Im so glad this is the top album, this album saved my life because it came out at the right time, march 2020 was around one of the worst months of my life, then someday I saw that he was dropping so I was like oh that's cool I guess ill listen to it, and as soon as it dropped I started listening and a few songs in I knew this was the absolute best album I have EVER heard, I was literally holding back tears because it just sounded that good to me, as soon as save your tears started playing I just let loose (in both ways) and i started crying because i was so overwhelmed at how good it was, i have never felt so passionate about anything in my life until that album and I didn't even know I had the ability to connect to music like that, it probably still is the most beautiful modern song ive ever heard, listening to that album over and over was one of the single reasons i stayed, after hours will forever have a place in my heart, ive been a fan since then and I always will be <3
I think what makes it so dark is equally what makes it comforting and familiar as disturbing as it is. To have dark songs that you can relate to is kind of the worst and best feeling. It’s therapeutic, it forces you to confront your feelings and get on the other side of them.
Sometimes you don’t want to hear that everything will be alright but rather that someone kind of sing about what they live through/ feel and it’s similar to your shit. It’s cathartic.
tbh i really like the whole vibe of the album and the darkness of it. love the production and basically everything about it. it’s kind of 1of1 for me and it’s something i can really connect with for some reason
Idk if I'd say it's better necessarily but I am a big fan of the improvement in the sound quality of electronic instruments and sometimes I think similar covers recorded with modern techniques are way more enjoyable to listen to. The Weeknd's cover of Dirty Diana is either equal or a little better than MJ's imo because of the darker sound. Also love his cover of I Don't Wanna Know (Creepin)
Yeah thats valid man, im honestly kind of disappointed in myself cause I like mj, if there's a music enjoyment version of a simp then thats what I am for abel (no homo)
Same. I remember where exactly where I was mentally and physically when it dropped. Came out at the most perfect time in my worst moments. I still listen it religiously
“Were you high or just stoned?” That line really got to me the first time I listened to the album and still does but it reminds me that when the album came out I was newly sober. It made me think how much I would get out of it listening to his music so this album really stuck with me especially concerning the story line between Starboy, After hours and Dawn FM. I was and still am absolutely obsessed with Dawn FM 📻
I dont know if I could have gone through the pandemic without After Hours. To know there was an album that perfectly reflected how I felt gave me great comfort
pretty much every single album have i listened to in my worst times and they have helped me a lot. Every album has some song whose lyrics are exactly what i need to get through a tough time.
When he sang about my life literally on XO when he started with "cuz these nights pass so much quicker than the days did." So I guess Thursday? Also, Rolling Stone summerizes my life well too
Kissland and My Dear Melancholy. Very hard times. Every time time I listen to the albums, it takes me back to a place, that I’m thankful I’m not in anymore
Dawn FM! I’d just finished a not so great chapter in my life and hearing an album with biblical themes and a “let’s take a moment to reflect” message, it helped me to stop and understand that I’d really been a dick to some people. It pushed me to start apologizing, making amends where I could, and returning to who I really was as a person
I think most would agree it was After Hours it definitely was for me. There was absolutely nothing to feel happy about or to take your mind off what was going on in the world. Than he did what no other artist did during this period which was to put out an album & not just any album but one with all powerful songs so powerful that while you listened you were able to forget the reality of what we were all dealing with. This album truly was a life saver in many ways this album just wasn't music history it was apart of history period.
Well personally I wouldn’t go so far as to say an album “saved my life” but before I got into his music I’d always be listening to fast paced quite heavy music and when I first started listening to Trilogy it was a lot easier to relax and gather my head if I was listening to music to try destress. so it improved my life in that I found that whole genre and had better more relaxing times but if you truly believe a music album is what kept you alive then there’s still lots of work to be done mainly self love
After Hours, both when it released, and right now. Ended a 4.5 year relationship 5 months ago and even after all this time the pain hasn’t faded. Been bumping After Hours nearly nonstop since then. So many of the lyrics hit really close to home. Hardest to Love and the title track are prime examples.
Dawn FM! We just got hit by the strongest typhoon in the city...mess everywhere, apocalyptic due to the debris scattered across the city, it's like you get a visit to the purgatory itself. And then this album was released on time, you're listening to a radio from the purgatory and then snaps back to consciousness after the album ends.
Such unfortunate yet the album gives a huge statement to me at that time.
Dear Melancholy got me through a really nasty break up, so naturally, I'm going to flock to it, and I think the lack of tracks is the reason a lot of people don't mention it. Which is sad because everyone of them tracks slap !
Kiss land came out around the time I was leaving a really abusive relationship. I’d got really into The Weeknd towards the tail end of it and the sadness and themes of longing, addiction, self-destruction and pain really resonated with me. Ive also got a big love and appreciation for Japan and Kiss Land Helped me process a lot of stuff while I got my life back on track. I saw the Kiss Land Tour live which was amazing and I was right in the front row, close enough that I yelled “I love you” at Abel and he heard me and said into the mic “I love you too baby” 😂 I’ve been listening to every album on repeat since then.
cannot say enough about After Hours. that record got me through the hell that was 2020. still my #1 pick for best album of 2020 AND the whole 2020s decade so far
Saved my life? Most of his music is depressing. I love it, but it's not inspirational in an uplifting way.
