2LP
Republic Records (2013) EU
Kiss Land (2013) followed up The Weeknd's unanimously celebrated double-platinum selling 2012 debut, Trilogy. Tapping into that same signature mystique, this second effort is an elegant pastiche of love, longing, and lust set to a futuristic soundtrack of shimmering keys, disruptive synths, and airy atmospherics. The album produced six singles including "Kiss Land," "Belong to the World," "Love in the Sky," "Live For," "Pretty" and "Wanderlust." It's dark. It's dangerous. It's decidedly sexy. It's The Weeknd.