I’ve never been the biggest fan of Billie Eilish, but I’ve always liked her. Usually with my reviews it’s something I’m overly passionate about, but today’s post is a little bit different. I’ve heard bits and pieces of Billie’s EP Don’t Smile At Me but I’ve never listened to it completely. However, I will say that I like My Boy and Ocean Eyes along with a couple of others. Today I’m going to be reviewing/ranking her new album that came out March 29th, 2019: WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
14. !!!!!!!: 0/10
13. 8: 1/10
12. goodbye: 4.1/10
11. iloimilo: 4.2/10
10. listen before i go: 4.3/10
9. xanny: 5/10
8. wish you were gay: 6/10
7. all the good girls go to hell: 7/10
6. i love you: 7.1/10
5. my strange addiction: 7.2/10
4. bury a friend: 7.3/10
3. when the party’s over: 8/10
2. bad guy: 9/10
1. you should see me in a crown: 9.1/10
Total Average Score: 5.7/10
What are my thoughts?
Okay, my biggest problem with this album is the non-singles. I feel so disappointed. Like I said above, I’ve never been Billie’s biggest fan, but I had listened and saved the singles to my Spotify when they came out. Unsurprisingly, I like them! I never said I disliked her music, it’s just the fact that I’ve never followed her closely. I feel like the rest of the album is just a bunch of leftovers. The singles such as You Should See Me In A Crown and Bury A Friend are amazing, but the rest of the album is just severely underwhelming. Does that make any sense?
Out of the fourteen songs, there are four singles: You Should See Me In A Crown, When The Party’s Over, Wish You Were Gay, and Bury A Friend. I know it’s just my opinion, but if you look at my ranking, three of these songs are within my top half of the album. The only exception is Wish You Were Gay which falls at number eight, one spot behind the top half. To continue, I feel like we already got the best parts of the album (minus Bad Guy because I do really like that one) and the songs that she did release were just underwhelming leftovers.
Just for the sake of things, let’s not count !!!!!!! as a song. Alright, let’s continue. After that, there are nine new songs we got. I do like Bad Guy, My Strange Addiction, and I Love You fairly well, but it’s just hardly anything compared to the already released singles. They’re good songs, but I’m just disappointed.
Because !!!!!!! is still on the album and considered a song by Genius, I kept it in my average. Without the song, she scored a 6.1/10. In comparison, Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” scored a 6.3/10. I guess I’m just critical on everybody.
I’ll continue to listen to and support Billie, but I like her EP Don’t Smile At Me a whole lot better than this album. I dunno, maybe that’s just me.
As always here are the links to the music videos and where you can find the album on Spotify!
Bad Guy MV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyDfgMOUjCI
Bury A Friend MV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHC9tYz8ik
When The Party’s Over MV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbMwTqkKSps
I thought Wish You Were Gay had a music video, but apparently it does not… Also, I really respect Billie for her music videos. I think they’re pretty cool. Plus one cool point for her.
Listen to WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0S0KGZnfBGSIssfF54WSJh
If you’d like to read my review of Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, you can click the link right here: https://ambersoy.edublogs.org/2019/02/18/my-thank-u-next-album-ranking/
