it is 18/4/25. i am 15 years old. my junior cert is coming up. i could be studying for them, but instead i am here listening to Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979). here are my thoughts TRACK BY TRACK 1 IN THE FLESH? this song is fantastic. it's a fantastic opener and it's also just a fantastic song. it's everything floyd are great at in a painfully short 3 minutes. it has a (short but effective) buildup to start it off with, a great guitar riff, a very memorable vocal melody and hard ass lyrics to accompany the epic riff pounding into you. if only there was a sequel. 10/10 2 THE THIN ICE. it opens very slow and gentle, and its short runtime makes you think it wont really progress very much further. but it does. i love the section with the piano, but that gets pushed aside by yet another signature epic guitar section. at this point its getting cheesy but it's hard not to smile every time it happens. 9/10 3 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PT 1. pretty cool, it obviously seems more important the further you get into the album, which i know because i have already listened to it. as a singular track there isn't much to say, but it plays its role perfectly. it gives the impression it is building to something, which it is. the guitar is very cool (once this word enters my brain, i can't not use it) and the panning of the twangy guitars that comes in every now and then is very cool. overall, very cool. 8/10 4 HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES. abusive teachers are troubled? thats crazy. anyway this song is pretty important in the whole theme of the album. musically it is structured as a vehicle for the lyrics, so not much to say about it. i like the climax a lot. 8/10 5 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PT 2. yo i know this song!! cool, groovy, classic song. it continues the theme of the previous song, utilising a children's choir to push the point forward a little. i heard somewhere that floyd were suggested by their producer to add a bit of a disco flavour to the song in favour of commercialism, and you can kind of tell. cool guitar solo though. 9/10 6 MOTHER. 🌬️pink looks to his mother for advice and comfort. gilmour cradles waters. i don't know it's a very nice song and the lyrics are just about vague enough to mean something. majestic song. 9/10 7 GOODBYE BLUE SKY. this song was in rick and morty. it somehow manages to be both ominous and majestic. very vague lyrics about something to do with war, but they certainly work. i'm going to run out of things to say about 26 tracks. 9/10 8 EMPTY SPACES. here we have something slightly different. floyd's classic guitar buildup, but this time alongside a darkwave-ish instrumental. it would be a lot better if it wasn't 4 seconds long. 8/10 9 YOUNG LUST. pink freak 😈😈 in this song pink is looking for a dirty woman, but he will admirably settle for a dirty girl. this shows pink's strength and development through this war ridden wall. cool song, cool guitar, epic lyrics. 9/10 10 ONE OF MY TURNS. to get through his cold bleak life, pink submits to culture and commercialism. despite these attempts, his dirty woman runs away. 8/10 11 DON'T LEAVE ME NOW. wow this song is dark. the atmosphere on this thing is unmatched when it comes to floyd's discography. the anxious feeling during the first section, with his wails and the dark organ. and then it comes together. just an incredible song, at this point in the album it rivals in the flesh. and it had to be the song about a wifebeater. 10/10 12 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PT 3. the writing on the wall!! yo!!! to be honest i don't know what the point of this installment is. maybe if it were the second part and then the second part came third, as this would build up to it. but no, here we have a slightly heavier version of the first part. it just seems weird to place it here. 7/10 13 GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD. pink seems to be leaving. this is odd as we are roughly halfway through the album. at first glance i thought he was leaving his woman but maybe he is leaving the world? i don't know who he is talking to but maybe pink is trying to kill himself. who knows, but it's an appropriate place to take a break as i have to leave. 7/10 14 HEY YOU. you're losing you're losing your vitamin c! no, wrong song. reading the lyrics i think this song is about oppression, but i'm not sure. i hope this project will help me analyse lyrics a bit better, without genius' help of course. great song though, not all that much to it, just good melodies and a good structure. 9/10 15 IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? pink wonders if there is anybody out there. then pink gives us some nice strumming of his acoustic guitar. this song really just moves the album forward but the acoustic guitar strumming is so nice it gets an 8/10. 