Reviews (page 2 of 8)
Can't fail to be impressed by the ambition and the adventurous production throughout but as it wore on I didn't find much to grab on to. Maybe it's a bit basic to crave a bit of melody from time to time, but the breathed, emotionless vocals started floating past me after a while.
This is alright, FKA Twigs is clearly trying to find her feet here - there's a big 'who am I, what do I want to be' vibe going on
kinda just a jumble of mildly unpleasant sounds with very ok vocals. the whisper singing isn't bad but it's really nothing out of the ordinary
Too freaky for me but it was unique.
Not for me
Probably more surprised at this album's rating (currently 2.8 overall) than any I've seen on here. I thought this was great when it dropped and still love it now.
Pretty original, held my interest.
Rerig nie my ding nie maar dis nie 'n slegte album nie. 2.5
It’s an enjoyable listen, but never really scales the heights to raise above the crowd
This shocked me - I was fully anticipating not enjoying it, but I did. I loved her vocals, as well as the whole electronic sound. It did get a bit repetitive, but that shouldn’t take away from what is a genuinely great album. It’s probably 3.5* for me, but I did like it more overall than some I’ve given 3* to.
I'm not sure how I felt about that. Very atmospheric but also a bit annoying at times. A bit Everything But The Girl at times, but nowhere near as objectionable (to me). The floatiness made it feel a bit unsubstantial. Just not my kinda thing. 2/5
bland
Spooky voice very sexual lyrics
A new weight loss drug?
I already really like FKA Twigs
So bad. 1/5
Didn’t know anything about this. It started a little odd and I didn’t think I’d like it, but as it played I found myself liking it. Original and creative. How much I’d return to it is another question, but I liked it.
Bjork (so so so much) lite(r)
I kinda agree with the good reviews and the bad reviews.
Soulless, homogeneous, and sounds like something made using Garage Band.
I liked this album the first time I heard (about a year after it was released) and I still like it now.
I hate it
Way chill for my leg day. She’s a good singer.
Not my preferred genre, but tried to put myself (57F) into a different mindset. Imagined myself at 15, 20, or 25 taking a walk with this music in my headphones. Certainly more relatable that way. But still, few songs stood out--I liked "Video Girl" the most for its lyrics and melody--they mostly sounded like the same song. But good vibe for a certain time and place.
Boring
Twigs has better
This couldn’t have been further from Adele. It was ambitious and, though I found it a little dense at times, it hit more often than it missed.
Interesting to have this back-to-back with Adele as although this is to a large extent rooted in (hyper?) pop, this is way denser, experimental and interesting as a result. I’m not convinced it is all good though, the density of effects on the vocals washes it out a little too much for my liking and it favours the upper register so much I think it needed a little more balance. It’s an a sound I think she refined better on ‘MAGDALENE’ overall, but ‘two weeks’ remains a great example of what she can do.
Wasn't quite sure what this would be like, but it wasn't what I expected from her acting career.
Pretty cool sounds—weird and interesting but also enjoyable
First off, I like this album. It's well produced, very well performed, sexy, and definitely sets a vibe. However, not sure this is really mandatory listening. Still though, giving it a 4 because I like it.
If she’s formerly known as Twigs, what is she currently known as? This just sounded like one long, boring song.
Nice enough, but really can't get excited about it.
The layers of synth and high pitched vocals were overbearing, and the album as a whole felt pretty homogenous without a meaningful direction
Moody bjork lite. pop with a hint of Portishead.
makes me think a lot of Never Be Like You - Flume, and this is a good sign. did not expected to be good at all and im now pleasantly surprised :)
I like 'two weeks' very dream-like.
What pile of steaming horse crap, top 1001 my foot.
First two songs - preface and lights on are hard listens. But the album builds songs after that incredibly well. Pendulum is an incredible song. Hi-hits and claps work incredibly well with the synths on the album.
I dig her voice. I like the music. It is close to a 5 for me, but not quite there.
This was a tough one to get through.. I'm not sure who this music was made for because it even made my baby cry.
W.O.W. I was cshocked when I listened to the preface and didn't think THAT would be the voice for the rest of the album. aLso, this is a recent record so I appreciated that
I don’t take the right kind of drugs to listen to this music.
A talented vocalist. Hard stop. The music is awful (I’m pretty sure I heard a car alarm going off in one of the songs) and the lyrics are just terrible. These are the artists that you wish sold out to The Man so they could get some direction on how to use the talents that they have versus doing something like this on their own.
The artist is appropriately named … twigs are broken pieces of something larger, small parts of a whole that used to serve a purpose. Twigs are mistakes, discards that hold no value on their own - they simply remind us that something better used to be here. This album is strong evidence that actual music died a long time ago and no one noticed. There is no modicum of talent present: an average voice, poor songwriting and unimaginative arrangements that use sound to hide behind rather than to enhance . If this is where ‘music’ has gone for it’s next afterlife, RIP Ziggy Stardust 🪦.
Soundtrack to a dystopian future I want no part of.
Kinda liked it at first. But after an hour of it I was pretty sick of her voice. It's like listening to an Irish tin whistle. Sounds great at first when you're on Danny Boy or Whiskey in the Jar. But without beer, it just becomes annoying.
Souless and harsh sounding only buttered up by her decent vocals but its not enough to not make this miserable. Two Weeks is the only reason this aint a 1. Doesn’t deserve a spot on this list.
