The Top 10 Most Disappointing Albums of 2025

Here's the second annual installment of this list that looks at that were more hype than substance for various reasons we can see here, ranging from nostalgia to wanting to offer a diverse or inclusive list rather than just focusing on which albums have the best songs. People live in such a warped reality bubble they can not handle disappointment and would rather pretend the emperor is wearing clothes than admit their favorite artists are falling short. My role has always been to call out things for what they are, as a form of quality. These are not bad albums, but they did not live up to what these artists did in the past, except for one entry that improved but was never that great and got a critical pass from mainstream music media for reasons that have nothing to do with music.  There are only three artists  that are favorites of mine that missed the mark a bit, but in the interest of honest journalism, those are the ones I must draw the most attention to, so here are the top 10 Most Disappointing albums of 2025

10-Dream Theater- "Parasomnia"

They ranked low on the list, as I expected this album to be bad since most have been after "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence." The fact they score an 8 is better than what they have done, but does not hold up against their best work.

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/02/dream-theater-parasomnia.html

9-Militarie  Gun   -"God Save the Gun". 

They lost what made the previous album unique, despite having leaned in a more Tunrstile direction, they sound like every other California band that wants to be Blink 182. But it is well done for what it is, just not what I wanted it to be. 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/12/militarie-gun-god-save-gun.html

8-the Haunted - 'Songs of Last Resor.t' 

This band might have come about after At the Gates ' 90s breakup, but clearly, their existence is reliant on Slayer as well. They bring the more melodic Swedish guitar solos to the party, but that really feels like the only thing that sets them apart from being a Slayer clone themselves. Some riffs are more Slayer-influenced than others, but the death metal intensity is tempered with the fun-loving thrashing. However, for as long as they have been at it I expect something more original.

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-haunted-songs-of-last-resort.html

7-Fallujah -"Xenotaph"

 Guitarist Scott Carstairs is the only original member of this band. The last album I reviewed by them was "Undying Light," which I felt played it safe and moved in a more metalcore direction. Things are in a more progressive direction, though it does sacrifice some of the heaviness, and over-produced layers of vocals create an Opeth sound when they would be better served following the path of Cynic

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2019/03/fallujah-undying-light.html

6-Model/Actriz - "Pirouette"

The first song made me Google

"Is Jamie Stewert from Xiu Xiu in Model/ Actriz??

No, it turns out Colde Haden is doing his best impersonation. This album was released in May, and there has been some confusion among listeners who mistakenly believe it is industrial music. But no, it's not, and yes, I would rather listen to Xiu Xiu despite the hyper here. 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/09/modelactriz-pirouette.html

5- Machine Head - "UNATØNED" 

Not letting freedom ring like a shotgun blast here, and most songs are reduced to following current metal trends.

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/04/machine-head-unatned.html

4-Billy Idol-"Dream Into It." 

This album gives the impression that his voice has not aged as well as live performances have shown, and the songson this album don't help, though he still scored an 8.5.

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/04/billy-idol-dream-into-it.html

3-Turnstile - "NEVER ENOUGH." 

The original review was a 9.5, and I think a 9 might be more accurate as it did not keep my interest aside from a couple of songs and fell short of what they did on their previous album in terms of the punch it packed.

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/06/turnstile-never-enough.html

2-Higher Power-There is Love in the World If you Want it." 

An 8 is a decent score, but the overall direction almost made them seem likea  different band as they are not playing to their strengths in this creative shift'/

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/06/higher-power-there-is-love-in-world-if.html

1-the Weeknd - "Hurry Up Tomorrow." 

This album scored a 7.5, when he is capable of creating 10s. "Beauty Behind the Madness" was his creative peak, and with "Star Boy" things began to become streamlined for radio audiences, and he has been on creative decline ever since, while shifting his focus to absurd things like movies and TV shows that failed. This should not have come as a surprise. 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-weeknd-hurry-up-tomorrow.html

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Top 40 Songs of 2025 (Part 4 10-1 )

This is the final installment of the Top 40 songs of 2025. It's a list of the 40 catchiest songs that got the most airplay from me this year. These are the songs that I kept on repeat and got stuck in my head, which certainly factored in when ranking these albums in the big picture, only one artist on this list delivered an album that was underwhelming with the single as one of the only memorable songs on the album, but a great deal lies in how that was hyped leading up to the album's release. 