16 NOBODY HOME. beautiful piano ballad (?) that conveys loneliness and dissatisfaction very well. i may be in the minority when i say that i like waters' vocals possibly more than gilmour's. this song contains many of the best lines from this album, so i'll just list some of them: "I got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from," / "Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains". melodrama and great writing aren't always mutually exclusive. 8/10 17 VERA. usually on an album comprised of mostly two minute long songs (this one's only 1:33) i would complain about the lack of length but this album's got so many memorable ones. this song is just roger waters yearning for the whereabouts of the woman who sang "We Will Meet Again" yet he makes it so compelling. great strings too, they should be at the forefront more often. 8/10 18 BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME. uh yeah war man. those kids man are out on the field yknow fightin and stuff. it's awful. god man i wish my huge fortune was any use dude. anyway here's a dramatic fanfare. 5/10. man this album must be taking a downward turn. 19 COMFORTABLY NUMB. i thought this whole thing would be better were this my first listen of the album but holy shit this song still hits every time. it sounds cheesy but the minor chords the song starts out in sound like dark clouds and the chorus sounds like the clouds opening up into sunshine. it's hard to say if it's their best song but it's definitely up there. 10/10 20 THE SHOW MUST GO ON. i mean maybe if it kept the quality of COMFORTABLY NUMB. but not if it turns into operatic beach boys. 6/10 21 IN THE FLESH. oh woah there's a sequel man i didn't know that let's go man. it definitely gets you back into the groove of the album; i could understand being pulled out as soon as the epic climax drops into a fucking choir, but it's still IN THE FLESH. i prefer the opener, but since it's only a few details in difference and that they're virtually the same song, it's a great song. 9/10 22 RUN LIKE HELL. i feel like i'm in a stadium. i don't view this as the highlight other people seem to, it sounds like the other two installments of ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL that people don't listen to, just a little bit better. nonetheless a song, to say the least. 7/10 23 WAITING FOR THE WORMS. i can't help but like this goofy mess of a song. doo-wop, hard rock, worm... it doesn't know what it wants to be. in all honesty i haven't a fucking clue what he is talking about. following worms and whatnot. 8/10 24 STOP. all of a sudden we're in a show? the first side of the album it was a war and now we're in... a musical? john pink gets it twisted. whatever this song is like 20 seconds long. 25 THE TRIAL. this album went from being a concept album about the injustice of war to a rock musical taking place in a worm court. 6/10 26 OUTSIDE THE WALL. yeah this is the closer to the album. isn't this where my dad already had this album on vinyl so it became the first floyd album i knew well. it's an overblown pretentious rock opera that i listened to in the exact stage of my life where that kind of thing might seem epic. there's some good music in it though. this was possibly the worst entry into this project as i had already heard it and it is a huge double album of 26 tracks that i made myself review one by one. i'm looking forward to seeing what's next though. overall this album is a strong 8. BEST TRACKS: COMFORTABLY NUMB. IN THE FLESH? DON'T LEAVE ME NOW.

this is an interesting album to get. i haven't heard very much santana yet but i know what they sound like, and i know carlos has played with john mclaughlin and gang. my expectations for this are relatively high, from both the things i've heard about them and the cool ass cover that looks unsettlingly like Live-Evil. also i think my parents have it on vinyl, like The Wall. TRACK BY TRACK 1 SINGING WINDS, CRYING BEASTS. wow this is chill. i was coming into this expecting to be punched in the face with an overblown guitar solo but this is chill. rhythmic but not as rhythmic as i expected. i really like this, every instrument is doing great at its job. the keys are very cool and so is the wailing guitar that comes in every now and then. 9/10 2 BLACK MAGIC WOMAN / GYPSY QUEEN. this is smoooth. not like that one song though. as was expected the guitar is magnificent and the rhythm is so enticing. the switch up around the 3:40 mark just caught me off guard. oh yeah this is fantastic. 