1/5
The men hate to see a freak succeed fr fr First time listening to FKA Twigs properly and enjoyed my time muchly. She's got an excellent voice and makes interesting soundscapes. I liked the song that sounded like we were on the lift hill for Oblivion at Alton Towers
Not my thing
Tahliah Barnett spent years dancing in music videos for Ed Sheeran, Kylie Minogue, and Jessie J, which is the musical equivalent of being a gifted architect and spending your twenties painting other people's houses. She quietly taught herself production techniques, collaborated with Venezuelan producer Arca, Paul Epworth, and a collection of other names that read like a Pitchfork approved dinner party guest list, and emerged in 2014 with an album so critically acclaimed that calling it a debut felt almost insulting. The album is genuinely impressive by any objective measure. One critic described it as an absolute masterclass in electronic arrangement and production, each track its own small microcosm of carefully layered synths and samples. Another compared her visual and sonic identity to David Bowie and Kate Bush simultaneously, which is the kind of sentence that wins you a year end list placement and a Mercury Prize nomination in the same breath. Both things happened. I came to this album expecting something like Bjork. What I got was Bjork's more introverted younger cousin who turns the music inward rather than outward. The R&B foundation underneath the art pop architecture is elegant and precise but also genuinely not my natural habitat regardless of how impressively it is constructed. I can hear the craft. I can acknowledge the talent. I cannot make my ears pretend they were built for this frequency. 3 out of 5.
Great voice. Reminds me a little of Sza.
Well. Now we know what diarrhea sounds like in music.
Highly unusual and interesting. atmospheric. a little intense at times, demanding to listen to. some tracks are amazing... bt a "bit much" pour moi
There is something a bit unnerving about this, it has such an odd feel. I'm not good on the soprano style singing either. It's a jumble, a mish mash. But..a weirdly interesting listen, perhaps just not made for me?
It's an art pop wunderkammer, full of intricate, exquisite and beautiful crafted objects. I can admire it, but I wish the tunes were a bit catchier, you know? Great cover art, though. Interestingly, once this album finished playing, spotify kept playing similar female art pop artists, and many of those songs caught my attention much more than FKA Twigs. Bjork, Sophie, Weyes Blood, Sky Ferreira, Fever Ray, St Vincent, Santigold, Flume all came up in the list following. This album was OK, but there is clearly a LOT of interesting, dynamic work happening in this field in the past decade or two. Not sure why this album....
Not uninteresting, but felt pretty samey throughout.
Equal parts lullaby and electronic fever dream. FKA twigs sings like a cherub with a filthy vocabulary, and somehow it all works.
One of the earlier explorations into what would later become the hyperpop genre, really great work
I don't listen to Electronica really outside of live shows and whatnot, but this album was great. A true landmark for the genre. The soundscapes on this album are something to marvel at. The samples come together to create truly ethereal songs that Twigs puts some great vocals on top of. If you don't like electronica, I get that, but to cast it fully aside is a mistake, for you could miss out on incredible music like this.
Directed by Hiro Murai Zzzz..
Two weeks ok. The rest is Bjork-like but better in vocal
The tracks are pretty, but it doesn’t feel like there’s a ton of variety on this album. Like, I understand that I listened to 10 tracks… but it feels like it was just one. That said, did enjoy the sound for sure. Realistically a 2.5 but will round up for the uniqueness of the artist.
A really great album that I wasn’t expecting at all. I can’t remember if I’ve ever been introduced to FKA twigs’ music before this, but I’m gonna be diving into that discography real soon once I get caught up on the list. Great stuff.
Ethereal electronica I guess? I think I have it in my head that electronic music should be closer to EDM, so I found this pretty boring.
3,5
I've seen this classified as R&B. If this was prime example of the genre, I think I'd like it a lot more. To me, this is an electronic record with a solid amount of successful experimentation. The vocal delivery is beautiful and varied. Honestly, the records I've heard before it reminds me of the most are by Grimes and Billie Eilish. It may not be quite as complex or challenging as those albums, but I think it's actually far more consistent. LP1 is a very smooth listen with a lot of high points and nothing approaching a low. After a couple times through, "Hours" is my favorite track. It's got the most appealing sounds -- trip-hop beats moving a long at a crawl with synths that feel like they push and pull, and vocals that lay beautifully over the top -- always complementing the music and never dominating it. The lyrical content lets the side down slightly, but that's far less of a problem on a record where the vocals are used more as another instrument contributing to the overall sound. I do wonder if that makes it feel purely like a sonic treat and not something with a true emotional pull. It's a great record I really enjoyed listening to (and will probably play again), but it doesn't quite have my heart.
Sounds like this was recorded in her bedroom on a rainy weekend 🥱
NNNnnnooooo....
Yeah it was alright. Chill, easy to listen to, decent for its genre. Absolutely not worthy of being on such a prestigious list though.
Avant garde style stuff always seems to be tougher for me to connect with. I find pieces and sections that I like quite a bit and then there's this whole other song that's running parallel to that that pushes me away. At best I can put my head down and vibe with the beat and at worst it strikes me as performatively edgy. Some songs I would come back to to get familiar with but more as a way to expand my tastes and not as something I'm itching to hear.
Really gave it a shot … but this is just godawful atrocious breathy panting / singing. She has a great voice, but wow this is not my kind of music 1.5
Boooooring :-(
nah. Just awful
Day914 - we already had a kate bush album and don’t need another worse one
Uhh, yeah, Y’know.
Ethereal.
Really enjoyed this, I think I’ll return to it Playlist add: "Kicks"
Could see enjoying this as atmospheric music, but didn't hook me.
FKA twigs always felt like an artist I *should* love but didn't. Then she dropped CAPRISONGS, and I was obsessed. I don't know if I've revisited LP1 since that moment, and I certainly liked it more today than I did before, but it still didn't connect. There's something just a touch warmer about CAPRISONGS and EUSEXA that really opens her style up.
Listened Before? N My goodness the 20 teens produced some insufferable british music. Good for them for self-producing it but this aint it. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist; Two Weeks
I think everyone ragging on this doesn’t remember how pedestrian and soulless mainstream pop was in this era and how this felt like a total breath of fresh air. Well, this and all the others in the down tempo, post-Lorde oeuvre. Second half of this is better than the first half tho.
Like Kate Bush met Aphex Twin.
Thought I’d like it not 2.4
Strong production that lifts some strange material. I would need multiple listens to access this I think - the lack of accessibility hindered a first listen, though her promise is clear.
Just not my cuppa tea.
