So Sad So Sexy
by Lykke Li

So Sad So Sexy by Lykke Li
Year: 2018
Release date: 2018-06-08
Overall rank: 13,063rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 44 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2018 (245th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (2,680th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,063rd)

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Lykke Li bestography

So Sad So Sexy is ranked 4th best out of 6 albums by Lykke Li on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lykke Li is Wounded Rhymes which is ranked number 2395 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 675.

Lykke Li album bestography « Higher ranked (8,242nd)
Youth Novels
This album (13,063rd)
So Sad So Sexy
Lower ranked (31,051st) »
Eyeye

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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So Sad So Sexy rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,063rd | 2010s rank: 2,680th | 2018 rank: 245th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 44 votes)
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From 06/09/2018 05:41 | #216386
From the opening bars of track 1 "hard rain" ( all tracks are oddly in lower case) its clear this is Lykke Li but not as we know her . Gone are the jungle drums , gone are the piano's and driving guitars , gone are the anthem like tracks and what we have instead are the trade mark LL heartbreaking lyrics set to radio friendly Pop/R&B sty-lings from top to bottom

Now this U-Turn musicality isn't necessarily a bad thing and TBH good on her for taking a chance and following her artistic vibe , however I just don't like R&B Pop ... in fact I hate it . Houston we have a problem !

Title track "so sad so sexy" is a nice ballad that could have appeared on 2014's rather excellent 'I Never Learn' whilst closer "utopia" saves the best for last and could just (maybe) break LL through to the mainstream consciousness

Unfortunately the expletives on this album feel misplaced whilst 'jaguars in the air' and 'sex money feelings die' down right stink

It will be really interesting what LL does next and in the mean time I'll remain a fan

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