Arca - KiCk ii-iiiii ALBUM(S) REVIEW

Wow, if you add them all up you get a 29. That’s the highest score ever given, just shows how great Arca is

the yassification of anthony fantano is nearly complete

first album to get a 29/10, which means its nearly 5 times better than mbdtf.

The fact that Arca made Anthony say 'Death grips, eat your heart out!' says a lot

9/10 is the highest score he's given to an arca album. love it

FINALLY HE GAVE AN ARCA PROJECT A 9+

Album artwork is next level. Can only imagine what it sounds like

Look at this: Arca talked about the kicks being a form of rebellion against oppression. Kick 1 show us who she is and what she brings Kick 2 is the take over, where the mutants organize to change the paradigms Kick 3 is pure fire, burn to the ground to renaissance Kick 4 is the accomodation and installation of this new future, alienated languages with songs that empower And kick 5 is the last hours of the celebration, there's peace, there's hope and we have this new guide, Arca as Maria Lionza

Can we appreciate how Anthony reviewed all these albums individually unlike every other critic that reviewed them as one album

Current Approximation of Fantano's Year-End List from the Loved List Based on Initial Score Range (12/10/21) 1. Sinner Get Ready by Lingua Ignota - 10 2. The Turning Wheel by Spellling - 10 3. kick iii by Arca - DECENT to Strong 9 4. Promises by Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, LSO - Light to DECENT 9 5. LP! by JPEGMAFIA - LIGHT to Decent 9 6. Daddy's Home by St. Vincent - LIGHT to Decent 9 7. By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Injury Reserve - Strong 8 to LIGHT 9 8. Henki by Richard Dawson and Circle - Strong 8 to LIGHT 9 9. A Beginner's Mind by Sufjan Stevens, Angelo de Augustine - STRONG 8 to Light 9 10. SKA DREAM by Jeff Rosenstock - STRONG 8 to Light 9 11. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz - STRONG 8 to Light 9 12. The Color Blu(e) by Blu - STRONG 8 to Light 9 13. I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses by Backxwash - STRONG 8 to Light 9 14. Rainbow Bridge 3 by Sematary - STRONG 8 to Light 9 15. Palais d'Argile by Feu! Chatterton - STRONG 8 16. For the first time by Black Country, New Road - Decent to STRONG 8 17. Carnage by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Decent to STRONG 8 18. Madison by Sloppy Jane - Decent to STRONG 8 19. Cavalcade by black midi - DECENT to Strong 8 20. Glow On by Turnstile - DECENT to Strong 8 21. Nurture by Porter Robinson - DECENT to Strong 8 22. HEY WHAT by Low - DECENT to Strong 8 23. Imperative Imperceptible Impulse by Ad Nauseum - DECENT to Strong 8 24. Stand for Myself by Yola - DECENT to Strong 8 25. Forever in Your Heart by Black Dresses - DECENT 8 26. OK Human by Weezer - DECENT 8 27. Call Me if You Get Lost by Tyler, The Creator - Light to DECENT 8 28. Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine by Brockhampton - Light to DECENT 8 29. Let Me Do One More by Illuminati Hotties - Light to DECENT 8 30. King's Disease II by Nas - Light to DECENT 8 31. ...And Again Into the Light by Panopticon - Light to DECENT 8 32. TYRON by Slowthai - Light to DECENT 8 33. Hitler Wears Hermes 8 Side B by Westside Gunn - Light to DECENT 8 34. Friends That Break Your Heart by James Blake - LIGHT 8 35. Half God by Wiki - LIGHT 8 36. Smiling With No Teeth by Genesis Owusu - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8 37. Haram by Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8 38. Actually, You Can by Deerhoof - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8 39. Mercurial World by Magdalena Bay - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8 40. Welfare Jazz by Viagra Boys - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8 41. Twin Shadow by Twin Shadow - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8 42. GUMBO'! by Pink Siifu - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8 It's nearly list season, y'all! I will continue to update this until list week, during which I'll post my prediction list without the score ranges, and encompass other records that may not have appeared on the loved list. Thanks to you guys and to Fantano for a great year of listening!

ok anthony so you give arca a 6/10 but then you give arca a 9/10??

An arca interview would be great anthony pls make it happen

Kick iii is Sophie level production, im so proud of arca her music is evolving, also the artworks are insane

When you compared Arca with SOPHIE I feel nothing but a whole in my Heart, I see SOPHIE in the afterlife being proud of these proyects, RIP🕊️

It’s so crazy revisiting Xen and Mutant after the KicK series because they still sound imaginative and cool but feel soooo long ago because the evolution was so vast

Crown is literally a career highlight in her discography - I can't believe you didn't like it. Such a perfect closer to a wild series of albums, as well.

Is it just me or did Joya kinda feel like a tribute to Sophie? With it's synths and ethereal atmosphere, reminds me of some of the cuts off of Oil of Every Pearls. It actually made me cry first listen. So emotional.

I would have score kick iii as a 10, a damn masterpiece

No way I just can't believe he actually did it Guys he just gave La Patrona a yellow flannel

This is like the gangbang of album releases. Just a bukkake of Arca's music to our faces