Far more vibrant and compelling than her peers
I prefer her next album, which has more standout moments. Good nighttime vibes music though, enjoyed it
This is at least interesting: many times it sounds as if there's a decent song somewhere in the unfinished hooks, melodies and sounds / noises. But then there's not, it frustrates me. Also, I am an old metal head, I miss the sound of at least some "classical" instruments.
not for me...
I listened to this on a plane at night and I felt like I was on a spaceship - v cool
On first listen I was leaning towards a three, but Kicks had that special something that made me want to go through again. On second listen more of the tracks stood out to me, with Lights On, Two Weeks, Video Girl, Numbers, Give Up and Kicks all being favorites. A pretty solid release from FKA Twigs (though I prefer Eusexua). 3.8/5 -> 4/5
Neat experimentation, just kinda washed over me tho.
what the hel
This is very interesting don't hate it
i like this
Great "mood" music mixed with some bangers. Feels like a mix of Sade and Prince.
Ooh I really like this: soaring vocals, interesting synthy beeping thrumming stuff, clicking beat. Way more experimental than I expected this to be. “Hours” was almost frightening - I pictured here as a glowing supernatural creature looming up over the horizon, approaching the city in her dazzing, terrifying beauty. Do we want her to kiss us for hours? Yes? Yes? No? Yes Yeah any record that messes with my mind this much, especially in the guise of “pop” music, gets a 5.
Steeds verder stijgt FKA twigs in mijn aanzien als hedendaagse dwarse popartiest. Steeds liever zou ik weleens een liveshow van 'r willen bijwonen. En met terugwerkende kracht is het dan leuk om LP1 eens helemaal kritisch te beluisteren. Eerste note, wat een megadikke track is Two Weeks. Echt een onwijze 'avant-pop' klassieker uit de jaren 10. Een nummer dat niet in 1x raak is maar die al jaren mee gaat in mijn lijstjes en het bijna altijd verdiend om het volume een tandje omhoog te draaien. De rest van de plaat is iets ingewikkelder. Nummers hebben best complexe arrangementen en daarna niet zo catchy. En het klinkt soms ook wel erg als de jaren-10. Waardoor ook genres als dubstep nooit heel ver weg zijn. En dat is af en toe even slikken. Ik houd er van hoe FKA twigs neigt naar de mainstream R&B-pop maar daarin toch iets alternatiefs doet. Dat geeft het net een edge wat het interessant maakt. Dat het soms niet helemaal raak is, is haar dan ook vergeven. 7,5/10 Highlights Two Weeks
Interesting assortment of sounds, but not really my cup of tea.
I appreciate this more than I actually like it; I felt the same way about Eusexua which came out last year. It’s interesting but I find it a bit too icy and clinical to truly enjoy it but she has my respect as an artist.
I remember really enjoying this album when it came out but haven’t listened to it in a while. I’m looking forward to revisiting it but it'll be hard to give it an accurate rating because it's already so familiar and tricky to listen to with 'new' ears (I had a similar problem with Muse's Black Holes and Revelations when it came up for me earlier in the challenge). ETA post listen: It's the kind of album you have to be in a certain mood for but I did really sink into it yesterday and appreciate the chance to rediscover an old favourite.
Very odd album. There was barely anything for me to latch onto. I didn’t enjoy this one.
Painfully tedious. Each song is a combination of high pitched breathy vocals layered on top of broken electro beats. It gets really annoying, really quickly. Hipster rubbish for 17 year old girls.
Kind of an interesting album. I liked the production and her voice. But I don't really care for the complete package. Didn't hate it though.
Very intriguing music that crosses between many genres. Great voice. I am a big fan.
I remember this being critically lauded when it came out, at the time I listened but didn’t really “get it” After listening again, it is a very stark production style that I believe was very influential on pop music, and the vocal is so pretty. I think if I’m on the right mood to chill out I’d come back here again
Not for me. Just kinda eh. Not my uaual speed
Interesting album. I thought it was okay.
What's up with all the 1's and borderline misogyny on this site everytime there's a female-led R&B album on the list? Are the reviewers just bored, middle-aged white guys that work in accounting that have nothing better to do with their time? Are David Bowie and Radiohead the only artists in their collection or something? But I digress (or do I?). Wouldn't normally give this a 5 but from now on all albums that get a 1 regularly (unless they REALLY deserve it, like Korn and Kid Rock), will get this score. Gotta break the algorithm somehow. I remember when this came out, working for college radio. So trippy, cool, and different. Haven't really followed her music since but FKA twigs continues to push the boundaries of so many types of music, not just R&B. Like the 21st century put into a blender. More interesting now, given all of the terrors of AI and deepfakes today. It sounds like disassociation and disintegration happening in real time. You have to listen to it quite a few times to get it. Or, don't. But stop giving it 1's just because it doesn't grab you right away. I wish users would use "didn't listen" more often if they are too intimidated to enjoy something new.
Pretty cool production and soundscape that unfortunately didn't lead to actual songs that were all that memorable. Only one song I would really go back to here. 2/5
A beautiful record that just gently floats over you as you listen.
Imprescindible. Una mezcla entre Bjork, Arca, James Blake, Tricky y cualquier cosa de vanguardia que sobre todo suene bien. Este fue su debut, pero Magdalene es igual o mejor. Lights on es toda una experiencia. Video Girl es lo más radiable del disco. Excelente
Maybe it was the I listened to this running on maybe 4 hours of sleep total over the last 36 hours, while on a train in Portugal, but I thought it was nice.
It was interesting, but not quite my thing
Magdalene would be better
Not terrible, and I understand the appeal, just not quite for me for the same reasons that Bjork isn’t quite my style.
Honestly, back in the day I had a huge Bjork phase and FKA twigs was really interesting to me as well. But as time passes, it doesn’t do much for me. Interesting production though can’t deny that.
first and last time listening to fka twigs. weird and obnoxious.
Ok
I got Bjorked!
Overraskede positivt. Meget melodisk, eksperimenterende elektronisk. Jeg aner ikke, om jeg nogensinde får lyttet til det igen, fordi det er så anderledes end det, jeg normalt lytter til. Men den umiddelbare oplevelse var positiv.
