LP1

This is going to sound harsh but I think this artist hides her lack of originality and talent behind electronic sounds and whisper-thin vocalizing. She offers nothing of substance. And no, throwing profanity in as a shock factor (?) doesn't count.

Oh wow. Very pretty but do you sing about anything other than fucking? *sigh* Not for me, thanks.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything that sounds like it

3 but a high 3. Would listen again.

Seems unfair to rate this after just one listen, but I dug this for the most part. Interesting production and sound design or whatever you’d call it.

Not sure how I slept on this when it first came out, but holy shit is this outstanding. Layered, complex, and smart lyrically and musically. This will sit in my regular rotation.

I remember this album making waves when it came out. It's hard for me to separate that hype from 10 years ago from my listen today. I think it stands up to the test of time so far, but definitely gets tiresome by the end.

Это было просто забываемо, но выражаю респект за любовь к Коэну

Первый в жизни полностью прослушанный альбом твигс. Немного скучно, но красиво.

Являясь большим фанатом магдалины, никак не мог добраться до дебютника Талии. Последующие её альбомы хороши, но вот всё что-то не то, уже не вызывает тех эмоций. А вот LP1 - это прям охуенно, это тот звук, благодаря которому я начал её слушать. Полная раскайфовка

звучит прям приятно, но не уверен, что буду возвращаться - 3.5

If this is your first experience with FKA Twigs, please check out her other projects. She hadn’t yet mastered her space-age R&B yet.

What a load of thinly produced meandering twaddle. I’m angry I listened to this.

3/5

Her voice sounded like really bad ASMR coupled with the sound of one of the worst examples of electronic music known to man. Crap album.

A classic from my first year of college. It doesn’t blow me away as much as it used to but it’s still a great listen and I’m still a pretty big twigs fan. I think she only got better from here.

hell nah

Haunting voice. Stylistically individual.

I only had time to listen once, but must return as this feels like an album which will grow on me. The sound, style and mood remind me of Grimes and Christine and the Queens, reason enough to return.

Just no substance to this album

Impressively innovative. And a really creative evolution of r&b. Just not for me. 2*

not bad.

4/10

There’s stylistic creativity here, and a modern sensibility that’s compelling, but I find the lyrics and delivery often wanting

How is it possible to float approximately 4.82 feet off the ground, to be that light, but to also be so very sad? I do not know, ask FKA.

This is awful. I cannot imagine listening to this by choice on a regular basis.

This is beautiful, ethereal, psychedelic if a bit over produced. Not my thing.

Góð

Nokkuð fínt. Spurning hvort hún fengi fjórar stjörnur við næstu hlustun.

Fine

1082 - "Here's your juice box and orange slice. Thanks for coming."

Loved it. A little biased because it's the first post-2000s album I've encountered in this rotation, but I'm just glad to see some dissonant, ethereal, electronic "laptop"-ass music made this list.

Так и вижу как какая-нибудь девочка думает, что она самая крутая и непонятая сучка в мире, когда слушает эту хуиту на своем эппол мюзик пока едет в школку на грустном вайбике в Оклахоме (ну или в Томске, лол) Меня до дрожи калит эта уебищная обложка (как и другие обложки этой FKA twigs, впрочем) Но если говорить о музыке: это что-то типа из кучи электронных семплов намешанных друг с другом и преврающихся в периодический мемный Penis Music) и вот этот типа дримпоповый вокальчик с фэйдами и прочим растворяшками. И как бы, вроде бы музыкальная основа и привекла бы, если бы не периодически уебищная манера исполнения да и в целом, когда наслушаешь чё LP1 предлагает в первых 3-4 треках, всё остальное становится ясно. Ощущается, словно автор наяривал сам себе пока записывал это, с ощущением "гениальности происходящего", а я люблю великую музыку с непринужденной улыбкой на лице ну или с неким нонконформистским отвращением к нормисам и дистанцированием от публики.

this album was one of the coolest albums i’ve listened to this year

not. it.

I'm probably not the target market as I don't fully understand the music. I can appreciate the production but that's about it. It just makes me feel like I'm at an interactive contemporary art show and I don't feel like I'm supposed to be there.

Breathy falsetto-y vocals over glitchy electronica. Don’t feel like this has aged well and won’t stand the test of time. May have been added to the list too soon, which I seem to say about a lot of the 2010s entries… 2⭐️

I did enjoy this bundle of melancholic oddness

Pretty fucking amazing to be fair, never heard anything like it and probably never will again

Not for me

bem bom tá fui surpreendido positivamente

carai que PEDRADAÇA, tá maluco inventivo demais. pop de ótima qualidade aqui, hein! os beat bons demais, bem cru e até mei minimalista. gostei DEMAIS. só não vai ser 5 porque algumas me cansaram, mas o album todo eh completinho bão pra carai

While I liked the beats, and her singing is good in a technical sense, I just don't really care for this style of vocals, and it was hard to get past it. "Lights On" and "Numbers" were the standouts for me

I guess it's kind of interesting. Would definitely not listen to this of my own accord

A really boring album. 2 stars or D-.

