Muse was my first ever rock show. Muse was the first band I discovered on my own, and I recommended it to all my friends. I remember when I first heard "Darkshines" and went bizarre playing it, on repeat, showing it to everyone around. I still wonder why the metalhead girl who all the guys were into, for some reason, did not like its fuzz-driven riff... Well, whatever. The point is – Muse is a super important band to me that has largely introduced me to heavier music, and it's sad that 10+ years after I heard this album for the first time, I don't like it as much as I used to. Is it because this album foreshadowed what Muse was to become in a decade? Probably, and that's key to my relationship with the band: Muse music (sorry for the awful wordplay) appeals to teenage angst and frustration and high hopes I experienced on par with all the other 14-year olds who did not get the lyrics, but in retrospect, the songs appear... Pretty stupid? Naive? Overly pompous? Well, probably everything together, and I don't want to listen to it anymore. Sorry, Muse. Don't get me wrong, I'm still super grateful to Muse. I enjoy (my memories of) the cyber-machinegun fuzz-n-whammy guitar riffs, distorted basslines, insanely produced vocals, guitar-keyboard lines... You name it. Unfortunately, for me, this is the last great Muse album, and that's what makes it more bitter than sweet.

This album is something! Given it was released in 1975, it is basically (correct me if I'm wrong) post-punk that was recorded before punk. Legit stuff that reminded me of some later records I sincerely love. Highlights: Hero and After Eight.

Ringo is underrated, Paul is genius, harmonies are super cool. Guitars sound like cheap crap from today, mixing is weird af, too stereo for headphones.

Is this a good Leonard Cohen entry point? I bet it is

Ringo is underrated, Paul is genius, harmonies are super cool. Guitars sound like cheap crap from today, mixing is weird af, too stereo for headphones.

I Gotta Getta – perfect bass drum. Rhythmically offset lyrics – first song is a gem. For 1979 wow.

Meh, too straightforward and banging to be intriguing, lame-ass music for people who don't care about music. Pros: legendary riffs and catchy (stupid) lyrics. Didn't listen to the full tho'

Old-school rock'n'roll, liked the hard panning. The problem is I don't like rock'n'roll.

From today it sounds like generic rock'n'roll although the vocal is nice timbrewise and the live atmosphere is awesome.

Unavailable mostly in my Spotify :(

The band sounds the best when it goes to the darker realms of post-punk and alternative. Reuters and Pink Flag are the best from the first side.

This is lovely, just lovely! Happy to listen to it again.

Some lines are super sticky

Skipped after the first few songs

Now I get Fleetwood Mac.

The brothers gonna pump you up!

I didn't get the sound

Barbarism at home is like Кино meets the Killers.

The music is naive, and future is nothing like what they imagined, but still nice

Did not like it

The production is godlike

Okay, as a hater of heavy metal in general, I am surprisingly in love with this music. Cheerful and energetic shit.

I'd like to hear this remastered. Full-blown heavy metal (am I right?) with this late 80s sound. Maybe a bit too monotonous, I'd like to hear more space between the sounds

That's my childhood, no way I could not love it

Iron maiden is better lol

Breakbeat sampling is what I love about the late 90s.

Meh, although groovy, it lacks the fatness and energy of more fortunate (in my opinion) records within the same genre. The mix becomes too sparse to my taste when the guitar is turned down – probably due to heavy metal influences with massive low-mid guitars and screamish vocals.

Power-pop is what killed heavy guitar music by making it refined enough to be popular and paving the way for all the post-grunge nickelback music we loved when we were teenagers. Compared to the early Hole albums this one is way lighter... and, oh my god, I hate the stillborn almost sample-like production.

American songwriting is hard for me to appreciate.

"Willie and the Hand Jive" has a super cool groove. Overall, this album is boomer music but cool boomer music.

I like the production and all but somehow this album sounds like background music to me :(

Is this a good Leonard Cohen entry point? I bet it is

Ambitious? Yes. Is it well produced? Maybe for the 70s, but overall I tend to agree with the guy who told them that's a poorly-made collage-like record. Although there are two great songs (Love of my life and Bohemian rhapsody), other songs are plain stupid. The only good in them is Freddy's vocal that sounds angry, energetic and transparent at the same time, that's badass.