The more time I spend with this album, the more it grows on me we’re having a good streak 1001 albums that’s three albums in a row of five stars something I’ve definitely don’t listen to on the daily, but this has been a fun record to dive into great find
Sexy alien ketamine vibe
Entirely forgettable
That was really bad. Breathy vocals over electronic music that was all over the place. Video Girl was the only song that had any interest for me, and it must have been in comparison with what preceded, because I watched the video after I made it through 40 minutes of slop and just found it irritating. Sadly, I've heard worse on this list.
Sigh - breathy vocals, reverb heavy, trap-style drums. Not for me. Let's try to be critical - it's like Kate Bush with no oomph and crap trap beats. Oh jeez it just doesn't stop. Numbers starts interesting... it's probably the least painful track so far Best track - Numbers 1 or 2 stars - stuttering, painful, over produced. Okay a 1 for the horrible drum in Video Girl which is like water torture or someone tapping on the inside of my skull.
I could see how this album could be hit or miss. Alternative and modern. It sounds like 2015 to me. I emjoyed some of the tracks on here, and I slowly got more sucked in the more I listened. I really liked 2 Weeks. I would honestly compare this to the Bjork album I listened to earlier, but 2015 version. 3 stars feels right.
Buenas melodías , no para mí
I used to like this album when it came out but now it just sounds pretty boring.
There is nothing special about this album. It was ok at best.
Was a bit too repetitive but a decent album
Meh. Boring, repetitive lyrics over boring repetitive sounds. This isn’t special at all.
Breathy falsettos on top of autotune & overly produced sounds….bored after 2 tracks. And lyrics all on same note-just adds to the monotony
Good
The artist has a great voice, and the beats melded well with it. It was nothing mind blowing in my book, but it was a pleasant listen.
Interesting.
Good voice, but wtf is the instrumental (example numbers)
intresting, prolly good, i js cant lisn 2 this. not my taste at all.
I am sure if I should be more disappointed with FKA Twiggs or myself for this subpar rating. After listening to this album multiple times since its 2014 release, I still find myself searching for some level of satisfaction. Despite moments of interesting electronic innovation, the album failed to make a great impression. Fault of the reviewer? I constantly find a little variety in current female singer-songwriters (for lack of a better term; maybe musical artists would broaden all prior labels). The songs come at two speeds: slow and slower. The vocals’ breathy high pitched register rarely changes, and the heavy production process often robs them of real emotion. It seems like an act: here is how I should sound when I am wounded. Maybe if I perused a book of lyrics something would jump out at me, but thematically I heard only relationship songs, tending to be ones that went sour. The album contained most of these qualities through the first half-a-dozen songs. Finally, “Numbers” offered interesting electronic drum patterns and some darker elements. Similar qualities helped “Closer” hold my interest. This could be a “you have to be in the mood” record, but it lacked the emotional quality to even earn that ranking.
this is fine. i really liked eusexua though
Actually love FKA twigs This album sounded really lovely. Nothing I wouldn’t expect from her though, not quite the best/better than Eusexea but still great.
Len Houmous was of course the man who made self production a popular trend. His acclaimed 82nd album ‘It’s Just Me (I Told You So)’ was born out of a bet with Ken Chutney. 3.2 3/10 ….Two Weeks
This was a spicy pop record
muy buena producción, sadly no es my jam, igual le doy 2.5 que subo a 3 porque si siento que es un disco cool
An artist from my generation that I've never actually listened to. My main takeaway is that this sounds very inspired by Bjork, but never reaches the heights as Bjork's best work does.
I support women having careers, so good for her even if I didn't find this compelling
Took a point away for the album art. You can’t put stung by a venomous insect art on a non venomous album it just doesn’t work
C'était franchement trop bien ! Finalement, Robert Dimery, quand il faut, il sait trouver des bons albums récents (enfin, ça a 12 ans, mais on se comprend). J'ai trouvé ça franchement génial. C'était à la fois accessible et expérimental. FKA Twigs a une voix dans un style dont je suis a priori pas fan, mais à la fin du premier titre (après l'intro), j'y pensais plus du tout. Musicalement, c'est du genre expérimental, avec des sonorités inhabituelles, un peu de glitch de temps en temps, le tout dans un contexte pop, ça marche super bien. Ah et de temps en temps, aussi, on a droit à la démultiplication des voix de FKA Twigs, pour un effet chorale qui marche à la perfection. C'est à la fois chaotique et très atmosphérique, j'ai adoré et ça sera un 5, je l'avais décidé genre au bout de 3 ou 4 titres et rien ne m'a fait douté depuis, tant chaque titre est unique et hyper intéressant. Une super découverte ! PS : je viens de voir qu'il était noté 2,81 sur 5 ! Les gens n'aiment vraiment rien ! Voilà, dès qu'on sort de Pink Floyd ouin ouin c'est nul !
As much as I enjoyed the production, I felt that it overpowered the song writing a lot
Måske er det et album man skal lytte til et par gange inden det rigtig sidder der. Jeg kan godt høre kvaliteten og Two Weeks er jo en CERTIFIED banger. Men jeg tror jeg er på en 3'er overall. En OK stærk af slagsen.
Stærk nok debut Har aldrig rigtig fået hørt FKA Twigs, og jeg er heller ikke 100% solgt. Det kunne jeg måske blive. Synes i hvert fald, at det er rigtig stærkt arbejde. Solidt koncept hele vejen igennem, et par gedigne bangers og generelt oser det af artistisk vision. Der er bare lidt for langt fra toppen til bunden ift. kvaliteten. Selv helt ned på enkelte numre, fx "Kicks". Helt vildt kedeligt og helt vildt lækkert, når det endelig udfolder sig. 3.5
Honestly I understand the hate. This is weird and abrasive and somewhat unconventional. This isn't what the average listener wants when looking for something new. But I kinda liked it. I'll even recommend it to the right ears.
