❗ (this site is still a wip! a lot of song ratings and the album reviews are incomplete. 🙇‍♂️) ❗

my favorite albums ☆ミ

hi! these are albums that i really like. you can click on any of the covers to read more info about them, and you can scroll down to see more albums.

music has always been a very important part of my life. there's pictures of me at like, 3 or so lying in my parents bed listening to music. and that little child grew up to be a scrobbler... i think my 3 year old self would be so proud of me now. 🥺💖

in general, my favorite genres of music are more rock/alternative centered genres, but like i said on my about page, i grew up with a lot of pop/r&b/rap, so i enjoy those genres as well 🫶 but rly i'll listen to watever sounds good i don't consider myself someone loyal to only one or two genres.

From Under The Cork Tree

Fall Out Boy

Originally Released May 3, 2005

Tracklist:

Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued 8/10
Of All the Gin Joints in All the World
Dance, Dance 10/10
Sugar, We're Goin Down
Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner
I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)
7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)
Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year
Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends
I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me
A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me" 8/10
Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part to Save the Scene and Stop Going to Shows) mmgh/10
XO 9/10
Snitches and Talkers Get Stitches and Walkers ∞/10 best song ever
The Music or the Misery 8/10

This is my favorite album of all time. If you look up 'peak' in the dictionary this album will show up there. Everything from the aesthetics to the sound of this album is so amazing to me. Fall Out Boy have always been really good at transitions between songs, and this album certainly doesn't disappoint there. This album also has my favorite 3 song run from FOB: Get Busy Living to Snitches and Talkers. (I count the bonus tracks because I want to)

I was 11 when I first heard this album. Of course, it was just the regular edition without the bonus tracks, but with how quickly I dug into FOB's discography, it did not take me long to stumble upon the Black Clouds and Underdogs songs as well. Snitches and Talkers was one of my favorite songs even back then, and I have very vivid memories of listening to it on my iPhone 6 after I bought it on the iTunes Store. 💖

So many of the lyrics on this album are so good. So beautiful. Patrick's vocals go so well with Pete's writing, it is unreal. And I can say that about any of their albums I just want to really point it out here because omg. It's like an experience every time I listen to it.

I'll probably repeat myself a lot on the FOB album reviews bc I'm already talking about them on the shrine page dedicated to them specifically but. That just goes to show how passionately I feel about them. I love Cork Tree all of the songs work so well together it is just so beautiful and unreal.

Infinity on High

Fall Out Boy

Originally Released February 6, 2007

Tracklist:

Thriller 8/10
"The Take Over, the Breaks Over" 10/10
This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race 10/10
I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You) 8/10
Hum Hallelujah
Golden
Thnks fr th Mmrs
Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?
The (After) Life of the Party
The Carpal Tunnel of Love
Bang the Doldrums 9/10
Fame < Infamy 1000/10
You're Crashing, But You're No Wave 9/10
I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears and None on My Fingers 8/10
G.I.N.A.S.F.S. 10/10
It's Hard to Say "I Do", When I Don't 7/10

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Folie à Deux

Fall Out Boy

Originally Released December 10, 2008

Tracklist:

Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes 9/10
I Don't Care 9/10
She's My Winona 8/10
America's Suitehearts 8/10
Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet 10/10
The (Shipped) Gold Standard 10/10
(Coffee's for Closers) 9/10
What a Catch, Donnie 8/10
27 1000/10
Tiffany Blews 10/10
w.a.m.s. 10/10
20 Dollar Nose Bleed 10/10
West Coast Smoker 9/10
Pavlove 9/10

Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

My Chemical Romance

Originally Released June 8, 2004

Tracklist:

Helena 9/10
Give 'Em Hell, Kid 10/10
To the End 9/10
You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison 10/10
I'm Not Okay (I Promise) 8/10
The Ghost of You 9/10
The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You
Interlude
Thank You for the Venom 10/10
Hang 'Em High
It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Fucking Deathwish
Cemetery Drive
I Never Told You What I Do for a Living 10/10

I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love

My Chemical Romance

Originally Released July 23, 2002

Tracklist:

Romance 8/10
Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us 9/10
Vampires Will Never Hurt You 9/10
Drowning Lessons 7/10
Our Lady of Sorrows 10/10
Headfirst for Halos 9/10
Skylines and Turnstiles
Early Sunsets Over Monroeville
This Is the Best Day Ever
Cubicles
Demolition Lovers 100/10

The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

Originally Released October 23, 2006

Tracklist:

The End. 8/10
Dead! 9/10
This Is How I Disappear 100/10
The Sharpest Lives 10/10
Welcome to the Black Parade
I Don't Love You
House of Wolves 🤤/10
Cancer
Mama
Sleep
Teenagers 8/10
Disenchanted 8/10
Famous Last Words 9/10
Blood 8/10

RED ZONE

Janne Da Arc

Originally Released June 20, 2001

Tracklist:

RED ZONE 10/10
seal 10/10
seal - Gang Bang in SOVIET Mix - 10000000000/10

Oh my god. This is technically a single but dude is it so fucking good. Like every single song on here is actual peak. First of all the main song is good, but then the B-side (seal) is also just as good, and then.......the fucking remix of the b-side... dude. When I tell you this shit is like fucking crack cocaine on drugs. I put this song on and boom it's all over the screen. So fucking good.

I went to this concert a few months back right? On the drive home I put this song on 40 volume (the max volume in my car) and MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD it was so fucking cathatic. I felt like I was getting reborn. Like yes I probably blew my eardrums out for the rest of the night (honestly the entire week) but it was so fucking worth it.

(written september 2nd 2025)

D・N・A

Janne Da Arc

Originally Released March 8, 2000

Tracklist:

Deja-vu10/10
Vanity 10/10
ファントム 100/10
EDEN〜君がいない〜 9.5/10
child vision〜絵本の中の綺麗な魔女〜 8.5/10
Stranger 8.5/10
桜 9/10
Lunatic Gate 10/10
Junky Walker 10/10
RED ZONE (Album Mix) 10/10
ring 9/10
Heaven's Place 9/10

My...favorite Janne album? Maybe? They're all quite good so I can't pick just one, but this is a great album. The intro track is awesome, the ending track is awesome, it's just all around peak.

Of course, you know me, I love my transitions between songs, so this album gets extra points for not only having those, but also having them between some of my favorites off the album. Junky Walker is soooooooo kewl......... Lunatic Gate's guitars are #badass.... and the lyrics... heh.... #trvke

RED ZONE is one of my favorite songs as well. If you could not tell, I quite enjoy that song a lot (looking over to the left of this album). The single version has its own unique charms, but the intro on this album mix feels more full and exciting to me. In general, I just prefer this mix, though there are some parts where the single reigns supreme.

(written november 2 2025)

Z-HARD

Janne Da Arc

Originally Released February 28, 2001

Tracklist:

Nightmare 10/10
-救世主メシア- 10/10
prism 10/10
Dry? (Album Mix) 10/10
7-seven-
NEO VENUS
will〜地図にない場所〜 (Album Mix) 10/10
WARNING 10/10
Liar 10/10
Dear my...
Mysterious (Album Mix) 10/10

BLACK LIST

Acid Black Cherry

Originally Released February 20, 2008

Tracklist:

sins 100/10
少女の祈り 10/10
SPELL MAGIC 8.5/10
scar 9/10
愛してない 9/10
Bit Stupid 8.5/10
楽園 10/10
Black Cherry 1000/10
Murder License 10/10
冬の幻 8.5/10
DRAGON CARNIVAL 10/10
Prologue End 10/10

Admittedly, I hadn't gotten too into this album until recently. I saw that to celebrate yasu's 50th birthday, they switched labels and remastered a bunch of albums, so I got very curious. To start... sins is such a fantastic opening track. It might be my favorite off the album now... I don't know. It's fighting with Black Cherry for that spot.

Speaking of, the remaster for Black Cherry in particular is so good. I'm a little biased here, because I heard it so many more times than the rest of the album, but the mixing is just beautiful. There's that little drop right before the chorus, and it was already very good, but now there's this little horn instrument that goes down like 4 steps or so and yeah. It's good. It's great. And then in general the instrumental just feels much more open and thorough now.

This album as a whole is very solid and beautiful. I love the overall sound and aesthetic of it... each song fits very nicely with each other without sounding too similar. I anticipate I will be adding a few more Acid Black Cherry albums to this page in the future.

(written february 18 2025 - partially removed and moved to abc shrine page)

I want to add more. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH this album is so fucking good. I didn't say enough. When I first added it here I rated a lot of songs either too low or not at all because I didn't realize their beauty. 楽園 is beautiful. "Just stay by my side rescue me hurry now" like the way Yasu sings that part is peak. 少女の祈り... yeah. It's great. I sing that one in the car. I also do that with sins. And Black Cherry. Actually me listening to Black Cherry on the highway is really dangerous because that chorus hits and I'm screaming BLACK CHERRY NURETE OCHITE WATASHI NO NAKA HE TANE WO NOSHITE like my life depends on it while turning it up so loud my Apple Watch tells me I'm being exposed to noises that are too loud. If you ever see me on the road and I'm nodding like a dumbass and waving my arms around (I only do this when I have the lane keeping assist system on because I am responsible) I'm listening to Black Cherry.

