MARINA (and The Diamonds)

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Anyways, here's my ranking:

 

Not in my favourite to least favourite order btw

 

Handmade Heaven - 9/10

Superstar - 6/10

Orange Trees - 6/10

Babie - 7/10

Enjoy Your Life - 9/10

True - 10/10

To Be Human - 11/10

End of the Earth - 8/10 (this is my least favourite tbh)

[Hounds Of Love 2,090]

Anyways, here's my ranking:

 

Handmade Heaven - 9/10

Superstar - 6/10

Orange Trees - 6/10

Babie - 7/10

Enjoy Your Life - 9/10

True - 10/10

To Be Human - 11/10

End of the Earth - 8/10 (this is my least favourite tbh)

 

[Masochism 15,400]

my ranking:

 

1. end of the earth

[sweetie 6,615]

1. end of the earth

2. to be human

3. orange trees

 

the only top 3 that matters

[wraith 7,276]

Handmade Heaven

True

Enjoy Your Life

To Be Human

End of The Earth

Baby

Orange Trees

Superstar ---badddd

[delreyfreak 5,340]

My initial thoughts:

 

Production - BOPS! Very modern and pop-oriented but surprisingly I actually love it! Y'all complaining about the pop production make me laugh - Marina has always had pop production in her songs. Were y'all not around for EH????

 

Lyrics - Definitely some of her most simple lyrics (see "True" and "Enjoy Your Life") but honestly, there's nothing wrong with simple lyrics. I don't think Marina has tried to sell this album as being super deep or philosophical or anything so I'm totally fine with a bunch of happy, simple pop songs! But the lyrics on To Be Human and End of the Earth are incredibly full of meaning in my view.

 

Vocals - She's definitely singing in her higher register a lot more on this album than her past albums. I love her higher register so I don't mind, but I do miss her deeper, raspier vocals a little. Perhaps we'll see her darker, deeper vocals on FEAR? That would make sense - airy, high vocals on LOVE and deeper, darker vocals on FEAR.

 

Themes/messages - I know the themes are quite simple but I actually appreciate this simplicity. There is beauty in simplicity. I sense a theme of universality in these songs which is a little different to her past releases where the lyrics were more centred around her life. Here, we see Marina's lyrics becoming more inclusive and universal, centring around love:

• Love for nature - Handmade Heaven
• Love for your home & origins - Orange Trees
• Love for humankind - To Be Human
• Love for a partner/lover - End of the Earth, Superstar, Baby
• Love for yourself & your body - True
• Love for life itself - Enjoy Your Life

 

Overall I am very happy! It's an incredibly life-affirming album. Sure, the lyrics are a little underwhelming on most songs, I will admit, but the production/vocals/themes are brilliant, so I can't complain! Plus, we haven't even heard FEAR yet, so it's still too early to properly judge!

[Taco Truck Bitch 1,223]

does anyone have the extended Baby instrumental with the intro in HQ?

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ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING IN, LIVING IN THE WORLD TODAY

WE'RE UNITED BY OUR LOVE, WE'RE UNITED BY OUR PAIN 

ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE AND I'VE SEEN

STILL I DONT KNOW, I DONT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS

TO BE HUMAN WOOHWOOHWOOHWOOHWOOHWOOHWOOHWOOH

[Cacciatore 19,346]

My top 3: Handmade Heaven, Enjoy Your Life and To Be Human (with Orange Trees and True coming close after)

My least favorite has to be Superstar, which is sad because I like the lyrics and I think the song had a lot of potential but some production choices made the song sound kinda dated.

[AKASAKA SAWAYAMA 7,849]

End of the earth made me cry today. it's the best song on the record ALREADY and even might be on her top 3 songs EVER. it is a masterpiece alone omg... she did that despite all the doubts omGGGG IM SCREAMING I LOVE HEERRRRR

also my least fave is handmade heaven. superstar and orange trees are amazing. it's a proven fact that ears of the people who hate orange trees have no tolerance towards good music

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End of the earth made me cry today. it's the best song on the record ALREADY and even might be on her top 3 songs EVER. it is a masterpiece alone omg... she did that despite all the doubts omGGGG IM SCREAMING I LOVE HEERRRRR

also my least fave is handmade heaven. superstar and orange trees are amazing. it's a proven fact that ears of the people who hate orange trees have no tolerance towards good music

the audacity

[AKASAKA SAWAYAMA 7,849]

the audacity

i don't HATE it. but there are people who hate orange trees. that's the tea sis

[Gone user 5,368]

Anyways, here's my ranking:

 

Not in my favourite to least favourite order btw

 

Handmade Heaven - 9/10

Superstar - 6/10

Orange Trees - 6/10

Babie - 7/10

Enjoy Your Life - 9/10

True - 10/10

To Be Human - 11/10

End of the Earth - 8/10 (this is my least favourite tbh)

 

loreen sis that makes no sense gkdhjglsdkgfdl

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loreen sis that makes no sense gkdhjglsdkgfdl

I know nnnnnn

[Charlottexseax 7,605]

I just heard True and it’s cute but the production is bland as fuck and it looks like she wanted to add some hip-hip beats to appease to the gp which idk how I feel about it

As for the rest it’s extremely subpar to other pop masterpieces like E•MO•TION and I kinda wish she had a clearer idea of the sound she was going for cause this it seems to me she tried to take on a genre that not only isn’t hers but doesn’t let her express her true potential. It looks like she wanted to replicate EH with a duller, more watered down sound and little to no genuine social critique/satire which is what made her famous in her first place

[abombnd 6,438]

End of the Earth is fucking amazing. I love how different it is from everything else, it's like the experimental sound from Electra and Solitaire had a child, I love it.

Enjoy Your Life has the highest replay value, but it's not the best one imo.

[pulldrone 466]

we need "There's nothing wrong with you"

[Downtown Baby Doll 5,309]

Superstar and Orange Trees have grown on me SO MUCH since the album's release...the power this woman has

[TrashMagiq 55,434]

That’s what she meant with “the official video”? Welp

Apparently she did mean an actual music video, but it got delayed. It’s coming on monday.

[Bloody Valentine 825]

To Be Human is her best song in the album and that's the tea.