Apr 03 2022
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Without this site I definitely wouldnโt have listened to it ( not that i hate it itโs just not my normal kinda thing i go for). I am so grateful that I herd it though cause itโs a really good folk rock album I recommend it to anyone really:
Side one is my favourite starting with the title track what a song! I really like that the album starts with the only piano centric song, also it has to have one of my favourite chorusโs and those explosion sounds at the end are good as well. El condor pasa is my least favourite from this for me having a better intro then actual song. The three next songs Cecelia to so long frank loyd wright are great more specifically; Cecelia is a really well placed single and I love all the hand claps at the start. Keep the customer satisfied has great orchestral instruments ( sorry iโam bad at naming these bits) and So long frank loyd wright is a great pace changer and a great closer to side one ; but when side two starts the boxer comes on you know youโre in for a treat! Everything from the lyrical highs of the verses and the simple but effective chorus just show brilliance a definite favourite for me. I like the lyrics and the samples on baby driver but musically itโs really not a favourite of mine. The only living boy in New York sounds a lot more gloomy in the verses and I like how it briefly explodes into the more optimistic chorus. Why donโt you write me isnโt my least favourite on here but its the only one I would call a little bit filler-ish and i do like the horns on it and the fade out works for bye bye loves live cheering. Speaking ofโฆ iโam not huge on bye bye love as a song but I like that they used a live version which makes the handclaps sound so much better. I love how bye bye loves cheering goes into song for asking which is good but its short length makes it quite unsatisfying for me.
5
Apr 04 2022
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
This albums okay but to be fair thereโs so many albums not on the original list that deserve to be on here more:
Sleep on the left side is one of the better ones on the album it might not hit of first listenโฆ but it will.
This version of brimful of Asha is definitely the better one not that the Norman cook one is bad this oneโs just better y know.
The punjabi singing on weโre in your corner works really well and is a decent song and then ending with โ Ibm the coca cola motherfuckerโ.
Iโam not too huge on the beat for funky days are back again but itโs alright.
When the light appears boy is strange but itโs entertaining in the context of this album.
Other than brimful of Asha, good shit is the best here its just a really enjoyable song not much to say.
Good to be on the road back home again is also good but i much prefer the female voice on here then the usual singers.
Iโam not much of a fan of rapping but so candyman isnโt really for me and the bits that arenโt rapping are just repetitive.
Thereโs also a handful instrumental tracks some being really dull (chocolat, coming up and state troopers) and some are decent (like butter the soul (which reminds me of an Indian inspired version of linkin parks cure for an itch), what is happening And itโs Indian tobacco my friend).
The album ends on a punjabi sung cover of the beatles Norwegian wood I think itโs great because Norwegian wood is a good song though and not that the band make it any better, anyway good closer!
2
Apr 05 2022
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
I canโt say that I think I will ever revisit this thing after the review but there are some really interesting bits:
Just before I start the track by track I have to say this artwork is dreadful!
The album starts off with metronomic underground is alright but at 7 mins it takes quite a while to get going and by the end I never wanna hear anyone say โcrazy sturdy a torpedoโ again. Like literally! Thereโs only 4 lines in that arenโt โcrazy sturdy a torpedoโ or some kinda variation in the first song.
Cybeleโs reverie is definitely the best song just a fun sounding french pop song with pretty cool strings, and while repetitive a good bridge!
Percolator sounds like some weird spy theme in my head Itโs alright.
Les yper-Sound I donโt like the singing on this one ( but luckily thereโs not much) this bands french songโs are just better.
I know iโam contradicting myself here but spark plug is actually quite good for an English sung track itโs probably more annoying instrumentally.
Olv 26 takes a bit long to start but the song itself is alright even though the razor like sounds at the end are a bit odd.
The noise of the carpet is more my kinda song very rock but I must say the English singing is still a bit annoying.
Tomorrow is already here is repetitive and the singing is a annoying but musically itโs a favourite.
Emperor tomato ketchup is alright not really a stand out for me the intro drags a little bit longer then i hoped as well.
Monstre sacre is haunting sounds like some weird chant to me itโs hard to hear the lyrics which I donโt mind.
Motoroller Scalatron would be good without the singing or the laser-y sounds still itโs alright ( itโs also very repetitive).
So many of these songs have good lyrics but the way her voice sounds iโam just not a fan especially on slow fast hazel but itโs still one of the better songs I really like the chorus and the instrumental bit.
Anonymous collective is so repetitive but it makes a good ending to the album.
Overall itโs a very entertaining listen that I would recommend for someone to try at least once, but it feels way too long, the singing is a bit annoying and lyrics are repetitive.
3
Apr 06 2022
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
I hope this album can prove that you can like things and still hate the person that made them but lets seeโฆ
I actually quite liked how bawitdaba was it was a great intro track and definitely gives insight into what iโam about to hearโฆ
Well nah I wasnโt a fan of cowboy one bit.
Devil without a cause started off well but drags at the 3 minute mark and the verse with the kid makes me straight up cringe.
I am the bullgod and roving gangster ( rollinโ) were both fairly enjoyable to be completely honest, fine thereโs much better examples of rap and rock working together but itโs not bad.
I think i vaguely remember wasting time before and yeahโฆ it not great also same with welcome 2 the party.
I got one for ya is slightly better and itโs the only way this album has kept up long enough without me giving up.
Somebodyโs gotta feel this is one of the better ones but at this point in the album itโs getting really dull exactly the same with fist of rage.
Only god knows why is a good pace changer but thereโs too much autotune on those verses.
Fuck off is a very mixed one for me the song itself is a return to the normal kid rock bullshit then thereโs some samples at the end which i did find intriguing but they shouldโve used less as that but drags.
Where you at rock is also not great the chorus is so annoying!
Black chick white guy makes sense as the albumโs closer but still not a fan actually the best bit about that track was putting i am the bullgod on again.
This album starts off okay but then a stream of shit knocks you out rendering any possible slightly good song as shit as well.
So in conclusion in this case I donโt like kid rock and I donโt like his music. But it may well appeal more to a fan of rap music cause rap ainโt my scene.
1
Apr 07 2022
Queen II
Queen
I must admit I went through quite a big queen thing a year ago and I still am a fan of their works so it might sound a bit over positive in some aspects, so thereโs a criticism, I think queen are thematically quite weak here only relying on fantasy tropes but at least it sticks to that concept:
Procession isnโt really a song just a lead in to father to son but itโs done well.
I love that guitar solo in father to son and then when they go back to the chorus it goes all angelic but it does drag on a bit at 6 minutes.
White queen ( as it began) is the slowest one so far but the chorus still explodes in your face like any queen song would.
I like the simple little guitar work on some day one day the only thing about this one is itโs quite an uninteresting listen in comparison to before as it doesnโt explode.
The loser in the end is a really solid 70s rock tune I like mayโs guitar work on this one good song!
Now we go into side 2 ( side black) a much more rock side of queen.
Ogre battle has to be up there for one of the best intros ever fine the lyrics are probably one of the worst so far being too stuck in fantasy but itโs still instrumentally so good that the lyrics donโt matter.
The fairy fellers master stroke works so well coming off the explosion of ogre battle it has some of the best piano works in a rock song itโs not that long for queen but i think it does it favours.
Nevermore is so short but i do like the build up on itโs song and I think itโs only a lead up to albums magnum opus march of the black queen a song thatโs so pleasing in every aspect I just wish i was alive back then as this song would be awesome live even if some little bits like the bells were gone itโs almost like a precursor to bohemian rhapsody two albums later then march of the black queen goes into funny how love is if nevermore was the intro funny how love is is the outro to this saga and while probably my least favourite on the album it does provide a solid outroโฆ
But wait they have one more song to give remember after the Jesus song on queen 1 there was a short instrumental now thatโs a full blown track seven seas of rhye it feels more like a bonus then the actual albums closer but it doesnโt matter itโs such a good song and makes the first 2 queen albums feel like a full duo of albums.
4
Apr 08 2022
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
I mean Iโve herd of the name but I have no clue what they entailโฆ
Get innocuous! has very strange but interesting vocals ( I donโt know if this will be a thing for the rest of the album) and it works well as an opener with the long instrumental build up.
Time to get away starts off quite dull and it has very repetitive chorus which I donโt mind, the second half of the song is better because with the ( hoo hoo hooโs) it just sounds more energetic I also like the outro on this one but itโs still not a favourite.
North American scum has been lyrically best so far and i like the build up to the chorus but iโam starting to question his singing/ speaking style.
Someone great has this weird sound what sounds like to someone doing then undoing a zip. The vocals are closer to that of get innocuous but I prefer it on here by looking at the repetitive lyrics I thought I would be annoyed by the bridge but it was probably the best.
All my friends is the lyrically strongest at this point and itโs the first one I donโt have any criticism on the vocals for. This and many of the songs feel a bit too long all placed together for me as iโam used to albums with at most only one 7-9 minute song but iโam surprised how quickly theyโre going past.
Us v them is the longest song on here and iโam not to sure if it needs to be this long, itโs so repetitive lyrically but i like how the instruments build op on here, it does sound like a lot of the previous songs from a sonic perspective but more of a best of each bit then complete rip-off of before.
Watch the tapes is good i mostly like the build up from pre chorus to chorus. Being one of the shortest songs though it did feel it was there to bridge gaps between us v them and
Sound of silver the lyrics on here are so filler and so cringeworthy but I think the main attraction on this one are the instrumentals, which are good but itโs still my least favourite on the project.
New York I love you but youโre bringing me down is a really strong lyrical song and a great pace changer for this group and it works perfect as a closer especially when it builds up.
Overall I like this album iโam not too sure how often I would replay this because it seems like a grower, but Iโll perceiver as i can see why itโs good and thereโs many fascinating songs. I thought that it only being 9 tracks that are mostly really long would put me off but due to the long song length it doesnโt matter so thatโs good. I would also say that the best tracks on here are the most lyrically dense like all my friends.
4
Apr 09 2022
Murmur
R.E.M.
I only really know the hits from this band ( everybody hurts, shiny happy people and losing my religion) so this will be interesting:
Radio free Europe is good it the verses have strong lyrics and the chorus is memorable, it makes sense as the albumโs opener as it sets up the sonic landscape of the album well.
Pilgrimage is more interesting the verses are quite cool with the older sounding drums in the back. I like they choose a slower song off of radio free Europe.
Laughing is alright but itโs much more boring then the first two and the structure is much more straightforward.
Talk about the passion definitely has my favourite guitar riff so far and is a great single it has a repetitive chorus but it doesnโt effect the song heavily and I like how it just breaks off singing french.
I like the overlapping vocals on the chorus of moral kiosk the guitars are also great ( maybe beating talk about the passion) could be a personal favourite.
Perfect circle is great for closing the first half of the record, its a much slower song ( and this is in a not very fast album) the lyrics are good as well and the fade out works nicely at the end.
Catapult is musically great at reopening the album for side 2 but the chorus is way too simple and repetitive.
Sitting still has a great chorus and good lyrics but the fact that only 2 lines only ever change through the song makes it quite repetitive throughout but the song is quite instrumentally led so iโam still fond of this one.
9-9 might be my new personal favourite of mine everything from the speaking at the start to the guitars, the simple but effective lyrics and that inaudible bridge make this a great.
Shaking through is really brought together by the piano in the background but I donโt think its one of the best especially compared to what weโve had but the instrumental at the end was a good surprise.
We walk is a very eh song by far the worst on here itโs so dull!
West of the fields does share the repetitive chorus problem of catapult but itโs still really nice itโs one of those closers that could really go anywhere on the tracklist but it still works nicely.
Wow, I liked this one a lot! Fine there is a bad song in we walk but if that song wasnโt there I would honestly consider giving it a 5. I said the repetitive choruses were a bad thing but itโs only a minor criticism.
4
Apr 10 2022
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
David Bowie has to be my favourite of those classic super popular musicians this review is very positive so to balance it out I will say that hunky dory is the superior Bowie work but this album still deserves classic status and this is whyโฆ
Five years has to be one of the best openers ever, fine it doesnโt have any big instrumental build up at the start, but it does have a slow but great build up on the verses then the outro which acts like an extended chorus at the end.
Soul love is the kind of song I think of when I think David Bowie an amazing pop rock song, great guitars, great lyrics, great chorus and a well done outro.
I love the use of the electric guitar in Moonage Daydream, the instrumental break also works really well with the song and that outro oh my very, very good.
Starman has to be the most iconic Bowie song itโs just such a well done song main highlights here are the chorus the small instrumental break before the chorus and basically anything to do with this iconic songs chorus. The verses arenโt as good as the chorus but theyโre still great.
It ainโt easy feels like a much needed comedown from the first four songs while still retaining that Bowie magic, great to close off side one.
Lady stardust isnโt one of my favourites on here but itโs got some piano work and works well as being a second opener for side two.
Star is a good song for sure its very enjoyable the main song is very fast paced only for my favourite part that outro.
Hang on to yourself is the albumโs weakest point but it still provides good time entertainment and like any Bowie song the instrumental work us so good.
The intro of Ziggy stardust is great and the song tells the story thatโs kinda been hidden by the great music weโve been getting the changing chorus is really good ( man Bowie knows how to make a chorus).
Suffragette city is a good song but that intro with the heavier guitars has ti be my favourite bit. The repeated โ hey manโsโ
Would probably be made really annoying by a lesser artist but they work in this tune and the subtler piano works makes this song so special.
Rock and roll suicide is everything you want from a closer a good slower song that builds up to make this such a satisfying closer to such a classic album.
5
Apr 11 2022
Smile
Brian Wilson
I like beach boys but Iโve only herd a best of album and pet sounds before so Iโam looking forward to seeing what they ( well Brian Wilson) took so long working onโฆ
Our prayer starts off the the album just as a little bit of humming prayer like music makes sense as an intro.
Gee is a very short bit at the end of prayer ,as it should, sounds very beach boys.
Heroโs and villains us really enjoyable with how sonically distinctive each part is other than multi part song Iโve never herd such variety. But i do vaguely remember this one.
I love the drumming at the start at roll Plymouth Rock also I like the change for the chorus and the bridge bit is good.
Barnyard is alright for what it is but itโs just super short.
But it works into the small small instrumental old master then the depressing cover of you are my sunshine.
Cabin essence is another one without such great verity between the different parts which I love and itโs great for ending the first ( of 3) parts.
The backing vocals are great and the that subtle trumpet makes wonderful a good listen if its not one of their best.
It flows perfectly into song for children actually quite a childish sounding in the verses then the chorus just sounds depressed ( which isnโt a problem).
Then child is the father of the man is fairly weird in the chorus but i like it especially the piano work and the trumpet at the end.
Surfs up is truly a favourite of mine now itโs just so fascinating and I like itโs one of the slowest beach boys songs.
Iโm in great shape starts off the final part itโs alright its just a lead into the slow cover of I wanna be around and then the short workshop to end this three piece mini tracks.
Then workshop leads into a separate track vega-tables quite an odd one probably my least favourite โfull trackโ as i donโt like the โ wa, haโsโ in the background and the lyrics are very filler.
On a holiday is a nice piano track with some filler but still good lyrics and the closing moment is great flowing intoโฆ
Wind chimes has these great orchestral moment and the piano bit bridging these parts, but iโam not huge on most of the song.
Mrs o Learyโs cow is a great piano led instrumental which has a good intro then it spirals off into this stranger part being intriguing but not a re listen for me.
The downtempo start of in blue Hawaii swoops in then builds up to a piano section which is cool then it gets much happier only to be met with great strings and horns near the end.
What hasnโt been said about good vibrations? Itโs definitely the top track and a solid closer to this album i canโt say what hasnโt said before so iโam not gonna say anything.
Overall I enjoyed the album but with that many tracks it felt a bit too long and without good vibrations the final part would be a really huge quality drop.
3
Apr 12 2022
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
I recognise the the album cover, itโs quirky but good. I think Iโve herd of the name beforeโฆ
The album starts off with the title track itโs an okay folk track with an odd chorus.
Place to be is slightly better I prefer the guitars on here.
Then is road I like both parts if this song lyrically and the fingerpicking is nice.
Which will is a good song it is repetitive with every song starting with the same line but itโs alright.
Horn is a nice instrumental it fits well on the album but I donโt love it.
Things behind the sun is so far the albumโs best song! The lyrics are good, so are the lyrics and the vocals are the best so far.
Know has some nice guitar work and the humming works well. Thereโs only a few lyrics and they come on really late so I think it wouldโve been a better album opener.
Parasite is another favourite of mine on here I like the build up on this song. And the line โ for I am the parasite of this townโ has to be a favourite lyric.
Like all these songs I like the lyrics and the instrumentals in free ride but I donโt like the way he sings here.
Harvest breed felt way too short but I liked it.
From the morning is nice it works well as the albumโs closer. Itโs also a pretty beautiful sendoff.
I liked the album but I think that I respected it more than I enjoyed it. The albumโs really, I mean really short! But all the songs have some beauty to them, and while Iโam not a big fan of his vocals I would rather them then any modern mumble rapper or over produced pop star.
3
Apr 13 2022
GI
Germs
I am very in the dark about this one so it will be very interestingโฆ
What we do in secret definitely gives an impression of how the albumโs will be.
If I couldnโt understand the lyrics in communist eyes it might be better but other than the rampaging guitars I donโt think itโs great.
When land of treason came on I decided to look at all of the lyrics which are good punk lyrics itโs too hard to know.
The vocals get a bit clearer in Richie daggers crime and the song has great guitar parts so well done!
Strange notes is also quite entertaining I love the instrumental bits and it ends nicely.
American leather is another step down in quality but itโs really short so itโs not a big deal.
While having the nonsense singing lexicon devil is a good one.
Manimals probably my favourite so far good lyrics the vocals are more understandable and great guitar work especially at the start.
I think its the ( lack of) production but our way is so poor quality sounding, but thereโs been worse.
I love the intro to we must bleed and for the most part it doesnโt disappoint ( weird saying itโs the end of side one at song ten though).
Media blitz is alright I like the sample work and I sorta noticed the lyrics so that was good.
The other newest one starts with a great slow intro and after that it is a bit of a let down, but at least this song shows that the band can do songs in a slightly lower tempo and the chorus is good but I probably wouldโve named it another day another catch.
Lets pretend is a very, very typical punk song in my ears thereโs better but thereโs worse.
I like the drumming at the start of dragon lady but after that it becomes just another alright bunk song, I also wish he screamed in the chorus.
The slave is so short I donโt hate it but thereโs better.
Shut down ( annihilation man) has a great intro and by some reading it was apparently recorded live which works un favour for this epic beast of a track but it does drag after the first 3 mins.
It reminds me of a b grade sex pistols, not that I hate the album but Iโve herd quite a few better punk albums and quite a few better albums that arenโt even in the book so they canโt be in the generator.
3
Apr 14 2022
Make Yourself
Incubus
I looked up it was nu metal but other than that I have no clue hereโฆ
Privilege is a good enough song I like the guitars quite a bit, the singing on the verses sounds a bit off but itโs still good.
I like the start to Nowhere fast and then the crashing guitars that take over Iโam not a fan of the verses but the chorus is good.
I like consequence the most at the moment but thereโs this subtle bit of turntable scratching which is annoying but it makes sense for a nu metal band.
I felt consequence flowed well into the warmth ( cause they sound so similar) a good song theres a bit of guitar which was at the end of the intro that doesnโt really get built on instead of on the chorus which I think still needs to explode a bit more to be great.
When it comes is good most of the criticism from the warmth applies here but I like the chorus much more.
Stellar is a good song it sounds a lot like the other songs but the applications some of the best .
Make yourself really sticks out I enjoy this one especially the bridge.
Drive is a really good acoustic song but I wouldโve placed it earlier on in the album to show this bands range more.
Clean has a great intro slowly building itself up only to collapse into the verses this one goes back to that same sound but itโs better just cause of the intro.
Battlestar scralatichtica is a rather dull instrumental to be honest it doesnโt really work.
I donโt mind I miss you itโs just a slower version of what we had already.
I think pardon me and I miss you should be swapped around but itโs a better song than I miss you so it doesnโt matter.
Honestly I liked it but the songs kinda formed a mush as they are all too sonically similar especially on the first half, the vocals also feel too autotune but itโs better than pretty much any pop punk group.
3
Apr 15 2022
1977
Ash
Iโve herd girl from mars but than that nothing I do tend to learn towards Britpop albums though due to personal biasโฆ
Lose control has this awesome aggressive intro and the pre chorus bit was cool too, felt like a theme song for the band.
Goldfinger is a great song works well bringing the pace down after lose control but itโs not super slow.
I donโt hate girl from mars but it is awfully โ fuzzyโ sounding and other than the fact that itโs got a catchy chorus how was this the bandโs big hit.
It does flow well into Iโd give you anything, a ( very fuzzy) mess of a song (in a good way) and has a good guitar solo adding an extra guitar.
Gone the dream is much nicer sounding ( but more boring) than the last two I like the strings in the back of this one.
I like the kung fu noises at the start of kung fu and the song sounds nice enough but the lyrics are stupid and when the cheering comes in around the second verse it doesnโt work.
Oh yeah is much better a poppier track with some good strings the song really lacks a bridge though but it does have a cool guitar solo which kinda counts.
The bit before let it flow explodes should be about half the length, the rest of the song is good though not a favourite but not the worst.
Innocent smile flows really well off let it flow this is a heavier cut, with a cool instrumental drum break not the best not the worst.
Angel interceptor is awesome great intro great song usually I donโt like backing vocals too much but these (surprisingly) worked quite nicely.
Lost in you has been the only time the albumโs wanted to slow down, it does build up in aggressiveness but never to the extent of others.
Darkside lightside is a huge final blow in the face, for my personal opinions of album tracklisting I wouldโve had this as the penultimate and lost in you as the closer until the song goes to its โ lightsideโ an instrumental bit which really feels like the listener has reached the end of something epic.
There are worse Britpop albums on the generator ( elasticaโs debut, the cornershop album) much better on the generator ( suedeโs dog man star, pulpโs different class) and much better that arenโt on the generator ( ocean colour sceneโs Mosley shoals and the longpigs the sun is often out). Overall though itโs very solid and does deserve a place on this generator even if itโs a more mid level Britpop album.
4
Apr 16 2022
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
Of course Iโve heard of this guy and I know heโs a good songwriter that basically canโt sing, I wouldnโt have put a bootleg live album on the 1001 albums book thoughโฆ
The set starts with she belongs to me a good friend enough song ( I wonโt criticise on singing because its Bob Dylan), the harmonica solos also good.
Fourth time around was good (I donโt know the studio versions of Bob Dylanโs songs because I donโt listen to him really), it felt like it took a bit too long to start buy it was decent, creepy lyrics by the seems of it.
Visions of Johanna is good all be it very long โฆ wow this guy likes the harmonica itโs been used so much throughout and weโre only on song 3.
Itโs all over now baby blue has brilliant lyrics! Again lotโs of harmonica, itโs just not my thing this instrument.
Desolation row is really, really good on a lyrical standpoint, probably one I wouldnโt return to much (with its 11 min length) but I like it. There is harmonica again but it takes so long to get to that bit that my anger of the harmonica sorta went away a bit.
Just like a woman was also very good again heโs back on his harmonica but what are you to expect.
Mr tambourine man is good again great lyrics all be it a bit too long for what it is, there was ANOTHER harmonica solo and now I think I need a break before going to the second half
The second half of the set starts with tell me momma while not lyrically my favourite on here the backing from the band works really nicely itโs sad to see this was never played or recorded though.
I donโt believe you ( she acts like weโve never met) is really good as I think his vocals improve ever so slightly being backed by the band.
Baby let me follow you down starts off with the harmonica then going into the main song itโs not as good as the last to and the lyrics are some of the weaker ones but itโs still alright.
Just like tom thumbโs blues is definitely a great certainty the best lyrically on the second set so far and good guitar solo .
Leopard skin pill box hat has a cool rhythm to it great lyrics again you know the drill ( I also think the same about one too many mornings but I do think that one is slightly worse).
Ballad of a thin man is so creepy sounding I love it has to be Bob Dylanโs best song.
Like a rolling stone is a great song to end a setlist on everything good pretty much applies here to be fair.
I liked it but I couldnโt listen to that much Bob Dylan ever again.
3
Apr 17 2022
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
I donโt know nothing about whatever this will be ( hope itโs good)โฆ
The album starts off with box if rain I like how the other peoples vocals get placed on here the song really lacks a hook until right at the end but lots of intro tracks donโt have any so itโs fine.
Friend of the devil is a good song I like how the verses get faster throughout itโs very folky but very good.
Sugar magnolia is a small step down from the first two itโs still a good track but just maybe tone down the โdoo do doโsโ.
Operator is a good song fells like itโs used to bridge the gap a little being the albumโs shortest song also thereโs some annoying screwing sounds ( probable least favourite.)
Candyman is great a nice slow closer to side one, I canโt say for certain but it seems like the song is either about some sorta creep or at least something dodgy going on.
Ripple has a good intro also I like the extra guitar works on the chorus to soundโฆ well like a ripple and the outro is cool.
Brokedown palace is not the best but its a really nice slower song but specially I like the buildup on this song.
Next up is till the morning comes a song that brings back the energy, if I were in the shoes of this group I may have swapped this and brokedown palace.
Now the penultimate track attics of my life , the song starts off with quite a cool guitar part then goes into these sorta heavenly vocals.Around 2 mins in the energy builds up ever so slightly which works well. And while the song lacks any hook itโs still my favourite.
Finally truckin probably another favourite I may have swapped this and attics of my life but I get that the band would want to put itโs only real single on the album in quite a significant position.
Well itโs sure a treat! Some very good songs, fine I would prefer a different running order for side two but it wasnโt an unlistenable order just something I might change on spotify.
4
Apr 18 2022
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
Well iโam donโt really like this sort of music nothing personalโฆ
The album starts off with the song luv n haight its alright it has a good intro but itโs too repetitive anyone who praises the albums lyricsโฆ I donโt see it yet.
Just like a baby actually has some very good instrumental parts the few lyrics feel quite weirdly pasted on and still no real passionate lyrics.
Poet doesnโt say too much but the lyrics are at least a little passionate, the instrumentals alright just got some annoying funk bits but what are you to expect.
Okay, family affair is probably the best written song so far but the instrumental is a bit annoying.
I will have to say although I donโt like the funk bits pasted on them the keyboard work is solid especially in Africa talks to you ( the asphalt jungle) I think I just donโt like funk vocals to be fair, but wow these lyrics are good, at 8 mins though I did get bored.
Theres a riot going on is just uselessโฆ why?
The first bit of brave and strong has great lyrics, the saxophone work is a bit unnecessary but the songs okay.
You caught me smillinโ is dull annoying and repetitive with some nice keyboard work to cover for it.
Time on the other hand is quite good a much slower track nothing too overdone like the rest of the album and songs like this with passionate lyrics kinda makes up for the mess that feels like the majority of the album.
Strong cowboy is has good lyrics but I hate everything else about it.
Running away is surprising good, I can really see the appeal of this song itโs still a bit bloated but itโs fine.
Thank you for talkinโ to me Africa serves as a good closer but that intro is unnecessarily long the lyrics are great and while itโs not really my kinda thing. Good closer.
Itโs half enjoyable but itโs really not for me!
2
Apr 19 2022
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
I have no clue hereโฆ
Koeeoaddi theme was alright at the start fine the singing was bad but instrumentally it was alright then all of these extra sounds render it unlistenable.
The minotaurs song somehow sounds worse thereโs theres these really annoying backing singers who start all making what I think was Minotaur noises itโs still listenable though.
Witches hat would be alright filler but just little bits like putting in the flute ruin this track .
And now for 13 minutes of this band from hell in a very cellular song, weโll itโs really a multi parter, maybe Iโam numbed to the sound of this band but I felt this song was still overdone but it was better done than the previous songs ( especially the first few parts) it does drop back in the normal weirdness of this band but to have 6 minutes of sanity was nice.
Mercy I cry city is okay in terms if this album but there are just too many sounds pasted on.
Waltz of the new moon isnโt that good but itโs still the problem of this band adding way too many elements to their songs.
But it flows nicely into water song at the start a nice pace breaker then it adds in all the weird jangly noises.
Three is a green crown is up next, at the start the extra bits were lower in the mix so I was actually gonna complement this one but it got real poor as it progressed, still the albumโs best!
I would like the intro to swift as the wind but the ahโs made it annoying; actually this probably applies to the whole first bit, then it goes into a slower near unlistenable bit which doesnโt work well for the song, the first bit gets repeated and song done.
Nightfall makes sense as the closer a much slower/ shorter piece itโs very meh.
Overall I hated it thereโs only one album Iโve herd thatโs worse and I given that a 2 but this album just feels like a 1 y know.
1
Apr 20 2022
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Iโve herd his live 1966 album before this so I kinda know how this will go and I know three of the songs from that so I may make a few comparisons between the versions:
The album starts with the song subterranean homesick blues, itโs okay a nice, short opener typical great Dylan singing but also typical poor quality singing but I wouldnโt want anything else. I also expected the harmonica to be more annoying but it was fine.
I prefer this version of she belongs to me than the live version ( which was still one of my favourites on the acoustic half of that album) so thatโs good, great lyrics which I didnโt really mention on that review.
Maggieโs farm is alright I feel its some of the weaker Bob Dylan songs lyrically, but itโs quite enjoyable and the instrumental part is quite strong.
Love minus zero feels like a step up from Maggieโs farm lyrically, It is probably one of the most boring instrumentally especially when thereโs meant to be a full band on this half.
Outlaw blues on the other hand sounds more like a band song, but it still keeps that Bob Dylan sound, but I get for listeners at the time it may have been too alienating from his previous songs. I still love it though!
The harmonica ( a bit I didnโt enjoy on other works) actually works nicely for on the road again and the lyrics are entertaining.
Bob Dylanโs 115th dream starts off entertaining keeping in a bit that really sounds like it should be cut, not saying the song gets any worse just the longer Bob Dylan songs never really entertain me as much as the shorter length ones. The lyrics are entertaining though!
Now for the acoustic half starting off with Mr tambourine man another song Iโve herd previously, this version is a few minutes shorter so itโs really perfect length to be fair and with this version I think I recognised it more and while itโs still Bob Dylanโs singing in a weird way it kinda fits the song and really nice lyrics.
Gates of eden follows a slightly weaker song instrumentally but it still hits well the lyrics are probably the best so far but thereโs two songs left. That piercing harmonica when he gets to the chorus bit works well.
Its alright ma iโam only bleeding, has I nice intro, and I like the way he does the verses fine not great singing but good performance. The chorus isnโt as good but thereโs worse in the world and it does drag.
Its all over now baby blue one Iโve herd before from the live album, probably my least favourite from that album thatโs on here but it was still a better one overall Just not the kinda song I would think of as a closer on an instrumental standpoint but I guess lyrically itโs a perfect sendoff.
Overall a much more enjoyable experience than what Iโve herd from him before.
4
Apr 21 2022
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Iโve herd of the name but I think this is the album iโam most in the dark about (so far):
The album starts with Rikki donโt lose that number. Itโs a decent poppy song that I think I vaguely recognise. I also enjoy the weird little intro bit before the piano crashes in.
I donโt know if this is the best way to say it but night by night sounds quite โfunkyโ
, but with a nice jazz overtone. I really enjoyed the instrumental when the electric guitar came in!
Any major dude will tell you is a nice pace changer a slightly more gentle song ( at the start) while still keeping the sound of this band. A good way to show the listener that they can do lots of things and still sound cohesive ( something I think other bands struggle with).
The instrumental works on barrytown are very nice especially at the start. Itโs probably not my favourite but that just goes to show how enjoyable it has been so far.
Est st louis toodle- doo is apparently a cover track from the 1920โs itโs only instrumental but a nice way to say goodbye to side one.
Parkers band on the other hand is really how to start side two a lot more energetic then most of the other songs on the album and could be seen as a second choice for an intro if Rikki donโt lose that number wasnโt here. It does feel a bit on the short end though.
Through with buzz is a bit of a step down a slow short song, I mean way too short (1:30). So it could be considered there just to fill up time.
The song does kinda work as an intro type song to pretzel logic though , a very well done song I love the instrumentals to this song, slight shame this is the less popular single by the looks of things.
With a gun is okay like through with buzz it kinda plays more of a filler role but itโs nice enough and I donโt hate it.
Charlie freak has a great short piano intro itโs quite a short song but not the shortest on here. Yeah I like this one quite a bit!
As for the song monkey in your soul (the albumโs closer) slows down the album to quite a nice close, itโs a nice way to finish it but it does leave me asking for more.
Overall a great album to be fair until the second half it was really hard to criticise other than things like itโs not really my sound and I canโt see myself returning to it all too often but itโs still good!
4
Apr 22 2022
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
Iโve herd of the name mainly due to his problems with spotify and while I kinda agreed with him there it was annoying flicking with YouTube. Ungrateful rant out of the way lets goโฆ
Tonightโs the night was a great opener setโs the kinda sound the albumโs gonna be in, it does drag a lil bit though and Iโam kinda questioning his vocals.
Speakin out feels all much the same to me except the vocals are slightly better and I prefer the piano on this one.
World on a string starts off seeming like it would be a really heavy cut with that crunchy guitar ( and while it still stays heavy) it does go slightly softer once we get through. Good song!
Borrowed tune seemed off putting at the start with the harmonica ( an instrumental iโam not a fan of) but the harmonica goes andโฆ what a contrast to the last song! It still sounds really good though being the slowest so far.
Come on baby lets go downtown ( live) is really nice, I love it when artists slot in a live recording on a studio album, itโs strongest in the guitar department by far though.
Mellow my mind has a much grander feel, itโs my favourite off side one and (maybe) the album great way to close that half!!!
Roll another number ( for the road) is a good song, but being a slower track the placement feels strange to me for starting side A. But on the plus side everything about the instrumentation is great and the verses are good lyrically.
Albuquerque is also good,I probably wouldโve swapped this and roll another number and the harmonica solo wasnโt the best but still nice.
New mama feels the most โfillerโ but itโs still an alright slower track I donโt know why but the closest thing I can compare it to is like one of the folkier songs on Fleetwood macโs rumours with the picking.
Lookout joe goes back to heavier end of youngโs sound and itโs a sound I really like the song also has a memorable chorus which is nice.
The penultimate cut tired eyes starts off giving a nice spoken bitโฆ or thatโs what I thought, yeah this oneโs verses sound a bit off to me but most spoken verses do. The chorus is nice but my god! The harmonica worsened it slightly.
The album ends with a โ part 2โ of the title track basically itโs just a slower sounding version of that song. Personally I wouldโve swapped this and tired eyes
Yeah this album screams reorder to me, all the songs are really good they just donโt fit amazingly in sequence.
3
Apr 23 2022
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Other than seeing its prog rock and other than most of the songs being really long because of this I know nothingโฆ
The album starts off with an introduction track, the song contains some brilliant โ hornsโ. The first part is much more lively then it goes into a slower โ jazzierโ instrumental section ; only to briefly descend into madness then finally to go back to how it was before even bringing back the vocals.
Does anybody really know what time it is is a shorter track for this album ( still 4 mins) it starts with a piano section then the horns come crashing in. It takes half the song for any vocals which is a shame but itโs still good when it gets there.
Beginnings is nice itโs got a nice acoustic guitar in the mix which really brings the song together then it goes into madness with a great drumbeat and some good horns. The song is also probably the one with the most vocals in it which is good as well.The only problem is that the last minute is useless.
Next up is questions 67 and 68 the instrumental kinda sounds like a grand intro to a game show. The song itself is really good I love the horns throughout alongside the crashing piano. A definite favourite so far. Happy to see on the wiki that this was released as a single ( although it didnโt seem to do well).
Next is the song listen I liked the bass quite a bit especially at the start. Itโs not a favourite, probably being the worst so far, but itโs just because of how good itโs been so far and shorter songs usually feel much worse on prog albums.
After that swoops in poem 58 an 8 minute largely instrumental track, the guitars especially are really great on here it might only be me who feels this on here but something about the drums just feel a bit wrong and it does drag but of course it drags itโs a prog song!
Free form guitar comes on with this really โdroneyโ sound to it and drags for the whole hellish six minutes. I mean I like experimentation but not in this way if you know what i mean ( harder to listen to than revolution 9 by the Beatles).
South California purples is a return to the normal sound but done in a slightly heavier fashion. The guitars are great, the horns are great but iโam kinda left wanting a different sound on those keyboards. My favourite part though has to be the build up on the chorus. The crashing symbols are cool and the stealing from the Beatles works nice.
Closing off side 3 is iโam a man apparently itโs a cover so thatโs cool it starts with a really good bass line where all the other instruments sorta circle around it making for one of the best build ups on here. My only issue is that the vocals could be a little louder in the mix. It does really drag at the 5 minute mark even if they build up on things again.
Then starting off the last side is prologue, August 29 1968 itโs fine just an interlude that couldโve been merged as the intro toโฆ
Someday is a great song I like how it pulls out of the intro. Itโs got the most poppier sounds and it is rather short but iโam happy for itโs existence as I was getting bored at this point.
The album ends with liberation a 99% instrumental track. To be fair itโs not a great instrumental track at 14 minutes its way too long for its purpose and to be fair it only gets worse when it drops in whatโs essentially a shorter repeat of free form guitar. It does go back to the main sound though and does add some limited vocals and the last minute or so is quite good.
Man, after some time this got annoying! But what I liked I really liked so iโam in the middle here.
3
Apr 24 2022
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
What I know about slipknot I donโt like but Iโll still give it a fair chanceโฆ
The album starts with execute the track is basically radio noise slowly forming int slipknot noise fine opener.
It flows perfectly into gematria ( the killing name), itโs pretty much what I imagined really good instrumental work but the slipknot screaming isnโt my thing. The lyrics are well written though.
The first bit to sulfur is really cool intro which does come back but the verses are very slipknot then the chorus kinda reminds me of linkin park.
Psychosocial is really the side of metal I donโt like and in this one I donโt think the chorus fits in the song and the bridge does work but itโs still more of the same thing.
Dead memories is slightly better theres not any of the annoying angry screaming and it comes with some really cool guitar work.
Vendetta starts with this cool whirling intro again, itโs definitely a better song theres a bit of the annoying shouty voice but it comes in really nicely and isnโt there for much of the song. Probably my favourite here so far!
Butchers hook is the full return to the slipknot sound and I donโt know if it is much better than earlier or iโam just numbed by the sound but I enjoyed the screaming more than the singing on this one.
Then is Gehenna a much slower song itโs kinda got a spooky crawling feeling to this song and then the screaming crashes in which makes a good build up but itโs not my favourite use of the scream. 6 mins though maybe a lil too long.
Next is this cold black one of the more typical slipknot songs, pulsating heavy rhythm and probably the most screaming on the whole album. Yeah not my kinda song.
Wherein lies continues is another one of the typical slipknot songs but itโs much slower itโs got a cool instrumental break but itโs only a small detail. Not a fan.
Snuff is probably the best on here ( or maybe vendetta but theyโre close) itโs a slower more dramatic sounding song slowly building up man, I love songs like this.
The album ends on all hope is gone the most slipknot song on here Itโs really in your face and other than the name it makes no sense as the closer.
When I looked at some rankings while writing this review I really disagreed especially on vendetta and butchers hook. So itโs of course not my kinda thing.
Thereโs about 2 I really liked and maybe 3 extra that were also enjoyable but I can still only give it a 2/5.
2
Apr 25 2022
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Other than itโs dance-y music I have no clueโฆ
The album starts off with never let me down again, itโs got a brilliant rhythm to it but the lyrics arenโt the best and Iโam not sure on the autotune on the chorus but it doesnโt effect it much.
The things you said is a slightly slower song and it works really well, still not a fan of the vocals though but I guess this kinda music isnโt meant to be analysed that way.
Strangelove has a great build up with the sounds working so good together and lyrically it seems the bands best so yeah this is a favourite!
Sacred has this much slower โcreepyโ sound at the start until exploding into this really cool slower dance song with some nice sounds .
Thereโs something really unsettling about little 15 for me. My favourite bit has to be the chorus as those exploding drums alongside the strings works perfectly. Itโs also got interesting lyrics and Iโam so surprised it was a single.
Starting off side two itโs behind the wheel it takes itโs time to really get into it but once it starts itโs cool. The vocal performance in this song itโs much more layered on than the others which makes it the best as it really suits the song.
I can appreciate I want you now for trying something new with the instrumentation but to put it lightly itโs not for me I did like the bridge/ refrain bit at the middle of the song.
To have and to hold starts with this sample leading intro this menacing, sinister sound. Good song maybe needs a bit of building lyrically.
Now the penultimate cut nothing, it sounds a lot more like a single than behind the wheel and little 15 (itโs not better than those two) but the chorus is this songs best part a temporary release of energy.
The album closes with pimpf an instrumental track its got this creepy feel to it. Itโs probably my least favourite but thatโs just cause I feel lyrics really carry a song.
And thereโs a bonus trackโฆeh.
Yeah good album much better in the instrumental department but still works lyrically in most places!
4
Apr 26 2022
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
Other than seeing the length of track one I have no idea here hope I enjoy it.
The album starts with the song Djed itโs a few minutes short of being half of the entire album ( 21 minutes) itโs very off putting as itโs this really slow building instrumental which kinda lives and breathes throughout. Unlike other long songs Iโve herd on this it doesnโt have any mind blowing stand out moments,actually, the only way I would recommend it is maybe for like study being a really long instrumental. Thatโs still kinda what I think but then there is the second ten minutes it sounds much, much more interesting and is more a distinct track of itโs own , itโs a harder listen and not really โ study musicโ like the first half but itโs just better y know; then the third part around 14 minutes in is even harder to listen too stranger and so much more distinctive, I still donโt really like the track but I respect it. There are some other little bits at the end but not much to note.