But anyways. Yeah this is just a great album. I felt like I needed to add more here because when I first added it here I recognized it was peak but I didn't fully comprehend it. I do now.

(Going back to what I said previously regarding the remaster... I went back to listen to the entire album with the original master. It's much much different than the new one, but actually... not to say that any of the other songs sounded bad, but sins sounds so good even in that version. I think the raw grittiness of the guitars in it fits very well with that style of mixing. Obviously I think it comes together much better in the new master but that version just scratches a nice itch in my brain.)

(written april 10 2025)

『２０１２』

Acid Black Cherry

Originally Released October 27, 2012

Tracklist:

〜until〜 10/10
Fallin' Angel 10/10
in the Mirror 100/10
ピストル 9.5/10
少女の祈りIII 8.5/10
Re:birth 8.5/10
指輪物語 9/10
CRISIS 10/10
〜the day〜 8/10
その日が来るまで 8/10
so…Good night. 9/10
doomsday clock 9/10
蝶 10/10
イエス 10/10
シャングリラ 8/10
〜comes〜 10/10

If it weren't for my awful lack of updates, these albums would have been added like a week after BLACK LIST. It occurred to me that I should maybe date these reviews so I'm not just sounding crazy. So I'll add that at the bottom. Regardless now I'm kind of fully converted into being an ABC fan. Despite barely being into any vkei outside of ABC/JDA Yasu is now my honmei. That's how serious this is getting. But I'm here to talk about this album so I'm going to do that now.

Compared to BLACK LIST, 『２０１２』's theme is much more whimsical and not as heavy. That being said, Yasu still executes it very well, and manages to make a beautiful album in the process. The continuation of 少女の祈り from BLACK LIST with 少女の祈りIII is a nice touch that I enjoyed a lot. The intense tracks like in the mirror and ピストル contrast with some of the more jazzy/dreamy(?) tracks like 指輪物語、蝶、and イエス, so it's kinda hard to get bored listening to this album.

The opening track, ~until~, starts off slow and intense. I really like how the piano gets heavier towards the end, along with the transition into Fallin' Angel. I'm kind of a sucker for transitions between songs (I am literally a Fall Out Boy fan). Speaking of. I really love the guitars right before the chorus hits. I'm sure there is a term for that little thing but I'm not a musician so I don't know it unfortunately.

And then back to in the mirror RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I love the guitars in the beginning so fucking bad. I just needed to mention that.

(written april 9 2025)

L－エル－

Acid Black Cherry

Originally Released February 25, 2015

Tracklist:

Round & Round 10/10
liar or LIAR ? 10/10
エストエム 100/10
君がいない、あの日から… 9/10
L―エル―
Greed Greed Greed
7 colors 10/10
〜Le Chat Noir〜
黒猫〜Adult Black Cat〜 10/10
versus G
眠れぬ夜 10/10
INCUBUS 10/10
Loves 10/10
& you 10/10

Q.E.D.

Acid Black Cherry

Originally Released August 26, 2009

Tracklist:

Mother 9/10
cord name【JUSTICE】
ジグソー 10/10
罪と罰〜神様のアリバイ〜
眠り姫
チェリーチェリー
1954 LOVE/HATE 9.5/10
I'm not a ghost 10/10
優しい嘘
黒い太陽 9.5/10
Maria 10/10
20+∞Century Boys 10/10

merveilles

MALICE MIZER

Originally Released March 18, 1998

Tracklist:

〜de merveilles 9/10
Syunikiss〜二度目の哀悼〜 10/10
ヴェル・エール〜空白の瞬間の中で〜 10/10
ILLUMINATI
Brise
エーゲ〜過ぎ去りし風と共に〜
au revoir 10/10
Je te veux 100/10
S-CONSCIOUS
Le ciel
月下の夜想曲 10/10
Bois de merveilles 8/10

Despite having this album on my favorites for many, many months now, I have actually never got around to saying anything about it. Because I am currently very hyperfixated on MM, though, I am changing that now!

There is a reason this is MM's best-known album. It's beautiful, it's consistent, and it's just very well produced. One of my favorites since I first listened to this album is Je te veux. I just really love the deep, intense instrumental so much. It's loud, it's oddly passionate, and I am very weak to that in music. Listening to it loudly in a car? Yeah... peak.