First, this album is offensive and toxic. Second, a huge part of the 1001 albums are the US bluesy bands and performers which starts to bore me.

Not available fully in my Spotify, unfortunately. Nothing too special, pretty much standard bluesy stuff except for being ultra dirty and garage. That's what I liked about it.

Solid production but didn't take my breath.

Super inspiring stuff. As an alt-rock guy I might listen to earlier albums more (even Pablo Honey!), but this one is way more creative.

You gotta be kidding me, two of my favs in a row! Here's a meme for you: Слушает In Utero Мальчик: Rape Me, Heart-Shaped Box Мужчина: Milk It, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Very Ape

Is this Boney Ms evil twin?

Meh, I know that Bowie = change, but this one is rather boring.

Wow, some angry shit

In words of James Hetfield, YEAAAAAH

IDK, all this glam/satanist aesthetics don't appeal to me at all. I can appreciate the music and production, though, these are fun.

Funky

I was skeptical about it (the name is too postmodern for the music The Band plays) but there are some gems. Up on Cripple Creek is my fav.

Awesome

Strangely, but I liked it

This album is something! Given it was released in 1975, it is basically (correct me if I'm wrong) post-punk that was recorded before punk. Legit stuff that reminded me of some later records I sincerely love. Highlights: Hero and After Eight.

Okay, it's rap, isn't it? Some songs are obscene, and I have nothing else to say, kinda generic hip-hop music to my ear. Still better than generic blues rock.

I should sample the drummer.

One of my all-time favs.

Perfect Christmas album

Legendary

The production is really inspiring, and the extensive sampling of jazz and what feels to a white guy as "black" music gives this record a feel of being rooted not only in Kendrick's creativity but in a larger context of US history.

Elvis + Christmas = <3

For some reason, the vocal speaks to me. I like it's ever-changing nature, going back and forth from low-key speak-singing to high-pitch wailing, switching between acoustic guitars and heavy fuzzy riffs, and so on. Interestingly, this album's lower BPM makes it even more relatable. Cool.

Idk

Okhuenno

While we nauseously headed towards the new millennia, The Prodigy settled the edge where the anxiety of what's next was conjoined with excitement and frustration and turned it into dance music.

Metallica grows on me...

Wow, McCartney is maccartismo (idk y google keyboard claims this is a word). Anyhow, great album with sum unexpected power moves like the distorted synth/bass on Jet.

Despite being boring sometimes, this album gains extra points from me for it's ambitious production and innovative use of electronic instruments and effects.

This album's cover is fun. Apart from that, I found myself to dislike 1980s music from the US. Meh.

I am having hard time figuring all the eighties music, I'm so sorry. Not my bowl of 🍲

Nois

The one with the banana is better, haha.

Muse was my first ever rock show. Muse was the first band I discovered on my own, and I recommended it to all my friends. I remember when I first heard "Darkshines" and went bizarre playing it, on repeat, showing it to everyone around. I still wonder why the metalhead girl who all the guys were into, for some reason, did not like its fuzz-driven riff... Well, whatever. The point is – Muse is a super important band to me that has largely introduced me to heavier music, and it's sad that 10+ years after I heard this album for the first time, I don't like it as much as I used to. Is it because this album foreshadowed what Muse was to become in a decade? Probably, and that's key to my relationship with the band: Muse music (sorry for the awful wordplay) appeals to teenage angst and frustration and high hopes I experienced on par with all the other 14-year olds who did not get the lyrics, but in retrospect, the songs appear... Pretty stupid? Naive? Overly pompous? Well, probably everything together, and I don't want to listen to it anymore. Sorry, Muse. Don't get me wrong, I'm still super grateful to Muse. I enjoy (my memories of) the cyber-machinegun fuzz-n-whammy guitar riffs, distorted basslines, insanely produced vocals, guitar-keyboard lines... You name it. Unfortunately, for me, this is the last great Muse album, and that's what makes it more bitter than sweet.

Despite all the likability of the garage-rock revival bands like this one, I don't wanna listen to this stuff anymore, although if a chance comes by – I might dance.

This is fun and danceable but overall not my cup of tea. God, make me wanna go to Ibiza and party to tunes like these.

Remember being a kid in the summer of year two thousand something? That's what this album sounds like

Now I get why The Cure is considered one of the most important post-punk bands on par with Joy Division