#ranking albums

[jamiethenerd]

ranking the midnights album ———————————————————————————

first i listened to all the songs and categorized them as i went (see below)

my top 5 are: 1) vigilante shit 2) mastermind 3) question 4) karma 5) maroon

then i ranked all the songs on a tier list (see below)

overall, i’d give it B tier!

i will be doing this for every album :) evermore coming soon!

[harrysfolklore]

For the album thing four, midnight memories and made in the am. Idk if you’ve heard those albums.

of course i have my friend

midnight memories

Favourite Track: little white lies

Least Favourite Track: why don’t we go there

Underrated track: half a heart

Overrated Track: diana

made in the am

Favourite Track: walking in the wind

Least Favourite Track: never enough

Underrated track: i want to write you a song

Overrated Track: infinity

[chloe-or-sam-or-sophia-or-marcus]

Fearless

Debut

TTPD

1989

speak now

folklore

evermore

midnights

RED

Lover

[adashofnirvana]

rating muse songs from their latest album, will of the people : [spoiler alert, i'm probably pretty lenient]

1. will of the people - invokes the feeling of 'corporate dystopia' for some reason. kind of like a villain's song? i like it. 7.5/10

2. compliance - too bright and synthpop-y for my taste. of course ST was pretty much synthpop (and i liked it), but this one doesn't fully fit the theme of dystopia and politics. but it's definitely grown on me from the first time i heard it. 6.5/10

3. liberation - pianoooo. i like the theme but it's kind of slow for me. 5.5/10

4. won't stand down - loved it the first time i heard and it slaps just as hard every single time i listen to it. SICK breakdown and descent into metal. 10/10

5. ghosts (how can i move on) - opening piano almost sounds like the opening of take a bow? i like the lyrics but the piano is taking time to grow on me. yeah okay the lyrics are really getting to me istg matt bellamy writes love songs far better than anyone else i know. 7.5/10

6. you make me feel like it's halloween - moving back to their ST roots!!! super funky. neat solo. 7/10

7. kill or be killed - sick lyrics. super heavy. step on me. i think i contributed to half its total streams on spotify. 10/10

8. verona - ?????!!!!?????!!!????? i like the longing but...this ain't it, chief. 4.5/10

9. euphoria - catchy. nice guitar work. 6.5/10

10. we are fucking fucked - we sure are. neat and heavy. 7.5/10

overall it kind of feels more the 2nd law/the resistance oriented with the piano heavy songs, but every song has beautiful lyrics :)

[hazardsoflove]

feel free to rb if you want :-) i forgot polls are limited to ten options so specify in the tags for the last one!!

[achillesapple]

girls after listening to hozier sing the most haunting yet beautiful song about the horrors of colonialism

[saltyb0ba]

a deep blood moon, a starless night

dark enough to see the light

[that-was-a-bit-stupid-of-you]

ttpd review: thoughts (and prayers)

cuz wtf was that. (also providing my two cents that no one gives a shit about)

Is the promotion in the room with us?

Not going to lie, this part pissed me off. As a post evermore release swiftie, the first album release I got was midnights. And while the promotion for midnights wasn't astoundingly genius, the track list release (midnights mayhem with me) was smart. Everyday, there would be chaos all over social media of taylor taking out a number and releasing the track name. The excitement over YOYOK was to die for. But after reaching peak fame, girlie just decided shit wasn't necessary anymore. Absolutely no promotion for ttpd, except a few lyrics that provided no context (or excitement) whatsoever. That, and the very non subtle "hinting" of some big reveal of what went down between her and joe, by making some playlists, that not only ruined the perspective of many of her fans and the relationship they had with her previous songs, but ALSO. THE ALBUM HAD BARELY ANYTHING ABOUT JOE. (Not that i personally care about what happened, but it was so unnecessary to center the ONLY promotion done around someone who was barely a part of the album). Swifties went on the internet to harass joe alwyn (and his female coworkers) who might as well be called a special mention on a matty healy album. Why even do all that then? We will never know.

Confusion?

taylor released 31 songs, and while a double album theory coming true would be a dream come true for any swiftie, it just... wasn't. Out of 31 songs, barely 10 stood out. Some of it just didn't make sense, in any way. "Why is this on the album?" "This sounds like a midnights vault track." "No issues, maybe this is just a skip. I'll listen to the next. Oh wait nvm. Um." Like girl what. It just feels like a giant vault album of synth pop music.

Also, it's called the tortured poets department. There is barely anything poetic or tortured about the album aesthetic. Except maybe it's torturing me, but I'm as much of a poet as she is, which basically means I'm not one.

The album just feels so different than the other albums, in the sense that they followed an aesthetic, a certain style of music and lyrics, and created some sort of story. This one just feels like she wrote many songs and put them all on an album, picked whatever track name seemed interesting enough as the album name, and called it a day. Some of the songs are gems, some create a confusion as to why they are on this album, and some just make you cringe- or atleast go "wtf". Which is fine, but if not even half the songs fall under the first category out of 30 songs, then it's a problem.

These were written by... taylor?

The lyrics omfg. I'm not going to be one of those ppl who go around saying that the lyrics sounded like an emo middle schooler (I've heard this take) BUT again, some songs have lyrics that make you question how taylor, someone who wrote the albums folklore and evermore, and many great songs like would've, could've, should've, story of us, all too well, fearless, white horse, dbatc, daylight, red... I could keep going tbh, produced...this.

It was very weird to listen to the words "tattooed golden retriever" from someone who wrote "handsome, you're a mansion with a view" (also who the FUCK is calling matty healy that??)

