The Lost Art of Album Sequencing
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- how do you sequence an album? a non-talented non-musician tells you how
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all music used in this video is below:
can u tell R&B is my favorite genre?
Jay z interview: • Jay-Z - How to Sequenc...
Movie shots: Akira, Tenet
ALL MUSIC IN ORDER
Intro: drake/future - scholarships
Gunna - sun came out instrumental • Gunna - SUN CAME OUT (...
A boy is a gun remix by Matthew McClelland: • Don't Shoot Me [A BOY ...
Jay Z - The Ruler’s Back
Frank ocean - nikes (euphoria edit video: • Frank Ocean - Nikes | ...
Michael Jackson - don’t stop till you get enough
Earth, Wind, & Fire - shining star
Beyonce - crazy in love
Arthur theme song
kirk Franklin - revolution
Billie eilish bad guy remix by Matthew McClelland: • take control [bad guy ...
Kanye west - on sight
Kanye west - dark fantasy
Daft punk- one more time
Stevie wonder - love’s in need of love today
Stevie wonder - knocks me off my feet
Tame impala - let it happen
Brockhampton - HEAT
Whitney Houston saving all my love for you
kendrick Lamar - U
kendrick Lamar - Alright
Chance the rapper samples video by Bandstand: • Every Sample From Chan...
CTRL by SZA
Bound 2 remix: • Bound 2000 [Bound 2 RE...
The Weeknd - Nothing Compares
Borderline remix by Matthew McClelland: • Close Encounters [Bord...
DVSN - again
DVSN - No Good
Meek Mill - dreams and nightmares intro - Komedie
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appreciate that fam! Might have to make some more music appreciation related content cause people seem to enjoy this vid!
Totally agree bro.
FR FR I feel like I had a whole conversation here I learned so much
Same lol
@@TheThirdPew bruh uve literally introduced me to all my favourite music like you legit introduced me to Frank Ocean man not mention your outros always fire
people who listen to albums on shuffle are going to hell
i listen half an album, then i take another album and listen it til the middle, then came back to previous one, and then i finish the second. u mad?
@@SerAbiotico that's your loss lol
@@SerAbiotico thats mad weird lmao i gotta listen from start to finish
Unless you can’t afford Spotify premium
If the album slaps on shuffle as well as the direct sequence then its special kind of fire
You said sza album was so well paced that she doesn’t have to release another album for five years and like she really listened to you even before the video was released
HAHHAH fr she took that literally
she heard him from the future fitting
no cus frrr
oof
Still agree tho
Surprised nobody has mentioned Blond by Frank?! The album literally has a beat drop At exactly 30 minutes into a 60 minute album flipping the entire tone and mood of the album and completely separating the first half from the second half. Absolute masterpiece.
Big facts. His shit different level fr
Love that album, one of the best of the century so far fr
Just 1 of the small details of this amazing album
@@tcrijwanachoudhury ageeed ine if my favorite albums of all time
Nobody talked about igor too
Have y’all ever noticed both Circles by Mac Miller and Igor by Tyler, the Creator are musical loops, the last note of the last song leave the last song unresolved and the first note of the first song resolves it
Thank you ! I was hoping someone was gonna point Circles out ! Didn’t know about Tyler but that’s dope too.
As well as Spiritual Migration by Persefone
Nonagon infinity is another one of those albums, but it loops PERFECTLY
that is so beautiful. circles is one of my fav albums but i never knew that!
Donuts by J Dilla as well
Igor by Tyler the Creator. Because it starts off with someone falling in love with someone, and the middle part is their relationship, and the ending part is them just being friends. That is beautiful
igor is truly a masterpiece
Album was trash
@@dashahndraper4948 let's agree to disagree
@@dashahndraper4948 can you explain why
@@iaiah7434 bait
"To Pimp a Butterfly" is one of the most perfectly sequenced albums ever.
@@omri1520 yeah but TPAB was something completely different. Kendrick really shows his versatility while also making a beautiful body of work that had some serious undertones. Shit had real messages though the whole album. I remember having a discussion about racism and equality back in school and it was a class full of whites people. That album actually helped me with getting these people to understand. They were in a small town isolated from the rest of the world so they were kinda stuck back in time and lots never met a back guy but I was able to break it down better than just tryna explain it myself. To pimp a butterfly will always be considered one of the best albums to date from the newer generation of artists IMO
@@TheCrazzyGuy11 I agree with you that TPAB had an amazing message and is arguably the best hip hop album ever created but I think GKMC has the best sequencing. The way every song adds to the story and foreshadows the next is something that I have never quite found in another album on the same level as GKMC
True, true, true. Been preaching that since my listening of the album.
I remember you was conflicted
@@gxldx9483 misusing your influence.
SZA’s album CTRL was such a hit that her team believes she should not push another body of work as it is still receiving so many streams, views, etc. That’s how powerful music can be.
The Weeknd, nicki minaj, micheal Jackson, Ariana grande, beyonce, lauryn hill, and SZA have all made a big impact on todays music.
"20 Something" is such a beautiful end to an album
@@superwhizz114just learned that song has the same instrumentation as super model so listening to them back to back is chefs kiss
@@popinfluence695 I feel like ariana’s influence is much less than the others listed, other artists like Kanye have a greater or equal influence than the most influential artists there
Ohhh , so this is why they was holding her album
Kendrick Lamar's "To pimp a butterfly" has amazing sequence. The last line of the poem gives you an intro to the next song.
I remember you was conflicted. misusing your influence
Sometimes I did the same
Abusing my power, full of resentment
Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screaming in the hotel room
Calling Ctrl a recent album was the kind of optimism I hope to manifest in my life
I know right😭
Lmaooooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
She was robbed at the Grammys
How do you define recent?