I have split this up into four more digestable play lists of 10 songs, each I think these songs all speak for themselves, so there is no need for me to wax poetic about what makes them great as their hooks will do that for them so take a listen and maybe these will be the melodies that haunt you when you get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night so lets continue into the top 10 songs of 2025.

10-HEALTH- "YOU DIED." 

 

9-Heartworms - "Mad Catch." 

8. Freeze the Fall - "Rot." 

7-Turnstille-"Never Enough." 

6-Taylor Swift- "Cancelled."

 

5-Ethel Cain- "Janine."

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4-Sleep Token- "Emergence." 

3-Hangman's Chair - "Kowloon Lights." 

2-Spiritbox- "Keep Sweet." 

  

1-Ethel Cain-"Dust Bowl." 

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The Top 10 Pop Albums of 2025... so far

 That time of year again. These lists serve as a decent snapshot of where the year is heading in terms of music. I have already received promos for albums dropping as far out as August in my inbox, so they are really going to need to bring it to compete with the top five albums on this list. When it comes to pop what you are not going to see much of are big mainstream radio artists that are part of the music industry machine that spits bullshit out on an assembly line with two dozen producers and even more songwriters making a product for the sheep to consume. Only two artists on this list come from that machine, and both have risen above it, unlike the bulk of their peers. 

What I want from my pop is catchy songs that have actual instruments being played, rather than just empty calories being pumped into my ears. My people refer to this sort of thing as their guilty pleasures, and I do not use that term as anyone on this list is better than vapid shit kids on Tik Tok are dancing to. Hip Hop has pretty much been garbage this year; only two artists have managed to rise from that trash pile to form music with depth.  There are links to full reviews if you want to check these out, and with all that said, here are the top 10 pop albums of 2024 so far. 

10-Aesop Rock- "Black Hole Superette" 

The 10th album from New York's best rapper finds the rhymes flowing like malt liquor. Ten albums into your career, you are going to know how to write a song. He is quick to spit a collage of clever metaphors. You noticed we do not cover a great deal of hip-hop here. That's not because it's just not our thing; it's because the bar is held very high due to rappers like this. So, why accept inferior products being rolled off the assembly line of record labels looking to sedate people whose musical tastes reflect their low vibrational state? 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/aesop-rock-black-hole-superette.html

 

9-yeule- "Evangelic Girl is a Gun" 

This weird little singer from Singapore is a new find for me, though this is her fourth album. Asian post-pop is just not a sub-genre I have delved far enough into. It opens with an almost trip-hop sound that features some subtle guitar elements as it progresses. 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/06/yeule-evangelic-girl-is-gun.html

8-Skunk Anansie-"The Painful Truth" 

 One of my favorite bands from the 90s, who in America were always a best-kept British secret. In my mind, they will always have to measure up against their 1999 album 'Post Orgasmic Chill". Skin's vocals are still on point, and things have mellowed into a shimmering pop pulse, with electronic elements becoming hard to decipher from where guitars are plugged into amps, and the end result is a song so good it does not matter much to me how they got here.

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/04/skunk-anansie-painful-truth.html

 

7-Sleep Token - "Even in Arcadia" 

This has some slapping beats and hooks that would make Sam Smith jealous. This is the kind of music Justin Timberlake wishes he were making. Justin Bieber, rinse off the baby oil and get these guys to write your next album. At times I am not convince it is not Joji under the mask singing. Great moody pop music. 
 

 https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/sleep-token.html

6-Bon Iver-"SABLE fABLE " 

This double album is really his EP "SABLE' last year, which was only three songs, and then the nine new songs, which are the kind of lush experimental pop songs that made his 4th album such a stellar creative success. His falsetto vocal work there magic, as there is also plenty of evidence that shows his time spent collaborating with Taylor Swift has influenced him. 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/04/bon-iver-sable-fable.html

 

 

5-HAIM- "I quit" 

This album works best when the sisters are focused on their brand of cleverness to engage both the lyrics and the music. There is a more 90s pop rock at times that reminds me of Sheryl Crow, with some Zeppelin punches thrown in here and there. The indie rock jangle that runs through this album seeks to get their footing back into their indie roots, more than trying to follow Taylor Swift's footsteps.