Bel Air is actually a song that I didn't really pay much attention to until just recently. I don't know why, because I have always liked it, I guess I just forgot which song it was(???). Syunikiss is another one of my favorites. It's got such a whimsical vibe in the way Gackt sings lines such as 「君が繰り返す独り言は君の最期に僕が叫んだ言葉」. I like that part a lot.

And then the ending! 月下の夜想曲's vibe is grand and a little whimsical as well. I think it is fitting for an album closer, combined with Bois de merveilles.

(written november 2 2025)

感情エフェクト

ONE OK ROCK

Originally Released November 12, 2008

Tracklist:

恋ノアイボウ心ノクピド 10/10
どっぺるゲンガー 9/10
皆無 8/10
20 Years Old 9/10
Living Dolls
Break My Strings
存在証明
Convincing
My Sweet Baby
Reflection
Viva Violent Fellow ～美しきモッシュピット～ 10/10
JUST 10/10

So Much (for) Stardust

Fall Out Boy

Originally Released March 24, 2023

Tracklist:

Love from the Other Side 9/10
Heartbreak Feels So Good
Hold Me Like a Grudge 9/10
Fake Out
Heaven, Iowa
So Good Right Now
The Pink Seashell
I Am My Own Muse 1000/10
Flu Game
Baby Annihilation
The Kintsugi Kid (Ten Years) 8/10
What a Time to Be Alive 8/10
So Much (for) Stardust 10/10

Fallen

Evanescence

Originally Released March 4, 2003

Tracklist:

Going Under 10/10
Bring Me to Life 9/10
Everybody's Fool 8/10
My Immortal 9/10
Haunted
Tourniquet 10/10
Imaginary
Taking Over Me
Hello
My Last Breath
Whisper 10/10

I AM ME

Yuya Matsushita (YOUYA)

Originally Released June 2, 2010

Tracklist:

Prologue 〜I AM ME〜 8/10
YOU 10/10
foolish foolish 9/10
Interlude I
Mr."Broken Heart"
LAST SNOW
声にならなくて feat.Sista
Agitation 10/10
Interlude II
ふたり
願いがかなうなら… -Album Version-
Trust Me 😘🙏/10
first snow feat.Sista 9/10
その時までのサヨナラ 9/10
Interlude III
Hallucination 8/10
Kiss me 9/10
Honesty 9/10

GNX

Kendrick Lamar

Originally Released November 22, 2024

Tracklist:

wacced out murals 8.5/10
squabble up 10/10
luther 8/10
man at the garden 8.5/10
hey now 9.5/10
reincarnated 9/10
tv off 9/10
dodger blue 8/10
peekaboo 9/10
heart pt. 6 9/10
gnx 8/10
gloria 8/10

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Originally Released March 16, 2015

Tracklist:

Wesley's Theory 9/10
For Free? (Interlude) 8.5/10
King Kunta 10/10
Institutionalized 9/10
These Walls
Break My Strings
U
Alright
For Sale? (Interlude)
Momma
Hood Politics /10
How Much a Dollar Cost
Complexion (A Zulu Love)
The Blacker the Berry
You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
I
Mortal Man

少女の日の思い出

Phantom Siita

Originally Released October 30, 2024

Tracklist:

キミと××××したいだけ 10/10
おともだち 9/10
魔性少女 9/10
乙女心中
花喰み
HANAGATAMI
ゾクゾク 10/10

As soon as Kikuo played the song he produced for Phantom Siita (Kimi to xxxx shitai dake) at my concert last September, I knew I was going to love their music.

Their style and theme are so cool and elegant to me, and I love everything from the visuals to the instrumentals. With each new single that came out, I got more and more excited. The retro aesthetic of Kimi to xxxx shitai dake, especially in the MV, was my first impression of them. I was very charmed... The more intense beat of Hanagami, while being a slightly different sound, still fits with their image, not to mention how well they executed it.

Out of all the songs, I think my favorite is Zoku Zoku. I really love the extravgant sounding instrumentals, and each member delivers such powerful vocals to compliment it perfectly. I had the chance to see Phantom Siita live recently, and I have even more appreciation for this album after that. Their stage presence is so fun and exciting...

For anyone listening to even just a few of their songs, I would highly recommend watching the behind the scenes videos of their recording sessions. Hearing their raw vocals in the studio is really thrilling... you could even call it ゾクゾク… (get it cause their song is called zoku zoku 🤓) Jokes aside they are all very talented. I am excited to see what they will do next...