Goat THE Great within a year. *maybe* 2 but not 3
its mainly becuase this is a single era. Everybody cares about singles and individual songs, not entire bodies of work, sadly
Very true 😩😩😩
At least we can still appreciate the ones that did. That's why pink Floyd are still popular
Yes so true
Probably since it's so easy to produce music these days, there's an oversaturation so you can get a lot of content from different artists. I don't think it's so bad that people only really care about individual songs
don't say everybody:/ some put out straight masterpieces
The Weeknd's first real commercial album, Kissland. Definitely a concept album, with multiple tracks flowing into each other, like "Love in the Sky", which flows into and out of the tracks before and after. Modern Masterpiece, that set the tone for modern r&b for years to come.
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This album def popped up for me!
And professional is the best album intro of all time in my opinion - sets the album up so well.
@@jamesjennings1340 couldn't agree more 💯💯💯
kissland is so underrated
Beyoncé’s latest album doesn’t necessarily tell a story and it probably isn’t the best example, but the way each track flows from one to the next was just so damn cool to me. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Defo a vibe.
i've been trying to figure out why she released it... and I think it's a power move, and it's the next album... she's a mom and a label owner, rih is with jay, so she couldn't do it big.. this was like a fun 7/11 album.
one of my favorites to listen from start to finish bc of how each song flows into the next
@@RichnessReimaginedChriswhat do you mean rih is with jay???
Pure Heroine by Lorde.
First Line of the first song: "Don't you think that it's boring how people talk"
Last Line of the last song: "When people are talking, people are talking - Let 'em talk"
Gets me every time.
@Wackaz - Arthur Wacker nah, melodrama is better. But PH is great too.
i noticed this too!!! i thought that was very clever on her part
@@plamenasiniye i like both equally. pure heroine is good for nostalgia and reflecting on past times while Melodrama is good for when you're in your feelings lmao
Melodrama by Lorde
A. *Sober* : We're sleeping through all the days
, I'm acting like I don't see, Every ribbon you used to tie yourself to me
*Supercut* : The visions never stop
, These ribbons wrap me up But when I reach for you There's just a supercut
B. *Sober* : You'll be dancing with us
(Can you feel it, can you, can you feel it) Dancing with us, us
*Sober II* : You asked if I was feeling it
I'm psycho high, Know you won't remember in the morning when I speak my mind
C. *Sober II* : we told you this was melodrama, you wanted something that we offered
*Liability Reprise* : all of the dreams that get harder, all of the things that I offer you
ALSOOO..... Speaking of Supercut, it has a similar piano-like tune instrumental beat to the one in Green Light and the part where she says "these visions never stop" seems to be connected to the "I'll be seeing you wherever I go" in Green Light. If I missed something feel free to add hehehe
yesssss, not enough people talk about how BRILLIANT this is
"Are we still friends" makes IGOR end in such a great way
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Igor was also perfect
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WW2
Honestly, an album that I persoanlly feel that emboies thsi perfectly, is The Weeknd's newest album Dawn FM. It's just got such a nice flow to it and its really immersive
especially on the note of the best best songs being not at the beginning even
the transition from tale by quincy to out of time is *italian chef kiss*
Nah it’s mid
Dawn FM was one of the first things that came to mind when I started watching this because it's the best example I've heard in recent times.
@@Maxzatlin relisten brother
An album with great pacing is Dark Side of the Moon. It hooks you with a sound that gets louder until it explodes into the second song (Breathe [In the Air]). It has a great middle (The Great Gig in the Sky + Money), a good climax (Us and Them), and a great closing song (Eclipse) that ends the same way it begins. It's perfect.
On the run also gets you in the state of feeling rushed, going right into time making you aware of your limited life with some of the deepest and most effective yet "simple" lyrics ever written, further letting those emotions grow in the great gig in the sky. For that reason and the fact great gig finishes of side 1 it's more connected to time than to money for me but money is also an amazing song to get you hooked for side 2 exploring more of the diffuculties and conflicts created by society and humans rather than the limitations by nature that are explored on the first side. Even the cover can be interpreted that way, the first side being the natural flow, the single light beam on the left, while the second side is about how the gift and restricts given by nature is shaped by humans and society or on the cover by the prism
See this is why I love Lemonade because despite not having watched the album’s visuals, the album's linear narrative is so clearly expressed and coherent just from the audio alone, thanks to the precise album sequencing. It really makes you appreciate the album more.
Lemonade is a masterpiece 😍
Still mad this didn't get album of the year at the Grammys but then again the Grammys have become a shit biased show so can't be suprised. Don't get me wrong, Adeles album was really good but nothing touched Lemonade
My absolute favorite album by her. 4 is really close though
Oooh Queen I love this 🙌🏾💛🤸🏾♀️🌟.
@@loveisanopendoor3532 exactly! 21 felt like "My high school sweetheart left me standing at the altar, and 21 years later, Im still bitter" Lemonade was literally a love letter to all the daughters of the Earth; of all generations, acknowledging the may ways we love through our own brokenness 💛
SZA's CTRL starts like she's unwrapping a piece of paper . She is a genius .
Her pen game is so strong. I’ve been obsessed with “good days” lately
Caity Rain sameeee
She is my fav artist
How
When it comes to Thank U, Next, I think it's crazy how much her fans and listeners of that album don't pay attention to the sequencing. They say It tells a sad story, but they mean overall.
1. Imagine
Obviously, this song is about when she found out about Mac's passing and her brain trying to find a way to cope. She try to invision a world where he is still alive, and they're together. But the chorus hits and brings her back to reality. And at the ending, the jarring whistle tones sound like slashes, her being broken down and hurt by her coming to terms with reality.