 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/06/haim-i-quit.html

 

      

4-Turnstile - "Never Enough"

  

One of the year's most anticipated albums. Even Charli XCX was declaring it would be Turnstile summer at Coachella. They have a hooky chorus and often energetic takes on pop punk, which are not as explosive as their old, more hardcore direction. But the kids at Coachella don't know the difference. They ended up making a pop record that is fun, and their is nothing wrong with that.

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/06/turnstile-never-enough.html

 

3-Pixel Grip -"Perceptide the Death of Reality" 

 This interesting electronic band circle my radar for a minute, their brand of  dark atmospheric pop simmers in introspection. The alluring vocals of Rita Lukea give everything a sex dripping sheen, as they jump into dark 90s techno for the second song. She grinds her hips into the dance floor. 
 

 https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/pixel-grip-perceptide-death-of-reality.html

2-Wu-Tang Clan - "Black Samson the Bastard Swordsman" 

Legendary New York rap collective dropped this album for a more limited vinyl release for Record Store Day, and now it's receiving a wider release. This is the first full-length release since the 2017 compilation "The Saga Continues," which was released as simply Wu-Tang due to the absence of U-God. It's also the first album since 2015's "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" to feature all 9 living members of the group. This album is a collaboration with producer Mathematics, who effectively captures the feel of the group's classic work. 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/06/wu-tang-clan-black-samson-bastard.html

1-Miley Cyrus - "Something Beautiful" 

Miley's 9th album is pretty ambitious. It's framed with preludes and interludes to create a more immersive experience than your average pop. Its ambition is what makes it take the top spot, as she has the production value and execution to back it up. 

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2025/05/miley-cyrus-something-beautiful.html

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Turnstile : "NEVER ENOUGH"

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 One of the year's most anticipated albums. Even Charli XCX was declaring it would be Turnstile summer at Coachella. It opens with the lead single and title track, which has the hooky chant of its title as the chorus. "SOLE" is a more energetic take on pop punk, perhaps not as explosive as their old, more hardcore direction. But the kids at Coachella don't know the difference. "I CARE" is much happier, with a skip in its step, and took a few listens for me to process.; It does not have the same depth as the first two songs. The trumpet fanfare gives a more Spanish accent. This one took a few listens to grow on me, punk but on the happier side of the genre. 

The songs are short and sweet, with "LIGHT DESIGN" riding the line between where they have been and where they are going. "DULL" is fun and has more of a punch. "SUNSHOWER" is an angrier take on making happy hardcore. "LOOK OUT FOR ME" finds them dialing in Andy Summer's guitar tone in places, the overall dynamic balance between their two side might be best captured on this one. This album is more subtle than 'GLOW ON" which grabbed me on first listen. I was initially inclined to think the follow-up was not as urgent energy-wise, but I think I am going to hold off on final judgments til I have sat with this one for a minute. 

"CEILLING" is more of an interlude than an actual song. "SEEN' STARS" carries a more subtle new wave-inflected mood. There is a uniform sound to many of these songs, with varied layers of electronic ambiance dripping from it. Much like the title track, this one drifts and drones over a repetitive melody that unfolds with more layers, and this time, the guitars play a larger role in how it plays out. 'BIRDS" from synth ambiance to Bad Brains-like punk. I like the groove they find for "SLOWDIVE" which reminds me of "Sweet Leaf" and not shoegaze like its namesake. 

"TIME IS HAPPENING"  is more like the intro for the last song, which feels marginally more like more of a fully realized song than just an ambient lead-up. But it's also so atmospheric that it is almost there and rather anti-climactic. It is for this reason and the general tone of the album that "GLOW ON" was a 10, and this album is a 9.5, which still puts them at the top of the game; the hype and expectations were as viral as what happens here. 

