Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

Trollheart · 02-14-2018, 11:32 AM

Album title: You Should Be Happy
Artist: The Goo Goo Dolls
Genre: Rock
Nationality: American
Release date: May 12
Position in Discography: Forty-second EP; fifty-third overall
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? Heard one song
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes
Average RYM Score: 3.39
Good start to this short EP with a powerful emotional rocker (also the title track) followed by an anthemic half-ballad, and basically every track here (five only) is gold. Need to hear more of these guys.

Check out more from this artist? Aye
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

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Trollheart · 02-14-2018, 01:15 PM

Album title: Harry Styles
Artist: Harry Styles
Genre: BritPop/Soft Rock/Rock
Nationality: English
Release date: May 12
Position in Discography: Debut solo
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? Of course I've heard of him
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes
Average RYM Score: 2.94
Sigh. What a day. Some mostly below-average albums, a Swedish boyband and now a solo album from my least favourite boyband of all time. Sigh, I say. Well at least it doesn't sound like a pop album, with some acoustic guitar and then a nice piano ballad kicking it off, folky feel to “Sweet Creature” and an attempt at hard rock in “Only Angel”. Not sure what market our Harry is shooting for here: I imagine One Direction fans will hate this, as it's a far more “mature” record than they'd expect, and genuine rock fans are likely to sneer at it as the boyband member tries to play “real” music and, it must be said, fails on pretty much every front. I guess his name sold the album by itself, but I find myself wondering how many of his devoted fans bought it and were disappointed with it? Pretty blatant attempt to cash in on the audience beyond the teenybopper set, but you don't fool me, Harry: you're still a ****.
Check out more from this artist? Nah
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

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The Batlord · 02-14-2018, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Kinda phat tbh.

**Frownland** · 02-14-2018, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I imagine One Direction fans will hate this, as it's a far more “mature” record than they'd expect, and genuine rock fans are likely to sneer at it as the boyband member tries to play “real” music and, it must be said, fails on pretty much every front. I guess his name sold the album by itself, but I find myself wondering how many of his devoted fans bought it and were disappointed with it?

that's a pretty generous amount of logical music taste that you're applying to 1D fans. It's Harry Styles. They love it, doesn't matter how it sounds.

Trollheart · 02-14-2018, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

that's a pretty generous amount of logical music taste that you're applying to 1D fans. It's Harry Styles. They love it, doesn't matter how it sounds.

Good point. Actually, I addressed that in the next sentence, but yeah, you're probably right.

Trollheart · 02-14-2018, 03:29 PM

Album title: Alter Egos
Artist: Ingrid Michaelson
Genre: Pop (?)
Nationality: American
Release date: May 12
Position in Discography: Ninth EP; sixteenth overall
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Um...
Average RYM Score: 2.77
Another five-track EP, this time from American singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. Starts off well, with a nice piano ballad and a yearning vocal*, very soulful. She seems to have a very impressive voice I must say; I could see her doing soul, folk or gospel, and at the moment I'd very much contest the genre tag here. Singer/songwriter (I know that's not a genre, but it's the most accurate description for this music I can come up with) or folk, maybe even a little on the soul side? Pop is way too generic though for this. Tinges of country in there too. Very very impressive.

Check out more from this artist? Oh yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes (whatever it is)

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* **** off Batty.

Trollheart · 02-14-2018, 04:24 PM

Album title: Common Sense
Artist: J Hus
Genre: Afrobeat/Hip-hop/Dance hall/R&B
Nationality: American
Release date: May 12
Position in Discography: Debut
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.93
Impressive from the off; soul melodies with a decent rap behind them, a lot of different styles too. “Plottin” is a good if slightly ominous track, though the happy, upbeat rhythms on “Sweet Cheeks” counterpoint this, “Spirit” and “Mash Up” are two good tracks too. I can respect what he's doing here, and can see how it'll appeal to a lot of people, but I'm just a little bored now (track 14 of 17) and I don't think this is for me.

Check out more from this artist? Probably unlikely
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Some, yes

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The Batlord · 02-14-2018, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

* **** off Batty.

What did I do?

Trollheart · 02-14-2018, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

What did I do?

Just in general.

Nah, I was waiting for you to start jeering at my use of the phrase "yearning vocal". There, you can do so now. I'm just telling you to **** off in advance. No offence.

**Frownland** · 02-14-2018, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Just in general.

Nah, I was waiting for you to start jeering at my use of the phrase "yearning vocal". There, you can do so now. I'm just telling you to **** off in advance. No offence.

When I notice that my writing is bad, I either double down on it or try to make it better. Lashing out at people seems counterproductive.

02-14-2018, 11:32 AM	#1881 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: You Should Be Happy Artist: The Goo Goo Dolls Genre: Rock Nationality: American Release date: May 12 Position in Discography: Forty-second EP; fifty-third overall Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? Heard one song Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes Average RYM Score: 3.39 Good start to this short EP with a powerful emotional rocker (also the title track) followed by an anthemic half-ballad, and basically every track here (five only) is gold. Need to hear more of these guys. Check out more from this artist? Aye Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-14-2018, 01:15 PM	#1882 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Harry Styles Artist: Harry Styles Genre: BritPop/Soft Rock/Rock Nationality: English Release date: May 12 Position in Discography: Debut solo Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? Of course I've heard of him Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes Average RYM Score: 2.94 Sigh. What a day. Some mostly below-average albums, a Swedish boyband and now a solo album from my least favourite boyband of all time. Sigh, I say. Well at least it doesn't sound like a pop album, with some acoustic guitar and then a nice piano ballad kicking it off, folky feel to “Sweet Creature” and an attempt at hard rock in “Only Angel”. Not sure what market our Harry is shooting for here: I imagine One Direction fans will hate this, as it's a far more “mature” record than they'd expect, and genuine rock fans are likely to sneer at it as the boyband member tries to play “real” music and, it must be said, fails on pretty much every front. I guess his name sold the album by itself, but I find myself wondering how many of his devoted fans bought it and were disappointed with it? Pretty blatant attempt to cash in on the audience beyond the teenybopper set, but you don't fool me, Harry: you're still a **. Check out more from this artist? Nah Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating:** __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-14-2018, 03:29 PM	#1886 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Alter Egos Artist: Ingrid Michaelson Genre: Pop (?) Nationality: American Release date: May 12 Position in Discography: Ninth EP; sixteenth overall Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Um... Average RYM Score: 2.77 Another five-track EP, this time from American singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. Starts off well, with a nice piano ballad and a yearning vocal, very soulful. She seems to have a very impressive voice I must say; I could see her doing soul, folk or gospel, and at the moment I'd very much contest the genre tag here. Singer/songwriter (I know that's not a genre, but it's the most accurate description for this music I can come up with) or folk, maybe even a little on the soul side? Pop is way too generic though for this. Tinges of country in there too. Very very impressive. Check out more from this artist?* Oh yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes (whatever it is) Actual Rating: * **** off Batty. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-14-2018, 04:24 PM	#1887 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Common Sense Artist: J Hus Genre: Afrobeat/Hip-hop/Dance hall/R&B Nationality: American Release date: May 12 Position in Discography: Debut Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.93 Impressive from the off; soul melodies with a decent rap behind them, a lot of different styles too. “Plottin” is a good if slightly ominous track, though the happy, upbeat rhythms on “Sweet Cheeks” counterpoint this, “Spirit” and “Mash Up” are two good tracks too. I can respect what he's doing here, and can see how it'll appeal to a lot of people, but I'm just a little bored now (track 14 of 17) and I don't think this is for me. Check out more from this artist? Probably unlikely Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Some, yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018