“This set gathers the three 2011 mixtapes from Toronto R&B singer Abel Tefsaye and adds three new songs along with new mixes and mastering. Trilogy as a whole sets up a narrative that was previously only implied and has more force when heard in this form.”
“Abel Tesfaye's brooding R&B, filtered through blackout curtains and lust-borne regret, won raves from downloaders last year. The Trilogy collects three of the Toronto singer's 2011 mixtapes, but some editing might have better introduced him to the world outside Tumblr: Songs like the drugs-and-sex-soaked "Gone" get lost in themselves, becoming more tiring the more you pay attention. (The resulting”
“The three mixtapes consisting of ‘House Of Balloons’ ‘Thursday’ & ‘Echoes Of Silence’ all together on the single album/compilation is an easy 10. An incredible first album to put out from The Weeknd, especially at only 20 years old.”
“i love house of balloons, thursday, and echoes of silence, literally so amazing. the three bonus tracks make it even better i fricking love abel”
