I did a 180 on this album and glad I did

NO VINYL WTF ABEL

I hope we get a lil appreciation tweet today, we know that it's his fave album

I missed the pillow and rug

How does it feel?
Do you feel like you did before?
Do you see the world getting small?
How does it feel, are you free?
As for me, I've been getting grown
As for me, I've been getting old
As for me, I’ve been flying around the world
I’ve been killing these shows
But I'm always getting high
Cause my confidence low
And I'm always in a rush
Ain't no time to f*** slow
And even if I try
It's not something I would know
But I'm sure I'll make you c***Do it three times in a row
And I'm sure you would have left
Put that p**** in control
Got that p**** in control
I got it in control
Control, control, control

One of the best albums of all time fr

Missing the Pillow and Rug is pain

To the Greatest album.of all time

Happy X 💚

Just spun the vinyl. Classic.

f***ing classic

You know how boomers love Bob Dylan and Marvin Gaye for their defining albums for young men of that time? Kiss Land is that for our generation. Every young man needs to hear this record.

What an album. Haven't heard anything like it since. All of his influences combined into one on this.

Why would you think so? I think he tried to be more mainstream while remaining unique and mysterious at the same time.
I feel like Starboy is probably his favorite because he was on top and could just f*** around and do what he wants.

Could be wrong but I’m pretty sure he said that it’s his favorite album

It's a lot of reasons tbh.
He shunned the album because of the reception, and for years didn't acknowledge its existence.

When it charted 3 years ago, you could see how hype he was on twitter and he made a special Memento Mori episode.

Also from this interview before Dawn FM dropped:

Why did Kiss Land fall short? Was it the label people pushing and pulling you in different directions or what?

Oh, no. The exact opposite. Kiss Land is not a label’s type of record. Especially since it’s the debut album. As a debut record, there was an expectation for it. I guess, for me, it was the fourth album.
.....The second time I ever got on a plane was the Coachella performance. I went on one plane trip before that—to Costa Rica as a vacation. Going on tour, seeing the world—I went to Tokyo, America—there’s all this new information. And then on top of that, I wanted to continue making music. And me not fully transitioning into full-on pop star yet, I was kind of in a middle ground. And I feel like Kiss Land was that. It was a very honest album. It was a lot of me being stubborn, of not letting a lot of input in. I had hit writer’s block, and my friend Belly helped me out of that. It was a lot of overcompensation to really say, “I don’t know. This is what I have, but I don’t know what this is.” And it became Kiss Land.

.....If it wasn’t for Kiss Land, I wouldn’t have been able to make this new album. That song that you just heard? That’s Kiss Land, man. It’s just me understanding how to use Kiss Land now, in my craft. But it’s definitely my most honest record. I was the most naked. Most vulnerable. And it is what it is.

It has to be - aside from Trilogy this is his most personal album sonically imo, it's an album only he could make

Hmm very interesting, I always had the impression he tried to be silent about it because it faced so much backlash back then and only started to care about a bit for a second when there was a random hype behind it.
I thought if it's really his favorite he wouldn't act like it's not existing at all.

More than happy that it's also his favorite, as it's mine..

Relistened to KL yesterday in anticipation of the anniversary, haven't listened to it in its entirety for 3 - 4 years.
Can't say I like it as much as I did back then to be honest

A lot of filler tracks for a 10 track album. Some songs meander and end up nowhere.
Definitely don't think it's even close to his best work.

Tears in the Rain still one of his best album closers and perhaps a top 5 Abel track tho

Been waiting all year for this and he gives us nothing smfh i aint tryna buy no weeb shirts man

Tears In The Rain

I heard that s*** live

What filler songs are there?

He needs to do a performance of this like Kanye did for 808s at the Hollywood Bowl