I’m the one who put this on this list, so of course I think it’s a 5 star. And to be clear, I’m not trolling. I love this album with the utmost earnestness, as much as a 24 year old straight guy can give. It’s always helpful to contextualize an album when criticizing it, so I’ll say that you have to put yourself back in the shoes of someone in 2015. The album charts are dominated by the likes of Taylor swifts 1989 and Adele’s 25 and Kendrick Lamar’s TPAB. Not downer albums, but certainly not the most uplifting. Donald Trump wins his first presidential election. Things were not exactly looking amazing. Enter this little album from someone that was cast aside as a Canadian one hit wonder. A synth pop album that throws it back to the 80s right before it became popular to do so. It didn’t smash the charts, but it certainly redefined, at least to me at the age of 16/17 when I found the album, what a pop album could be and gave us a little life with the impeccable memes that came out of it, especially on the since deceased vine. This is not the perfect record by any means, it’s a touch long at 56 minutes and the wrong single was chosen as the lead (I really like you over the vastly superior run away with me). But I’ll be damned if it’s not near and dear to my heart. This record is absolutely amazing and I’ll always stand by that. If you like this, her next couple records after have all have the same consistent quality that I love.

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I’m the one who put this on this list, so of course I think it’s a 5 star. And to be clear, I’m not trolling. I love this album with the utmost earnestness, as much as a 24 year old straight guy can give. It’s always helpful to contextualize an album when criticizing it, so I’ll say that you have to put yourself back in the shoes of someone in 2015. The album charts are dominated by the likes of Taylor swifts 1989 and Adele’s 25 and Kendrick Lamar’s TPAB. Not downer albums, but certainly not the most uplifting. Donald Trump wins his first presidential election. Things were not exactly looking amazing. Enter this little album from someone that was cast aside as a Canadian one hit wonder. A synth pop album that throws it back to the 80s right before it became popular to do so. It didn’t smash the charts, but it certainly redefined, at least to me at the age of 16/17 when I found the album, what a pop album could be and gave us a little life with the impeccable memes that came out of it, especially on the since deceased vine. This is not the perfect record by any means, it’s a touch long at 56 minutes and the wrong single was chosen as the lead (I really like you over the vastly superior run away with me). But I’ll be damned if it’s not near and dear to my heart. This record is absolutely amazing and I’ll always stand by that. If you like this, her next couple records after have all have the same consistent quality that I love.