Hurts 2B Human Personal Review Thread

Only heard Hey Why so far and I am amazed hahaha it is sooo different but still so P!nk! Love it so far! The album is shaping up to be pretty amazing!

(Hey Why) Miss You Sometimes 
Electo sounding, very auto tuned it's legit all auto tuned sound effect until the chorus. Nothing like Pink has done before. Doesn't even sound like her. The closest thing I can compare it too is a blend of Fingers and Centrefold. The bridge slows the song down. I think it'll take me some listens to get used to this. 

My Attic
Soft and delicate sounding. It's like Barbies bigger better sister. I enjoy the build up of this song and the introduction of the different instruments. Absolutely love this one, it fits Pinks voice. I see what Max said about not having a chorus it just flows throughout the whole song. 

90 Days 
I think this will be a personal favourite of most on here. Very dramatic and simple with great vocals but with a twist of a manipulated voice underlay. Just a simple piano in the background. Wrable sounds great with her voice.  I can definitely hear theImogen  Heap comparison to it. A pink song to compare it to would be Choas and Piss. 

Courage
Is this the Sia one? It sounds like a Sia song. Slow verses with big blast off chorus which I love. I can imagine my self singing this top of my lungs. It's repetive to start but then has a underlay of a chorus over the top of the repetitive words.  Has a lot of Oooohs 

Happy
Starts off with some MMMM sounds delicious. Very Riffy guitary. It's the mean of the album just more poppy/rocky. More Mmm's throughout which make it sound great. Her voice sounds so deep and amazing. 

We Could Have it All 
The one I was looking forward too the most. Reminds me of Truth about love. OMG THE CHORUS. It's explodes but Pink sounds so different? Definitely a chilled summer jam. OMG the chorus us back again.   It really doesn't sound like Pink though. It sound like early Sia songs before chandelier. 


Love Me Anyway
Starts off with a Pink type lyrics about scars. It's giving my nostalgic feelings. Another simple piano power Ballard. She sings Can Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Could have done with our the guys voice. It's like it's trying to be misery but not quite connecting with the level of amazingness. Thankfully he's more like backup singing that part of it. 

Circle Game.
Sounds dark. She used the same lyric as one of her other songs off the album about monsters under her bed. She sings about Willow. It's definitely like she's telling a story she almost speaks one part which actually sounds great and she should do more of. The chorus is high pitched and big. The 2nd chorus has introduced a new instrument which I love. Think this is my favourite Ballard on the album. She sounds really pretty? I feel like it starts off dark but becomes light towards the end. 

The Last Song Of Your Life. 

I was right and it's her singing about retirement on loop. I kid. It sounds like she's far away or in an echo room. It's a very soft song. Oh she's just kicked off big style with some high vocals that was unexpected. I like it. 

I know people think that this could be a rushed album after beautiful trauma but I feel this was the album she wanted to make. Every song is so different to what Pink is normally like. The only problem I have with the album IS FUCKING WALK ME HOME. I'd happily replace that song with something like I am here which would totally fit on this album. I think yall will be happy with it. Ask me anything you want I'm here all day.

Happy is an absolute Jam. My stand out so far!

I’m just listening to that now. This is definitely one for singing in the car on a sunny day. Love it!!

Alot of people have been saying the exact same thing!  Sia needs to go away for a while. Although the LSD album is amazing.

Oh, man... I just listened to this...

I‘ll have to collect my thoughts and come back after work when I can write without going 1) this song: ASKLDFASPIODF“=R=OWRW=ERW FPPWF JWE WOF WE RR=§?R §=§=§

But for now, my favorites from the songs we didn’t hear before are deffo 90 Days, Last Song of Your Life (it‘s so evident she can conjure the 60s easily. Sometimes I feel she was born in the wrong era), Hey Why, Happy and Love Me Anyway — I know, people aren‘t really into it, but I‘m a romantic fuck and love country... wished they would have flipped around once and she had done the rougher parts for a little section. Still great. We Could Have It All is nice too. Such a good vibe. I totally get what people meant by it being reminiscent of the 80s. I just feel they could have pimped it up a bit so it doesn‘t get too repetitive. At least that was my impression. Still a good song!

Courage... man... that song she could have easily left out. It‘s sooo boring and just too Sia to be enjoyable. A facelift would have done it good (and maybe a minute shorter). The choral near the end was so promising. Should have happened sooner and they could have built around that to make it interesting.

