Stories

Lmao who added this 3 Think it's ok for this list because to me it perfectly describes what was popular in 2015. But do you have to listen to it? No. I would be surprised if you hadn't already. Though it was sad how it ended in 2018

There is a great conspiracy about how he died in Oman involving a party, a young royal, and a wine bottle. That is not to make light of his death. This album had a couple of great pop songs and a lot of generic ones too.

2015 EDM. Super commercial, super successful. Not really my thing. RIP. Rating: 2 Playlist track: Waiting for Love Date listened: 03/03/25

Never heard of them and and as a bloke who's nearly 50 there's a reason why, but I have to give this 5 stars as it was absolutely superb!

Solid collection of the worst musical trend of the 2010s. EDM was primed for the internet age, an entire genre of zero patience and instant gratification – the longest verse on this LP can’t be more than thirty seconds, the entire production rushing to get to the drop and deliver another dopamine hit for maximum addiction. Theres little (if any) dynamic contrast, meaningful melodies, creative instrumentation, or anything that would push this into the category of art rather than product. It’s the kind of music that was made to be background noise to YouTube influencer videos, and I found plenty of examples when I searched the track tags to confirm that hypothesis. I love electronic music because it provides a palette beyond the limits of physical instruments – modern DAWs can make just about any noise you can imagine and have nearly infinite options. That’s why it’s so frustrating to see cookie-cutter, default synth setting work get big and mar people’s perception of what electronica can be. Listen to some progressive house, DnB, complextro – anything that takes more than one brain cell to appreciate and doesn’t just push your lizard brain reward circuits for an easy hit.

I met a big fat Austrian guy at the pub once who controlled the jukebox with Avicii every song. We were playing decent rock music and all he did was put on Avicii songs. He was very annoying and he wasn't any good at pool. I don't see the appeal of Avicii. It's vaguely catchy, but it seems cheesy and annoying. 2/5.

Avicii made some bangers no doubt. Through a whole album things start to feel a little similar to me but if this is your thing hell yea

Saw what you will about the Swedes but they can craft some platinum level pop

There are tracks that are outside the concept of electronic music and are the ones that hinder the album, since they are not well made and are boring as hell. The beats and music are the strong points of the album, but as soon as Avicii wants to sing more than he should, something goes wrong. It lacks strength 1 1/2 stars.