 
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HoldenM
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- #3
- Posted: 01/31/2021 09:45
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Kind of a masterpiece. Everything people said about Lorde's Melodrama is actually true about CTRL. Here, SZA is vulnerable in a way that doesn't feel like she's begging you to feel sorry for her, or to feel impressed by her sense of self-awareness. The stories on this record are frequently unflattering, rife with recklessness and desperation. They're told by someone who feels totally lost and helpless. It's the kind of record of romantic turmoil that takes a thoroughly balanced view of both sides of a relationship, skewing more towards one's own accountability--which almost never happens in any kind of pop songwriting.
This isn't compelling just because SZA lays her feelings bare; anyone can do that. Instead, SZA is describing her thought process, letting the details, which are lived in and painfully recognizable, speak for themselves. Her songs are almost never didactic, nor are they broad. She shows without needing to tell. Not to mention that the songwriting and production are exquisite, often hazy and haunted, never putting form before content. And SZA accomplishes all of this while crafting a seductive listening experience. As raw as CTRL is, it's never daring you to not listen. Rather, it's a mirror where all your worst tendencies and insecurities can be acknowledged and, if not forgiven, accepted as human.
Track picks
4. Drew Barrymore
5. Prom
10. Anything
12. Normal Girl
14. 20 Something
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