Selena Gomez REVIVAL (VINYL)During the short time since her last album, 2013's Stars Dance, and the release of Revival in 2015, Selena Gomez went through about a decade's worth of stuff. A label change (from Hollywood to Interscope), a very public breakup with longtime on off boyfriend Justin Bieber, management issues, various rehab rumors, and even a few good things (a hit single, a charting collaboration with Zedd). Revival is something of a fresh start for Gomez, both

"ATELIER / FERME" sees the pair combine trumpet

the late-capitalist decline and empty big box stores of Sandhills today

Only one track is neither produced nor co-produced by Cole

the band creates some of its most downcast and alluring material

holds up as a bridge between the beat-and-sample mashing of old school hip-hop and the genre's alterna-esoteric future

who is not only the chief songwriter/lyricist but a spiritual touchstone

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Lana Del Rey still faced a challenge during 2012: namely

"Acknowledgment" starts the album with a heraldic summoning from Coltrane's tenor saxophone

feelings of not being enough

but they're surrounded by cuts that can't be classified as hits or even singles

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