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Track by Track reviews of AOA and/or PE

I've been looking around but haven't found many track by track reviews. Here's mine (or should I say here's one). Feel free to share yours.

1. AOC - fun and freaky track. I like the jumble of different styles. I don't think it's a joke as some suggest, but it's also not overly serious. 8/10

2. Clouds - decent. It has some good elements but doesn't come together. My favorites parts of the outer space section and the last chorus. Funky wet bass and synths are cool. 7/10

3. The Breakdown - great song with terrible opening 2 lines 8/10

4. The Gold Standard - awesome opening section, distorted voice sounds like the black album, but the cheesy chorus detracts 7/10

5. U Know - head bobber, great music & beat (even though it's almost entirely somebody else's), decent lyrics 9/10

6. Breakfast Can Wait - has become less interesting overtime, kind of funky but pretty tame 6/10

7. This Could Be Us - nice song but doesn't really fit the humorous meme after which it's named, which makes it an odd listen 7/10

8. What it Feels Like - repetitive but good, nice hook, Andy's voice has a lot of personality, even though she's not a great pure singer 9/10

9. affirmation i & ii - music and voice is ok, but the message is weak and nonsensical given the content of the following song 5/10

10. Way Back Home - great, seemingly very honest song, a little too egotistical for me, but that might just be how he thinks 9/10

11. Time - great interplay of their voices, especially in the second half, very cool bass playing 10/10

12. Funknroll - ugh. Hated it on first listen, but it's gotten better after 3 or 4 listens. The voice is a little too high pitched. Chorus is horrible. Music is pretty decent 4/10

13. affirmation iii - nice outro, would've been better right after Way Back Home, but it's still pretty cool, lyrics are a little cheesy. Music is good. 8/10

Overall - a very solid album, I like the variety of vocal effects and delivery especially the deep voices on AOC and The Gold Standard, Way Back Home is a very good song, message on the album is a little weird and hard to get into, adventurous vibe 8/10
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