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| 2.5 average | cjbizzlebizzle | December 31st 22 |
Feel a bit harsh here but almost everything that made the masterful debut 'SAWAYAMA' seems to be missing here. What was quirky, fun and unique seems to have been traded for very generic melodies and songwriting. There is a lot of soul and introspection here and I do applaud the more personal songs on the record but for me this was the album of 2022 that I listened to twice and just didn't have much desire or need to go back to despite it being perhaps the most looked forward to record of the year. Hopefully just a sophmore slump for my enjoyment of the artist.
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| 3.3 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | December 15th 22 |
oh yeah this is noughties reconstruction. Sawayama lost a bit of explosiveness here to instead provide a soundtrack to all 00s rom-coms starring Matthew McConaughey (yeah these were the days).
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| 3.5 great | Tjatkinson1998 | October 29th 22 |
The second album from Rina for me is her best. While not as alternative and wild as the first, the album flows better as it tells the story of Rina coming to terms with turning 30 and dealing with past traumas. She shows off her vocals on the powerful ?Catch Me In The Air? and ?Frankenstein,? highlighting its power. She still has Pop bangers like ?This Hell.? which are addictive as hell. ?Send My Love To John? is a great ballad with the message of acceptance. The album also flows so well and feels like a concurrent story. You feel the pain Rina is in and see her overcome it as the LP goes along. Some tracks like ?Hurricanes? feel like they?re treading similar ground to others and there are points where the sound pallet isn?t too amazing, but this album is a great ride and IMO Rina?s best. Score: 8/10 Faves: Catch Me In The Air, This Hell, Frankenstein, Your Age, Send My Love To John Least Faves: Forgiveness and Hurricanes.
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| 4.0 excellent | Malcontent | July 29th 22 |
holy shit I lost award-winning artist rina sawayama in my pitch drop experiment
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| 1.5 very poor | doofy | March 24th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Snuron | March 15th 24 |
| 2.0 poor | wwf | June 21st 23 |
| 2.5 average | memnite | January 28th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Luna | January 18th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 13th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Adamn | November 3rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | heck | November 2nd 22 |
| 3.0 good | HstroX | October 28th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Tim64T | October 25th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Votex | October 25th 22 |
| 2.5 average | osey | October 19th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | September 29th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Respawn | September 24th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Dubboop | September 22nd 22 |
| 2.0 poor | alex01p | September 22nd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Djang0 | September 21st 22 |
| 3.0 good | Brabiz | September 20th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | September 20th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Lucman | September 19th 22 |
| 3.0 good | UrukHai | September 18th 22 |
| 2.5 average | clavier EMERITUS | September 17th 22 |
| 3.5 great | jlsg | September 17th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Slex | September 17th 22 |
| 3.5 great | alamo | September 17th 22 |
| 2.0 poor | Handers | September 16th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Pangea | September 16th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | greg84 EMERITUS | September 16th 22 |
| 3.5 great | iGuter | September 16th 22 |
| 2.5 average | jtswope | September 16th 22 |
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