2. Needy
Ariana is going through an extremely hard time and latching on to the people around her so that she doesn't fall. I heard rumors that when Mac passed, Ariana entered herself into a mental facility for a few days. So when she came out and reunited with loved ones, she begged them to be around while still showing her being extremely hard on herself.
3. NASA
Juxtaposed to Needy, Ariana turns around and starts begging for space, feeling suffocated. I think this song also shows the start of Ariana and Pete's relationship breaking down, which is discussed later on in the album. They were on again, off again for a while before their final break up. She also explains feeling lost and ungrounded.
4. Bloodline
Contrary to definitions online and generalized belief, I do not think this song is about a one night stand with a random dude. Instead, this song is once again about Pete. In NASA they were on a break, and in this song, while they're still on a break, Ariana believes s3x might make her feel better and forget about her problem. It also discusses how her one true love isn't here anymore, so while she is still involved with Pete, she doesn't want to get married to him. Ariana also discussed after Thank U, Next dropped that she doesn't believe in love, obviously still in pain. And on the song off the table, from positions, she mentions that she wanted to be single until she died so she wouldn't have to deal with anymore relationship trauma, and because she never thought she find a love like she had with Mac.
5. Fake Smile
She discusses her relationship to the media and her fame in general. Describing her anxiety, wanting to upfront and honest. This song by itself breaks down sweetener and calls it a sham. She was acting like she was healed and enjoying life, when she was more lost than she has ever been. She addresses false narratives by media and media users. The bridge is also purposely made to sound like a circus song, calling out the chaos and Clownery of the internet.
6. Bad Idea
Basically an extension of Bloodline, except she expresses feeling extremely more lost. The ending of this song takes a dark turn, giving an eery feeling to the listener, this feels like Arianas rock bottom. The lowest she's ever felt.
7. Make Up
Shows the toxicity that was forming in Ariana and Pete's relationship. Like mentioned before, they were already on and off again, but this song shows how Ariana was using Pete for s3x to numb her pain.
8. Ghostin
Obviously the deepest cut on the Album. This song is an apology to Pete. Wanting to move forward and try to be in a good place again, even after everything they've been through. But she still is clear that she'll never love someone like she loved Mac. She's finally accepted his death, and is trying to figure out what the next step is. The songs production honestly does feel haunted, it has positive lyrics for the most part, but the production makes it sound like the relationship is still heading for the gutters.
9. In My Head
In all honesty, there are a lot of theories about who Ariana is singing about in this song. Mostly, fans assume it's only about Pete, but I have another theory. Everyone knows anger is a stage in grief. Fans say "she would never that shit about Mac", cause they think it's a diss, but this song truly isn't a diss. I think this song is about Pete and Mac. Pete in the sense that this is their final breakup song, where they call it quits for good. Like when Ariana sings "caught in the moment, tangled up in your sheets" refers to using Pete for s3x. And when she sings "look at you, boy, I invented you, Gucci tennis shoes, runnin from your issues. Cardio good for the heart. I figured we could work it out". That's about Pete. But when she sings referring to the guy as an angel, something she calls Mac in the album, maybe not so clear. And lines like "wanted you too grow, but, boy, you wasn't budding. Everything you are made you everything you aren't. I saw your potential without seeing credentials" that 100% sounds more like her relationship with Mac to me. She didn't want Pete to grow. Pete couldn't have done anything to help himself that would've made her happy, however, Ariana wanted Mac to grow while they were dating. She wanted him to quit his addiction and be himself again, something he was losing towards the end of their relationship. Also she sings "but I never thought you'd leave me, needed something to believe in" Pete never left Arianas side until Ariana kicked him out. She made that decision. As for Mac and Ariana's breakup, there are rumors Mac broke up with Ariana because he could see how his relationship with drugs was negatively affecting her. And she needed something to believe in, aka Pete. She needed to believe in relationships, and love, and that's partly why her and Pete moved so fast.
10. 7 Rings
A song about retail therapy and healing slowly in the precense of friends. The thing that truly started her healing process.
11. Thank U, Next
Love and Self growth. Taking time to better herself and putting romantic relationships on pause for a while. Thanks everyone in her life. Tho she's not fully healed, she is excited to see what the future brings.
12. Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored
This song is another that's vastly misinterpreted, mainly because of the jarring song titled. Hint, when Ariana refers to the girlfriend in the song, she referring to herself, cause the guy she is talking to is her boyfriend. Break up with me so we can have s3x is the gist, which this is the only flaw with this sequence. This song in actuality should go probably before make up, but I believe it was a last minute addition because Ariana scapped reMeMber because it was too personal.
Incredible analysis! You should put this on a proper medium though. CZcams comments rarely get on the view.
Dude this is awesome. I've always listened to this album without shuffle and gathered most of this, but this is so much more thorough, thanks
I think Break Up is the last song because it shows that the cycle of toxic relationships is gonna start over again. Sometimes, that's how it happens. You think you're healed but then it's easy to fall back into bad habits.
@@jalapeno1119 eh, I can see how you would interpret it that way, but it was made as a joke song and no depth was given to the song until the music video came out, so it doesn't play into the album for me. I Wish she would've just tweaked a few of the lyrics to either suggest what you are saying or to make the song about self love. It's a bit of a missed opportunity I think.
After Hours sequencing was top tier, especially the ending tracks. Pretty much everything about that album was perfect
that !! I feel like no one listened to these 3 extra songs !!!
@@elo_9123Nothing Compares is one of the best songs on the album and Final Lullaby will always be the true outro to After Hours for me. I’m glad Nothing Compares was included in this video.
