seventeen "al1" mini album listening post

[kyulkyung.livejournal.com]

DON'T WANNA CRY

입버릇 (VOCAL UNIT)

IF I (HIPHOP UNIT)

SWIMMING FOOL (PERFORMANCE UNIT)

MY I (JUN & THE8)

CRAZY IN LOVE

(who and check-in are cd-only so they're not out yet!)

SOURCE: KPOP BLOG ( 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 ), SEVENTEEN

vocal unit NEVER disappoint! their song is SO GOOD, i don't even care how weird and underwhelming the rest of the album is!

Comments

[yoonjeonghan.livejournal.com]

I LOVE IT ALL
can't relate to the point about it being underwhelming but i feel like they could release absolute and total garbage and i'd still be waving my light stick

i don't usually like vocal team songs but i really like this one!
i really like my i and crazy in love too

[cosmicjam.livejournal.com]

Every song's so good!
Vocal team's song didn't go as i expected it too but it's so nice, definitely like it best from their other vocal songs.
IF I is actually pretty cool and feels like a continuation of the title track
Swimming Fool is my fave. Perf team always brings it! This is the one I'll def be jamming out to the most.
I'm so proud of chinaline, their song's great. I hope we get to see them perform it in the showcase.
Crazy in Love is smooth, i really wanna see the dance. That and Swimming Fool are for sure going to be part of my summer playlists.

It ends so abruptly lol. Can't wait to hear Who and Check in

[dynamite-state.livejournal.com]

Title track + Hip Hop Unit track are very Chainsmokers-esque, not a huge fan.

Vocal Unit tends to bore me but this time the song is very solid, huh. A surprising album highlight.

I'm always anticipating the Performance Unit song and they've yet to completely disappoint me. Not as great as their last track, still good enough.

My I did that!! Best song on the album.

Crazy In Love was a chore to get through. Pass.

[kobrakiddo.livejournal.com]

I knew I'm going to LOVE Crazy in Love to bits from the preview alone !!! Glad I'm not disappointed. It's SOOOOO GOOD

[cakeeatingidol.livejournal.com]

You know when an album is just absolutely everything you needed? This is that album for me. I've been in a super weird funk the last few weeks, and this was honestly cathartic.

I'm surprised that people aren't digging the rest of the album- every song is amazingly put together and the flow together is perfect. I know it isn't necessarily super pop, super happy seventeen but it's still their style and sound just a bit more mature. Not dark, just mature.

/old lady and former emo kid

[dynamite-state.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think this is one of their better efforts as a body of work. It doesn't reach the highlights of past albums but it doesn't fall to their lows either, if that makes sense. I think it flows very well too.

[cakeeatingidol.livejournal.com]

It totally makes sense. It's much more subdued than the last albums. I think that she actually good, because this honestly shows a lot of diversity and creativity from them. I mean, nice and mansae and all their title tracks and b-side bops have been amazing, but this was a nice turn in my opinion.

[nrafx.livejournal.com]

dino's part in swimming fool! best kid

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

It's a nice album but it's just that: nice
perfect for a work playlist though

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

Guess whose buying the whole album....this girl.

[cakeeatingidol.livejournal.com]

I wasn't beginning to wonder if I did the right thing preordering and now after eating it I totally do not regret any decision made.

[fandangopink.livejournal.com]

I love IF I best idek why lol. I just put it on loop and i just keep jamming to it i love it so much.

Swimming fool gave me 4 walls vibe lol and crazy in love is another gem in this album. The rest will grow on me.

Overall i still like their last mini best? Idk maybe i just need to listen to this a couple more time.

[niyarav.livejournal.com]

I like it. I like Swimming Fool and My I best on first listen but 입버릇 is by far my favourite vocal unit track. I think this is maybe less exciting than their previous efforts but also more cohesive and I like that it's pretty chill overall.

[abcd123.livejournal.com]

I think this album is a great show of how much theyre growing and how it's reflecting in their music - like their previous stuff was very boyish and fitting with their ages and this sounds more mature?? Idk if I'm wording it okay

Anyways love it wow! Vocal team song and title track were my least faves but still really nice. Performance units song is giving me clean bandit vibes at times? I'm a bigggg clean bandit fan so like I love that one the most! I'm also really feeling my i (but I'm jun biased so I like anything with a lot of jun haha)

[bruzte.livejournal.com]

OHHH yes this, it is very clean bandit

[1of1girl.livejournal.com]

The album is very cohesive - I like how it sounds whole without all the songs being samey. I love the title track, 입버릇 and Swimming Fool the most rn but that's gonna change lol. This and their last mini shows that they have their vision and are doing their own thing and changing it up a bit as they mature etc.

[717cm.livejournal.com]

theyre rly continuing to branch out musically with each cb so thats nice to see. i still think the melodies in 입버릇 are all over the place but in a way that works? the guitar, the harmonisations and the overall bluesy vibe of the song is rly charming to me

if i is really that song.. im surprised @ how much i like it 😩 my i is easily my least fave on the album, but the lyrics r beautiful and i would love 2 hear the original lyrics they wrote in chinese.

this hasnt topped going seventeen for me but its a good, cohesive album

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

Y'all I can choose a favorite...i love them all.

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

I love it alllllll!! But it took me like a few tries to listen to the whole album, because i kept replaying Don't Wanna Cry for at least 30 minutes lol
I think my least favorite would be Crazy in Love, but I'm not even close to disliking it lol
I'm very satisfied with this comeback, I haven't loved a title track from them that much since Pretty U!

[haixiao.livejournal.com]

this all sounds like stuff i would hear while shopping in h&m or f21 aka...i love it all
this is such a mellow album but the songs aren't boring, perfect summer album

[queenhinata.livejournal.com]

I like the album :3

[scionofawhisper.livejournal.com]

Such a solid album.. really like If I and My I..

[pbutterlion.livejournal.com]

ITS SO GOOD IM SCREAMING!!!!!!!!

[dropthecrates.livejournal.com]

it's v. cohesive, i like it