Janelle MonáeBest Janelle Monáe Albums Ranked
8.4
Avg Score
36
Opinions
7
Albums
11
Reviewers
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
““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 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
“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 genre-blurring R&B star is on her 'champagne shit,' and we're here for it”
The Age of Pleasure
““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 is Janelle Monáe's poppiest album to date, as well as her most deeply sexual and political.”
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