Albums & EPs 💿 of various styles are evaluated in this section of The Musical Hype – we don’t discriminate. Album reviews are also available on the home page.
More often than not, the album reviews on the site tend to follow a track-by-track format, commencing with an intro paragraph comprised of background information, and concluding paragraph that wraps things up. Also, GEMS – the best, highly recommended tracks – are selected at the end of each review. Each album also receives a star rating, on a scale of 0 – 5 (½ stars are used as well), that is visible at the beginning and ending of the review.
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= VERY GOOD
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= BAD
![Marlon Williams, Make Way for Love [📷: Dead Oceans]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/marlon-williams-make-way-for-love-dead-oceans.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
‘Music Wrap-Up’ collects the coverage (links) on an album, artist, project, or otherwise, into one easily accessible document. After reviewing two singles from ‘Make Way for Love,’ the sophomore album by Marlon Williams, as well as reviewing album itself, we’ve compartmentalized our coverage into one place.
![Aaron Carter, LøVë [📷: Sony]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aaron-carter-love-sony.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
After releasing ‘LøVë’ as a five-song EP in February 2017, former teen heartthrob Aaron Carter returns with the full-length, 14-track album.
![Joji, In Tongues (Deluxe) [📷: 88rising / EMPIRE]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/joji-in-tongues-deluxe-88rising-empire.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
R&B artist Joji (aka ‘Filthy Frank,’ real name ‘George Miller’) releases the deluxe version – a full-length album – of his 2017 debut EP, ‘In Tongues.’
‘Music Wrap-Up’ collects the coverage (links) on an album, artist, project, or otherwise, into one easily accessible document.
![MGMT, Little Dark Age [📷: Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mgmt-little-dark-age-columbia.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
‘Music Wrap-Up’ collects the coverage (links) on an album, artist, project, or otherwise, into one easily accessible document.
Following a five-year hiatus, alternative rock darlings Franz Ferdinand returns with their fifth studio album, ‘Always Ascending.’
Alternative duo MGMT, comprised of Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, returns with a thrilling new studio album, ‘Little Dark Age.’
‘Music Wrap-Up’ collects the coverage (links) on an album, artist, project, or otherwise, into one easily accessible document.
![Fifty Shades Freed [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fifty-shades-freed-republic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
‘Music Wrap-Up’ collects the coverage (links) on an album, artist, project, or otherwise, into one easily accessible document.
Kendrick Lamar assembles an intriguing soundtrack for the critically-acclaimed film ‘Black Panther’ with ‘Black Panther the Album Music from and Inspired.’
![Rich Brian, Amen [📷: 88rising/EMPIRE]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/rich-brian-amen-empire.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
18-year old Indonesian rapper Rich Brian (formerly Rich Chigga) of “Dat $tick” fame and infamy, delivers a promising debut album with ‘Amen.’
![Justin Timberlake, Man of the Woods [📷: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/justin-timberlake-man-of-the-woods-rca.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Former heartthrob Justin Timberlake returns with his highly-anticipated fifth studio album, ‘Man of the Woods,’ which he describes as “modern Americana with 808s.”