Thursday, January 10, 2019

Dua Lipa

3 studio albums with 39 songs. A soundtrack album with 1 song. A total of 40 songs.

2017 Dua Lipa (17)

Dua Lipa's debut album. Two excellent songs: "New Rules" and "Room For 2". Eleven fine tunes: "Lost In Your Light", "IDGAF", "Hotter Than Hell", "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)", "Be The One", "No Goodbyes", "Thinking 'Bout You", "Begging", "Bad Together", "Dreams" and "New Love". Four disappointments: "Last Dance", "Homesick", "Garden" and "Genesis". "Be The One" and "New Love" were previously released as singles in 2015. "Hotter Than Hell", "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" and "Last Dance" were previously released as singles in 2016. All songs were cowritten by Dua Lipa except "New Rules" and "Be The One".


2020 Future Nostalgia (11)

Dua Lipa's second and greatest album. Four timeless classics: "Levitating", "Break My Heart", "Love Again" and "Don't Start Now". Five great songs: "Physical", "Hallucinate", "Good In Bed", "Boys Will Be Boys" and "Cool". And only two disappointments: "Future Nostalgia" and "Pretty Please". "Don't Start Now" was previously released as a single in 2019.

2023 Barbie The Album (1)

A superb soundtrack album for the film "Barbie". 17 tracks. The best one is "What Was I Made For?" from Billie Eilish. Mark Ronson (who produced Amy Winehouse's best works) has cowritten five great songs on this album: Dua Lipa's "Dance The Night", Ryan Gosling's "I'M Just Ken", as well as "Pink", "Man I Am" and "Hey Blondie". Far less impressive is Aqua's "Barbie World". But the rest of the album is quite fine: "Choose Your Fighter", "Barbie Dreams", "Journey To The Real World", "Speed Drive", "Watati", "Home", "Forever And Again", "Silver Platter", "Angel" and "Butterflies". 


2024 Radical Optimism (11)

Four excellent songs: "Training Season", "Houdini", "Illusion" and "These Walls". Three fine tunes: "French Exit", "Falling Forever" and "Whatcha Doing". Four disappointments: "Maria", "End Of An Era", "Happy For You" and "Anything For Love". "Houdini" was previously released as a single in 2023.