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Post by Dylan :) on Mar 12, 2024 5:55:28 GMT -5
Y'all, I literally asked the girl who took my former job (we still work in the same department) if she could take pity on me and buy the digital download for me and...she did. I gave her the full story and I was like, "I could buy it, but I don't really believe in paying for downloads." What do you mean by this? I just realized that sweetener and thank you, next were only six months apart. Why the rush? A lot happened in her personal life in a short amount of time after the release of 'sweetener' (i.e. Mac Miller died, breaking up with Pete, etc.) so she had a lot to get off of her chest. She went into the studio and basically the songs poured out of her. And, bar Make Up, were all total bops!! I can never decide if it or Dangerous Woman is her best album
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Post by wjr15 on Mar 12, 2024 6:36:53 GMT -5
I can’t get over how good Troye sounds on supernatural. It should’ve been the second single.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 12, 2024 11:35:14 GMT -5
Y'all, I literally asked the girl who took my former job (we still work in the same department) if she could take pity on me and buy the digital download for me and...she did. I gave her the full story and I was like, "I could buy it, but I don't really believe in paying for downloads." What do you mean by this? Simple. I remember Napster and other means of downloading songs for free. I am old school and prefer to have physical copies of albums and don't see the value in paying for files. On another note, was this album recorded in a submarine? Outside of yes, and? everything sounds kinda...murky? I really hope it's just the digital and streaming versions that sound like this.
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Post by Snowbeast on Mar 12, 2024 17:56:54 GMT -5
Don’t Wanna Break Up Again was SO underwhelming on first listen, but I can’t get it out of my head.
The Boy Is Mine is slickkkkkk. Just begging for a Brandy & Monica remix.
The rest of the album is alright. It’s kinda the perfect “friends are over having a few drinks and sharing the mirror doing makeup, before we head to a club because the main character girl broke up with her boyfriend 6 days ago” record.
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Post by bat1990 on Mar 12, 2024 18:29:47 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on Mar 12, 2024 19:52:29 GMT -5
Track by track commentary.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2024 2:23:25 GMT -5
I'm really enjoying Supernatural (Ft. Troye Sivan) and the title track now!
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Mar 13, 2024 7:04:12 GMT -5
What do you mean by this? Simple. I remember Napster and other means of downloading songs for free. I am old school and prefer to have physical copies of albums and don't see the value in paying for files. I mean, sure, stealing is fun. But why not just buy a physical copy of Eternal Sunshine? Prime exists.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 13, 2024 8:33:47 GMT -5
LMFAO. Reading is fundamental, y'all!
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Mar 13, 2024 9:03:04 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on Mar 13, 2024 9:04:56 GMT -5
Queen of #1s
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Post by wjr15 on Mar 13, 2024 9:14:19 GMT -5
Global smash!
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Post by dbhmr on Mar 13, 2024 11:28:14 GMT -5
I think the album's succinctness is a real strength--it's made for easy repeat listens that have allowed it to grow on me faster. That said, it also effortlessly repeats because I don't always notice it has, lol. It all kinda blends together, for good and for meh. I notice it most when "yes, and?" comes on, for the sore thumbness of it all, but there's an ease, a glide as I think someone has mentioned, that really does work. Her subdued vocals make more sense in the context of the entire album, and makes for a pretty lovely listen on the whole. It also makes it hard for me to land on a stand-out, but my early favorites are: "don't wanna break up again," "the boy is mine," "supernatural (with Troye)," and "true story."
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Post by wjr15 on Mar 13, 2024 16:03:14 GMT -5
I wanna get Eternal Sunshine on vinyl but I can’t decide which cover to get. I’ve narrowed it down to exclusive cover no 1 and exclusive cover no 2. I like no 2 because it’s the standard cover and I prefer original album cover for my vinyl collection but I feel like no 1 captures the essence of the era better. I could use a few opinions lol shop.arianagrande.com/
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Post by God on Mar 13, 2024 17:22:50 GMT -5
^ personally I think the red gloves are hideous so I went with twin ponys
I can't get this album out of my head! Even my least favorite songs are growing on me at an alarming rate 🤩
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Post by avamaxstan on Mar 13, 2024 17:29:06 GMT -5
Now that the #1 for WCBF is secured (fingers crossed), time to power-stream The Boy is Mine its 2 points away from a top 10 debut!
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Post by 𝐂𝐎𝐂𝐎 on Mar 13, 2024 20:50:41 GMT -5
It's giving Mother.
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Mar 13, 2024 21:13:13 GMT -5
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Post by It's me, bitch. on Mar 14, 2024 1:45:52 GMT -5
I don’t get what this means. LOL
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 14, 2024 2:30:16 GMT -5
I don’t get what this means. LOL You didn't know 30 had 143 #1s??