10/10 3 OYE COMO VA. pretty cool. spotify has this as the most popular song on the album which surprises me because it isn't as fantastic as the last album, not that it needs to be. chill salsa with a great guitar. actually this is growing on me the more i listen to it. i should really learn to write these after the song. 9/10 4 INCIDENT AT NESHABUR. it's hard to write about songs like this but this is just fantastic. purely masterful instrumentation, just what i wanted from this album. every instrument sounds incredible and they play together so well. 10/10 5 SE A CABO. exactly what i said for the last track. just masterful instrumentation, straight up jazz fusion a groovy latin foundation. you can't not bang your head just a little. 9/10 6 MOTHER'S DAUGHTER. the vocals aren't really in the way but this would be a cool instrumental album. actually no the vocals are pretty annoying. other than that this track is yet again fantastic. reminds me of a jazzier electric ladyland. if i get past the vocals this could be my favourite track on the album so far. 10/10 7 SAMBA PA TI. smooth and warm sounding, this one is slower than the other tracks. the sound of the organ is so nice i wish it was at the forefront a bit more. great guitar as always. 8/10 8 HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER. by far the heaviest song on the album, and it kicks ass. it's funny that my first two albums on this website both make me sound like a cringy guitar thirsty teenager but that's exactly where this puts me. crazy good guitar. 9/10 9 EL NICOYA. conga outro, not much to say really. it's a minute and a half long. closes the album well i suppose. 6/10 overall an incredibly cool album, with some of the best instrumentation in its genre. very unique for its time too i would argue; not too detached from what john mclaughlin was doing but with a heavier latin influence that set santana apart. i could absolutely see myself returning to this, i imagine it's a great album to just put on and enjoy. overall a 9/10, very pleased with it. damn i can only rate it 4/5

ok cool this is an interesting album to get. i've heard plenty of great things about it but i've never listened to lauryn hill, all i know is that she was in the fugees. i get the impression i should pay attention to the lyrics. TRACK BY TRACK 1 INTRO. we enter into the album. this is an interesting intro; we hear a roll call that goes silent when lauryn hill's name is called, over a nice acoustic guitar. 2 LOST ONES. man this is catchy. pretty simple but infectious beat with lyrics about breakup. i could see myself returning to it, it's very cool. 9/10 3 EX-FACTOR. wow. this song is beautiful. to be honest i expected this album to be a lot more conscious than it is but lyrically it's all about heartbreak so far. musically this is very rewarding; her vocals are gorgeous, the piano is so simple yet effective, and that's all before the guitar comes in. the guitar made me bump up the rating, wow. it'll be hard to beat this. 10/10 4 TO ZION. hey it's the guy from the last album. i have gathered that this song is about her newborn child. this song is majestic. just so listenable. i could easily see myself putting this on in the background (in a good way obviously). i wish i had more to say but i'm enjoying it. 9/10 5 DOO WOP (THAT THING). pretty broad lyrics but man this song is cool. so cool. the beat is soo cool. i cringe at myself using the same words over again but it really is that cool. 10/10 6 SUPERSTAR. artistic integrity is lost in favour of money and fame. all of these topics so far are pretty timeless. chill song, cool beat, timeless lyrics. there's nothing else to say. 8/10 7 FINAL HOUR. god makes an appearance. apparently the instrumental is completely original and live which is really cool, i've always thought more rappers should try it. her flow is actually crazy. nice flute too. 9/10 8 WHEN IT HURTS SO BAD. this is just beautiful. these instrumentals sounds so alive, i love it. this instrumental is so pretty. 9/10 9 I USED TO LOVE HIM. silky smooth vocals and a silky smooth beat. kind of reminds me of amy winehouse for some reason. so good. not a single misstep on this album so far. 9/10 10 FORGIVE THEM FATHER. i can absolutely see why this album is hailed as a classic. it just has that sound about it. she's such a great singer and this song just furthers that. 8/10 11 EVERY GHETTO, EVERY CITY. funky beat. effortlessly cool song. not much about it has sprung thought into me clearly but it's just a cool song praising her hometown. 8/10 12 NOTHING EVEN MATTERS. i know of d'angelo and i expect one of his albums to pop up here someday (i actually listened to black messiah, when did that happen?) but this lowered my expectations a bit. generic smooth soul about love. 5/10 13 EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING. as soon as this started playing i got back into it, that beat is everything (ha). honestly i wasn't even listening to the lyrics because the beat is so good, that's not particularly a good thing but i was enjoying it. 9/10 14 THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL. how did i only just notice the cover was etched into a school desk? anyway this song is gorgeous and the lyrics are pretty general lyrics about finding your path or something. 