St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION (October 13, 2017) Album • Page 13

Some individual tracks:

Now, Now
Chloe in the Afternoon
Cruel
Digital Witness
Birth in Reverse
Cheerleader
Masseduction
Los Ageless
New York
Marry Me
Strange Mercy
Laughing with a Mouth of Blood

No particular order there, just thinking off the top of my head. But her biggest songs were definitely Cruel and Digital Witness.

 

That is a fantastic list.

Add Surgeon from the 4ad season though

 

the 4Ad session should be a must watch for anyone who's even remotely into music. It's sublime.

 

one of my favorite recorded sessions ever

 

feel free to share the others that you deem as good/better, would love to check 'em out if they're THIS good.

 

At first I thought Savior was a weak track between Happy Birthday, Johnny and New York but the chorus gets stuck in my head these days

 

Probably late to this, didn’t see it. She went on about 25 minutes after the movie played. It was a little bit of a fake out.

I loved everything about the actual show though. Loved that it was just her. Loved the visuals. Loved the retrospective first set. Loved seeing the album played front to back. Excellent

Album of the year for me easily.

Side note: “Sugarboy” got the biggest ovation of the new stuff which was surprising, not a personal highlight.

 

yeah, i saw the show that night haha. actually was not a fan of the setup at all, i feel that if she wanted to do it this way she needed to go weirder and wilder, felt the set didn't commit to what she wanted to do and didn't do it well enough

 

Can't wait for tomorrow!

 

Gorgeous. I think I’ve seen almost half of the MASSEDUCTION on year end track lists. Amazing.

 

so perfect

 

This is officially my AoTY. Melodrama is 2 by a nose. Jay Som 3.

I think MASS is better start to finish. Melodrama has a few higher highs, but I think Dynamite and Sober are my least favorite songs between both records.

 

That's interesting, I think I feel the opposite, although I can't say which one I like more. MASS is probably a more challenging record, certainly more dynamic and with more going on creatively, whereas Melodrama plays it a bit safer, fewer risks, but more approachable. MASS for me definitely has better highs, but also lower lows, than Melodrama, which I enjoy consistently straight through.

 

I think I would take Supercut and Perfect Places over anything. After that I think I would favor a lot of the tracks off MASS. Both albums are pretty unrelenting though in terms of quality. I mean in the end though it’s fun to discuss but really both records are super important to me and I love listening. Now if we could just get that Melodrama vinyl.....

 

im team MASS> Melodrama.

 

I like this album a lot but nowhere near as much as Melodrama

 

They're both good, no need to pit women against each other

 

While I agree, I think they’re just comparing albums that Jack Antonoff produced this year

 

It's wild that he produced a my top two

 

Mine too!!! Lorde and Bleachers

 

Yea never meant to pit the two against each other. Only commented that they are my top 2. Comparing my favorite and least favorite tracks from each. Just happen to be made by women.

And I think they are somewhat easy to compare. I think it’s the colors they produce in my mind when listening to them. They almost feel as a whole in my mind. Maybe the deep blues and fluorescents that populate Melodrama or the bright violent pinks and yellows of MASSEDUCTION. Each record sinks it’s claws into me. Neither is overstuffed. Every piece essential. The two easiest listens of 2017 in my opinion. That’s a compliment.

 

It's also just been a fantastic year for women in rock/pop I think, and so there's just bound to be some assessments, not just these two, but also Phoebe Bridgers, Paramore, the XX, Haim, Julien Baker, Japanese Breakfast, Slowdive, Land of Talk, Feist... all really fantastic, diverse stuff I expect the music community will be ranking, discussing in year end write ups. That's a good thing.

 

Can’t remember how to post videos but she did a great acoustic version of “Los Ageless” on the daily show.