Next is glass museum itโs got a really interesting sound to it the song is mainly this sorta cool instrumental but breaks off intro distinct sections from time to time I still donโt really like instrumental tracks though.
Now is the song A survey itโs much shorter but so dull in an album that I donโt really like already.
Then itโs the taut and the tame which has this really cool tapping noise in the background kinda like a horse galloping to me. Then it goes in order for normal drums and electronic sounds and just what a way to ruin a cool song.
Dear grandma and grandpa is very short for this album itโs quite cool but nothing to change my thoughts on the album.
The album endโs with along the banks of rivers itโs well boring to be blunt.
The term post rock sounds so cool but when you know what it is itโs so so dull and I wouldnโt even get why anyone would want to make such generally boring music. Itโs worse than my one 1/5 so far so Iโll have to give it that.
1
Apr 27 2022
Solid Air
John Martyn
No clue hereโฆ
The album starts off with itโs title track, itโs enjoyable overall , but Iโam not sure about his slurring/ singing style. Looking at wikipedia Itโs apparently dedicated to nick drake, who Iโve herd before, so thatโs cool!
Over the hill has a much more folk sound ( actually more how I remember nick drakeโs music) a bit of a wake up from before and the singing is less slurry. But itโs just a worse song I canโt put it any other way.
I donโt want to know is really nice, kind of a mix of the sounds from before brought together by a short nice instrumental break and I like the backing singing on here.
Iโd rather be the devil is the standout though, apparently written by a guy called skip James, it has these great drums, repetitive but good lyrics and every element fits so well much better than the others shame itโs not his song ( apparently).
Next is go down easy and while itโs on a different side to iโd rather be the devil I really like the flow between these two, Itโs alright probably the worst so far but still okay.
Dreams by the sea is much cooler and probably shouldโve started off side two instead as it keeps all the main sound but has this energy to it that go down easy really doesnโt have.
May you never is one of the folkier ones itโs really enjoyable, not my favourite, but great for the album happy itโs his most popular on Spotify.
Then for the penultimate track the man in the station itโs alright itโs a slower cut with a cool enough instrumental but other than that meh.
The easy blues is a track split into two parts, the first part is quite odd lyrically but okay instrumental a bit of a wake-up. Then is the shorter second part itโs much slower and not as good but makes sense as a closer.
To be fair all I can really say isโฆ eh. Is it in the top 1001 albumsโฆ probably but is it on the better half of thoseโฆ no .
3
Apr 28 2022
Close To You
Carpenters
Iโve herd of the name and like one song but other than that nothingโฆ
The album starts with weโve only just begun a definite cover but I donโt know who itโs by. Its alright I really like the layered vocals but it just feels a bit poppy for how Iโve herd the song.
Next is the song love is surrender itโs okay. Just really short filler to be honest.
3rd is maybe itโs you it works really well off love is surrender, just a nice slow pop song that doesnโt do too much but still works probably my favourite out of the first three songs.
Reason to believe is nice very poppy and nor my favourite still okay.
Well help is one of my favourite Beatles songs and this. Eh.. I donโt think it really works with the carpenters style. Also the intro bitโs probably one of my favourite bits so to just take it out is a stupid decision. Out of the Beatles songs theyโve apparently tried before I think nowhere man or ticket to ride wouldโve been better.
Then is ( they long to be) close to you, itโs a very good middle of the road pop song that I think everyone would at least know the chorus, yeah itโs probably the best so far.
Then is the second to last cover on the album the first song off side two baby itโs you, the song feels a bit too slow to start off a new side, but it does work better with cdโs and streaming as it does work well off the last one. Overall decent!
Now is the last direct cover Iโll never fall in love again, itโs alright just a normal pop song in my opinion would be better starting off side two.
Crescent noon is so slow, I donโt know how the album ends yet, but this sounds like the kinda song you would want to close off your project but still good.
Mr Guder is probably the most interesting, instrumentally but the lyrics arenโt the best still up as one of the best. Then has this odd ending.Great!
I kept on loving you Is a lovely pop song probably not a revisit for me but itโs still nice.
Another song is really cool to be fair, I think crescent noon wouldโve worked better as an outro to the album but itโs still nice. I donโt know though over the course of this Iโve just felt that especially the older artists put the most interesting songs last without actually bringing the albums to a satisfying stop.
Itโs nice enough ( but a bit cover heavy) middle of the road pop. My biggest issue is the sequencing of side 2 should really be:
Iโll never fall in love again -> mr guder -> baby itโs you-> I kept on loving you-> another song-> crescent noon
Still okay though.
3
Apr 29 2022
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Iโve seen this album so much but never herd it I really hope itโs goodโฆ
The album kicks off with born under punches ( the heat goes on), itโs a really interesting song quite funky but in a really โ messyโ kinda way. Yeah probably not my kinda thing but still cool enough to keep me interested.
Crosseyed and painless is next, yeah itโs cool. Still really odd my only criticism is that the rattling sound on it gets annoying if you focus on it too much.
Side one ends with the great curve, it does sound much the same as the last two but I think the application of this song is better with this cool tribal drumming type sound throughout and the extra vocals at the chorus are cool.
Side 2 starts with once in a life time, I think I recognise the chorus but the song itself iโam not too sure still good though and while iโam here I really like the African inspired sound on the album really makes it a unique listen.
Houses in motion sounds the most different so far but iโam not sure if thatโs the best. I still liked it just doesnโt feel as โcolourfulโ.
Then for the song seen and not seen, this is really strange itโs just talking over a beat but too slow to be rapping. So yeah itโs fine I guess.
Listening wind has a really cool intro ( which carries on to the song) and honestly a nice pickup from the last two (where my enjoyment started to slip).
The album concludes on the overload the slowness here reminds me of the last song on joy divisionโs unknown pleasures. And while this song isnโt as good as that one and it does drag at 6 minutes itโs a good departure.
Overall, itโs cool, very artsy, but a unique and interesting sound, shame thereโs only 8 songs.
4
Apr 30 2022
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Iโve herd of the name but nothing elseโฆ
For an album labelled as pub rock down to the waterline seems too good if you know what I mean , the guitars are super cool,the vocals are nice and itโs not really got that annoying drunken repetitiveness that I would brand pub rock with.
Water love is a nice contrast immediately showing the abilities of this band, itโs much slower but not slow enough to lose any energy. Apparently it was a single in the Netherlands and no where else so thatโs cool.
Then is setting me up a shorter song ( but not very short) itโs entertaining and a nice pop song but just not as good as the first two. It shouldโve really been a single though.
I wish six blade knife would have a bit where it explodes into a ball of energy and while itโs an okay song the instrumental bit is so repetitive.
Now for the shortest track the end of side A, southbound again the guitar groove is so nice here the lyrics arenโt great and Iโam not a huge fan of itโs place on the tracklist but itโs still nice.
Side B starts with sultans of swing itโs a nice pop song, I recognise the guitar break but everything else completely new but like the rest of it I wouldnโt have called it pub rock.
In the gallery takes on a nice funky sound, itโs the albumโs longest song and is just really nice does drag a tad bit (not that I hate songs over 5 mins) but itโs just much harder to make those ones work really well.
Then the penultimate song Wild West end, I must say I like that name itโs a nice acoustic song but not my favourite.
Lions is a very fitting closer, fairly slow but not the slowest on the album thereโs also some nice poppy backing vocals nice songs to end a nice album.
Yeah itโs nice, I canโt give it top marks because with albums that have 10 or under songs, every song has to be good and while about 7/9 were thereโs still some improvement to be made. I did like it though!
4
May 01 2022
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
Well Iโve herd cream but never his solo stuffโฆ
The album starts with motherless children which contains a lot of really good guitar work, Claptonโs singing is nice but heโs never been my favourite vocalist and the lyrics arenโt too great.
Give me strength is nice good change in pace I like that itโs pretty short as well as it sounds like it couldโve easily dragged.
Willie and the hand jive has good but slow kinda funky guitars, the lyrics really seem there just to fill up space but itโs still good.
Get ready feels sonically like a part 2 to the last song and like that one the guitars are so nice, again the lyrics arenโt great and Iโam not sure about the female voice on the song but itโs nice.
I shot the sheriff is one of those songs everyone knows. I mean I know this version for sure but itโs apparently bob Marleyโs song, which makes sense for the better lyrics. Also I remember marge Simpson singing it so that kinda worsened my view on the song.
Starting off side b is I canโt hold out, itโs nice enough just a slow rock track to be fair nice but not a favourite.
Then comes please be with me itโs really soft, the backing vocals work much nicer than on other songs. So yeah I like it.
Let it grow is one of only two songs ( the other being give me strength) that Clapton actually fully wrote and itโs a shame there arenโt more originals because this is my favourite so far. Just a nice slow acoustic song with good lyrics!
Then the penultimate track steady rollinโ man, I donโt mind it but it does go back to the nice everything but not great lyrics.
Then now weโre at mainline Florida, the final track, itโs got nice guitars all through and the lyrics are good. Yeah this is really strong!
Thereโs two flaws to the album and thatโs:
The fact he didnโt write most of the songs.
And while I didnโt mention it on the review side twoโs sequencing is a bit odd.
Still nice overall!
3
May 02 2022
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
I swear this guys meant to be super, super depressing:
The album starts with son of sam, itโs a good song. Much more energetic than I thought the instrumentation especially is class. My only problem is those backing vocals.
Next is somebody that I used to know itโs okay just a little acoustic song and I really donโt like his vocals on here.
Junk bond trader, is quite cool it still carries on the annoying vocals but itโs instrumentally the best.
Everything reminds me of her is a nice acoustic song good stuff but not a favourite.
Everything means nothing to me is a haunting piano song and is the only one so far which compliments his whiny autotune vocals.
L.A. Is one of the most energetic ones so far yeah I really like it for what it is shouldโve been a single.
In the lost and found ( honky Bach) is okay really just a nice piano song haunting like everything reminds me of her but with a a cool bridge in the middle. The roost is just a small instrumental strain after I donโt get the point but itโs alright.
Next is stupidity tries, itโs good vaguely Beatles-y but not ripping off. This has a great exploding fist of a chorus. Maybe a top track.
Easy way out is really good another slower creepier songs but not a favourite.
Wouldnโt mama be proud is good it started as my least favourite initially but itโs grown a bit not my favourite but still really enjoyable.
Colorbars is okay it feels a bit un-needed in a super long album but I still quite like it.
Then is happiness itโs really good, great intro great piano work nice subtle guitar works and near amazing lyrics, yeah so nice song maybe a favourite!Then the gondola man another unnecessary instrumental like the roost.eh!
Pretty Mary kay is a great slow but still punchy song, works so amazingly on this project!
I better be quiet now is such a sweet slow song not my favourite but still really nice and good lyrics.
Canโt make a sound has to be my favourite slower song great everything and a great slow builder nearly the perfect closer.
Bye is just some sad little instrumental makes sense as a little coda for the album.
I wouldโve shortened it to 13 tracks but itโs still really good!
4
May 03 2022
Forever Changes
Love
Man I love this album so much, itโs essentially the 60โs album of my childhood!:
The album starts with alone again or, a brilliant song ;Thereโs actually less to this song than I thought but thatโs not any problem!
It goes perfectly with a house is not a motel, I donโt like it as much as alone again or but itโs still really good, I especially love the guitars this one and I must have forgotten all the extra noises in the outro really makes it creepy.
This has only just made me see how little lyrics there really are to andmoreagain itโs a good song though I especially love the chorus.
The best part of the daily planet is definitely the instrumentation the song itself is good just not as memorable as the first three.
Old man is the worst off the album, itโs really just a harmless song proving some sonic change and itโs really short, just so forgettable.
But right after is the red the red telephone my favourite on the album, itโs so trippy and strange! The best bit is the songs outro โ theyโre locking you up today theyโre throwing away the key I wonder who itโll be tomorrow you or meโ.
Starting side 2 is maybe people would be the times or between clark and Hilldale iโam surprised itโs not a single to be fair it has the same feel as the first two songs, itโs good not a favourite though.
Live and let live has probably the most notorious line in โ the snot gas caked against my pants it has turned to crystalโ; the song is entertaining and has a nice guitar solo just much longer than I thought.
The good humour man he sees everything like this, is a good song especially with the orchestral bits thrown in, I never realised it was only 3 short verses though.
Bummer in the summer is alright its only short and is probably the earliest example of rapping I could possibly find, honestly though that intro bit is by far the best part of the song.
You set the scene is a great closer to the album the song itself isnโt too distinctive until the orchestra then it makes a perfect satisfying ending to an already great album.
Yeah itโs a really good album well sequenced well done everything there is one dud but itโs not bad enough to stop it from getting a 5.
5
May 04 2022
Dirt
Alice In Chains
I know itโs grunge and thatโs it. Iโam a bit if a newbie to grunge only knowing nevermind and ten before this but still lets see how it is:
The album starts with the song them bones, arguably a strange song to open off an album but still a good song with a killer guitar solo.
Dam that river is quite good, really choppy guitars, and another good solo. Does show how good the singing is for what itโs meant to be.
Rain when I die has these really strange guitars, not too sure if it works to be fair, the intro is a little long but I know longer ones. The song is alright, it has a nice chorus which really complements the guitars. The short bridge is cool too.
Down in a hole slows down the pace of the album significantly which is good as it shows the verity of the band. Itโs really good though just not one that will probably stick out in the future.
Stickman is another slower one itโs cool there is an angrier bit as well but it dwells in the slower sludgier side honestly what a song!
Rooster is good too, really slow and great lyrics another favourite alongside stickman!
Junkhead goes back to the heaviness of the earlier tracks. Itโs still fairly nice but just overshadowed by the rest of the tracklist.
The title track has a really cool guitar riff so sludgy and heavy. Iโam not too sure about the slowness of the singing on the verses on here but still passes overall for me.
Next is god smack, the only reason why Iโve herd of this song before is because thereโs a not very good band with the exact same name. The song itself is alright the singing is a bit odd on the verses but itโs good just like junkhead it isnโt as good as the others.
Then is an untitled track itโs alright just some yelling and an alright lead in toโฆ
Hate to feel is one if the sludgier songs in the verses then completely breaks into a pre chorus that slowly leads into the simple but effective chorus. Great outro too.
Now the penultimate track angry chair another sludgier song, one I really enjoyed! Great lyrics, great singing, great guitars all you need.
The album ends in would?, a great closer not necessary a slow song but slow by their standards what a song honestly!,and the lyrics fit for the closer too!
Yeah, I liked it has to be a 5/5 even with two weaker songs.
5
May 05 2022
Bad Company
Bad Company
Never herd of this group so it may be interestingโฆ
The album starts with canโt get enough, I mean itโs alright to be fair itโs just a generic rock song. No real hate towards it though.
Rock steady is still generic as fuck but it has nicer guitar works so thatโs a plus.
Man this album is so bland yet listenable, ready for love has itโs moments on the instrumental department but just feels like a song thatโs only in it for the pay cheque.
Donโt let me down at least provides a nice pace change itโs actually a really nice piano track great closer for side one especially for this album.
Then the band/ albums title track ( bad company) all of the elements of the song are interesting but itโs just like so many bands have done songs like this before so itโs just not the best.
Then is the way I choose itโs okay, very okay just a bit slower than the others going for a kinda romantic feel. Itโs alright ( Itโs just hard to find ways to describe these songs seeing theyโre so mid level).
Movinโ on is a nice enough penultimate track, reminds me of canโt get enough but more enjoyable and although itโs not a favourite of all time this one is actually a really fun listen I canโt deny!
Seagull makes sense as a closer just a nice acoustic song maybe a favourite but just because itโs so different to the rest of the album.
5 really generic songs, a good song halfway then two good ones at the end I must say not my favourite album.
Only 8 tracks lasting 35 minutes from a group who have all had musical experience being a supergroup, doing nothing special sounding like theyโre only in it for the money. If you like that then okay.
Ps. I didnโt hate it itโs just generic, not unique enough to be a 4 not horrendous enough to be a 2.
3
May 06 2022
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Iโve herd goo before but not this oneโฆ
The album starts with teen age riot, the first minute is completely different as itโs just an intro song. Then forms into a great rock song that guitars wise is a bit of a teen age riot.
Silver rocket starts with this creepy guitar riff then explodes into a punk bash only to shatter down half way through. Yeah itโs cool.
The lyrics arenโt great on the sprawl but itโs cool instrumentally and 7 mins works well for some songs but not this.
Cross the breeze has a killer intro but with this and the last song Iโam not sure about the female singers singing though.
Ericโs trip is alright it has a cool sound to it but no where near my favourite.
Total trash is no where near total trash itโs actually (probably) a favourite and Iโam happy weโre back with Thurston moore on vocals as I think heโs the strongest vocalist!
I love the fade in at the start of hey Joni only for the punky sonic youth sound to crash in making for a really good song. Itโs just cool to be fair.
Then is providence itโs one of the better interludes Iโve ever herd but still the worst on the album.
Candle is good, like all of them are great intro, the song is probably the one I would want to revisit the most and I do really like it!
The drumming on rain king is class honestly. The song is amazing too.
Kissability is technically the penultimate track itโs cool I guess but the female vocalist is so much worse in this band.
The album ends on a trilogy the first part the wonder is alright just a really typical sonic youth song but thereโs nothing bad about that.
Then is hyperstation technically the albumโs title track. Itโs the perfect mix of everything good about sonic youth from the guitars to the drums. Still not my favourite on the album though.
Eliminator jr is really bad in comparison not a satisfying ending one bit still like the album though.
Itโs really good overall, the album does drag but itโs so likeable it doesnโt matter.
4
May 07 2022
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Must say I love that album artโฆ
Well you can tell itโs prog by just looking ay the length of song one ( tarkus) itโs 20 minutes long. Probably alongside djed by tortoise as the longest song on the generator. I probably wouldnโt go back to it due to its sheer length but Unlike djed this is actually quite cool seamlessly going through different sections, and at least this one has lyrics!
Then is Jeremy bender, one of the shortest songs on the generator. Itโs okay itโs got some nice piano work but the handclaps feel out of place.
Bitches crystal is okay it has itโs moments just really forgettable.
Then is the only way ( hymn) itโs cool and works well on the album theres something not quite great about it though and I canโt put my finger on it.
Now for an instrumental track infinite space ( conclusion) itโs alright just nothing special.
The penultimate track a time and a place is the albumโs heaviest moment so nice and dramatic.
The album ends on are you ready eddy just an okay little pop rock song to be honest.
The albumโs alright, Iโam not a fan of the sequencing at the end but itโs still a fine work.
3
May 08 2022
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
Man I got no clue on this one but I still donโt like the inclusion of live albums in the bookโฆ
The set starts with earth cooling a perfect intro for a gigโฆ
Then rip roaring guitars come crashing in to announce the entry of born to go. The songs nearly 10 mins long which I think would be good if it held more lyrical ground other than just being 95% cool guitar solo, also the vocals arenโt even that great, but Iโll give that a pass as itโs a live album, so therefore itโs much harder to enjoy as the listener isnโt where the band originally intended to hear it.
Then is down through the night itโs more compact than the last one which makes it better only at a fairly average 6 minutes. Again the guitars are by far the stars but as itโs shorter the vocals arenโt just a super super minor part.
The awakening is just a small spoken part just to add โ atmosphereโ to the set.
Rolling out of that bolts in lord of light, itโs more vocally driven than the others but still holds awesome punching instrumental work,nice song!
Out of the rubble ascends the black corridor just the same as the awakening to be fair.
Space is deep really mixes choppy guitars with the background noise. Iโam not sure if the vocals work too well with it but itโs still a good enough song. At 8 minutes the song does drag but what one on here doesnโt?
Then is electronic No 1 itโs just a passable instrumental to be fair.
Orgone accumulator is a 10 minute epic, this oneโs really rocking probably a favourite of mine ( even if the instrumental is too long)!
Upside down has such a cool guitar riff itโs short and sweet very enjoyable.
10 seconds of forever is just another spoken bit. Itโs alright.
Brainstorm is 13 f-ing minutes long and itโs an alright sonic just these longer songs donโt tend to strike the right chord with me especially on this generator. Still good enough though.
Seven by seven is a slightly slower track at 6 minutes itโs certainly very enjoyable still just hard not having herd the original versions before.
Sonic attack is the best spoken track itโs still odd as fuck but itโs cool.
While it has repetitive lyrics, time we left this world today is a decent tune not too special but not shit.
The penultimate track on the tracklist Iโam going by master of the universe itโs cool very heavy itโs only 7 minutes, which isnโt bad for this album, so yeah cool song!
It ends with welcome to the future itโs like most of the spoken tracks but with nice guitars. So a pretty druggy track.
And a very druggy album, also not an album iโam a huge fan of. Thereโs bits I like and I wonโt call it bad but without the knowledge of studio releases I have to give it aโฆ
3
May 09 2022
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Ooh Pink Floyd havenโt herd this one but itโs gotta be good. But I am a huge novice on Pink Floyd only hearing the wall and dark side of the moon prior to thisโฆ
The album starts with shine on you crazy diamond, pts 1-5:
Part 1 is just a 3 minute intro instrumental good but not amazing.
Part 2 is also instrumental but brings in some really cool guitar work.
Part 3 is also just a really good instrumental not as good as part 2 but still good enough to keep going.
Part 4 has the singing and some more rip roaring guitars, really makes the song an epic to behold.
Part 5 is essentially the songs coda featuring really nice saxophone work makes the song so worthwhile.
Overall this is how someone should do long songs Iโam glad I found one on the generator I liked!
Welcome to the machine starts with well machine noises followed by the howling strokes of the guitar only for the vocals to come in. Wow honestly Pink Floyd could make anything into some kinda epic at this point, itโs so cool that the time frame doesnโt even phase me.
Have a cigar has to have the coolest intro of any song ( or at least what Iโve herd of Pink Floydโs. The chorus is odd ( lyrically) but still kinda works. Yeah just another banging tune.
Then there is a spoken bit that goes into wish you were here, it starts off as much slower but builds up into something truly epic. Honestly just another top track itโs very hard to not enjoy these songs for what they are!
Now for shine on you crazy diamond pts.6-9:
Part 6 builds on from wish you were here, in a weird way it kinda feels like the listenerโs been on a journey to get here and yeah itโs a cool instrumental.
Part 7 brings back the vocals, itโs essentially a reprise of part 4.
Part 8 is another instrumental bit itโs really good again the guitars sound a little bit more funky on this bit.
Part 9 is much more depressed than the others as said on wikipedia a โ funeral marchโ
Honestly a great way to close an album.
And a brilliant album as a whole not a bad song whatsoeverโฆ
But hereโs the thingโฆ I can only revisit this about once or twice a year, itโs too powerful and emotional, all of what I said is correct. In technicalities there is no bad song. It is a 5/5 but just a complicated one because I donโt find it an easy listen
5
May 10 2022
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Has to be the ugliest album cover everโฆ
The album opens with sex beat a very youthful punk track, the guitars are great really makes it feel like a strong opener.
Then is preaching the blues itโs quite interesting with the fade out that is on it feeling so instant. It does get annoying after a bit but itโs still a nice song.
Promise me slows things down a little and I respect the song but itโs just not as good as the first two.
Sheโs like heroin to me is the most aggressive track a small aggressive burst of energy ( also at the mo I really donโt like the sequencing of the tracks).
For the love of Ivy is a very blues inspired track itโs good but I get bored after about 2 minutes in a 5 minute song. But it does end on some noisesโฆ
Fire spirit ends side A itโs quite aggressive and itโs a honestly a decent punk rock track.
Ghost on the highway has good lyrics but honestly blended in so much that I didnโt have time to review it the first time round.
Jack on fire is a bit of a mental stomper itโs probably one of my favourites a nice pick up from before.
Black train is good the best part of the song is that itโs got some nice drumming but I wouldnโt describe the song as special in any way.
The bluesโy tracks arenโt nearly as good as the punk ones ( they just drag on and on and on) especially the six minute long cold drink of water blues. But at least the guitar solo is cool here.
The album closes on goodbye Johnny, itโs probably the most closery on the album itโs nice slightly slower but keeps the punk energy needed for the album.
Yeah, the album kinda grabbed my attention at the start to just throw out bluesy or punk tracks in a poorly sequenced order. But aside from that itโs good.
3
May 11 2022
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
2 fuckin songโs and mostly instrumental I already know I wonโt be a fanโฆ
Well technically you could just consider it one track being a part 1 part 2 scenarioโฆ
Part 1 is quite cool it lives and breathes through multiple instrumental parts, much more interesting than any instrumental by tortoise. The song is very diverse, my favourite bit is the rock section around 14 minutes in itโs quite cool to be fair. At the end of the song thereโs a tiny bit of speaking but no vocals as such so yeah a shame on that front.
The second part is slower and calmer,like an album closer should be thereโs cool elements scattered throughout this to be fair and the middle section is essentially a song in itโs own right being this weird way energetic track backed by inaudible noise!
I mean at least it was easy to review. To be fair itโs great background music but other than that the chance of a revisit is very, very low.
2
May 12 2022
Hypnotised
The Undertones
Okayโฆ
The album starts with the song more songs about chocolate and girls, Itโs a kinda interesting song I think itโs meant to be poking fun of the music at the time which is cool. The only thing is the transition from verse to chorus isnโt very good.
Then is there goes Norman and itโs about โฆ a creep. The song is surprisingly not that bad though.
Then is the albumโs title track itโs alright, the verses sound quite cool on the guitar department but the chorus really isnโt that great.
See that girl is next, itโs one of the poppier of pop punk. Sonically, it slows the pace down and really works well here, yeah this oneโs good.
Whizz kids, is well a whizz of a song, fast paced with poppy yet aggressive guitars itโs a good stomper but not a favourite.
Under the boardwalk is a cover of a song by the drifters. I must admit I donโt know the song but itโs still a great song, a poppy track with a nice stomping chorus.
The penultimate track on side one the way girls talk is by far the albumโs slowest and poppiest so far, yeah I really like it to be fair.
Side one ends on hard luck, itโs good but the slow building into of stomping drums and thundering guitars is the best bit of the song.
Side two starts with my perfect cousin, definitely a punk track, I like this one kinda reminds me of my own cousin.
Carrying on with the punk spirit is boys will be boys, only just over a minute fairly heavy and aggressive itโs alright.
It flows perfectly into the stomping bass of tearproof, sadly the bass goes into the background as that was the most unique part still okay though.
Wednesday week is very poppy compared to the last songs, itโs the only acoustic track on it so far making it a real stand out good song!
Nine times out of ten is okay a much slower guitar song. I just kinda wish the vocals went through the whole of the song.
I donโt know why but the guitars on girls that donโt talk somehow really appeal to me it feels like a throwback to the first song with the drums just randomly shooting in at the chorus.
Whatโs with Terry kinda tricks the listener into thinking that the song will be soft and acoustic only to reveal itself as a very good pop punk track. Just not a brilliant album closer.
Yeah I liked it more than I thought to be honest, itโs just a hard album to really form many firm opinions on for some reason!
3
May 13 2022
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
I like the cover of imitating mount Rushmore, Iโve herd of this band before but I donโt know where from thoughโฆ
It all starts with a wall of noise in the form of speed king. It forms into a rather good heavy rock banger to be fair. It does sound very of its time though.
Bloodsucker isnโt as good, still good ( especially the guitars) but itโs just so 70โs rock if you get what I mean.
Child in time is great as it slows the albumโs pace down showing how the band can be varied without losing any of itโs signature sound. And my god itโs long!
After that one comes the 7 ( nearly 8) minute banger flight of the rat itโs a great combination of the heavier more typical rock of the 70โs and the long epic ( like child in time), yeah this one is definitely a must!
Into the fire is just slow and heavy and fairly short; not my favourite but it still stands a lot of ground as an individual song.
Living wreck tricks the reader at the start giving off vibes that itโs going to be the bandโs huge experiment, and while itโs not that, itโs still a fairly decent ( again slow and short) rocking tune.
Hard lovinโ man closes off this album a final burst of brilliant 7 minute energy, but itโs my least favourite of the longer songs to be honest.
Overall, yeah itโs great iโam not sure if itโs in my top albums of all time but certainly like top 20 of the 70โs.
4
May 14 2022
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
A pervy demented almost proto weezer album with a folk spin. I think thatโs how to describe it. Iโve edited this rating quite a bit, it was a 2 then a 4 and finally a 5/5
5
May 15 2022
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
Iโve herd of the name before and I think Iโve seen the artwork so thatโs goodโฆ
The album opens with the song, greetings to a new brunette, itโs quite good to be fair I do feel I have the faintest memory of this but not too sure. Iโam not sure about the backing vocals at the end but other than that itโs good.
Train train is a good fast paced track a bit heavier pretty short really good simple track.
The marriage starts with some really sweet horns then blissfully goes into this itโs got really strong lyrics on this one.
Then is ideologically itโs a very good sonic a nice bit of political folk rock
Levi Stubbsโ tears is one I definitely recognised has some great guitar moments in the track as well. Just not one of my favourites.
Then is the slow little olden daysโy Honey, Iโm a big boy now now this is definitely my least favourite so far itโs nice to close off the first half but still not great.
There is power in the union is another very political song the guitars at the start were kinda American to me which makes sense itโs a very good song to be fair itโs just thereโs so many of these songs around.
Help save the youth of America is another recognisable one itโs another good political track.
Wishing the days away fully slows the pace down and it has some really nice string work just not my favourite.
The passion is another slow jam the hook on this song is great and the lyrics as a whole to be fair.
The warmest room turns things op just a little bit for a nice penultimate track I canโt put my finger on this one thereโs good moments though.
The album ends with the home front it is filled with horns itโs honestly an amazing closer to be honest, good smart English lyrics to close a very English album.
Yeah itโs good I can see people disliking this but because of that I swear Iโve herd so much of it before I have to give it a 4.
4
May 16 2022
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
I had my fingers crossed that I would have something that I knew today and I love this album so much so thatโs goodโฆ
Jacquline starts the album off with a the only acoustic bit in the album; then the Franz Ferdinand sound pops in this song is so infectious you would probably be singing along by the third listen. Great opener!
I donโt hate tell her tonight but itโs always been my least favourite on the album and the only one I would call filler.
Then is take me out the big single that everyone will know as you should know it starts with a much faster tempo for the first minute then forms into the stomper it is. Itโs great but Iโve always preferred the intro.
Now for the dark of the matinee, this is the albumโs โ bestโ song ( not my favourite though) everything from the exploding guitars in the intro/instrumental to the long but memorable chorus and my favourite bit the verses especially the Terry Wogan one!
Auf achse ( I honestly donโt know how to pronounce this or what it means in relation to the song) is for the most part a repetitive trance like looming entity of an epic synth-pop track, then is the Franz Ferdinand-y all guns blazing chorus and yeah that bridge is UNDERRATED . I loved this song from day one even if itโs not a fan favourite.
Starting off side two is cheating on you, like tell her tonight this is still good but not as great ( still better than tell her tonight though) itโs a crunchy little guitar track and the albums heaviest song still an honest 4/5 track.
When I was first getting into the album I would just flick through tracks, barely listen to them and for these next three saw a sample of the amazing music videos, this fire in terms of music videos has the best ( theyโre all essentially commies). The song itself is good and Iโve seen it written off as filler which I donโt think it deserves Itโs not my favourite but still has itโs moments. ( also the single version of this is shit).
Then is darts of pleasure, probably the worst looking music video, is the debut single from this group, the song is probably one of the most distinctive the song is led much more by the pulsating drums the chorus is the best bit but the coda is so memorable.
Now Michael is my favourite song on the album, itโs a fun little homosexual flick of a song with great guitars, one of the most oddly catchy choruses on the whole album and that little backwards message. I donโt know why I like it so much itโs just fun!
Come on home is a deep cut that I loved so much at the start fine a lot of that love has passed no. But I still love it a moody little track with good lyrics, great guitar work and that little synth break is awesome.
The album closes with 40โ a really fun send off track, itโs not as lyrically dense than the others ( they feel more used as a weapon to increase the greatness of the instrumentals) and anyone who doesnโt like the instrumental for this song is just a bit odd to be honest!
Thank you for reading my little love letter for the band that essentially started the rudely called โ landfill indieโ. I will ask this for everyone just try the other โ landfill indieโ albums one day, form a proper opinion and donโt listen to the critics until you make your own judgment!
5
May 17 2022
Gris Gris
Dr. John
Okaaayโฆ
Confusion aside, the album starts with a song called Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya Itโs unsettling to say the least, especially with the verses. The song is very slow and druggy a bit odd for an opener.
Danse Kalinda Ba Doom again is really odd honestly itโs quite good on the drum department but shit on the lyrical department.
Mama roux is the most โ normalโ song of the album so far still druggy but a kinda normal level.
Danse Fambeaux is okay just dr John talking behind an instrumental and the normal backing vocals which I must admit I donโt like at all to be fair even on the other tracks.
Starting side two is Crocker Courtbullion a nearly 6 minute track consisting of mostly instrumental work and a few of the backing singers scattered around, yeah not a fan.
Jump sturdy (like mama roux) is much more normal itโs mostly just repeating but thereโs a good enough verse honey donโt mind it.
The album ends with the song I walk on guilded splinters itโs just like everything else but really slow and 7 minutes long.
So I didnโt like it but iโam not a druggy so you know itโs not really for me.
Itโs weird enough to keep it out of my 1โs though.
2
May 18 2022
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
I imagine a cabal of dads made this album and the rest of elbows discography to bore the rest of the worldโฆ still though Iโm not a dad and I like it. I donโt dig the album though, thereโs great singles, the one with Richard hawley is good (though if you want Richard hawley go for the longpigs although theyโre not on the list). Every song is good and theoretically hits a high threshold but I canโt give it a 5 or anything, has to be a 4
4
May 19 2022
More Specials
The Specials
This is the band that did ghost town right ( love that song)โฆ
The album starts with enjoy yourself ( itโs later than you think) a nice ska track with some interesting breaks in between that act as the songs verses yeah itโs decent.
< Iโam from the uk so I donโt need to bother with rat race>
Man at c&a is a slower track showing the contrasts in their sound from the start it takes a good minute to get to the core of the song but the spoken bits are cool too to be honest.
Then is hey little rich girl itโs an alright song but the songs main strength is in itโs chorus with the use of the โ jazzierโ instruments.
Do nothing is probably the song here thatโs the best representation of the ska genre containing the slow, mellow pacing that is typically associated with Jamaica and the calmness I would associate with it.
Pearlโs cafe is a bit more filler bringing in some energy that I kinda wanted with this album but it still just feels like a way to give the album a few extra minutes. But the backing vocals are funny.
Ending side one is sock it to Em J.B. Itโs fun enough but just feels similar to the second song.
Starting side two is the 7 minute long Stereotype/ stereotype part 2 part 1 is a brilliant slow track, it does feel off in itโs positioning as it has very little energy but itโs still good. The second part of the song isnโt as good just a slower version of the last and second songs acting as an extended outro to the song.
Holiday fortnight is just a happy little instrumental not good but not bad whatsoever.
The drums on I canโt stand it feel too artificial for the specials But aside from that I love this songs chorus and the female backing singer is also a highlight to the track probably my favourite on this thing!
Now the penultimate track international jet set itโs alright itโs really just a gloomier version of what weโve herd before and ska as a whole.
The album ends with a slower reprise of the first song itโs only short but really fitting for a closer.
I mean I enjoyed it there were a few dull moments but none of it was unlistenable itโs a high 3.
3
May 20 2022
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
These random 60โs albums brimful of covers are usually good so here goesโฆ
The album starts with one of itโs few originals the witch, I mean itโs a fitting opener instrumentally you can see how garage, punk and grunge groups get their influence from, for newcomers to 60โs music the best way to put it is like a seedier Beatles.
Do you love me is a cover, I donโt know the original version but this is a very of itโs time early 60โs track with some good instrumentation for the time and while poppier than the first track in the grand scheme of things itโs fairly heavy.
Their rendition of roll over Beethoven is okay the song works but just because roll over Beethoven is a good song and not anything else as the production on this one is so poor even for a record I was having production problems with.
Boss hoss is an original an actually quite good 60โs jam with some nice sax work and decent lyrics.
Dirty robber is another cover I know itโs not by him but to me it feels really Elvis-y eh itโs alright.
Then is have love will travel a song that is a cover but Iโam sure I recognise this version. But I also wouldnโt have said it was a 60โs song so what do I know. Great song though!
Psycho is an original another great song and while it starts off side B it honestly flows really well from have love will travel which makes me think that an alternate tracklist may have made it better.
Now you know what songs ware popular at the time if youโve covered two songs that were covers on with the Beatles on the same album. I actually prefer this rendition of money ( thatโs what I want) to the Beatles version and while I donโt know the original I bet itโs still better.
Then is a slower cover and one I donโt know or like as much as the other covers I mean I have no issue with it itโs just not as special as the other coverโs.
Now is night time is the right time another slow cover and while this doesnโt have great lyrics I think instrumentally itโs good showing some more verity in the bands sound.
Now is the final original the penultimate track a great ball of energy strychnine a true hidden banger of the 60โs fusing all the sounds I would expect from that time.
The album closes off with good golly miss molly a very good cover but with there being the much slower now is the night time I donโt see why itโs an album closer.
Wow I really enjoyed that not a 5/5 but still really entertaining and a short burst of energy. Yeah there are duds and the sequencing can be a bit odd towards the end of each side and itโs really short so thatโs why Iโd give it a high 3/5!
3
May 21 2022
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
Ha ha cool coverโฆ
The next big thing starts with a little intro bit then goes into slow guitars only to explode into a cool rock track that kinda sounds like a more energetic bad company but being like bad company it isnโt the most unique. I was singing along by the end though so it was definitely enjoyable.
I got you babe is a great slow track a cover that I vaguely recognise so I probably know another version, But I really love this.
Back to Africa has a good drum beat and at points goes really mental with the guitars making a great rip roaring tune, but itโs just not as good as the others To be honest ( even with it being the most unique).
Master race rock starts with laughing noises then becomes the albumโs heaviest song to close side one off with a bang. I donโt tend to go too much into lyrics on first listens like this but I must say I hope itโs anti nazi.
Teengenerate has to be one of my favourite song names of all time. Itโs an alright opener to side two, the guitar riff is a little generic in my opinion but the application is good on this song.
California sun is another cover ( but I donโt know this one) It contains a pelting bass line with thundering drums to carry the listener through, the chorus is rather anthemic Which contrast really nicely. Good song!
Two tub man starts off with a nice vocals sample to only be taken over by this crunchy but not distinctive guitars riff that sounds made for the stadium. Once we get into the song the verses are extremely punky for this pre punk era but it contrasts well with another anthemic chorus that I can just imagine their fans shouting off too.
The penultimate track weekend is another banger a poppy but heavy rock song the only flaw to this one is that the lyrics are a mixed bag.
The album closes with the song ( I live for cars and girls) itโs alright but in comparison to the rest of side two itโs just a very โ rock and rollโ song being a bit dull really.
Seeing its 2. Something rating on here I thought it was going to be crap but itโs really not fine theres a few โgenericโ songs but 70% of the 9 songs were great.
4
May 22 2022
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Iโve herd of the guy quite a bit so I hope heโs goodโฆ
The album starts with welcome to the working week, itโs a good enough song very short and a good reflection of the rest of the album.
Next is miracle man Itโs good and I donโt mind his vocal style, but itโs just not that distinctive from the opener.
No dancing is a good slow down from before itโs also ( currently) the poppiest cut. I especially like the percussion on here.
Blame it on cain is another slower paced track this time reminding me of a sorta 60โs-y kinda sound, the slow tempo of this song works well though as it feels like the sort of thing an audience would clap along to in a gig.
Alison is a good slow track, I think I recognise the chorus but nothing else. A probable favourite!
Sneaky feelings is a good ( but of itโs time) pop song. My favourite moment is probably the simple but effective chorus; while itโs not the best song Iโam surprised it wasnโt a single.
Now we have ( the angels wanna wear my) red shoes, I think I know this one. I like everything here from the backing vocals in the poppy chorus and the tidal wave of drumming that occurs.
Next is the last single to appear on the album Less than zero, one that I donโt recognise, itโs a nice slower song, fine guitar work throughout and I would argue itโs some of his best singing.
Mystery dance us just a short 60โs-y song also itโs probably the heaviest on the album with some loud crunchy guitars on the chorus.
Pay it backโs piano line is kinda what I think would be played in a cowboy saloon. Itโs actually good though with decent instrumentation snd some okay lyrics.
Iโam not angry has to be my favourite though as itโs the most directly rock inspired, and while you could view it as annoying the whispering of โangryโ is quite cool to me. Also it has my favourite line from the album in โ cos thereโs no such thing as an original sinโ!
The album technically closes with waiting for the end of the world itโs got a good guitar lick and the spiralling drums in the pre chorus is cool. Just doesnโt feel like a closer.
The album also ends with watching the detectives, a much slower track with powerful drumming and a great guitar line, I think I recognise things one, what an amazing song!
It was good the second half is a little better than the first ( but that often happens in albums) also while I know itโs 70โs thereโs so many 60โs style tracks which is odd.
4
May 23 2022
Being There
Wilco
Okay a double album hope itโs worth my timeโฆ
The album opens with thundering drums backed with a mad mess of noise. It settles down for the main song though; which is this rather gentle tune for the most part but it does have an pulsating drum break, the same as the one on the intro.Both elements fuse for the last bit of the song grounding this opener into an epic.
Far far away is a shorter kinda spookier sounding track, I must admit though when it says โ dark side of the roomโ I really thought they were ripping off pink Floyd by saying โ dark side of the moonโ.
Monday is a burst pf energy ( not one I expected from this band) Itโs not my favourite track so far but I think out of everything here I have the highest likelihood of revisiting this one without going to the full album.
Next is outtasite ( outta mind) the albumโs other single ( with Monday) and again itโs quite a heavy track for an album thatโs under the country umbrella. I actually love the guitars on this though. What a pleasure!