A very important part of taylor's music is how it is focused on the lyrics. The music itself isn't the most special, or different, in most of her songs, but what makes them (and her) special is her songwriting. However, from her songwriting going from commonly used phrases and idioms to make them tell a story, use a wide range of vocabulary, heavily using personification, allusion, transferred epithet, and a few other figures of speech that she uses in her songs to make elements such as colours, for example, tell a story, in a way it seemed effortless and fit perfectly, to this... now it feels like she's trying to do that, but that's it. She's TRYING, and it's not yielding results, and seems more like a try hard "poet" rather than... whatever she was going for. The songs are filled with self-satisfied "clever" metaphors that are being reused and recycled over and over. This is not what ppl meant when they asked you to be more environmentally friendly, taylor.

Final thoughts I guess?

While the songs are basically only an empty shell of something that taylor used to make, the album isn't all bad. Some of the songs do sound good and go well with taylor's voice (aaron dessner, the fucking legend you are) and are quite enjoyable, if not as memorable as her other songs.

There are songs such as the prophecy, clara bow, so long, london, loml, guilty as sin?, etc., that really do come through and honestly I really like them.

I do feel that the album can grow on people, but it's just... not the best. Like she says so much, and not to quote taylor swift, but genuinely the only thing in my head right now is "the more you say, the less I know".

Overall, the album is fine, but not in taylor swift standards. It's just... not bad, with some exceptions.

[the-black-mask]

Biker Couple © Dennis Hopper Trust; courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, 1961 💿 The Smiths: The Best Of (L.P)

Andy Warhol's FLESH. Joe Dallesandro (L) Louis Walden (R), 1968 💿 The Smiths: The Smiths (L.P)

In The Year Of The Pig, directed by Emile de Antonio. Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn in Da Nang, South Vietnam, September 1967

Michael Wynn speaks

💿 The Smiths: Meat Is Murder (L.P)

Alain Delon in "L'Insoumis" 1964 💿 The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead (L.P)

Rock n Roll Times/Rockers by Juergen Vollmer, Hamburg, Germany 1961

💿 The Smiths: The World Won't Listen (Double L.P)

Birds of Britain John d' Green 'Alexandra Bastedo' (actress, writer) 1967 💿 The Smiths: Rank (live L.P)

Orphée by Jean Cocteau. Jean Marais, 1950

💿 The Smiths: This Charming Man (single)

East Of Eden by Elia Kazan James Dean, Richard Davalos, 1955 💿 The Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come (L.P)

George O'Mara (Adonis), photographed by Jim French (Colt Studios), from Margaret Walters’ book The Nude Male: A New Perspective, 1978 💿 The Smiths: Hand In Glove (single)

Women In Revolt, by Andy Warhol. Directed by Paul Morrissey. Candy Darling, 1971 💿 The Smiths: Sheila Take A Bow (single)

T H E S M I T H S

album cover stars

[foursaints]

what did you think of ttpd!! we gotta know

[hwashotcheeto]

TAKE MY SOUL 😩

TAKE MY HEART ❤️‍🔥

EL AMOR ES CIEGO

[harrysfolklore]

im sending a couple (if thats okay)

hs1

fine line

punisher

reputation

folklore

it’s more than okay !!

harry styles

Favourite Track: sign of the times

Least Favourite Track: mmith

Underrated track: esny

Overrated Track: maybe kiwi

fine line

Favourite Track: to be so lonely

Least Favourite Track: treat people with kindness

Underrated track: falling

Overrated Track: treat people with kindness

punisher

Favourite Track: punisher

Least Favourite Track: graceland too (but i love them all)

Underrated track: chinese satellite

Overrated Track: kyoto

reputation

Favourite Track: getaway car

Least Favourite Track: dancing with our hands tied

Underrated track: dress

Overrated Track: king of my heart

folklore

Favourite Track: cardigan

Least Favourite Track: hoax

Underrated track: the last great american dynasty

Overrated Track: the 1

[yourfavealbumisgender]

Barbie: The Album, the soundtrack for Barbie is AroAce!

[chongoblog]

I wannna make a ranking of the songs in my own albums. So I’m gonna start with the most recent one: Lakitu’s Mixtape Volume 1 (give it a listen if you haven’t already)

From worst to best

36. Go Baby Go Stupid

35. Feeling Good

34. Gold!

33. What The Frappe?

32. Beach That Makes You Breakdance

31. Slick And Twisted

30. Peach That Makes You Old

29. Call Me Shirley

28. Skydance

27. Look At The Time

26. I Love Mondays

25. Metro Mushroom

24. Wrench Discourse

23. Arcade Mention

22. Boing!

21. That’s A Space Station

20. Intense Night Drive

19. Battle Mention

18. Road Where You Go

17. 78 Years Later

16. Maple Leaf Momentum

15. Triforce Jam

14. Multiball

13. Rainbow Rock

12. Plant Gang

11. Maple Leaf Melody

10. Amp’d Up

9. Across the Cosmos

8. wah.wav

7. Tonight

6. Sugar Headache

5. Yes, Capes!

4. OSHA Non-Compliant

3. Prismatic Path

2 Pleasant Day Drive

1. Greetings

So a few notes on this ranking. First of all, Go Baby Go Stupid is only at the bottom because I feel like I made it too long and repetitive, and I was going to say it’s the only miss of the album, but a lot of people still really love it and even said its their fave, so I guess this was the most consistently rad album. Another thing of note is that if you’d told me on launch day that Amp’d Up would eventually grow to be in the Top Ten I would’ve called you a liar.

Anyway hope you enjoyed. Might do this for more of my albums.

[nocontexttmbg]

can i be brave and say tmbw song ranking is insane. the top ten is exactly what you'd expect but their actual genuine masterpieces are at spots 100+