Crazy's 2021 purchases:

[CRAZY-HORSE]

and the award for crappiest album cover of 2021 goes to......

OLIVIA RODRIGO  "sour"

from California, debut album...
"Disney Channel starlet" from all accounts, just turned 18.
songs on the album are far better than the cover art indicates (or for that matter, the fact she was a Disney star!)...
sort of a modern 'jagged little pill' for me as she lays all her insecurities over failed relationships and being 'used' on the table...
a bit of pop-rock, mostly pop but mainly well crafted pop ballads with a couple of folkie type tunes that wouldnt be out of place on Taylor's "folklore" or "evermore" albums...
she has a really good voice in the same ilk as P!nk and if given the chance could mature into a really good rock/pop artist IMO.
album opens up using a sample of Elvis Costello's "pump it up", so assuming shes a fan its easy to see where her youthful angst originates from...
only eleven tracks on here but its over in under 35 minutes, just like an album should be, nothing too long or overblown, just straightforward pop...
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

tracks:

1:  brutal  ***
2:  traitor  ***
3:  drivers license  ***
4:  1 step forward, 3 steps back  ***          
5:  deja vu  **
6:  good 4 you  **
7:  enough for you  ***
8:  happier  ***
9:  jealousy, jealousy  ***
10: favourite crime  ** 
11: hope ur ok  ***

3s  -  7
2s  -  4
1s  -  0

rating:  2.7

favourite wasnt even a single!:  (lyrics in the video) - seems a common relationship issue for women ie: walking on eggshells