the weeknd | beauty behind the madness
The Weeknd gets fans (haters too) all in a tizzy. His second (official) album Beauty Behind The Madness (via Republic Records) drops today!
You can stream it over at HYPETRAK. The BBTM release is a biggie! Why? Well, it’s 14-tracks heavy on why we love Mr. Abel Tesfaye in the first place… the music man, the music! Although the haunting sadistically and beauteous voice is familiar we’re treated to hear new directions in sound, scope and the myriad palette of colors coming together is such fine form. This particular body of work stretches, arcs and shifts from the unconventional to a proscribed formula based on, well… unconventionality. Case in point, the track Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran) is an unforeseen sticky sweet and euphoric absinthe pill. Just as the proceeding track Prisoner, a tryst coupling Lana Del Rey‘s prettily bruised vocals with the sinful amber of yours truly. It’s a slight of hand; a mere candy drop coated with incense smoke and shared body heat.
All in all, the album stands on it’s on and is a pretty solid display of The Weeknd’s unfolding brilliance. Personally, I think this is his best release to date. The Beauty Behind The Madness closes with the track Angel and it intones… I hope you find somebody to love, find somebody, find somebody … well, I think my ears already have. Peace.
Artist: The Weeknd
Album: Behind The Beauty Madness
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Tracklist:
1. Real Life
2. Losers feat. Labrinth
3. Tell Your Friends
4. Often
5. The Hills
6. Acquainted
7. Can’t Feel My Face
8. Shameless
9. Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
10. In The Night
11. As You Are
12. Dark Times feat. Ed Sheeran
13. Prisoner feat. Lana Del Rey
14. Angel
Angel Lyrics
Angel, oh oh oh
Knew were special from the moment I saw you
I saw you
Yeah
I said angel, oh oh oh
I feel you closer every time I call you
I call you…
‘Cause all I see are wings
I can see your wings
But I know what I am, and the life I live
The life I live
But even though I sin
Baby, we all want to live
But I know time will tell if I planned for this
Yeah. If I planned for this…
And if we’re denied
I hope you find somebody (x3)
I hope you find somebody to love
Somebody to love (x2)
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
__________
I said angel, whoa whoa whoa
You’ll probably never take me back and I know this
I know this
I said angel, whoa whoa whoa
I am so desensitized to feeling these emotions
No emotions, baby
‘Cause all I see are wings
I can see your wings
But I know what I am, and the life I live
The life I live
But even though I sin
We all want to live
But I know time will tell if I planned for this, yeah
If I planned for this…
And if we’re denied
I hope you find somebody (x3)
I hope you find somebody to love
Somebody to love (x2)
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
__________
And even though we live inside
A dangerously empty life
You always seem to bring a light
You always seem to bring a light
And even though we live inside
A dangerously empty life
You always seem to bring me light
You always seem to bring me light
I hope you find somebody (x3)
I hope you find somebody to love
Some body to love (x2)
Yeah. Yeah.
OHHHHHH!