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Song of the Week - Turnstile's "Never Enough"

 

The title track from the band's forthcoming album, which is due for a June 6th release, finds Turnstile taking this week's honors. The song seems to indicate another step away from their hard-core roots into a more atmospheric rock direction, as the song works off a droning groove and the melodic vocals form a sing-song chant to help hook you in. It invokes the crossroads some post-hardcore bands found themselves at with shoegaze in the 90s. However, they are certainly more uptempo than, say HUM. Whatever they are doing certainly works, despite finding them moving in a more accessible direction, which should find them poised to attract a larger audience; it's hard to complain when the song is so well written.

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The Top 40 Nu-Metal Albums -20-11

As we continue to delve deeper into our list of the Top 40 Nu-Metal albums, things begin to require a more objective view in order to shed the sense of nostalgia carried for certain albums from this era. These are the forty albums from the genre that have best stood the test of time. We have not leaned too  heavily on  any one band, in fact there is only one band that made a large enough contribution to perhaps the genre’s entire existence to merit more than one entry, These are not the album with singles that got the most plays from Carson Daily or sold the most units back in the day when bands sold albums, but the ones with the best songs. Popularity means nothing, as sheep will just follow the leader. I am also not just limiting it to the mid to late 90s. There are plenty of nu-metal albums released recently that got right what bands before them did not catch onto, as well as a few that preceded the label of nu-metal. 

 Don’t be quick to break out the cardboard just yet, as album that relied solely on rapping are in the minority, as they all ended up sounding like what the Beastie Boys did on “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun”, and if your entire career can not exceed the dynamic range of a single Beastie Boys album, then chances are you are not the best of any genre. I also am standing fast by the metal part, this meant excluding a few great albums by bands who were more post-hardcore or even just intense rock albums that were not metal. Don’t expect to see the Beastie Boys on here either, if you can’t understand they don’t belong on a metal list, then it’s time to drown yourself in the next convenient body of water you can find. With that let’s dig into our Top 40 nu-metal albums.

20-Orgy - "Candyass" 1998

Signed to Korn's Elementree Records , this band called their sound death pop, the aggressive more metallic elements sometimes got overshadowed by the dense mix of synths. Johnathan Davis has a guest vocal spot on this album. The bass got thumped enough for them to share the stage other nu-metal bands of the time despite gaining radio traction with their cover of "Blue Monday". 

            

 19- 3teeth -"Metawar" 2019

Not only did this band take the industrial strength grooves of the 90s and polished them up with modern production value, but they made them darker and heavier. The lack of JNCOs and chain wallets, some how makes me able to take this more seriously. These songs bump where most metal today grinds. 

   

 18- Fear Factory- "Obsolete" 1998.

These are the top 40 nu metal albums, not the best albums of every artist represented careers, since "Demanufacture" would be Fear Factory's and many of their fans might wince at theme appearing here. However let me point out that Burton C Bell uses vocals that have an almost rapped cadence. They crossed over into a wider audience with this album  Given when this album was released the grooves went in a direction where metal was heading not against the grain. 

 

 17- Mindless Self Indulgence - "Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy" 2000

Jimmy Urine's absurd delivery is accompanied by even more over the top instrumentation that takes punk, dark wave and hip-hop into an almost parodying blender that does what Limp Bizkit did but better and without the frat boy pandering. 

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16- Turnstile - ''Glow On" 2021

The third time prove to be the charm for this band that did what nu-metal had always attempted to achieve in the past, it was genre fluid. Like many nu-metal bands the hard core past of this band gave their dynamic range more punch, but they did not have to tune down to b in order to achieve this. If you stripped the 90s sound of nu-metal of it's Hot Topic trappings the results would be this album. 

   

 15-Strvngers - "Amor / Noir" 2018 

  This album is the antithesis of what Turnstile did on their 2021 album. Instead of stripping away the Hot Topic elements, this duo amplified those. More aggressive and organic than dark wave, the grooves of this album proved to be even more addictive than the heroin sex drenched anthems collected here. 

