Silver Landings by Mandy Moore, reviewed by Kaseyhope101 and me!
TRACKLIST TIERS (in tracklist order!)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- I'd Rather Lose ★ (zu's fav!)
- Fifteen
- Tryin' My Best, Los Angeles
- Forgiveness
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
- Easy Target
- Stories Reminding Myself Of Me
- Silver Landings
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
- When I Wasn't Watching ★ (kc's fav!)
- If That's What It Takes
★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
- Save A Little For Yourself
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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kc’s takesies : this is some real cracker shit but what can i say... i’m white, so i kind of liked it ! would i say it’s a masterpiece? no, but mandy moore IS white culture. and i respect that. rapunzel has the range. basically, i admit this is, like, not a GREAT album, but i love it. i just feel like this is my white rights.
zu's reviu: i like this album! initially i thought the album reeked of desperation, namely "tryin' my best, los angeles" which made it seem like she was frustrated with the state of her career. regardless, there are a few songs that really spoke to me. for example "i'd rather lose" takes a righteous stand against the machivellian behaviors employed by various people in the elite class. i also found "forgiveness" quite relatable as well. relatability, id say, is the overall strength of the better songs on this album, because when listening to the songs i didnt relate to or were too vague to understand, they ended up just being opaque poetry behind some one-note acoustics. that's just me, though; surely there's at least one song on this album for everyone that they really connect to!
FINAL ALBUM RATING: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
stay tuned, as later on tonight we'll also be releasing a review of ceremony by phantogram!