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Post by kimberly on Mar 14, 2024 2:38:10 GMT -5
after sitting with the album for a week, I can safely say that this falls in the top half of her catalog for me.
the obvious/immediate highlights are we can't be friends and the boy is mine.
but don't sleep on eternal sunshine, true story and ordinary things.
the only song I haven't warmed up to yet is i wish i hated you (which I fear will be the "ghostin" of this album for me).
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Post by It's me, bitch. on Mar 14, 2024 3:02:11 GMT -5
I don’t get what this means. LOL You didn't know 30 had 143 #1s?? The album was number one in 143 countries?
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Post by Snowbeast on Mar 14, 2024 8:49:39 GMT -5
I can’t get over how good Troye sounds on supernatural. It should’ve been the second single. It has to be the 3rd or 4th. Their voices are like butter on hot toast. The production feels a little amp’d up too. Total smash.
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Post by wjr15 on Mar 14, 2024 9:00:25 GMT -5
I worry that we won’t get a fourth single. Her last 3 eras all ended after the third single. So I don’t think both ‘supernatural’ and ‘the boy is mine’ will get single treatment. I hope I’m wrong.
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Mar 14, 2024 10:48:00 GMT -5
This album is pretty much everything to me right now. Found myself in a heightened state crying while listening to "don't wanna break up again", "we can't be friends (wait for your love)" and "imperfect for you" last night. Lol. Love the whole album but this is my top 8:
- imperfect for you - supernatural - don't wanna break up again - we can't be friends (wait for your love) - the "I'll wait for your love" bit is such an earworm. - bye - eternal sunshine - true story - the boy is mine
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Post by Au$tin on Mar 14, 2024 12:13:21 GMT -5
Finally got around to checking this out, and it's... fine. My problem with it is it sounds so non-descript. Like, all of these songs are technically good, but none of them truly stand out as "this is an Ariana Grande song." They really could be on any r&b or dance album (depending on the track) and wouldn't sound out of place. Almost like she's on autopilot. My initial impressions are 3/5. "true story" is hot, though. More of that, please!
Current ranking: 1 - true story 2 - yes, and? 3 - eternal sunshine 4 - supernatural 5 - imperfect for you (acoustic) 6 - the boy is mine 7 - we can't be friends (wait for your love) ^saved all of those^ 8 - supernatural (remix) 9 - don't wanna break up again 10 - ordinary things 11 - bye 12 - yes, and? (remix) 13 - imperfect for you 14 - i wish i hated you
The other 3 don't really seem fair to rank lol.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Mar 14, 2024 20:30:54 GMT -5
I wanna get Eternal Sunshine on vinyl but I can’t decide which cover to get. I’ve narrowed it down to exclusive cover no 1 and exclusive cover no 2. I like no 2 because it’s the standard cover and I prefer original album cover for my vinyl collection but I feel like no 1 captures the essence of the era better. I could use a few opinions lol shop.arianagrande.com/I got no. 4! This will be my first ari record. I listened to it and it’s really connected with me.
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Mar 14, 2024 21:39:34 GMT -5
after a week, I think this might be my ranking:
#1 we can't be friends #2 bye #3 supernatural #4 the boy is mine #5 true story #6 yes, and? (still think it ruined the flow of the album) #7 imperfect for you #8 eternal sunshine #9 don't wanna break up again #10 ordinary things #11 i wish i hated you
now for her albums:
#1 Thank U, Next #2 Dangerous Woman #3 eternal sunshine #4 Positions #5 Sweetener #6 My Everything #7 Yours Truly
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 14, 2024 22:40:01 GMT -5
I have lived with the album a little more and my new ranking is:
1. Imperfect For You 2. I Wish I Hated You 3. Eternal Sunshine 4. Supernatural 5. True Story 6. The Boy Is Mine 7. Yes, And? 8. We Can't Be Friends 9. Ordinary Things 10. Don't Wanna Break Up Again 11. Intro (End Of The World) 12. Bye 13. Saturn Returns Interlude
Albums: 1. Dangerous Woman 2. Eternal Sunshine 3. Thank U. Next 4. Sweetener 5. Positions 6. Yours Truly 7. My Everything
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Mar 15, 2024 6:31:42 GMT -5
eternal sunshine
#1 in Australia and New Zealand (her 5th #1 album in both countries)
Australia
#2 we can't be friends (her 20th top 10) #11 yes, and? #18 supernatural #19 bye #22 eternal sunshine #39 true story #46 i wish i hated you #48 the boy is mine
New Zealand
#1 we can't be friends (her 7th #1 and 22nd top 10) #14 yes, and? #20 bye #23 the boy is mine #24 supernatural #25 eternal sunshine #30 don't wan na break up again #31 intro #38 true story
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