 

 

14- Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists - 2005 

Take away the mutant chimp sounds and yelling at Mrs. Drainman and you begin to get the idea that these guys were into Judas Priest more than Tool or Korn, but the record label wanted what the record label wanted. This album of anthemic metal bridged traditional metal to nu-metal, even more than Rob Halford did with his TWO side project. The riffs are more ripping for sure .

 

13-Sepultura- "Roots" 1996

The former death metal tinged thrash band was so inspired by where music was heading they infused nu-metal with ode to the tribal roots of the ancestral folk music. The result was something powerful and more gripping than anything that they would do after this. Guest spots from Mike Patton and Johnathan Davis solidified the spot here. 

 

 12- Rage Against the Machine - "Evil Empire"  1996

One of the band's this genre owes perhaps the most to, the created almost Zeppelin like grooves to pummel with their explosive enthusiasm. The most writing was more refined than their debut album and more matured in the expression of anger, with lyrics that make a little more sense, though years later the joke seems to be on their audience as these guys have always been raging for the machine. But the music is fun, so we can pretend they are not. 

 

 11-White Zombie - "Astro Creep 2000" 1995

The band's last album found all the pieces fall into place to create their final form. "La Sexorcisto" grooved but it was rooted in a more Metallica like form of thrash, a change from the band's sludged out crusty punk beginnings. A more  electronic pulse took those grooves to booty shaking new levels. 

the Top 10 Punk/ Hard Core Albums of 2021

Given the state of 2021 it might be surprising that punk did not get angrier this year. Not that I am into political punk. Those albums I gave up on after two songs.  These albums have more passion to them. Two are made by bands that used to be metal bands, along with some post-hard core and screamo all fall into this category. Ok now that that is out of the way, much like in years past sort through the genre lists before making the overall top ten of the year list. The fact these artists made it on the list speaks to how great these albums are, so it's not a slight that the number 8 album is above the 9th album, there is something that just gives it an edge that makes me want to listen to it more. After all we can try to look cool and pick the hippest bands for a list, but at the end of the day what makes an album the best is that it makes you want more, you look forward to listening to it again. I do hope you can find your next favorite on this list and have included links to reviews of these albums if you want to check out audio on these guys. Anyways here are the top punk / hard core albums of 2021

10-  Face to Face - "No Way Out but Through" 

I have not listened to these guys since the 90s, well at least on a regular basis there might have been a moment of weakness or three where I got nostalgic for this kind of 90s punk or perhaps was making a list for one blog or another that asked me to dip back into these years. Not much has changed and it plays to their favor. The first song with hookier and more melodic than when they default to the faster though more punk sound. This is more of an honorable mention for still being able to hold it down better than most. 

Abysmal Hymns: Face to Face : 'No Way Out but Through"

 

9- Harakiri For the Sky- "Maere" 

I have not really noticed any hard-core influence from these guys before. Not sure if this was a conscious change of direction on their part or not. Not devoid of their metal, it is just weird how right from the first song it sounds like a kind of Myspace take on post-hard core. To think these guys used to be a black metal band and now look at them over on this list. 

Abysmal Hymns: Black Metal History Month- Harakiri for the Sky : "Maere"

8-Panzerchocolate-"Postal Punk"   

New Hampshire band has a punky kick to its sometimes-metallic hard-core attack This is offset by the  more sugary emotive vocals. This band meets somewhere near the crossroads of emo and hard core bringing the late 90s to mind more often than not. 

Abysmal Hymns: Panzerchoclate " Postal Punk"

7-Wristmeetrazor-"Relica of a Strange Love" 

I really liked their first album, so the bar is high for this one. It opens with lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth for at this band's heart they are a hard-core band. A very emotional one. Even if their vision of hard core just goes back to the days of Myspace, I do not think they are faking the darkness here. Not all the songs are metallic and straight forward some touch on odd electronic sonic corners. 

Abysmal Hymns: Wristmeetrazor : " Replica of a Strange Love"

 

6-the Armed - "Ultrapop" 

These guys caught my attention with an absurd music video that just happened to also rock. Their rowdy sound is an all-out barrage that makes me think of what it might sound like if Deafheaven was jamming with Andrew WK. I appreciate the lust with which they go for it here even if it tramples the finer points of song writing. 

