5/18/2023 0 Comments Just dance 2022 chandelier![]() ![]() Nobody does manpop quite like The Weeknd, and the fluorescent Dawn FM was the first great album of 2022. Singles Mirror, Burning Bridges and It Gets Dark were great indicators of what the album has in store: A Driver Saved My Night is a right toe-tapper, Thank Me Later makes a break-up sound euphoric, and High Note is simply a very well-sung ballad. Tom really dove deep into the Y2K vibe for the follow-up to Black Country Disco, and it’s so much fun: gloriously gay, packed with wall-to-wall bangers, and with plenty of depth behind the irresistible, glossy production. Particularly the second half is just gorgeous: Happy, Changes – Without You, Honey on the Tongue… he just gets it! Josef is going THROUGH IT on this record, but the result is another stunner. This is an excellent one to just get lost in. The production, the songwriting, the general ~vibe… all stellar. I feel like I’ve slept on this album too much: I heard it earlier in the year and LOVED it, then totally forgot about it until very recently. Not her best – but when your best is so fucking iconic, even a solid album is fantastic. It’s still Carly as you know her, but trying out a few slightly different directions: see the breezy Western Wind, funny Beach House and the gorgeous Bends. Everybody’s Gay is brilliant, Special is the stuff of merch slogans, and I Love You Bitch is a midtempo ballad done the quintessentially Lizzo way.įor some reason this passed me by a little bit, whereas their last album really didn’t – but Unwanted is Pale Waves really getting into the swing of things: bigger, bolder and more concise than Who Am I?, and by this point the group really feels like it has its own clear identity.ġ8. Just a brilliant pop album: big-hearted, witty and radio-ready from start to finish. It’s the sound of the group doing what they do best, at their best: huge hooks, clever and insightful lyrics, melodies that are infuriatingly hard to forget… I imagine it’ll be great live. Being Funny in a Foreign Language – The 1975 Olly’s first album as a solo Year & Year, Night Call doesn’t feel quite as boxfresh as its predecessors but there are moments of pure pop perfection, peppered with singles like Crave that deserved far more attention.Ģ1. Not skipless! But Harry’s House is very definitely the sound of someone properly finding their stride as a singer-songwriter and while Fine Line probably edges it for me as an album, it’s still a lot of fun to hang out at Harry’s House. Deep, honest and bold but at its best when it’s a bit more playful, as it is on stuff like City Of Angels. While initially I found lots of this to be a bit of a racket, HOLY FVCK is Demi at her most lively. ![]() Top hint: play Background Music if you want to see me weep! And there’s a playlist of one of my favourite songs from each album here.īeautiful, occasionally witty, with a bonus ode to tall guys… Maren was comfortable and confident on this really lovely album. The Top 50 singles list came yesterday – that’s here. This is my 13th annual album round-up, and the previous No1s were:Ģ012: Electra Heart – Marina and the DiamondsĢ015: Breathe In Breathe Out – Hilary Duff Ģ018: Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves Ģ019: thank u, next – Ariana Grande ![]() I’ve been more of a Singles Guy this year (something something, decline of the album, something something) but there have still been more than enough great LPs to fill a year-end Top 25! And they follow below. Alive, Elastic Heart, The Greatest and Cheap Thrills have all been standouts, but it’s Chandelier that remains her calling card. Sia contributed a lot to pop this decade – for Britney, for Beyonce, for Kylie, for Celine, for Rita, for Katy, for Kelly – but she also kept a fair few aces for herself. When she howls “I’m gonna fly like a bird through the night”, the words themselves may look fun-loving and party-ready, but the tear-stained execution brilliantly tells a different story. In the wake of Titanium’s huge success in 2012, Sia’s profile was raised considerably – and after gaining mainstream recognition as a songwriter to the stars, when Chandelier came along in 2014 she properly became a power player in her own right.Īn absolute monster of a song about hedonism and addiction, Chandelier is virtually unsingable Sia making not only the technical acrobatics sound effortless, but also the emotive delivery. Produced by: Greg Kurstin and Jesse Shatkin ![]()
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