Album Reviews8/10
Deafheaven’s Sixth Album Trades Genre for Ambition, and Mostly Delivers
A band of lonely ones, with power, seeks to build a record beyond one single kind of music, vast and strange in ambition.
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Tag: concept album
Album Reviews8/10
Rapsody’s Thank H.E.R. Now Names Hip-Hop’s Women Pioneers Across 20 Tracks
A tribute to Black women pioneers in hip-hop and beyond, told across twenty tracks of solemn purpose.
Album Reviews8/10
Little Simz’s 2015 Concept Album Argues That Women Should Be Judged by Their Own Rules
A tale of trials and persons wherein a woman declares herself king, proving the crown belongs upon her brow.
Album Reviews6.6/10
Halsey’s ‘Hopeless Fountain Kingdom’: Ambition Exceeds Execution
A young woman leaves her hometown, loses her father, and finds love again in the wake of loss — a concept album reviewed.
Album Reviews6/10
Diamond Dogs Review: Bowie’s Worst Album Earns a 6/10
A review of David Bowie's Diamond Dogs, a record torn between dystopian concept and pop hooks, weighed and judged.
Album Reviews7/10
Twelve Years On, Art Official Age Still Sounds Like Prince Working Through a Concept
Prince's 2014 album Art Official Age is a dense, confident concept record about time and identity, with electro-funk highs and experimental lows. A 7/10.
Album Reviews8.9/10
El Mal Querer: Rosalía’s 30-Minute Argument for Total Control
A track-by-track look at Rosalía's El Mal Querer, an 11-chapter concept album blending flamenco with modern pop.
Album Reviews7.6/10
Arctic Monkeys Trade Guitars for a Lounge Record on the Moon — And It Mostly Works
Arctic Monkeys ditch guitars for a lounge-pop concept album set on the moon. A bold, uneven, but rewarding reinvention.
Album Reviews9/10
The Wall at 47: Pink Floyd’s Brick-by-Brick Masterwork Still Stands
A look back at Pink Floyd's The Wall, a sad tale of a man's solitude, wall raised stone upon stone through spirit and sound.
Album Reviews9.6/10
Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly Earns 9.6 of 10 — an Album That Condemns, Grieves, and Preaches in One Breath
A dreadful and true testimony rendered in sound — sorrow, defiance, and prophecy gathered into one monument of an album.