Then is the most country track so far forget the flowers. I like the song itโs just the worst so far.
Red eyed and blue ( from a sonic perspective) is the kinda song I would expect later on. But I really like itโs eerie kinda tone alongside the guitars. Not a favourite but good.
The previously seen energy comes back in I got you ( at the end of the century). This sounds like a song made to be performed live to have everyone in the audience singing along too with the stadium ready guitars and the catchy lyrics. Iโam surprised it wasnโt released as a single.
Whatโs the world got in store sounds like the gentle aftermath of I got you (end of the century) the song starts off super gentle then erupts into another great song.
Now the penultimate track of disk one hotel Arizona being brought on after whats the world got in store having the most abrupt ending. This song feels like a gentler version of what weโve had already in the album. The guitar break is the best part though which makes it another really stadium ready cut!
Disk one closes off with the slow romantic sounding, say you miss me. Thereโs something about the chorus that I canโt put my finger on. But for the song as a whole itโs a slow but grand song at the same time making a perfect half ending.
Disk 2 starts with sunken treasure a song that builds up in itโs power through the medium of the chorus; with a great subtle piano in the background. Most interesting is the instrumental break halfway through and in the songs outro. Great stuff.
Someday soon is a bit meh just a very country track, nothing much to say here.
Outta mind ( outta sight) is much poppier than outta sight ( outta mind) but I still really like this one though it really couldโve been a hit of it was released in a different time.
Someone elseโs song (like whatโs the world got in store with I got you) feels like a washed up aftermath of outta mind ( outta sight). Itโs still a good song though just a bunch filler.
I quite like the slow strumming of kingpin at the start which goes into this kinda trippy sound. The song as a whole is a good embodiment of the albumโs sound for any newcomers.
Next is ( was I) in your dreams is a slow dreary track that could really end the album if it wasnโt a double. My favourite part here is the piano work.
Next I wanna live is a great show of this groupโs sound with great piano and guitar works fun enough sounding verses then a haunted chorus.
The penultimate track of the entire album is the song The lonely 1, a really tranquil track just not a favourite.
The album ends with the song dreamer in my dreams, a brilliant closer. It starts off as the albumโs most energetic then over the course of the last 2 minutes it slowly dies leaving a great outro to this sensational work.
This album was brilliant, the only flaw was that it couldโve been made into a shorter 10-12 track album and I honestly wouldnโt mind. Thereโs not a bad song on here though just long, long, very longโฆ
4
May 24 2022
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I done the album Tarkus by them before and while I didnโt love it some bits were interesting so this might he good to go toโฆ
This live album starts off with promenade just a bunch of crowd cheering/ chatter then a short classical sounding instrumental.
Then is the gnome it is a strange track at the start taking a while to sound cool highlight on here is the drums.
Now thereโs another track called promenade the first bit with lyrics! Itโs really just some some lullaby though so nothing special.
Now the sage is a song that I enjoyed it feels like a continuation of the last one but just longer and has a nice acoustic guitar solo ( not something I usually hear).
The old castle isnโt that nice to listen to, yeah itโs interesting but weird noise in the start ruins it. It does come back on the more rocking second half of the song, but I donโt know itโs just better at that point still ruins a fine instrumental though.
It goes into blues variation though which was an instrumental that I loved ( oh yeah and itโs also the first on here to be completely written by Emerson lake and palmer).
Then we get the third and final track named promenade Itโs much more similar instrumentally to the first part but has really anthemic drumming which makes it great for an interlude.
Then there was the hut of baba yaga a very forgettable instrumental.
Whereas the curse of baba yaga is actually quite cool on the album a high energy track ( where you can really tell it was written by Emerson lake and palmer).
Then is the hut of baba yaga again this version is better though as the aggression is ramped up to the max.
Now for the penultimate track (and the albums longest) the great gates of Kiev even though they donโt span the whole song this is by far the most lyrically led of the tracks which makes it really โepicโ at the start the instrumental in the middle is fascinating but annoying then the last minute is crowd cheering so thatโs good for them.
The set ends with nutrocker just a rock adaptation of what iโam guessing is the nutcracker music ( but Iโve never been immersed enough in either classical music or the nutcracker to really care) I mean itโs good I guess.
Overall,Iโve never liked the idea of live albums on the generator and I still donโt the album is a good piece of musicianship but not much else.
3
May 25 2022
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
My grandad is always on and on about this band ( so I hope itโs good)โฆ
The album starts off with the title track, a fairly cool 6 minute multi parter, It starts with this fairly heavy bit where it kinda reminds me of black sabbath, then theres the slow section which is alright but not brilliant only to explode into this great pop track the kinda song I thought this band would make theres an instrumental that reverts into the slow second which while isnโt my favourite kinda glues all the songs sections. It ends full circle on the awesome black sabbath-y part. Amazing!
Cross eyed Mary starts with a brilliant flute based intro really showing what this band can do, the main song itself is a great slow rocker with great lyrics.
Cheap day return is a short and sweet interlude-y track providing a nice breather beforeโฆ
Mother goose is a very folk based track itโs not my favourite but itโs still good especially with the songs flute workings in it.
Wondโring Aloud is another short track not an interlude as such as itโs a bit too dynamic for that but itโs still good especially with the string work.
Theres some laughing which brings on up to me itโs a decent track with a great groove to to it and good lyrics just slightly going under the quality of the first two songs.
Side two starts off with the 7 minute long my god itโs intro is a great piece of acoustic picking which Segwayโs into a great verse. The song fights with the original riff until it turns into quite a heavy track that eventually blends all of the sounds from this band the most interesting part is the flute solo backed with the ( na na na na naโs). Then the heaviness comes back for the last minute great!
Then is the albumโs first ( of two) singles hymn 43, despite its name itโs probably one of the heaviest songs on here acting as a true grand centrepiece to the whole album.
Slipstream is another break-y interlude thing itโs good just not special.
Then is the other single and penultimate track of the album, locomotive breath a piano led track at the start but then takes a complete left turn once the song hits and proves itself as a true rocker very entertaining!
The albumโs goodbye is in the form of wind up it starts off as a really beautiful acoustic track that slowly builds up what a closer.
Wow really goodโฆ thanks grandad!
โ- But my minds changed so I had to re reviewโโ
Firstly I said itโs a 5 but Iโm not sure. But I never re-listen to this thing honestly I donโt listen to much prog in my spare time and some songs on here are a bit boring.
Here are the highlights:
Aqualung especially for its intro and coda is really cool, the middle bit is cool too even if it does go on.
Cross eyed Mary might be the best use of that all powerful Jethro Tull flute.
Seriously for itโs time my god is a super bold song, itโs got this doomsday factor to it as if the great plagues are being summoned as the song plays.
Hymn 43 is very danceable for its time a genuinely very cool, I like this comes after my god for the religious theming.
But then you have the little ones cheap day return, wondering around, slipstream, these drag more than the multiple long tracks on here.
I have sentimental value because my grandad who died two years ago really liked the band but I canโt give it a 5. Itโs a 4
4
May 26 2022
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
Okay looks coolโฆ
The album opens off with the song Ivo an interesting plunge into the soundscape of the album with dreamy guitars and odd lyrics cool song.
Then there is Lorelei another song in a very similar vein to Ivo but with some cool bell sounds. Honestly if youโre looking for like a less heavy and distorted version of my bloody valentines loveless ( so basically a non showgaze version of that) this would be what I think it would turn out like.
Beatrix takes the listener through a more haunted soundscape basically being a creepy chant backed up by dream pop sounds.
Persephone is a heavier cut going to more of rock sounding existence itโs just the small things like this rattle sound like a snake crawling out of a cave an the fact that the lyrics are more understandable and less lovelessโy really makes it a stand out on first listen.
Pandora ( for Cindy) ends off side A itโs this haunting swirling track hidden in with the dreamy soundscapes that make this band sound so special.
Side 2 opens with Amelia a loud but not a heavy song the soundscapes are very similar to what weโve herd before but in a perfected way one of my favourites to be fair.
Aloysius is another track moulding into similar sounding stuff but the drums are a real highlight on here.
Cicely has an awesome base line that really bring this song together the best bit has to be the spiralling pre chorus though a proper trip.
The penultimate track otterley is a morbid thing indeed slow and gloomy yet gentle with the rushes of the see. Probably my least favourite but itโs still cool.
The album closes with itโs longest song domino which is this sorta song from heaven being slow but grand and an amazing send off.
I really liked it and was close to giving it a 5/5 but I think you really have to be in a certain mood with this but if it clicks like it did with me well my god itโs great.
4
May 27 2022
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Ooh ok I havenโt heard this in a whileโฆ
The album opens with itโs most โ normalโ song movinโ on up a rather happy clappy little song to get everyone singing before the true nature of the album is revealed withโฆ
Slip inside this house a cover song originally by a 60โs band called 13th floor elevators itโs really got the Indian based psychedelic feel of the later era Beatles, the song isnโt one of my favourites but I love the way he sings the lyrics on here.
The third song on here is donโt fight it feel it Itโs an alright song I like the whistling sounds crashing with the more dance like elements, this is probably the most clubby on here unlike come together or loaded ( later in this album) this song doesnโt really own itโs longer run time and drags after the songs first half.
Next is higher than the sun the albumโs shortest song a great drawling trance of a track, really enjoyable and a true drug song ( but not as much as the alternative version of the song later in the album ( which I prefer over this)).
Inner flight ( while not a favourite of mine) is a brilliant instrumental piece with thundering tribal drums and haunted โaahโsโ and โoohโs leading just perfectly intoโฆ
Come together the albumโs centrepiece track a 10 minute epic which sounds like itโs made only of samples being layered over a drum beat. Itโs surprisingly amazing and doesnโt drag!
โ Just what is it that you want to do?
Well, we wanna be free, we wanna be free to do what we wanna do
And we wanna get loaded and we wanna have a good time
And that's what we're gonna do (away baby, let's go)
We're gonna have a good time, we're gonna have a partyโ
This is the sample at the start of loaded which probably wins for my favourite sample of all time; anyway the actual song is great too a 7 minuter this time it feels like a more rock based version of come together as it has more organic guitars and pianos over all of the sampling and drum beat, the high to end all highs a true highlight!
Damaged sounds like itโs meant to represent the comedown from loaded, the most distinctive track a very organic slow kinda beautiful sonic. But honestly if youโre not like me and you donโt like more traditional songs you will hate this, I like it though.
Iโam coming down is a very distinctive track amongst the album this slow drag of a song with some quite Indian sounding instrumentals and tribal drumming, not a favourite but a good collection of sounds on this one.
Higher than the sun ( feat.Jah wobble) is a slower 7 minute drug filled version of the other version of the track. Itโs a song that sounds like itโs made for headphones with the sampling in one ear then this tapping noise in the other originally making me wonder if someone was knocking on the first minutes ( oh yeah and half way it just stops for an awesome bass solo to only rebuild the song). I love this!
The album closes with shine like stars a slow heavenly track with a surprisingly creepy verse for the last bit it sounds like itโs gone an octave or so down making the last moments sound surprisingly depressed.
This music seriously isnโt my thing though and giving it a 5 would be disingenuous, itโs a 4 and everyone should give it a go but itโs so drugged up too much for the attention span of the 2020โs
4
May 28 2022
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Ooh I liked the other dire straits albumโฆ
The album opens with the song so far away a rip roaring bass line that suddenly gets overshadowed by the poppy guitars and singing. While I wouldnโt call this band a โ proper popโ group this is much poppier than Iโve had before. Itโs good though decent lyrics and well produced.
Following this is the song money for nothing it starts slowly with the repetition of โ I want my mtvโ for just over a minute, it slowly feeds into an electronic rock sound by what I think it seems to be a song about tv consumerism itโs good though just the intro was a little unnecessary.
Walk of life ( like sultans of swing on the self titled) is a song that I only recognised by the synth bit, itโs a good enough song though pretty much an old style rock and roll song with a synth line layered over it. Good song!
The first minute of Your latest trick (like the spotify image) is slow and gloomy then after that minute it forms into a slower โ jazzierโ track with the saxophone throughout. Itโs a good song but the saxophone isnโt one of my favourite instruments but itโs the key instrument to the song and without it the song would feel empty.
Why worry, kinda sounds hopeful in a way like all of the gloominess of your latest trick is gone. It would seen like an afterthought of that song but itโs 8 minutes long, a time stamp when executed well is awesome and while itโs good it just feels like a 5 minuter, itโs still beautiful and a brilliant sonic though.
Side two starts with ride across the river and itโs tribal drumming and flute work. The lyrics arenโt my favourite but this is still a great song just primarily for the fact that it shows verity of the sounds portrayed in this album and how different it is to the previous 5.
The manโs too strong follows on well from the last track itโs much folkier than the others, Until it explodes in the chorus this would have easily been my least favourite but as it progresses the song shows a true epic-ness that the other songs donโt portray as strongly!
One world almost feels like disco blues quite cool to be fair, itโs the most similar to the poppieness of the first three songs but still has a cool enough groove to make it special. Also the spotify artwork is really awesome and fitting to these songs.
The album closes off with the title track itโs sorta a blend of the thunderous sounds of the manโs too strong and the gloominess of your latest trick. It turns into this slow emotional closer apparently an anti war song sung by a solider itโs a really good song!
I recommend going through spotify on the initial listen for this as for the most part it shows the story each song tells and for every song it has a short clip for it.
Wow two 5โs in two days ( the other one was Screamidelica) thatโs cool!
5
May 29 2022
Machine Head
Deep Purple
This groups was good by what I rememberโฆ
The album opens with highway star the sonic is like an overexcited catapult of energy crashing into you only stopping for the awesome guitar solo. Itโs an excellent opener though; maybe me from some 20 or so days ago wouldโve written the length of the song as โ too pretentiousโ for an opener at 6 minutes, but it doesnโt feel like 6 minutes be honest. Deep purple just have the formula for long songs!
Next is maybe Iโm a leo itโs a slower track but still keeps the bandโs essentials in tact itโs also quite playful for the songโs intro that bit goes but itโs cool while it was there.
Pictures of home starts with a brief drum solo itโs quite a cool song to be fair itโs only three verses spanning 5 minutes but still cool. Strangely enough, itโs probably the way he sings it that makes the song unique. An odd favourite!
Never before is good but not as good itโs essentially a dive into more of a pop rock sound it works really well for the album, especially the chorus and the slowed down bridge.
Smoke on the water has one of the most simple but effective guitar riffs ever ( even I could probably do it). The bass line is also very cool and complements the song quite a bit. As far as the core of the song goes, the verse tell a good story and while the chorus doesnโt lyrically fit up too much with the verses itโs still a top tier chorus and a good song.
Now the penultimate track lazy the intro is much more electronic than the others but it somehow works then the song goes into a more organic sound still with the cool keys though . The song is slow and fairly long but after the songโs 4 minute intro thereโs a small sonic in there itโs alright not the best, especially with the harmonica solo. Way to ruin a near perfect album.
The album finishes with space truckin the lyrics are dumb but itโs good feels like lazy was the end of the set list and this is the encore to the album decent sonic though.
Well I must say it was close to a 5 fine it didnโt reach the heights of lets say child in time or flight of the rat on deep purple in rock it still was a consistently good effort that I would have returned to and I still will but lazy is such a drag that I will never touch again.
4
May 30 2022
รgรฆtis Byrjun
Sigur Rรณs
Ooh cool coverโฆ
The album opens with an intro track a nice chant to set the albums scene.
Svefn-g-englar is the first proper song a 10 minute long epic ( there are a lot of long songs on here) itโs a dreamy, relaxing well produced effort where I can see the appeal really clearly for but I guess iโam not really in the mind frame for a song like this.
Starรกlfur is a 6 minuter roughly translating to staring elf has some brilliant string work on it I do prefer this song though as the singerโs voice is slightly more present and the raw guitar bit is kinda cool.
The next song up is Flugufrelsarinn sounds decent it has a moodier feel to it and the vocals sound like theyโre trapped in a storm. The music has just kinda clicked with me now!
Song 5 is Nรฝ batterรญ which starts with this blissful noise just gently popping out until 2 minutes in where the vocals come in smoothly and gently singing almost giving the feeling of laying on a tranquil beach.
Then we have got Hjartaรฐ hamast (bamm bamm bamm) translating to The heart pounds (boom, boom,boom) it brings in more energy than the last ones with jazzy pianos backed by some haunted belch when the vocals come in most of that goes and instead weโre greeted by the normal vocals and this angelic backing that really makes the track.
Next is the albumโs longest track Viรฐrar vel til loftรกrรกsa a song that does take itโs time to get going but after the first two minutes and those strings come in it gives off a true sense of euphoria which only heightens when the vocals come in making it sound really emotional even if I donโt understand Icelandic .
Olsen Olsen is next a quite angelic track but still with a trance like bass line and at points this gentle flute playing and string work.
Now we have the title track รgรฆtis byrjun is a guitar based song and the highlight for drumming itโs great but at this point I kinda feel out of the trance the album placed earlier getting tired of the track half way through.
The album closes with Avalon a very unique spectacle indeed being a kinda sinister sounding instrumental piece, I donโt love it but itโs good.
You really have to be in the right frame of mind for this album and I was at points but not enough to love the whole thing. Also while Iโam not usually a fan of albums with really short track-lists this shouldโve been more like 8 songs with the track length.
4
May 31 2022
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
Ooh okay this might be coolโฆ
The album opens with do you wanna dance itโs a fairly solid track upbeat and poppy so what you would expect in a song the only thing is that the chorus feels a bit overwhelming.
Good to my baby starts with the whole barbershop quartet thing but then forms into a solid pop song I especially like the pre chorus/ chorus on this.
Next is donโt hurt my little sister itโs got this great harmony with the band singing but I just donโt think this songs verses are strong.
When I grow up to be a man is a song that I kind of recognise in the verses, itโs very well written with especially good vocals.
Help me, Rhonda is a more guitar driven track, it contains all of the positive energy that shines so well in this band but itโs so repetitive at the end and the playing with the volume is just annoying .
Ending side one is dance,dance, dance a short little rockier sounding song in terms of the verses but still has the strong harmonic beach boys chorus.
Please let me wonder has this droning yet heavenly ah sound throughout the song kinda giving it a more blissful feeling to it, itโs a good song but nothing special.
Then we have Iโm so young (the only cover in the album) it works and has some great oohโs and ahโs but it just doesnโt match the originals.
Man this second side is so full of the ooh and aah sound and while I like it on the beach boys by the point of kiss me baby iโam bored by it. The piano is good here though.
She knows me too well, still does the oohโs and aahโs but itโs better than the last two songs at least it just is generally harmonically better.
The last real song is in the back of my mind a lush slow track feels like a great bookend to the album.
But then they just place this interview at the end. Just why???
Well I can see the foundationโs for pet sounds and itโs good just no where near as good as that album and quite a lot of 60โs things.
3
Jun 01 2022
Rio
Duran Duran
Without proper knowledge on the band youโd believe that Duran Duran were just a singles band. I used to think they were a boy band, probably because of all the flashy music videos. But rio proves that Duran Duran is not just a band to be shrugged at. This is a MUST LISTEN even if this list was merely 100 albums in my opinion.
Obviously you have the amazing singles, not many songs are as iconic as hungry like the wolf! Rio and my own way is one of those 1,2 opening punches on albums that leaves you in awe that the same band was able to make two songs this good. Then the wistful save a prayer, the albumโs โanchorโ, its centrepiece (though itโs the penultimate track), most people will know it and everyone should love it. New religion shouldโve been a single as well, honestly I donโt get why it wasnโt, LOVE that bass line and that chorus.
But none of these songs are actually close to my favourite, the chauffeur, Rioโs off putting last moments putting you on edge until Simon le Bon screams โsing blue silverโ offering a euphoric sensation as you complete this masterpiece. There are so many covers of this song including the iconic deaftones one but none have put me on edge as the original or the acoustic demo of this track.
The only three tracks I havenโt mentioned (Lonely in your nightmare, hold back the rain and last chance on the stairway) are admittedly slightly weaker but they fit in perfectly. If the other songs didnโt exist and it was these three songs released as singles and a bunch of filler it could still skim being a 3/5 and likely score 3 hits.
Critically this was panned on release honestly Iโm not surprised, this will always happen with pop music. As soon as the frustration with their commercial acclaim goes honest opinions form.
For me early Duran Duran are something really special, ignore all that ordinary world crap, this album is where itโs at 5/5.
5
Jun 02 2022
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
I recognise the album cover but nothing else is familiarโฆ
The album starts off on a slow kind of a slow waking up tone with the shining it slowly builds up into just stopping and a completely different acoustic track comes up itโs okay strange lyrics but good song.
The song flows perfectly into everybodyโs stalking a more traditional rock sounding song itโs good but not in the top rock songs of all time.
Bewilder is just a small interlude donโt love it donโt hate it.
Fall in the river is a rather โ rustyโ sounding track itโs got great guitars one strumming one picking. The only problem is itโs just one verse. Then some weird in water bit.
Camping next to water is a more subtle song itโs got good lyrics and I like the way the instruments kinda spiral round his voice to act as a chorus without really building up anything.
Stone on the water has a cool intro slowly building up like the first song did this time to actually form a song of itself itโs an alright song but it takes so long to get there that itโs not worth it.
Another pearl is a more pop/rock song now this is amazing, at this point I was honestly getting bored with the album but this is redemption!
Body rap is a rather cool funky interlude.
Theres a slight wah wah sounding thing on once around the block that makes it sound pretty cool and thereโs a break where you can hear crackle noises itโs a really well made song.
This song is a short song a happy song a good song that turns into quite a distorted 60โs sounding song at the end of the song.
Bewilderbeast is a good but rather long instrumental to be fair iโam not a huge instrumentalโs fan so this isnโt really my kinda thing.
Magic in the air has a great piano/ acoustic guitar combo at the start which makes it sound almost fantasy like then it only focuses on the piano for the rest of the song which is unique for this album probably a favourite.
Cause a rockslide is a rockier track really well made the only thing is iโam not a fan of the supporting chords guitar that only plays in one ear. The rest of itโs good though. Until the spooky instrumental that takes up the back half of the song not good even when thereโs the acoustic bit at the end!
Iโam sorry but any song called pissing in the wind is gonna be stupid. Well a bit at least itโs a very oddly upbeat yet gloomy track and it probably wouldโve worked better as a shorter song as this just drags by a good minute .
Blistered heart is a nice enough instrumental but itโs so useless.
Disillusion is rather upbeat and a good choice for a single very upbeat and poppy for this album itโs really enjoyable a good surprise.
The penultimate track say it again is gloomy and slow like being stuck in some spooky forest blended with a classic folk sounding song honestly a surprise.
The album closes off with epitaph a decent closer that sounds like heโs out in the forest with the birds singing not a favourite but I like it.
This is one of those albums where for the most part the singles are really the best songs for me itโs a well formed album but just too long and too instrumental.
3
Jun 03 2022
Abbey Road
Beatles
Yay Beatles!!!โฆ
The album opens with come together and what makes this a good opener is all down to that iconic guitar riff ( well it is in my opinion anyway) this song lyrics are rather nonsensical but theyโre just there to carry the song really than to be itโs focus. Itโs great though!
Something is probably one of the most loved songs from this album and I have to agree itโs George Harrisonโs magnum opus everything from that iconic guitar riff to the amazing lyrics and thundering chorus another banger!
Now, was it worth getting the anvil for maxwells silver hammer? Iโam not too sure but itโs still a fine song itโs one of those happy sounding songs that are really dark, the chorus is probably my favourite bit very catchy and the piano work after makes it so epic.
Oh darling, is a great slower songs but still with a rampaging chorus probably not one of my favourite Paul songs but thatโs just because heโs done so many bangers. Piano work is excellent here.
Octopusโs garden is very Ringo itโs not a top tier song but still good all the instrumentation is perfect, the chorus is one of the most infectious ever. But it just sounds like a kids song.
I want you ( sheโs so heavy) is the very opposite to octopusโs garden a very John Lennon song a spiralling 7 minute epic with one of the best guitar riffs ever by the end it gets all fuzzy only to have one of the moon abrupt endingโs in music history. I still like it though.
[yeah that was side one probably one of the best displays of each Beatles individual talents]
Here comes the sun the most popular song that wasnโt a single, yeah this is a classic, great guitars good lyrics one of the most memorable songs of all time; great song!
Then is because essentially a drugged up cult like chant with one of my favourite opening lines of all time in โ because the world is round it turns me onโ. Itโs solid though but only because of that vocal layering if not the attraction would probably be gone.
[ now for the medley]
You never give me your money: It has great piano work, good lyrics and while this is the only one that isnโt a fragment of this song this one has never been a favourite of mine. The flow between this and sun king is just a bit odd as well with some bug noises bridging the gap. I think it wouldโve been better as itโs own song than park of this.
Sun king: itโs essentially a reprise of because with different lyrics not bad but the albumโs worst.
Mean mr mustard: a short kinda comical little track Itโs not a favourite but the flow into polythene pam is good.
Polythene pam: my opinion on this one is practically the same as mean mr mustard but it flows well into she came in through the bathroom window.
She came in through the bathroom window: best intro of the whole medley itโs sort of the end of the โfirst halfโ of the medley as thereโs no flow into golden slumberโs. Itโs a very good song though.
Golden slumbers : probably my favourite song off the medley great lyrics great chorus which is kinda like a trick thing as it flows the same way it does into carry that weight!
Carry that weight: another favourite of the medley the most uplifting track top song again!
The end: I like this one and itโs a great closer to the album and to the Beatles catalogue and the lyrics are great but out of the this and the previous two theres no competition.
[ bonus track]
Her majesty: ( ha ha iโam doing this on the day before the jubilee) itโs okayโฆ
{Also on a Beatles note unrelated to the album my Spotify rolled over to I saw her standing there the first song on their debut so thatโs cool.}
Probably the funniest review Iโve ever done!
Anyway itโs a true classic and still only my 3rd favourite Beatles album!
5
Jun 04 2022
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Okay have no clue hereโฆ
The album starts with the song Amsterdam, I donโt know french ( well not much anyway) but I does sound well made the way he gets angrier throughout works quite well here.
Next is les vieux like Amsterdam it builds up quite a bit ( not as much though) itโs actually quite a creepy sounding song which is cool.
Tango funebre isnโt as good as the last two I mean the instrumentation is alright but it gets dull after 3 minutes.
Le plat plays is a slower song again contains this build up act itโs okay nothing much to say.
Next we have les timides is a bit of a lullaby sounding song itโs alright.
Les jardins du casino is pretty good to be fair itโs pretty much the only one that has more than it than slowly getting more aggressive. The instrumental work is very good here too.
Le dernier repas is good the same kinda act one of the best examples of good instrumentation but other than that itโs not good.
The set ends with le toros avec final itโs cool dramatic and serves as a fine ending.
With this being such lyrically based music and for me to not know what any of it means this done a fine job. But I really donโt feel like I can push it past a 2 as I know I wonโt touch the album again but I can see appeal for it.
2
Jun 05 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Ooh some punk!
The album opens with the song kill the poor the start of the song is rather anthemic but after a short bit of time it forms into a rather good punk song.
Then is forward to death a fast paced minute long rocker it does good for its time limit but not great.
Exactly the same with when ya get drafted.
Lets lynch the landlord is a banger though a proper punk tune screaming, poor production just great amazing energy!
Drug me like tracks 2-3 is a ball of pure energy but somehow I just prefer this.
Your emotions on the other hand is just a good piece of energy nothing too special but works.
Chemical warfare ends side one itโs one of the longer, better ones yeah just great really especially when it slows an odd highlight.
Starting off side two is California รผber lines it has a great build up at the start this is one of the longer and slower songs but itโs still brilliant for a punk band.
I kill children starts off quite cool with the spoken bit, the song eventually turns into a punky affair filled with lots of pauses and silence for effect.
Stealing peoples mail is another one of those just great energy but little song kinda things still good though.
Funland at the beach goes for a similar thing but it has some brilliant guitar work in comparison to the other short energetic ones.
Ill in the head is alright probably my least favourite I mean itโs alright but the guitar breaks donโt work for how frequently they occur.
Now for the penultimate track and the albums longest ( by far) holiday in Cambodia the intro to this is odd and unnecessary but after it forms this amazing track great guitars especially yeah the best song!
The album closes with an Elvis cover in the form of viva las vegas itโs only really a song that I know through the chorus but itโs actually a decent rendition better than I thought they would do.
One of the better punk albums but not my favourite the typical rule here is the longer the song the better.
4
Jun 06 2022
School's Out
Alice Cooper
Okโฆ
It starts off with the albumโs title track itโs got an alright guitar riff and singing is eh, I mean the song should really appeal to me but it doesnโt.
Luney tune is slightly better Imo itโs more slower and downtempo but not a slow song, itโs just not clicking though.
Then we have gutter cat vs the jets itโs probably the best so far great intro, fitting singing and a cool subtle keyboards so yeah cool for this album.
Street fight is just an instrumental interesting but nothing special.
The first half ends with blue turk I mean itโs got a good bass line and the song is fine just a bit generic you know.
My stars has an awesome intro but itโs not as good as the song progresses actually now I think that its his voice that puts me off this music.
Public animal #9 is a better song a stomper of a track a little early 60โs sounding I do like it though especially compared to the majority of this thing.
Gloomy rain tripes throughout the albumโs penultimate track alma matter Itโs decent slow but likeable.
The album closes on grande finale itโs cool and grand but not a favourite of mine
I donโt know it just doesnโt feel right really not the worst but still a 2.
2
Jun 07 2022
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
Never herd of these guys beforeโฆ
The album opens with ha ha Iโm drowning an amazing danceable pop rock song theres especially great mental stampeding drum breaks.
Sleeping gas is the same sorta thing the instrumentation here is amazing especially the vocals on this one weirdly complement this song quite well. The song can be repetitive but still cool.
Treason is an amazing pop song with stunning drumming Iโam kinda glad this is there second biggest song according to Spotify!
Song four second head has a brilliant bass line that carries this one. Thereโs also a cool little drum break in this song.
Poppies has a cool intro and guitar riff but while I get what theyโre trying to say the lyrics arenโt great.
Went crazy is alright again great instrumentation and it wouldโve felt a bit filler as the songs seem to be doing the same thing but that bridge is great for this song.
Next is brave boys keep their promises itโs not slow as such but is one of the slowest songs lacking the multitude of instrumentation on the majority of the songs just being led by drums and guitars for the most part. Yeah itโs a good song.
Bouncing babies is a little odd the drums actually do make it sound like itโs bouncing in the ear, not a favourite but certainly unique.
Books is a little darker and more aggressive the singer shouts for the most part, the guitars are cool yet quiet and the bass and drums are good two. The best bit is the horns though gives it a great sense of grandness.
The penultimate track thief of Baghdad itโs a slower track certainly different from the rest album the chorus is epic the rest of the song is alright but not too special still like it though!
The album ends on when I dream itโs alright fairly grand great synths so strong closer I guess.
If I didnโt see they were from Liverpool I wouldโve honestly thought this was some early form of madchester I like it at moments but thereโs quite a bit of filler here too.
3
Jun 08 2022
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
I mean Iโve never been that crazy on Paul Weller or anything heโs been in but I donโt know it might be goodโฆ
The album opens with Mickโs blessings, eh just a piano instrumental.
Then is the whole point of no return itโs alright just some nice but dull slow jam with no real bang to it.
Me ship came in is filled with lots of like clapping noises throughout the song which are alright, again itโs fairly mellow but not as bad as the others I guess even if itโs just an instrumental.
Blue cafe is yet another instrumental this time a rather heavenly guitar based thing Itโs alright but instrumental tracks are never really my kinda thing.
The Paris match is the second song thatโs non instrumental this time itโs female sung which works with the kinda relaxed lounge feel of the song and album yeah itโs alright.
My ever Changing moods is a non instrumental song itโs probably the only one thatโs genuinely satisfied me in the slightest to be honest as most of this album is rather dull.
Ending side one is dropping bombs in the whitehouse a stupidly placed song as itโs the only one with any real energy in the whole album so far. Itโs alright though just a long energetic instrumental.
A gospel at the start of side two is really different though a more funk/ hip hop based track great bassline itโs not my kinda thing but itโs a good surprise.
Strength of nature is another change itโs annoying though just so repetitive ( with only 2 lines being sung for most of the song) and after the four minutes itโs rewarding to pass this.
Youโre the best thing is the biggest song on the album ( not one I recognise though) itโs decent serves as a nice break from the weirdness of side 2 .
Hereโs one that got away goes for a more โpubbyโ sound itโs only short but Itโs decent.
Headstart for happiness is quite fun though a nice pop rock track just nothing much notable.
The album ends with council meeting its a short but entertaining instrumental not a favourite but not dreadful.
The thing is side one was as dull as dishwater and then side two while tried quite a few of the ideas failed in my eyes so I have to give it a very low 3.
3
Jun 09 2022
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
Well sex pistols is decent so I hope this is tooโฆ
The album opens with theme a 9 minute long sludgy epic, I mean itโs alright but I just donโt like long overblown songs at the start of albums especially with the wired screaming too. Itโs just way too long if it were like 2 minutes I think I would enjoy this as an opener.
Religion I is just a spoken piece itโs alright but a bit wired for the sake of it, itโs similar to the intro to you took the words right out of my mouth on meatloafโs bat out of hell.
Religion II starts cool but then turns out itโs just religion I with instrumental work and some Johnny rotten screaming, I mean at least heโs trying to be experimental in this album.
Annalisa is the first โ normal songโ on here itโs essentially just a 6 minute long worse version ( vocally and lyrically) of any track on never mind the bullocks, but the instrumentation is fine.
Next is the sonic public image now this isnโt as good as the most of never mind the bullocks but itโs still much better than the rest of this album.
I think itโs because this album kinda lacks the fun and the odd one liners of the sex pistols album. But low life kinda does have that and itโs just still not clicking as much to be fair. But โ bourgeois anarchistโ is a good line.
Attack starts with these wired spitting like noises but then forms into this odd little mix of the more heavy sex pistols stuff with the weirdness of the first tracks on this album but it does it in all of the ways I donโt like about these projects.
The album ends on fodderstompf a dreadful experimentation into electronica. Just no.
Itโs not even like so bad itโs good. This album is just a mix of what sounds like sex pistols left overs lazily put alongside Johnny rottens weird experiments.
1
Jun 10 2022
British Steel
Judas Priest
Ooh okay not too sure what to expectโฆ
Rapid fire opens up the album and yeah thatโs rapid fire tempo. Great drumming especially must be hard to keep up with the time. The only thing is that the lyrics are just very generic metal lyrics but itโs not the main attraction to be fair.
Metal gods has a great little riff going on itโs not as cool as the last song but still good enough though. The end is interesting though with the noises.
I do recognise breaking the law Itโs a good single ( especially by metal standards) itโs a very destructive sounding track which I love about it the only problem is that chorus is so repetitive.
Grinder is a cool sludgy stomper probably a favourite. Just not much to say
I like the handclaps of united and itโs a good idea for a song but it just feels too much of a mix between a hippie song and a dumb football chant.
You donโt have to be old to be wise is a true anthemic track not a favourite to me but one that I bet would be amazing in a live setting.
Living after midnightโฆ eh itโs alright but is just the most generic commercial sounding thing on here makes sense as a single though.
I love the bass line at the start of the rage actually the crunchy guitars are amazing too itโs one if those ones that feels like the listener has been on a journey amazing!
The album closes with steeler itโs a fun little jaunty track good but not spectacular.
The songs are solid, but all samey you know I liked it but didnโt love it 3/5.
3
Jun 11 2022
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Hendrix is a weird one I actually donโt really listen to him, his music is good in fact very good. You cannot deny how good he is at guitar. I know all his albums kinda. This is the weakest of the three though 4/5
4
Jun 12 2022
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Well I know itโll probably be good music but a shame spotify canโt be usedโฆ
The album starts with my my hey hey( out of the blue) itโs a well done song with good instrumentation and lyrics Just not one that hits for me on any level.
Next is thrasher itโs a very solid song a little the same as the last one but itโs still okay.
With Ride my lama I didnโt like the recording quality here but I thought it was fairly fun.
Pocahontas is probably my favourite of the โ normalโ Neil young songs on here yeah it still doesnโt strike any main chords with me but is a great display of music.
Sail away ends the first half it sounds like a poorly done version of a Bob Dylan type song to be honest.
I donโt know if itโs because of the help from crazy horse but the big band atmosphere works amazingly with Neil especially on the first half of that part powderfinger.
Welfare mothers is loud and rocking brilliant song.
The penultimate track sedan delivery is almost like Neil young does punk yeah heโs so much better when in a band.
The last song hey hey my my ( into the black) is like a rockier continuation of the first song very solid.
Well once he had a big band I liked it.
3
Jun 13 2022
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
You look at the album see itโs cover and year and immediately want to give it a 1/5 however that would be serving a huge injusticeโฆ
Firstly I really dig this albums vibe. Itโs kinda cheesy but itโs also intelligent. Like new wave with a jazz flavour. Almost in the general area of music as the style council but actually good.
It has a very strong first half and Iโll always stand by the fact that Faron Young in particular is such a cool song (though itโs very different from the rest of the tracklist). And that appetite is a perfect pop song. But this album is one of the only albums more front loaded than hot fuss by the killers. Sure side 2 has good tracks like horsin around and when the angels but I donโt think anyone could make the argument that desire as and blueberry pies are the same level of quality as Bonnie or when love breaks down.
Also unrelated to the album I think the lead singer will become Santa.
4/5
4
Jun 14 2022
Beautiful Freak
Eels
I donโt know if I love or hate that coverโฆ
The album opens on novocaine for the soul a rather creepy track that does this cool emulation of vinyl pops and crackles that evolves into this really well played 90โs pop rock track . The only problem is that itโs not that great lyrically.
Susans house is a more deeper sounding drum and bass based track that has spoken word verses the chorus is very different to all of this though being quite harmonic and piano led. Each bit is slightly too separate but not bad
It flows perfectly into rags to rags the transition between verses and chorus is still oddly separate but theyโre actually executed well ( especially the kick arse chorus).
The albumโs title track is slow and dreary yet emotional and hopeful at the same time I hope the songs stay at the quality of these last two songs.
Not ready yet is just what you would want at this point in the album itโs fairly slow but explodes into this grand, spectacular chorus with amazing guitars. Just what I wanted!
My beloved monster ends the first half of the album a mostly slow track with brilliant guitars but a booming epic chorus.
Flower is a rather angelic, beautiful relaxed track that brings the mood of slowly waking up on a warm summers day. Also the lyrics are some of the albums best.
Guest list is quite a good idea for a song thematically. And all is good ( a nice slow burn) until the dam harmonica. God those things can be annoying.
I enjoy the bass line and the slow build up of metal itโs a great song, good lyrics good chorus itโs all you need. May have swapped this and flowers positioning on the album though.
I thought with a name like โ spunkyโ that this song would be song youthful burst of energy but what we actually get is a semi mature slow burn that isnโt a favourite but I like it.
The penultimate track your lucky day in hell is an amazing song that slowly builds up throughout the intro. Itโs so sad probably the albumโs best song!
I love a random lot of samples like the beginning of manchild itโs a brilliant close off kinda feels like the aftermath of the whole album putting everything to a gentle resolve.
Thereโs so many songs that I enjoy on here but itโs definitely an album where the singles arenโt necessarily the best as it slowly reveals its best cards rather than throwing it all in your face making some moments rather boring. But the majority was great!
4
Jun 15 2022
Technique
New Order
Well Iโve herd of them and I know joy divisionโs music fairly well.
Cover art is coolโฆ
The album opens with fine time which has this incredible instrumental buildup throughout the start eventually forming into this pretty cool dance rock tune with a good few little effects that work amazingly on headphones ; The song seems to not follow any given formulas which works in itโs favour but is hard to catch on to for a first listen.
The bass line in all the way is just power you know. The rest of the song is just an amazing little pop rock tune.
Love less keeps the same pros of the last song while still sounding completely different, this one in particular is glossier and poppier sounding instrumentally which is cool but the singing isnโt the best on this one.
Next is the nightclub ready round and round it isnโt my favourite song but still a great song to blast in a club due to itโs rhythm and futuristic sound.
This band really know how to do a bass line but the songs lack a real,special, unique factor to them, guilty partner is no exception.
Run is a step up from the last two a really well performed song with (pretty much) great everything I just donโt like where the guitars are in the mix.
Mr disco has one of my favourite grooves on the entire album very disco ready the lyrics are some of the better ones but feel like just a catalyst to push the song forward.
The electronic drumming at the start of vanishing point has an odd โ bouncing ballโ kinda sounds it then disappears to form my favourite song on the album especially in the mixing department!
This album ends on dream attack itโs a really lush sounding one with a brilliant build up not my favourite song on the album but a brilliant closer even if it couldโve honestly went anywhere in the album.
The bookends of this album were fun, unique and an exciting experience but the middle of the album just couldnโt click; the thing is, I get that this band were obviously influential on future dance and rock artists to come but I donโt think influence can carry an album enough to get a 5 or even a 4.
3
Jun 16 2022
Harvest
Neil Young
Well at least 2 of them are on spotifyโฆ
Out on the weekend is a fine Neil young track nice, mellow, well written with a good use of the harmonica. Itโs not my favourite song but itโs good.
The guitar riff in the albumโs title track is very reminiscent of like American cowboys sitting on the hay bales with a piece of straw in their mouth as the tumbleweed bounces by. A rather relaxing aesthetic with broad appeal but not one that iโam all too fussed about.
The instrumentation on a man needs a maid is pure class especially in the over the top chorus, Iโam not too sure on how honest the lyrics are meant to be and I sure hope itโs not cause itโs a lil sexist. Still my favourite song off the three albums Iโve herd though!
Heart of gold is like the better version of the first song amazingly written and performed harmonica based rock.
Are you ready for the country is one of those true American western-y type songs well done but not a huge fan.
