The Boyz "Reveal" Album Review (Patreon)

I recently purchased The Boyz’ “Reveal” album and sat down to listen to the entire thing. I know some people were asking if I could do reviews or first listens to albums, but I don’t think I’m well versed enough in the technicalities of music production to make official reviews. So, I’m just going to put my thoughts here as a bonus for your subscription— especially since we’ve been watching Road To Kingdom. I may keep doing this as schedule permits with other albums :) Also format-wise, these are just random thoughts as I listened to the album for the first time.

Watch my album unboxing here. 

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“REVEAL”

Overall Rating: 8/10

Disclaimer: I’m not a musician so I don’t review things from a technical perspective. I come from an artistic and consumer point of view.

EGO

Dramatic INTRO

SM Material??

Great use of Synth 

ISSA BOP

vocal is a great, smooth contrast to the harshness of the synth

Not a big enough bridge. It didn’t really go anywhere. Wish it extended somewhere. That last bit got too repetitive for me.

REVEAL

Watch my reaction here.

SHAKE YOU DOWN

idk why but the vocals seem like they’re recorded too far back. It's not front and centre

great phrasing in the rap, great variation in delivery

I feel like I’ve heard this beat before though, not anything new?

The bridge was a bit of a let down. It was set up quite well but it didn’t push farther than I would’ve hoped for. There are some great vocals in there tho which is a shame. I feel like the instrumentation could’ve supported those more.

SCAR

great pre-chorus

I like that whisper chorus shit going on—very chill. Great contrast to that darker rap tone. 

Vocals could be a bit more mysterious I feel like.

better story progression 

nice 'woohoo' falsetto parts near the end of the song

SALTY

great smooth vocals

great drop

unexpected chorus (picks up a little bit) which makes this slower song not cheesy

love the conversation between the vocals and the instrumentation

Nice vocals!!

Didn’t mind the lack of a big bridge, had enough going on throughout the song to keep you engaged

Great variety in pace throughout the song

BREAK YOUR RULES

LOVE THE HARMONIES OFF THE BAT

Nice cry in the vocals and harmonies

Nice change in the album. More of a vibrant feel, energy uplifting music

Quite normal story and music structure. More for easy listening

Can potentially be quite catchy cause of the chorus

Love the drop in pitch in the bridge

Very cool ending!

WINGS

Have heard of this intro before. Very kpop

Something you’d get from Day6

Great falsettos

Easy listening as well

Very seductive vocals in the second verse

If it weren’t for the vocals, this would be a bit too generic for me

Great use of lower tones

Love that the vocals switched from falsettos to mixed chest voice

GOODBYE

Yesss OST SHITTT type

GREAT BREAK in the album — adds versatility to the group

THE HARMONIES FUCK ME UP

YASSSSS

Their most vocally centric song on the album

Love the different layers in the vocals

Love the piano and simplicity of the instrumentation

KEY CHANGE

SPRING SNOW

Classy piano

ANOTHER OST SHIT

Nice catchy melody in the melody

Second verse is quite generic — contrast to the originality of that chorus

Their saddest (emotionally) song on the album I feel like

OH DAMN THE RAP. NICE CHANGE. NICE journey into that last chorus

Oh damn that last bit of instrumentation. Ugh so classsyyy

FINAL THOUGHTS

Nice variety in music. It shows their craftsmanship and their skills are nicely shown off. Because if you’re gonna put out an album, you should showcase everything you’ve got. Every time. I like the different genres because these idols are not one sided. They have layers and layers in there. I like the latter half of the album more. Could be a taste thing. I do think that they needed a song with a bad-ass bridge and over the top latter half because if we're thinking of a group that can pull off EXTRA in their discography and performance, it's The Boyz. I feel like their concepts and choreography is an A+ but their song choices are more of a B+. They need to match their amazing concepts with their song choices. Nonetheless, I put a whole bunch of these songs on my playlist!

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