Beyonce talked about this in her "life is but a dream" about how these artist dont put out albums anymore they just put out these quick singles and then another one and another one. And then they just put all the singles together and put that out.
def true and with the rise of tik tok, labels are pushing artists to have that hit tik tok song and not care about an album as a whole
Paola F they want money and if you were in their shoes a lot of people would want that but if you’re satisfied with where you are i would be confident to do with tame pala dod
album singles literally are used the opposite as intended. It was used by everyone to slowly give people content as to keep wind for their new album. it was also used for giving people a bit of the album while they were completing it. Now they use singles like albums and albums like singles lmao
Totally! I think that's why you now have people saying if an album has three hits in it is already a banger, which I don't think it's true. If only three out of 12 songs of your album are good and the rest are fillers, it's not a good album, you just have three great songs. It's not that every single song in your album has to be a hit, but they have to bring something to the whole.
Exactly!!!!! I totally agree!
Nathan’s essays in school probably SLAPPED.. cause the way this guy can put together an argument on literally any topic is impeccable 🤯
yup i think he is hahahaha
ANTI is surreal. The order of the songs is so perfect and the songs themselves, too.
yeah, nah. it’s not that great. y’all just like the bare minimum these days.
Came back for just this vid after Weeknd dropped Dawn FM...gotta listen to the album as a whole in order, no shuffle. A classic
DAMN by Kendrick can literally be played in reverse and still be telling a story
the last song on DAMN. is remarkable, for lack of a more poignant word. it's the story of how Kendrick almost could've, should've, would've grown up without a father-- lest his old man's generosity about some circumstantial chicken-- and died early in a gun fight, before he ever could have made this album. making good on the threat of his early demise, a gun shot sounds off cutting out Kendrick's last rhyme. We then rewind back up the album, playing every single track in reverse along the way, only to end on repetition of the first words Kendrick speaks in the first track of the album: "so I was taking a walk the other day," the implication being the album is the casual byproduct of a midnight walk. damn. if only my late night thoughts were Pulitzer winners too...
The first track on good kid is remarkable. It tells us a story and sets the stage for exploring the characters introduced in the first track. TPAB takes the cake tho.
Michael Armington1 10000% the Sherane song is honestly what instantly made me want to keep listening and find out which songs will piece the story together
Amd somehow its like his 3rd or 4th best album
I was begging him to mention DAMN. A classic.
chloe and halle knew EXACTLY what they were doing on ungodly hour like WHEW
Right! They killed it
I was searching for this exact comment
Absolutely
when it goes from intro to forgive me >
Gotta love the Beatles for how well they took on board George Martin's advice about song sequencing. Start each side with a strong powerful song, and end with a song that genuinely could not be followed by anything else.
And it worked, from Revolver to Abbey Road, check out how they begin and end sides 1 and 2 of the records.
Abbey Road is an insane ride
Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard is an album based around all of the songs leading into each other and the last leading to the first, making it an endless loop, perfect example of sequencing being used to define an album
Nonagon infinity opens the door, Nonagon infinity opens the door
I fucking love this album
The sequencing on ChloexHalle’s Ungodly Hour album....chef’s kiss
(if you liked their music, you’ll automatically like bts. give singularity, home, and house of cards a listen 😚)
the intro and then forgive me right after…… like nothing else on this planet✨✨✨
ella grace exactly 🤤
YES YES YES!!!
2nd album***
The placement of Do it- I DIE. Fell in love all over again. Then ending with ROYL right after w Wonder What She Thinks of Me???? Perfection
I think this is what The Weeknd does so well. His entire discography is a sequencing masterpiece. ESPECIALLY Afterhours and Trilogy
Yesss Kiss land too
abs kissland sounds the best at times and transitions the best too
After Hours is easily some of the best in sequencing, pacing. I think it flows so smooth into each different track (especially hardest to love - scared to live), changes in mood, and has hard hitting switch ups. Not too many songs and its been a while since I've listened to a whole album multiple times. Might be my favorite album from The Weeknd. Easily on my top list of albums.
Yeah but he's a biphobe so I'm good.
The Weeknd is the first artist that came to mind as I started watching this video!
IGOR is a fucking god-made masterpiece, each song blends perfectly into the next and once i start listening i cant stop, it genuinely feels like an out of world experience whenever i listen and i thank god everyday that Tyler made it :))
sometimes you gotta close a door to open a windo- BWOOOM BWOOM BOWA BOWA
The Weeknd does this perfectly
“Because the Internet” is such a perfect example of a start to finish story.
YES THAT'S MY FAVORITE ALBUM
YESSSSSS
Yes!
when he talked about the last song being the song you that stuck with you, thinking about what you just listened, and how it ties back to the beginning. it reminded me of Because the Internet and how Life: The Biggest Troll ended. I LOVE THE SEQUENCING OF THIS ALBUM SO MUCH
Frank ocean blonde and to pimp a butterfly are the best blend of pacing and story I think I’ve ever heard.
Because of the internet was pretty good at that too
Best pacing to me has to go to purple rain it’s just perfect.
How can people listen to albums on shuffle?!?? I can’t imagine not listening to Brain Damage and Eclipse right after each other
I’m broke and can’t buy Spotify premium
My shuffle almost always plays the songs that way, so I don't know I'm just lucky.
