most people know that emotion was one of my favorite albums of 2015 and there's two new tracks on this remix album so i figured i'd check it out. first time could've easily been an addition to emotion's main tracklist, fitting well within the sounds of making the most of the night or boy problems. fever's a little bit different, not really a major addition but welcomed anyway as it's a solid track.

the remixes here attempt to pull the 80s vibes out of the tracks for the most part and many of them succeed. would've loved to hear more takes on other tracks besides the four here but there's a few jams i wouldn't mind listening to again. not going to give this album a rating since it's not really a full effort but i'll suggest checking out the top tracks.

top tracks: first time, run away with me (y2k remix), your type (skylar spence remix), all that (the knocks remix)

alison wonderland - run

pretty typical edm but i like female vocals
lyricism is far from the strong point
the best thing about this is that it kind of slaps
i really don't need to listen to this much anymore
this is like jack ü b-side material

score: 59

the maine - american candy

the "pop rock band for the girls" aesthetic done right
i don't really identify with this at all
if rock was actually in right now this would be top 40 material
i could see this being people's "guilty pleasure" album
still too pretty for my regular consumption

score: 67

all time low - future hearts

the "pop rock band for the girls" aesthetic done meh
i shouldn't have listened to this
the mark hoppus feature was entirely wasted on here and that's tragic
i wanted pop punk and got rock pop
these are like green day - uno dos tré b-sides and that's no good

score: 22

carly rae jepsen - emotion

i wish she'd stop being cute sometimes, like write a dirty song already
i really like you is actually a very solid song despite its slight annoyance
too bad taylor swift did 80s pop first because this album's better and gonna get slept on
it's a little too long of an album though, could've easily knocked off like 5 tracks
black heart or i didn't just come here to dance better be her next singles if she wants to pop off

score: 71

polyphia - muse

very proficient guitar players, less proficient compositions
these songs take so much effort to listen to because they're so solo heavy
the chon feature has the best replay value
the songs aren't inherently bad at all but with all the soloing it needs more low points
the album would do better with vocals, honestly

score: 59

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score: 57