9/10 15 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU. wasn't expecting this. great song, i love the original so this was a nice surprise. reading the origin of the song is very impressive too. 9/10 16 TELL HIM. more biblical lyrics. very pretty song with a cool beat. wraps the album up nicely. 9/10 this album is widely hailed as a classic (in soul, hip hop, the 90s) and i can completely see why. it's a very enjoyable album with deeply personal lyrics and i would definitely return to it. i knew of it but this got me to actually listen to it so that's great. overall a 9/10

i'll just start by saying i know absolutely nothing about this guy. i know he's famous and he's blind but that's about it. i also don't have very much interest which is why i put this album off until the end of the day but here we are. let's see if my views are changed TRACK BY TRACK 1 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. honestly ahead of its time for 1959 but to me it's still generic big band/soul, albeit like 5 years before its time. i probably wouldn't return to it but it's feelgood big band, nothing bad. 7/10 2 IT HAD TO BE YOU. pretty much the exact same as the first song. this kind of album is my total weakness to writing because it sparks absolutely nothing interesting for me to say. not the music's fault, it's just that kind of music. 7/10, it's fine 3 ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND. it's alright. old-timey composition with slightly newer big band elements. the bad mix is making it slightly noisy in a olatunji kind of way, which makes it unintentionally a bit more enjoyable. still 6/10. 4 TWO YEARS OF TORTURE. personally pretty boring. it's that 50s jazz pop sound. easy listening to my ears, which to my ears isn't easy listening. what? 5/10 5 WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE. i like this one more than the last because instrumentally it sounds like a more restrained mingus, just with charles (different charles) over it. it's literally the same as every track. 5/10 6 DEED I DO. it's incredible how much more generic each song is getting. i understand this guy's impact, i really do, but not only is this incredible inoffensive, it's also the exact same song. 5/10 7 JUST FOR A THRILL. the backing vocals are pretty ethereal so there's that. bumps it up a bit i guess. this definitely helped develop soul but it's still in its primitive state. 5/10 8 YOU WON'T LET ME GO. so inoffensive. so bland. ethereal backing vocals should be at the forefront. 4/10 9 TELL ME YOU'LL WAIT FOR ME. i do see the appeal but this music just really isn't for me. it's loungy, it's soft, it's accessible. i don't know what else to say. 5/10 10 DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYIN'. try developing industrial hip hop instead. 5/10 11 AM I BLUE. i genuinely cannot give these songs a lower score since there's nothing particularly wrong with them, but nothing pushes them in my favour either. i'm sure he's a genius he's just not my kind of genius. 5/10 12 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE. i like this one more because it gave me a picture of it playing during some scene of a movie where everyone dies with this playful soul ballad on top. i don't know 6/10. is he a genius? i don't know but judging by how much i wrote he didn't make me feel like one. it's inoffensive and it's light, i can see the appeal but it really isn't for me. i understand why it's in the list, i'm glad i listened to it. that's the point of the list after all isn't it? i've widened my horizons. 5/10

i know layla. i know the song. the song is one the best songs i have heard, i don't know the rest. i've already wasted a day without listening to this so i'm just gonna get straight to it because i want to do the next one too. TRACK BY TRACK 1 I LOOKED AWAY. it's alright. pretty standard blues rock about a woman running away or something. nice guitar. it's what i would expect from clapton. 6/10 2 BELL BOTTOM BLUES. now this is better. man the verses remind me so much of ballrooms of mars by t rex, and the guitar is really similar too. that's a great song though so it's alright. the chorus is great too, this is a great song. the way it goes when he says "i don't want to fade away" is soo good. really great song. 9/10 3 KEEP ON GROWING. yeah, cool blues rock. that's really all i hear is blues rock, it's so hardwired to the genre, mostly because of clapton. besides that it's a cool song, great guitar solo. 7/10 4 NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT. man the guitar is so panned lmao but great song. it's like a slower version of bell bottom blues, very emotional sounding. 