Bruv listening to dark side on shuffle is a horror experience
its hard to listen to those songs without having heard the rest of the album first
Or just The Dark Side of the Moon altogther
i think an album that has brilliant sequencing is melodrama by lorde. the opening track ‘green light’ is such a powerful opener and then the sequencing is so smooth throughout the album. then the last 3 tracks, ‘supercut’, ‘liability (reprise)’ and ‘perfect places’ fade from one another perfectly, ending the album on such a perfect note. also every song on the album is incredible and it’s quite a short album which can be refreshing
Sabrina Carpenter's new album 'emails i can't send' has a really great sequencing. It has 13 songs, all different from each other and they're ALL necessary for the storytelling she's doing. it starts with a song that tells the listener why she does this overanalysis of every relantionship she's in, then she gets the vibes up with a few fun and quite confident tracks before entering the chill & explanatory track 'because i liked a boy'. the middle song is a country-sadness that also expresses how she feels about a past relationship. then we get another section of fun music where she shows more of her confidence without being over-the-top with these at any point of the album. then it ends with a track that summarizes everything she sang about SO WELL and decode makes you want to listen to the album AGAIN EVERYTIME. it's one of my favorite albums and i think it might be one of the best albums in history idk
Emails is a PHENOMENAL album. I never payed much attention to Sabrina Carpenter before but Because I Liked A Boy hooked me. I listened to the full album, and thought it was okay. And then I couldn't stop listening to it.
I thought that Frank Ocean’s ‘Blond’ was exceptionally sequenced. Once you reach the half point of the whole album, you reach the drastic change in the song ‘Nights’. It just perfectly sets the tone for the second half of the album which has a different mood from the first.
Sooo agreed
I thought about this album the whoooole video
Blond’s sequencing is great, but Endless was made to be listened to all together. It’s to the point where no song has an official title. Both are masterpieces, but endless makes my tummy tickle.
Timothy Cash you perfectly explained how I feel about endless ✨ that project is something else
Pink Kiwi Let’s be best friends ☺️
Pink Floyd albums are so well sequenced that I cant even listen to their individual songs, I gotta listen to the entire album.
I was gonna say the exact same thing. The dark side of the moon is a whole experience and I cant do anything else when listening to it
@@tp2529 yeah dude The Wall too tbh (and any of their albums to be fair, the sequencing is way too good)
Me with Kendrick
@@gaston9943 The Wall is just too long
I skip when Empty Spaces starts at the half of an album to Uncomfortably Numb and Run Like Hell and end it.
@@daredevil6145 ratio
I think that some rap songs by earl sweatshirt was sequenced amazingly. The album starts with some of the messiest and chaotic songs, being shattered dreams and red water, setting the tone that Earl will be mentally unwell for this journey of an album. It concludes with peanut and riot. Peanut is the most depressing song on the album and truly portrays the severity of earls issues, whereas riot, the outro, is just about the only happy track on the album, and purely an instrumental track. It acts as a light at a he end of the tunnel to show things will get better, but the lack of earls voice shows that he hasn’t fully accepted this yet. Beautiful album, genius sequence.
Being mostly a playlist listener for most of my life.. i will say HOME's first 3 chillwave/synthwave projects & Tyler the creator's _"Flower boy"_ & "IGOR" is what got me into the world of "concept" albums. Those LPs feel alot like watching a film or listening to a soundtrack..
HOME & Tyler based af, good stuff. HOME is perfect for studying, walking somewhere, or just sitting still and relaxing depending on the song. The Electronic Gems channel helps me find tons of other good synthwave: Emil Rottmayer, Vanilla, Memorex Memories, DavZ, etc. Tyler makes great art and individual tracks that I can return to any time and appreciate. He's also versatile in what kind of songs he can make, with each album sounding distinct. CMIYGL might have something in it for you despite the concept being a bit looser, there are definitely recurring themes that are tackled from different angles throughout the tracklist.
@@redmage3207 same here, electronic gems is amazing
"People don't make albums anymore. They don't make albums. They just tryna sell a bunch of little quick singles, and they burn out, and they put out a new one, and they burn out, and they put out a new one-people don't even listen to a body of work anymore." - Beyoncé (2013)
Says Beyoncé lol
Sarah Novaes beyonce has great albums I don’t get your point
Rainbow101 when Beyoncé tries to rap, I literally go into cardiac arrest it’s so bad
@@Rainbow-qg5nl Beyoncé is a good R&B artist but not so good POP artist. She sold out now.
blase correa it is kinda weird and I blame her for the trend in sing-talking but her earlier work is still nice
Solonge’s “when i get home” is literally the prime example of a perfect example of a perfectly sequential ablum. Every song transitions into another and the last song ties back to the first song.
A seat at the table was good too, especially her interludes with Master P
exactly. “a seat at a table” & “when i get home” are both great bodies of work & part of that is due to the transitions between songs/interludes. it’s so great to listen to
And the interludes are hella good too
Even her True EP - Solange kills it with the art of the album
I love Solonge
my favourite end to an album is i know the end by phoebe bridgers. its a really emotional album and her ending the album with her screaming for a minute is possibly the best decision she could've made. that album is also beautifully sequenced.
I really like the sequencing of Janelle Monaé's The ArchAndriod and really all of her records. Her goes in so many different directions, but I don't think it ever feels like a mess. Monaé also has this tendency to spill tracks into other tracks like on the Electric Lady the transition from It's Code to Ghetto Woman is amazing, as is the transition from Screwed to Django Jane. Aside from the yoga single she came out with which I'm still mixed on, I don't think she has a bad project period.
Yes! The Age of Pleasure is also such a great record 🥹
“if you have a skit in between every single one of your songs, i’m not listening to your album” HONESTLY THO
Somebody please tell Solange. I love her, but it if I hear her father talk about no limit in between every song again... I’ll still listen but I’ll continue to be annoyed.
No Madge this comment made me fall out lmaoooo
@@Wwumzymumzy She is lucky we love her artistry, because nobody wants to hear Matthew Knowles!
Kanye West's Late Registration 😭 a fave
This is why college dropout and Late Reg don't compare to the following 4 records
mac millers album "circles" ends with a note that gets followed up with the first not of the first song. its like a musically correct follow up.
actually the last song (not from deluxe) ends with a chord that has no resolution. there's this need to resolve, and that resolution comes in the song, "circles" but ty i'm so glad someone is talking about this!!
