What you'd expect from EW&F + some prototypical party rap, wow
Night by Night and Charlie Freak are out of this world
Amazing Jazz pianist; in particular the opening track throws you into chaos and resolves to a reliable relief of assonance and consistent rhythm.
But not all tracks astound so much as the title track. This album is also notably held back by the recording quality of the day-- its very fuzzy and in some songs you can hear musicians humming or keeping the beat.
Keeping in mind the day and age this was released and the target it was released for this is near perfect. It might have difficulty holding up to modern production standards.
Solid throughout, didn't wow me outside of the few prog-metal type influences.
Was not expecting to like this at all based on the title and the first notes; was blown away by the end by how much I appreciated the blues here. Not an everyday listen still.
Slow burn is OK
Lonely weekend is not my jam
Butterflies is OK
Space Cowboy is OK
Mother is not my jam
Love is a wild thing is not my jam
Happy & Sad I didn't notice
Velvet Elvis - disgust
Wonder Woman - bored
High Horse - this is neat
Golden Hour - didn't notice
Rainbows- OK
2/5
Cool for history, not cool for me
This is good; its fairly aged but would have been my jam in 78 (5/5??)
Can't dig it. I'm sure it was somewhat of a new sound at the time, but it sounds like worse buddy holly to me; most songs have only one thing going on.
Do you wanna dance, Help Me Rhonda, I'm so Young are OK.
Pretty cool, groundbreaking without losing popular appeal
Starting to hear some yes-type sounds; interesting
In 1966, this was probably neat, and the recording quality is good and the compositions are solid; but the songs all melt together, and I don't want to sing or dance, or feel a significant emotion from listening to them.
Great production and vocals; very distinct style
It's a very nicely produced album with a big emotional swing; and I can see getting lost in it. But, I don't think individual songs really work by themselves. It's a great album but I wouldn't go back to listen to any individual parts of it for entertainment, and couldn't put it on in the background either, as its too interesting for other things to be happening during it, unless you're alone and not doing anything else.
It's ok; giving a little bit like bowie
Seems cool but not really enthralling for me, a little too chill and a little too intentionally weird. Probably amazing while high.
Message in a Bottle is obviously a classic and it holds up, although I can never really get used to how the Police let their songs end by fading out instead of writing an ending
Walking on the Moon and Bring on the Night are nice
What the heck is On Any Other Day doing? It's cartoon punk?
It's fine, but instrumental organ proto rock isn't my thing
Obviously a few classics on here, but the second half of the album doesn't maintain the peak of the beginning. Loses a little from the big songs being overused in commercials and movie trailers, etc.
Experimental in a way that would be refined by dozens of artists over the next decade; in isolation from its history the production of the album seems unrefined and simple; but the monotone vocals leave it a distinct style and beyond it's biggest hit (Don't You Want Me) it's listenable and several tracks are catchy.
Bangers through the middle, solid through the end
Starts out a little weak with Never Going Back Again in 3rd
Not generally my style but good all the way through-- beyond the hits, surprised by Downbound Train and I'm on Fire
Obviously has some good pop songs; not terribly surprising in any of the songs which I wasn't already familiar with.
This is really nice! Nothing stands out as a bad track.