Album of the day (#7089): Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood
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- Posted: 04/21/2026 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#7089): Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood
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Today's album of the day
Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2019.
Country: 
Weyes Blood discography rank: 1 (out of 6 listed on BEA)
2019 rank: 3
2010s rank: 39
Overall rank: 296
Average rating: 82/100 (from 701 votes).
Tracks:
1. A Lot's Gonna Change 
2. Andromeda
3. Everyday
4. Something To Believe
5. Titanic Rising
6. Movies
7. Mirror Forever
8. Wild Time
9. Picture Me Better
10. Nearer To Thee
indicates a top-rated track.
Top voted comments:
"Definitely an early contender for my favorite album of 2019 (along with Grey Area). Natalie Mering’s voice gives me Joni Mitchell and Nico vibes while still feeling completely new. The instrumentation is beautiful. There's the folky, twangy guitars, lush pianos, strings, synths... it's all perfect! Titanic Rising sounds like it exists outside of time too. It definitely has the folk and psychedelic sounds of the 60s and 70s but the production and mixing are all very modern. This is especially true on songs like Andromeda and Movies where the synth really transports you out of this world and into the future. I've already listened to the album three times and honestly I think my opinion of this album is only going to go up from here. Titanic Rising is an album I want to go around showing off to my friends. Can't say enough good things about it."
- mjp11 (Rating: 90/100)
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"Certainly one of the most cinematic records I've heard. It's evident right away in "A Lot's Gonna Change", where Natalie invites us to hear the story of the younger more naive-and-in-love version of herself.
I think people are reading a bit too much into the concepts of the album. Simply put, it's a love story from beginning-to-end. The album conveys the overall arc of the relationship (from its genesis in "Andromeda" to its conclusion in "Picture Me Better") with all of the complications, bliss, and dread that come with it.
Weyes Blood's melodies are constantly beautiful and engaging. It is extremely dreamy and at times outright surreal (Movies) but despite sounding a lot like the album cover looks, the production is extremely clear and crisp.
The only misstep was that clunker of a final track. Sounds like a cheap copy-paste of the strings in A Lot's Gonna Change to try to bookend the album with the same melody. It feels out of place and tacky -- she should have simply ended with Picture Me Better. Still, this is only a minor gripe.
Just an outstanding record from front to back. Favorite of the year thus far.
10/10.
Favorite Tracks: Movies, Picture Me Better, A Lot's Gonna Change"
- Cosmo (Rating: 100/100)
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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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