@@aishwaryasankhe6018 yes thats what i meant! But im not to smart about music notes etc :), thanks for explaining!
@@aishwaryasankhe6018 how does one sequence a deluxe version of their album tho? Do the news songs stand apart from the original sequence?
Reminds me of the wall
@Anthony Nazaradeh the "follow up" song is the first song of Circles because its the note thats literally meant to play next in the progression. either way it sounds cool but the circularity is meant to stay inside the album
Thank you for this! It's something I've privately wondered about with albums and why I love "Songs About Jane" and "Food & Liquor" and other albums that are DESIGNED as albums that are so special to me and I wish there was more of.
I love it when an artist has an album that is all about the journey. Each song has a purpose as to why it's there and once you get to the end you feel like you've arrived at your destination. That's probably why I like concept albums so much.
12 minutes I can already feel it....A CLASSIC
Wait the levels of this joke. Well played my guy.
🤣🤣
Said every Pink Floyd fan ever
@@keanuismyfather7477 to be fair, they are already classics.
@@samt3412 What, every Floyd song over 12 minutes long?
when albums have proper sequencing, that album is no longer an album, but a movie.. sequencing is very important
Kendrick Lamar is a king at sequenceingg :,)
For me: Eminem, Tyler, Kendrick and Mac miller are masters at it. On all of their albums, I know what song is going to play next during the whole album.
21 Savages "Savage II" is extremely incredible with the sequencing and let's not forget Morgan Freeman is narrating throughout the album too....brilliant move!
@@Teka1979 without warning is a pretty good sequenced album, had a cohesive solid theme start til finish
Gorillaz' Orchestral intro is already a great way to start an album, but then it seamlessly transitions into 'Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach' and it's FANTASTIC!
The best track transition I’ve ever heard is from Brandy’s Never Say Never album with the transition from Learn The Hard Way into Almost Doesn’t Count.
I was a little little kid when I first heard it and thought it was so dope and so smooth
“We don’t need 26 songs...and then the Deluxe version” Chris Brown gotta watch this, 5 songs in and I’m already tired af.
Ikr
U listening too chris brown in 2020 bruh
@@sprb4725 Chris brown in 2005 was good. Yea the 2020 sucked
SPRB the mans got flow, leave me alone. 😂😂🙄
Fr Heartbreak on a full moon was doing too much
i feel like beyonce's lemonade is one of the most perfectly sequenced albums of all time and the album that made me learn to appreciate good sequencing
I totally agree. I was expecting him to mention it but he didn’t
Thank you. It's definitively true
I absolutely agree. It was arranged in perfect order or sequence. One of my favorites.
i think all night should’ve been the closing track but other than that it’s perfect
@@mariah8021 right but formation couldn’t fit anywhere but at the end 😭
Denzel Curry’s new album has the best sequencing I’ve heard in a long time. Most of the songs flow into each other so well and some outros are made specifically to sequence (I was amazed the first time I heard The Smell of Death go into Sanjuro)
Yeah the gunshots at the end of the smell of death just work perfectly into the hype vibe of sanjuro
Golden Slumbers, Carry that Weight, and The End from Abbey Road (along with the album as a whole) is a great example of how sequencing can really make an album better. I know it’s an hackneyed example but I can’t watch this without think about the seamless transition from Golden Slumbers to Carry that Weight. Stellar.
“Swimming” by Mac Miller is a great demonstration of Sequencing
Damn now that I think about it, most of Mac’s albums have amazing sequencing. “The Divine Feminine” basically loops from beginning to end.
damn straight, Swimming deserves so much love
Circles is the same way
Donny Heinze frfr his discography is amazing
Hell yeah, Mac was super creative. Unfortunate his music was transitioning to something more pure and mature at the time of his passing💙
Janelle Monae is SO GOOD at this- The Electric Lady is a full fucking narrative with movements and her orchestral interludes always slap. The transition from QUEEN to Electric Lady gets me hype every time!
Janelle Monae albums are full movies especially TheArchAndroid
@@davidcremin3837 yes i agree!
Yesssssss
YES!! The slide from Queen to Electric Lady is SO SMOOTH
The back half of the Electric Lady is My Shit!!! GOD she is the GOAT x')
Some of my favorite albums have perfect beginnings and ends, a couple examples are 808’s and Heartbreak. I think Say You Will as an opener immediately puts you into the mindset of the album and puts you in the mood. The New Abnormal by The Strokes ends on Ode to the Mets, a beautiful bittersweet song and is honestly perfect enough to end a career off of, especially with the album feeling like a bit of a throwback to their past
I was looking for someone to say 808s and Heartbreak🙏🏻GOD BLESS YOU MY BROTHER
I’m subbed after this. My dude used A Night At The Opera as an example of fantastic pacing leading up to Bohemian Rhapsody. I feel like some people think Queen is a singles band when they actually have some of the greatest albums of all time. Sequencing is HUGE!!!! Huge! Dude. Thank you.
Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' is an album with a story arc, and consists of songs that has its own individual climaxes. Storytelling at its finest.
it’s almost as if she’s putting you in her shoes in the relationship for 13 tracks straight. literally masterful
Every song is also so different. They’re legit all different genres so the album never feels stale but yet they flow very well into each other
She made perfect use of the emotions that each genre evokes; best example is the anger in 'Don't Hurt Yourself' through rock music. Genius.
The spoken word passages in the movie would be great for the album too. But I get why they're not on it.
