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The ArchAndroid
Jun. 15th, 2010 21:49Janelle Monáe. The ArchAndroid. Bad Boy Records/Wondaland Entertainment, 2010.
The ArchAndroid, to agree with the guys on NPR's Sound Opinions, is one of the best albums I've heard in years. As much as I liked Monáe's first EP Metropolis: The Chase Suite I, The ArchAndroid, which comprises parts II and III of the suite, is just worlds more amazing--and the Metropolis EP was pretty darn awesome.
( This might be the album of 2010, if not 2008-10 )
Dubious claims and inconsistencies aside, is Janelle Monáe crazy? Is she truly from the year 2719? Is she making music with apparitions? Is her direct cloned descendant the ArchAndroid? Is the American government tied to the Great Divide? Is there a world called Metropolis waiting for us in the future? A world full of elves and dwarves? Humans and androids? Clones and aliens?
And most importantly, if the ArchAndroid does exist…can she truly save us?
The ArchAndroid, to agree with the guys on NPR's Sound Opinions, is one of the best albums I've heard in years. As much as I liked Monáe's first EP Metropolis: The Chase Suite I, The ArchAndroid, which comprises parts II and III of the suite, is just worlds more amazing--and the Metropolis EP was pretty darn awesome.
( This might be the album of 2010, if not 2008-10 )