Old man is a great well pieced together single not necessarily one of my favourites but still really good compared to his other albums.
Looking at the YouTube views thereโs a world is UNDERRATED an amazingly well done theatrical tune that deserves all the love.
I love how dramatic Alabama sounds again very strong yet under appreciated song.
The penultimate track is the short, raw yet beautifully tragic the needle and the damage done itโs quite obvious what it was about and the themes were tackled perfectly alongside good guitar work.
The album ends on words ( between the lines of age) this is a rather creepy yet epic sounding sendoff that this album deserves.
If you asked me before the review on what I thought about Neil young I probably wouldโve written him off as overrated but now Iโve herd this I kinda get why everyone loves him. Itโs by far not my favourite album of all time but still very solid.
4
Jun 17 2022
Pump
Aerosmith
Iโve herd of the band and I meanโฆ ehโฆ
The album opens with young lust a solid well performed heavy rock song just the lyrics arenโt great.
F.I.N.E. Is wellโฆ fine or allllright it doesnโt do anything offensive the sound is great even but nothing stand out or notable.
Going down= useless interlude
Love in an elevator has some great instrumentation and a catchy chorus but lacks that special factor that most rock songs like this would have.
Monkey on my back is a slower rocker not a favourite but at least they are trying something different at the start of the song then it goes into generic garbage but itโs still digestible.
Water song= useless interlude number 2
But hey Janieโs got a gun is at least a decent all be it formulaic slow jam that I actually appreciate unlike the rest of the album!
Dulcimer stomp= useless interlude number 3
The other side is a very big sounding yet surprisingly uninteresting track with little sonic verity from its peers.
I donโt get what makes this so boring but it just is the short rocker my girl is no exemption.
Donโt get mad, get even actually starts off awesomely itโs a fairly rubbish slow cowboy like sounding song with an explosive chorus but at least itโs not the same song over and again.
Hoodoo= useless interlude number 4 but at least this one sounds cool.
Voodoo medicine man is actually decent to be fair most of itโs generic as heck but the lyrics are okay and the chorus is pretty cool.
The album ends on what it takes a good slow piano lead song still nowhere near the best song ever but certainly is for the album!
This is just a band that already wasnโt great in their 10th studio album essentially writing 7 songs that were exactly the same and 3 that were generic but cool. Most of the bands verity actually comes from all of those useless interludes and they suck.
But thereโs worse in the world.
2
Jun 18 2022
Sound Affects
The Jam
Out of anything Paul Weller has touched the jam is the only project which heโs worked on that doesnโt make me want to fall asleepโฆ
Pretty green has a good bass line and this amazing chorus but while it is mostly a good tune the vocals feel ever so slightly too low in the mix.
Monday is a slower rather poppy song for the jam with these nice, subtle piano workings and great lyrics.
But iโam different now is much more punk a short little burst of energy with crunchy arse guitars only slowing down slightly towards the end.
Next is the song set the house ablaze probably the most epic sounding jam song out there and the one with the best guitars and an amazing instrumental/ spoken bridge in the middle great surprise!
Start! Isnโt my favourite jam single ( actually itโs one of my least favourites) but itโs well written and has an iconic bass line and great guitars that shouldโve made it the albums opener as it feels odd at this point on the album.
Ending side one is one of my favourite jam hits thats entertainment an aggressive acoustic mix with a heavenly chorus hard to fault!
Dream this is an odd start so side two with the first minute being warped noises then this heavy drum based track comes in itโs not my favourite but still really cool.
Man in the corner shop is a slower sometimes has some great lyrics about essentially being your own man itโs one of the least interesting instrumentally but I still like it.
Music for the last couple is a useless mostly instrumental track, which fine does sound good but what a shame shame that they didnโt just throw going underground at this point in the album as I think that song wouldโve made it a great.
The penultimate track boy about town is very good, I love the way he sings the verses on this one and those horns amazing!
The album closes with scrape away itโs great the slightly echoey vocals work perfectly on this one, itโs an odd track for sure but nice to throw in this as the albumโs closer.
[ As a bonus I decided to listen to the going underground single plus its b side dreams of children ( as they were on the us version apparently) to see if they would work on the album then Iโll give an alt track list]
Going underground= well this shouldโve just been on this album by default. Amazing single!
The dreams of children= itโs an alright song but I gets why itโs not on any album.
Alt tracklist
1 Start!
2 Monday
3 Pretty green
4 But iโam different now
5 Set the house ablaze
6 Thatโs entertainment
7 Dream time
8 Going underground
9 Man in the corner shop
10 Boy about town
11 Scrape away
Other than the slight track list faults brilliant album!
4
Jun 19 2022
Urban Hymns
The Verve
Iโve herd this one once before and my god itโs long ( not bad though)โฆ
The album starts with bitter sweet symphony an extremely powerful orchestral rocker initially I found it odd as the albumโs opener but one I listened on seemed like there was no other option!
Sonnet is a solid acoustic rocker with an explosive arse chorus whats not to like?
Then is the rock heavy song the rolling people itโs amazing to some extent as because of the songs sheer length youโll probably know the chorus off by heart in listen one but it just seems too long for this song.
The drugs donโt work is the verveโs intensely beautifully amazing swan-song itโs not my favourite track but itโs the best you know!
(For the next 4 songs the album takes a psychedelic turn)
Starting with catching the butterfly like the rolling people this one does drag a little but itโs still a fine psychedelic rock song and one of the albums best.
Neon wilderness is this trippy interlude showing weโre fully plunged in the drugs for a while. Unique but not a fan.
Well space and time is less druggy than I remember it still is a little druggy but itโs mostly brought on by the guitars in the verses.The best bit is the rocking chorus though.
Weeping willow is still how I remember it though an amazing dramatic little psychedelic rocker with an amazing chorus to end off this section of the album.
Then is lucky man an odd duck in the tracklist feeling like it should be on the more acoustic/ rock based first third but actually being placed in between the psychedelic second third and the somewhat forgettable last third. The song itself is my favourite of the album though amazing chorus!
One day starts this mixed bag of a final third thing one is one of the worst ones just a dull little sad song nothing really appeals to me here to be honest.
This time is oddly unique yet generic as it experiments with more hip hop sounding instrumentation which is cool but the song just feels so dull.
Velvet morning picks up the quality of the album being a slower beautiful little acoustic song with a thundering chorus couldโve closed the album on its own.
As the closer come on is the oddest pick to close an album with its a heavy psychedelic 6 minuter but somehow it works donโt get why great tune.
I think one the generator itโs overall a little overrated compared to the rest of britpop being an average of around 3.5 while which is similar masterpieces like pulps different class and oasis and blurs albums and somehow greater in rating than both suedeโs albumโs which were ultimate gems of Britpop.
But rant aside itโs good but with way too many tracks that dull it down from being as good as the albumโs I mentioned previouslyโฆ
Oh I forgot deep freeze is shit!
4
Jun 20 2022
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
Is this the rock bottom of the generator?
Lets find outโฆ
The album opens with sea song the instrumentals are unique and interesting a true special delight worthy of an award for a top track but the vocals are horrible worse than John martyn and the guy from violet femmes combined. Still heโs very instrumentally appeasing though to be honest even if the noises he makes are migraine inducing.
The last straw is a great slow piano track tainted by this manโs voice, heโs not even like Bob Dylan where itโs the lyrics that count as a good lot if the song is this guy singing โ wa wa wa waโ and the rest is this decent but not amazing verse.
Little red riding hood hit the road has these great trumpet effects making an enjoyable and entertaining musical experience ( much better than instrumental only albums like tubular bells and the tortoise albums) thereโs around 2:30 of bliss until this man tries to make ah sounds bringing in the fatal entrance of his villainous voice the thing is with a different vocalist all of these songs would be praised probably in the same level that bands like the Beatles and Radiohead get.
Starting off the albums second half is Alifib itโs not the most interesting instrumentally ( being a bit more drab and slow) but itโs still cool the lyrics this time are to note too being hilariously dreadful but in a funny way and itโs funny though as he sounds so serious when trying to sing these words.
Alfie is the part two of the song having more interesting natural sounding drums haunted synths. The lyrics are of the same quality but the singing is louder slower and deeper making him sound stupid, thereโs no other nice way to say it. The chant at the end is so bad itโs hilarious.
The album ends with little red robin hood hit the road itโs a shame the vocals are there from the start as a purely instrumental track couldโve saved this from a 1.
Itโs not exactly the worst on the generator but thereโs no other possible score to give than a one. I would recommend to give it a listen but nothing else in an odd way it screams 1001 albumโs you must hear before you die as itโs not necessary 1001 albumโs youโll like before you die.
1
Jun 21 2022
Ingenue
k.d. lang
Is it bad that I thought she was a boy before doing this?โฆ
The album starts with save me a slightly jazzy track but also with some tribal sounding drums. Her slow but fairly strong singing style really matches the music played so itโs good.
The mind of love has completely different sound ( being acoustic guitar led) while having the same general feeling ( relaxed and loungey) itโs not a favourite song of all time but I still enjoy it and see the appeal that it has.
Miss chatelaine is still majorly acoustic but faster paced itโs certainly a good song but one thatโs hard to put my finger on.
Wash me clean is the slowest track so far a kinda gloomy little thing verging on dull and drab but not quite that boring.
At the start of so it shall be has a kinda artificial and repetitive beat to it but somehow still impresses with her vocals; later on the song gains other elements the violin especially is class.
The on the edge strings at the start of still thrives this love are so thrilling and fresh for this singer but it goes into this tribal rainforest forest sounding song with the occasional strings still the albums best overall!
Season for a hollow soul is also awesome itโs gloomy but by no means boring love the rhythm and the exploding chorus of this one.
Outside myself keeps the same gloomy yet relaxed tone this time being primarily acoustic guitar based but with a killer piano solo in the middle. Not my favourite but still great.
The penultimate track tears for loves recalling has amazing lyrics a brilliant piano track I personally think the layered on drums ruin it a little but at the start only coming into full power a good minute in especially when the strings come brilliant song. Also good lyrics.
The album closes on the song constant craving a fairly fast paced but a somehow fitting little acoustic epic to close the project all off not the best not the worst.
Itโs good, not really my kinda thing, but still good great album all around.
4
Jun 22 2022
Da Capo
Love
Well forever changes is like a boarderline classic but this I donโt know what to expectโฆ
The album opens with Stephanie knows who a rather fast paced rocker ( well for love) with some sorta off key sounding instrumentation. Other than the screaming nothing matches to forever changes though.
Following is the rater mellow orange skies the song is closer to what they would make forever changes itโs a nice slow song with drugged up lyrics and amazing flute work in particular.
!Que vidaยก again goes in this direction I love the guitars in this one still not matching those.
Seven and seven is, is what I would say is loveโs heaviest song amazing drums and amazing bass work not what I expected from this band.
Love goes full on folk at the start of the castle being a bumbling Simon and Garfunkel like song at the start but slowly loses all of this with the second half being a unique spiralling instrumental piece.
Ending the first side of the album is she comes in colours, itโs no red telephone, but itโs still a nice rock song with off lyrics and great flute work ( which seems abandoned in forever changes).
Side two of the album is only one song revelation a nearly 19 minute long thing it starts off as a pretty formulaic rocker then is filled with so many other layers at points completely warping the song as a whole, vocal work is good slightly echoey and doesnโt fill up the song all too much for a song of this length. The bit where itโs like heโs having sex is rather awkward for the listener. But eh I really donโt like it but itโs unique.
Itโs half proto forever changes and half a mess not dreadful or forgettable though.
3
Jun 23 2022
Mott
Mott The Hoople
Never herd of this thing beforeโฆ
The album starts with all the way from Memphis itโs a solid piano rock song but my god, the singer is trying so hard to be David Bowie. Thereโs nothing bad about it though just a catchy well made pop song with whipping noises near the end are so unnecessary still good.
Whizz kid is a great crunchy rock song but itโs slowed down chorus is the best element of the song really adds a layer of gloominess. Actually this is an amazing song my only problem is that overly processed guitar solo.
The piano in hymn for the dudes sounds like youโve just been knocked out in a boxing match really cool. After that goes it forms into a great acoustic track but yeah itโs literally the sound of Bowie ( luckily I love that sound).
Honaloochie boogie is solid I love his distorted vocals. The chorus feels familiar but I donโt recognise the majority of the song. Itโs not my favourite but still enjoyable.
Violence is this heavy 70โs rock song that breaks into these wired drum/ violin parts that oddly fit, thereโs also a sample of an argument at the end which really upโs the quality.
The second half of the album starts with drivinโ sister nothing is bad with this song but itโs just the most boring typical song to be honest not bad though.
Ballad of mott and the hoople slows down the album forming this beautiful centrepiece to this album the lyrics are a bit too โrock n rollโ for my liking but thereโs nothing bad about this song.
Next is the medley of Iโm a Cadillac/ El Camino Dolo Roso. The first bit ( Iโm a
Cadillac) is a solid rocker amazing gloomy sounding verses that explode into some epic yet lovely-dovey chorus. Then is the second part (El Camino Dolo Roso) a mellow instrumental I think it serves as a good coda to the track but itโs a little too long for me; actually this reminds me of the guitar solo in the middle of suedeโs the asphalt world 21 years later in 1994.
The album ends on a not closery note with I wish I was your mother itโs nothing bad but has nothing to it that makes it distinctive as a closer to an album.
Itโs a very good album, to an extent it feels too much like a Bowie knockoff but in a good way thereโs better albums to waste your time with but itโs definitely an album people should hear before they die.
4
Jun 24 2022
xx
The xx
Iโve herd this one a few times itโs decentโฆ
The album opens with an intro track itโs a track that some perceive as the albumโs best song, I wouldnโt go that far but itโs a brilliant instrumental!
VCR is a song that I would describe as playful and childish with the bell noises but, I love that part,very enjoyable. Also I love that the song shows off both the vocalists even if none of them are top tier!
Crystallised has a cool ( yet gloomy) guitar riff the song kinda looses it spark as the song goes on but itโs not a poor song.
Islands is quite hard to flaw the instrumentation is crisp, itโs poppy but sad sounding at the same time.
Heart skipped a beat isnโt one of my favourites, itโs the first example of a song that doesnโt do anything interesting I mean the drums are nice and whatโs there of guitar work is good just not enough.
Then is fantasy an odd interlude track itโs a small chant over light atmospheric synths if any song diverges from the albums core values itโs this one.
Shelter is one of the poppier songs on the album would have been a great single choice, the chorus has this repetitive guitar riff and drums like a heartbeat really building up the tension into a borderline classic!
Basic space is probably the albumโs weakest song the sorta tribal rhythm along with the spaced apart singing is cool but not as special and unique as the other songs specialities.
Infinity is the albumโs longest song at just over 5 minutes itโs a shame though as the vocals are so low in the mix that especially for the man itโs really hard to get a grasp of the message. The quality of these tracks are tight but itโs still one of the 3 weakest.
The penultimate track night time is a slow builder initially having little to no instrumental work but building up into a fairly full track for this album having a dark hip hop vibe.
Stars closes the album with a fairly great tune filled with a pulsating, repetitive bass line having small piano and guitar parts building around it. Like VCR at the start itโs a near full on duet rounding off this album well!
I know both of these artists arenโt on the generator but this album kinda reminds me of Billie Eillish meets interpol these mumbling vocals over a repetitive but interesting guitar riff.
Overall the album brings off a great sense of euphoria when listening to it as a whole but itโs a hard one to listen to the songs separately as it feels a cohesive project.
4
Jun 25 2022
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
This band is one of those where the songs really donโt sound like what the band are gonna beโฆ
The album opens with the Celtic soul brothers itโs a well put together song with great instrumentation and the sample at the start is cool but itโs not overly that special.
The ooh sounds on lets make this precious are annoying, also the bridge is wired but the only highlight is those trumpet noises.
Then is the rampaging waltz All in all its good probably my favourite track so far as yeah itโs fairly pub-laddy but at least itโs distinctive.
Jackie Wilson said is a solid cover the most memorable bit is the singing at the start but the rest of the song still hits fine.
Side A ends with old a depressed drunken piano track which forms into a slightly hopeful yet gloomy thing definitely my favourite!
Side B starts with plan B a two parter initially a slow piano song solid but not amazing them then after about a minute it goes into a medley into a rather fun poppy song another top track.
Iโll show you is like letโs make this precious but without the annoying oohโs so it actually works perfectly as a song not an all time favourite but enjoyable.
The gospel like backing vocals over the typical dexys tune makes Liars A to E quite a unique sonic for this album but without any of that this song is devoid of any specialities still good though.
The penultimate track on the album is the longest song on the album Until I believe in my soul, quite a heavenly song a great way to make this album slow down untilโฆ
One of the weirdest choices for an album closer ever come on Eileen itโs a pub laddish single that everyone knows I canโt fault it but does the song serve as a goodbye.
Solid but not great.
3
Jun 26 2022
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Well Iโve herd his guitar in the longpigs and heโs goodโฆ
The album opens with the title track a pleasant stroll compared to what Iโve heard of his work before. Heโs got an amazing gentle ( Christmas singer sounding) voice which works for the music being done.
Just like rain takes a folkier tone compared to the last one still quite well produced big band yet solo singer stuff, good.
Hotel room is a lovely sounding song great but not my type of music to be honest.
Next is Darlinโ wait for me another song of similar opinion itโs slightly worse just being slow without much substance for me.
The ocean is cool again this dull feeling but this is just more epic and mysterious great stuff.
Born under a bad sign has this slight bit pf acoustic guitar shuffling that really glues the song together, all in all itโs still the same big band lovey-dovey sounding stuff
but not a bad implementation of it.
Then is the folky track, I sleep alone itโs a good left turn that shows knowledge of good sequencing not my favourite not my least.
Tonight is a gloomy acoustic song itโs good but like none of this album hits in the greatest way.
The album goes folkier again with one of the best songs on the album ( wading through) the waters of my time itโs just relaxing well written and memorable something you want from any solo artist.
The albumโs penultimate track whose going to shoe your pretty feet lacks quite a bit in instrumentation just a poem with a more echoey version of Hawleyโs usual vocals.
It goes will with the piano based closer last orders a cold and gloomy track but itโs still one of the best songs somehow and itโs instrumental.
I am gutted with this album to be honest I thought the guitarist in a rather underrated band whose best aspect was their guitars would make quite a fun album not one thatโs all maturity and nothing else.
2
Jun 27 2022
Eliminator
ZZ Top
Never herd of themโฆ
A generic drum pattern brings on the albums opener gimme all your lovinโ itโs solid but just a very of its time 80โs rock song which is awesome but not a favourite.
I love the playful yet crunchy guitar riff on got me under pressure, the lyrics seem to be that generic โ rock n rollโ stuff but itโs not badly done.
Sharp dressed man is a song that I definitely vaguely recognise as one of the better written songs of the 80โs, the chorus reminds me a bit of nick caves โ red right handโ by the way he sings the line โeverybodyโs crazy about the sharp dressed manโ.
I love the long intro to the 6 minute long song I need you tonight, this song has a sense of grandness that the rest of the album seems to lack until now.
I got the six is a very odd choice to close off the first half of the album being a short rocker not memorable but not bad.
The album goes in a poppier direction with Legs I love the synth work on this one but itโs just not a โmust listenโ song overall.
Thug sounds odd having a robotic yet tribal instrumental and some cool bitty guitars break. The lyrics are still not great but theyโre not the worst thing ever.
The album goes back to its normal feeling with TV dinners great instrumentals dull and stupid lyrics.
I donโt know why but dirty dog ( instrumentally) sounds like a dark sister track to legs with the repetitive bouncing synths . Lyrically, well no this band canโt write well in that department.
The penultimate track on the album If I could only flag her down is solid, well written, poppy but slightly bluesier. It feels a bit filler amongst this album but not bad.
The album closes on Bad Girl an odd pick for a closer ( even if thereโs nothing really to pick from) it just feels poorly done.
Typical 80โs pop rock great singles a few other good songs but no real substance to it.
3
Jun 28 2022
Repeater
Fugazi
Never herd of this bandโฆ
The album opens with turnover and my god I love how this song builds up itโs just epic. The chorus is really tense sounding making a nearly dramatic feel. Love this shit already!
It flows perfectly into the albumโs title track itโs a great display of the drum and bass skills of these artists the singing is a bit too fuzzy for me but it works really well when it goes spoken word.
Then it kicks off the instrumental song Brendan 1 and yeah itโs awesome for an instrumental and just the right length. But whereโs Brendan 2?
Merchandise shows a punkier side of the band amazing instrumentals and sloppy but solid vocals just works great you know.
Blueprint can be repetitive at moments but itโs still an amazingly written epic sounding song that should be at this position on the album really good It doesnโt look like this album had singles but this shouldโve been one!
I love the way sieve-fisted find builds up this song is darker sounding and heavier in an already heavy album itโs just wonderful and hard to fault.
Greed is a short little thing with only a few lines just blurted out, not my favourite but I love when heavier albums have songs where they can just scream. ( If you like this see also six shooter by queens of the stone age).
The album goes slightly more mellow with two beats off, this it still explodes a ton but the verses are done with little distortion which works as a good contradiction to the rest of the album!
The rapid guitars in the mental track styrofoam are amazing; itโs a true screamer, dirty but with an awesome edge to it that other bands really lack.
The penultimate track off the album reprovisional tricks the listener into thinking it will be slow and mellow but it reveals itself to be this sludgy and heavy mix of sounds. Itโs probably the worst one out of the tracks that arenโt really short or instrumentals but itโs still loveable.
The album shuts the door with shut the door this is definitely the most mellow of the songs but it still has everything that a listener would want from this band really cool.
It might not be everyoneโs cup of yea but I found it near impossible to find fault with this. Itโs the kinda album I would wanna make if I knew what I was doing. Mental but with swagger!
5
Jun 29 2022
...And Justice For All
Metallica
I kinda know this bandโฆ
The album opens with blackened a song that initially seems grand but then forms into this all guns blazing riot of a song it works really well as an opener to the album as each time I was bored they would just change the whole song; just what is needed for a 6 minute song.
Now for a 9 minuter the albumโs title track (โฆand justice for all) the intro is done much better on this song it builds up from these relaxing mellow guitars to a choppy crunchy metal song. The lyrics are good , metal lyrics donโt really tend to work on me with the same themes of satan always being sung out, but this feels different it feels like a band who care about what theyโre doing as musicians to make an admirable piece of musicianship.
The guitars on the verses of eye of the beholder remind me of a horse galloping only to come crashing down an amazing effect. Iโam not too fussed on the vocals on the verses of this song. The chorus is a bit more messy but it works and the vocals sound better here. So the song is a mixed bag but not bad.
Song four is the song one itโs kind of a pause to the album as the listener knows it showing them that metallica can do more than the in your face long winded but good metal song. Well actually the song is still long winded but the rest holds true this is the albumโs blissful walk in the park, great. Oh no, wait it turns into your typical metal song half way through.
The shortest straw has everything you expect but nothing else. Good but not one I would re-listen to in a hurry.
The start of harvester of sorrow is explosive then it forms into sounding like an army is marching towards you. Itโs awesome everything that I want in one of these songs and not too long.
I love the first 30 or so seconds of the frayed ends of sanity the most off the whole album but iโam not saying the rest of the song is anything but epic itโs ambitious but epic the albums best song.
The albumโs penultimate track is the 9 minute epic to live is to die itโs similar to one in the way that it starts off all acoustic then takes a massive left turn as it goes on. When the acoustic guitars come on these menacing guitars come on like youโre about to fight the final boss in a video game. Itโs an awesome piece of skilful musicianship, it wouldโve been my favourite song if it had lyrics that werenโt just spoken word stuff.
The album closes on a good but rather odd note with dyerโs eyes a rather choppy mess of a track not stopping for much, having the albumโs most aggressive singing and instrumentation. I like it but donโt love it.
It was a bit too dragged out and in your face to be a 5 but itโs still a great display of musicianship and everything like that.
4
Jun 30 2022
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
Well this isnโt the band I thought it would beโฆ
The album opens with freak scene, its a well written well performed song with mid level vocals. Something I like but doesnโt scream must listen.
It slows down a bit with the sludgier no bones, it all feels just very home done itโs a good sonic but the production ruins it and unlike bands like the white stripes this doesnโt feel intentional.
They always come feels like dinosaur jr are going pop punk I love it honestly, fine some tweaks could be made to their production and singing but itโs well written and well performed so what do you want.
Yeah you know what I am going to say for yeah I know.
Let it ride feels like the point a fun yet messy album gets boring; the other raw American bands like nirvana, pixies and the white stripes have much more charm than this band being able to stretch their talents throughout a whole album but this band doesnโt seem like they can.
Pond song is a nice enough change with the acoustic guitars being used more frequently making a fast paced but dreamier track. But itโs just another poor sounding song put into this machine of an album.
I donโt like the use of multiple singers at the chorus of Budge it just doesnโt work for a band like this.
The post reminds me of songs just like talking heads the overload and joy divisionโs I remember nothing for the verses ( so just morbidly depressed sounding) but the chorus is just generic dinosaur jr so I donโt know that I like this much.
I love the attempt to make an interesting noise in the scarily heavy donโt but I hate it itโs near unlistenable revolution 9 tier.
The album closes on keep the glove an actually rather happy acoustic note yeah this is the albumโs best song!
This is like a bug more specifically a lingering fly itโs a short thing that wonโt go away getting progressively more annoying as it goes along.
But I canโt hate them animals you know!
3
Jul 01 2022
Spiderland
Slint
6 tracks!!!โฆ
The album opens with breadcrumb tail, I love the spoken world bit at the start mixed in with the rather neat guitar playing it felt like the spoken word bit would never stop but it did and the rest of the song is good.
Man this band love spoken word bits! Anyway Nosferatu man is a bit of a heavy mess but it doesnโt sound bad in any way that brings it down.
Don, Aman is a little creepy at the start then forms into a fast paced acoustic track cool but not a favourite song.
Washer is the albumโs longest song at just over 8 minutes long, itโs a fairly morbid song for this time length. And the bandโs creepy sound is starting to get boring at this point; oddly enough this song kinda sounds like counting crows meets interpol ( not a mix that is preferable).
The albumโs penultimate track For Dinnerโฆ is such a musically mind numbing mix of sounds and itโs a fucking instrumental!!!
The album closes with good morning captain, itโs literally all the sounds that the band had done before made into one song.
And with those 6 tracks the band could only write one song.
2
Jul 02 2022
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Iโve herd of Janis joplin canโt say iโam familiar with her workโฆ
The album starts with the song combination of the two I love how this song sets itself up as the opener to the album, itโs an odd song but I donโt hate it and yeah Janis is screamy as fuck but not as bad as I thought she would be. Itโs an odd song but I donโt hate it.
When Janis isnโt screaming she sounds like a singer who has passed her prime ( sadly ironic huh) this is first shown in the second song I need a man to love; the song sounds nice in the background but it lacks the gravitas of most songs of the 60โs.
Summertime is the first song with any real substance instrumentally the verses remind me of the sonic โfeeling goodโ ( Iโam not sure who that song is by definitely not Buble or muse) with different guitars. Itโs great though honestly the vocals are a bit grating but itโs good to have unique vocals in a decade that lacks distinctive vocalist ( even if theyโre not good).
The album goes more traditional rock with piece of my heart, I donโt know this song that well but I do recognise the โ come onโsโ. Itโs really good that section actually is a bit before itโs time a very strong vocal performance loved it!
Turtle blues just kinda feels awkward for her vocal style I donโt know Janis Joplin doesnโt suit piano simple as that.
The album moves on though to oh sweet Mary actually a party male done song I actually love this, it seems like the start of the rambunctious verse overly slow chorus technique of other bands. Also love the guitar break in the middle.
The main album ends with ball and chain (and thatโs where Iโll stop) a nine minute long blues style track with the dirtiest of guitars. I love her vocals on this track specifically the way she sings along with the way she pronounces her words works perfectly here.
It was good I was kinda left wanting more ( but I guess thatโs what the bonus songs are for) anyway I liked it.
4
Jul 03 2022
Roots
Sepultura
Ugly arse coverโฆ
The album starts with roots bloody roots itโs the kinda in your face slipknot type stuff that oversteps the barrier too much the instrumentation isnโt even good enough to pass on as great.
I like the effects put at the start of attitude sounds like a space tribe and the screaming gives the song a needed atmosphere but the screaming isnโt even good screaming.
Cut-throat is just more viking screaming.
Whereas rathamahatta is a caveman chant better and more primal that itโs predecessor.
The vocals in breed apart are way too odd just either creeky or a screamy mess ( wow I hate this album).
Okay something I like the first minute of straighthate is interesting instrumentally them itโs the same old shit.
Actually, to prevent boredom the rush from spit to dusted all have this same nasty sound to them which I hate, some have redeeming moments where I can see other people loving this but itโs all scream mo substance.
But born stubborn kinda hits with me with the rapid instrumentation, itโs a better use for the screaming, still not my kinda thing but I donโt hate it ( now thatโs saved this from a 1/5).
Now there is a 2 song block of instrumentals first jasco itโs not much just a short bit of folk music. But then is Itsari, well I guess itโs not fully instrumental but itโs still a stupid acoustic based chanter. But I prefer it over like 70% of this album.
And the ooga booga voice is back with ambush Itโs just repetitive, uninteresting and predictable.
The intro to endangered species is cool but then weโre back to the same noise.
I guess the spine of the album ends with dictatorshit a drum based rampager with very little guitars, it was a good try and they failed.
Canyon jam isnโt worth sitting through!
Without these small instrumental moments of greatness it would easily be a 1, this shouldnโt be 16 tracks long this band could only do like 10 okay and there was still some filler.
Best songs= the singles
Worst songs= that boring stretch in the middle that I didnโt bother reviewing properly
2
Jul 04 2022
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
My day 1 was simon and Garfunkelโฆ
The album opens with the bookends theme Itโs not great but brilliant for a short opener.
After there is save the life of my child, an amazing song really ahead of itโs time ( sounds at lest late 70โs) also the throwback to the sound of silence works perfectly!
America is more of what I imagined from this album itโs an amazingly written acoustic song yeah this couldโve went perfectly on bridge over troubled water with no problem which is what I love!
Overs is alright, I donโt think that Simon and Garfunkel can write a bad song but this isnโt as good as the others.
Voices of old people= self explanatory
I like old friends itโs an innocent enough slow yet sad sounding folk tune; is it worth having the last track to introduce it ( no) but is it good ( yes).
A longer reprise of bookends theme ends side one, literally what I said last time round but the lyrics are nice.
Side two starts with faking it itโs one of the more typical s and g songs so far but itโs still great I love the exploding chorus also when the orchestral sounding bits come in it just fits perfectly.
Punkyโs dilemma is nice, breezy and childish, the lyrics are hilariously stupid but I like it still.
If I were to take all of this groupโs big hits ( Cecilia, the boxer, the sound of silence etcโฆ) mrs Robinson would probably be my least favourite I mean I donโt hate it but I just donโt think itโs of that epic quality that even some random album tracks can beat.
The albumโs penultimate track a hazy shade of winter is short and more epic sounding, this is honestly the song I will take from this first listen!
The album closes with the song at the zoo, ,I much prefer it to the something of nothing song for the asking, itโs slow but long and has this gravitas that can lack in this duoโs weaker songs, still great here!
This makes me really wanna change my bridge over troubled water score to a 5, as this is definitely a 5 and I view them as very similar quality!!!
5
Jul 05 2022
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
If I had hounds of love that wouldโve been perfect timingโฆ
The album opens with sat in your lap, itโs a good song (especially love the drumming) but Iโam a little sceptical of the vocals, especially on the pre chorus.
There goes a tenner sounds like Kate reminding the listener that sheโs a brit ( in a vocal sense) the thing is I like it but only because itโs so quirky.
Again pull out the pin satisfies in an experimental must listen way and it is cool but is it a song that screams return?
Suspended in gaffa feels a little โ jankyโ but the experimentation is always appreciated. Even if those backing vocals shouldโve never been recorded.
Side one ends with leave it open, those warped vocals is probably my favourite thing sheโs done so far in the album actually I greatly appreciate this whole song in comparison to the awkward this album is, donโt get me wrong the song is an odd mess but a well made odd mess.
Itโs really hard to understand the vocals on side twoโs opener the dreaming the admiration is high and actually I really enjoyed this one!
Night of the swallow is the most normal song off the whole album, fine the vocals are a little odd but nothing like the rest of the album; itโs a dramatic piano song, really cool.
I really donโt get it, all the love sounds odd yeah but more single like than literally any of the singles, I love the when the song just briefly dies for all of the quiet sections and when the piano comes in at the chorus wow.
Even the penultimate track Houdini sounds more normal than the singles, like fine the screaming is a little wired but the rest of it has certainly got a higher chance of selling than a song like there goes a tenner. Anyway Houdini is a great piano song.
The album ends with a song called get out of my house now this is more the strange warped Kate bush that I ( mostly) โmissedโ for the past 3 songs but the application is good I guess and it serves as a passable closer.
I mean this wasnโt what I was expecting more of an experience than an album, a fun one but not one that I want to relieve for at least another year.
But by sheer experimentation alone it deserves a 4.
4
Jul 06 2022
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
Iโve never herd of or seen this act/ album before and arenโt all crows black?โฆ
I love the slow bluesy guitars at the start of the albumโs opener twice as hard but those guitars were a trick and the song builds to this all powerful speedy tempo, this kinda reminds me of the white stripes meets stadium rock like Boston. So essentially amazing live music!
Jealous again sounds like truckers music, good truckers music but still just the kinda thing that people will blast at max volume deafening anyone else on the motorway.
But in the grand scheme of things jealous again seems like light album filler as the slow jam sister luck picks up the quality of before this is a great slow down in pace for the album with amazing guitars and also showing the listener that this band is more than large stadium songs.
Could Iโve ever been so blind isnโt that special or unique but good and listenable none the less.
Side one ends with seeing things itโs a romantic slow track with an exploding/ angelic chorus, this song works perfectly for what itโs meant to do and I like it, it works perfectly for the songs purpose yet knowing what I have herd through ( and even outside) the generator itโs not cracking my top songs of all time.
Hard to handle is a solid banger to start off this half of the album again not a favourite but if it was someoneโs favourite song of all time I honestly couldnโt argue.
I mean thick n thin works well and itโs nice to see a piano involved but itโs just not too special.
The final single off the album is she talks to angels a beautiful little acoustic track sad, brittle and painful. With class instrumentation all the way!
Putting strutting blues ( a rather soulless rock and roll tune) right after she talks to angels was a wrong move, a very poor sequencing choice but I guess itโs not a bad song just uninteresting.
The album closes with stare it cold the song isnโt necessary a great choice for closer status but still one of the better songs on the album.
Itโs got ( Mostly) powerful singles and a good few other decent tracks but it feels too generic to gander it a 5 even if there are some bangers.
4
Jul 07 2022
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Does this really need to be on here?โฆ
The album opens with spinning song It is a spoken word track over a droning electronic noise, certainly interesting and a good choice for track one but it ainโt a favourite.
I thought nick cave done a little bit of singing and not just talking? Well guess Iโam wrong as bright horses is just like the first sonic but with backing singers and good ambient piano work.
Okay the albumโs evolved a little bit as waiting for you has cave singing and I know heโs not the best vocalist but this was a nice thing to hear. The piano in this track is also more frequent so I hope that occurs more with time.
Night raid is a step back in quality in my opinion as heโs gone back to just talking at your ears ( well, for the most part) and itโs backed by an instrumental akin to if Radioheadโs treefingers was slightly more rhythmic actually the only pleasantry from this song are the backing singers so yeah not my cuppa tea so far.
Surprisingly, I actually really like sun forest it contains a mix of cave speaking and singing over one of the best ambient noises Iโve ever herd but that noise only works across its time length because of the piano. The last minute seems to be like a hidden track of sorts and It just adds nothing.
Galleon ship is also one of the better songs, itโs a slightly darker and gloomier song with probably the most singing from cave in the whole album. The creepy backing vocals also add a touch of greatness missing from the album.
Ghosteen speaks has another set of the best instrumentals in the whole album and cave is singing which is good but itโs just too repetitive and being ambient music that isnโt really meant as much for the foreground of the mind this music is getting repetitive.
The first act of the album ends with leviathan another repetitive one but still one of the albums best songs by a country mile having a sound akin to being submerged in the deep blue sea.
Ghosteen would be the albumโs best song if it wasnโt for the 12:10 time stamp that isnโt really filled with much. But itโs good background music.
And Nick went back to just talking as now for one of the worst songs on the album, fireflies itโs just boring and feels longer than the two overblown epics either side of it.
Hollywood is a 14 minute long epic and a grand/ satisfying conclusion to the album this song isnโt one of my favourites due to the time length but for people who are good with long pieces like this there is something to really enjoy!
This album reminds me of if Radiohead's kid A was long, dragged out and sung by nick cave; whereโs my red right hand at? Oh yeah the album with that song wasnโt even in the book.
2
Jul 08 2022
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
Now for my first album since I asked to get things from all genres ( an electronic thing) interestingโฆ
The album starts off with itโs title track a 17 minute long creepy arse instrumental ( well theyโre all instrumental but still) and out of the other long winded instrumental tracks that Iโve herd ( Djed by tortoise and Tarkus by Emerson lake and palmer) this is done so much better; this thing is a thrilling exhilarating piece that while thereโs little chance I will want to listen to it again I can truly see the audience for this stuff!
Then starting off side two we have mysterious senseless at the strand of nightmares and yeah if you removed the ambient synths at the forefront of the track this would sound like nightmare music in every way possible but luckily we donโt have to experience that.Occasionally the audio just drops on this song which is a cool gimmick but itโs not as good as the first song.
Then is movementโs of a visionary this is literally scary space music, I definitely donโt think itโs as satisfying as the other tracks on the album but eh still better than the other all instrumental albums on here.
The album closes on sequent c, nothing really special here to be honest just 2 minutes of heavenly and ambient synths.
I donโt love it but I think itโs very ahead of itโs time as an album. Of this thing was in the 80โs I wouldโve definitely gave it a low rating as the 80โs is like the synth decade so it wouldnโt have been that unique .
But as itโs a 70โs album this is a unique semi classic of an album yeah it only gets a 4 because electronic music isnโt my kinda genre but for electronic fans I would hope to think this is a must!
3
Jul 09 2022
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
And for my first hip hop album since making removing the genre filterโฆ
The album opens with push it along and my god the sample work at the start is good! Iโam Iโam surprised by how great this is as an opener Q-tip is essentially introducing himself as an artist with the sharp inelegant lyrics that fill throughout the song.He introduces the others with this wired echoey chat with his group, nice interlude bit.
Well luck of lucien does start with part of all you need is love by the Beatles which heightens the song a bit making it sound of a higher level and thereโs some jazzy bit too throughout that gives it a much needed personality. This song is more energetic then the last song the beats are better, the rapping is very on point and the samples used are great!
Ooh, my first turn table noises came in after hours. The song is good as unlike the last two songs the beat is backed up by other noises ( by what partly sounds like synth and then it goes into drums). The Frogs are wired though.
Iโam not great with my hip hop knowledge but these guys seem like the masters of the samples making an otherwise okay song into a masterpiece ( oh yeah thatโs footprints for you).
I left my wallet at el Segundo actually had some guitar parts in the samples which works well! The lyrics tell the story of loosing a wallet ( of course at el Segundo) in a surprisingly lyrically sharp way. Love the angry Spanish/ Mexican men sample at the end.
I really donโt like the shaky beat in Pubic enemy but the lyrics are somewhat good especially for the subject involved.
I love the samples in Bonita Applebum as they arenโt overused unlike some of the others. The lyrics are okay not theyโre sharpest but at least the chorus is kinda catchy.
The album slows for itโs best song and biggest hit can I kick it, the itโs probably got the best sample beat of the album and some of the best strongest rapping. A good thing to note though are how cool the turntable spins are in headphones. Anyway good song!
Youthful expression also has a decent groove to it and probably my favourite line so far with โ politicians are magicians make your vote they hope youโre wishinโ yeah this is the best lyrical track for me in general!
Then we have rhythm ( devoted to the art of moving butts) the verses are good but wait are those sex noises before the chorus; also the chorus is weird because itโs proper whispery, not a favourite but good try.
Mr. Muhammad is probably the the most โrhythmicโ sample filled song of the whole album, itโs a track without personality but I wouldnโt miss it if it wasnโt on the album.
Ham n eggs is actually quite interesting for itโs time as itโs a pro vegan song ( so something not common in the late 80โs/ early 90โs times it was written and released in. Itโs done in a very of itโs time goofy way but I like it. And the rhythm keeps the same sorta energy of Mr Muhammad.
The albumโs penultimate track is the rather groovy go ahead in the rain straight up solid beat but itโs one of the worst songs on this album.
That last song does flow perfectly into description of a fool though itโs a great closer sharp lyrics, good beat, great rapping. Making most of the song instrumental was a good way to kill of the album slowly, but yeah a banger to end a banger of an album.
Well this was a great (yet slightly over bloated) album (even though like 70% of rap albums are over bloated) will definitely revisit!
4
Jul 10 2022
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
No clue but rather modern looking cover art for the 60โsโฆ
On the first song S.F sorrow is born in a rather folk meets psychedelic way. I wouldnโt be surprised if it was influenced by the Beatles as sgt peppers wouldโve been out by this time.
Yeah bracelets on fingers definitely joining in with the other big things of the 60โs it starts off with group singing backed by sitar then has these verses that sound just like psychedelic era Beatles.
I like she says good morning solid rocker with a great fuzzy little guitar solo half way that gives the song a bit more personality.
Private sorrow is the first song that I actually think sounds like what it should be itโs a little psychedelic army jig actually surprised by how unique this one is.
Balloon burning has a cool guitar riff and itโs certainly one of the funniest ( well instrumentally) but it just feels like trend hopping of the psychedelic sound of the time.