Abysmal Hymns: the Armed ; "ULTRAPOP"

5- Fiddlehead -"Between the Richness"

Here is the second album from this post- hardcore band that stirred up a buzz with the modest release of their debut that gained a cult following rather quickly. Falling somewhere between the jangle of 90s indie rock and the guts of hard core, they certainly care about the songs even when the more punk recklessness takes over. Though when that is kept in check with restraint and melody

Abysmal Hymns: Fiddlehead : " Between the Richness"

 

 

4-Angkor Wat - "Worst Enemy" 

 The most under rated thrash band of the late 80s. given the era they came from they do not have to try very hard to be more punk than the kids who want to call themselves punk today. This is the second metal band to make that cross over this year. Their 1990 album "Corpus Christi" was light years ahead of it's time, though both of their albums have held up over the years. They have remained marginally active since 1990, with a few small tours here and there and are now picking up where they left off as the first song rips into you have with razor sharp riffing. It is straighter forward than "Corpus Christi" so owes more to their first album "When Obscurity Becomes the Norm" 

 

Abysmal Hymns: Angkor Wat : "Worst Enemy"

3 Drug Church - "Tawny" 

The four songs on the Albany band's new album are a logical progression from where they left off with 2018's 'Cheer" album. All the things that worked best on "Cheer' are in play here. Where the opener has a more slacker 90s post hardcore sound they are angrier and more driving. They found their sweet spot and I hope they hold on to it. 

Abysmal Hymns: Drug Church - " Tawny"

2-Rid of Me - "Travelling" 

Somehow the fact the singer of Low Dose being in another band slipped past me. At times Rosenberg gets more aggressive with her vocals, the overall sound is burlier and noise rock oriented thanks to the beefy bass tones. At the end of the day the songwriting wins out and vaults them to the top of this list. 

Abysmal Hymns: Rid of Me : "Travelling"

1-Turnstile- "GLOW ON" 

The evolution of this band from hard core to whatever they are now happened from the corner of my eye , but now they have my full attention. In some ways there is a Fugazi vibe from the attack of the vocals. This is combined with a Helmet like punchiness . There is still plenty of room for taunt melodies. Musically they bring in sounds from all over the place. Normally I review albums in real time as I listen to them for the first time. This one is so good I played through it a few times before making it to my computer to write about this

Abysmal Hymns: Turnstile : "GLOW ON"

Turnstile : "GLOW ON"

The evolution of this band from hard core to whatever they are now happened from the corner of my eye , but now they have my full attention. In some ways there is a Fugazi vibe from the attack of the vocals. This is combined with a Helmet like punchiness . There is still plenty of room for taunt melodies. Musically they bring in sounds from all over the place. Normally I review albums in real time as I listen to them for the first time. This one is so good I played through it a few times before making it to my computer to write about this. 

 The speed propelling "Don't Speed" is the first solid sonic commitment to being a punk band that I have heard on this album so far. It kicks around with playful yet forceful energy that is convincing in the emotions it needs to vent. Things continue to get weird on "Underwater Boi" .  It is hard to even classify what genre they are occupying, it reminds me of the Police a little. The guitars return to  a more crunchy groove for "Holiday" . The vocals are also more aggressive. Things build into more of a bounce. I have heard some Bad Brains influence in the bounce of the riffs now I heard some Ramones in the vocals of "Humanoid" .  They get closer to conventional punk with "Endless". The vocals are generally more shouted here. They hooks to "Fly Again" are infectious , perhaps making it my favorite song on the album. 

There is a shoe gazing glaze to "Alien Love Call".  It brings the more recent Deftones to mind. The come back angrier with the more punk "Wild Wrld". 'Dance Off" has a fun stompy groove to it. This creates almost more of a rock in roll feel. There is a more unique stylistic shift much like they do with "Underwater Boi" where it gets hard to neatly file it under any one genre. Progressive hard-core?  Then they are back with more straightforward hard core on "TLC"  the chant of  "I want to thank you/ for letting me be myself" is a nice touch. It ends with the more aggressive with atmospheric blend found  "LonelyDezires".  I will give this album a 10, they hit all the right spots with this one.