Hit Me Hard And Soft (studio album) by Billie Eilish

Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2025 Grammys. The winner was Cowboy Carter by Beyonce

Surprisingly good. I always assumed she didn't have good music... I was wrong. Still a little too clean and overproduced for my taste....

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From katerpillar 09/11/2024 14:48

Everyday I like this more and more

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Enjoyed Billie's latest offering. Didn't think it was quite as memorable as her first two records but I liked the singles and overall vibe nonetheless :-)

From AlvaroIesus 08/31/2024 17:33

"Birds of a feather" straight to her best works.

“Hit Me Hard and Soft” is constrained by its production. Almost the entire album is centered on quiet, tame guitar-led songs. This can be made striking with the right hand, but Phineas chooses the most toothless direction. Its flat sound makes Eilish’s lyricism feel meandering and hashed out. The break-up anthems don’t feel torn up as much as they do tired. Positively, the vocals feel more confident and Eilish seems to be becoming more comfortable exploring her range. “Lunch” is also fun with its flirtatiousness and more energetic feel. “Hit Me Hard and Soft” does not have any callous moments, but nor does it have any standouts. It is just unremarkable.

I don't know if it's the best album of the year, but it's what I like the most, there are classy details in each song!! what a genius!!

From spigelwii 05/27/2024 11:33

I was in the process of writing something about this album, but I refreshed the page and saw that there had been a tremendous review of this record posted right below this comment, so instead of relitigating an opinion I basically completely agree with, I'll just take the easy way out and say:

For such a competent, creative record, it sure was dull. It's mostly totally inoffensive, but despite deviating from a lot of today's popular music trends (but not all of them), somehow a lot of the tracks are indiscernible from others on the album, others in her career, and indeed, other trends in the music industry as a whole. How can this be?

In a year full of irritating, homogenous, huge pop music releases the algorithm tells me I need to care about since I spend a lot of time listening to music, Billie's release is the least annoying, but also, somehow, the least anything at all. A truly contradictory experience.