60s type progression but i like it. 9/10 5 I AM YOURS. why is this here. 5/10 6 ANYDAY. everything i could say about this song i already said about the first and the third song except i like this one a bit more. 8/10 7 KEY TO THE HIGHWAY. there had to be an electric blues song somewhere in here. i don't mind it, it's pretty chill. has no right being 9 minutes but really nothing bad to be said otherwise. 7/10 8 TELL THE TRUTH. pretty standard but nonetheless head-bop worthy. earns an extra star literally just because of the guitar in the second half, damn. 7/10 9 WHY DOES LOVE GOT TO BE SO SAD? well the song isn't. solid jam-rock with good performances from everyone. that sums up the album so far too. 8/10 10 HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN. it's crazy how these songs are good and enjoyable yet still manage to sound like standard blues rock to my ears. still a 7/10 11 LITTLE WING. what a great cover of hendrix. the added psych elements are fresh air from the rest of the album, i wish there was more of it. such a great riff, one of the best songs here. 9/10 12 IT'S TOO LATE. pretty boring and way more so in contrast with the last track. i could really do with an all-time emotional rollercoaster of a song right now. 4/10 13 LAYLA. this is it, this is the song. i understand using piano in the rest of the songs might've undermined this song's singularity but cmon man. this is one of the greatest most moving songs i've ever heard and there is good reason this was used in like 529 movies. the first half is peak blues rock anyway, and then the second half comes in and hits you like a truck. some of the most beautiful piano and guitar put together is just heart wrenching. such an easy 10/10 14 THORN TREE IN THE GARDEN. this guy really made layla and instead of making it the closer he put this offensively inoffensive bland folk song at the end. that falsetto is horrendous. 5/10 overall a solid enjoyable album, with some incredibly high highs and some bland lows (none of the lows are laughably bad though). being hailed as a classic is understandable, but the title is painfully apt. 7/10

alright i don't know anything about this band other than they have a cool name and people like them. they're folk too i think. let's do it TRACK BY TRACK 1 SUN IT RISES. wooow. for some strange reason the intro made my skin crawl a bit but my expectations were soon knocked out of the water with the gorgeous lush guitar and the overall dreamy atmosphere this evokes. and that heavier guitar that comes in is crazy good. great introduction and it has got me very excited for sure. 9/10 2 WHITE WINTER HYMNAL. yeah. just so lush and gorgeous. you can really immerse yourself in every instrument because of the crisp production and the harmonies are great, which isn't something i find myself saying much. to me it sounds like if alvvays made folk music, which is probably a weird comparison but that's how i think of it. very pretty, i'm impressed. 9/10 3 RAGGED WOOD. it's like that shining carefree advertisement music where people are smiling and laughing and running through the grass and picking flowers and having fun but instead of being a torturous waste of time that a quick gouging of the eyes would be welcome to replace, you feel like the person in that ad, running through the grass and having fun despite the fact you're running through grass and picking flowers. the music's cool too. 9/10 4 TIGER MOUNTAIN PEASANT SONG. a nice guitar picking song that still manages to be lush and textured despite just being a simple guitar and his vocals. 8/10 5 QUIET HOUSES. this is just so strong and so solid. it does everything the other songs did for me as well as having a very cool piano breakdown and build up. 9/10 6 HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY. only a little weaker but still manages to hit everything right. nothing else to add. 9/10 7 HEARD THEM STIRRING. very evocative and slightly medieval, soundtrack core. 8/10 8 YOUR PROTECTOR. it's another song, surprisingly. not so surprisingly, it's good. 8/10 9 MEADOWLARKS. man the atmosphere is so so good when they hit it fully. very beautiful. 8/10 10 BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. this band made stomp and holler adjacent music and made it way more than listenable, crazy. this is gorgeous stuff, really. this is when the happy go lucky flower pickers start crying all over the grass. 9/10 11 OLIVER JAMES. weaker but works as a closer weirdly enough. chill. amazing vocal performance. 7/10 and here i was expecting some probably middling indie folk pop band trudging their way through eleven tracks. this album is lush and packed with gorgeous melodies and harmonies over such sweet production. i can see myself coming back to this, maybe when it's a bit sunnier. it's not, if you didn't know. 9/10

