Album Reviews 19th of November 2023

Proffessor Nutkins
Nov 20, 2023
5 min read

Hello everyone,

Welcome to Album review Sunday. Each Sunday I review the albums that came out over the week and share my thoughts with you.

There were a lot of releases this week that I’m excited to share, but first off a bit of a disclaimer from me:

DISCLAIMER: I do not know that much about these artists as individuals and I do not personally know if they are bad people. I am reviewing JUST their music and what I think of their album. I do not necessarily support them. If you know something about an artist I have reviewed that you feel I should be aware of please feel free to contact me. I listen to all the music on headphones so I would recommend you to do the same. I do not listen to or rate explicit songs as I feel you can find everything needed in clean songs. All reviews are based off my first time listen and what I was thinking at the time, and I do not always know the story behind the song or the lyrics.

THE RATING SYSTEM: The overall album will be rated with a system of 0.5/10 being the worst I’ve ever heard and 10/10 being one of my favourite albums. The individual songs will be rated with a 0.5 stars being the worst and 5 stars being one of my favourites. I take into account beat, lyrics and whether it is something I would personally choose to listen to.

On to the albums!

#6 wonderego By Crush RATING: 7/10

TRACK LIST

New Day EXPLICIT
Hmm-cheat 3 Stars
No Break (Feat. Dynamicduo) 3.5 Stars
Me Myself & I 4.5 Stars
Satisfied (Feat. PENOMECO) 3 Stars
Deep End (Feat. AMAKA) 2.5 Stars
EZPZ 4 Stars
Nothing Else (Feat. Kim Ximya) 2.5 Stars
GOT ME GOT U 2.5 Stars
Bad Habits (Feat. LeeHi) 3.5 Stars
Ego 4 Stars
Ego’s Theme - Interlude 2.5 Stars
A Man Like Me 3 Stars
Monday Blues 4.5 Stars
You 2.5 Stars
SHE 4 Stars
Harness 2.5 Stars
For Days to Come 4.5 Stars
Remember Me 3 Stars

Listen to the album

Overview: This was a really good album. I mean I am beyond thrilled that for once an album is actually an album. Like yes, 19 songs is a solid album. Like so happy there’s that many songs. I did generally rate these songs lower because I didn’t overly love the lyrics but I did really like the music when you ignore that. These songs also really sound like a 70’s or 80’s R&B album which I loved. Overall this was a great album.

#5 NOBODY By JEON SOYEON ((G)I-DLE), WINTER (aespa), LIZ (IVE) RATING: 8/10

TRACK LIST

NOBODY 4.5 Stars

Listen to the single

Overview: This is actually really good. As someone who listens to (G)I-DLE, IVE, and aespa this was beyond exciting to see these girls collaborating on a song. I gave it a lower “album” rating due to this being only a single and I didn’t love the lyrics but this was still really good. And I’ve always loved SOYEON’s voice and it sounds so good in this song. I really want more collabs like this from completely different groups. It’s so rare but it’s always amazing.

#4 Chill Kill - The 3rd Album By Red Velvet RATING: 8/10

TRACKLIST

Chill Kill 3.5 Stars
Knock Knock (Who’s There?) 4 Stars
Underwater 3 Stars
Will I Ever See You Again? 4.5 Stars
Nightmare 4 stars
Iced Coffee 4 Stars
One Kiss 4.5 Stars
Bulldozer 5 Stars
Wings 4.5 Stars
Scenery 3.5 Stars

Listen to the album

Overview: I didn’t love this album very much, and I feel like it could have been a bit better. However I also feel that these songs might not sound great at first but once you listen to them for a bit they are good. Some songs I’ve given low ratings to before, once I’ve kept listening to them they are really good, and you just kind of start loving them after a while. So I expect that is what will happen with these.

Also, even the second listen to “chill kill” when watching the music video made me like it more because from such a bright sounding song (trust me the title is very unexpected when you hear the chorus) you would not expect such a dark music video, like woah. There is such a storyline there too.

#3 EMBERS By EASTSHINE RATING: 9/10

TRACK LIST

Double Down 4.5 Stars
No Matter What I Do 4.5 Stars
Cloud 4 Stars
SHOW TIME 4.5 Stars
Double Down - Instrumental

Listen to the album

Overview: Unfortunately due to this being a debut album from a small company I couldn’t find translations for anything other than the title track “Double Down”. But regardless I did love these songs. I thought they were really good for a debut. I would listen to these a lot. All these lesser known boy groups keep bringing out music I really like (GHOST9, WHIB, XODIAC, EPEX, etc.). Overall I recommend it.

#2 ODD HOUR By NTX RATING: 9/10

TRACK LIST

New Slay 4.5 Stars
Holy Grail 4.5 Stars
Drop That 4.5 Stars
Just Friend 4.5 Stars
Subway 4 Stars
Movement 4 Stars
FREE DAY 4.5 Stars
Switch 4.5 Stars
Memories 4.5 Stars
Scream 4 Stars
Deep 4 Stars
Monopolize EXPLICIT
Moon’s diary 4 Stars
Forever now 4 Stars

Listen to the album

Overview: Unfortunately again I cannot find translations because they are a lesser known group so a 4.5 rating is essentially 5 Stars but because I don’t know what they are saying I can’t give it a 5 star rating. If you find translations feel free to share and I’ll update my ratings.

But regardless of this these are really good, something about the lesser known boy groups is just exactly what I love. What can I say? I love “noise” music, some people hate it, but I really enjoy listening to it.

Also people this week are releasing proper length albums which is so nice.

#1 ORANGE BLOOD By ENHYPEN RATING: 9.5/10

TRACK LIST

Mortal 4.5 Stars
Sweet Venom 4.5 Stars
Still Monster 4.5 Stars
Blind 4.5 Stars
Orange Flower (You Complete Me) 4.5 Stars
Sweet Venom (English Ver.) 4.5 Stars
Sweet Venom (feat. Bella Poarch) 4.5 Stars

Listen to the album

Overview: Okay I’ve literally only given this a lower rating because the lyrics are a bit romance based but like I love these so much. It is so good. I was beyond excited when I heard ENHYPEN was having a comeback and they didn’t disappoint because every song on this album is so good. Like it’s a happy vibe as well which is nice. SO catchy too. Just overall a masterpiece on an album, which I love. Also I love that all the songs are tied to the supernatural/vampire concept that their group has.

And this music video is an absolute masterpiece. How would you even begin to edit and make something like that? I don’t know but it looks amazing.

And that concludes this weeks releases. As usual please send me any music reccomendations or releases you're excited for, from any genre-I love listening to everything!

Have a day,

Proffessor Nutkins