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Janelle Monáe

Janelle MonáeBest Janelle Monáe Albums Ranked

8.4

Avg Score

36

Opinions

7

Albums

11

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Summary from 36 ratings

On Wavelength, fans have rated Janelle Monáe's catalog across 7 albums from 36 opinions, with an overall average of 8.4/10. The top-rated Janelle Monáe album is The ArchAndroid (2010) with a 9.1/10 average from 5 ratings, followed by Dirty Computer and The Electric Lady. The discography on Wavelength spans 2010 to 2023. Tightrope (feat. Big Boi) ranks as the highest-rated Janelle Monáe song on Wavelength with a 9.1/10 average.

Dirty Computer

Dirty Computer

nme
10

“Young, black, wild, free, naked in a limousine,” Janelle Monáe sings on the breezy but soaring electro-pop of ‘Crazy, Classic, Life’, setting up a manifesto for the record that follows: to live life liberated, in every way possible. From Brian Wilson’s divine vocal harmonies on the celestial title track to the sensual slap-in-the-face of ‘Take A Byte’, Monáe is flexing her muscles with far more

The ArchAndroid

The ArchAndroid

pitchfork
8.5

The singer/songwriter's new album is stunningly ambitious, veering from R&B to rap, pastoral British folk, psych rock, disco, and more.

The Electric Lady

The Electric Lady

pitchfork
8.3

Janelle Monáe's second album is looser and more physical than her 2010 debut ArchAndroid. Together with her tight-knit Wondaland collaborators (and with guest spots from Prince, Erykah Badu, Miguel, and Solange), she supervises and synthesizes a parade of golden era touchstones into a showstopping display of force and talent.

The Age of Pleasure

The Age of Pleasure

rollingstone
8.0

The genre-blurring R&B star is on her 'champagne shit,' and we're here for it

The Age of Pleasure

The Age of Pleasure

nme
8.0

“How are you preparing for the age of pleasure?” an off-camera interviewer asks a set of spring break revellers in a trailer for Janelle Monáe‘s fourth studio album. The answers range from “going to therapy” to “wearing whatever I want, whenever the fuck I want”. But the ultimate response to that question is listening to Monáe follow-up to 2018’s ‘Dirty Computer’. An Afrobeats and disco-laced 14-t

Dirty Computer

Dirty Computer

fantano
8.0

Dirty Computer is Janelle Monáe's poppiest album to date, as well as her most deeply sexual and political.

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