to me this is that one woman from humanz on submission with danny brown. she gives a great performance tbh so let's get into this. TRACK BY TRACK 1 FRONTLINE. pretty much just nice cont r&b vocals over a stock trap beat and some nice occasional synths. it's alright, i like the electronic progression but it never leads anywhere interesting. generously 7/10 2 WAITIN. it's nice but really not that interesting. a nice melody (singular) and clean production but i don't know when i would ever listen to this. 6/10 3 TAKE ME APART. cool production and nice melodies, more refined than the last two songs. still fairly generic but it's good. 8/10 4 ENOUGH. basically a less alien fka twigs (lp1 era). but that alienness is a sorry departure. nearly solid but 7/10 5 JUPITER. yeah vocals man, make them shine. uh nothing happens though. not that anything needs to, but here it would've helped. 6/10 6 BETTER. boring beginning but the more modern, slightly dark production comes in and it's better for it. still just alright though. 7/10 7 LMK. cool, it's got that weirdly dark and slightly trippy (and great) production paired with catchy vocals, probably my favourite on the album. 8/10 8 TRUTH OR DARE. very catchy and funky, i possibly prefer this to the last one. i could see myself returning to this one. 8/10 9 S.O.S. i like the atmosphere and it's very dreamy but i feel like a lot more could've been done with this. 7/10 10 BLUE LIGHT. damn that's a bass alright. i like it though. 8/10 11 ONANON. i absolutely love the productio and beat on this song, i wish the whole album leaned into that glitched idm sound more. and the strings and melodies, yeah this is the song. is this a burial production my god. 9/10 12 TURN TO DUST. it's nice, there's something weird about how its either mixed or mastered that those ai stem seperated tracks sound like otherwise its nice, not much more. 7/10 13 BLUFF. pretty boring, but it seems like a full song, why is it only a minute long. 6/10 14 ALTADENA. it's ok. tries to lean into atmosphere too hard with the vocals, nothing here hits me at all. 6/10 overall nice album with some very solid moments, but a lot of potential that just doesn't hit very often. the mellow and minimalistic r&b moments were my weaknesses but i loved the glitchier and catchy tracks, which i hope she could make into an album some day. onanon was easily my favourite, but lmk and truth or dare were great too. 7/10

aw let's fucking go. we all know this album. but instead of being a trek because i have to write about things i already know (tbh it only felt like that for the wall because it's like 30 tracks), i can't wait to talk about this. TRACK BY TRACK 1 LET'S GO CRAZY. this is absolutely everything an opener should be. an epic intro to get you hooked, iconic lines, packed full of energy and it shows you what to expect (but with plenty of more not yet shown). this song is actual crack in music form. 10/10 also am i the only one who thinks those opening synths need to be sampled in some hypnagogic pop 2 TAKE ME WITH U. such gorgeous production and composition, how does this sound so crisp. the strings are so alive and the snare is so good. i don't really have anything to say about this song but it's absolutely incredible and no steam has been lost. 10/10 3 THE BEAUTIFUL ONES. yes. this song shouldn't work after those two energetic ones but it just does. beautiful keys and probably the best vocal performance by prince bar maybe only the title track. so gorgeous, so lush and so smooth until he goes absolutely crazy. the best example of those insane screaming vocals he is so good at. oh man. 10/10 4 COMPUTER LOVE. is the song good? yes lisa. is it as good as the first three? no but that was some bar to cross. groovy and the progression is great, such amazing production. this song actually grew on me hugely this time around. 9/10 5 DARLING NIKKI. this album is just so glamorous. amazing production, when this song gets going it really gets going, those synths are everything. i really like that weird ass sound collage ending too, it sounds like something bowie would tack on to the end of his songs, it's probably the most experimental part of a top billboard album. 6 WHEN DOVES CRY. i don't even know if this needs a bass anymore. it's so minimalistic yet so great, and when those synths finally come in it's so glorious. such a catchy and flawless song. it's perfect and to think it isn't the best song on the album is crazy. 10/10 7 I WOULD DIE 4 U. this is another one that just grows on me everytime i listen to it. i always liked it but i never felt like listening to it but it's just great too. peak production, catchy, amazing composition and instrumentation. 