Some of my favorites are "In the Night," which undulates with dubstep waves and some rattling percussion. Not to say the normal contemporary R&B schtick isn't good, for the most part, the beats are funky as sin, which they are intended to soundtrack. While most of the album sticks to this drum/bass/synth formula, the best and most memorable moments on the album are the songs that have just a little bit more color, like the acoustic guitar that drives "Shameless," the snarling electric guitar in "Dark Times" that feel like an angry lover scratching your eyes out The beat change-up that becomes a synthetic big band jam in "Losers." One of the best beats of the album. Sparse, echoey percussion lays down a foundation for fuzzy, syrupy synths, which fly out of nothing and into your ears and get lodged in your brain, like musical harpoons and you're a blubbery whale. These themes and subjects come across not only in the lyrics, but in the production, which is moody, slow, and expansive, like Abel is playing these songs for you in the back of your brain. This comes across in the lyrics with stories of one night stands, heartbreak, and the inability to feel his face. Abel Tesfaye has only a couple of things on his mind: sex, drugs, and sadness. Was that an intentional twenty one pilots reference?Īnd speaking of what's on his mind, Mr. Luckily, with this album, "Beauty Behind the Madness," I don't have to worry about his hair, just what's on his mind.
And I go to a liberal arts college, so I am wholly qualified to judge him. Now, I'm not one to use ad hominem to back up my points, but my goodness, The Weeknd has the dumbest hair on any human I've ever seen. The first album on my hit list is The Weeknd's latest album, "Beauty Behind the Madness." This is my first exposure to him, but I plan to dig into his back catlogue when I finish the Roastacular.
Luckily I don't really believe in karma, because I would be getting truckloads of bad karma dumped in me. I'm going to be taking the next three weeks to review the Grammy Album of the Year nominees. Welcome one and all to GreenMilkCrate's first annual GRAMMY ALBUM OF THE YEAR ROASTACULAR!
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