It's behind Primary's album for me
That is a very high quality album, but it's quality in a bunch of familiar things to me, and after a minute into each song when you know what they're about, they don't do anything to surprise you. It's great for chilling out, but lacks some special touches to age as a standout in my memory. Granted, some attempts at surprises can just be gimmicky hooks that that tire after you've heard them a few times, but if it's done in a proper way you can have dramatic shifts that age in an iconic fashion.
A good example of this is
A Day in the Life, not that I'm putting RV with that, but just that things that start as surprises can be your very distinguishing character after familiarity has set in and it can be good for many years later. Like, did you really expect the chorus on Red Dress to be like that? But it doesn't seem like a gimmick to wear thin. It's just the structure of the song chose unconventional paths, but kept a mind for how it would remain cohesive through the whole experience along with that decision.
Revolution had similar surprises, but less in the way of shifts and more in terms of traditional/electronic genre and instrumentation blending using ingenious arrangements. The Red does play with beats a lot more in keeping with the times, but in terms of rhythmic complexity with every instrument in view Revolution is no less dynamic and transportive.
Yep.
No surprise someone with such refined tastes such as him would ofcourse be the big dog.
My man.
He writes, composes, choreographs, designs, performs, and manages. He's definitely very talented and passionate about what he does and one of the greats despite whatever measure people poke fun at him for his eccentric nature or management decisions.
Edit:
Eunji pls