I get why people like this. Just wasn't for me
Interessant maar niet mijn smaak.
74/100. Intimacy can become overwhelming when we realize that being truly seen by another person also means risking the loss of the version of ourselves we carefully keep intact. This album captures pretty much everything that makes FKA twigs such a fascinating artist. The production is experimental, filled with bright synths, plucky textures, fragmented rhythms, and strange atmospheric details that constantly pull the music into a psychedelic haze. The sound design feels futuristic and intimate at the same time, creating an atmosphere that is both beautiful and unsettling. The songs explore intimacy, control, vulnerability, and emotional dependency in a way that feels personal without ever becoming overly direct. Twigs’ vocals float through the music almost like another instrument, blending into the hazy and dreamlike atmosphere.
I really liked this album, and given the title and album cover I was not expecting to. Hip hop inspired (beats feel like 2010s Tyler the creator to me) electro pop? Again, that sounds bad but she found the right mix of catchy pop melody with unexpected twists/keys to keep you guessing. Lyrics were sparse and not easy to understand, but I felt like she effectively communicated the emotion without having to know the lyrics. 3.4
2.4 Black Björk
This album wasn't intended for me (fat mid 40s white dude) was it?
Super cool sounding and some incredible songs. I really love her voice too
This rocked as FKA Twigs often does. Not sure I’m as in love with it as that one from 2019 that I was obsessed with when it came out, but there were some serious hits. 3.5
All build up, no release. Tantric music.
The album is fine, but there are better examples of the genre, both prior and post.
There was some real yearning going on on this album. Like 80s/90s level yearning with hyperpop & almost synthwave sounding melodies. It oddly works. My thing with Twigs is that it feels like she gotta get her weird aesthetic out of the way before she blesses us with chords. I don't hate it but sometimes it feels like sonic edging lol Highlights: Hours, Pendulum
No. 201 I have heard of her but this is first time hearing her music. It’s a different sound. It’s nice but not sure I’d listen to it again
I wish it was weird in an interesting way
Phenomenal. Opened up a world, I'm going to listen to more from FKA Twigs.
This morning was my first time hearing FKA twigs. I know I have to give it a 5 when I think about an album all day long, in a good way. It really stuck with me. Not any particular song or moment, but the whole mood. Amazing.
"Surreal" might be the perfect word to describe this. I generally like that kind of thing, but I don't know, a lot of this comes across as dissonant and discordant in a way that doesn't appeal to me. I think some of the atmospheres that are cultivated here are pretty interesting but besides that, I can't get into this more.
Hyyyyyvin omalaatuista musiikkia. Selvästi löytänyt oman taiteen lajin. Osa kauniita kappaleita mutta albumina ei sovellu mulle kuunteluun. Siistiä silti että tekee just semmosta musiikkia mitä haluaa.
Nooe
Strange to say the least. Almost a Björk type. I appreciate the unique sound but had a hard time getting through the album.
I'm skeptical about mildly atonal electronic music from the 2010s being admitted to this list. At least it's somewhat justified by being relatively popular. That drumbeat at the very beginning of Lights On... I could listen to it for hours. Something about it scratches an itch I didn't even know existed. After a few seconds, though, we get a sudden switch-up into this weird minimalist psychedelia, with a sort of Creative Commons arpeggio on an unidentified instrument combined with a reversed synth(?), hesitant percussion, and a vocal that I don't particularly enjoy. The last minute or so of the track is where we get a full-on soundscape and the experience becomes genuinely impressive. Two Weeks approaches something similarly soundscapey, but is a lot more aurally accessible. I like the high vocals here, but *not* the octave harmonies (come on, we can do better than this). Hours and Pendulum close out side 1 in a slightly underwhelming fashion, though I'll give points for the intricate textures in the latter. You can't look at me with a straight face and declare Numbers to be a strong track. It's disjointed, monotonous, repetitive... and that synth is horrific on the eardrums. (Let me go over and repair my windows and then I'll be back with you.) The next song, Closer, does slightly better – but again I feel FKA twigs is trying too hard to be "cool" and "mesmerising", catering to white alternative girls and extremely edge-case audiophiles and nobody else. All in all, only six of the ten tracks are better than silence (a low threshold for music, surely), but only one – Two Weeks – is something I would ever consider returning to. There's frustratingly little sonic variation to be found here. Rolling Stone ranked this the 16th best album of 2014, writing: "The haunting mix of pop and EDM weirdness takes a while to kick in – which only makes it more delicious when it does." I don't know about that. Deliciousness is subjective. This really made the cut over Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes and Ultraviolence? 2/5 Key tracks: Two Weeks
Bem diferente do que eu normalmente escuto, mas curti!
Not for me, found it boring
Sure, twigs has gone on to make better albums in Magdelene and Eusexua, but really, complaining about LP1 in comparison to those two is like complaining that your filet mignon doesn’t also come with caviar.
Interesting album. Might grow on me over time. She has a good voice, music is not quite my thing.
really nice
Meh
I've heard of FKA twigs and I know she's critically acclaimed, but I've never actually heard her music. Starting off, "Preface" was a very good first impression. From "Lights On" onwards it is obvious how much went into the production subtleties in this album. I'm surprised at the bad reviews in this site. This is not exactly what I usually listen to, but each track was a surprise. The experimentation with textures and electronic effects in this is spectacular. I personally think it still sounds fresh enough 12 years after release. I would really recommend to give this a listen with good sound equipment. I'm definetly not a hater of modern pop music, and I know there are some very innovative pop artists now, but this sounds modern in a way I wish more new mainstream music did. Even though I know of FKA twigs, she wasn't really in my radar before this. So this is among those albums that really makes me glad to have embarked in this 1001 album journey. 5/5 for the amazing production and how surprising the whole atmosphere was.
I quite liked the ethereal voice which is as much an instrument as anything else even if the lyrics are not usually intelligible. The random sound generator is turned up perhaps a bit too much so after the whole album I'd had enough of the intrusions. The most popular track on Spotify is rated explicit but I would need a translator to know the words.