This needs to calm down. Weird in a boring way.

Hyper processed experimental pop is just not really for me. There's a lot of interesting elements and she has a beautiful voice. Just can't really enjoy this though. It kind of feels like work to listen to it.

There was nothing rarely remotely intriguing about this. Not really being in the mood for this did not really help. There were moments that I thought there was potential but for the most part it just blended int one long bland blur of electronic breathy singing. 2 stars

A very ambient album but I don't find it very sonically engaging

Number: 260 Familiarity: Aware (2) Rating: 3 ======= Interesting album cover. I'm sure I've tried this one out before, most likely when I was making my best of 2014 list, I probably found it on some authoritative publications best of 2014 list. In fact, looking at her other album covers, I'm pretty sure I skimmed through most of them but checking my master workbook, I don't find anything at all from her in my favorites by years lists...So, I did listen to the whole thing and it was OK but not something I liked very much.

Listened to the album a while ago and really enjoyed "Two Weeks", but also found "Pendulum" to be entrancing on this latest listen

Okay.

echt heel basic en nietszeggend

Amazing electronic textures. Love the soft voice against the heavier bass. Great sound.

Not a bad album, little bit of a different sound, similarish to Sza.

Decent album. Mangler revidering

During the Preface I was like "um..yea idk about this", but within a song or two I was pretty into it. Twigs has a lovely voice and uses it in interesting ways. I liked the atmosphere and found it engaging as well as relaxing. I feel like this is an album where you need to listen to it fully in order instead of random songs because it all flows one into another. Reminded me a bit of Bjork, whom I also like. Pretty cool; I plan on checking out more FKA Twigs.

very experimental but too slow for my liking, vocals on point though

huh?

Pretty chill. Nothing extraordinary.

Just like with Björk and a lot of Bristol-based artists, I get it and I see how talented FKA Twigs is but it doesn’t vibe with me.

Hey what did I say about the last album, this is equally boring and don't get me going whatsoever.

Liked Lights On and Give up.

It's okay. I won't listen again. To me, this sounds like a very bad Bjork album.

Really didn't like that. Annoying and nothing catchy. I didn't finish the last few songs.

Some cool noises but not my vibe

Not for me

This is honestly just bad. Slow, the singers voice is a pain to listen to and the music is very slow. They abuse the fader like crazy it seems and the volume of everything sounds like it is attached to a sine wave. Not good.

Joj dosta mi je lejm ovo, imala sam tremu upaliti i s razlogom. Neki bijedni pokušaj neke moderne polupsihodelije koja zvuči ko kurac. Ništa to. 1/5, 1/10

She has hints of Lorde and Enya, but somehow more R&B. Decent album.

I had never heard of this album before, but it did come out in 2014, when I had a 3 and 5 year old, so not a huge surprise. I really liked it though. At times, it reminded me of Portiahwad, but it’s actually a very different album. More hip-hop R&B and more discordant musically. Strong 4.

Probably been a fan of twigs since this album and it still holds up.

5/10 not my cup of tea

Incredibly atmospheric and moody and an overall cohesive album. That being said, none of the songs really stuck out to me

shit

Liked this more than I expected to

More dogshit. I cannot comprehend why someone must hear this before they die. Give me a break man

Going into this, I’d never heard LP1 by FKA twigs before, so I was interested to see what one of the more recent entries on the challenge had to offer. My first thought was that this sounded very different, but as the album went on I started getting hints of Madonna, particularly her Ray of Light and “Frozen” era. It’s quite difficult music to categorise, with elements of electronic, pop and R&B all mixed together. Apparently it’s often described as alternative R&B, although FKA twigs herself isn’t particularly keen on that description. There are definitely some interesting ideas here. The production is atmospheric and unusual, and her voice works well with the sparse electronic music. I can appreciate what she’s trying to do and why this album received so much praise when it came out. The problem is that it’s just not really my genre of music. As the album progressed, a lot of the tracks started to sound very similar and I found myself losing interest. There’s nothing particularly bad about it, and I certainly didn’t hate listening to it, but there also wasn’t enough melody or variation to pull me back for another listen. Overall, LP1 is OK. It’s clearly creative and different, but appreciating what an album is doing and actually wanting to listen to it again are two different things. I can’t see myself returning to this one. Favourite track: “Hours” was probably the track I enjoyed most, although nothing really jumped out as a major highlight. Least favourite tracks: Nothing was terrible, but too much of the album blended together and became quite dull. Album artwork: Cool and very different album cover. Definitely one of the more memorable things about the record.

