Fifth Harmony – Reflection {Deluxe Edition} (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:45 minutes | 598 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Front Cover | © Syco Music
“Reflection” is the debut studio album by American girl group Fifth Harmony. Lyrically, the album discusses themes of female-empowerment, romance, heartbreak and confidence, and this pop album showcases synthpop, “grungy” hip hop and R&B sounds. The album features guest appearances by American rappers Kid Ink and Tyga, as well as American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor, and collaborations with several producers including Ori Kaplan, Dr. Luke and Stargate. The album received acclaim from contemporary music critics, and was ranked as one of the best albums of 2015 by several publications, including Spin, Rolling Stone and Complex.
The debut album from The X-Factor’s second season third-place finishers Fifth Harmony, 2015’s Reflection is a slick production superbly showcasing the group’s multi-voiced approach to contemporary R&B. Working with a bevy of top-notch producers and songwriters including Julian Bunetta, Stargate, Dr. Luke, Ricky Reed, and others, Fifth Harmony members Ally Brooke Hernandez, Camila Cabello, Normani Hamilton, Dinah-Jane Hansen, and Lauren Jauregui have crafted an album that is very much a savvy pop product of the moment. Reflection hits upon all the au currant musical touchstones, from electronic-infused dance music to synthy, rhythmically bumptious hip-hop, to retro-’90s R&B, all without ever going too far in any one direction. If there is any one major antecedent to Reflection, it is clearly Beyonce’s 2013 feminism-steeped eponymous opus. Along with various production similarities, from the militaristic drum corps rhythmic bed of “Bo$$” to the general focus on resonant vocals, there is also an overall vibe of positive girl power permeating Reflection. Fifth Harmony even directly reference one of Beyonce’s most quotable lyrics, singing “Do you ever post your pics with no filter, ‘Hashtag,’ I woke up like this, too” on “Them Girls Be Like.” Although essentially a radio-ready pop aperitif and nowhere near the cultural touchstone of Beyonce’s album, Reflection nonetheless works as a Revlon ad-level post-feminist girls’ night out with plenty of vintage ’90s R&B swagger, all of which works to remind you that these women have all the right influences, from Beyonce to Mariah Carey, on the aptly titled “Like Mariah,” even going so far as to call out the First Lady on the aforementioned anthemic “Bo$$.” While lyrics like “Boss…Michelle Obama, purse so heavy gettin’ Oprah Dollars” don’t rise to the level of social commentary, they do seem to be offered with a glint of tongue-in-cheek humor, making Reflection an undeniably fun listen from beginning to end.
Tracklist:
01 – Top Down
02 – BO$$
03 – Sledgehammer
04 – Worth It
05 – This is How We Roll
06 – Everlasting Love
07 – Like Mariah
08 – Them Girls Be Like
09 – Reflection
10 – Suga Mama
11 – We Know
12 – Going Nowhere [Bonus Track]
13 – Body Rock [Bonus Track]
14 – Brave Honest Beautiful [Bonus Track]
Download:
mqs.link_FifthHarmnyReflectinDeluxeEditin2015HDTracks24441.rar