Not for me, kind of pretentious high art style stuff but with not enough substance and musicality.
musica horrible, contenido lirico pobre un album que deberia estar en una lista de los discos que nunca deberias escuchar ni aunque te paguen por ello.
people when they get a britpop album that was stale the day it came out: 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 people when they get anything remotely novel: 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Whispy ethereal
ikke lige for mig
Not for me
Futuristic pop--ahead of its time
Very sexy
This was fine, just not really my cup of tea
1,9/5
I didn’t get this album at all. While listening I felt bored, confused, and kind of drained. I still don’t understand why it’s considered such a big deal or how it ended up on so many “best of” lists. It’s not really R&B to me. It sounds more like tired, suicidal teenager dubstep mixed with artsy experimental electronic stuff. The whole record is boring, dull, and extremely repetitive. The songs bleed into each other with almost no variation. Starting an album with lyrics like “I love another one, that’s why I hate myself” (or whatever that miserable shit was) immediately tells you what kind of vibe you’re in for. I’ll give some points to the production — it’s atmospheric and well-made in a technical sense. But that can’t save how empty and annoying the actual music feels. No memorable songs, no real hooks, just a lot of whispering, moaning, and gloomy beats. Very bad album for me. One of the most overrated records of the 2010s.
Cool vibes I like it
I thought this was outstanding! I liked the first half more of the album more than the second half but overall a haunting voice with great beats and mature subjects. Very cool stuff!
Dreamy and fun
I've heard a couple of these songs before, wasn't a huge fan but as a whole I think I liked this one alright. Her upper range is nuts, just not my specific jam. Favorite track: Numbers
With a solid base being formed in EP1 and an explosive growth in sound and production in EP2, it was only time before we got LP1 and let me tell you this thing delivers. It is a flourish blast of colors in all shapes and sizes when it comes to the sounds being mixed together here, it sounds so bold and distinct yet so wobbly and wonky. I should mention FKA Twigs is a lot more then production, her lyrics are both emotional and empowering with Numbers being one of her deepest cuts in my eyes. This album is such a beautiful to listen in good headphones and I would recommend this kind of experience for everyone as I think it'll turn a lot of people onto some of the best music they have ever heard.
The songs are pretty much just nothing. Its light airy music with breathy empty singing. Repetitive too. Best song: Kicks
This shouldn't be here. Feels like another one of those knee-jerk reactions that happened during the modern updates of the book. Where an album looks like it might be important, but then the importance does not last long at all. It's not like the worst thing I've ever heard, but it's bland 2010s alt-hip-hop pop. I would go to say that this is bad, but it definitely isn't good, and it's not good enough to be on a list like this. I did mostly enjoy the song below, but I wouldn't even say that song makes the album worth listening to. Favorite Song(s): Two Weeks
okay i was nottt expecting this
Preface — interesting vibe to start off the album with Lights On — i like this one :3 Two Weeks — this was p good Hours — QUOTE THIS WITH ANKYYYYY!!! Pendulum — It’s p alright (not super my vibe unforch) Video Girl — mmmmm i like it more than pendulum Numbers — Fun sound! Closer — This one’s also good Give Up — one of the higher ones >:3 Kicks —
dull.
A bunch of noise interspaced with grunts and moans. Pure shit.
Light & dreamy
LP1 was an album that had good ideas but i feel like they were not executed as well as they could have been. When i first saw this album, i thought it was gonna be an alt rock album by some band but in actuality, it turned out to be a dream pop album by a singular artist (with help from a bunch of others). This album tries to go for this ethereal, dream pop sound kinda similar to Bjork but in my eyes, a lot of these songs are compositionally very odd. Despite the weird compositions, the album as a whole was just very forgettable with me struggling at points to find a favorite and least favorite song. This was an album that had promise but unfortunately fell flat. Best Song: Numbers Worst Song: Lights On
This was interesting. It reminded me a bit of Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, but it's not like anything else I've heard on here. It gets an extra star to compensate for the sexism that's got to be a factor in so many people giving it a 1.
She’s awesome. Love this album. I can’t think about her name too much but I respect it
more like FKA bad cuz its now known as good... 4 stars
Tough one to rate. It's certainly unique, but messy and repetitive enough to simply not be enjoyable for me.
pretty sick. the interplay between lovely spacey vocals and wacky spacey synths brings out a very cool sound. i think it just about has the stamina to fill out an album, although maybe it starts to drag a bit by the end. favorite song is Two Weeks or Video Girl. soft 4
Rating: 8/10 An album I love, fka twigs showed in her early EP's and debut album LP1 how she's one of the most unique and interesting in the world of modern art pop. It's still hard to find anything like it and its hypnotic sounds. There are some songs that are better than others, like Lights On, Pendulum, Video Girl, Kicks, and the incredible Two Weeks which could still be to this day her best song, but it's still all around great from start to finish.
This wasn't great. It didn't exactly cross over into offensive and irritating but there also wasn't a lot to like about it. I think the closest I came to liking it was Give Up, but even then I think it's fair to call it the best 1 star album so far 2.8/10
Little slow to begin but goated
5 - interesting listen. Kinda groovy, some jangly songs and a couple good ones.
Not very memorable music, wasn’t enjoying it that much
I feel like this is one for those albums that would be perfect for listening to at night. Unfortunately I listened around 1pm on a random wednesday so I feel like it doesn't hit the same as it should. I can appreciate it for what it is though
she’s just god
This was a good album. Nice juxtaposition with churches
This is ... not what I expected even if I expected... anything remotely like ... expected (?) This IS exquisite It is like hard lounge with an edge of techno but her voice is kind of jazzy or sometimes hip-hop but the music is ... I did not look up what the genre is? Her own? Kind of experimental but already approved? Who is this person and what does she dare do? This is a treasure because it said Fuck you to pop culture and mainstream demands. This is not ... something I can explain. It must be listened to. If you don't find joy in it... sure? I guess? But if you do, you really will!
