All time Kpop BIBLES (top 9)

You can only chose ONE album by artist. And it's a top 9.

Special mention allowed. Three max.

This is mine:

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In no particular order:

1. Ruby - Jennie

-> masterpiece!

2. The Perfect Velvet - Red Velvet

-> kpop rnb HEAVEN ...

3. 4 Walls - f(x)

-> banger album from start to end!

i might prefer some songs on PinkTape more, but I prefer this album as a whole. both are PEAK tho.

4. With Love, Yerin - Baek Yerin

-> beautiful, tender, melancholic...

5. Sailing - AKMU

beautiful ballads, lyrics, artwork ...

6. Chat-Shire - IU

-> some of my favorite song of all time like Heart, Knees and the Shower and interesting concept

7. Teddy Bear Rises - Oohyoo

-> unmatched vibes and feels

8. INVU - Taeyeon

-> another kpop masterpiece, very moody atmoshpere and exceptional voice

9. Get Up - NewJeans

-> top of the game, outstanding creative direction, pop perfection, literal (short ) gems like New Jeans and Get up amongst other pop bangers.

+ My special mentions are PINK TAPE by f(x) obviously, New Jeans by NJs and A Flower Bookmark II by IU. For different artists, Loona and Shinee are also great. (xx and View).

Yes, I love my kpop female soloists .

How do you find it my top 9? Do you also have similar favorite ones?

What is YOURS

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There's no skip-less kpop albums, but these are what I first thought of

- Perfect Velvet, Red Velvet

- Ruby, Jennie

- Oddinary, Stray Kids

- Purpose, Taeyeon

- Chat-shire, IU

- Universe, EXO

- I've IVE, IVE

- Love Yourself Her, BTS

Not really sure about the last one, maybe SNSD's 1st Japanese album if that counts

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Another masterpiece mentioned!!

But yeah, it's a japanese album smh... so it's more jpop.

I like your list, eventho Purpose is probably my least favorite Taeyeon album ...

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Oh really? I loove Purpose.. I find all 3 of her albums so good, so it kind of depends on the day which one I prefer. But imo Gravity is one of the best songs in her discography, I always listen to it regularly.

Well i love INVU the most because i LOVE 90% of the album. But my favorite songs from her are on My voice, aka Time lapse and 11 11. But yeah, as an whole body of work, it's not as cohesive and good as INVU in my opinion... same with Purpose.

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i saw this and was genuinely about to tweak cuz wdym that 30 second CLIP, not even a song, is your fav

then i saw the "album" part in OP and its like ok..ur off the hook for now

cara share your list

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I always thought Purpose was quite cohesive, My Voice is the one that definitely lacks cohesion, but the highs are so high. To me in general they all have kind of similar amount of highs vs. skips/forgettable songs. For INVU I find the 2nd part of the album noticeable weaker than the first half, but it's a great album.

And yes Time Lapse! Straight up a masterpiece and one of the best songs ever to come from kpop

I wish the whole My Voice album was composed and produced by Nell and filled with songs like Time lapse . I mean you know around a sound like that ...

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I will name the ones I remember......

MADE - BIGBANG

The Album - BLACKPINK

Ruby - Jennie

Get Up - New Jeans

Crush - 2ne1

Rise - Taeyang

Coup D'etat - GD

For now it's these ones.

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all YG list except NewJeans .

'nyway please give a try to this masterpice:

4 Walls - The 4th Album - Album par f(x) | Spotify

f(x) · Album · 2015 · 10 titres

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I added BTS too

And sure, it's bc I don't really listen much to k-pop albums, majority of the time is just like the tt and maybe one or two bsides...

Sure sis .

NOW, have you heard 4 Walls by f(x) ?

(the album)

Cause you should

Specially to that:

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Ruby Jennie

Get Up New Jeans

Don’t Mess Up My Tempo EXO

And that’s it I think. I only like 3 acts in kpop rippppp

God please protect Jennie .

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Fun thread. I added a few k-hyperpop/indie-pop albums to help bring mine up to 9. I’m super picky when it comes to whole albums.

(These are not ranked)

TripleS AAA - Access

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Fav song: Charla

Loona Odd Eye Circle - Max & Match

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Fav song: LOONATIC

Jennie - Ruby

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Fav song: Damn Right

Illit - Bomb

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Fav song: Bamsopoong

Yuzion - Young Trapper

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Fav song: Jealousy

NewJeans - NewJeans EP

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Fav song: Attention

iiso - Ash

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Fav song: Bloody Hell

Effie - Pullup to Busan

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Fav Song: More Hyper

Aespa - My World

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Fav Song: Thirsty

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No red velvet, no fx ...

Now dear Bottles, where is 4 walls ?

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Why is there no Aespa in your list? Not even in the special mentions…

They have some amazing songs, but i find their body of works as a whole rather inconsistant.

Like there are 2 sometimes 3 really good song on an album/ep and then songs which are way below their quality.

Like Ill make you cry+lucid dream BANGRS, wtmy+thirsty same, whiplash+flowers+flights same and then there are the other songs .

Idk.

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I have never listened to Oohyo

And why the former owner of edam entertainment is here

cause mommy is a GOAT  

she is cited TWICE btw

and you should give Oohyoo a try, she is an amazing korean indie singer. maybe even the best. she also co wrote Ditto .

some of her songs i recommend:

honey tea (my fave korean song)

vineyard

youth

butter chicken

dandelion

teddy bear rises

bunny mask

etc...

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I tried in earnest today but it’s not for me. I got to X and had to call it quits I’m afraid. But 4 Walls is still a bop

Wait the best part of the album is right after that song !

Rude love, Papi, Diamond, When Im alone etc...

Give it another try .

Chuseyo ?

Quote from CaraFIMIE

Memory - MAMAMOO

Antifragile - LE SSERAFIM

HORN - APINK

The Perfect Red Velvet - MAMAMOO

An Ode - SEVENTEEN

My World - AESPA

And then the last three was mentioned in OP. Try guessing

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the perfect velvet - mamamoo??

mmmm ... get up? ruby? 4 walls?

and no shinee?

i love their albums shinee world and view

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...

sooo... was i right in my guesses?

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Some outside shouts from me for some more recent albums.

Illit - Super real me - super short, but it's amazing, for not all the controversy i think it would rank higher.

Artmis - Dall - very pretty album, start to finish, cohesive and a vibe.

tripleS - assemble 24 - similar to Dall, very cohesive full-length album with so many groovy tracks.

NMIXX - BV - great album, more eclectic with a lot of different genres but all with NMIXX's signature sound.

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Dall and BV are indeed very good albums .

I could definilty put them in my special mentions. Specially ARTMS/Loona.

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oh no

4 walls is right, though.

and another mention: New Jeans by Newjeans!

tell me the last one

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and another mention: New Jeans by Newjeans!

tell me the last one

CaraFIMIE so ?

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