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PotsyTater
February 25th 2023


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Oil is trash. Title track and tame impala ones are the closest this album gets to being listenable

PotsyTater
February 26th 2023


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not gonna bother making an actual tracklist because it doesn't deserve that much effort but i guess the "new gorillaz" tracks I would keep would be

1. Ascension
2. Strobelite
3. Saturnz Barz
4. Submission
5. Charger
6. Andromeda
7. She's My Collar
8. The Apprentice
9. Out of Body
10. Ticker Tape
11. Hollywood
12. Lake Zurich
13. Fire Flies
14. Souk Eye
15. The Lost Chord
16. Pac-Man
17. The Pink Phantom
18. Aries
19. Friday 14th
20. Dead Butterflies
21. Desole
22. Momentary Bliss
23. Opium
24. With love To An Ex
25. How Far?
26. Cracker Island I guess
27. New Gold I guess



The thing about Humanz is it has some really good songs but as an album its just a chore and doesn't work, can't really explain it but it just is not fun to listen to as an album. The Now, Now is more cohesive I guess but most of it is severely unmemorable and kind of has a "The Fall" vibe. Song Machine also has some really good songs but works better than Humanz because it was trying to be anything less than a collection of songs, and that really works in its favour. I wouldn't save much anything from this. Outside of title track and New Gold I guess I could see Silent Running, Baby Queen, and Skinny Ape growing on me. I hated the title track and New Gold at first and now i don't mind them. Some of the tracks I like from Song Machine and Humanz I also hated at first so I'll leave that possibility open.

PotsyTater
February 26th 2023


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actually I forgot again that Skinny Ape has that really shitty-ass hype part nvm

Storm In A Teacup
February 26th 2023


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Cha cha cha charger

PotsyTater
February 26th 2023


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Humanz is one of those albums where I feel like I could make an alternate tracklisting where i just move things around, add in some bonus tracks, and remove some standard tracks and it would be like 200% better.

Storm In A Teacup
February 26th 2023


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I did exactly that and it was a lot better

PotsyTater
February 26th 2023


10099 Comments


based, hows it go?

Storm In A Teacup
February 26th 2023


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Humanz Corrected with some help from the album after



1 Carnival (feat. Anthony Hamilton)

2 Interlude: New World

3 Saturn Barz feat. Popcaan

4 Hallelujah Money feat. Benjamin Clementine

5 Ticker Tape feat. Carly Simon & Kali Uchis

6 Let Me Out feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T

7 Interlude: The Elephant

8 Lake Zurich

9 Andromeda feat. DRAM

10 Strobelite feat. Peven Everett

11 Humility (feat. George Benson)

12 Circle of Friends (Brandon Markell Holmes

13 Idaho

14 Charger

15 Ascension feat. Vince Staples

16 Magic City

PotsyTater
February 26th 2023


10099 Comments


oh..

Storm In A Teacup
February 26th 2023


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Par for the Storm Course ? 😅

Storm In A Teacup
February 26th 2023


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I did assume my bonus tracks were the wrong bonus tracks.

PotsyTater
February 26th 2023


10099 Comments


😬😬😬

Storm In A Teacup
February 26th 2023


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Please don't say you hate Carnival

PotsyTater
February 26th 2023


10099 Comments


I won't say it but...

Storm In A Teacup
February 26th 2023


47085 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Shucks

anat
February 26th 2023


5852 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

throwing it out into the discourse ether that I liked the closer on this as much as any of the other tracks - that is to say not an awful lot but, you know, enough

PotsyTater
February 26th 2023


10099 Comments


lmao. i appreciate how much effort you put into phrasing that optimistically

Rowan5215
Emeritus
February 26th 2023


48420 Comments

Album Rating: 2.8

think I've posted this before but imo peak Humanz playlist:



1. The New World

2. Ascension

3. Saturnz Barz

4. Apprentice

5. She's My Collar

6. Submission

7. Charger

8. Duetz

9. Andromeda

10. Busted

11. Sleeping Powder

12. Out of Body

13. Hallelujah Money

14. Garage Palace

15. Let Me Out

16. Ticker Tape



flows from song to song really well, has a fun apocalypse party kinda feel to it, ends with a really nice tune instead of the worst song ever made etc

PotsyTater
February 26th 2023


10099 Comments


i dont even know what some of those songs are

Sowing
Moderator
February 26th 2023


45533 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I thought Humanz had some decent cuts (Ascension goes pretty hard at certain moments) and same with The Now Now. Didn't get much out of Song Machine, but it was still alright. This is exceptionally bland.



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