Just lovely. The prelude is gorgeous and then it continues to electronic wonder. 4/5
I didn't understand the hype around this album when it first came out, and I still don't understand that hype. Yawn.
This is not for me. It was interesting in parts, but too sparce for my liking.
Ummmmm. All the songs seemed the same
Twigs has such a unique electronic, R&B sound to her music. Her first LP is full of gorgeous vocals laid over funky techno sounds. I would have to be in a certain mood to listen to it regularly, but it was a fun little experimental album.
Strong debut album by one of the greatest pop artists of our time. Has some amazing highlights, but isn't consistent enough to be truly considered great in my opinion. 7/10
Good but not really my thing.
4/10
I mean, it's not bad, but I didn't like it.
Una falopeada tremenda. No se quien es, no la conocía. Escuché 3 o 4 temas y me pareció un divage. Como cuando un artista indie está aprendiendo a usar el ableton y toca todos los efectos. Horrible.
No skip et en plus une tendresse pour celle que j’étais dans ma chambre dans le noir à dessiner quand j’ai découvert cet album cette artiste. Il se passe tellement de chose sur les morceaux des mélanges de textures des atmosphères et sa voix qui vient se poser comme une plume. Les drums sont si crisp. Ces d’un désespoir parfois. Two weeks / Closer / Kicks
Favorite songs: Hours, Closer Love the ethereal music. Not so much the vocals.
Really interesting. Some great beats that feel like a real mix of classic house and something much more futuristic. Vocals kind of passed me by first time as maybe a bit wishy washy but second time I found some really beautiful tender performances. Maybe a little bit Thom Yorkeish? I think having harmony lines so high in the mix is a part of it.
Uninteresting electronic music with boring breathy vocals. After the first two songs I went into the reviews and read some 4 and 5 stars to see what I was missing. I just couldn’t get into this
This is fine I guess. Made me wish I was listening to Tove Lo.
thank god i didnt play this in the car for others
Head scratcher, didn't do it for me!
i don't really know a lot about fka twigs. but what i hear from this i like, but it feels underdeveloped at times- i'm sure that her later output improves on this more. but this has a nice sound to it
I like this album and think a lot of the songs are great but there is something that is still embryonic on this one to me and I'm not sure if it's because I read that one of the main collaborators on this album is one of the main collaborators on Eminem's Recovery. Confirmation bias ? No, because I think this album is quite good but doesn't quite hit the heights she will reach on the next one.
Unfortunately I don't seem to be the type of gay person that enjoys her music. That being said I know that she is talented, so I can't give this anything less than a 3 Fuck Shia LaBeouf
Mellow and interesting but failed to capture me.
Very pop and just found it boring
I really don't understand what this album is doing. I thought FKA twigs was a more generic pop musician but this album is very avant-garde. I think its interesting, but its also not very listenable. I feel that it succeeds at everything it wants to except for being a good album? I feel bad docking it for my own skill issue, but I also didn't really enjoy it. 2.5/5
Cool vibes. It's not really my style, but I don't hate it. I do think it's well produced, and it has a dreamy quality to it that I can see appealing to a lot of people. The songs felt repetitive and long to me though, and at the end of the day it's just not really for me.
beep boop music
I thought I was going to love this but it kind of left me a little cold to be honest. I didn't dislike it it by any means, but I found it a little samey. A low three; I'd rather listen to this than the Grateful Dead any day.
Great production. Almost more a soundscape than an album. Wikipedia says it's about sex and intimacy. I hear a lot of vulnerability, too. Looking forward to some re-listens to see how it grows on me.
Not bad But, Not Good Enough. 3/5
this sounds like terrible AI slop
This might benefit from a few repeat listens but given the backlog of what I have going in the project right now...I actually really like a lot of FKA twigs, but just don't think this album hits nearly the heights of some later albums like Magdelene. I do like her vocal sensibilities and the production here is cool in parts, but some of it just doesn't quite land.
I haven't felt more like a boomer in some time with this opinion... but this just feels like modern fluff to me. Sounds like anything else you'd hear on radio or on some random Spotify playlist to my ears. Feels a bit like the author thought "I'll show them I can be with the times, let's pick something for the current generation!". Not rock bottom, but very forgettable.
Not-like-other-girls-pop-music. It feels like it attempts to sound artsy and different but it honestly just sounds like generic pop to me. Feels like this would fit well in to any pretentious teen show. I tried multiple times to get into it but I never really managed. I recognised “Two Weeks” which felt like the song with the most going for it. Still, I was pretty bored throughout. 2 stars.
The moment the song "Give Up" came on, my headphones gave up.
I listened to this around the time it came out and didn't appreciate it. Safe to say the times have changed.
Sounds like an attempt to go against the mainstream as a goal instead of a path to something else. 3/10
Not what I expected but I enjoyed it. I found it to be good focus music while I was getting stuff done around the house. 3.5/5
180/1001 First listen. This did nothing for me. Cool album cover though. 4/10
Somehow I completely missed this album when it came out, which is a shame because it’s really good. 𝘓𝘗𝟣 feels sleek, intimate, and slightly otherworldly, with production that constantly shifts in unexpected ways without ever losing focus. FKA twigs brings a lot of personality to every track, and the whole thing has a confident, distinct atmosphere that makes it stand out. A great record that definitely deserved my attention sooner.
We get so many albums from the 1900s I forgot that there was actual impactful music from the 2010s. Now excuse me while I go levitate real quick.
Not what I expected, and I didn’t really like it.
FKA twigs has a wonderful voice, and it's clear that she cares about what she's writing and singing, but I just did not get into this at all. The music was a little too cold and robotic for what I like in R&B - growing up in Michigan, Motown music is in my veins and I always want my R&B to retain some element of that groove and warmth/humanity I found in those old records. The melodies almost seem non-existent? There were a few tracks that I felt had okay elements to them, but there was no one song that I liked as a whole. Giving this one two stars because I think there's merit to this and I don't find it devoid of talent, but I just can't see myself ever listening to it again.