Death ends side one itโs this gloomy little thing, I think without the sitarโs it would Actually sound better ( donโt get me wrong I love the sound of the sitar) but for the 60โs thereโs too much of it.
The verses of baron Saturday are like what being for the benefit of mr kite would be like without all the cool instrumentation then the chorus takes a u turn and itโs now this piano based rocker with an Indian drum solo. Cool!
This album is just dipped in Indian psychedelic music and it does feel that way on The journey but at least the acoustic guitar is a nice touch.
I see you is a great stomping rocker kinda sounds like it couldโve been lead single and the stereo bouncing in the ears is awesome son this one! ( maybe remove the bit at the end though).
Well of destiny is a short slow interlude, great stereo sounds on the ears but nothing much else ( kinda scary).
Trust feels just a bit off beat which I love, itโs also great that this album has a truly acoustic pop song with no sitars. Kinda what I wanted to hear.
The penultimate track old man going builds up so amazingly the song is kinda proof of how metal came out of psychedelia like the verses theyโre just so metal.
The album ends with loneliest person and itโs a shortie alright, very folky too and the saddest lyrics on the album.
Itโs a good album very good indeed but I already have better, more popular albums that fill the role of these songs so for that itโs a low 4/5.
4
Jul 11 2022
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Day 100 and a classic album that Iโve never herd before thatโs good!โฆ
The album starts with 21st century schizoid man and I have to say ( for the 60โs) itโs certainly one of the most unique songs Iโve ever herd. Love the fuzzed out vocals, and the extended instrumental in particular! (The only thing is when he yells โ21st century schizoid manโ; I annoyingly have the thought of Kanye Westโs ego spreading over the song).
Itโs really odd though because the next song I talk to the wind removes the every bit of heaviest in favour of a baron psychedelic folk track itโs not a favourite but itโs still enjoyable.
Ending side one is epitaph itโs such an epic, grand and powerful sounding tune that definitely never misses a beat. But then the instrumental of the song comes in a much slower section sounding like death marching through the song, honestly flawless!
Side 2 track one and also the albumโs penultimate track moonchild and and donโt get me wrong I like the song but the more silent bit in the middle where you can only hear little bits of sound is just too long really; but hey Itโs prog what are you gonna expect.
The court of the crimson king alone redeemed everything bad about moonchild as itโs probably in my top 3 album closers of all time now, so grand, so epic and ultra climactic, just perfection!
Fine, only 4/5 songs were perfection but those songs make up for moonchild!
5
Jul 12 2022
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
For some reason the song officer isnโt on spotify so Iโll just skip itโฆ
The album opens with an interlude it isnโt great but sets the feel for the music that is about to happen.
Then itโs oh shit, I like the way that this one builds up in the rhythm until the start rapping two rappers trade parts both I think are alright but it sounds like theyโre trying too hard.
Itโs jiggaboo time is a dumb skit but itโs alright.
4 better or 4 worse is okay for the most part instead of the eating brains verse also iโam starting to think the beats that this group use are sometimes too in your face and it feels like a competition between the rappers and the instrumental.
Iโm that type of n**** has literally got the issue that I just said about the last song, but itโs still good the rapping is probably the most aggressive so far
If I were president is also a dumb skit but itโs not alright.
Soul flower feels a little dumb, but hey the rapping and the beat is kinda solid.
It gets ever so slightly slower with On the DL I really like this beat for the song and the rapping is class but Iโam starting to realise that theyโre not that good at making a chorus usually just repeating the songs name again and again.
Why so many Interludes dam you pack the pipe.
< officer used to be here>
I donโt think this group like my mum by the sound of ya mama, I think itโs trying to be comical which I like because I only really hear humour in music with 90โs hip hop stuff. The songs decent though.
The sampled beats in passinโ me by have a great vintage crackle sound to them which works well for effect the rest is much the same of whatโs came before in terms of pros and cons.
Others fish is one of my favourites on the album not one bit aggressive and good beats. Some of the rapping is even a bit like heโs trying to sing!
Quintonโs on the way is a dumb skit and just a dumb long skit.
Weโve reached the penultimate track Pack the pipe itโs alright it has a bit of a โsmokyโ and โmuffledโ sounding beat, the lyrics are still sharp but the baby voices no, just no.
The album ends with return of the B-boy itโs alright, a party to end the album.
Yeah this is a 3 for sure I liked it a little but the tracklist is too long ( even with officer redacted from records) and the higher pitch rapper is horrible to listen to sometimes.
3
Jul 13 2022
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
I mean itโs fucking queen itโs gotta be a positive reviewโฆ
The album opens with Brighton rock one of the most rocking songs on the album, I love how it builds up from the fairground noises and then Brian Mayโs guitar solo just shows his power as a guitarist that weโve never seen before ( even if it is very long).
Then is the most popular song off the album and that is killer queen and itโs honestly my 2nd favourite off the really big queen hits ( favourite is obviously bohemian rhapsody) but yeah killer queen is just perfect!
< three song medley time>
Starting with Tenement Funster this one is a great spiralling builder of a track with one of one the most kick arse explosive choruses of all time.
But flick of the wrist is my favourite one of the medley being a very quirky for the sake of it type song ( especially the verses) but I love it!
Lilly of the valley is okay just feels like a coda to flick of the wrist.
< end of medley>
Now Iโam here is a standard issue rock banger, something that is really essential in a good queen album, itโs one of those queen songs that work perfectly with stereo speakers, but honestly itโs not a favourite on this album for me but thatโs probably because there are so many brilliant songs.
In the lap of the gods is a bit odd for the sake of it kinda music but like flick of the wrist earlier this is executed perfectly so it doesnโt matter.
Stone cold crazy is the heaviest queen has ever went in their career and honestly great song canโt fault!
Dear friends is a short heavenly sounding piano track yeah itโs okay just short.
Same thing with misfire but this song is guitar based and just a better song.
Bring back that Leroy brown is a slightly dumb but fun little piano skiffle but still really enjoyable.
Now for queens most under appreciated song she makes me ( stormtrooper in stilettos) itโs a song that grows as it develops from a slow happy clappy acoustic song to an anthemic rocker with the coolest coda on any song off the album.
Now for the closer in the lap of the gods ( revisited) well itโs not really revisited as itโs a completely different song in general with this one being a more straightforward anthem apparently meant to be a sing along song live before we will rock you existed.
This album slaps there isnโt anything bad and all of the less interesting moments are tiny blips so itโs obviously a 5/5.
5
Jul 14 2022
Wild Gift
X
Ok some punk fineโฆ
The album opens with the once over twice itโs a good song, I canโt deny the instrumentation being great. Her vocals are unique but not really my kinda thing to be fair.
Weโre desperate is again very good but both of them some of the worst singing vocals ever. But itโs fun and punk music usually has sloppy singers.
Adult books actually surprised me itโs a slower song but really well made everything fits perfectly here.
The backing vocals from the female singer are dreadful but the rest of Universal corner is very good.
Iโm coming over is nasty brutish and short rubbish vocals though.
Ending side one is itโs who you know a good song but I donโt get how this was a good song to end the first half of the album.
Starting side 2 is in this house that I call come itโs okay I donโt find it all to special (as side 2 track one should be) but still a song I guess.
I guess some other time has her best singing but still poor singing great instrumentation and lyrics.
Like white girl it has this awesome bass line but iโam stuck thinking about how she canโt sing too much to really care.
Beyond and back sounds like a 50โs rock song, nice to see them stray away from full on punk for once.
Then we end on 3 songs all being just over a minute ( Back 2 the base, When our love passed on the couch and Year 1) the first two sound exactly the same then year 1 is some clapping stadium mini song.
If they replaced the female vocalist I wouldโve actually really dug this shit but no just no.
2
Jul 15 2022
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
I donโt love Springsteen but I donโt hate him eitherโฆ
The album opens with itโs title track a very basic all American sounding ballad. Itโs okay except the harmonica at the startโฆ yuck.
Atlantic city sounds like something a group of musicians will be playing at a street festival loud, folkish and somewhat uninteresting.
Things slow down with mansion on the hill but the criticisms are still the same.
Springsteenโs echoey vocals donโt work In Johnny 99 but itโs not dreadful just okay.
Both highway patrolman and used cars are dull and lack anything to really review them of.
State trooper appears in between the last two songs mentioned and well this one is cool to be fair, the albumโs rockiest track with a bad arse guitar riff ( for an acoustic) and the screaming at the end somehow works perfectly!
Open all night is also a fairly rocky cut using an electric guitar and one of the better songs by far.
Then my fatherโs house is boring yet a solid song.
I donโt get reason to believe being the closer over my fatherโs house but this song is still one of the best songs on the album, not my kinda thing, but still great!
This is the most by the book 3 that I could ever give itโs solid there are little actually bad songs but plentiful of boring slow pieces and yeah Iโll give him that he is a good lyricist but not good enough to save him from the mid tier.
3
Jul 16 2022
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
Good pop music thatโs fine for todayโฆ
The album opens with the megahit take on me itโs a banger, just undeniable!
Then is train of thought itโs a good song but it almost sounds like heโs trying too hard to sing in another accent (but this problem mostly goes by the end).
But saying that about the last song I like his vocals quite a bit in hunting high and low this is an honestly amazing swooping ballad!
I honestly thought that track 4 was called โ mr blue skyโ but no itโs just โthe blue skyโ anyway itโs a little shit the instrumentation and singing quality is what Iโd expect but the lyricsโฆ wow theyโre bad.
Side one ends with living a boyโs adventure tale itโs great and honestly couldโve been a single great slow track to end the first half of the album!
Side two opens with their second biggest song the sun always shines on tv, I loved how it starts all sad and slow then forms into this awesome new wave rocker ( but a-ha mustโve been a 1 hit wonder because Iโve never herd this song before).
Then is and you tell me, a shortie and a slow song nothing special but good.
Love is reason isnโt much of a song being like 80% repetitive chorus but itโs not bad.
I donโt hate I dream myself alive but I think it feels a little static in comparison to the other songs on the album ( but the samples are cool).
The album closes with here I stand to face the rain, I was actually surprised by this itโs really well crafted probably the best song on side two and well worth the wait!
Side 1: 4/5 songs are great
Side 2: 2/5 songs are great
4+2=6
Half 6= 3
3/5 solid but fairly weak for new wave to be fair.
3
Jul 17 2022
Funeral
Arcade Fire
Iโve herd it once before and I like it but just a tad overrated for me but hey itโs a new day so Iโll try it with new earsโฆ
Also for the neighbourhood songs I am just gonna call them by whatever is in the brackets as I find the whole multi part idea stupid when the songs have no real musical flow and are completely separate worksโฆ
The album opens with tunnels, one of the most enjoyable tracks of the album, perfect instrumentation for the albumโs opener with the grand build up in tempo throughout truly an epic tune!
Laika has a great chorus but the vocals on the verses are too muffled and static really for me.
Une anee sans lumiere is a song that I appreciate for speaking in a different language ( well for the odd line or two at least) and feels like a nice mid side 1 break ( so I guess the neighbourhood thing does work).
Power out is really explosive ( like a dark disco track) but it also has these playful bell sounds that make it really unique to be honest!
7 kettles is a nice slow song to end the whole dumb neighbourhood thing and this is the albumโs worst track, well performed but mediocre.
< note to self: well I guess the first two songs make sense as a part of โneighbourhoodโ but doing 3 and 4 is dumb>
Crown of love is really soft and sweet great way to rebuild the album after 7 kettles; the dance bit at the end is odd but itโs just a great song to be honest.
Wake up is the closest you would get to a full blown rocker on this album ( like itโs all heavy guitars until the last minute or so) and itโs one of the best songs on the album (especially when you give it time like this)!
Haiti goes for a female vocalist swapping between English and french over a great rhythm. Not a favourite but I like it especially with the echoey voice.
There are these sirens at the end of Haiti that flow perfectly into the penultimate track rebellion ( lies) this song is great like the albumโs opener it builds up well as the song progresses but unlike this song this is a proper rocker.
The album closes with in the backseat ( another song sung by the female vocalist), a track that really works when the electric guitars crash over her voice making a song that wouldโve been just dull and slow into something incredible.
Well, I guess I was a bit wrong ( I still think the band are overrated) but this was better than I remembered canโt not give this a 5 ( even if itโs quite a low one).
5
Jul 18 2022
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
I used to be fairly one note with my music tastes and I got recommended this band (as I was trying to find something new to me) I only listened to like one song from them and forgotten them forever fast forward just over a year or so and here I am trying to review a full length album, day 107 letโs goโฆ
The album opens with Just like honey, this song is amazing like an awesome shoegazey march!
The living end is a messy track sounding like theyโre in a storm of screeching nonsense didnโt like this track much.
I like taste the floor, the guitars are a little too distorted for me but still a great song in there.
The hardest walk isnโt too overpowering in distortion and the vocals are louder in the mix (which I prefer for this band) yeah itโs nice.
Cut dead isnโt what I thought it would be itโs just nice and calm, just what the album needs.
In a hole is a good example of what a song can sound like all distorted/messy and still sound great!
Taste of Cindy is a shortie but itโs not a bad song I actually quite enjoy this one.
( Technically not on the album) some candy talking is a must listen the best song on the album!
We get a proper rocker with Never understand, the song is a little too screechy with the guitars but itโs still enjoyable.
Inside Me has probably the best bass line on the album and the song is great but thereโs too much extra noise.
Iโam a bit skeptical about the lyrics on sowing seeds ( especially for the time that it was made as if the album was modern you could see it as an attack on apple I guess) but itโs cool!
My little underground is cool, has the usual issues but itโs cool.
You trip me up is a banger yeah screechy but a banger!
The penultimate track ( somethings wrong) is the longest track on the album and yeah one of the albums best!
The album closes with with itโs so hard, this song is odd but not dreadful.
Thereโs almost slightly too much screech for me but hey the songs were still amazing!
4
Jul 19 2022
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Never herd of this or the film itโs soundtrackingโฆ
The album opens with little child runninโ wild itโs really good the rhythm is perfect backing the song ( especially the brass instrumental works)!
For a very upfront song about drugs pusherman is very decent the highlight is the drum work for sure, fairly sporadic and tribal sounding ( like hitting well tuned pots and pans).
The funk really shows in Freddieโs dead itโs an amazingly put together tune (but not something that I would go out of my way listening to).
Side one endโs with the short instrumental track Junkie chase, It sounds like a chase track to be fair ( quite a classy one) but still a chase.
Then we have Give me your love ( love song) itโs cool (one of the best) but it takes a little too much time to get going really.
Eddie you shouldโve known better is a bit of a quality drop, I mean the lyrics are good but the instrumentals were a bit more like lift music.
No thing on me ( cocaine song) is really solid, fine the instrumental work isnโt the most interesting on the album but itโs a good track about cocaine dependance.
Then we have the penultimate track think ( instrumental) itโs nice and calming nothing particularly special but stupid great.
The album closes with the title track superfly and it closes everything perfectly, if it werenโt a soundtrack/ concept album I probably wouldโve closed with something different but for what it is itโs great.
Itโs a great album with no tracks that are god awful and unlike most concept albums I actually got a grip of the concept and what a great way to do it! A definite 4/5 (would be a 5 if there were less instrumentals and other great songs to fill in as itโs a little short).
4
Jul 20 2022
Diamond Life
Sade
Iโve herd of her and seen the album art but I donโt know her as suchโฆ
Smooth operator is a fairly good opener I like how the instruments build up at the start and the fact that she drops the albumโs title. The song definitely gets much better after the first chorus as there are added instruments and actual singing as opposed to talk/ singing!
Your love is king is decent, I really love the vocals on the chorus and the sax breaks are killer!
For a pop album the bass line in Hang on to your love is amazing, this album has to be perfect so far! (but weโve only had singles).
The storytelling in the first non single Frankieโs first affair is top notch and when the it explodes into a jazzy mess itโs amazing but I donโt think sadeโs lounge pop style works with these lyrics.
When am I gonna make a living is good not a favourite but I do like the more optimistic and slightly funky feeling that the song gives.
The bass player knows how to do a cool bassline and the band really know how to build up a song cherry pie is no exemption. The only flaw here are the lyrics but at least theyโre memorable ( actually a shortened version of this couldโve been a single).
Sally is the most gloomy song so far and has one of the best chorus on the album also the fact that itโs apparently about the Salvation Army is cool.
I like the Hercules line in I will be your friend but to be honest this one was a little boring compared to the rest of the album.
The album closes with why canโt we live together thereโs some good bass work but it isnโt a very interesting album in terms of the album as a whole.
The last two tracks ruin what would be the 4th 5/5 in a very short space of time as up until that point itโs all so amazing every song was so interesting and provided something new.
But I guess it has to be a 4/5.
4
Jul 21 2022
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
I do not have any high hopes for thisโฆ
The album opens with karma chameleon itโs a song I recognise and itโs okay but has to win the award for the most middle of the road pop of the 80โs.
I donโt recognise the itโs a miracle but itโs still the same brand of music, nice and listenable but boring and sell outy.
Things get slow with black money itโs a rather forgettable album track but I can still see them doing worse.
I sorta like changing every day like the verses arenโt bad as such but this band cannot write a chorus for the life of them, they just say the songs name a few times then thatโs it.
Side one ends with thatโs the way ( Iโam only trying to help you) the song starts sparking my interest ( as itโs very different from the rest of the album) but the gospel style backing singers donโt work on a pop record, but hey nice for trying.
Side two starts with church of the poisoned mind itโs good for the album probably the best song would probably save this album from the inevitable low rating if the chorus werenโt so repetitive ( but the backing vocals do work).
Miss me blind is the most repetitive song on a very repetitive album like the whole late half is chorus-> generic guitar solo-> extended coda. Itโs just not great.
I like the pre chorus to mister man but the rest of it is just the dumbest song ever ( and itโs not even super repetitive).
Just by reading the lyrics of stormkeeper I predicted how the chorus was gonna go itโs so generic but itโs short.
I think culture club became conscious of their repetitive choruses as victims is only said like four times in the whole song. Anyway itโs a fairly generic piano ballad to close off one of the worst albums Iโve ever herd.
I maybe being too harsh but this is a 1.
Compared to what I have rated a 1 before at least tortoise, the incredible string band and Robert Wyatt provided unique listening experiences, public image at least had sparks of hope. (My other 1 was kid rock and well theyโre not that bad).
Compared to other 80โs pop this is nothing, honestly listen to pet shop boys, Duran Duran or even A-ha then listen to this you can tell that those other three bands werenโt 100% in it for the money.
1
Jul 22 2022
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
I think Iโve herd of him beforeโฆ
The album opens with the earth died screaming well I half hated it as the instrumental of the song is good but this isnโt even a hilariously bad voice, itโs just shit.
Dirt on the ground is gloomy and slightly jazzy, he has a raspy voice on this song that actually complements it well ( but I still wouldnโt listen to this ever again).
Such a scream has such a scream to his voice Itโs just not my type of thing.
Wow what a horrible song! Was what I thought when I herd all striped down.
Who are you this time is probably the best itโs still a shit acoustic track though.
The ocean is a druggie spoken word interlude, nothing bad but not a good song.
Jesus gonna be here is slightly bluesy I would actually say this song is passable if it wasnโt backed by the most boring rhythm.
A little rain is okay vocally he doesnโt exaggerate his annoying traits too much but the song is dull and lifeless.
In the colosseum is wired his vocals work well in this song and I guess it can be appreciated as experimental music but itโs too bad to be liked.
Okay now we have something thatโs alright in the form of Goinโ out west a true rocker with bad arse guitars ( even his vocals are still shit).
Murder in the red barn is boring just folky and dull filler.
Black wings is odd spoken word over a cool instrumental I really donโt like it but itโs in the top songs of this album.
Whistle in the wind is sweet it wouldโve worked perfectly as an album closer itโs in the same Goinโ out west, black wings tier where I donโt love ( or even like) it too much but itโs still solid.
And if his voice didnโt sound like a hillbilly who smokes tobacco for every second of his life I donโt wanna grow up would be one of those better songs too ( well I guess itโs still one of the albums best if I were to rank the tracks).
Let me down up on it is an interlude that sounds like a shorter version of all stripped down.
Oh and weโve finally reached the end with that feel itโs shit but not bad.
Wow this was bad; the second half was slightly better but itโs still a 1.
I think if it was like 8 or 9 songs and only had the greatest songs it mightโve been higher but thereโs so much shit that itโs not worth it.
1
Jul 23 2022
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Well this is meant to be well acclaimedโฆ
The albumโs opener fight test starts off really odd then goes into a great acoustic based track with some great keyboard work that gives it a dreamy psychedelic edge! The ending of the song states that the test is over so I guess iโam gonna delve into wired territoryโฆ
One more robot/ Sympathy 3000-21 is next and itโs really odd the kinda thing that would be on side 2 of MGMTโs oracular spectacular so yeah strange, trippy, yet somewhat grounded. The ending instrumental is cool but a bit pointless.
Yoshimi battles the pink robots part 1 is great I actually kinda recognise it ( very vaguely though) and itโs amazing probably the best so far and I loved the last two!
Iโam guessing part two is the actual battle I mean itโs okay but feels there for the sake of it instead of adding to the album.
Then in the morning of the magicianโs is the aftermath of the fight ( by what iโam guessing) the lyrics are a bit vague and the song does drag it out a bit too much but itโs not bad.
Ego tripping in the gates of hell is an odd choice for a single as itโs quite a slow paced dreary little thing and very repetitive too but somehow it works very psychedelic like a dream sequence of sorts.
Are you a hypnotist?? Is epic the song starts off dreary but builds up for the coolest climax so far!
I donโt think that itโs summertime has great lyrics but instrumentally the mood brought is great.
Do you realise is a solid banger canโt really fault it much!
I like the single 4/4 single piano note that goes through the verses of all we have is now slowly golden intro to obscurity by the other instruments all over it great.
The album closes with the instrumental Approaching pavonis mons by balloon ( utopia planitia) it serves as a good outro kinda expanding on all we have is now for a perfect 1,2 punch.
This is cool the but album falters quite a bit in the middle for like 3 tracks itโs hard but iโam gonna have to give it a 4 even if it probably deserves a 5.
4
Jul 24 2022
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Iโve only had two rap albums so far and one of them was the other tribe called quest album so I guess itโs a bit of a shame that iโam getting this quite early onโฆ
I like how a tribe called quest opens their album with excursions by basically introducing the kind of music youโre gonna get for the next 48 minutes and in both openers the beats have slowly built up as they go along.
The depressing bass groove works perfectly backing bugging out itโs a very good song already the album is slightly darker than the last album which is good.
Rap promoter is good very cool beat and the lyrics are on point itโs just a little short to be fair.
But the flow into butter is amazing another song with a great rhythm I love that itโs a song about finding love great 1,2 punch of tunes!
Verses from the abstract is good, the sex verses are a bit awkward to listen to but it doesnโt matter much as itโs so well written and put together.
Show Business is a banger itโs probably one of the more aggressive/fast paced tribe called quest songs by a tribe called quest which works really well as I think a song with this speed was what this album was lacking!
Vibes and stuff is good it has quite a โloungeyโ sound to it that works perfectly but I donโt think itโs one of my favourites from the album.
The infamous date rape is great a bit short song but the lyrics are solid I guess.
Check the rhime is one of those songs with a top groove but it doesnโt really tell a story ( something I usually like about a tribe called quest) as itโs just Q tip and phife saying how great they are for the most part.
When itโs not saying โ everything is fair when youโre living in the cityโ everything is fair is a good maybe filler compared to some of these songs but still good.
Jazz ( weโve got) does again have a very repetitive chorus but itโs much faster than the last songs chorus so it works itโs just a top song.
It flows perfectly into skypager its a shortie but still great.
What is a little funky song great groove but not the most substance.
I think scenario is going for a close with a banger thing which would work because itโs certainly one of the albumโs best but i donโt think it works as the closer.
Yeah this is another 4 for them it doesnโt reach the heights of the last album ( which I also gave a 4 to) but itโs more consistent and Iโam glad itโs not all skits and interludes.
4
Jul 25 2022
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
Apparently this is a long sex albumโฆ
The album opens with 6โ1โ itโs a good enough song other than the fact that itโs a warning shot for all the sex in the rest of the album itโs not very unique though.
Help me Mary is good much of the same thing as the first sonic but works well as song 2.
Glory is a really short acoustic track itโs okay just useless.
Dance with the seven veils is a good acoustic song, itโs odd that the only thing I was surprised by was her saying the c-word though.
Never said has a bit of a repetitive chorus but itโs still done well and itโs the only single from the whole album, which makes sense as the others are probably way too dirty.
Soap star joe is solid, great lyrics (for this album).
Explain it to me is okay but with all of the other pretty good acoustic songs on the album this is just meh.
Canary sounds special and very tender not a song that I would personally listen too without an album but still good ( like songbird by fleetwood mac).
Mesmerising is a solid banger, I love the build up at the start and the vocal distortion that occurs.
Fuck and run is also decent ( chorus is a little disturbing though).
The guitar is really cool in Girls! Girls! Girls! itโs lyrics are a bit meh.
Divorce song is a banger lyrics are great, guitars good too!
Shatter is a banger it takes its time but itโs all worth it, probably the best song so far once the intro is gone!
Flower is wired, not a favourite tough itโs actually quite an unsatisfying listen.
Johnny sunshine is decent it starts off as like a trucker song all loud and aggressive then goes full on tender. Great!
Gunshy is a bit too obvious lyrically but the guitar in the chorus is cool.
Stratford- on- guy is solid I guess in the grand scheme of the album itโs forgettable but still nice.
Finally Iโam at the last song strange loop itโs really solid that instrumental is just the way I wanted the album to end!
After listening I decided to make a shortened track list of the album ( which wouldโve given it a 5):
6โ1โ
Never said
Soap star joe
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Dance with the seven veils
Canary
Mesmerising
Fuck and run
Divorce song
Johnny sunshine
Shatter
Strange loop
4
Jul 26 2022
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
I hated every second of schools out so Iโm not having any positive expectations hereโฆ
Hello hooray is a very theatrical reminder ay to open for this guy ( kinda bowie-esque ).
Raped and freezing is a very mid level rocker okay and nice sounding but generic.
I think elected is a dumb song lyrically but I kinda get it and the instrumentation is cool.
Then is the title track itโs alright I do quite like the wired layered vocals together
Unfinished sweet is very meh a rubbish choice to end side A but the middle bridge section is at least interesting.
Side b starts with no more mr nice guy ( apparently the biggest song off the album according to Spotify) itโs poppy for this guy a surprisingly okay track other than that rubbish chorus.
The acoustic guitar is really nice in Generation Landslide itโs would be rubbish without it.
The Slow Speed At What The Words are pronounced On Sick Things Can Be ( is) Dumb.
I was really surprised by Mary Ann itโs a short haunting sounding piano track not a favourite but not dreadful.
I love the dead is wired an haunting actually somehow perfect as a closer.
I mean itโs better than schools out ( which I gave a 2) so that means I gotta promote this to a 3.
3
Jul 27 2022
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
Iโam surprised that they have a Dylan record this late into his careerโฆ
The album opens with love sick itโs alright nothing as good as his earlier career, also the mixing on Dylanโs voice sounds horrible as it has a sorta fake quality to it ( his voice is supposed to sound bad).
Dirt road blues is living proof that his lyrical talents from the 60โs are rather non existent itโs still nice sounding though and would be considered good for other musicians.
Standing in the doorway is what I wanted from a late career Dylan with dirtier production and a worse voice this couldโve fit amongst his 60โs classics this is honestly a great piece of music!
Million miles is a bluesy track itโs okay but forgettable in the 30 something Bob Dylan albumโs ( even if I only know 3 of them).
Trying to get out of heaven is really grand and epic sounding even with the voice of sand and glue over it itโs one of the better songs so far 100%.
Till I fell in love with you is okay I like the instrumentation much more than the lyrics as this is quite bland in my opinion.
Not dark yet is one of those great lyrical songs itโs a great emotionally heavy piece of music!
The way that cold irons bound is really cool love that bass line at 7 minutes it is a bit long but itโs still one of the best songs on the album.
Make you feel my love is a great piano track ( probably the best on the album that is under 5 minutes).
I canโt wait has really good instrumentation for Dylanโs voice very good song.
The album ends with a very very long song highlands it okay I like the storytelling but itโs too long.
The first half was kinda bad then it got really good then the last track kinda took 1 star off it so the album is a 3/5.
3
Jul 28 2022
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
The only song I kinda know is David watts and thatโs because of the jamโฆ
Speaking of the album opens with David watts and itโs honestly not what I thought it would sound like hearing the jam version itโs a great opener though.
Death of a clown is an okay jangly little acoustic song itโs not bad I just donโt get how it was released as a single and got to number 3 on the charts.
Two sisters is wired but somehow works especially love the harpsichord work.
No return is slow and very old fashioned sounding but I guess its a nice mid side break from what has been played already.
Harry rag is probably one of the strangest songs ever but the rhythm is nice ( especially the army style drums).
Tin solider man sounds a lot more crisp than the others so far itโs good great instrumentation but very obviously inspired by the drugs.
The lyrics to situation vacant are pretty shit but still a well made song.
Love me till the sun shines ups the quality a little as itโs a really solid pop song.
I thought the rest of the album was odd and druggy but lazy old sun is is a drunken slur affected by LSD itโs not even that good just interesting.
Afternoon tea is okay one of the least interesting but most listenable tracks on here.
Funny face is solid I like how it randomly slows down only to explode into a ball of energy straight after.
The penultimate track end of the season is okay I love those bird sounds itโs honestly a really nice old fashioned song.
Waterloo sunset is a banger of a closer to be honest nothing bad here!
Itโs a good album and Iโam a sucker for wired 60โs stuff but itโs nowhere near as good as like sgt peppers/ revolver by the Beatles ( or actually their whole late career) , Disraeli gears by cream , forever changes by love or sf sorrow by the pretty things.
Still a 4/5 though!
Also go mono this original review was done in stereo and wasnโt as good of a listen.
4
Jul 29 2022
Parachutes
Coldplay
Before I start people can say that Coldplay are generic and shit but thatโs really in their late albums and are just a typical victim of late album syndrome, this album though is a bangerโฆ
Donโt panic is a solid album opener I like how ( for Coldplayโs standards) the song gradually increases in heaviness throughout, itโs really short compared to what I remember still good though.
Actually shiver might just be one of the heaviest Coldplay rockers and itโs really good I especially love the pre chorus/ chorus!
Spies is very slow itโs a nice mid side one break itโs great and shows what talents Coldplay used to have.
Sparks is another acoustic track itโs good ( not as good as spies though).
Yellow is a banger ( not the best song of the 2000โs) but still an amazing song to have as a breakthrough hit!
Trouble is great too that piano is near iconic!
The albumโs title track is an interlude ( what a waste).
Higher speed sounds cool enough to not be filler but the verse isnโt even great but it just loops over the chorus is okay though.
The penultimate track we never change is a great song except for the line โ live my life an have friends aroundโ rubbish lyricism still okay though.
Everythingโs not lost is the saving grace for this album amazing closer ( the hidden track is good too).
This album is front loaded ( not as much as prefab sprout or the killers ( both of which have either got 5โs or getting 5โs)). But for this album itโs harder for that score because of how much worse that side two is. Like I wanted to give it a 5 just to show that Coldplay are a good band but I canโt.
Actually fuck it I gave elbow a 5.
5
Jul 30 2022
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
This is my dadโs favourite album of all time so I gotta give it a 5/5โฆ
The album opens with the title track an overblown and theatrical masterpiece nothing bad here!
The spoken bit at the start of you took the words right out of my mouth are cringey yet creepy yet also hilarious the song itself is also a banger just not one of my favourites.
Heaven can wait is an amazing slow powerful piano ballad good tune.
All revved up and no place to go I immediately recognised itโs my favourite track thatโs under 5 minutes, banger!
I really like two out of 3 ainโt bad but because itโs slower I didnโt recognise this itโs a banger though.
The penultimate track paradise by the dashboard light is a banger all parts of it itโs a very American song but it works.
For crying out loud closes the album itโs a super theatre kid album closer but still amazing.
Great!
5
Jul 31 2022
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
It took this long to get to an album from the 50โsโฆ
You make me feel so young is okay, very big sound for the 50โs, just really not my kinda thing.
It happened in Monterey is good, I guess I like the drumming quite a bit.
Itโs off with these songs they all just blend into 1 mush like I didnโt even realise youโre getting to be a habit with me was playing until a minute in.
You brought the love to me is okay it kinda slows down the album but itโs still all the same kinda thing.
Too marvellous for words is okay the lyrics are good but that doesnโt benefit Sinatra because he doesnโt write his own songs.
Old devil moon starts off interesting by having this disney like sound to it in the verses but the chorus just is the same as the rest of the album.
Again, the start of pennies from heaven is cool but the rest of the song is just okay.
โRadio, telephone and movies may goโwell , no but love is here to say is one of the better songs so far so thatโs good ( still samey though).
Iโve got you under my skin starts side 2 and well the side 2 tracks 1 is a banger rule doesnโt apply here ( but I guess albumโs werenโt as important then).
I thought about you is alright, listenable but not special.
Weโll be together again is alright itโs about twice the length of the average song on the album so it does sound greater by this.
Making whoopee is probably the best song as at least there is some good storytelling here!
Swinging down the lane is a bit of a drop from the heights of the last two but itโs still decent.
Anything goes is good I like how the orchestral bits just build up bit by bit and him saying โ may I say before this record spins to a closeโ is a neat line for this being the penultimate track.
The album closes with how about you? Itโs a bit of a downer ending hearing how much better side 2 of this album is.
Just listening it would be a 2 but-1 for that he didnโt write any of the songs then +2 for that without it the 50โs would be a very lacking decade and that I donโt know jazz music enough to know if this is great stuff.
So 3/5!
3
Aug 01 2022
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
I love pulpโฆ
The album opens with one of pulps best songs the fear itโs a warning shot that things are gonna be darker compared to his n hers and different class!
Cockerโs not Jesus ( but he has the same initials) thatโs the message of dishes ( well there is more but thatโs the most memorable bit) still though another amazing song.
Party hard is one of the heaviest songs if cocker wasnโt singing in that monotone voice for the song it would be way too in your face but itโs still good.
Help the aged is an amazing single and one of my favourites off the album! I love the chorus and how it works next toโฆ
This is hardcore is a 6 minute grandiose yet sleazy epic nothing bad about this song!
TV movie though is a let down ๐ข worst song on the album.
A little soul pocks up on the quality from before great single I especially love the guitars at the start and the lyrics are cool ( especially the chorus as itโs fairly catchy).
Iโam a man is one of those โunderratedโ songs on this is hardcore itโs an amazing rocker with another catchy chorus what a banger!
NO I DONโT KNOW NO NO NO, NO I DONโT KNOW is like the most memorable bit in 8 minute epic seductive barry itโs still a good song but wouldโve been better as a 2-4 minute interlude-y song.
Sylvia is a good acoustic piece of storytelling not necessarily one of my favourites but itโs still great,
Glory days is good but when you hear cocaine socialism ( a b side with the same instrumental but different lyrics) this song drops in quality a little.
The day after the revolution is good for the first 4 or 5 minutes then the last 10 is just a dumb way to fill up the rest of cd time. Anyway itโs still one of my favourites off the album!
There are die hard grunge, jazz and hip hop loyalists that would probably hate on the album by saying something like โuuuugh another Britpop albumโ but no this isnโt that this is the signal of the end of Britpop a very different album from blur, oasis and suedeโs classic albums like how they are all different from each other this ( and other britpop albums) need to start being seen as entities of their own that are as good as the โclassicโ albums of the 60โs-80โs.
Anyway sorry for the rant I just get annoyed that people just moan when Britpop stuff gets generated for them.
Oh yeah this is a 5/5.
5
Aug 02 2022
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
This is a good albumโฆ
The album opens with papercut a song that isnโt necessarily one of my favourites but itโs definitely the sum of all the sounds that you will get on this record.
One step closer is a brilliant early album single for this band I love the lyrics to this song from the well crafted verses to the screamy yet catchy chorus!
The chorus in with you is so climactic absolutely amazing tune.
Points of authority is slightly more tame than the first three songs but itโs still an impressive song.
The verses of crawling are very poppy iโam not too sure of they work too well for this band ( or at least at this point).Runaway also feels exactly the same.
By myself has this real scream to itโs guitars that make it a really quality song.
Most popular single in the end acts as the albumโs climax itโs a grand song very different to the rest of the album being piano based what a song!
The guitars on a place for my head are amazing just enough to make this one of the albums best.
Forgotten is my favourite song on the album literally every aspect of the song impresses me pre chorus, verses, chorus, bridge all perfection!
Other than the MR HANNNNNN bit cure for the itch is a cool instrumental but nothing that I would seek out.
The album closes with pushing me away itโs really good itโs similar to those more โ midโ songs( crawling, runaway) with the audio dynamics but this is just so much better feels like a grand heavy finale to a near perfect album.
Anyway, while this album does have lows itโs still a 5/5 as itโs very hard to deny itโs power.
5
Aug 03 2022
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
Might be coolโฆ
The urban theme is a good opener as instrumentals go this is really pleasant.
Welcome works really well bouncing off the last song his vocals sound perfect so do the instrumentals but the lyrics are quite filler.
Sumthin sumthin is okay for a song that was released as a single though this seems like album filler.
Ascension has the same kinda criticism to it itโs just so smooth that it just goes in one ear and out the other ( not what a single should be).
Okay dance with me has a cooler rhythm the breathing strangely works quite perfectly 6 minutes does feel a drag for this song but itโs still cool.
Again till the cops come knocking is literally one of the better songs but it just drags.
Whenever wherever whatever is a nice tranquil break from the bulk of the album (but it happened too late).
Lonelyโs the only company ( 1 and 2) itโs a good sonic very morose but it actually fits well with itโs long time length.
Reunion is a bit Basic and filler but nothing offensively bad.
The penultimate track suitelady ( the proposal song) isnโt my kinda thing but I see why it could be a banger for some .
The suite theme is a unique sounding closer for the album but like (almost) all of the 6 minuters on here itโs such a drag.
With everything good about every song there is a criticism that comes with it a very easy 3/5.
3
Aug 04 2022
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
4 tracks!?โฆ
I donโt think that the albumโs opener ( the title track) should last 8 minutes it just stays the same after an amount of time not my kinda thing but I get it for background music.
The sax on when I grow old to dream is certainly more interesting than on the first track but the way the drums just stay the same for 9 minutes ruins the song.
Finally on side two! Minor chant has got some nice organ work hidden under those annoying tinny drums but still I get the appeal (kinda).
12 minute closer messy bessie, okay letโs fall asleep now ๐ค but no seriously iโam not the target audience for this ( back then and now) so Itโs a hard one to criticise other thanโฆ
How is this rated 3.4 stars on average?
I mean itโs inoffensive mild sounding music with no vocals where every song is super long and just sounds the same.Where thereโs other albums with like 3.2 or 3.1 average with a bunch of distinct tracks of decent length that are viewed as like lesser, just odd.
Anyway this is still getting a 2 though because I do ( vaguely) see some appeal.
2
Aug 05 2022
Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Not a clue hereโฆ
The album opens with skunk itโs a really nasty sounding tune thatโs just slightly too warped sounding for me.
Identify is actually a decent bit of rapid paced punk but itโs not good that one of the best songs is a minute long filler track.
Wail is meh itโs not my style but I see appeal with this one.
Fuck shit up is a wired little thing that is kinda like a 3 minute long version of an interlude on a rap album.
2kindsa love isnโt a great song in my ears and I am confused by any appeal this song may have.
Love all of me is a shortie but a ghastly shortie that I will avoid like the plague.
Chicken dog does have good guitar work Iโll give it that but his voice ruins a perfectly good song.
Rocketship is a good song for the album but that doesnโt mean too much.
The three song rush of dynamite lover, hot shot and canโt stop are all interesting enough songs if they were better made and had a different vocalist.
The guitar tones in firefly lover are disgustingly dreadful I canโt really focus on the rest of the song.
Eyeballing is slow and boring nothing else here until the end actually that bit is cool but doesnโt fit with the main song.
R.L. Ainโt got soul is the only message I got from R.L. got soul an annoying instrumental.
Get over here is a short punky mess actually itโs alright.
The album ends with sticky one of the creepiest messes Iโve ever herd I guess I have to commend them for that.
The bad songs far outweigh the good songs so much so that iโam giving it a 1/5. Dreadful!
1
Aug 06 2022
Marquee Moon
Television
Iโve herd this once before and I liked it so hopefully it will be the same qualityโฆ
See no evil starts off sounding like it wonโt be great but after the chorus comes on the song just radically turns into a banger.
Venus is a banger especially the instrumentation on here, class!
Friction just has like these small extra sounds that make it really cool and the guitars solo is one of the all time best.
The 10 minute long title track is the main reason why this album is great though itโs one of the few long songs that is actually so good that you kinda wanna hear even more than youโre given.
The bass line in elevation brings that whole song together making it one of the best.
Guiding light is a great slow tune but probably the albumโs worst but thatโs just because of how great the other songs are still great though.
The penultimate track prove it is another great display of this album I canโt really say anything that hasnโt been said in this review before but do know I love it.
The drums at the start of the final track torn curtain really set the atmosphere for this amazing flawless closer, one of the best songs ever!
Yeah this album is amazing no song is bad and while Iโve given a lot lately this is a definite 5/5.
5
Aug 07 2022
Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Never herd it but Paul Simon is apparently the producer so it must be goodโฆ
The album opens with unimathemba itโs like a chant of sorts I get it as a song and as an album opener but this is just not for me.
I thought that there was going to be some sorta instrumental workings within the album but no hello my baby is just a worse song the singing in English doesnโt work all too well compared to the African lyrics from before.
Golgotha is also dull I hate to say it but this music is not good.