avant garde i might like it more if had more listens but for now 2/5

it's cool, it sounds great

3.3. It sounds good. It sounds a lot the same. I am wondering why it is on this list. But could be a good artist to start a playlist with

I enjoyed the album despite it not being my typical go to music. I could listen to this on the “I don’t want to bop around / sing along to the music” days. Songs manage to be angry yet chill. I can see why it might not be everyone’s cup of tea with the electronic / spacey sounds but it works for me.

best groovy, niet echt mijn ding, vooral de vocals waren niet het

Very creative album but not my favorite listen. I think I'd listened once years ago cause she got good buzz on the indie scene. "Two Weeks" was the biggest song I remember from it but liked "Numbers" and Closer" too. Sounded like she really wanted to have a Bjork like sound and make avant garde R&B.

Was not sure what to make of this one. Think I need another listen

definitely a unique sound

ART! I enjoyed the soundscape that FKA Twigs built in this debut, part R&B part futuristic pop, that bounced around your headphones. I enjoyed ‘Lights On’ ‘Pendulum’ and ‘Numbers’ Rating:4/5 GEMV (24.98.2026)

MIS 10/10: - Two Weeks - Pendulum - Video Girl - Numbers - Give Up - Kicks Puntuación final - 9.5/10: En general me gustó y disfruté mucho del álbum, es un estilo muy alternativo que me sacó de mi zona de confort, la voz de FKA twigs y la manera en la que la usa y mezcla con los beats es impresionante, definitivamente escuharé más de su música.

I noticed how popular and acclaimed she is, but her music doesn't speak to me.

For the first couple of minutes of the first song, I thought this was interesting. But her schtick grew irritating so quickly. She sings in falsetto-like voice over computer beeps and… does that over and over. It’s very hard to listen to. I skipped around the album trying to find a song with a hook or something I could grab onto and find appealing. There was nothing there for me.

She's got something going on. These glitchy miniature worlds are obviously appealing to some people. I can't really say that they're my favourite though.

There's a Kate Bush vibe here that I like, though this doesn't seem like an artist I'm likely to follow much. Still, before today, I did not even know she existed, so I'm thankful to the 1001 Albums I Must Hear Before I Die list for giving me that.

Better than expected.

Extremely intense- this woman comes across vulnerable and dangerous. Like a wounded feline. Breathless

I was expecting the worst - braindead Tik Tok music, or some awful commercial RnB. I was wrong : it's actually quite good, especially for a genre I usually deeply dislike. Sultry and icy at the same time, it's surprisingly creative, with impeccable production, complex multi-layered soundscapes, and an almost "cold wave" vibe that stayed with me after I finished the album. Some tracks are too clubby for me, and I'm not always a fan of her falsetto, but the more glitch-hop oriented songs are very cinematic. The producer makes fantastic use of synths to create an ethereal atmosphere (unsurprisingly, she seems to have also worked with Björk). So much better than the atrocious Madonna dance-pop album I got yesterday... It's not really my kind of music, I doubt I would play this by myself at home - but I recognize the talent, and I had a good time listening. I'm actually surprised by how much I liked it. Subjectively a 3*, but I'm adding one star for originality and to bump her up in the stats. A 2.8 average is ridiculous considering the number of terrible albums with a 3+ rating. 6+1/10

LP1 is exactly the kind of album I’m supposed to admire but not enjoy. I can hear some trip-hop in the dark atmosphere, slow beats and strange electronic textures, but without the groove or tension that makes the genre work for me. Everything feels cold, minimal and painfully slow. FKA twigs clearly has her own vision and the production is interesting, but I struggle to find actual songs to hold on to. A few good sounds here and there. Nice as background music to me.

I can appreciate what is happening here but I didn't enjoy it. Too unlike the normal song structure I am used to. It is t you, it is me. I played it for my wife and she said it was like she was at a coffee shop. A more biting criticism I do not think I have ever heard. Can you imagine, coffee?

Lots of layering, two weeks is a good song but it's a repetitive album. 3/5.

Þetta var bara allt í lagi, ekki mikið meira. Auðgleymanlegt en ég skil mjög vel ef fólk fílar þetta. Allaveganna ekki minn kanelsnúður.

Ok in the background for one listen. Just felt like it never went anywhere. Album ended and nothing of note stood out other than thinking that was a lot of falsetto.