Beyoncé is a masterpiece
Amy Winehouse “Back to Black” is perfect from top to bottom
frank >
Kid Neptune no sir
Frank is perfect too
Chromatica and Renaissance really brought this back. Even Adele fought for the shuffle default to be taken away from Spotify so we can listen to new albums in order.
Just discovered this video and I’m so happy I came across it. Your content is great ! I couldn’t agree more with this! If an album has great sequences, I will literally have to play two or more songs from that album back to back when I’m listening to a playlist or on shuffle. Love it.
Lorde does this really well!
In her first album she opened with “don’t you think that it’s boring how people talk?”
And the last line of the last song was
“Let em talk”
An album artist through and through
I JUST FUCKING REALIZED THIS AND IVE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM FOR 5 YEARS bro what
i can’t believe she was 16 when that album came out
Paola Ruiz you and me both
Ella A Baha - every week I learn something new about Lorde’s lyrics... she gives us much to unpack
Paola Ruiz Lorde at 16: writing a grammy-winning album
Me at 16: spending my days crying to said album 😂😂
Everything Nathan talks about is stuff I obsess about in secret. Like no one in my life would believe that I even think about this stuff
100% accurate
Ayy no need to obsess in secrecy my guy,you never know who you might vibe with unless you take that chance, best thing it's free!
David Manu for something like album sequencing, it does seem like a topic that at least most of my close friends wouldn’t think too in depth about. Yet I find it to be one of my favorite things when finding a new album/artist
@@connorsimon9912 to be fair I hadn't put much thought into it either until I saw this video,I'm glad nathan made it because now I have something new to try on my 40 minute commutes to and from work!
Yo same
Surprised you didn’t mention Mac Miller’s circles looping back on itself that album was sequenced perfectly. Pacing was incredible danced effortlessly between tempos and the songs all felt like they connected
Your videos of analyzing albums and music in general are so amazing. I love every single one of them you put out so much, and you are also so funny too
I thought I was the only person in the world who cared about album sequencing.
I listened to so many albums that sounded like it was on random. I often make my own sequence to albums.
SAME!! I make it a point to sequence my playlists, too. It’s all art man.
The definition of this is Rina Sawayama's album SAWAYAMA: excellent intro ("Dynasty"), excellent outro ("Snakeskin"), and excellent middle ("Love Me 4 Me")
SAWAYAMA immediately came to mind when watching this video. I always listen to it all the way through, it’s an amazing body of work. One of the best albums of the year imo
SAWAYAMA is such a masterpiece. snakeskin will forever be one of my favorite outros. the way it goes so hard when the beat drops and the second time when u think the beat is going to drop again it switches to a soothing piano with a conversation in the background is perfection
that whole album is a complete masterpiece. I FW EVERY SINGLE SONG ON IT!
A literal masterpiece of an album. Every single song is so good and perfect
i really love how snakeskin connects to dynasty, really feels like it was intentional
This is why I love bands like Ghost and Queen. They have their albums planned out and they flow perfectly in sequence.
IGOR. It’s a musical loop. The first note of the first song musically concludes the last songs last note. And it’s a conceptual loop because he falls in love, falls out of love, and then wants to remain friends. Which we all know means he will just fall in love all over again. Starting the album over again. His fear of ending it on a bad note is exactly what keeps the cycle repeating and why the album is so relatable and artistic.
Lemonade is 100% this. It’s telling the stories of grief and intergenerational black trauma through her marriage and the levels of feelings she goes through after jay z cheated and ultimately finding peace and happiness is just *chefs kiss*
It was a trilogy of albums tbh including 4:44 by Jay Z and everything is love as the final chapter
it was just... PERFECT! one of the best albums I've ever heard, and I listen to A LOT of music. The album itself is able to tell the whole story, but when we watch the movie, it just adds so much to the experience, right?
agree! it was the only album i felt this with.😩 it was a whole feast
plus the book she released (basically a physical version of the music) literally takes you through the emotions she feels and the mood of the album PLUS highlights the way black history is intergrated thru out the album
@Motown Gayes it was limited edition, and now it's worth like thousands. I couldn't get my hands on any
Tyler the Creator's IGOR and Beyonce's Lemonade are two album that I rarely just play a single from. When I hear it I wanna experience it from beginning to end!
Same I almost always have listened to Igor all the way through
I may be the only person who doesn't think Lemonade was a masterpiece. I like maybe 2 songs from that album.
lockretta same. I hear one and then think of the one that should play after it and here we go again
Same for Flower Boy
igor and flower boy have the most beautiful flow to them, listening to just one song creates this itch in ur brain begging you to listen to the next one
This may be an odd statement but Joji's Nectar has one of the best album sequencing I've heard. The scene is set from the first song as a melancholic cinematic experience for the last song to be a hopeful ballad.
Seeing the passion you have for music made me love and appreciate it so much more, these videos are iconic
Lorde, man.
"Don't you think that it's boring how people talk?" - Tennis Court (1st line of her 2013 album)
"And the people will talk, people will talk -- Let em talk." (last line of that same album!!)
also
"Dancing around the lies we tell" - Team (2013)
"It's time we danced with the truth" - Sober (2017)
i can't wait for the day she drops her next album
Love that album
The storytelling in Melodrama is just next-level
I was on LSD when I found Earl Sweatshirt's "I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside" album. And I literally could not tell when one song went into the next one. For atleast half the album. Amazing Experience.
@KJ Wells My first trip I saw Chance tha Rapper's "Smoke Again" music video. First time I heard him
I listened to Circles on shrooms and it took me somewhere beautiful and I shed a tear knowing Mac is gone
the transitions are amazing
Same at first
bruh listen to SRS by him bro, shits even better, THEN listen to feet of clay. u finna be mad confused
Brandy's Full Moon is well sequenced. I love the blends from one song to the other on the album.