King of kings is slightly better I guess but still nothing I like personally.
Lomhlaba kawunoni is a shortie still the same criticisms as before nothing is making me like this.
How long has some good harmonies Iโll give it that but still not really hitting in a good way.
Ikhaya Lamaqhawe ( in the book) is noted as one of the โ top tracksโ but I donโt get it itโs just not itโs so boring.
Yibo Labo is odd it had random bits of talking in between the songs I like the uniqueness but it doesnโt work.
The penultimate track rain rain beautiful rain Itโs alright I guess, still doesnโt appeal to me in any way but if I had to choose this would be the best to far.
Wawusho kunani closes the album the clapping was a nice treat but iโam still no fan whatsoever.
Well just because a musical talent that you like produces an album doesnโt mean itโs one of the 1001 must listen albums 1/5.
1
Aug 08 2022
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
This is a very in your face albumโฆ
Their whole sound is shown off in the opener rhyming and stealing itโs a very loud track that shows the listener exactly what theyโre about.
The new style has a really great start that bounces off perfectly from the first track and the breaks with the samples work well too.
The first two songs lacked quite a bit direction though but song 3 sheโs crafty is a banger a perfect blend of rap and rock styles.
Posse in effect gives the vocals a slight echo and lots of random songs electronic noises that create quite a good song but not a favourite.
Slow ride contains horns and tribal sounding drumming which I definitely remember from the one listen I had before hand the verses are just a bit meh though.
Girls has a really playful rhythm itโs a really different song to the rest of the album lots of fun.
Fight for your right is an attack on frat boy culture in the US but while I like the song I donโt necessarily think this attack seems genuine coming from such an in your face group but still good.
No sleep till Brooklyn is definitely one of the rockiest songs on the album itโs a killer track love those fuzzy guitars.
I love the chopping sample mixed with the shaking maraca noises in Paul Revere very good track.
Hold it now, hit it isnโt a song I like all too much it reminds me too much of the directionless in your face attitude of the first few songs.
I really donโt like brass monkey itโs just so in your face, the chorus is shit and the beat is rather boring in comparison to the rest of the album.
I mean slow and low is in your face but itโs quite a good track I donโt why though.
The album closes with time to get Ill itโs a good song but I donโt get why this closes the album off.
Yeah itโs good just in your face.
4
Aug 09 2022
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Okayโฆ
The album starts with this is a call itโs an okay song very middle of the road poppy grunge but nothing horrible.
Iโll stick around is a slightly better song I love the instrumentation in this and how Daveโs voice isnโt too loud on here.
Big me is a pleasant acoustic song with cool little drum breaks nice.
I like those guitars in alone+ easy target especially at the start of the song!
Good grief is a nice sounding rocker, I can imagine a lot of head banging to this one!
Floaty is a brilliant song a song that starts off acoustic but then when the electric guitars come in the song really packs a punch!
It seems to be that in every album with Dave Grohl that Iโve herd there is a mental screamy rampage song weenie beenie is the one for this foo fighterโs album.
Oh George is another one of the heavier songs, not as tortured as weenie beenie though, this one actually makes me think more of queens of the Stone Age than anything.
For all the cows works well of the last two being a slower track for the most part with one of the most amazing explosive choruses in the whole album.
X-static is amazing to be fair itโs got this really cool guitar riff that runs through the song overpowering the vocals without ever really exploding at any point of the song!
Wattershed is punk itโs a brilliant song though and I am surprised the album got this heavy because of how tame the first half is.
Exhausted is a good closer, very fuzzy sounding yet quite a slow jam, amazing.
Well that was the first listen after the second listen all areas improved to make a 5/5.
5
Aug 10 2022
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
This is the way opens up the album in a boring folk wayโฆ
( actually I normally do track by track reviews but Iโam not feeling it today so Iโll just sum up my feelings after Iโve herd the album).
Okay so here we have a middle class poshie that tries to act all hipster by singing like an old man and spurting the strangest lyrics to some actually decently picked acoustic guitars.
I personally believe that all of this combined makes quite a boring experience overall not providing much sonic verity across the tracklist ( all 16 songs!)
And yeah even if the average length for a given song is around 2 minutes 16 songs feels like way too long and he shouldโve honed in on around 10-12 of them extending their run time to improve the experience.
But yeah I donโt think itโs dreadful no where near one of the worst albums ever but still a 2/5.
2
Aug 11 2022
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Every single song on this album is long and I mean very long like so long that some prog albums donโt even have songs this length. But somehow every song entertains theyโre all overblown in various aspects but none of them are necessarily bad. There is one outlier in the album though and thatโs the closer which is a bit of a drag just being spoken word over tapping sounds ( pretty rubbish) but luckily thatโs only for the first half of the song then it just explodes into the usual brilliant overblown sound. The production on this thing is brilliant for itโs time and could still stand well today even if itโs over 50 years old. This album is mind blowing for am initial listen ( and this music isnโt even the kinda thing I really like all too much).
Actually the only negative is the final song to be honest and the cover art isnโt great admittedly 4/5.
4
Aug 12 2022
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Itโs folk punk, like violet femmes but cleaner sounding. I was actually quite surprised by this thing, fine there were no real stand out tracks but all throughout its half hour length I was kept interested!
The only moment I would call weak is this really random track ( well thereโs 2 of them actually) of just drumming for a minute, but eh wasnโt horrible.
Overall itโs a 4/5 solid album very good in fact but no moments of much notoriety.
4
Aug 13 2022
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Itโs decent psychedelic rock, notably the first song ( Mr soul) has a rhythm akin to I canโt get no satisfaction and the song Bluebird is pretty good too ( but I wouldโve removed the folky Neil young bit at the end and in the sequencing I wouldโve swapped itโs place with expecting to fly, speaking ofโฆ
expecting to fly is a grand lush sounding masterpiece that iโam surprised something this good came from Neil Youngโs band.
Thereโs also a handful of dull folky ordeals and forgettable tunes that drag for a bit too long in which I wouldnโt be surprised if Neil Young had written them.
You notice how all of the good bits Iโve mentioned are in the first half, well this album is front loaded, like very front loaded shame but thatโs the way it is 3/5.
3
Aug 14 2022
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Iโve been exited to hear this oneโฆ
The album starts with the title track a brilliant introduction to the album and a brilliant rap song!
The turntable is used to itโs advantage in the second song fuck the police a very angry tune but rightfully angry.
Gangsta gangsta is also a banger I love the guitar and siren samples and the lyrics are sharp and on point.
If it ainโt ruff is still good but not as good as the last 3 but thatโs fine as after 3 amazing songโs the next one will always look worse.
Parental Discretion iz advised is a great tune I love the piano samples all across the song.
8 ball is a banger I love all of the false starts at the beginning of the song.
Something like that is solid but not one of my favourites.
I canโt deny how good of a song express yourself is to be honest I love the beat and the sample in this tune!
Comptons N the house ( remix) is okay, probably my least favourite so far but nothing bad here.
I ainโt the 1 has a great piano rhythm and yeah itโs solid but the piano is definitely the best bit.
Dopeman is also a great tune itโs very obvious what itโs about and those โchoppingโ noises are cool.
Quiet on tha set is solid but not one of my favourites.
The album ends with something 2 dance 2 and yeah itโs danceable and a good party to end the album on.
Overall itโs really good and has much more energy than most rap albums. 5/5.
5
Aug 15 2022
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Other than the two singles I know nothing from here but itโs the Beatles so itโs gotta be goodโฆ
The album opens with the title track itโs a very solid pop/ rock tune and a great way to open an album!
I shouldโve known better is okay, very lighthearted but nothing particularly special here.
I like if I fell itโs got quite a downtrodden feeling to the whole track which I like for this point in the album.
Iโam happy just to dance with you is a shortie and seems to play a filler role but itโs still a good song.
And I love her is quite good a slow acoustic jam with percussion work that sounds like pots and pans are getting hit
Tell me why seems to be one of those songs with happy instrumentals but not so happy lyrics, the song isnโt necessarily dark but both elements do juxtapose well.
Canโt buy me love is a solid single but itโs honestly quite a mid-tier Beatles single, nothing inherently wrong with that just not a mind blowing track.
Any time at all is a solid way to open side two I really like John Lennonโs vocals here.
Iโll cry instead is a folkish little short skiffle itโs okay and works really well in itโs place in the tracklist but itโs not amazing.
Things we said today has a nice little bit of guitar strumming and would probably be the best but I donโt think Paulโs softer voice works too well ( I know itโs written by him so it makes sense but I still think it wouldโve sounded better with John on vocals).
When I get home is a great solid rocker nothing amazing but nothing dreadful.
The penultimate track you canโt do that is a nice little rock n roll tune I honestly have a very similar option about this to the last song ( but this one is a tad better).
Iโll be back was an amazing album closer brilliant tune!
Something about the Beatles just seems to put a smile on my/ most peoples faces so thatโs why an album that would normally be a 3/4 ( good but nothing mind blowing) gets away with a 5โฆ
Actually nah this is definitely a 4 I canโt give this album a 5 knowing how good late Beatles are.
4
Aug 16 2022
Moon Safari
Air
Iโve seen and herd of the group before but to say Iโve listened to their stuff before is a stretchโฆ
The album opens with la femme dโargent itโs got a great groove to it and for a 7 minute long instrumental this is very good and actually kept me interested for most of the time.
Next is the albumโs lead single sexy boy itโs a solid song with a great groove and the french singing works as a little break ( and itโs much better than doing a Daft Punk and repeating the same word 100 and something times) but I canโt say that this song is my kinda thing though.
All I need seems to be the most popular song on spotify and well it makes sense that it is as itโs really nice sounding just calm.
You know how I said that air werenโt doing the daft punk thing of repeating the same line over and over again well I lied Kelly watch the stars is exactly that daft punk thing of repeating the same line over and over again ( but at least itโs still instrumentally pleasing).
Tailsman starts as a depressing little instrumental piece then more layers get added making it actually a really interesting bit of music.
Remember is certainly a unique thing indeed and I donโt hate it but I could easily go without hearing this again.
You make it easy is a great tune I actually prefer it as a song than All I need and I think it couldโve been more successful than that song id it were released.
Ce matin lร is a nice call instrumental providing a cool little mid side two break but I must admit itโs the worst instrumental on here.
The penultimate track a new star in the sky is a very good song but it does take a little while for the vocals to come in and the song to really get going!
The album closes with La voyage de Penelope itโs a nice fitting instrumental that works really well next to new star in the sky.
Overall this has to be the best electronic album Iโve ever herd. Itโs still only a high 4/5 though because Kelly watch the stars wasnโt a good sonic and without the album content I will never hear the instrumental track again.
4
Aug 17 2022
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
I mean if you call yourself the nitty gritty dirt band and make a 100 minute long country album youโre bound to not be that goodโฆ
The album opens with Grand ole orpy song itโs a very American country song and I hate this kinda thing but I guess its nice how the lyrics are kinda introducing them as a band.
Keep on the sunny side starts off strange with just lots of talking the main song is again just boring creepy old American country.
Nashville blues is a short little instrumental itโs good in the sense that I liked the picking on the track but I still wasnโt a fan.
You are my flower was very bland.
The precious jewel has this really dreary sound to it the best bit about this song was the talking at the start.
Dark as a dungeon is easily forgettable to be honest.
Tennessee stud is dreadful but if I were to choose one that was passable than this may be the one.
Black mountain rag is just a dumb little instrumental piece nothing special here.
Wreck on the highway wasnโt brilliant I especially didnโt like the singing here.
For a song called the end of the world I thought it would be cool but no itโs just an instrumental.
I actually donโt tend to dislike music with religious themes but I saw the light wasnโt good.
The sunny side of the mountain wasnโt all too special but I guess it wasnโt that despicable of a song.
Nine pound hammer is just bland and non canโt say much here.
Losing you ( might be the best thing yet) might be the best thing yet the lyrics arenโt that bad just get rid of the country instrumentals.
Honky tonkin is dumb but inoffensive.
You donโt mind wasnโt that good just forgettable country music same with my walking shoes.
Disk 1 done I didnโt like this at all currently 1/5 and unless if disk 2 is like the best thing ever this will not change.
Lonesome fiddle blues starts off disk 2 itโs a decent instrumental track the fiddle playing is perfectly fine and thereโs no creepy wooden country singing so thatโs a bonus.
Cannonball rag is also not dreadful just a bunch of guitar picking.
Avalanche is ANOTHER instrumental and still not horrible ( sounds like theyโre desperately wanting me to boost their album rating) ( and youโre not gonna do that with instrumentals).
Oh my god not again ๐ ANOTHER FUCKING INSTRUMENTAL flint hill special wasnโt dreadful though.
Okay so until there is some singing iโam just going to make a list of the numerous instrumentals that donโt help an already boring album:
Togary mountain
Earlโs breakdown
Orange blossom special
Wabash cannonball
Oh okay lost highway has vocals well done you learned to sing again, but wait you canโt sing so please shut up and try to end this dam album!
Nope seems to be the answer to that request and now we have doc watson and merle travis: first meeting which was a wired little interlude about a coal mines album or something?
Way downtown was an alright country tune but I donโt like it.
Down yonder has some nice enough clicking noises but still I donโt like it.
Pins and needles ( in my heart), well I kinda wish I had pins and needles instead of enduring your song but here we are.
Honky tonk blues was just dumb like the other honky tonky song earlier.
Sailing on to Hawaii was a nice enough relaxed little instrumental that ( unlike the ones) earlier did serve a purpose.
Iโm thinking of my blue eyes wasnโt good I especially didnโt like the backing singing where they all sound bored with this album.
I am a pilgrim was just dull ( I know I said that for another song but this really is).
Wildwood flower wasnโt brilliant and honestly really forgettable.
Soliders Joy was an instrumental that started with talking ( not like Iโve herd stuff like that 100 times in this album).
Weโre FINALLY at the penultimate track wll the circle be broken and that creepy โ motherโ carter woman just sounds bored and the backing singers make it even more boring and creepy.
Both sides now ends the album on a dull instrumental.
Country music to me is the musical equivalent of biting into a large chunk of wood (horrible even after youโve bitten into it) and Iโve always found oldie groups like the Carter family really creepy so to have the โ motherโ woman as a frequent collaborator wasnโt my cup of tea.
Also when your favourite track on an album is one of numerous short instrumental tracks you know that itโs not a good album .
I guess it was fun to make fun of but I would still rather burn to death than hear this or anything by the nitty gritty dirt band again.
1
Aug 18 2022
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
Iโve sorta herd of this bandโฆ
The album opens with so you want to be a rock and roll star itโs a good song that works really well as the opener ( also the fact that I think Iโve herd the song before helped out on this one).
Have you seen her face is a very good 60โs pop song I love the guitars on here.
C.T.A-102 is a folky little tune with a wired electronic instrumental break, I really donโt think I like this one ( the alien like noises at the end are funny though).
Renaissance fair is a really good song I love the instrumental work on this, the lyrics are a bit filler but itโs not a problem.
Time between is a very short folk song I donโt love it but itโs not bad.
Everybodyโs been burned is pretty good I love the creepy guitars that accompany the song.
Thoughts and words has really cool verses and when the song gets all warped it is awesome but iโam not a fan of the chorus.
I love the guitars in mind garden itโs a proper 60โs sounding drug psychedelic song ( if you get what I mean).
My black pages is a banger ( all Bob Dylan songs sound better when he isnโt singing) and the Byrds are best at doing that.
The girl with no name is a nice little song but I didnโt find anything all too special.
The album closes with why itโs a good single but a good album closerโฆno.
Eh itโs very eh 3/5.
3
Aug 19 2022
The La's
The La's
You would never ever believe this was an album where the lead singer was such a perfectionist over that it drove the rest of the band insane. That being said this shit is great, timeless melody, freedom song and looking glass would be my โmust listensโ because everyone knows there she goes right. You also have to attribute this (and the stone roses first album) for basically being โproto britpopโ. As wether you like that kinda music or not (I love it) the laโs could be seen as the earliest starting point. The album lacks filler but the songs are so short it wouldnโt matter if there was 5/5
5
Aug 20 2022
Pink Flag
Wire
Iโve wanted to listen to this for a while but never got round to itโฆ
The album opens with Reuters, quite a cool heavy little rocker and at 3:03 the albumโs third longest song!
Field days for Sundays is a little rocker not amazing but feels like more of a bridge between songs 1 and 3.
Oh itโs connection ( well actually 3 girl rumba but elastica stole the guitar riff) and itโs good nothing amazing but a nice song.
Ex loon tamer is a rather good song, I like the use of backing vocals on this one.
Lowdown opts for a spoken word style at the start which makes the song sound really unique amongst its peers.
Start to move is a proper punk riot with brilliant guitars.
I like the drumming of brazil.
Itโs so obvious has a cool little guitar riff.
Surgeons girl is good but I donโt really like the random African sounding drum bits that donโt really fit in with the tune.
Side one ends with the title track pink flag and itโs the second longest song on the album, a song that really feels like the climax to the album best part is the mental outro that it has!
The commercial starts off side two with a short instrumental, meh but I get itโs inclusion.
Straight line is probably my favourite out of the โmicrosongsโ good tune!
106 beats that manages to fit in a nice guitar solo but the last verse sounds really crammed, cool.
Mr suit is a very angry thing indeed.
The longest song on the album is strange a dark slow rocker, really dug this!
Fragile is a violent sounding love song and itโs cool.
Iโve herd the Carter USM cover of mannequin before so I have some vague ground with the tune and well the original wire version is better a very good song.
Different to me is the last really really short under 1 minute song and itโs okay these short songs are a cool idea but go in one ear and out of the other.
Champs has some great guitars work and listenable lyrics but the hand clapsโฆ not for me.
The penultimate track feeling called love is a great tune I love the super muffled guitars that pop in the later part of the song.
12 X U closes the album and I kinda get it as a closer but itโs not an amazing song to be honest?
This has gotta be the shortest 20 song album ever.
4
Aug 21 2022
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
My first album of the 2020โs shame thereโs only 5 albums for this decade at the moment I could name a good few modern albums that deserve to be on this listโฆ
The album opens with out the lies which is half a little chant then itโs this little important statement.
I really donโt like the happy screaming vocals of stop dem again itโs important but not good.
I think one of my problems of hard life is that instead of being interesting the song just keeps on layering extra seconds and repeating the exact same lyrics again and again.
Donโt shoot the guns down is a shortie and other than whatever was put over the vocals this is awesome the lyrics are surprisingly powerful and the drumming work is excellent.
Wildfires is apparently the groupโs biggest song and itโs a great song, none of this music is my kinda thing but itโs a song that I completely understand the appeal for ( same for the whole album really).
X is a good little interlude.
Sorry ainโt enough is a very powerful song again like wildfires this genre as a whole doesnโt appeal to me much but I get it.
Black is, is a shortie and a bit of a reprise of the first track and yeah it works after all these songs even if iโam not a fan of interludes.
Bow has a great rhythm and good lyrics but some of the elements layered on iโam sceptical about.
This generation is just a little interlude.
Why we cry why we die is too repetitive for me to be honest.
Black starts off too repetitive but then it gets interesting when the female vocalist arrives.
There are too many interludes us is one of them.
Eternal life comes out of that previous interlude though and itโs great the synths really make this track.
Only synth in church is nice but it feels like filler.
Monsters is a very good song I might just be in the groove of the album but I really enjoyed this tune.
June child is ANOTHER interlude.
Miracleโs has some great bass work in it iโam still not sold on the style but itโs good music.
The penultimate track hold me is a bit too electronic for me really but I cam see the appeal.
The album closes with pray up stay up and I really donโt like this song the piano is the best part.
I mean I get it I really do but not for me 3/5.
3
Aug 22 2022
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Well I gave Ghosteen a 2 so I donโt have great expectations for this albumโฆ
The album opens with into my arms, a rather slow song for an opener but still a brilliant opener for the album.
Lime tree arbour is a nice little short piano track nothing amazing but very listenable.
There is a nice little story in people ainโt no good and yeah itโs a true statement to how good cave is as a lyricist.
Brompton oratory is the first song with a guitar ( very minimal guitar) but itโs still a great song with great lyrics.
There is a kingdom is a proper banger to be honest the chorus is simple but brilliant and the instrumental work here is amazing.
( are you) the one that Ive been waiting for is another banger to be fair brilliant all over.
Where do we go now but nowhere is insanely gloomy yet really interesting as the song unfolds.
The album goes folky with West Country girl, not my favourite but the most unique so far.
Black hair is a rather dreary display and to be honest feels a bit filler.
Idiot prayer is a very good song one of the most interesting on here.
The penultimate track far from me works as the prefect climax to an album.
The album closes with green eyes the wired singing/ talking style somehow works really well so thatโs cool and as a closer it is a nice comedown.
Itโs really good but there is nothing that pops up all too much so itโll have to be a 4.
4
Aug 23 2022
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Iโve kinda been looking forward to thisโฆ
Hate to say I told you so was an immensely popular single for the band and opens up the album on a solid banger!
In main offender heโs almost too screechy vocally but itโs still good (especially that infectious guitar riff).
The guitars on supply and demand are very bitty things which I donโt like but the awesome drumming makes up for it.
Other than the first song die all right is probably the best blend of sounds so far the verses boarder on dance rock and the chorus/ bridge are both proper rampages stopping for nothing!
Untutored youth is a massive burst of anger like I get it but didnโt they have better songs than this?
Outsmarted is a good rampage, slightly longer and better guitar work!
Mad men starts by giving the impression of a brooding dark track that wouldโve been really cool but but those dark and brooding moments are few and the song becomes an average hives rampage.
The chorus to here we go again is epic the rest of the songโฆeh.
A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T is very aggressive for the sake of it but I like it.
Automatic schmuck has awesome guitars but the lyrics eh the chant at the ends cool I guess.
The penultimate track Hail Hail spit n drool is a shortie like really short but unlike the one earlier this deserves a spot and works well next to the mental rampages that has been the albumโs second half.
The album closes with the hives are law, you are crime itโs not necessarily slow but slower than the others so it works well as a closer.
Itโs mental and for that reason itโs great, not necessarily music thatโs great to criticise but still a 4/5.
4
Aug 24 2022
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
I really like the title trackโฆ
The album opens with love is a stranger and itโs a really boring pop song where the only interesting bit is the bridge, really disappointed.
Iโve got an angel does have a really interesting rhythm to it and her vocals performance is good the lyrics though are poor.
Wrap it up is kinda good everything is pleasing I really like her vocal performance across all the songs so far but that guitar solo was really Really poor.
I could give you (A mirror) is the first song I actually thought worked in all areas will (hopefully) go back to this song!
The walk is also fairly pleasing and another great track!
Sweet dreams ( are made of this) is perfect pop song!
Jennifer is really drab and dark but itโs solid.
And after 4 good songs this is the house does nothing for me really.
The penultimate track somebody told me again does nothing to be fair like everything is nice but nothing is special.
The album closes on a decent high though with the city never sleeps itโs repetitive as hell but it works in the songs favour.
I donโt hate it but itโs honestly a disappointment. 3/5
3
Aug 25 2022
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
I didnโt listen to this one so iโam just gonna put 3 starts and then listen in my own time.
3
Aug 26 2022
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
Cool cover art, I donโt really want to write a review today so Iโll just score it after my listen.
Actually I will do a little bit but not track by track, this thing is brilliant very unique all of the instrumentation is clear and crisp the lyrics can boarder on the abstract but makes it so each song has a memorable one liner or two. Itโs a 4 ( a high one though) as there is a bit too much autotune for me (and the song with the n word, while it sounds like itโs going against racism I still found it a bit on the edge personally which is a shame because I really like the instrumentation on that one).
4
Aug 27 2022
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Looks trippyโฆ
The album starts with care of cell 44 itโs a boring version of the normal 60โs psychedelic songs shame really but I still love this sound in general.
Okay the first song may have been boring but only compared to the whole genre but a rose for Emily is a boring tune in general.
Maybe after heโs gone was the first song I actually enjoyed but the way he sings the chorus is pronounced really wired still a good tune though!
Beechwood park gas a glum sound to it but this males it really good Iโam happy the album is upping its quality.
Brief candles is quite a good slow track with a very explosive chorus.
Hung up on a dream is slightly like a day in the life by the Beatles ( this song isnโt as good as a day in the life but still an awesome tune).
Ooh some tribal drums changes is wired but captivating at the same time, yeah really liked this one.
I want her she wants me is a very upbeat number fun but not a favourite.
I very vaguely recognise this will be our year itโs a great single anyway and it works really well on this album.
Butchers tale ( western front 1914) is the darkest sounding song with amazing church organs easy favourite!
Friends of mine is very happy and upbeat sounding tune donโt love it donโt hate it.
The album ends on a perfect note with time of the season a brilliant single that I definitely recognised amazing song.
It starts off rocky and ends amazing so 4/5.
4
Aug 28 2022
Tommy
The Who
Well Iโve herd the most popular stuff from this band but never a full on albumโฆ
Overture opens the album with a banging instrumental it drags a little bit for me but itโs still fairly pleasing.
Itโs a boy is only very short and is really just setting it he atmosphere for the album.
1921 is the first โproperโ song on the album itโs a great track very theatre.
Thereโs a sound that goes all throughout amazing journey that really bugs me but itโs a nice enough tune.
Sparks works perfectly next to amazing journey ( itโs a good instrumental).
Eyesight to the blind (The hawker) is an amazing tune to end side one so dramatic!
I really like the way that the verses are sung in Christmas and the ending of the song is nice and theatrical.
Cousin Kevin seems mean but itโs a good song.
I really like the instrumentation in the acid queen such a solid tune.
Underture (like overture) is a very long instrumental this one is twice as long but twice as good.
Do you think itโs alright and fiddle about are both about Tommyโs pedophile uncle Ernie and yeah theyโre both creepy.
But then thereโs pinball wizard a bridge hit single to have even if the band hate it!
Thereโs a doctor is a short little piano ditty I guess itโs okay.
Go to the mirror is a very solid rocker with great crunchy guitars.
Tommy can you hear me is short and folky itโs eh.
Smash the mirror is another shortie, good but not amazing.
Sensation ends side 3 on a fairly upbeat note and itโs good but thereโs something about the vocals on here that I donโt love.
Miracle cure is wellโฆ short.
Sally Simpson is a nice acoustic tune.
Iโm free feels really โlushโ I donโt know how to explain it but I like it.
Welcome is just happy I know itโs the whole creepy cult thing but still a decent fluffy tune.
Tommyโs holiday camp is alright but why did uncle Ernie have to be hosting itโฆyuck.
The album ends with weโre not gonna take it and it works really,really well as a closer to a solid album.
The album is great as a whole bunch was hard going track by track as the album is more of an โexperienceโ than a standard issue album.
4
Aug 29 2022
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
I donโt personally like world music all too much but eh I have to do it I guess, and also the tracklist on spotify isnโt matching up with the one on wikipedia so Iโll just go with the spotify oneโฆ
Ode to the sun god opens the album with a 9 minute instrumental itโs interesting background noise but I really canโt get by all instrumental albums.
Nomads in the valley wasnโt necessarily the same but it followed the same kinda concept as the last song eh.
The shepherd girl is a bit more unique and is the most guitar led on the album so far so while I still am not a fan of 12 minute long instrumentals I can cope with this ( well I could cope with half of it but this was boring).
The prophet in the mountain was alright I guess short for this album (still a whopping 8 minutes though).
The penultimate track the stars twinkling within sounded very lush not an amazing song but still good.
The closer glacier waters is so tranquil I donโt like it but I gotta pride it for that.
Iโll give it a 2 because it isnโt my kinda music but itโs still passable I guess.
2
Aug 30 2022
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Oh cool Bob Marleyโฆ
The album opens with concrete jungle itโs a really solid tune to open up the album and I love the backing vocals on this.
Slave driver is a great show of Marleyโs lyrical talents.
I like how the janky bass line at the star of 400 years forms into a fully fledged song and currently itโs the best song on here.
I really like the verses to stop that train, shame the songs 90% chorus.
I recognise the rhythm to baby weโve got a date but I donโt know if itโs from a different song.
Stir it up is a gooden I really like the trippy sound to this one!
Kinky Regge is a nice sounding song but I canโt note anything particular here.
The penultimate track no more trouble is slower and glummer than the others/ cool song!
The albumโs closer midnight ravers is of the same vein as the last song, I donโt hate it but itโs not one of my favourites.
Side 1 is great side 2 is slightly unbalanced 3.5/5 rounding up to a 4.
4
Aug 31 2022
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
Looks interestingโฆ
The albumโs opener airline is a really interesting instrumental track that works great as a way to show all the sounds to expect in this album.
Then it all stops for metal and itโs initially slow drowning synth part that slowly builds into a fully formed pop song but I wasnโt a fan of his vocals here (and I usually like unique sounding singers).
It takes a while for complex to get going and his vocals are still not for me but the instrumental bits are interesting.
Films is indeed a dark and brooding track in comparison to the first ones Numan is still sounding shit but there isnโt much singing on the song so I guess thatโs good even though I much prefer songs with vocals.
Iโam very skeptical about the lyrics to M.E. but iโam guessing thatโs the purpose, his singing is slightly better but still not my cup of tea.
Tracks starts off as the lest robotic then gradually builds up quite nicely, while I donโt like this album much I quite like this as side 2 track 1.
Ba ba ba, ba ba ba,ba ba ba is the only real thing I got from observer.
Then is over 7 minute long epic conversation and wellโฆzzz this is boring.
Cars is a good single I canโt take that away from it!
Engineers closes the album off with some great drumming, this is certainly one of the better tracks lyrics are sucky but they all are so good song I guess!
Itโs a 3 for 3 reasons
1) cars
2) engineers
3) for the time this was pretty cool and unique.
But if cars/engineers werenโt here the album might as well be a 1 which is such a shame.
3
Sep 01 2022
Close To The Edge
Yes
3 very long songs I hope this turns out wellโฆ
The album opens really interestingly with the title track itโs weird seamlessly weaving through multiple sections keeping the listener engaged for 18 minutes and 42 seconds the only bit I wasnโt too sure of was the middle bit where it just goes really slow ( but the church organs at the end of the section make up for it).
And you and I is again a brilliant song with multiple parts to carry it through a very long time but this one doesnโt feel as epic itโs not as interesting but still good.
The albums closer siberian khatru is the only song that doesnโt go through any elaborate multi parting meaning it can get boring at spots but itโs still a great guitar track.
Itโs a good album 4/5.
4
Sep 02 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Looks decent enoughโฆ
The album opens with shining star a groovy short funky song, great opener!
It flows perfectly into thatโs the way of the world itโs a much slower track that feels like the comedown of the first song, still equally as brilliant though!
Happy feelinโ is a small step down but only lyrically, instrumentally this song is still super appealing a rampaging funk jam.
Side one ends with a very impactful ballad with all about love itโs a very fitting way to end side one and the complete opposite to the riot that the last song was.
Yearninโ learninโ starts off side two with quite a weak piano/ bass track I think maybe itโs his vocals theyโre just too wired.
Reasons is cool, not necessarily my kinda thing but itโs fitting for the album.
The penultimate track africano is a cool instrumental that starts off all calm then jumps into your face 5 minutes may be a bit too long for an instrumental but I can cope.
See the light picks up from the tribal sound of the last song into a fairly decent closer but I donโt think it feels like the end of a project.
This is very front loaded but very enjoyable 4/5.
4
Sep 03 2022
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
The album starts with the robots, initially a well formed piece of bleep bloops into a song that I think I recognise but I donโt like it too daft punk for me.
Spacelab is a slightly interesting mostly instrumental track, I personally wouldโve opened with this as an intro track.
Metropolis again isnโt my kinda thing but itโs still solid I guess.
I like the model itโs a good dance song with a great groove and feels the least robotic of all the tracks!
Neon lights is long, very long but if it wasnโt so long the album would be 5 songs lasting 20 minutes so iโam happy itโs there.
The closer the man machine goes back to the super daft punk esque roboticness its good but not a song I would reach out for.
3/5 good music not really my genre.
3
Sep 04 2022
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
I was too lazy to do it today will go back later.
3
Sep 05 2022
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
I remember originally buying this one like a couple of months ago by complete accident as I ordered another cd and it was mis packaged so I got this instead; I listened to it, didnโt think much of it and put it awayโฆ
Now well itโs good the beats are great the rapping is solid, great background stuff to be fair. My only tiny criticism is that they talk so much about the โmassive attackโ over and over I think doing this is especially an annoying problem in rap albums but eh.
The albumโs strongest moment is definitely the albumโs hit single unfinished sympathy but the other tracks are all still solid. 4/5
4
Sep 06 2022
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Itโs solid the end of the album gets a bit samey though 4/5.
4
Sep 07 2022
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Itโs not as heavy as I thought it would be to be honest which to be fair is good for me as iโam not really a fan of super heavy music.
I think the 1,2 punch of having black sabbath and the wizard as the first two tracks was an amazing choice with the brooding riff that runs through black sabbath and on the wizard who would expect for a harmonica to be used on a metal track?
I didnโt mind Behind a wall of sleep but it does feel like a letdown after those two.
N.I.B also hit me as a very interesting track with lots of layers definitely not something that I would expect from an album recorded in the late 60โs and released just into 1970.
Evil woman is an odd choice for the album itโs a jumpy little cover song but that bass work is nice.
Sleeping village is almost two tracks in one first a short creepy little poem of sorts then itโs a flurry of little separate instrumental tracks not a personal favourite but great from the critical perspective.
Like evil woman, warning is also a cover but unlike evil woman, warning is proper black sabbath tune especially like how much instrumental work there is here.
4/5
4
Sep 08 2022
OK
Talvin Singh
Itโs super unique and is probably one of the albumโs that most deserves to be in the generator/book but do I like it?
No
And hereโs why (note iโam not going to talk about all tracks just the ones that really popped out as odd).
First off traveller goes against one of my preferences which is that iโam not really a fan of having any very long songs open an album (especially an album thatโs quite long and has a decent amount of tracks).
Butterfly is a mess of a track that I again wouldnโt have put in this position on the album but I liked the Radiohead like drumming here.
Mombastic is wired especially with the approach to the vocals.
Decca was only short but him saying โNA-STYโ gave me a little chuckle.
The album is full of pointless instrumentals that are just there really to waste the listeners time.
Actually the whole second half is a waste of the listeners time to be 100% honest with you.
Also a bit of an off note but in my time away from the generator I tend to try go through all the mercury prize albums so hearing this is a nice edition and seeing that I would give a good few mercury prize albums a 5 ( primal scream, suede, Portishead, pulp, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic monkeys, elbow) and even ones that arenโt 5โs like the xx or badly drawn boy I still had some enjoyment for.
But this album itโs just not fun like all of those mentioned above like the albums good but un-enjoyable I would give it a 1 but the only time I give 1โs is if I would actually remove it from the book so I guess its a 2.
A
Very
Very
VERY
Low
2
Out
Of
Five
2
Sep 09 2022
High Violet
The National
The nationalโฆ yawn.
How can a band that actually have a rather distinctive sound to them sound so generic and boring, looking at other reviews maybe itโs his voice the guy just doesnโt sound very invested into the music stoned and tired at the same time, like I would definitely give the guy a chance if he was invented but not a good vocalist but this guy sounds like he could sing if he wanted to. I can see the appeal for his voice though as itโs the kinda voice thatโs all over the 2010โs โindie rockโ albums that people somehow see as passionate but for me they make it join the same sonic plane as imagine dragons (ok maybe thatโs too far but you get my point).
In comparison to other albums on the list and their scores this is a tad overrated in my opinion especially seeing that this is like a 3.3 and most britpop albums all exist at the 3.1 mark.
Now to the positives:
I actually think lyrically heโs very good and the other musicians definitely can play their instruments to a good level.
I guess itโs a 3 overall I just kinda felt like ranting over this band.
3
Sep 10 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
You can say what you want about Morrisey I donโt care heโs a cock but heโs an amazing musician and his life outside music shouldnโt be used as an argument to give the album a 1 especially if you mightโve not even listened to the album.
Instead you get something absolutely amazing and now iโam going to go track by track highlighting how great the album isโฆ
The queen is dead:
An amazing opening statement to the album, I love the drumming (particularly after the โtake me back to dear old blighty partโ)always on point but everything in the song shines and itโs not even my favourite and itโs still all perfect.
Frankly, mr shankly:
Itโs odd to me how this jaunty little two minute track about commercialism is on par with the epic title track. I donโt know why but itโs amazing probably the first one I fell in love with (I especially like the โI never realised you wrote such bloody awful poetryโ line).
I know itโs over:
An extremely depressed beautiful track certainly another banger but I donโt really know what to note about this one.
Never had no one ever:
Itโs mostly instrumental with only a few (amazing) lines but still feels fulfilling for the whole listen. Certainly proof that thereโs three other people in the the smiths and not just Morrisey.
Cemetery gates:
Side ones closer and a track that I like but itโs never really been one that Iโve fell in love with in the exact same way as the rest of side one and most of the album still nice though.
Bigmouth strikes again:
Thereโs a rule that in a record that side two track one must be a banger, bigmouth strikes again doesnโt just do that it as it is also the smiths greatest song everything works to perfection on this track!
The boy with the thorn on his side:
Strong vocal performance by Morrisey on here the rest of the track isnโt necessarily one of my favourites on the record but still solid.
Vicar in a tutu:
Probably the most interesting title for a track thatโs a bit of a letdown on first listen but over time it shows that the smiths could have fun for one!
There is a light that never goes out:
Itโs a personal preference of mine that a great album has to have the second to last track as one of the best tracks this penultimate track certainly tops the bill for that absolutely amazing!
Some girls are bigger than others:
The fade in is cool, I know itโs a joke closer but still a bangerโฆsomehow?
5
Sep 11 2022
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
I donโt really like all instrumental albums and I donโt really like jazz music all too much so this was a hard one to get through. But I appreciate the artistry here to be fair and (while I know the cover influences this) the whole album portrays a gloomy style of like the day after the apocalypse kinda thing itโs got some insanely gloomy tracks then other tracks that take a more traditional upbeat feeling (see the 1,2 punch of after supper then flight of the foo birds).
The music actually reminded me quite a bit of playing fallout and Cuphead and how both of those games soundtracks are very jazz based at the core ( and I love both those games so thatโs a point in the albums favour.
I canโt say I love it though itโs really, really not my kinda thing so 2/5 for good instrumentation and random gaming memories.
2
Sep 12 2022
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
This is very, very interesting on a musical level thereโs always another layer and sound effect to every song a good handful of them go through multiple parts instead of traditional song structure.
I would be lying to myself if I didnโt say that I find it a little bit harder to listen to albums completely in a different language but itโs not a major thing.
Taking the language barrier out of my criticisms itโs a 3 though as I will admit that some of the extra sonic layers can mess up certain songs and Iโam not a massive fan of the way he sings. Still decent though.
Also bat macumba should burn in hell.
3
Sep 13 2022
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
The album follows a very poppy straightforward feeling throughout each and every song on the album but the kinks really seem to shine when the put a nice spin on it like the quirky bridge section in yes sir no sir; we also have some really good slow tracks on here like some mothers son,young and innocent days and shangri-la this one in particular is good as itโs a song that starts slow and builds to rampage; thereโs also another song that does this (she brought a hat like princess marina) but that time the rampage feels too nonsensical and is probably mg least favourite on the LP. There are still some other very good tracks like the opener Victoria, drivinโ which is a rather jumpy acoustic track, the insane rampage that commences in brainwashed and the rather jolly nothing to say.
All throughout the album there is militaristic undertone none more prominent than mr Churchill says which is essentially a long line of quotes from Winston Churchill with a chorus, itโs not one of my favourites but itโs quite cool when the moaning Minnieโs come in.
Iโam still a little skeptical about the the 6 minute Australia the track starts off as overly quirky then thereโs a (very) short lived slow part which I actually love but the more instrumental half feels unnecessary and would definitely be a track that I wouldโve sequenced much later on.
The album closes with Arthur a very solid song but I wouldnโt have picked this fairly uptempo tune when thereโs plenty of slow jams to close off with but I know thatโs personal preference at play.
4
Sep 14 2022
Faith
George Michael
7 out of 9 songs are singles! I know itโs George Michael but still very overkillโฆ
The title track/ opener/ massive single is a very good single very upbeat sounding but Iโve never really loved the song fully still nice though.
Father figure is a much slower track it keeps the same seal of quality the last song has which is good (I was expecting it to plummet into shit like the culture club album does).
I really like that this album of straightforward pop has a nine minute multi parter so I early on! Is what I thought instead its a disguise for two separate not brilliant tracks to be honest I could live without this song.
I havenโt got to the albumโs closer yet but one more try really sounds like it should end an album itโs so epic and heavenly sounding will be a nice reference point for later.
I didnโt mind hard day itโs very funky and very bass heavy and thereโs a chilling synth that sometimes gets added in the mix that gives the song a lot of flavour.
Hand to mouth instrumentally is rather boring (instead of the bridge) but lyrically itโs got good lyrics.
Look at your hands is groovy and probably one of my favourites so itโs a shame this wasnโt a single.
I donโt really like monkey too much itโs too electronic for my personal tastes but itโs a song where I completely get the appeal.
Kissing a fool immediately made me think of the song Horsinโ around by prefab sprouts for sone reason but itโs a good song I kinda feel that one more try feels more climactic as a closer and I may have had this as the penultimate track but itโs still great.
3
Sep 15 2022
Street Life
The Crusaders
11 minute long opener street life starts off as super gloomy rather lonely jazz track kind of akin to your latest trick by dire straits if you want something to refer to but then it evolves into a rather energetic funk track that couldโve honestly topped the charts if it werenโt so long.
Instrumentally the track is a microcosm for the rest of the album, lyricallyโฆwell after the first song theres like none to be found.
Itโs still okay though 3/5.