Very odd stuff here. It was somewhat interesting and I'm glad it's on the list, but I didn't really like it. Definitely won't be playing it again.
Super dreamy and fun. I never knew, but now I know!
This is a really interesting album. I know them by the name but I have never listened to anything they've done. This is really wonderfully experimental and well written by 2014 standards. They've got a whole 5 years before 100 Gecs perfected music on 1000 Gecs, and I'm only half joking with that. I think a lot of the experimental electronic/pop music from this era was great and trailblazing and revolutionary but once Gecs and Hyperpop tore through the scene stuff like this just feels safe by comparison. Absolutely no fault to FKA Twigs for that, just a casualty of time. This album is phenomenal but the rating is affected by what's come after it. I am disappointed as usual by the reviews on this album here on the site. This is absolutely an album you need to hear before you die. I tire of the dudes on here that truly embody the "all good music magically stopped in the 90s" vibe (unless the band is one that pulls direct sound from the 60s). Culture evolves, Music evolves. Get over yourself and listen to music made by a woman with a laptop. You're not cool because you refuse to listen to anything that isn't guitar driven. Make Money Machine the new national anthem.
This had some nice moments. I'm not familiar enough with this style of music to know what makes it good, and it is all kind of samey to me. Might grow with multiple listens.
Two weeks is one of the songs of the decade. However the rest of it though interesting in parts is a little bit on the dull side. The vocals are treated and the arrangements are plodding. Much promise shown but only fleeting.
It’s the type of music they play at the expensive coffee shop. It’s not bad but the album just feels the same.
Another headphone album, all about the intricate details and rich sound.
I liked this for the same reasons I liked early Grimes music. It’s different and a little ethereal.
Boy I really do t like this type of music - sounds way too processed and artificial sounds and the voices are just way too processed. Also the mid and down tempo just drones on. Hard pass
Ka kan æ si om det magiske albumet her? Æ huske ikke helt katti æ begynte å høre på det, noen år etter at det først kom ut, men da gikk det på repeat såpass lenge at det har satt sæ inn i ryggmargen og alle de indre organan. Det e et tidvis merkelig sammensurium av lyder, noen ganger høres det knapt ut som musikk i støytan, mest knirking og nokka som kunne vært fra verdensrommet, men likevel e det nokka dypt gjenkjennelig i det. Æ skal ikke si at det e et album for enhver kvinne som en gang har vært forelska, men det gir mæ litt lyst til å være forelska hver gang æ høre det. Ikke på hjerter i hjørnan av alle notatbøker-måten, men den kor du oppdage at du har en kropp og alt du vil e at mennesket du e forelska i skal se den kroppen samtidig som du ikke vil bli sett, for ka e den forelska kroppen anna enn tiltrekkanes og frastøtanes, samtidig. Som Barthes sier «how can you not love this me whom love renders perfect», men også kordan kan nokka så ufullkomment som _æ_ være nok til å bli sett av en så fullkommen skapning som hen æ e forelska i?
Дуже давно не слухав цей альбом, мабуть, років 10 точно. Він одночасно дуже відсилає до років його виходу, але й звучить свіжим досі. Твігз - чудова вокалістка, і її виконання пасують цьому пост-дабстеп та деконструктед-поп продакшену з одночасним поглядом у бік рнб. Є два супер бенгери: Two Weeks та Video Girl. Прослухав альбом двічі з великим задоволенням. Не можу сказати, що це прям чиста 5, але 4.5 точно є. І вважаю, що загальний рейтинг альбому тут неадекватно низький.
Її музика мене ніяк не чіпляє.
Different. Great voice and beats....soulful too.
Misphonia: The Album There is nothing here for me ⭐⭐
Electronic sex. Fantastic stuff.
Not for me sorry fka twigs :/
I really enjoyed this and I wasn't expecting to. Would be a great summer night record.
I think this is very of its time. I would say well done for effort but ultimately this is not very good. What's with all the background hammering noises etc? Kept turning down the volume to check if there was something making a noise outside that I should be dealing with somehow. Quite unsettling.
I can appreciate a lot of elements here, mainly the production. It has a great sound, with each piece of instrumentation feeling painstakingly selected with great success. To be honest, though, that's where my praise mostly ends. If I want contemporary electronic music with more compelling musicianship and lyricism, I’m listening to Charli XCX instead.
It’s electronic and has many layers. It’s definitely a nice experimental album. The vocal are pretty nice. The album itself is unique and ethereal. Favorite song: Lights on
Nope.
265/1001 FKA Twigs - LP1 Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❓ There's a certain coldness that I get from the album and struggled to engage with the album unfortunately. I will say the production and arrangements are great. Definitely one that's not for me.
Entertaining, though not something I'd revisit.
Very nice. I like her voice.
Ugh
Very r and b. I like this, but it feels like it was designed to have sex to. Maybe that's the whole genre though
Heel rustgevend
Beter dan verwacht maar zou niet opnieuw luisteren
I really enjoyed Eurasexual last year, so I was looking forward to diving into some of FKA twig’s earlier work! Unfortunately I found this really lacking. I’m all on board for weird, for experimental. But this just seemed kind of empty. A couple okay tracks but I forgot them as soon as they were done. Little to hold onto here.
Yeah that wasn’t interesting at all. Won’t be back to re-visit this.
I think this needs repeat listens and was surprised that under influences for Twigs, Prince is not listed anywhere. Might be a 3.5 for me, but dropping for now as it's a bit too sparse for my usual taste.
i love the ethereal sounding parts, but then it always get ruined with this corny coworker 2014 sound. All in all, the album is a mixture of beautiful ethereal singing, bad shoegaze and annoying coworker music.
I actually feel bad for anyone who likes this.
Meh
Not my cup of tea.
very ethereal sounding. not my taste sounds like the soundtrack to an edgy anime.
Not for me.
Whether I'd select it later for listening pleasure is highly debateable I found it warmed up around track 3 but overall it's one for the critics to drool over
Wanted to. Couldn’t. Trap. Ughhhh.