The Chainsmokers
Memories...Do Not Open


1.5
very poor

Review

by LethalPaintball USER (10 Reviews)
April 7th, 2017 | 58 replies


Release Date: 2017 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Uninteresting, unimaginative, and pandering to the radio market. It sure is The Chainsmokers.

Let me get this out of the way real quick, this album is NOT worth your time by any measure. The Chainsmokers are not an act worth keeping up, and this album only proves that even further. If you listened to last years dreadful "Collage" EP, you're just getting more of the same EDM-Pop garbage that littered the charts last year and will litter the chart again this year. Every track on here is just the same as their other works but with a new vocalist and lyrics, except for half of this album you're stuck with Andrew Taggart's painfully average vocals overlaying the same vanilla beats. Hell they even stole the drop from one of their previous releases, "Roses", on the song "Something Just Like This" which happens to feature Chris Martin of Coldplay.

And that's not even the worst of it, some of these songs could've had potential. The fast-paced beat on "Break Up Every Night" could've made for a somewhat decent track, except then the vocals come in and it's back to base one. The drop from the boring, slow, "relatable" song, "Honest" could've made for a good banger, but the rest of the song drags it down. Jhene Aiko, who features on "Wake Up Alone" has a nice voice, and the song itself isn't anything too bad, still not good though, honestly one of the most lyrically intriguing songs in this garbage fire. Despite being about the same topic nearly every other song on this album is about, breakups. Because that's something everyone's been through and can relate to. Which will help them top the charts even more, sadly.

I can't go on about this anymore, it's awful. Not worth your time in any capacity. For Christ's sake the last track has a feature from Flordia Georgia Line, that alone should tell you the quality of this album.



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Comments:Add a Comment 
LethalPaintball
April 7th 2017


1005 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

waited until midnight just to write this haha what am i doing with my life

ziroth
April 7th 2017


1260 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I'm sure this'll get destroyed on this site, but it's better than I anticipated. It's listenable for the most part. I really hate some of the effects, and they have a really simplistic grasp of how to make a song, but it isn't any kind of atrocity. In regards to the last track, I don't know who Florida Georgia Line is, but I'd say it's a pretty solid radio pop track, honestly.

MeatSalad
April 7th 2017


18662 Comments


aoty

literallyzach
April 7th 2017


520 Comments


Why is there an ellipsis in the title that's dumb as fuck

Flugmorph
April 7th 2017


34973 Comments


lethul at it

Digging: Mori Calliope - Phantomime

Archelirion
April 7th 2017


6594 Comments


I've never enjoyed a single Chainsmokers track and I highly doubt I'm about to start now.
Review was alright minus a couple of flow issues and garbled sentences - I know not to touch the album with a barge pole if nowt else :^)

Azertherion
April 7th 2017


510 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound Off

This is, as expected, the audible equivalent of swimming in a sea of bleach. What a surprise !

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
April 7th 2017


26793 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

Kinda sucky review

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
April 7th 2017


26793 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

Anyway ive got a review for this ill post tonight/tomorrow morning and probably looking at a 2/2.5 having only heard the first half

FullOfSounds
April 7th 2017


15821 Comments


Paris is one of the worst songs of the year

Hurricanslash
April 7th 2017


1834 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

This review was really, really bad. You seem really, really sour, overtly negative and very non-descriptive as to why this album isn't good. The last paragraph especially. Yeah, I know most people on this site (or in general) hate Florida Georgia Line, but them being here doesn't exactly mean that they can't be on a good song. You have to explain yourself better, because even when you tried to find positives, I have no idea what you're talking about, because you don't describe the music in itself. What does it sound like? What ARE the lyrics about? Why do the songs fail so much?



That being said, the album is the epitome of "Meh", doesn't really warrant a rating tbh.

NordicMindset
April 7th 2017


25137 Comments


The Chainsmokers... Do Not Listen

VaxXi
April 7th 2017


4418 Comments


"Let me get this out of the way real quick, this album is NOT worth your time by any measure"

Guess I dnt have to read the review.

FullOfSounds
April 7th 2017


15821 Comments


Summary is good, rest is bad

VaxXi
April 7th 2017


4418 Comments


Lowkey hype for the FGL track.

LethalPaintball
April 7th 2017


1005 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

i wasn't really going trying to be a review on this one, more so to do a rant

and at the same time get a thread started

thanks for feedback though



btw did you guys know they do tutorials on how to make their songs https://youtu.be/zJAB3ULnFB0

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
April 7th 2017


10647 Comments


Yeah Chainsmokers is the most ass product to come frop pop radio lol.

Azertherion
April 7th 2017


510 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound Off

Just watched the tutorial; I wonder how cynical is this. They just straightforwardly explained that they made the song in 3 seconds from scrach, barely produced it and people bought it anyway.





VaxXi
April 7th 2017


4418 Comments


Finally blessed to be listening to this ^-^

Aberf
April 7th 2017


3993 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

how is this guys popular at all.



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