3
Sep 16 2022
Picture Book
Simply Red
Itโs new wavey duran duran style pop rock with the flavour of soulโฆ
Itโs quite good but if I were to be honest nothing really stuck too much on me and the album can feel fairly uninteresting and samey at points. Take the first side for example it goes faster song, slower song,faster song, slower song then Jericho a song that for the most part Iโve already herd through the first 4 songs being a very middling type track in every aspect instead of itโs length and the โ you wonโt go to the ballโ bit feels kinda cringeworthy.
Maybe thatโs a bit to mean to brand the first 4 as faster song and slower song but itโs fair. To be more detailed about the 4 come to my aid was forgettable, sail old red was also a bit dull, Look at you now was fun but nothing special and heaven is very good but a cover.
The groovy moneys too tight to mention starts off side two with a banger (the kinda track all side two track oneโs should be) still though itโs a cover track so not much of the songs best moments are their original ideas.
Holding back the years is a nice middle of the road single it apparently charted really well but I donโt think Iโve ever herd this maybe because itโs forgettable.
I donโt really like the vocals in the chorus of open up the red box but the rest of it is just eh mid side 2 filler.
The penultimate track no direction is full funk if it was on side one I think itโs inclusion wouldโve felt more valid.
Picture book is a solid closer though one of the only tracks I rate highly on this album.
Itโs a 3 maybe if the album was sequenced better I wouldโve liked it but itโs just a bit bland.
I wouldโve sequenced it like this:
1 Come to my aid
2 sad old red
3 No direction
4 look at you now
5 holding back the years
6 Moneys too tight to mention
7 Heaven
8 Jericho
9 picture book
(Yes I know I cut out open the red box but I just kinda felt it was a bit filler)
3
Sep 17 2022
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Itโs kinda like Hendrixโs โwhite albumโ in my opinion way too overblown but still has some of his best tracks as you dig deepโฆ
At the start of the album you get an instrumental track then two mini tracks that are entertaining but largely unsatisfying then voodoo chille comes on itโs dirty,messy, and very overblown but an amazing song none the less and from a guitarist perspective the playing on this track is godly!
The next track Little Miss strange is also fairly notable as like sheโs so fine on axis bold is love itโs a more Beatles esque track written by bass player Noel Redding ( Little miss strange is much cooler than sheโs so fine though because the guitars are so dirty). Following that track is long hot summer night a track (where like have you ever been to electric ladyland and crosstown traffic) is a song that is satisfying on the listen but not one that I would point out and say itโs a banger. Come on is full on bluesy madness really enjoyable and great guitar work but itโs a cover track and does an album this long need a cover? Gypsy eyes unfortunately comes across as filler to my ears but hey not dreadful. Burning of the midnight lamp is arguably one of the most unique tracks that he had ever written absolutely loved this one.
Side three all kinda revolves around the 13 minute opus 1983 with the track before and after being like slightly different introโs and outroโs. 1983 though is epic I could tell I would love this after the first minute or so the track sounds so grand and epic almost like a climax point for the album and itโs one if like 3 songs over 6 minutes that I donโt feel overstay itโs welcome.
The final side seems to go for a no bullshit approach to the tracks still raining still dreaming is one of those perfect displays of Hendrixโs guitar playing skills. House of fire is a continuous decent into chaos as a military march style verse evolves into Hendrixy craziness.
All along the watchtower is absolutely amazing certainty proof that Bob Dylanโs music is always 100x better when someone does their own rendition of it.
Voodoo child (slight return) is the condensed version of voodoo chille and is probably the better version in my opinion, an amazing way to close a great album.
Itโs good the highs are his best ever and the lows are still good 5/5 because Iโll feel bad as I gave axis a 5 so this probably deserves about the same score.
5
Sep 18 2022
New Forms
Roni Size
The only version I can be bothered to find is disk 1 and Iโam really not that bothered in going into another hours worth of musicโฆ
The first song railing kinda reminded me of the streets in the whole talking/rapping chatting style the track has itโs nice but I donโt love it.
Brown paper bag is way too long for what it is but itโs a fun instrumental after railingโฆ
I was originally gonna track by track the rest of the album but I think this sums up my thoughts across the albumโฆ
The guy that programmed in the drums only knows like 5 beats I swear and the vocals are so disconnected from the music being played with the way their recorded.
The album shows moments of hope jn all of the additional textures added but I still nearly fell asleep 2/5 (but itโs very close to a 1).
2
Sep 19 2022
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
The drums sound like bullets firing out of a sub machine gun and the trumpets sound like finely tuned squeaking dog toys.
I couldnโt differentiate the first three tracks from each other I didnโt mind the fourth track until the last minute then the album continues to fuck up for the remaining half an hour.
Maybe like two minutes of this sound wouldโve worked at the end of some heavy jazz rock album to send the album off on a confusing bang but 41 minutes is painful.
Jazz and punk are both at the opposite ends of the musical spectrum really thereโs no similarity between the genres so it doesnโt work; but I appreciate the album and the sound itโs trying so hard to achieve not enough to save it from a 1/5 though which completely deserves to be in the notoriously bad bottom 10 albums.
1
Sep 20 2022
The Last Broadcast
Doves
My prior knowledge of this band is that Iโve listened to bits of them before (mostly random tracks off the album before (lost souls)) hearing the intro paired with words I firmly believe this is a bit of a downgrade form catch the sun and the cedar room. The intro was a fairly generic instrumental and words sounds like a more electronic late career oasis song.
Instrumentally the next track (there goes the fear) sounds like a childrenโs lullaby and having a 6 minute long song so early kinda breaks the pace for me.
M62 song goes for that โindie soundโ itโs really dull but I kinda like the way the track is sung I didnโt even notice the track after until it started playing (oh well).
N.Y is cool but I think it shouldโve came before all the slow ones still though itโs proof that doves still know what theyโre doing.
Satellites is way too long for what it is and feels quite generic but nothing horribly bad.
Fridays dust is haunting with the echoey vocals not something I love but I must say it is enjoyable.
Pounding is a great single canโt fault it.
Similarly to M62 song last broadcast is a bit dull and sounds like itโs going for the โ indie soundโ.
The sulphur man sounds grand and evilโฆ for a few seconds then becomes really vanilla really quickly.
Caught by the river is a nice slow single to end the album.
The reason why post britpop is nowhere near as good as britpop is because post britpop like this is so fucking vanilla!
3
Sep 21 2022
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
Mylo please donโt destroy rock and roll, destroy another genre instead with youโre mellow arse generic beats.
I assume (from messing around on garage band) that electronic house music is much more fun to make than rock and roll but for the listener ( well me anyway) it just comes across as boring background โstudy musicโ. I donโt like these craftwerky daft punky robot albums it really doesnโt appeal to me so thereโs no chance that iโam going to give this a high score (sorry Iโve tried but theyโll never work on me for the foreseeable future). Every song to me just feels like theyโve placed a beat down add a slower moments and repeat the same line 100 and something times.
The only track I find notable is the title track because I feel so bad for duran duran and I wanna now destroy mylo and house music, oh well I guess I have to punish you with a 1/5 for that behaviour.
1
Sep 22 2022
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
The album opens slow and beautiful with over and over, a very good track but not a song that I would open an album with ( kinda disappointing seeing that rumours is like the best sequenced album of all time) still a great track though!
The ledge is a very energetic with amazing bass work but without the vocals I wouldnโt know it was a fleetwood Mac song itโs so different to anything Iโve herd from them.
Think about me just screams fleetwood mac single to me it has the groove of you make loving fun or Rhiannon but the pop rockiness of go your own way yeah this oneโs great.
Save me a place kinda feels like fleetwood filler but itโs still rather nice sounding and I really like the drumming.
Sara is an amazing closer to side one, itโs very obviously Stevie Nicks track right from the first second which is great ; one of the best so far in an album iโam really liking!
What makes me think youโre the one is a great track but I think the drums are slightly too high in the mix if I were to be really nit picky but itโs really hard to complain about this album.
Storms (like sara) is an amazing (very Stevie Nicks) track itโs absolutely amazing!
Thatโs all for everyone is this amazingly droany sounding piece of pop music I especially love Buckinghamโs vocals on this one.
I donโt hate not that funny (itโs a good single) but I think in comparison to the other tracks this is just a bit dumb.
Sisters of the moon is absolutely perfect dark yet beautiful (this is really Stevie Nicks album so far)!
Angel is good, a brilliant start to side two especially love the guitar work.
Thatโs enough for me is a rocky folk track itโs really short though so it honestly didnโt leave a big impression on me.
Brown eyes is cool I really like the simple drum and bass blend with some guitars (played by original member peter green) quietly featuring in the background.
Never make you cry (like brown eyes) is another Christine McVie track this one is also quite simple but effective being a rather short track with a simple slow pulsating guitar flowing all of the way through.
Side 3 ends on I know iโam not wrong a super upbeat track that iโam very surprised wasnโt released as a single itโs brilliant (especially for its guitar work).
The instrumentation on honey hi is so sublime (I know it always is but this in particular is spectacular).
Beautiful child is beautiful Stevie Nicks final blow on the album and well all her songs have been so masterful on this album!
The vocal harmonies on walk the thin line are stellar itโs an amazing late album banger.
Tusk is the only song Iโve herd before and thatโs only because my grandad kept on moaning about how itโs all drum no substanceโฆ well I disagree by a country mile but I think it sounds more like an album opener than a penultimate track in a double album (but thatโs just silly sequencing preferences).
Never forget ( on an instrumental level) made me think of a happy version of gold dust woman, both of which are 10/10 closers.
Itโs a really,really good album all the way through no song is bad, which I was very surprised by, but I still have a white album like temptation to try shorten the tracklist thatโs not a bad thing for me though I just like fiddling with albums.
5/5 was blown away itโs almost as good as Rumours and especially an essential if youโre really into fleetwood mac!
5
Sep 23 2022
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
I was actually listening to this the day before I wrote this review and thought to myself does this album truly deserve a 5/5 if you were to go through the album track by track?
The simple answer is no.
The long answer is itโs probably more of a 4/5, arguably (excluding the white album) this is the Beatles album with the most filler and sgt peppers, to me anyway, is rather front loaded and only amazing song on side 2 is a day in the life.
Actually letโs test this out and go track by track sgt peppers review/analysis:
Side 1
Sgt peppers lonely hearts club band:
The album opens with itโs title track a song that is really a track that sets the scene for the album. They wanted to escape being the Beatles (and that makes sense in the 60โs). Itโs not one of my top Beatles songs but I like it for what it is.
With a little help from my friends:
This track is an all time greatest song I canโt deny it, (even though the album didnโt have singles) this is the equivalent of the song 2 hit single itโs absolutely amazing iโam actually a big fan of Ringoโs singing (well when he gets the chance) so this is a true treat.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds:
I know John Lennon said this was about some drawing but I just donโt believe him to be completely honest; the song is trippy as fuck and LSD it just canโt be denied. The song is absolutely amazing though absolutely no flaws.
Getting better:
Getting better is a banger, if it were a modern album with 4 singles this would be guaranteed to be one itโs so singley! I especially love the chord that runs through the intro and chorus and the Indian style bridge is class, probably my favourite track on side one.
Fixing a hole:
I like fixing a hole, is it one of my favourite Paul McCartney songs, no, do I always forget about it being on side one, yes, do I enjoy it and sometimes sing along to it, yes!
Itโs great just not the absolute best.
Sheโs leaving home:
I love the chorus of sheโs leaving home the vocals are amazing, the verse are good though I especially like how itโs telling a story throughout. The track feels so powerful and has real gravitas to it, Iโve actually herd people say itโs filler, but how itโs perfect!
Being for the benefit of mr kite:
This song is fucking bonkers, it has John Lennon written all over it!
Admittedly, while not my favourite, itโs probably the Sgt peppers track Iโve listened to the most, I love it too much!
Side 2
Within you without you:
Like how mr kite has Lennon written all over it within you without you has George Harrison written all over it, itโs this amazing classical Indian style track and itโs truly incredible, but I prefer love you too on revolver by a tiny bit as this song does drag just a little and putting a really slow track like this as side 2 track one is a really odd track-listing choice in my opinion.
When iโam 64:
This is the song thatโs closest to early Beatles itโs sweet I really enjoy it the melodies are amazing. I donโt know why but I always think of a Scottish Granny when Paul says โgrandchildren on your knee, Vera, Chuck and Daveโ.
The song isnโt as good as anything on side one though.
Lovely Rita:
Now weโre at the point of Sgt peppers that makes me skeptical of the โbest album of all timeโ title, this song has a nice melody but other than that I find it filler.
Good morning good morning:
Lovely Rita isnโt the best thing ever but at least itโs not actively shit, I donโt like this song itโs so dumb and the repeated โgood morning good morningโsโ are so annoying.
But I guess every album (even the classicโs)has that one runt of the litter (e.g. oh daddy on fleetwood macโs rumours, Lounge act on Nirvanas nevermind and star on David Bowieโs Ziggy stardust).
Sgt peppers lonely hearts club band (reprise):
The fast version of the first song similar to the first song itโs great for the album but not one I would listen to in my own time.
A day in the life:
The best album closer of all time, my favourite tracks off Sgt peppers , my favourite Beatles song, possibly the only Beatles song on my top 10 songs of all time itโs just amazing!!!
The album does have filler I canโt deny that I would be very suprised if even the most devout Beatles loyalist doesnโt deep down in their heart believe thereโs filler even if they donโt admit it.
But my original statement of it not being a 5/5 is somewhat ludicrous nowadays it stands as one of the most well received albums of all time itโs an album that hit number 1 everywhere and itโs also one of 2 Beatles albums (the other being abbey road) that I would call genuinely culturally significant to everyone.
Itโs absolutely amazing 5/5 (even with the flaws)!
5
Sep 24 2022
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper, now thatโs a name Iโve herd but never really knew what sheโs famous for, looking at the tracklist thereโs 2 songs I actually recognise and I would say theyโre both the better end of pop so thatโs goodโฆ
Money changes everything screams 80โs new wave itโs good and I really like it on an instrumental level but iโam not a massive fan of her vocals.
Girls just want to have fun is one of those singles that reach that โheart of glassโ level of pop perfection itโs a brilliant pop hit!
When you were mine isnโt brilliant in my opinion but I get itโs role on the track list itโs good bridging the gap stuff in between Girls just want to have fun andโฆ
Time after time is a brilliant single girls just want to have fun looks shit in comparison even if theyโre both great songs!
(I find it odd that side one has 4 songs then side 2 has 6 (bit unbalanced))
But anyway she bob starts off side two with a filler track with a great rhythm somehow it turns out brilliant.
I vaguely recognise the chorus of all through the night again itโs a brilliant single with and amazing chorus!
Witness (in the context of the album) is rocky (especially the verses) the chorus is sadly a bit eh though.
Iโll kiss you is really good pop rock I canโt fault it, especially love the verses!
Heโs so unusual is wired, short and I really donโt like it.
The album ends on yeah yeah itโs not my personal choice for closer but the song is great.
Okay itโs a brilliant album but I donโt like the tracklist so Iโll reorder itโฆ
1 money changes everything
2 girls just want to have fun
3 when you were mine
4 she bop
5 all through the night
6 Heโs so unusual
7 yeah yeah
8 witness
9 Iโll kiss you
10 time after time
4/5
4
Sep 25 2022
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
To be honest Iโve barely delved into Paul Simonโs solo career but I like Simon and Garfunkel so itโs probably gonna be goodโฆ
The album opens with mother child reunion a track that comes as a massive surprise to someone whoโs only herd Simon and Garfunkel stuff and the singles from Graceland. Mother and child reunion is full blown reggae itโs really cool to hear from him!
Then youโve got Duncan, this is the kinda thing I would expect from Paul Simon itโs a really good slow folk track.
Everything put together falls apart is short but nice.
I really like the rhythm to run that body down itโs quite jaunty and then thereโs a muffled wah wah guitar solo which felt off but really welcome.
Ending side one is armistice day it starts off sounding like the kinda thing you would expect from him but then evolves adding numerous extra layers making this really interesting, also for some reason that I donโt know why but I really like the guitar tones throughout the track.
The first few seconds the guitars of me and Julio down the schoolyard reminded me of something a 2000โs โindieโ band would make ( in a good way), the bulk of the song is probably one of the best so far I donโt know why but itโs a banger.
Peace like a river seems to be the albumโs โleft turnโ itโs a mix of a Paul Simon jam with rather tribal sounding drums and some of the best harmonies in his whole career!
Papa hobo keeps it short and sweet itโs probably the worst so far but still really enjoyable.
Then itโs hoboโs blues Itโs a short sweet instrumental track nothing else though.
Paranoia blues starts with a one note drum line marching straight forward throughout the song, I donโt know if the other elements work with the drums but I like them separately.
Congratulations closes the album itโs a good closer very fitting to the rest of the album.
Side one was flawless, side 2 was mixed as whilst I liked Julio down the school yard, peace like a river and congratulations the other songs felt quite lacklustre in comparison.
4/5
4
Sep 26 2022
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
My general musical opinion of the 90โs is that 90-96 is pretty golden then 97 onwards is a mixed bag.
Sleater-Kinney seems to be the one of the better bands of the late 90โs this music sounds so fresh, emotive and primal while sounding like the classic punk bands of the late 70โs. For a more 90โs example Sleater-Kinney sounds like a more primal and less wire-y American elastica.
The rawness of the album gives off the illusion that youโre in a sweaty rehearsal room standing right before them playing their instruments itโs surprisingly amazing.
Something about this band strikes an exact inner rage, I donโt exactly know how though but itโs a great power the band has on me, and this is my first listen.
Itโs a 5/5 for me but I could easily see the next person giving this a 1 for the exact reasons why I like them itโs all pure matter of taste.
5
Sep 27 2022
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
With this Iโve now had three albums from the 1950s all three of which are jazz recordsโฆ
This album really isnโt my kind of music, if thereโs one thing Iโve learned from the generator all instrumental music will quite possibly never work with me, all if it lacks the emotion that can come with a half decent lead singer but I can appreciate the talent thatโs put in and I bet without a singer to fuck it all up albumโs are probably funner to make when all instrumental.
Most of the tracks kinda passed through in one ear out the other but I think Iโve actually herd take five before so that one stuck with me a tiny bit more. But while they all passed through in one ear out the other I must admit that the playing on here is brilliant!
Itโs still only a 2/5 for me but for anyone who likes this kinda music this album should be an essential.
2
Sep 28 2022
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
The albums opener broken English is a decent song rather simple but a nice plunge into her sound, but thereโs something about her singing that I really donโt like to be honest, hope that opinion improves as the album goes on.
Witches song goes in a folkier direction than the other tracks I prefer it to the last song but something still isnโt clicking.
Brain drain was a rather likeable song though I donโt know why though but this one was good, very good in fact!
Guilt is a nice tender ending to side one that eventually spirals in its energy throughout, not necessarily something a I love but still rather entertaining.
The ballad of Lucy Jordan is a banger an amazing example of side 2 track one being a banger!
Whatโs the hurry was also a banger but I couldnโt find anything notable as such.
The penultimate track working class hero is a slow powerful banger loved this one!
Whyโd ya do it is dance rock at itโs finest brilliant closer.
This is a very backloaded album in my opinion the last 4 songs were amazing but the first 3 were a mixed bag. 4/5
4
Sep 29 2022
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Iโam not overly a fan of live albums on the generator/ book it kinda takes up way too much space also (while I like the bluesier side of rock) blues isnโt my kinda thing.
That being said though it is a genuinely decent album to be honest all of the songs were well written and he sounds great live probably 3/5 for my personal tastes but people who like this kinda thing more should really check it out.
3
Sep 30 2022
Either Or
Elliott Smith
All of my previous experience from Elliott smith had been from the album figure 8 a great album but not one I revisited all too much because of how long the album is for what it is.
Either or seems to be be better being much shorter and immediately opening with speed trials a rather raw acoustic banger absolutely amazing!
Alameda is a true show of excellent songwriting also the ghostly oohโs are cool.
Ballad of big nothing has an amazing guitar sound and an amazing hook on the chorus!
Between the bars is short and tender, itโs nice but how is this his number one song on spotify? ( oh just saw it was on some soundtrack makes sense).
I like how of pictures of me feels like itโs constantly moving up a few semitones every few seconds creates a great tense feeling so good my favourite so far!
No name number 5 is a great song unfortunately I havenโt herd no name 1-4 so I canโt really compare but still solid.
Rose parade is one of my favourites on a guitar level itโs really good this album is really hard to review because I just want to take it in.
Throwing Punch and Judy as a sorta dark metaphor was a very great idea but the song isnโt one of my favourites, still amazing though.
Angeles has brilliant guitar picking really bloody hard to review though just know I like it.
Cupids trick has the most energy of any of the tracks really outstanding track!
The penultimate track 2:45 am (similarly to between the bars) is so tender what a brilliant song.
The closer say yes is great I think Iโve herd it before itโs really good.
Itโs a true 5/5!
5
Oct 01 2022
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
The only song that Iโve herd from this band is golden brown, itโs a good song but not on this album,
Hearing the first line โsomeday iโam gonna smack your faceโ wasnโt what I expected from this band at all but the song itโs from (sometimes) is good.
Following suit was goodbye Toulouse a real rampage I felt the instrumental dragged for a bit too long but the track is good.
London lady is pure punk with a few synthsโฆit should be something I like but I donโt for some reason.
Princess of the streets is a brilliant slow down and the lyrics have been some of the best so far but Burnelโs vocals arenโt as good as Cornwellโs and this track made that really apparent to me.
Hanging around is one of the most groovy tracks an amazing close to side one.
FUCK! Iโve herd peaches so much I used to love this song iโam so happy Iโve found who made it!!!
(Get a) grip (on yourself) was another fucking banger really solid 1,2 punch of singles for side b.
Ugly is a bit mental but itโs probably my favourite song with Brunel on vocals.
Down in the sewer is a medley track itโs a nice way to close the album!
4
Oct 02 2022
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
The album opens with prowler a true burst of energy and maybe one of the most enjoyable metal songs Iโve ever herd to be honest!
At the start of remember tomorrow I thought how the fuck is this metal? Then it explodes into a rampage, good tune.
Running free may not be my favourite lyrically as itโs fairly boring in that sense but the drums are amazing and it serves as a great single.
Phantom of the opera is a 7 minute long sprawling epic with one of the best guitar riffs ever marching through the song.
Donโt get me wrong I really like this album but Transylvania was the first time on the album where I felt it sounded like heavy metal and not just heavy rock still though brilliant instrumental.
Strange world is a brilliant slow aftermath to Transylvaniaโs rage I really like this one!
Charlotte the harlot is probably my least favourite on the album but I still donโt hate it which is a sign of a good album.
The bands title track closes the album on fairly good note, itโs not a lyrical great but certainly an instrumental great.
Itโs really good 4/5 but that could rise with time.
4
Oct 03 2022
Tical
Method Man
So iโam not very well versed in the rap world to be honest, Iโve herd of the wu tang clan and I think Iโve herd of method man specifically but iโam not that sureโฆ
As I said iโam not very well versed in rap so I may just end up making a fool of myself. The album feels quite odd to me though because for the most part itโs very likeable the beats are amazing ( I vaguely recognised a ton of samples on this album), the lyrics are very strong and unlike the standard 17-20 track rap album with an endless labyrinth of interludes this album is nicely condensed into 13 tracks.
But the rapping lacks a certain bite, a certain energy, aggressiveness and speed that I quite like in rap music. Method man is just too slow for me.
Thereโs still some brilliant tracks though that are rap essentials (e.g. tical, bring the pain,meth vs chef, sub-crazy and especially mr sandman (by far the most mental song on the album))
Probably a 3/5
3
Oct 04 2022
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Itโs a really decent folk-singer-songwriter album nicely surprised by itโฆ
Side one as a whole is amazing with the title track as an opener being an amazing display of his sound kinda reminding me a bit of Nick Drake; but this is nothing in comparison to the 3 track run of Lo and behold (an otherwise stander song but has an amazing โhappy clappy chorus), the upbeat sunny skies (a song that sounds destined to be a single (which thankfully it was)) and the bluesy bash steamroller. Country road has to be one of the most instrumentally pleasing tracks that Iโve herd in a long time like sunny skies it sounds like a single. Ending the side is the short and tender oh Susanna.
Fire and rain begins side two with this manโs best song a perfect mix of enjoyable yet passionate! Blossom is another banger instrumentally itโs so lovely. Anywhere like heaven is also amazing I love the picking on this one. The worst track ( oh baby, donโt lose your lip on me) follows ( luckily this one is fairly short). Suite for 20g is a brilliant closer a track that goes from sombre and folky to a โrock and rollโ tune.
Itโs probably a 4, but very close to a 5.
4
Oct 05 2022
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Post punk is such an amazing genre in my opinion but siouxsie and the banshees is honestly not a band that I really know though so this is going to be funโฆ
Lead single (and biggest hit) spellbound opens up the album with a memorable banger to get the listener hooked!
Into the light is cool, her vocals are perfect on this one and those drums are awesome.
Arabian knights is what I expected for a post punk song the bass/drum combo on the verses is so brooding.
Halloween (or any public holiday) isnโt really a songwriting theme that I would call good but instrumentally the track is cool.
Monitor ending side one was a brilliant choice definitely one of my favourites from side one!
Side two track one is night shift a bloody incredible track! The guitars on this are so fucking sick!
Sin in my heart is also a banger I love the minute long intro only to be cut by some of the most aggressive drums Iโve ever herd.
The metallic guitar tones in head cut are brilliant the rest of the song isnโt necessarily one of my favourites on the album but itโs cool.
Voodoo dolly is horror music the track is so tense and I love how it bursts into a ball of insanity.
This was great might regret later but iโam gonna give it a 5.
5
Oct 06 2022
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
All of the Stevie wonder singles that Iโve herd before tend to be the best of their time so I hope itโs the same in an album contextโฆ
Well I wasnโt a massive fan of too high to be honest I get itโs appeal but it wasnโt really my kinda thing.
Visions was beautiful and so tender definitely a massive step up in quality from the first song.
Living for the city was the first song on the album that felt like a Stevie wonder song in the way that I know of him. Itโs an amazing song though a proper groovy 7 minute opus with an awesomely tense bridge that is a true representation of how harsh the racism was at the time.
The slamming piano starts off golden lady which eventually forms a funky piano groove itโs another great track.
Thereโs a vortex of funk throughout higher ground an amazing track with brilliant lyrics to start off side two.
Jesus children of American is also insanely funky but with a slightly deeper groove, towards the end of the track Stevie sounds like heโs fighting with those amazing backing singers.
All in love is fair sounds like the climax of the album a brilliant dramatic sounding piano ballad with bohemian rhapsody esque piano playing.
Donโt you worry bout a thing isnโt one of my favourites but thereโs bits that I like for example the rather messy intro of Stevie speaking Spanish and the percussion on this is class.
The albumโs closer heโs misstra know it all is a brilliant closer certainly one of the more upbeat numbers on the album!
I know the first track wasnโt to my tastes but the rest of it really was so I'll have to give it a 4.5/5 rounding up to a 5 as literally everything else was perfect!!!
5
Oct 07 2022
Orbital 2
Orbital
The album opens with a weird intro track where the line โwhen time becomes a loopโ is repeated for a whole minute itโs a great use of sampling but it really drags on the theme of time is carried on in the next song planet of the shapes with the line โeven a stopped clock gives the right time twice a dayโ then the words just stop for most of the track and honestly itโs quite boring most of the tracks are either lyric-less or just have one repeating sample throughout the album is mindnumpingly boring.
1/5
1
Oct 08 2022
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Iโam not a massive fan of live albums but I think that this album strives with the messiness and the raw intimacy that comes with a live album. I donโt know this bands discography at all really but without it being a live album there wouldnโt be this unique combination of songs that all actually fit quite well together like if it were a studio album just with the occasional fan screaming.
However, other than the 9 minute post punk esque epic I need your love and big hits I want you to want me and surrender both of which I think are fairly weak amongst the pantheon on 70โs classics (especially the studio versionโs).
I only realised after the listen but they also booked the album with a duo of tracks hello there and goodnight now theyโre both good songs but like the rest of the album it lacks specific notoriety.
I think itโs a 3 because everything was digestible and enjoyable but nothing was striking in the way I was hoping.
3
Oct 09 2022
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
I think if thereโs any artist through this generator who Iโve been slowly getting into it might be Bob Dylan but this is the first time that Iโve actually had an album of his that I would call one of his classics.
Out of his albums that Iโve herd ( this album, bringing it all back home, live 1966 and time out of mind) this is the first time Iโve really experienced the political side of Bob Dylan ( which I like and donโt really get why people donโt like politics in music) especially in the track master of war though these lyrics are brilliantly explicit about the Cold War. Just before that thereโs also the 1,2 punch of blowing in the wind and girl from the north county which might be two of his best songs ever.
Other highlights include the beautifully tragic 6 minute epic a hard rains a gonna fall, another epic 6 minuter talking World War III blues when Dylan is an absolute best with the harmonica and I also quite liked the closer I shall be free which is arguably the most folkish in a very folk album.
I think itโs the first one of his albums that Iโve herd that doesnโt have long moments where I felt he forgets who he is and stops being a brilliant songwriter, this is also the rawest of his albums that Iโve ever herd which helps him out in my opinion as it makes his lyrical prowess shine more than I think it does on something like time out of mind and this is definitely the most harmonica heavy thing Iโve herd of his which isnโt really my kinda thing but it gives the songs more personality.
I still think though that Dylan could do better as Iโve still had no blonde on blonde, highway 61 or blood on the tracks which Iโve always thought were the classics so Iโll probably save my highest ratings for them.
So this one is a 4 (but a high one)!
4
Oct 10 2022
Nevermind
Nirvana
This album is the most overrated album of all time yet itโs still a brilliant 5/5 masterpieceโฆ
What I mean by that is thereโs nothing really special to this album itโs just 12 standard length songs, 10 of which are loud in your face screamers while 2 are more tender acoustic tracks, and a mess of a bonus track that really drags down the quality of the album. Kurt Cobain canโt even really sing and donโt fucking start on the argument that he โsings with emotionโ every singer sings with some sorta emotion in their voice the only emotion that I get from his voice is rage. Other people have kinda put me off this album raving about how amazing this is while they mindlessly ignore every other 90โs album.
However most of this is redundant when you look at the album in more detail, the album starts off with 3 bangers in a row with smells like teen spirit, in bloom and come as you are Iโve herd nirvana fans (and Kurt Cobain) stupidity hate on the first track mostly because itโs popular but itโs a brilliant single other bands are probably jealous that they havenโt written it themselves, Iโve also saw a YouTube video where someone said they didnโt like it as an album opener the track literally goes โhello,hello,helloโ itโs kinda welcoming the listener. Then there is breed which is mindless filler but itโs probably the worst track on the album and as a worst track itโs pretty good. Then my favourite track lithium I donโt know why itโs so good (the chorus is literally โyeah yeah yeah yeahโ) but the track just really works. Then is Nirvanas darkest moment polly a slow acoustic track, a true story about a paedophile and captor from the perspective of the paedophile, Cobain done this in a really good way so that it doesnโt turn out creepy in any way and is actually a really enjoyable song. Territorial pissings is 2 and a half minutes of mindless screaming this one took time for me to enjoy but itโs great especially for the lyric โjust because youโre paranoid donโt mean theyโre not after youโ. Drain you is a personal favourite of mine especially for the bridge section which those drums and random gas noises seeping through my ears. Lounge act and stay away arenโt really that notable but I enjoy them. On a plain serves as a climax to the album like territorial pissings this one was a grower on me but once I got into it this track became one of my favourites this one (similarly to drain you) has one of the best bridges ever. Something in the way was a song that I feared it would get ruined after the (mostly) mindless generation of modern music lovers who will believe that any old random trap beat is cool got their hands from it after the batman movie but it fortunately didnโt ruin the song all too much and still stands as one of the best album closers of all time.
In conclusion I like this album but I think that this (and nirvana as a whole) is non mainstream music for mainstream people (kinda similarly to guns and roses but Iโll get to that another day).
5
Oct 11 2022
Melody A.M.
Rรถyksopp
To be honest most of the listening for this album was done in the background but I found it to be very enjoyable electronica, the album contains little vocals which isnโt really my kinda thing and I donโt think that the album gets any better than the really unique opener so easy with all of those awesome textures added on to the track itโs nowhere near perfect and can be fairly uninteresting at places but itโs good background noise! 3/5
3
Oct 12 2022
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
Itโs somewhat enjoyable but I really,really donโt like world music and Iโam having a shitty day so that doesnโt help but hey you can tell that this guy is having fun and itโs better than Ladysmith Black Mazambo having absolutely no instrumentation.
I think to be fair on it itโs a 2/5 for me personally but if you like this kinda thing itโs great.
2
Oct 13 2022
Amnesiac
Radiohead
This album is really overrated to be completely honest, yeah I like Radiohead theyโre probably in my top 10 favourite bands but this isnโt much special in my opinion.
Other than a few highlights itโs one of Radioheadโs worst albums to be completely honest (itโs worse than Pablo Honey) โฆ
Youโve got packt like sardines in a crushd tin box which is really boring and monotone than pyramid song which is good but might as well be the most overrated Radiohead song amongst the fanbase. Pulk/ pull revolving doors must be a joke, honestly how could an album with this song have fairly positive critical reception?
The album does admittedly improve though after these first three, you and whose army is great emotional spiralling builder that forms into insanity towards the end, then while Iโam not too sure on his singing on this track I might be wrong is a cool little rock tune, Knives out is one of late career Radioheadโs best songs itโs absolutely amazing for every second of itโs runtime and (while I know iโam in the minority) I much prefer the amnesiac version of morning bell.
Then it slumps again with Dollars and cents the most forgettable song in Radioheadโs career and hunting bears which is admittedly a cool instrumental but I wouldโve preferred it to just be one minute instead of two.
Luckily this rather unbalanced album is saved by itโs last two songs, like spinning plates is the most interesting track on the album featuring reversed vocals (even if the song is only one verse long) then jazzy closer life in a glasshouse might as well be my favourite Radiohead closer itโs an amazing left turn to end the kid a and amnesiac duo of albums.
Itโs a rollercoaster of an album but I really like the best moments a 3/5.
3
Oct 14 2022
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
Bjorkโs first band and thatโs all I really know to be honest and from the first track (traitor) you can tell this thing is wired with male spoken word vocals backed by Bjorkโs beautiful screaming. The rest of the of the album does mostly tone down after though.
I think her singing is definitely not something that appeals to everyone that hears it but Iโve really enjoyed it, I also think that while she obviously goes in a more experimental pop direction Bjorkโs music is quite grounded in the formalities of rock music so to hear her in a rock band was cool.
If I had to call out specific best tracks on the album they would probably be: traitor, delicious demon, mama, coldsweat and deus!
But honestly, I like all of the tracks especially when they get weird 4/5!
4
Oct 15 2022
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Itโs an amazing rap album (even with the Aerosmith cover (who I really donโt like)). Every song is on point and flows perfectly into each other he just needs to learn how Adidas is pronounced.
Itโs honestly brilliant though pretty much every track of it high 4/5.
4
Oct 16 2022
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Itโs a short album of seducing girls. 3/5
3
Oct 17 2022
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
What cool album art shame the music isnโt my cuppa tea (itโs still good though just donโt expect me to re-listen ) โฆ
Chameleon opens the album and itโs literally funk Tarkus itโs way, way too long (even if Tarkus is longer) but this track is a okay instrumental.
Watermelon man is a song I really appreciate, I really like the sound they made out of the flutes.
Sly is too long just like Chameleon was but I like the almost spy vs spy esque mess it makes. Vein melter as well to be honest all of these tracks are cool but would all be better as a part of a grander song.
3
Oct 18 2022
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
R.E.M yes bloody awesome I loved murmur so to have their most popular album now is coolโฆ
Iโam not gonna talk about my personal life on here but iโam going through a little bit of shit and music like this really cheers me up so I guess 5/5.
5
Oct 19 2022
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Initially, itโs a very nice album in concept itโs like joy division but electronic the lower pitch vocals are raspy but cool/ unique but the higher pitch vocals are horrible like an unlistenable mix of Bjorkโs and Alanis Morrisetteโs worst vocal qualities (and I really, really like both of their singing) but this album is quite interesting to be honest just couldโve been better.
And what a disappointment for day 200 less than half as good as my day 100 (court of the crimson kings) this is a 3/5.
3
Oct 20 2022
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
The first track is bloody amazing! One of the best 60โs songs that Iโve ever herd!
The rest of the album drags so much in itโs (just under) half an hour run time thereโs some tracks that I liked but one of these rather short tracks felt like listening to the white album 100 times itโs so draggy.
2/5
2
Oct 21 2022
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
The strings on this are really nice, and (while she didnโt write any of them) the lyrics are so beautiful. Shame sheโs not a brilliant singer 3/5.
3
Oct 22 2022
Blur
Blur
I love this album definitely blurs best one of their longest but the only one that doesnโt drag for a minute.
Obviously (like most albums) the album is known for a couple of hits starting with the 1,2 punch of the drowning beetlebum followed by song 2 a mockery of grunge that actually sounds like the best grungy song of the 1990โs. M.O.R (like what it stands for) is a middle of the road track that stolen so much from David Bowie that blur had to add him as a writer. On your own is the ultimate party with one of the catchiest choruses on the album.
All of this happens within the first 5 songs so on the surface level this could be seen as front loaded but some of these non singles really make this album special in particular :
Youโve got the beautiful youโre so great filled to to the brim with little crackles and pops like itโs been on a record player. Death of a party provides a dark side to the album that only gets more prominent as time goes on, with a riveting bass line and a darkly memorable hook.
Strange news from another star reminds me of early 70โs David bowie and serves as my personal favourite track; the track ends in a rampaging march intro the punky moving on before going into the spoken word closer Essex dogs a very off putting but unique song.
The other tracks certainly each provide a new layer to the album and blurs career going away from a greater but catchy Britpop singles act to a dark album track act showing their verity in a consistent album definitely deserves a 5!
5
Oct 23 2022
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
I really didnโt expect this but I really resonated with some of the lyrics in quite a strange way and the songs themselves were great especially:
Opener school which starts off as very slow but then expands into full on funk.
Hide in your shell probably made me think the most about a certain time in my life so that one came across as quite beautiful.
Asylum again has amazing lyrics and it ends on this theatrical close which is perfect to end side one.
If everyone was listening has the best chorus with thundering drums juxtaposed with a pretty piano.
Crime of the century is a great album closer ending on this amazing instrumental so theatrical.
I loved this so much 5/5.
5
Oct 24 2022
Illmatic
Nas
I hate to do this but Iโve got 3 5/5โs in a row baby! Maybe thatโs a bad thing though because Iโll get less 5/5โs later but itโs so goodโฆ
The reason why I love this album is because itโs one of the only rap albums that are concise and lack a bad song. Nas is also quite possibly one of the best lyricistโs that Iโve ever herd Iโve always especially liked the line โsleep is the cousin of deathโ on New York state of mind.
The beats are fairly samey but it doesnโt matter too much as thatโs not really the focus of the album .
There are some skits on the album but (other than the first track) they act more as introductions to the songs and donโt drag unlike they sometimes do on rap album.
Maybe itโs slightly front loaded but it gets balanced out by the skit at the start.
I guess itโs a 5.
5
Oct 25 2022
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
I donโt like this it drags on way too long and her voice is just your typical cringey early 2000โs pop hip hop voice.
The music is very loungey which itโs nice the album keeps a cohesive tone throughout but itโs so boring (a high) 1/5.
1
Oct 26 2022
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
This band had Eric Clapton and Jimmy page in it at times but none of them are on this album though itโs got Jeff beck though but I donโt know his discography so I canโt judge much before going in.
And beckโs guitar playing is good (probably better than Clapton worse than Page) but the album is boring at points you get a couple of rockers than a boring almost pre school sounding track.
The albumโs average 3/5.
3
Oct 27 2022
Protection
Massive Attack
Iโve now had both of the massive attack albums that are on here and while I donโt know much about them I was sure that mezzanine would be the obvious choice for the book but hey we got this!
Itโs not bad every song sounds unique but (excluding the first song) it all feels quite forgettable when the album is done. Maybe the other notable moment is the doors cover (light my fire) at the end mostly because the doors are one of the last groups that I wouldโve expected them to cover. The cover is a little strange with all of the turntables and hip hop drums but itโs still a good enough track.
I gave blue lines a 4/5 if I remember correctly this is a small step down so Iโll give it a 3/5.
3
Oct 28 2022
Headquarters
The Monkees
Well I donโt really like the idea of a โfake bandโ that the monkees brought to the scene especially that it was for shallow corporate reasons but the album itself is pleasant if not a little forgettable at places until zilch which is just wired.
Rest is ok though 3/5.
3
Oct 29 2022
Fragile
Yes
Surprised to hear a yes album with tracks shorter than 10 minutes, this thing is great though not as good as close to the edge though but still great (if America was on the main album it wouldโve beat it).
4
Oct 30 2022
1989
Taylor Swift
Iโam surprised how much iโam looking forward to thisโฆ
And itโs great, maybe a little overproduced but anything after 2010 will be. 4/5
4
Oct 31 2022
Basket of Light
Pentangle
Itโs a solid 15/1600โs sounding album dated and greensleavsey but cool.
3
Nov 01 2022
25
Adele
I like Adele quite a bit to be honest I like 25 but 21 is where itโs at.
This is still good though I especially really liked River lea what a tune!
4
Nov 02 2022
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
The fact that itโs got so many tracks makes it feel much longer than it is but the album is very enjoyable 4/5.
4
Nov 03 2022
Rocks
Aerosmith
I didnโt have it just in the background but my mind treated it as background filler. Typical Aerosmith 3/5.
3
Nov 04 2022
Rubber Soul
Beatles
I havenโt actually herd this one before and I honestly expected it to be a let down sorta bridging period album between old and new Beatles, but this thing sounds like the Beatles had a spark of genius in the songwriting, all of the tracks are some sorta love song with most of the lyrics being brilliant ( I know run for your life is just wrong though).
