TV GirlBest TV Girl Albums Ranked

French Exit

James

9.3

“Being TV Girl’s first album, French Exit is a very impressive work of musical art. At this point in time, I have been listening to TV Girl for around 4 years, but I wish I had found them sooner as they are most likely my favorite band — easily in the top 3. They stand out largely because their music is so unique for so many reasons. Their vocals, use of sampling sounds, the vibes the songs give off, and how every song tells a story that can be relatable to so many people in so many ways also makes them very appealing to people depending on their emotions and what is going on in their life. When driving I love to cue up the about dozen TV Girl songs I listen to religiously as I love the kind of music they create. By going through this album, I have had to make some additions to that list, and will start to listen to whole albums so I’m not missing anything as it truly surprised me that I had never heard of some of these songs before. While this album isn’t perfect, I believe that, Louise, The Blonde, Birds Dont Sing, and Lovers rock are perfect or near perfect songs. While not every song is as good as those 4 are, I do believe that most of the songs are decent being pretty close to 7/10. Some of the songs simply aren’t that good, but they are the exception to the album. By averaging individual song ratings, the album would get an 8/10. However, that doesn’t capture how hard it is to have such perfect songs and that it gets exponentially harder to make better songs, as well as how enjoyable the whole album is. If I take everything into account, I would rate French Exit a 9.3/10. It is truly one of my favorites and I can’t recommend it enough.”

Grapes Upon the Vine

CHAZZJAZZ

7.3

“Grapes Upon the Vine is basically a complete 180 of what TV Girl covers. And I respect that heavily. The album is still sample heavily (what I love about TV Girl.) but with a gospel twist to it. With tracks like ‘Shame’ and ‘I’ll Be faithful.’ with a straight up Chorus’s in the track. Their lyrical writing is at their best here in my opinion. Especially with the subject matter being quite different here. They can still deliver that feeling, just with different ingredients added and removed to the mix. I like to think this album is like the healthier version of their other albums. It’s good. But you’d rather eat the cookies from the cookie jar (Who Really Cares, French Exit and Death of a Party Girl.) The flaws of this album is that the songs can get pretty bland. With some samples being pretty repetitive which is surprising. That one part of Higher ground for example is god awful to get through as its sample is just done so bad. Otherwise. It’s good, but not their best. But they proved that they can change up their style. This totally could’ve been done way worse. But this album shows that they’ll be able to develop and grow as a band.”

Death of a Party Girl

CHAZZJAZZ

8.7

“Death of a Party Girl is the third album By the ‘Sample Happy’ group called Tv Girl. This album goes through topics like the consequences of the party life, hook ups, looking back at youth and lust. This album is definitely more polished than their last two. As their sound with their talent of making samples and alternative instrumentals mesh together to make their signature production. It truly does feel like a matured version of Who Really Cares and French Exit. And I love that, because it makes it feel like it continues on the same problems they talk about before, just with the same people more matured but yet still having the same old problems. The only problem with the album is it drops off at the last three songs, I just don’t connect with them like ‘King of the Echo Park’ and ‘7 Days till Sunday’. But I get that as theirs no true resolution with the subjects that are talked about. Other wise this is a perfect Junior project for this band. Still taking their same recipe and adding a matured aspect to it. If you like the other two albums they made. You’ll like this one just as much.”

Lonely Women - EP

CHAZZJAZZ

6.8

“If there was a Tv girl project I didn’t really have an opinion on. It’s this one. Their old singer does a pretty good job capturing the sound they were trying to achieve. But he just sounds too polite for the subject matters and the perspectives of those subject matters they were talking about on this EP. The Tracks are enjoyable. But not something I’d go out of my way to listen to. But if it came up. I might click on it and just listen to it all the way through because why not? It’s not a bad project. It’s just lack luster. And that’s pretty much all of the flaws, lack luster, and inexperienced. They were trying to find their sound (why it’s an EP in the first place.) But if you’re trying to be a TV girl fan. Listen to this one just to know some of their early music. It’s good. That’s all.”

Who Really Cares

CHAZZJAZZ

8.8

“Who Really Cares is a perfect album for anything melancholy, romantic, heartbreaking, just anything involving some sort of interest of another human being in your adolescent/ young adult life. The ‘sample happy’ group shows their ‘sample happy’ style off here, Now more experienced than French exit. In a way that the samples feel almost perfect with their instrumentals. Like they were meant to be together in the first place. The flaws with the album that sometimes the album can get a bit corny with the humor yet edginess. They do it right most of the time but sometimes the lyrics just make me scrunch my nose as it’s just too weird. Overall, on a personal level I recommend it to any teen. Literally any teen. And they’ll enjoy at least one song on the album.”

French Exit

CHAZZJAZZ

8.9

“French Exit was the true official start of the ‘sample happy’ group called TV girl. The whole project has this vulnerable and wrong feeling to it and I love it. Through the album they talks about the new hookup world of relationships. Some talking about one sided love, lust, and relationships falling apart. The production fits the subjects they talk about as it’s melancholic, bittersweet and nostalgic all at the same time. The sampling is done very well without it coming repetitive. The flaws with this album I found is that the consistent narrative of relationships can sometimes come out a bit corny for my taste, but that’s pretty much the whole point of the album. I just wished they dove in different perspectives a little more. This album otherwise is really good. If you’re going through heartbreak, nostalgia of a past relationship or are looking for an album with great sample use with an alternative vibe. Check this out.”

French Exit

ConnrrrB

9.0

“I like this album so much that I love it. I share a lot of history with this album, I’ve religiously played tracks from this album over the last 3-4 years without knowing how good the full album was, so I played all of it. I think this album is almost perfect, it is absolute art and I think it is SOME of tv girl’s best work. Although there are a few songs in there that don’t appeal to me quite as much which doesn’t make it a 10/10.”

Who Really Cares

cav

7.4

“Taking What's Not Yours 8.2/10 Song About Me 7.0/10 Cigarettes out the Window 8.9/10 Till You Tell Me to Leave 6.5/10 Not Allowed 8.4/10 (Do The) Act Like You Never Met Me 8.0/10 Safeword 6.4/10 For You 7.3/10 Loving Machine 6.2/10 Heaven Is a Bedroom 8.7/10”