User Pick of the Day (#23): Have One on Me by Joanna Newsom

[revolver94]

This is the JNewNew album I find myself returning to the most these days.
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[Happymeal]

Pretty boring album tbh. Not a huge fan of Joanna in general, but this one I can't seem to get that far into anymore.

[Kool Keith Sweat]

Ah, love this one. Wouldn't say there's any filler, but it does suffer a bit from its length; I've only listened to it about fifteen times all the way through, and usually just listen to two discs at a time. My favorite songs are "Good Intentions Paving Company", "Baby Birch," and "In California" and those three songs would probably be in my top five Newsom songs. I think each subsequent disc is slightly weaker than the previous one, though I wouldn't say the third is weak by any means. I've also always felt each disc is structured to have two particularly strong songs, those being: "Good Intentions Paving Company" and Baby Birch" on disc one; "In California" and "Jackrabbits" on disc two; and "Soft as Chalk" and "Kingfisher" on disc three. Though I don't think any song on this album reaches the lyrical heights of "Monkey and Bear" or "Only Skin," this album fits my taste musically moreso than Ys, I think it conveys an atmosphere reminiscent of one created by Jane Austen or the Bronte sisters moreso then her others (which has always been present in her music for me), and I think it's a continued maturation of the best lyricist since the '70s. I've been too focused on '90s alternative and music from the past three years to have listened to Newsom recently though; I'll have to remedy that soon.