[DouglasS]

Originally Posted by Withano

Tbf, the negative reviews all mention how repetitive the album sounds and that’s incredibly fair from anybody’s perspective surely?

Like even you guys voting it 9/10+ understand the songs sound very similar to one another surely? It’s fair for people to dislike that.

You’re only allowed to review the album if your opinion agrees with Shaun I think? I genuinely listened to every single song and set time to do so. I mentioned I was going to review it a day before I reviewed it and no one said I could not review it until after I’d posted my review and listened.

It’d be my suggestion to remove the “TIBBs” from my title and call it a album club And note the members, would be more accurate.

[Samm]

Miss rah rah causing all this aggression we had to stan

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Daniel.

The point is the likes of Stacey and Jersey haven't listened

[MB.]

I see some of us aren't feeling the kindness punk spirit

[Jigs]

I like the album but I do agree that it is very repetitive and I struggle to differentiate most of the songs from eachother despite giving the album a listen in full at least 3 times already. However, from my listens I've definitely got favourites. Rain On Me is BY FAR the most exciting and catchy track on t'album. Ariana's vocals really elevate the track. I also like Babylon, Enigma and the Chromatica II interlude.

Overall a 6/10 I reckon.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Withano

Tbf, the negative reviews all mention how repetitive the album sounds and that’s incredibly fair from anybody’s perspective surely?

Like even you guys voting it 9/10+ understand the songs sound very similar to one another surely? It’s fair for people to dislike that.

Originally Posted by Daniel.

The point is the likes of Stacey and Jersey haven't listened

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[Shaun]

3 (and a bit, including today) days left to submit a review peeps, but don't feel coerced into submitting a half-assed one if you haven't even listened to it in full would be like going to a restaurant, ordering a meal, and leaving before it arrives and saying "the breadsticks were okay but nothing special"

[Glenn.]

I’ll give it a 10/10

Not quite sure about the slurs that’s it’s repetitive are coming from. There isn’t a track I don’t like, they are all bops.

I’m obsessed with Babylon and Enigma

[JerseyWins]

Forgot about this I gave this album a half assed skimming listen & every song was very samey, boring & not my style. Idk if the YouTube playlist even has every song or if I listened to every one but it must’ve had like 16, 18 songs or something and was a struggle for some. Literally the only one I decided to save was Rain On Me & idk if I will even listen any more

I only gave a listen & voted because of the response when I wasn’t going to Like I said I’ve never been a Gaga fan but this album was just that a 3.3/10 for me. If you don’t wanna count it idec

[Smithy]

Shauns a fan of half assed skimmed listens so I imagine he will

[Shaun]

2 days left to submit a review and then starting Friday at midnight we will be reviewing 'After Hours' by The Weeknd. Am I anticipating a drop of participation in the region of 85%? Yes I am! But in the words of a spoilt British teen who's obsessed with dancing, planning her birthday party in 2010... I want diversity god damn it!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I thought miss fiona was next

[Shaun]

i don't think we are ready for the cultural shift from gaga to fiona, sorry

[Black Dagger]

This gay says that Chromatica is a 9/10. YES

She's back. After half a decade of alienating the uncultured gays with jazz driven collabs with an icon of the music industry and delivered a personal, powerful album dedicated to the namesake of my Mother she is back to doing what she does best. Delivering bombastic, energetic tracks one after the other. Its rich and its flavoursome and I devoured the lot. Babylon style. Yeah I'm impressed. It deserves all its accolades x

[Nicky91]

Chromatica

Stupid Love: very boppy, i personally like the music video too

Rain On Me: catchy and i am surprised how well gaga/Ariana their voices match up


Sine from Above: at first i was like WTF Elton's voice in a modern dance-pop song sounds so weird, i guess it does sound very anthemic though


overall a decent album (but for me personally not up there with Fame Monster)

8.5

[lewis111]

A step back in the right direction for Gaga in my opinion. A very cohesive album that doesn't have any skips on it - all the songs have their place on the album and I don't find any of them boring, one or two just don't hit as hard as others. Obviously vocal talent isn't an issue at all because it's Gaga. The album achieved what it intended, a fun dance pop album that details pain and trauma and can hopefully help people dance through some forms of pain. Whats great about this album is she managed to create an album she wanted to whilst also listening to what many of her fans have missed from her.
The only "issue" I have is more of a Gaga fan issue rather than a musical issue. I feel like a lot of pop stars could've released this album, whereas with albums like TFM, BTW and ARTPOP you could only see Gaga creating them, but that's not an issue with the quality of the music. Babylon is an exception to this though and is Gaga's best song since at least 2013 possibly as far back as BTW.