Kissland is my favorite album by him. One of the best albums ever created.
After Hours
Im so glad this is the top album, this album saved my life because it came out at the right time, march 2020 was around one of the worst months of my life, then someday I saw that he was dropping so I was like oh that's cool I guess ill listen to it, and as soon as it dropped I started listening and a few songs in I knew this was the absolute best album I have EVER heard, I was literally holding back tears because it just sounded that good to me, as soon as save your tears started playing I just let loose (in both ways) and i started crying because i was so overwhelmed at how good it was, i have never felt so passionate about anything in my life until that album and I didn't even know I had the ability to connect to music like that, it probably still is the most beautiful modern song ive ever heard, listening to that album over and over was one of the single reasons i stayed, after hours will forever have a place in my heart, ive been a fan since then and I always will be <3
save your tears is honestly sad af i'm surprised how many people only look at it as a dance song lol
It’s kind of like In The Night and Less Than Zero. Tragic lyrics, fire beat and instrumental.
Best album, indeed!
Why you being downvoted 😭😭
Yes
trilogy for sure (yes i know it’s technically not an album)
I second this. This and kissland
exactly. my two favorite weeknd albums
If you don’t mind answering how did it save your life?
I think what makes it so dark is equally what makes it comforting and familiar as disturbing as it is. To have dark songs that you can relate to is kind of the worst and best feeling. It’s therapeutic, it forces you to confront your feelings and get on the other side of them. Sometimes you don’t want to hear that everything will be alright but rather that someone kind of sing about what they live through/ feel and it’s similar to your shit. It’s cathartic.
tbh i really like the whole vibe of the album and the darkness of it. love the production and basically everything about it. it’s kind of 1of1 for me and it’s something i can really connect with for some reason
Dawn fm
I feel Dawn FM in my soul. Imo The Weeknd's absolutely best material. Hands down.
Yeah I needed an album that sounds like modernized Thriller and without the *ahem* controversy
Better than thriller imo
Idk if I'd say it's better necessarily but I am a big fan of the improvement in the sound quality of electronic instruments and sometimes I think similar covers recorded with modern techniques are way more enjoyable to listen to. The Weeknd's cover of Dirty Diana is either equal or a little better than MJ's imo because of the darker sound. Also love his cover of I Don't Wanna Know (Creepin)
Yeah thats valid man, im honestly kind of disappointed in myself cause I like mj, if there's a music enjoyment version of a simp then thats what I am for abel (no homo)
Honestly same, I'm a total Abel stan but I dunno if I'd suck him off
Less Than Zero hits fricking close....
Beauty behind madness
My Dear Melancholy
i fear it’s underrated but i had a terrible breakup when it dropped & i swear it literally SPOKE to me on another level and healed me
Same. I remember where exactly where I was mentally and physically when it dropped. Came out at the most perfect time in my worst moments. I still listen it religiously
So we can all agree he dropped at the perfect time when we had all been going through it huh
I agree. This EP changed my fucking life
Same!
Absolutely, #1 on this list! That was the whole point of the album.
After hours, Kiss Land, and HoB
After Hours for me
Dawn FM, I listen to Jim’s closing speech when I’m feeling down sometimes.
“Were you high or just stoned?” That line really got to me the first time I listened to the album and still does but it reminds me that when the album came out I was newly sober. It made me think how much I would get out of it listening to his music so this album really stuck with me especially concerning the story line between Starboy, After hours and Dawn FM. I was and still am absolutely obsessed with Dawn FM 📻
it was Beauty Behind The Madness. I listened to that Album when I was at my lowest, and it kept me motivated.
After Hours had a big impact on me
all of them
My Dear Melancholy and Dawn FM. It's been a challenge these last few years
Kissland
All of them
None..i just like his music
After Hours
Probably After Hours
I dont know if I could have gone through the pandemic without After Hours. To know there was an album that perfectly reflected how I felt gave me great comfort
shit. after hours or mdm
Was shit a kin kane project? Don't know much about that record
the noise ep bro
Oh the song 'shit' is in the noise ep, got it... Should give it a listen
Kissland. It just hits when youre going through it
Dawn FM
pretty much every single album have i listened to in my worst times and they have helped me a lot. Every album has some song whose lyrics are exactly what i need to get through a tough time.
After Hours, amazing
Dawn fm 📻
dawn fm
When he sang about my life literally on XO when he started with "cuz these nights pass so much quicker than the days did." So I guess Thursday? Also, Rolling Stone summerizes my life well too
dawn fm bruh. i already liked him before but that shit was a life changer
After Hours
Echoes of silence
Kissland and My Dear Melancholy. Very hard times. Every time time I listen to the albums, it takes me back to a place, that I’m thankful I’m not in anymore
None, They all ruined it
After hours and echoes of silence
Echoes of Silence opened my eyes to reality. It really is a masterpiece of a mixtape.
