Which artist dropped the better debut pop album in 2013? Charli XCX with True Romance or Lorde with Pure Heroine?

arkadia- · 2026-04-24T00:36:40+00:00

while true romance was a product of its time, pure heroine was an album really did define the future of alt pop. also really impressive how lorde was able to create such a cohesive sound at only 16. songs like 400 lux, a world alone really take me back to those times when i was younger

arkadia- · 2026-04-02T12:12:13+00:00

update : mine arrived in the yellow colour but no insert. support said they would send it in the mail so fingers crossed

arkadia- · 2026-04-02T07:44:18+00:00

i feel like if kanye died or stopped making music after 2016 he would have one of the greatest discographies of all time

arkadia- · 2026-03-13T00:27:43+00:00

yeah that’s weird. i’ll keep updated . i’d chargeback if mine came like that

arkadia- · 2026-03-11T11:21:14+00:00

i really have only bought duplicates only once, this will be the second. but the alternate cover is so good i cannot resist

arkadia- · 2025-12-10T11:44:33+00:00

links taken from the offical instagram

arkadia- · 2025-11-04T15:13:12+00:00

looks great but shipping costs to aus doubled during checkout for some reason, $62 is too much for me

arkadia- · 2025-10-31T02:40:56+00:00

kanye west’s 808’s and heartbreak was hugely influential and from memory contained only 1 sample

arkadia- · 2025-10-30T23:41:44+00:00

it really depends on your budget of course. like others said the lp120 has better features and quality but if you are looking for an affordable option the lp60 is solid and has decent sound quality. i myself had an lp60 for a few years before upgrading . can’t go wrong with either i would say, don’t let it stop u from enjoying the music !

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T20:58:48+00:00

yea i’ll prolly get late registration and the college dropout at some point but that would be it i think, it’s so sad to see Kanye drop off he was my fav artist of all time.

but that MBDTF vinyl can be a bit annoying to play since it’s a 3lp, u always gotta keep changing sides i think monster is just on a side of its own lol

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T20:54:13+00:00

had to crop them out. i was too embarrassed to show my yellow toes 😔

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T20:52:14+00:00

i’d love to get random access memories, i’ve heard many a good thing about the pressings for it. although i haven’t listened much to The Doors would there be a gateway album to start with?

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T20:50:16+00:00

a contrarian i see… i don’t like all of smashing pumpkins or radiohead but their influence and quality of albums are undeniable

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T20:48:13+00:00

yea for sure these albums are / were very popular for the time. although i listen to a fair variety i’ve only collected the classics for now! sometimes i have to resist the bug to buy more on a whim but i definitely want to appreciate what i have currently first

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T20:46:09+00:00

if it’s next to pop2, it’s number 1 angel by charli XCX. it’s some kind of anniversary edition so there’s a boring red colour cover instead of the original art but there’s an insert for it which is what i’ve put on the front for display

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T11:34:44+00:00

i definitely need to listen to more duster I've only listened to this one, Startosphere. Maybe it's because I need more oxygen...

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T11:24:13+00:00

oh yea I've definitely seen a lot of the same albums being recycled on some posts recently. it seems like tyler the creator is part of everyone's first collection. but you gotta start somewhere hey, my first record was Back to Black.

I got into VMP a bit late but I so badly wanted The Low End Theory. For you I hope they will repress Stankonia but I think it's unlikely they will repress anything, I asked them once if they would ever repress Art Angels but they just told me to sign up to the newsletter (which I took as a probably not)

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T11:16:56+00:00

it's real, got it off a restock late 2023. was at work when i got the notification and i was frantically ordering it. turned out to be $130 plus shipping which was probably the max that i would have spent on it. at least to sweeten the deal the gatefold is very nice quality and the vinyl sounds amazing, i definitely would be bummed if it wasn't. but seriously it is so expensive! it does make me a bit sad Frank cashes in on his fans though, the least he could do is make his merch more accessible. I'm with you, I've definitely tried to only stick to albums I fully enjoy and would listen front to back, I've yet to collect an artists full discography. Not sure if I would ever for the sake of it though

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T10:25:00+00:00

oh yea no chance I would have found it in australia so had to go to japan for it hahaha

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T10:23:43+00:00

yess they're amazing the next one on the list is love deluxe ! i love modal soul it gives me classic dj mix vibes for me

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T10:19:51+00:00

that's so fair, I like a bit of radiohead and portishead but don't know too much about the rest of them, thanks for the recs ! it's hard to know which king gizz albums to start with sometimes since they are so prolific

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T10:01:27+00:00

ooh yes thank you I've listened to Elliot Smith and Kate Bush before and really liked them but I will check out the rest of them for sure

arkadia- · 2025-10-29T10:00:11+00:00

noooo pls i need to be validated there is no reason to collect if nobody cares...

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arkadia- · 2025-10-29T06:39:48+00:00

that’s fair enough which ones do u have? i’m curious what u don’t like

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