I love the way you edit your videos, it’s got a nostalgic CZcams feel but has edits that feel unique to your videos :)
Kendrick's TPAB is just crazy with the structure and sequence and how all the story goes around full circle, is like there are 2 stories going on, with the songs as first person and the skits complementing the song as third person
For me, it's the best one. Amazing job by Kendrick.
Damn is so good too
@@Maxhumilation45 yes but it ain't even close to TPAB tbh, even tho is another type of structure for the story that is being told, like more personal imo
It reallllly is
Also underlining past songs
Love the story The Weeknd tells with his album “After Hours”
Yessssss finally I found this comment......
True. Such cinematic experience
Looking for it
faxxx
After Hours is really the best album of the decade so far no cap
igor has some of the best album sequencing i’ve ever heard. listening to it out of order just feels like a crime. it’s a whole movie.
Found your videos yesterday, you’re content so far is exactly everything I’ve been saying for years. You know what the heck you’re talking about. You da man!
Janelle Monae is a MASTER of this
CarBen Dioxide complete FACTS
Yup. We listen to her albums in that order all the way through, every time
undoubtedly!!! Yes
Archandroid all day every day
Violet stars happy hunting to many moons!!!
the fact that you didn't even mention how blackout begins... "it's britney, bitch" is one hell of an opening line. and so is the three piano bass notes on baby one more time!
Blackout is just the ultimate Britney album. Every song is great.
I'msuch a big obsessor when it comes to sequencing, in my own stuff and that of artists I love. It's that loving touch that says this is a piece of art, a body of work, a labor of love that I'm sharing with you and the world that I have thought pain-stakingly about. This is work. Tis is effort. This is love.
Also great channel man, I'm newly 3 videos in and I just hit subscribe. Your takes are bangers and I'm really enjoying it! Also love that your musical taste is varied like mine! Great job, great to be here. :D
every few months i come back to these videos and just appreciate how much u love music❤
I happy you mentioned this because Beyoncé spoke about this in 2015 and many people brushed her off
I think about that often
PEOPLE DONT MAKE ALBUMS ANYMORE. THEY DONT MAKE ALBUMS ANYMORE.
It was actually in 2011 but it still is accurate
The Weeknd's Kiss Land is a PERFECTLY sequenced album. 10 songs and each one has a musical and story-driven purpose. Even the bonus track with Kazinsky feels exactly how a bonus song to that album should feel.
I wanted to say this then found your comment,
Kiss Land is a masterpiece
Very slept on album i think Kissland was better than his first three tapes jus cause he actually brought u to the underworld of Japan sonically
El Jupiter 100%
Jaleel Khaleeq I agree as well. I’ll admit it, at the time, I wasn’t sure if it stacked up to Trilogy, but as I grew (and saw the Kiss Land tour live), Kiss Land just continued to impress. It never-still hasn’t-aged at all.
I laughed more than I had expected. Thank you for this video, Nathan.
Also, I fell in love with the sequencing of Thundercat's album "Drunk". Absolute banger of an album. 23 songs, but many quite short, and none are a waste.
Björk’s Homogenic has my fave sequence of songs: All Neon Like, 5 Years, Immature, Alarm Call. It’s like a therapy session. And the album ends with All Is Full Of Love!!! Damn. Roll it from the top cuz Joga is an amazing first song. The whole album is a masterpiece really.
Lemonade is a perfectly sequenced body of work, and the Lemonade/4:44/Everything Is Love trilogy is a great encapsulation of the story they needed to tell.
YES YES YES
Or rather a story they wanted to sell.
@@odorutori dumb ass comment. They didn’t do anything different from every other music artists throughout history
👏🏽I absolutely love that you said “encapsulation” because it truly was
Absolutely right !
“Malibu” by Anderson Paak is the perfect example. Every song flows smoothly into the next. The whole album is such a moment. I especially love the last song, giving you some sort of euphoric feeling to end with.
Another great example for getting the listeners attention with the first song is The 1975’s album: “I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it”. The intro song is the same exact intro song as the album before, wich was released 3 years earlier. Only it’s a pitch higher, making it somehow nostalgic because you’ve already heard it and recognize it. It got me really hyped listening to that first song.
Yup Anderson Paak Album was definitely sequenced greatly
yessss
YES THAT ALBUM IS SO GOOD
The transition between Put Me Thru and Am I Wrong makes me feel things in my tummy everytime
One of my favorite albums I literally have 11/16 songs in my favorite playlist
I have to say Okaga, Ca is one of the best if not the best closing track on any album. The mellowness of it just concludes the entire album and it almost feels like a warm goodbye and like you said it will have you thinking “what did I just listen to”
bro honestly Kendrick’s Mr.Morale and the Big Steppers has great sequencing because the first song brings you in with the piano and it also tells you what you need to know about the album. And then in the middle we see Kendrick change from becoming this messiah to realizing that no one is and neither is he and he just tries to become the best of who he can be. And then the end is just perfect with Mother I sober just adressing issues and make Kendrick realize his mistakes and then the track after that just concludes the album really well.
somebody send drake this because it seems like he forgot
😭😂😭😂
He does tho
What’s the context of the Kentucky blue thing? I legit have no clue
Naw, I think his albums are perfect song length given that he releases albums 2-3 years apart. If he made a 10 song album, I would hate that lol. Just release a free mixtape.
the man was really out here making the perfect sequence in take care and as soon as views hit the charts he completely forgot about that
lorde melodrama that is all
HELLLL YEAH
points were made
This is it!!
I know right, its perfect and one of the best albums ever
I always listen to it through. You can't just pick 1 song.
Man, this video feels like a quick critique but contains so much inspiration. Thanks man, helps a lot!