10/10 8 BABY I'M A STAR. he is. i've always been of the opinion that this sounds like every other song on the album, and it kind of does, but every song is the shit. this is packed with energy and it's just so fun, and it drives the album forward. it drives it so forward that we're really gonna need a hell of a powerful ending but idk if he has it in him. 9/10 9 PURPLE RAIN. what the fuck do i even say about this. if for even one second i remember this as being a bit cheesy or overblown i can just listen to it and get totally floored by it everytime. one of the greatest songs of all time. everything about it is perfect. the buildup especially to the best guitar solo ever, it genuinely sounds like ascending to heaven despite how fucking cheesy that sounds. guy sounds like an angel over the guitar. i can't believe this song exists. 10/10 an outright classic in every regard. there was no way this wouldn't be beloved by absolutely everybody, and i hate to think that it mightn't were it released now. sure it's probably the poppiest thing prince released but for most artists that isn't also their magnum opus because this album is the shit. everything about it is perfect and you can pretty much play it at any occasion for any mood at all. there is never a time where i don't feel like listening to it, when it popped up as my next album a huge dumb fucking grin grew across my face. absolutely stunning. 10/10

and of all the time i could get this album it had to be just as i'm into kanye (also for the record as he dropped cousins, man if i could review that). had this review come a year earlier it would be many stars lower but here we are. and it's his first album too. TRACK BY TRACK 1 WE DON'T CARE. it's incredible how catchy this song is, just so uplifting despite the lyrics, which is entirely the point. such a great opener and no i'm not reviewing the skits. rare kanye lyrical W. 10/10 2 ALL FALLS DOWN. it might be slightly starting to click, it's a great song. who cares if its overrated, also this hits different after having heard the lauryn hill performance it samples. 9/10 3 SPACESHIP. gorgeous song. literally as i am writing this a funeral is being planned so this is hard to both write and listen to, such an emotional beat and lyrics. sorry if these are cut short, i love this album and this really should be the perfect time to write it since i've been listening to it so much lately. 10/10 4 JESUS WALKS. a very cool song about... jesus? still it's a very cool song and a very cool beat, that's pretty much all to it to me. 8/10 5 NEVER LET ME DOWN. this is probably one of the most 2000s sounding songs i can think of. the rapping is great but it's an alright song. 7/10 6 GET EM HIGH. it is a very cool beat but kanye does absolutely nothing with it. actually the only memorable part of this song is the beat and kanye saying "gotta catch the beat, yeah, catch the beat". 7/10 7 THE NEW WORKOUT PLAN. the hardest a song has ever harded. the video is great too and it honestly upsets me that this kanye is gone. this song is so self aware and touches on subjects of the objectification of women and self images that the modern kanye is the complete and utter opposite of. still it's a crazily catchy and hard song. 9/10 8 SLOW JAMZ. such a chill and pretty song, a great sample and absolutely insane rapping from twista who kind of makes the song. 9/10 9 BREATHE IN BREATHE OUT. breathe in breathe out. uhh breathe in and breathe out. pull your sleeves out and breathe in and maybe breathe out. pull your breathe out and your sleeves breathe out. that's all i can ever remember. this song is pretty annoying. 6/10 10 SCHOOL SPIRIT. alpha step. omega step. kappa step. sigma step. yo!!! anyway cool song. 7/10 11 TWO WORDS. man this still floors me. what an incredible and hard ass song. crazy hard beat and amazing performance especially from mos def. not much else to say just incredible. 10/10 12 THROUGH THE WIRE. fuck. this is by far the most emotional kanye song, the guy is so genuine, likeable and its already just a great song. amazing sample, so catchy and so many quotable lines. also he doesn't even sound like himself (obviously because his jaw was wired shut, was that because of the cousins incident?). just incredible. this is my favourite version of kanye. 10/10 13 FAMILY BUSINESS. we lost this guy. this last four track run is stunning. bring this kanye back, kill the clone. 10/10 14 LAST CALL. la la la la. la la la la la la la. what a closer. this is just stunning man. the playful brother of mortal man. and no it's not just a cool beat with a long ass interview over it afterwards. it's one of his best songs with a genuinely interesting anecdote afterward that stops me everytime i reach for the skip button. 10/10 such an endlessly fun and giving album, it just makes you sad that this is the same guy that just dropped WW3 and has CUCK on the way (to me in the future, did that shit ever come out? did he change the name again?). one of his best and most consistent, which is so impressive for an album of its length. 9/10