Anyway, first impression of the album: I am kinda impressed. She tried out new things and the lyrics are introverted and fantastic. Really a bag of surprises and just a nice mix overall. I was hoping she would go a step further after BT, and she totally did. Love it!

EDIT: thank you meesterpaull

(Hey Why) Miss You Sometimes - 10/9 
F*** the production is lit. It sounds like a theme song playing in the ending credits for a cool, 90's computer game. It doesn't sound like a P!nk song at all that's why I love it so much. It has this laid-back, swingy vibe, and the bridge is SO DAMN GOOD. I can't stop JAMMING to it. After all the missteps Max Martin finally delivered a song which should be a single. I can picture a retro, Nintendo style music video to it. Urgh. 

My Attic - 10/9
I got teary eyed. The lyrics hit me hard, mabye that's why. Thank God for Julia, although Barbies wasn't really for me, this one hit a soft spot. It's pretty much about my attic, hidden really deep that I barely give keys to. Also, her vocal runs in the end is stunning. 

90 Days - 10/10000000000000
Bon Iver meets M83 meets P!nk. I could have never imagined this happening but this might be her BEST SONG SINCE...FOREVER. The lyrics, the music, the computer voice, the tuned back piano. It's ambient, it's post-rock, it's indie. Her voice after the second chorus during "slowlyyyy". Fuck. This is a type of a music I adore but I could have never pictured her doing it, and she's doing it so well. I'm schocked pretty much. Might be my favorite song of hers, all time. F***. It's deep, it's dark, it's hurtful yet it's healing, it's death with a beam of hope. 

 - at this point I'm getting more and more mad at the music business and her team. This song should have been released before the album. I hate seeing her doing songs like this good and don't reach people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Courage - 10/5
I WISH this one wouldn't be like any other Sia song. I actually enjoyed it but with a non-really-Sia chorus it could have been much better. I really like the production, sounds really clear and fresh. The piano and the dramatic drum sounds pretty neat. But once again really Sia. They could have gone to a producer who could mix it differently, such good material but needs more originality. Most skippable track on the record but I'll keep checking back for some mindless loud shower singing sessions, going crazy in the last chorus!

Happy - 10/10
I would place somewhere around M!ss and TT. It sounds really old school, something I would imagine Linda and her writing together. It definitely feels like Don't Let Me Get Me's adult version, better and deeper. The lyrics are pretty amazing, especially that they're really heartwrenching in a way, and it's so sad to see her struggling with herself like this. The whole album is really depressing but this one stands out for the most for me - maybe because we've been with her since ages and she's still hurting herself this much.

We Could Have it All - 10/8 
Beautiful production! You can tell this was written around TTAL, something that would fit on the bonus tracks version, between Chaos&Piss and Timebomb. I really dig the 80s vibe production, with a little guitar in the background which gives such an ambient, nostalgic vibe to it. "Everybody thought we would be the ones" melody in the pre-chorus is pretty great. I don't like that they tuned her voice back in the chorus, but her singing "we could have it all, we could have it all" in the background gives such a nice, retro feeling to the whole thing. 

Love Me Anyway - 10/4
Nice country song. That's it. Good for weddings.

Circle Game - 10/6
The Great Escape dark twin. I love the chello playing in the verse. I thought - since it's about her being a mother - I wouldn't really care, but the lyrics are more universal - "Count your lucky stars that you've got the chance to play in the circle game" line actually reminds me of I Am Here. I adore that it's about life in general and how grateful we have to be. I feel like if I Am Here could be on this record (rightfully), this one could be one of her best records.

The Last Song Of Your Life - 10/8
Crystal Ball reworked by The Beatles. Absolutely stunning lyrics, vocals, vibe, guitar. Billy never disappoints. Once again, general thoughts about life - something I wished she would have sung about because she has not really touched this topic since I'm Not Dead. But I feel like the last 3 songs are a mini rose ave. on this album, maybe that's why I like them. But this song could have worked much better with different, more uptempo songs before it.

Overall I'm shockingly surprised. The whole album sounds fresh with amazing productions. It touches so many music genres, might be her most diverse album so far. The whole vibe is nostalgic, dark and bittersweet - right in my alley. It's more about life, her feelings than love like TTAL or BT - and finally it's a nice breath of fresh air after all these years.

This could be M!ssundaztood's, I'm Not Dead's and rose ave.'s lovechild which make me love it really much and I'm sure it will be loved by a lot from here too!