Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[The Stargirl Pinky 66,709]

I thought it would be interesting to compare my ranking (which hasn’t really changed much since I originally posted it) and overlay a new piece of information on it to highlight a worthwhile point: rankings seem a bit cruel when I find most of the album incredibly compelling, so I thought I’d break it down into new categories:

 

A. Songs I Intentionally Play

B. Songs I Leave On if They Play on Shuffle

C. Songs I Skip

 

I left most my original numerical rankings for reference, but overall it was eye opening to see how the order shifted when I categorized the songs this way. 

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My list:

1. Kintsugi

2. Candy Necklace

3. Tunnel

4. Fingertips

5. The Grants

6. Let The Light In

7. Margaret

8. Fishtail

9. Peppers

10. Sweet

13. Grandfather

14a. Taco Truck

 

11a. A&W

12. Paris, Texas

15. Judah Smith Interlude

16. Jon Batiste Interlude

11b. Jimmy Coco Puff - the excitement of having a beat-heavy part 2 kinda wore off for me on this part, but I’m sure if it plays in the club I’ll twerk to it

14b. x VB - still trying to feel this one out but still not crazy about it as I am with the NFR version

[TrashMagiq 55,268]

Current ranking (will probs end up changing):

1. A&W
2. Peppers
3. Candy Necklace
4. Fingertips
5. Paris, Texas
6. Let The Light In
7. Margaret
8. Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep-sea fishing (feat. RIOPY)
9. Taco Truck x VB
10. Fishtail
11. Jon Batiste Interlude
12. The Grants
13. Kintsugi
14. Ocean Blvd
15. Sweet
16. Judah Smith Interlude

[ivory almond 10,377]

12 minutes ago, Fingertips said:

My solidified top 5 

 

1. Candy Necklace

2. Kintsugi

3. Fingertips

4. Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father while he deep sea fishes

5. Fishtail

me rereading this multiple times bc there's no LTLI

[evalionisameme 13,493]

Half of us on this thread have been calling the album mid or lacklustre- I’m sure she acknowledged some of the songs as great  let the woman be 

[Terrence Loves Me 71,483]

4 minutes ago, The Stargirl Pinky said:

B. Songs I Leave On if They Play on Shuffle

C. Songs I Skip

 

11a. A&W
11b. Jimmy Coco Puff - the excitement of having a beat-heavy part 2 kinda wore off for me on this part, but I’m sure if it plays in the club I’ll twerk to it

bestie they're gonna throw tomatoes watch out 

[Jeanne Dielman 5,829]

I’m obsessed with Candy Necklace, Jon Batiste Interlude, Kintsugi and Fingertips. 

[evalionisameme 13,493]

I actually like ms coco puff aka gimme more part 2

She’s cute a cute slut

[ivory almond 10,377]

can someone pls explain to me why so many people have jon batiste interlude above an actual song?
like imo, even judah smith interlude is better bc at least he's actually saying stuff
but in jon batiste, it's just shouting and him saying "i feel it" over and over, and the Judah Smith Interlude has a better instrumental too

[Terrence Loves Me 71,483]

2 minutes ago, TrashMagiq said:

13. Kintsugi

[The Stargirl Pinky 66,709]

1 minute ago, Terrence Loves Me said:

bestie they're gonna throw tomatoes watch out 

I hope they’re San Marzano tomatoes so I can make Neapolitan pizzas with them

[TrashMagiq 55,268]

Just now, Terrence Loves Me said:

 

I had it 1 lower at first 

[Let the Light In 15,111]

4 minutes ago, ivory almond said:

can someone pls explain to me why so many people have jon batiste interlude above an actual song?
like imo, even judah smith interlude is better bc at least he's actually saying stuff
but in jon batiste, it's just shouting and him saying "i feel it" over and over, and the Judah Smith Interlude has a better instrumental too

 

Jon and Lana's euphoric feeling over music in an organic studio moment is million times better than homophobic Judah Smith's aggressive religious nonsense in every possible universe.

[jamesss 3,767]

7 minutes ago, ivory almond said:

me rereading this multiple times bc there's no LTLI

please i thought this was my ranking and i was abt to say… 

honestly, the only good interludes i would put above songs are the burnt norton interlude and interlude the trio (MAYBE). like, yeah.

[evalionisameme 13,493]

Are we going to update the website graphic design for this era? She’s cute but we’ve had her since LFL- the interview magazine is begging 

[rosemead ramada 5,099]

Just now, evalionisameme said:

Are we going to update the website graphic design for this era? She’s cute but we’ve had her since LFL- the interview magazine is begging 

What? There are literally two new Ocean Blvd themes you can choose from now. You just select your theme at the very bottom of the page

[nosorangegrape 327]

15 minutes ago, The Stargirl Pinky said:

I thought it would be interesting to compare my ranking (which hasn’t really changed much since I originally posted it) and overlay a new piece of information on it to highlight a worthwhile point: rankings seem a bit cruel when I find most of the album incredibly compelling, so I thought I’d break it down into new categories:

 

A. Songs I Intentionally Play

B. Songs I Leave On if They Play on Shuffle

C. Songs I Skip

 

I left most my original numerical rankings for reference, but overall it was eye opening to see how the order shifted when I categorized the songs this way. 

———————————————

My list:

1. Kintsugi

2. Candy Necklace

3. Tunnel

4. Fingertips

5. The Grants

6. Let The Light In

7. Margaret

8. Fishtail

9. Peppers

10. Sweet

13. Grandfather

14a. Taco Truck

 

11a. A&W

12. Paris, Texas

15. Judah Smith Interlude

16. Jon Batiste Interlude

11b. Jimmy Coco Puff - the excitement of having a beat-heavy part 2 kinda wore off for me on this part, but I’m sure if it plays in the club I’ll twerk to it

14b. x VB - still trying to feel this one out but still not crazy about it as I am with the NFR version

Disagree but I like this methodology

[Terrence Loves Me 71,483]

2 minutes ago, evalionisameme said:

Are we going to update the website graphic design for this era? She’s cute but we’ve had her since LFL- the interview magazine is begging 

Yeah i wasn't aware of it until recently but there's two new themes for ocean boulevard! 

[ivory almond 10,377]

1 minute ago, Let the Light In said:

 

Jon and Lana feeling euphoric over music in an organic studio moment is million times better than homophobic Judah Smith's aggressive religious nonsense in every possible universe.

As someone who is very much not religious, I find what he's saying interesting at times. And though he is homophobic, he doesn't talk about anything negative like that in the interlude. He talks about his connection with God, love, lust, family, selfishness, etc.

[Wryta Thinkpiece 3,340]

4 minutes ago, evalionisameme said:

Are we going to update the website graphic design for this era? She’s cute but we’ve had her since LFL- the interview magazine is begging 

At the bottom of the main page there’s a Theme button. We got two Tunnel themes.

[evalionisameme 13,493]

2 minutes ago, Stoop Kid said:

At the bottom of the main page there’s a Theme button. We got two Tunnel themes.

Ooh interesting 

nvm the rest are too distracting for me  very pretty though