Vivid

Wow this was very samey and in your face. Wasn't a fan

Enjoyable album great rock and hip hop inspiration at points 3.8

Great

Eh, not so much.

Not bad but not that into it. I thought "Funny Vibes" was a disaster of a song until I looked them up and found out they are a group of all black men, then the lyrics made more sense. Got Huey Lewis and the News vibes at certain points, but Living Colour is more hardcore. The moments when they fused hip hop in were somewhat intreguing. Overall didn't do much for me, was tired of it by the end of the album.

S'alright. I know the one song from the sketch show and "Cult of Personality" - possibly from GTA and other Best-of lists.

7

Not bad. not totally my thing, bit of punk and rap though.

3 stars

kinda catchy. not really what I wanted to listen to. cover so cool

kinda cool don’t know really

Good stuff! Luv

Living Colour is something genuinely unique in rock and roll. An absolutely phenomenal album, and featuring one of the greatest rock covers of all times in These Memories Can't Wait.

An album that is somewhat idiosyncratic and yet very of it's time. Certainly a unique combination of genres. I want to like this more than I do but I think its the vocal style (and some of the lyrics) that bring it down for me. I am more familiar with guitarist Vernon Reid from his 96 solo album "Mistaken Identify" which I enjoy much more. Even their 93 album "Stain," though generally not rated as highly, is much heavier and more interesting to me.

At first I was like, ehhh generic 80s-90s "classic/hair metal rock" sound, but it got better as it went on. It's cool that they were pioneers for people of color in this genre though. I guarantee many racists listened to this band, found out they were black, and were like "I'M SO CONFLICTED". Listened to some live performances on YouTube and they seem to get much heavier and more interesting to me. I can see some RATM vibes, I'm guessing they were influenced by LC a bit. Lyrics seem to be a bit socially conscious which is nice to hear. I have heard "Cult of Personality", not a huge fan. I've heard Desperate People, that one is not bad, cool guitar work. Overall very good control of his voice, but not my type of vocals. I got to Memories Can't Wait and was like HOLD ON A SEC. Man, many people covering Talking Heads from our list so far.

Cults of Personality is a straight banger. The rest feels like a lesser tier of Huey Lewis

Metal/hard rock with clear singing. Some songs stand out, most others are solid

Not timeless

This one just did not resonate with me. Though technically impressive, the tracks are all over the place and just do not mesh with one another. There's additionally too much push-and-pull between overlong choruses and indulgent shredding that make the songs 1-2 choruses too long imo.

Can't believe I've never heard this before. Great album.

This had some good rhythm, some nice guitar and a good sound but over all it just felt a bit flat. Felt like it was trying to copy a lot of better bands in the same genre rather than being something different.

was ok - felt like songs that would be used at the end of an 80s film about a battle of the bands, with everyone cheering afterwards and carrying the band out of the arena on their shoulders

Not bad. First song definitely a hit. Some really cool and interesting instrumental bits. I'd like to listen to again but doubt it would be in my rotation

Good start, getting a mix of Kiss/RHCP vibes as we go along. Moving into a little ballad-y jam? Not my fave, nothing wrong with it but just not really connecting with this.

On my second listen, and enjoying the album overall. 'Cult of Personality' is obviously the stand-out, but there's some other notable tracks on here, as well, like 'Desperate People'. That said, I am feeling that, other than the aforementioned stand-out, the other tracks are fairly generic sounding. The guitar work is incredible, but the songs themselves fall pretty flat. It might be because 'Cult of Personality' is such an incredible song, that it just sets a bar the rest of the album can't match.

I wouldn’t say metal, considering the musical landscape of the late 80’s, but fun time.

J'aime beaucoup beaucoup. Excellente découverte. Lola aime bien aussi.

BRa stuff, GH3 !

Well timed on the last day of black history month. Hopefully I’ll see them at riot fest this year

Some catchy stuff but I'm just not feeling it overall.

Cult of personality!

Listened to half the album, surprised by how much I liked the yeehaw. Will Deff finish the other half soon.

I thought of this band as a one-hit wonder before today, but that was unfair. This album is full genre-bending goodness. Best track: Cult of Personality

Love the variety here, great album

This was really quite good! Not nearly as heavy as I was expecting, given the Wiki article, but still a good combination of different genres imo.

i was excited about this album when it showed up and i'm FEELING it!!

Heard this album a fair few times, it's funky and metal and just fuckin cool 4/5.

Blended together, classic rock.