Faves: Alice, Stupid Love, Rain On Me, Enigma, Replay, Sine From Above, Babylon
Least Faves: Fun Tonight, 1000 Doves

9/10

[Shaun]

Right then, after 17 votes I've added up the scores and determined that Chromatica's score from TiBB is a very impressive 83. It's logged into the OP and we now move on with our lives to an album that was actually released back on March 20.

His fourth studio album, it went straight to #1 here, in the US and even Lithuania! It's also his most well-received by critics to date, usually sitting around the 4-5 star mark. The tracklist and running time might be intimidating, but you should already be familiar with at least one of the singles from the record (Blinding Lights, In Your Eyes and Heartless have all been hits) so there may be some time you can save by not listening to the ones you already know.

I'm aware there'll be a slight dip in attendance from a major pop female release and that's fine, but I'd rather you didn't all jump ship and kill the game off before it's even begun

Spotify link for the album is in the OP, and hopefully this works as a playlist if I embed it here:

Youtube video

Spoiler: it did not. The YT link above is the opening track, click it and you should find the playlist from there pretty easily.

[Samm]

i'll do this at some point, he's one of the few male artists i perch. save your tears is one of my fav songs of the year so far.

[JerseyWins]

Already heard this one I know I didn't LOVE it, moreso liked just for some of my faves on it (mainly the big hits) but I will give a re-listen before I rate/review this

[Withano]

I’m halfway through and I’m bored ****less tbh

[Withano]

I didn’t like it at all and I assumed I would. I’ve loved every single one of his singles.

Horrible instrumentals throughout, his voice begins to grate, even his singles that I love blend in to the horrible noise

Giving it 2/10 Cos I’m sure there’s something worse round the corner, but I’m shocked at how much I hated that.

[Shaun]

I actually enjoyed this album a lot. Much of his previous releases have either been overstuffed (Starboy) or just plain boring (Beauty Behind the Madness, My Dear Melancholy) and it's been pretty disappointing following him since his breakthrough EPs in 2011 were all great (especially House of Balloons).

Most of the production is crystal clear and tight, and the singles have tapped in greatly to the 80s-revival zeitgeist that's seen similar success for Dua Lipa, Troye Sivan and HAIM recently. Obviously the lead single was massive and catchy and soulful and everything that a great pop song should be, but even the follow-ups haven't let me down... Heartless feels the most like his classic stuff, In Your Eyes is like a ballad ripped straight from Stranger Things, and the title track manages to make all 6 minutes of it continually engaging.

I just... really like this album. It feels like a major pop event; there's a lot to unpack and it's wrapped stylishly. I'd give it an 8.5 as well as Chromatica hopefully album #3 has a different score.

[Jessica.]

I really liked the album, I listened to it a few times when it came out. The first song Alone Again is probably my favourite on the album. I really like Hardest To Love as well.

I like that the album is moody but not too moody and love the production quality.

I really enjoyed The Weeknd's previous album but this one has topped it.

I'll give it a solid 8

[Jordan.]

This album was a slow burner for me, I wasn't feeling the first half much at all, seemed like there was about 4 boring slow songs right after one another which almost lost my interest, however I'm glad I stuck with it because it did finally pick up on Heartless and remained pretty solid until the end. I'd probably only come back for those later "bops" rather than listen to the album front to back again though.

Highlights: In Your Eyes, Blinding Lights, Heartless, After Hours
Snoozers: Scared To Live, Snowchild, Escape From LA

6/10

[Jake.]

I’ve listened twice and will give it a third go before I leave my review but it’s definitely one which improves with repeated listens