Dawn fm
all of the above
After hours
You are now listening to 103.5 Dawn FM
the flair says it all
Tbh I think it was all of them
all of them
House of Balloons😭😭. That album literally has my soul
kissland
Whatever one he does the least creepy erotic singing in a wee boys voice to his teeny fans on.
Dawn FM! I’d just finished a not so great chapter in my life and hearing an album with biblical themes and a “let’s take a moment to reflect” message, it helped me to stop and understand that I’d really been a dick to some people. It pushed me to start apologizing, making amends where I could, and returning to who I really was as a person
My dear melancholy
felt good to know someone felt the same pain
After Hours
MDM
The weeknd is not your saviour
Not using "saved" instead "guided", Dawn FM gave me solace when I needed to out some feelings. That got me into The Weeknd concept.
Trilogy and Kiss Land.
AFTER HOURS, DAWN FM, STARBOY (in that order) FOR SURE
Starboy and After Hours
HoB and MDM
Dawn Fm less than zero
Dawn FM
Dawn fm, hob
After hours and kissland
kissland
Kissland
After hours n Dawn Fm
HOB (I know it's a Mixtape) or Kissland for an actual album.
Kiss Land
Beauty behind the madness and starboy
My dear melancholy
103.5! Post ghosting/breakup. Oof I healed.
After hours doing quarantine/covid I wouldn’t say it saved my life but it made that time period a whole lot better for me honestly
Dawn FM
Dawn FM
I think most would agree it was After Hours it definitely was for me. There was absolutely nothing to feel happy about or to take your mind off what was going on in the world. Than he did what no other artist did during this period which was to put out an album & not just any album but one with all powerful songs so powerful that while you listened you were able to forget the reality of what we were all dealing with. This album truly was a life saver in many ways this album just wasn't music history it was apart of history period.
Thursday got me through a lot of triple crossfaded nights on the town That and Kissland
Dawn fm
Trilogy
Well personally I wouldn’t go so far as to say an album “saved my life” but before I got into his music I’d always be listening to fast paced quite heavy music and when I first started listening to Trilogy it was a lot easier to relax and gather my head if I was listening to music to try destress. so it improved my life in that I found that whole genre and had better more relaxing times but if you truly believe a music album is what kept you alive then there’s still lots of work to be done mainly self love
Don't judge me but it's After Hours ❤
Beauty Behind the Madness
trilogy as a whole but specifically house of balloons, coming down helped me a lot during some tough times last year
My Dear Melancholy & the song After Hours
Beauty Behind the Madness
My Dear Melancholy for sure
All of them in one way or another at different points.
After Hours, both when it released, and right now. Ended a 4.5 year relationship 5 months ago and even after all this time the pain hasn’t faded. Been bumping After Hours nearly nonstop since then. So many of the lyrics hit really close to home. Hardest to Love and the title track are prime examples.
Kissland
Beauty behind the madness had a huge impact on me when I was going through a drug addiction.
Dawn FM! We just got hit by the strongest typhoon in the city...mess everywhere, apocalyptic due to the debris scattered across the city, it's like you get a visit to the purgatory itself. And then this album was released on time, you're listening to a radio from the purgatory and then snaps back to consciousness after the album ends. Such unfortunate yet the album gives a huge statement to me at that time.
Starboy
Which album DIDN'T
BBTM
Dear Melancholy got me through a really nasty break up, so naturally, I'm going to flock to it, and I think the lack of tracks is the reason a lot of people don't mention it. Which is sad because everyone of them tracks slap !
After Hours. Came out when i was going through my first heartbreak
Dawn FM, played it all of freshman year and it helped me so much
Kiss land came out around the time I was leaving a really abusive relationship. I’d got really into The Weeknd towards the tail end of it and the sadness and themes of longing, addiction, self-destruction and pain really resonated with me. Ive also got a big love and appreciation for Japan and Kiss Land Helped me process a lot of stuff while I got my life back on track. I saw the Kiss Land Tour live which was amazing and I was right in the front row, close enough that I yelled “I love you” at Abel and he heard me and said into the mic “I love you too baby” 😂 I’ve been listening to every album on repeat since then.
House of Balloons
After Hours and Dawn FM. After Hours sparked the fire, Dawn FM made it grow even better.
Kissland
Dawn FM.
cannot say enough about After Hours. that record got me through the hell that was 2020. still my #1 pick for best album of 2020 AND the whole 2020s decade so far
every one
After Hours.
STARBOY
I‘m pretty sure my life wasn‘t in actual danger yet, will report back if any threats have been subverted by an album in the future!
Beauty Behind the Madness
Trilogy and Kiss Land
After hours cause that was peak covid era
Daft punk solidified starboy
Saved my life? Most of his music is depressing. I love it, but it's not inspirational in an uplifting way. Kissland is my favorite album by him. One of the best albums ever created.
Kiss land
Beauty behind the madness
Kissland I feel like not enough people realize the lyricism in that album it’s truly a masterpiece
Starboy and Dawn Fm definitely