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        • Album 💿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. = MASTERPIECE = NEAR MASTERPIECE = EXCELLENT = VERY GOOD = AVERAGE / GOOD = BELOW AVERAGE = MEDIOCRE , , , = BAD
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    15 Sickening Stay Songs, Vol. 1 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; foad shariyati from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    15 Sickening Stay Songs, Vol. 1 | Playlist 🎧

    15 Sickening Stay Songs, Vol. 1 features songs by Al Green, Bee Gees, Omar Apollo, ROSÉ, Rihanna, and Sam Smith.

    By the musical hype, 3 weeksMay 26, 2025 ago
    11 More Riveting Songs About People (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Antonio Friedemann, Александр Полепкин, Bherbery Andres Balanta Bocanegra, Fireworks Uche, Hoa Tran, Karen Irala, Kofi Shelby, Moni Rathnak, sahar photography, TUBARONES PHOTOGRAPHY, from Pexels; AcatXlo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 More Riveting Songs About People | Playlist 🎧

    11 More Riveting Songs About People features songs by Conan Gray, Peso Pluma, Sam Fender, The Black Keys, and The Spinners.

    By the musical hype, 4 monthsFebruary 19, 2025 ago
    13 More Remarkably Beautiful Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Abstract Photos, Dellon Thomas, Godisable Jacob, J-Scott Photography, Laoye Oluwatobi, Nicolah Rabs, TUBARONES PHOTOGRAPHY from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    13 More Remarkably Beautiful Songs | Playlist 🎧

    13 More Remarkably Beautiful Songs features songs by Alec Benjamin, Al Green, Benson Boone, Joe Cocker, Taylor Swift, and Thomas Rhett.

    By the musical hype, 11 monthsJuly 29, 2024 ago
    William Bell vs. The Black Keys: Head 2 Head No. 11 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Black Keys, Concord Music Group, Nonesuch; Hernán Toro, Los Muertos Crew, RDNE Stock project, Thomas Ronveaux from Pexels]
    Columns

    William Bell vs. The Black Keys | Head 2 Head

    In the 11th edition of Head 2 Head (2024), William Bell and The Black Keys contend for the best rendition of “I Forgot To Be Your Lover.”

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMarch 16, 2024 ago
    The Black Keys, I Forgot To Be Your Lover: Covers No. 8 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner /The Musical Hype; The Black Keys / Nonesuch; Andrea Piacquadio, cottonbro studio, MART PRODUCTION, Matteo Milan from Pexels; MR1313, OpenClipart-Vectors, Vicki Hamilton from Pixabay]
    Columns

    The Black Keys, I Forgot To Be Your Lover | COVERS

    In the 8th edition of COVERS (2024), The Black Keys delivers a compelling rendition of “I Forgot To Be Your Lover,” originally performed by William Bell.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearFebruary 21, 2024 ago
    Bops That Pop: January 2024 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; agoss, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Mohamed_hassan, OpenClipart-Vectors, succo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Bops That Pop: January 2024 | Playlist 🎧

    Bops That Pop: January 2024 features music courtesy of Andra Day, Ariana Grande, Jamie xx, Peso Pluma, MGMT, and serpentwithfeet.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearJanuary 31, 2024 ago
    The Black Keys, Beautiful People (Stay High) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; The Black Keys / Nonesuch; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    The Black Keys, Beautiful People (Stay High) | Song Review 🎵

    The musical high is legit on “Beautiful People (Stay High)”, the must-hear, promo single The Black Keys present from their 12th studio LP, Ohio Players.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearJanuary 16, 2024 ago
    11 Captivating Songs to LEAN Into (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Анна Хазова, Allan Mas, Filip Rankovic Grobgaard, Henry Altidor, Trần Long from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    11 Captivating Songs to LEAN Into | Playlist 🎧

    11 Captivating Songs to LEAN Into features music courtesy of Al Green, Club Nouveau, HAIM, Key Glock, and Kirk Franklin.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsDecember 13, 2023 ago
    11 Songs That Let Their Light SHINE [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; LED Supermarket, Marcus Pinho, Matheus Bertelli, from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    11 Songs That Let Their Light SHINE | Playlist 🎧

    11 Songs That Let Their Light SHINE features music courtesy of Earth Wind & Fire, The Manhattans, Pusha T, Ray Charles, and Vanessa Bell Armstrong.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsJuly 26, 2023 ago
    11 Totally Tight Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Marcelo Moreira, shalender kumar via Pexels]
    Evergreen

    11 Totally Tight Songs | Playlist 🎧

    11 Totally Tight Songs features music courtesy of The Black Keys, The Chicks, Jaheim, Ohio Players, and Ravyn Lenae. 

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsFebruary 3, 2023 ago
    15 Incredible Walk Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Chinmay Singh, Godisable Jacob, Humphrey Muleba, Lukas Rychvalsky, Pol Casahuga, Rodolfo Quirós, Sebastian Voortman, Vlad Bagacian, Yogendra Singh]
    Evergreen

    15 Incredible Walk Songs | Playlist 🎧

    15 Incredible Walk Songs features songs courtesy of August Alsina, The Black Keys, Imagine Dragons, Jagged Edge, Lou Reed & P!nk.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsJuly 13, 2022 ago
    R Songs: No Rhyme or Reason, Vol. 2 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Robin Lieck]
    Evergreen

    R Songs: No Rhyme or Reason, Vol. 2 | Playlist 🎧

    🎧 R Songs: No Rhyme or Reason, Vol. 2 features Jazmine Sullivan, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, Polo G, Still Woozy & Troye Sivan.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsMarch 3, 2022 ago

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