Meghan Trainor – Timeless (Deluxe) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:57 minutes | 717 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic
Arriving just in time for the 10-year anniversary of her diamond-certified hit ‘All About That Bass’, ‘Timeless’ is a celebration of Meghan Trainor’s growth as an artist over the last decade. On it, she approaches themes of self-love and empowerment with more confidence than ever before, brought to life through her smart lyricism and signature production. This autumn, Meghan will be making her long-awaited return to stages nationwide for the 25-show ‘Timeless’ tour, including stops at Madison Square Garden in New York and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. On the new album, Meghan explains, ‘I cannot believe it has been 10 years since this all began, I have never been more grateful for this life that my incredible Megatronz have gifted me with. This new album and tour are all for them and my beautiful family’.
On her sixth studio album, 2024’s Timeless, singer Meghan Trainor takes a little of everything she’s done previously — from R&B-infused dance-pop to the swinging, doo wop-inspired sound of her breakthrough, “All About That Bass” — and concocts a frothy, confident, mixtape of an album. Helping her achieve this sugary, feel-good vibe are a cadre of production collaborators, including Federico Vindver, Gian Stone, Grant Boutin, Jason Evigan, and her brother Justin Trainor. Together, they craft an album that hits many of the stylistic beats Trainor is known for, including minor-key ’60s-style torch songs (“To the Moon”), horn- driven Latin groovers (“I Don’t Do Maybe”), and, as always, her contemporary, hip-hop-inspired update of ’50s vocal doo wop (“Whoops”). Is much of this pastel-colored, tongue-in-cheek genre pastiche? Of course, but it’s also smartly written and full of melodic hooks that underscore Trainor’s skill as both a pop craftsman and vocalist. There’s an empowered pop swagger to her work, one she deftly encapsulates in meme-sized slogans, as on “Been Like This” with T-Pain, singing “But I been like this, I been like this/Run your mouth, but I’m on your lips/Ain’t nothin’ new, still that b*tch.” That the lyric is perhaps a sly reference to a Meghan Thee Stallion anthem speaks to the canny cross-genre influences at play in Trainor’s work. It’s a vibe she conjures throughout the album, especially on the other guest tracks like “Crushin’” with the New York soul-pop outfit Lawrence and the girl group-esque “I Wanna Thank Me” with actress Niecy Nash. With Timeless, Trainor might still be that doo wop-centric, all-about-that-bass girl, but she knows how to work it.
– Matt Collar
Tracklist:
1-1. Meghan Trainor – Make A Move (02:35)
1-2. Meghan Trainor – Criminals (02:34)
1-3. Meghan Trainor – Crushin’ (02:03)
1-4. Meghan Trainor – Bestie (03:11)
1-5. Meghan Trainor – Booty (02:28)
1-6. Meghan Trainor – Whoops (02:28)
1-7. Meghan Trainor – I Wanna Thank Me (02:23)
1-8. Meghan Trainor – Hate It Here (02:46)
1-9. Meghan Trainor – Been Like This (02:25)
1-10. Meghan Trainor – To The Moon (02:28)
1-11. Meghan Trainor – Timeless (03:13)
1-12. Meghan Trainor – Rollin’ (02:46)
1-13. Meghan Trainor – Love On Hold (02:57)
1-14. Meghan Trainor – Crowded Room (02:24)
1-15. Meghan Trainor – Doin’ It All For You (03:20)
1-16. Meghan Trainor – I Get It (03:05)
1-17. Meghan Trainor – Forget How To Love (03:18)
1-18. Meghan Trainor – Sleepin’ On Me (03:02)
1-19. Meghan Trainor – I Don’t Do Maybe (02:30)
1-20. Meghan Trainor – Bite Me (02:51)
