The ArchAndroid (2010)

Janelle Monáe’s Cindi Mayweather story reaches its second and third suites here. Each suite begins with an overture, so the shift into “Suite III Overture” feels like moving into a different part of Metropolis. The sprint through “Dance or Die” early on and the long final stretch of “BabopbyeYa” give the two parts very different pacing.