Perfect inflection point between 60’s folk/rock and what was to come in the early 70’s for rock. Everybody was for a moment in that band totally together and making a near perfect album.
This album felt like Metallica dropped a lot of the melodies featured in Puppets and went back to the thrash of earlier albums but combined lots of riffs and changes into longer and more complex songs. I liked it overall, the mix is weird, but the album feels meaningful and is a great listen.
I liked this more than I expected and there were some songs I would go back and listen to. This is not a genre I typically listen to. It feels like the midpoint between 80’s synth pop and the industrial synthy music of the 90’s and early 00’s. I can hear Chvrches, NIN, and Muse.
They said they were not corny, but they were. This was a not good album. Other groups did this style much much better and were more cool doing it. Songs I did like: one of them, Hey
It was fine. This albums sound felt like the forerunner for all of the acoustic based music of the 90’s except it was genuine. However, Fast Car is a desert island song.
Minimalistic loud dumb fun, background vocals were great, rhythm guitar perfect. It’s an AC/DC record. Touch To Much deep cut gem.
Heroes is a great song but this is not in my top 5 Bowie albums. It is the first of the three Berlin albums I’ve listened too. Blackout is very good.
A perfect connection point between post punk and new wave to the grunge and alt rock of the nineties. Super distinctive lead guitar and drums, and Kim’s voice is a perfect addition throughout. Obviously the singles are the best songs but even with all the experimentation the album sounds cohesive.
There were a few standout tracks. Jailbreak, Boys, and the covers were great, but most of the others were not exceptional. The dual guitar work was incredible though.
Very close to a 5. Amazing mix of genres and so much personality from the Fugees. This album was as good as the hype made it out to be. A classic of mid 90’s hip hop. Listen to Ready or Not and Fugee La
I liked this more than I expected and there were some songs I would go back and listen to. This is not a genre I typically listen to. It feels like the midpoint between 80’s synth pop and the industrial synthy music of the 90’s and early 00’s. I can hear Chvrches, NIN, and Muse.
This album obviously marks the birth of heavy metal and countless other genres and is very good by itself. Some moments sound very ahead of its time while others are still raw and untrained and sound like four 15 year olds in a garage.
I enjoyed this much more than I expected. I never could get into this band but having to listen to the old album helped me figure out why people are into this band.
Go listen to Pannonica right now.
The first few songs were not good but I liked the folk/country styled songs. Maggie may is perfect obviously. I’m just can’t listen to Rod’s voice for a long period of time.
Great album up and down, first Megadeth album but I really really enjoyed it. Perfect exemplification of the era and the genre. A little more diversity in style and it would be a perfect 5.
I tried to go into this album without thinking about all the other Doors albums and songs I’ve heard a million times and listen with fresh ears. This album doesn’t have a great single and I don’t think it has a top 15 Doors song. The things that stuck out that I liked were the organ and guitar and synth?? That was a new discovery for me and Manzarek was on the cutting edge with that stuff in 1970. The spooky songs are better than the blues songs and that holds for all of the Doors.
This was my first Leonard Cohen album and I didn’t know what to expect, but I was especially not ready for dark and brooding lyrics for over plasticy eighties synth production. It seemed like the entire album was digital instruments but somehow hardly felt cheesy or fake. I enjoyed it and can see the depth of Cohens lyrics. Jazzer, drop your axe, it's Jazz police
This album felt like Metallica dropped a lot of the melodies featured in Puppets and went back to the thrash of earlier albums but combined lots of riffs and changes into longer and more complex songs. I liked it overall, the mix is weird, but the album feels meaningful and is a great listen.
They said they were not corny, but they were. This was a not good album. Other groups did this style much much better and were more cool doing it. Songs I did like: one of them, Hey
I appreciate that this album has an actual narrative compared to other concept albums of the time that were more about themes. The probably with this album is that it is boring and not good. It’s influence and benefit to the concept album is important but there is no diversity and no pieces to hold on too.
This is was bad. The only mildly enjoyable part was the last song. Worst one yet.
Great follow up to S/T. More extremely influential music and better production. The bent notes alone on Iron man are better than 90% of the metal released after this.
Perfect inflection point between 60’s folk/rock and what was to come in the early 70’s for rock. Everybody was for a moment in that band totally together and making a near perfect album.