Royksopp / Junior

1. Happy Up Here (9/10)

I really love the jams and beats of this song, and mentioning the awesome light sample from "Eple", this track really opens up Junior. Great choosing for first single.

2. The Girl and the Robot featuring Robyn (9.5/10)

This track opens up with some awesome bass sounds and kicks in with Robyn's striking vocals. This track literally gave me goosebumps, which automatically entails that the song must be a hit. Definitely worthy of being a single.

3. Vision One (10/10)

This song is the stand-out for the album. Let's see-- great vocals, awesome lyrics, sexy beats, and definitely should be a single. Whoever that woman is who sings in this song is definitely a great singer.

4. This Must Be It (8.5/10)

Very interesting song actually, I like all of the bass sounds, as well as the background vocals sound definitely interesting. I gave it an extra .5 for the awesome ending beats.

5. Royksopp Forever (9/10)

This track starts out with the busting bass booms and the mesmerizing strings, then busts out with a sort-of Eminem feel to it. The strings kick in more heavily, and so do the special effects. This track has really got an epic feel to it. This instrumental track has really got it all, actually. Great job Royksopp. :)

6. Miss It So Much (7/10) 

This song has a great feel to it, and the woman's voice is definitely unique. This song may have something special to it, I just haven't figured it out yet. I'm gonna have to get used to this one.

7. Tricky Tricky (8.5/10)

Great dance track, really stands out from the others. This track is a big bust-out song, and I like that a lot. Sounds decent.

8. You Don't Have a Clue (6.5/10)

This woman's voice is very soft but very strong and dreamy. Her voice really compliment's the interesting beats and boops of the song, as well as the striking opera bolting out voices. Unfortunately, it's one of the "ehh" tracks on the album, kind of really slows down Junior. :( I gave it an extra .5 for this woman's voice. :)

9. Silver Cruiser (7/10)

I do favor the piano takes in the beginning of the song, and also the strings compliment the song. This track is boring though, and also slows down Junior, but it is a nice track, and I'll give it that.

10. True to Life (9/10)

Dance track! Majorly! :) This track totally rocks, I love the woman's voice and the awesome drums. The beat is also awesome, as well as the lyrics. I also like the chorus a lot. :) A lot of great electronic beeps and bops, great track to dance to. :)

11. It's What I Want (2/10)

I would like this song more if it was an instrumental. :/ Sorry Royksopp, this was not good. At all.

BEST SONG: "Vision One"

WORST SONG: "It's What I Want"

Calculate Grade: 

86/110

C+

My Overall Grade:

A-

I thought Junior was a great album because it had a lot of great dance / electronic songs, and the beats were just literally amazing, as well as the vocals. The album had some slow - downs, but the album usually just picked up and went on with greater tracks. Great job, Royksopp.