Still 5/5!!!
5
Nov 05 2022
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Itโs solid nothing special though 3/5.
3
Nov 06 2022
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Is this album as good as hunky dory or Ziggy stardust? No
Is it still a 5/5? Obviously
This one is much heavier and acts as a flurry of bangers each as great as the next. It actually probably has less filler than hunky or Ziggy but it also has one less track and never reaches those exact heights.
Oh yeah and it also has got one of the most iconic album covers of all time.
5
Nov 07 2022
Garbage
Garbage
Supervixen, queer, only happy when it rains is one of the best three song opening rushes that Iโve herd in a while.
The rest of the album is green though really unique sounding on an instrumental level ( singing is great too but the 90โs was like the decade of amazing singers so Manson fairs quite low in my personal ranking ).
Other personal favourites include: as heaven is wide, not my idea, a stroke of luck, vow, stupid girl, dog new tricks,my lovers box,fix me now, milk.
Oh thatโs all of them well I guess itโs a 5 then!!!
5
Nov 08 2022
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
I wouldโve loved to give this a bad score to piss off the old grumpy Neil Young extremists that plague this site but this is great 4/5.
4
Nov 09 2022
Elastica
Elastica
90โs wire with a female lead singer thatโs slept with both Brett Anderson and Damon Albarn. Of course this is amazing!
5
Nov 10 2022
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
It starts off great then it gets unlikable and wired 3/5.
3
Nov 11 2022
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
Itโs long for what it is but itโs decent quite a unique blend of rock and electronica, maybe not the most deserving to be on the book but itโs good 3/5.
3
Nov 12 2022
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
I will admit the language barrier makes it harder but this is very good 4/5.
4
Nov 13 2022
Kid A
Radiohead
Itโs not the best Radiohead album but itโs still very good very cold and distant sounding in a way still a 5 though.
5
Nov 14 2022
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
The start of it made me think of what a whole album of the song just like honey by the Jesus and mary chain would sound like then at the middle it got interesting, suicide was way too long for what it was then the final track was quite nice.
3/5
3
Nov 15 2022
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
I mean I like it a little the music is nice but some of the tracks drag 3/5.
3
Nov 16 2022
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
Itโs a really good nice sounding set of songs would give a 4 if it had more originals but 3 due to the immense amount of covers.
3
Nov 17 2022
Chelsea Girl
Nico
Itโs okay but not one of my favourites on here it drags for what it is 3/5.
3
Nov 18 2022
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Itโs good music quite entertaining but it dragged a little at points and the language barrier makes it a little harder to enjoy but itโs good though. 3/5
3
Nov 19 2022
Me Against The World
2Pac
Itโs really good but rap albums are so long for what they are. 4/5
4
Nov 20 2022
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
Itโs mostly okay but that for no one cover is so beautiful 3/5 for the album 5/5 for that track.
3
Nov 21 2022
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
Well this is one brilliant album but itโs definitely blurs most front loaded album as I love the whole run from for tomorrow to oily water then Miss America onwards is just a drop in quality.
Blur overload their albums anyway this just gets a 5/5.
5
Nov 22 2022
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
This is really, really good took me by surprise this one 4/5!
4
Nov 23 2022
American Idiot
Green Day
Technically my day one but I lost the account name to that project after that day and decided to ignore that account.
But this album is a 5/5 but MCRโs the black parade is the better concept album of the 2000โs and shouldโve been on the book.
5
Nov 24 2022
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Why is this on here??? Why???
The byrds really donโt need this many albums especially that this one is just some dumb jaunty folk shit for half an hour.
2
Nov 25 2022
Mask
Bauhaus
2.84???
This is so awesome! Easy 5/5.
Sad but wired stuff.
5
Nov 26 2022
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Itโs good, itโs good I like it thereโs not a bad song but it feels really long.4/5
4
Nov 27 2022
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
Itโs a nice album with good lyrics but is it that specialโฆnope 3/5.
3
Nov 28 2022
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
Itโs good, I much prefer side 1 and 3 (concerto for a rainy day) than sides 2 or 4 but itโs all nice 4/5.
4
Nov 29 2022
evermore
Taylor Swift
Woah champagne problems is amazing!!!
Same with happiness!!!
The others are good but the sequencing of the album is a bit poor 3/5
3
Nov 30 2022
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Itโs nice electronic rock with some great songs 4/5
4
Dec 01 2022
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
The music is cool but not really my kinda thing 2/5.
2
Dec 02 2022
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
Itโs really good the same strong and powerful female solo vocalist Kate Bush, Bjork, Alanis Morrisette kinda stuff.
This album is slightly weaker than those 3โs โpeak albumsโ ( hounds of love, debut, jagged little pill) but this is still a very worthy listen the lyrics all over are amazing high 4/5.
(Also I realise that this album is before 2 of the artists I mentioned really blew up its just a comparative point as those 3 are much more popular than this person)
4
Dec 03 2022
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Iโll admit this didnโt look like something that I would find remotely interesting but it was amazing to be honest, it was really well produced for the early 60โs and the selection of tracks is brilliant (even if he wrote none of them which does knock off a point for me).
So 4/5 very good!
4
Dec 04 2022
Nixon
Lambchop
I mean itโs alright but itโs just so in the background 3/5.
3
Dec 05 2022
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
Itโs just a really typical rap album to be honest I think itโs good but not brilliant 3/5.
3
Dec 06 2022
The Specials
The Specials
Itโs alright just not my kinda thing ska can be a bit boring and samey to me but I appreciate it enough to give it a 4/5.
4
Dec 07 2022
Violator
Depeche Mode
Awesome just awesome 5/5.
5
Dec 08 2022
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Short 10 songs all great quality not my kinda thing but Iโll give it a 5/5.
5
Dec 09 2022
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
Eww just not my kinda music tbh 1/5
1
Dec 10 2022
Tapestry
Carole King
Itโs just really really good 5/5.
5
Dec 11 2022
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Mad world and everybody wants to rule the world are the two songs from this band I know and everybody wants to rule the world is on here so thatโs goodโฆ
Shout is awesome so is the working hour both of there 6 minute run times go so quickly.
Everybody wants to rule the world is one of the best singles of all time!
Motherโs talk is great but not one pf my favourites.
I believe is sad and slow maybe too morose for the start of side 2 but itโs a brilliant song.
Broken is good but itโs more prepping for head over heels which is like the centrepiece of side 2 the reprise of broken works too.
You hear listen and it just screams album closer itโs brilliant.
5/5 canโt fault it.
5
Dec 12 2022
Sincere
Mj Cole
It reminds me of kurupt fm but not hilarious, just useless.
2
Dec 13 2022
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Itโs not super great just average claptons playing is definitely the highlight.
3
Dec 14 2022
Goo
Sonic Youth
MILDRED PEIRCE
4
Dec 15 2022
Black Monk Time
The Monks
A bit bat shit crazy but itโs short and fun 4/5.
4
Dec 16 2022
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
Dark evil new wavey awesomeness 5/5.
5
Dec 17 2022
In It For The Money
Supergrass
The album starts off amazing (until itโs not me itโs a 5/5) but then the last couple are quite lacklustre (and itโs a worse album than I should coco) so itโs 4/5.
4
Dec 18 2022
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
I mean itโs good but I donโt think itโs much of an improvement from the first iron maiden album 4/5 just like I gave that one.
4
Dec 19 2022
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Itโs not bad but I donโt love it 4/5.
4
Dec 20 2022
Be
Common
Eh just a typical rap album I donโt get it
3
Dec 21 2022
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
Beautiful absolutely beautiful shame he didnโt write the songs himself but it works really well as a concept album 4/5
4
Dec 22 2022
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Good but super long 4/5
4
Dec 23 2022
Truth
Jeff Beck
At the start it wowed me but then towards the end not as much still great though and I hope to revisit it one day 4/5.
4
Dec 24 2022
The Yes Album
Yes
I donโt love yes but I canโt say anything bad 4/5
4
Dec 25 2022
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
The literal sound of a mental breakdownโฆmeh
3
Dec 26 2022
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Itโs Christmas, the fact I knew a ton of these made it quite easy but after Christmas nobody will care about these songs for another 12 months, I will be kind though and give it a 4/5.
4
Dec 27 2022
London Calling
The Clash
Punk music with standard rock instrumental work brilliant!!!
5
Dec 28 2022
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Itโs not my kinda thing but was enjoyable and I canโt deny the talent 3/5.
3
Dec 29 2022
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Itโs not an album I listen to often but itโs an undeniable 5/5!
5
Dec 30 2022
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
Eh itโs a bit boring to be honest but not horrible
3
Dec 31 2022
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
I like quite a bit of it but itโs just not a 5/5 and I donโt know why it screams to me as something Id love but itโs still good.
4
Jan 01 2023
Boston
Boston
When I think โclassic rockโ this is definitely the album I would think of first.
Itโs not an album that Iโve gave that much attention to to be honest (literally until today I didnโt realise the boston spaceships were guitars), Iโve herd it 2 or 3 times before and I obviously know more than a feeling but other than that nothing really.
But a lack of attention doesnโt mean itโs not absolutely amazing though itโs only 8 songs long (9 I guess if you count foreplay/long time as separate track) but that works in its favour as every track is practically perfect in every way, so rocking!!!
A 5/5 for sure
5
Jan 02 2023
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Itโs good country but is country my kinda thingโฆno 3/5.
3
Jan 03 2023
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Itโs indie hipster shit and itโs quite good indie hipster shit probably 3/5.
3
Jan 04 2023
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Eh itโs ok just looooooong
3
Jan 05 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys
I donโt hate this thing and I consider myself quite a positive reviewer but how is this rated so highly itโs just generic rock that doesnโt do anything special, like people roll their eyes at britpop because they think itโs generic but really against this???
Itโs not a bad album though and the songs are quite nice still a 4/5.
4
Jan 06 2023
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
I mean they made loveless and thatโs a really good album but this is just alright a little crap 3/5.
3
Jan 07 2023
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
I remember having treasure and while it was a very good album it came across as a bit of an unorganised mess in terms of vocals but this is just really good still 4/5 though.
4
Jan 08 2023
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Itโs good but can be a bit of a slog at points and Iโm not a massive prince fan still good though 4/5
4
Jan 09 2023
Station To Station
David Bowie
Itโs a good album but I just donโt like this kind of music as much as the stuff on hunky Dory Ziggy stardust or Aladdin sane.
Still though all 6 of these tracks are proper bangers!
4/5
4
Jan 10 2023
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
I get why itโs good but itโs so not my kinda thing 2/5.
2
Jan 11 2023
In Utero
Nirvana
Very good and very tortured not as good as Nevermind but still a 5/5
5
Jan 12 2023
Arise
Sepultura
I hate this band sooooooooo much I remember having roots before and it was a nightmare I donโt think this was as bad but still a 2/5.
2
Jan 13 2023
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
Well they failed at their aim
1
Jan 14 2023
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
I didnโt love every second of it but in general it was amazing 4/5
4
Jan 15 2023
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
I donโt mind not amazing singers so I quite liked this 4/5
4
Jan 16 2023
Chris
Christine and the Queens
I donโt hate it itโs just a modern french pop album itโs alright
3
Jan 17 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
I mean itโs got like a rolling stone and ballad of a thin man on side one then desolation row on side two even if the other tracks were shit (theyโre not by the way) it would still be a very easy 5/5.
5
Jan 18 2023
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
I donโt really know what to think of this heโs not a great singer but he sounds very uninvested and I donโt usually tend to mind weird singers but I didnโt really like his voice.
Still though this thing apparently only took a day to make and for that itโs quite awesome and the instrumentation is quite good.
3/5
3
Jan 19 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse
I really like this album it has some absolutely amazing songs but is it as good as back to black, no and is this album a bit too long, yes.
4/5
4
Jan 20 2023
Heroes
David Bowie
First half was excellent then v2 Schneider was alright for atmosphere, sense of doubt was good moss garden and neukoln were so boring the the closer was a bit naf.
Itโs still mostly good though I just donโt like that kind of music much. 4/5
4
Jan 21 2023
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Iโm surprised how good this one was to be honest I thought it was meant to be some sorta flop for the smiths but the songs are very good, Iโll give it a 4/5 though because itโs very front loaded.
4
Jan 22 2023
The Who Sell Out
The Who
Honestly I hate to say this about the who as theyโre one of the greats really but this wasnโt great; I can see for miles is very good but the rest of it is either eh or just not good 2/5.
2
Jan 23 2023
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
This is good and some really great tracks but itโs not overly interesting all throughout so I guess 3/5.
3
Jan 24 2023
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Eh itโs just a modern electronic pop album the back half is a bit better than the front half but I didnโt hate any of the tracks itโs just nothing amazing. 3/5
3
Jan 25 2023
The Doors
The Doors
Itโs just brilliant, iconic and every track is a banger easy 5/5
5
Jan 26 2023
Bad
Michael Jackson
Iโve actually never fully herd a Michael Jackson album before but the songs I knew I knew of before (bad, man in the mirror and smooth criminal) left me quite excited and I wasnโt one bit disappointed, I hate to give it to a nonce but 5/5.
5
Jan 27 2023
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Itโs a great album but it just pisses me off when people call it a concept album.5/5 though
5
Jan 28 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
Iโve just gave 3 albums in a row (Doors , Michael Jackson, Beach Boys) 5/5โs and while this album is certainly great itโs not in that same level to be honest I like it though 4/5.
4
Jan 29 2023
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
I didnโt hate it the album just kinda passed through me, the starting tracks with the vocals were okay but I didnโt overly like his singing but then it goes full instrumental and my interest is gone. 3/5
3
Jan 30 2023
Pelican West
Haircut 100
Itโs an okay album a little forgettable amongst the 1001 albums most of the guitar riffs are the exact same funk thing but I donโt hate it the albums nice but thereโs just better new wave stuff on here and not on here.
3/5
3
Jan 31 2023
Imagine
John Lennon
Itโs very solid I like most of the album, some of the longer songs did drag a little for me though ( I donโt wanna be a solider mama, how do you sleep) theyโre not bad though just kinda lost my attention at those points. I am much more of a paul guy when it comes to my beatles though so Iโll give this a 4/5 but that could change in the future.
4
Feb 01 2023
Different Class
Pulp
Bloody heck if half of this community didnโt partake in โbritpop bashingโ this would be one of the top rated albums for sure, itโs fairly unique, thereโs not a bad song on here and the sequencing isnโt utterly botched either.
And to those who call this creepy well Michael Jackson is a certified nonce (and we all know that Jarvis Cocker didnโt like Michael). And even for artists not in the top rated artists have creepier albums like that french nonce album (I canโt remember itโs name and while I like it violent femmeโs debut is as creepy as this all your really gonna get here is a few uhโs.
Also while Iโm on this album what is it with the britpop hate on this website perfectly great bands like pulp or suede or oasis will get a ton of reviews right at the top moaning about how boring britpop is (have you actually fucking listened to these albums).
Yeah I love this shit!!! 5/5 all the way maybe my all time favourite aswell.
5
Feb 02 2023
Survivor
Destiny's Child
I mean thereโs nothing musically bad about it and it starts off with two singles but this album was a drag and is way way too long for what it is 2/5.
2
Feb 03 2023
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Itโs alright I donโt really have much to say but I hate when help is done as a slow song it defeats the whole point of it.
Anyway the album is decent 3/5
3
Feb 04 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Eh I donโt really care much for hip hop but itโs not bad 3/5.
3
Feb 05 2023
Hot Fuss
The Killers
Amazing yes front loaded as fuck but amazing 5/5
5
Feb 06 2023
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Itโs too wired but I like it to an extent
3
Feb 07 2023
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Eh itโs just not for me
2
Feb 08 2023
Palo Congo
Sabu
Album loves its bongos but i hate the singing and itโs a bit boring.
1
Feb 09 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Itโs really fucking good 4/5
4
Feb 10 2023
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Hey ya and the rest of the love below is great I didnโt really like speakerboxx too much though. 3/5
3
Feb 11 2023
Dry
PJ Harvey
Itโs nice but I need to listen to it more really to โget itโ I think 4/5 maybe???
4
Feb 12 2023
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
I like this but (compared to other punk bands) this isnโt quite as good 4/5 though still brilliant!
4
Feb 13 2023
Ray Of Light
Madonna
I found it quite boring to be perfectly honest 2/5
2
Feb 14 2023
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
Itโs interesting and a really good live album 4/5.
4
Feb 15 2023
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Itโs good but I felt it gotten a little bit more boring towards the end and Iโm not too sure how much I would want to replay it still great and I would recommend 4/5
4
Feb 16 2023
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
Idk it was alright I didnโt really like the drums but the songwriting was alright 2/5
2
Feb 17 2023
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
I find it weird that Spotify says that fans of this band like prefab sprout as this is nothing like that, this album is boring clubby trash but inoffensive boring clubby trash.
2
Feb 18 2023
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
Maybe Iโm being too generous as this album does have some filler but itโs a 5; all of the singles are amazing and the last three tracks (all not singles) are a treat.
Youโve also gotta appreciate how they went from an album so grim (but still amazing) holy bible to something this polished after the disappearance of a member which I wouldโve thought wouldโve made the music more harsh but this more mainstream direction is great.
Oh yeah also the top review for this album (the โbritpop is shit oneโ) is just stupid.
5
Feb 19 2023
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
Eh I liked bits but it can drag for a 35 minute long album 3/5.
3
Feb 20 2023
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Brilliant slightly overrated but still a 5 but a low 5 instead of โone of the best albums of all timeโ as some say.
5
Feb 21 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
I donโt really like this kinda music but I can appreciate it 3/5
3
Feb 22 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
I found myself really enjoying this one to be honest and I didnโt think I was so thatโs cool. 4/5
4
Feb 23 2023
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Like most rap albums as time goes on it gets boring no matter how good the songs are because thereโs just too many tracks. I liked it though 4/5.
4
Feb 24 2023
Future Days
Can
I think itโs interesting but just interesting for the sake of it rather than providing good to listen to music.3/5
3
Feb 25 2023
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Thereโs nothing inherently bad about this but long soundtrack albums which are mostly instrumental just arenโt made for me. 2/5
2
Feb 26 2023
Sea Change
Beck
Itโs nice smooth and emotional which are all amazing but with that comes a bit of samieness which makes an already long album drag. 3/5
3
Feb 27 2023
Kimono My House
Sparks
Perfect and really fucking unique 5/5.
5
Feb 28 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Definitely the best jam album (5/5)
5
Mar 01 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Itโs definitely good but really boring 3/5
3
Mar 02 2023
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
This is where I get really critical of dimeryโs picks for the book as yeah this is a good album but itโs only the 4th best qotsa album, ranking going like this:
1) songs for the deaf
2) rated r
3)โฆlike clockwork
4) this album
I think like clockwork may be on here but Iโm honestly not even too sure of that but songs for the deaf is the easy pick for this band and itโs ludicrous that it wasnโt picked over this.
This album is good though itโs just a bit less interesting and unique as the other qotsa albums I mentioned 4/5.
4
Mar 03 2023
Pearl
Janis Joplin
I donโt mind it but a whole album of janis joplin can get a bit too much 3/5
3
Mar 04 2023
Vivid
Living Colour
I donโt really like the mix of funk and metal itโs just really weird to me 2/5
2
Mar 05 2023
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Eh just some boring hillbilly shit
2
Mar 06 2023
Synchronicity
The Police
I really enjoyed this not my usual kinda thing but still 5/5
5
Mar 07 2023
Never Mind The Bollocks, Hereโs The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Well I rated public image a 1 so this might as well be the biggest ratings gap for an individual artist
5
Mar 08 2023
Raw Power
The Stooges
Itโs good I liked side one quite a bit more than side two but itโs great throughout and not a bad song 4/5
4
Mar 09 2023
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
I donโt know most of the time I really like this kinda music but this one just didnโt hit 2/5
2
Mar 10 2023
Shadowland
k.d. lang
By memory I didnโt mind the other k.d.lang album but this was a bit shit and really boring itโs not purposely dreadful though 2/5
2
Mar 11 2023
No Other
Gene Clark
Finding out that this guy was lead singer of the byrds for some time is definitely not a surprise.
Like why does the byrds have to be so heavily featured in this book???
And like the Byrds this album is cool but forgettable and fairly unnecessary (It doesnโt have many similarities to them other than that though).
Still quite nice though 3/5.
3
Mar 12 2023
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
I was close to calling this overrated, giving it a 4 out of respect for the band, then ignoring it but after a second listen this actually came across as really brilliant, not a single bad track and is able to be interesting throughout. 5/5
5
Mar 13 2023
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
I donโt purposely hate world music but I just do this is weird and yeah unique but rubbish 1/5.
1
Mar 14 2023
American Pie
Don McLean
Is the title track the best song?
Yeah, by far.
Are the other tracks bad?
Nah
4/5
4
Mar 15 2023
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
First listen of this thing and I kinda shrugged, this isnโt a โdeep albumโ by any means, this album is like what junkies should be taking instead of cocaine or heroin. Obviously what Iโve said is COMPLETELY out of touch but so is this album and so is Adam ant. Thatโs what makes it special. Itโs almost like the album was made for and by children. Itโs also the only album with drums as the strongest instrument that Iโm not bored by.
I would never go for a song as goofy as feed me to the lions or Jolly Roger but Jolly Roger and its live version were tied as my top song of 2023 on Spotify. The albums made to make you smile like the goofy โClint Eastwoodโ backing vocals in los rancheros or the nonsense at the end of the human beings and the โmurder happy charactersโ in making history, they sound like they should be plastered on a cereal box or ceebeebies.
I would argue the only song thatโs slightly deep is ants invasion and thatโs just because of its riff that, yes does sound like an invasion waiting to happen. Oh and the bridge to that song is so cool.
I havenโt even mentioned the first two songs, the hits. Ant music is one of the best singles of all time and dog eat dog is brilliant too. As with most tracks itโs the drumming that puts this leagues above other similar albums.
Also the first 3 songs of side 2 all kinda have the same vibe Iโve always felt. You have the title track, the MAG-NIFICENT five MAG-NIFICENT, and sex music for ant people ant music for sex people (AKA donโt be square be there).
I honestly donโt really know what Iโm saying with this review now 5/5
5
Mar 16 2023
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
The front half of this was amazing (kinda reminds me of the levellers if any of you lot know them). The back half isnโt that good though in comparison (still quite good though) 4/5
4
Mar 17 2023
Celebrity Skin
Hole
Yeah itโs cool and really dark but I did find it a bit slow going so 4/5
4
Mar 18 2023
Young Americans
David Bowie
Of course itโs good itโs bowie but it doesnโt compare to the earlier heights of hunky dory/ziggy stardust/aladdin sane. 4/5
4
Mar 19 2023
Ctrl
SZA
I didnโt find it that fun at all but I admit itโs slightly unique and not inherently that dreadful.
I still donโt think she deserves to be one of the top artists on Spotify though.
2/5
2
Mar 20 2023
Scott 4
Scott Walker
This album is so awesome I canโt believe how low itโs rated 5/5
5
Mar 21 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House
Itโs nice, a little dreamy but not super, every song is unique and cohesive but I think some drag. 4/5
4
Mar 22 2023
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
I really enjoyed this, Iโm not that into electronica but this was great I kinda feel itโs a genre I can slowly woo myself into going from any old rock band to something like the killers to MGMT to this is slowly moving my tastes into that indie electronica direction.
Maybe one day Iโll find enjoyment in one of those mostly instrumental ones but not for now.
4/5
4
Mar 23 2023
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Not a bad moment 5/5
5
Mar 24 2023
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Yeahโฆ I was bored with the shortened โbest ofโ version, I get that Ella Fitzgerald and George/Ira Gershwin are both really important from a historical perspective and I donโt think the songs are bad but itโs just not really the type of thing that I went in for.
It does deserve a place on the book though and itโs alright so 3/5?
3
Mar 25 2023
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
People who say that the britpop albums on here are rubbish are either just talking shite to sound pretentious listening to their weird obscurest jazz album or are hardcore grunge diehards that wonโt give into the acceptance that britpop is good (even after like 30 years).
Because itโs from a popular band definitely maybe actually has a decent score but I bet the โuurgh I hate britpopโ crowd are here somewhere.
Anyway the album itself is great though from the obvious great singles โrock and roll starโ, โlive foreverโ, โsupersonicโ and โcigarettes and alcoholโ to perfect album tracks ranging from the trippy โColumbiaโ the punky brawler โbring it on downโ and the stunning climax โslide awayโ.
Yeah there is โdigsys dinnerโ which is comical and stupid and โmarried with childrenโ is quite a half arsed closer. But all the best albums have at least one runt of the litter.
The only reason why it might not be a universal 5/5 is liams voice but I donโt hate it; itโs got itโs charm. So yeah 5/5.
5
Mar 26 2023
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Yeah this is just a brilliant album (except for donโt stop which is utterly pointless b side material that shouldโve been replaced with elephant stone). Still great though 5/5.
5
Mar 27 2023
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
The lyrics are really outdated at points but the songs are still pretty good and itโs short enough for me to actually put my attention to it.
Still though my likelihood of re-visiting it isnโt high and I donโt really want a date with the everly brothers (and I definitely donโt want one with their corpses). 3/5
3
Mar 28 2023
Country Life
Roxy Music
In general I really liked it but thereโs something about his singing that drags it down a little. Still great though 4/5.
4
Mar 29 2023
Suicide
Suicide
I liked the first two songs a little but then it just dropped from there, itโs unique but not great sadly a 1/5
1
Mar 30 2023
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Tortured genius perhaps, this album is music to your ears when youโre super depressed, itโs difficult and awkward when youโre feeling alright 3/5
3
Mar 31 2023
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
This guy is awesome 5/5
5
Apr 01 2023
Back In Black
AC/DC
Good old rock and roll 4/5.
4
Apr 02 2023
Scott 2
Scott Walker
Why donโt people like Scott Walker heโs so awesome, thereโs a tonne of covers which brings it down a little but itโs still great 4/5.
4
Apr 03 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
I donโt know itโs alright but for such a short album it really drags. 3/5
3
Apr 04 2023
NEU! 75
Neu!
This is a weird one for me because I expected to enjoy the rock half more than the electronic half but I felt the rock songs were really poorly done, I know this is one of those proper โmusic nerdโ albums but itโs just not for me. 3/5 though because the first half is cool.
3
Apr 05 2023
Low
David Bowie
I donโt know the first half has a few quite boring bowie songs and then the second half is the kinda thing you fall asleep to.
Iโve never really understood low to be honest itโs just so meh and just experimental for the sake of it (which I think heroes does better) 3/5.
3
Apr 06 2023
Opus Dei
Laibach
Iโm not one that bothers with hating an artist because theyโre controversial but I would get it for this albumโฆ
This is a weird one and the kinda thing I think the list is really meant for!
The whole album portrays a dark brooding fascist dystopia something that youโve really got to be confident musicians in doing something like this especially as while (I think/hope) this is parody, it really is on the edge.
Musically I didnโt mind it I wasnโt a massive fan of the electronic drumming but musically the rest was decent.
There is filler on the second half but the first half is good. 3/5
3
Apr 07 2023
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
I really liked this at the start but this tracklist is so front loaded then gets quite samey at the end, the first couple of songs are bangers though 3/5.
3
Apr 08 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Yeah itโs good, I preferred lady soul but this is still a great album 4/5
4
Apr 09 2023
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
Eh, itโs somewhat decent punk music but the album is way too long. 3/5
3
Apr 10 2023
Odessa
Bee Gees
You sure this is the bee gees?
2
Apr 11 2023
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
This is just amazing, never herd it before but itโs brilliant 5/5.
5
Apr 12 2023
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
Proper hillbilly music- not too bad but not my kinda thing.
2
Apr 13 2023
Eagles
Eagles
Yeah itโs a solid debut album, Iโm not really massively into the eagles but theyโre good 4/5
4
Apr 14 2023
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
What theyโre doing is awesome and I get why itโs on the list but all instrumental albums arenโt for me 2/5
2
Apr 15 2023
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
I really really liked this one, to me itโs as good as remain in light as itโs much more consistently solid than that album but thereโs not the same highs as well 4/5.
4
Apr 16 2023
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
Itโs not for me in your face 80โs hip hop made by some nonceโฆnah
2
Apr 17 2023
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Look bruce isnโt really one of my top artists or anything (Iโve even gave one of his albums a 2) but this is just great thereโs not a bad song 5/5.
5
Apr 18 2023
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
Banger 4/5
4
Apr 19 2023
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
In this album the beastie boys are so in your face that itโs hard to tell if theyโve became the frat boys that they were originally criticising in licenced to Ill. I donโt hate this though itโs just not as good as licenced to Ill.
3
Apr 20 2023
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Eh, not bad but considering how great 1967 was as a year this isnโt one of the best.
3
Apr 21 2023
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
The albumโs really good and the high points are amazing but in general it starts a bit better than it ends so I canโt call it perfect but itโs still great and I wouldnโt argue against anyone who gives it a 5 but itโs a 4 for me.
4
Apr 22 2023
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I mean abattoir blues was amazing not a bad track and really rocking 5/5.
The lyre of orpheus isnโt as good to be honest, itโs got some good tracks but in general itโs a drop in quality 4/5.
So the album as a whole is 4.5/5 so that means itโs a 5/5 but do remember abattoir blues does carry most of that.
5
Apr 23 2023
Movies
Holger Czukay
Talentless oaf sticks shit to the wall and hopes it sticks. 1/5
Also I donโt care that heโs in can I really donโt give a shit about that band.
1
Apr 24 2023
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Boring and depressing 2/5
2
Apr 25 2023
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Itโs not really for me but honestly not bad 3/5.
3
Apr 26 2023
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
Quite disappointed to be honest, the only song I knew of their discography was meet on the ledge (which isnโt this album) and that songโs a 5/5 but this album as a whole was just alright 3/5.
3
Apr 27 2023
1984
Van Halen
Itโs decent, definitely not bad, a bit worse than the other van halen album because this has the insanely cringey hot for teacher, but the rest of the album is okay, the main bangers are the main hits jump and panama but with time the rest might stand out more. But for now 3/5
3
Apr 28 2023
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
Wired it has to be a 1/5 but I did kinda enjoy how strange it got
1
Apr 29 2023
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Itโs okay the songs are solid elvis is the king (obviously) but itโs nothing special. 3/5
3
Apr 30 2023
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Having the buddy holly on here makes me miserable that weezer arenโt on here, and yeah buddy holly does look like a nerd so I guess he does look like the guy from weezer.
Anyway the music, itโs solid but a bit boring compared to music after the 50โs but this is one of the best youโre gonna get from this time, thatโll be the day is the clear standout but some other tracks are solid. 3/5
3
May 01 2023
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
Mostly just filler to be honest, the best song is by far tainted love. Some tracks seem cool at the start and then become the musical equivalent of Chinese water torture due to them really overstating their welcome ( seedy films and sex dwarf are main victims of this). The rest sit in the โmehโ section of music that I neither hate or want to revisit.2/5
2
May 02 2023
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
Boring drugged up 90โs background music 2/5
2
May 03 2023
Gold
Ryan Adams
Nice sounding background noise but itโs long and already drags by track 5, 3/5.
3
May 04 2023
Ramones
Ramones
Iโve herd people say before (maybe on reddit) that the pistols were more of a boy band than a punk band but other than song lengths I think the ramones suit that more.
Theyโve got the kiss thing of looking cool, not being themselves and having good merch and they can be quite โsoppyโ at points (see I wanna be your boyfriend). These qualities make me want to compare them more to one direction than the clash, but this album isnโt bad I donโt dislike super commercial punk rock but it shouldnโt be a โclassic albumโ in my opinion. 4/5
4
May 05 2023
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
A miserable covers album that put me in a really really bad place but itโs not technically bad and the covers are okay (hurt is overrated). 3/5
3
May 06 2023
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
Iโve had two of these guys albums this week and all I can say is I really donโt like the chemical brothers one bit. Itโs drugged out background noise for stoners.2/5
2
May 07 2023
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Eh, itโs nice old folk music but nothing special 3/5
3
May 08 2023
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
I just found this really middle of the road to be honest 3/5.
3
May 09 2023
New Wave
The Auteurs
Itโs really decent, some reviews Iโve seen seem to make them victims of the โuurrrgh I hate britpopโ crowd. Which I can get to some extent but this book is partly about discovery and this is a band Iโve never heard before.
The album inhabits the more smiths inspired suede/gene route which is one of the better ways to go for britpop. Very solid 4/5.
4
May 10 2023
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
I think Iโm done with the byrds now, which means I really hope Iโm done with them because theyโre probably the most non 60โs band of all and they have 5 of these albums I swear.
The album itselfโฆ short and boring zzz 2/5
2
May 11 2023
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
Not 4 me 2/5
2
May 12 2023
Dog Man Star
Suede
3.02 average??? (This album definitely doesnโt deserve this low)โฆ
To anyone who gave this below 3 stars ๐
Sorry but honestly this album is perfect Itโs a grower yeah but itโs certainly worth the time. Not a bad track on it and the b sides make it even better. Brettโs voice can be a make or break for some I get that but the instrumentation wouldโve made up for that I would think. Also maybe if you donโt like any 80โs or 90โs rock then this might not be for you but I donโt get why anyone wouldnโt like those things.
I didnโt see any โuuurgh britpopโ comments on this one which is good because while yeah technically britpop itโs not the same sorta thing as oasis, blur and pulp were doing at the time.
If I was to name an underrated but still kinda popular band it would be suede it seems so many people have overlooked this masterpiece and the debut by extension.
Best tracks: heroine, the 2 of us, the asphalt world
Worst track: black or blue
5/5
5
May 13 2023
Smash
The Offspring
Itโs good, definitely on the more punk end of pop punk which is great, self esteem does kinda stand out as the best track but all the songs are solid 4/5.
4
May 14 2023
Calenture
The Triffids
Not a favourite but better than some of the reviews Iโm reading. 3/5
3
May 15 2023
The Rise & Fall
Madness
Itโs nice, great singles and decent album tracks. I can hush aside the casual racism because of the time. So itโs a 4/5
4
May 16 2023
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
Yeah itโs exactly what it says, I donโt love it nor do I hate it 3/5.
3
May 17 2023
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
Not bad rap 3/5
3
May 18 2023
Liquid Swords
GZA
Nice, Iโm mot super into rap or any wu tang things but this is nice 3/5.
3
May 19 2023
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Itโs alright just decent country 3/5.
3
May 20 2023
Green
R.E.M.
Really enjoyed this, not as good as automatic but a little better than murmur and document in my opinions 5/5.
5
May 21 2023
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
I donโt think itโs consistently perfect but theres some really great heights this album reaches especially down the dolce vita which was definitely love at first listen. Most other tracks are solid though 4/5
4
May 22 2023
Oxygรจne
Jean-Michel Jarre
This guy sure knows how to name a song.
Well itโs just an album of sci fi noises for half an hour, admittedly it does sound cool in areas but this music isnโt really for me. 2/5.
2
May 23 2023
Permission to Land
The Darkness
Itโs awesome, sometimes comical hard rock with a lead singer who is a similar level to freddy mercury. 5/5
5
May 24 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Really nice 60โs pop 4/5
4
May 25 2023
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hรผsker Dรผ
Theres some great songs but itโs way too long to be real enjoyable 3/5.
3
May 26 2023
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
Itโs nice, really cool but also really forgettable. Idk 3/5
3
May 27 2023
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
Itโs good at the start but then it just becomes boring 2/5
2
May 28 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Cool, not my favourite stevie album but itโs good. 4/5
4
May 29 2023
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
I tried with this one but it was so boring and I didnโt really like her singing 2/5
2
May 30 2023
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
Itโs solid but nothing special, I definitely prefer the first album 3/5
3
May 31 2023
Feast of Wire
Calexico
Yeah itโs cool certainly a kinda unique style but no individual tracks have really popped out so 4/5
4
Jun 01 2023
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Eh 3/5
3
Jun 02 2023
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Samey samey rap technically nothing wrong with it but really not interesting 2/5
2
Jun 03 2023
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
Sorry but it is boring 2/5
2
Jun 04 2023
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
I get it, like itโs kinda cool but not for too long 3/5
3
Jun 05 2023
Skylarking
XTC
I mean I have been really looking forward to see what this album was actually like for a while but honestly dear god is by far the best song and then itโs average 3/5
3
Jun 06 2023
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
I actually didnโt think I would do this but a 3rd 5/5 to Simon and Garfunkel!
5
Jun 07 2023
Medรบlla
Bjรถrk
The idea of the album is cool and I like bjorkโs first album quite a bit but I donโt think it works for a full project super well 3/5
3
Jun 08 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Yeah itโs Elton itโs great, tracklist couldโve been a bit shorter but thereโs nothing bad on it, itโs just my attention span. 5/5
5
Jun 09 2023
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Yeah great the closer is a little naff and o malleys bar is too long but the rest is very good 4/5
4
Jun 10 2023
Apocalypse 91โฆ The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
I like some of the songs but rap albums are super long which kinda ruins their quality as albums as thereโs a good bit of filler 3/5
3
Jun 11 2023
Soul Mining
The The
Solid but not as good as I thought it would be 3/5.
3
Jun 12 2023
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
Itโs okay a full album of this is a bit grating but itโs nice at the start.2/5
2
Jun 13 2023
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Nice stuff especially walk, some tracks are a bit filler but not much so 4/5
4
Jun 14 2023
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Itโs decent not my usual stuff but I enjoyed it 4/5
4
Jun 15 2023
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I know that at least on the subreddit itโs kinda a running joke that costello has so many albums, for me this is only my second of his and to be honest itโs very middling 3/5
3
Jun 16 2023
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
Itโs solid not great though, section 43 in particular is a very odd duck. But itโs not horrible 3/5
3
Jun 17 2023
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
Messy ear torture,1/5
1
Jun 18 2023
All Directions
The Temptations
Itโs solid, I really like the first time songs then side 2 is okay but other than do your thing at the end itโs nothing amazing still though nice stuff 4/5
4
Jun 19 2023
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
I honestly donโt get what people find so great about dusty springfield, itโs alright pop certainally listenable and enjoyable but not amazing or anything in my opinion 3/5
3
Jun 20 2023
Whatever
Aimee Mann
Reviews for this album are a bit negative in my opinion, yes itโs certainly not the most unique album of all time and certainly not one of the best albums of the 90โs or even just 94 but thereโs some good songs itโs all listenable and enjoyable. 3/5
3
Jun 21 2023
Butterfly
Mariah Carey
Meh, by the time I got to Fourth of July I thought I was near the end of the album but only track 5 and these songs arenโt super long. Also the one (or couple songs Idk) where that rapper just comes in really randomly ruin the album. 2/5
2
Jun 22 2023
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
Quality wise itโs like a mid tier duran duran song repeated 9 times not bad but nothing amazing 3/5
3
Jun 23 2023
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Itโs decent for sure but itโs nowhere near as good as bad or thriller in my opinion, nothing on rest of the album is really on the same quality level as the first two tracks but nothingโs bad or unlistenable so 4/5
4
Jun 24 2023
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Itโs good at the start but I think the second half ( except A forest) is a tad boring 4/5
4
Jun 25 2023
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
A little bit of a snoozefest to be honest 2/5
2
Jun 26 2023
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Zzz
2
Jun 27 2023
War
U2
Yeah theres some really cool tracks on this album 4/5
4
Jun 28 2023
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
This really brought my mood down and itโs not a very comfortable listen in places but the songs are good and this version of hurt is BY FAR the better one.5/5
5
Jun 29 2023
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
Itโs good but not great a perfect example of an artist having too many albums.
3
Jun 30 2023
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
Morriseys strongest solo work, I canโt get along with viva hate super well, nor can I say your arsenal or you are the quarry quite reach the heights of the smithsโฆ this does. Itโs probably the biggest grower of these albums but the opening 5 tracks and speedway as a closer are some of his best work. Is side two weaker? Yes but the queen is dead has an equal amount of filler both are 5/5โs end of story
5
Jul 01 2023
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Itโs solid, I find having coconut right after without you a weird sequencing choice but other than that itโs cool 4/5
4
Jul 02 2023
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Itโs great but very long and (especially on the last track) the weirdness can be annoying 4/5
4
Jul 03 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Itโs cool, I went us version as thereโs paint it black which is definitely an essential, the first side was mostly great then side 2 was a bit non but nothing bad and going home is cool. 4/5
4
Jul 04 2023
Manassas
Stephen Stills
Too long not horrible but just meh
2
Jul 05 2023
The Undertones
The Undertones
Yeah solid I didnโt hate anything off that, I think the singles are a little ahead in quality and the others can get repetitive but still great rock songs. 4/5
4
Jul 06 2023
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Some songs are good but itโs definitely one which feels like the singles are by far the best. Itโs not really my kinda thing but certainly listenable.3/5
3
Jul 07 2023
Sulk
The Associates
I thought this would be better as it influenced quite a few bands I really like but this loses itโs thunder very early on and then really struggles to keep it up sometimes being boarderline unlistenable sometimes being quite entertaining. 2/5
2
Jul 08 2023
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
So so boring 2/5
2
Jul 09 2023
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
I donโt hate rap but this is really, really horrible (one of the worst things Iโve heard)1/5
1
Jul 10 2023
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
Itโs solid, Iโm not gonna act like itโs my kinda thing and I think it drags a bit but itโs certainly an enjoyable listen.4/5
4
Jul 11 2023
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
One of the best rap albums Iโve ever heard 5/5
5
Jul 12 2023
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
This was honestly great, it can drag a little at times but for the most part itโs solid, definitely too lowly rated by other users. 4/5
4
Jul 13 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Eh I donโt really care for dolly partons music to be completely honest. 3/5
3
Jul 14 2023
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Eh I kinda forgettable but it went quite quickly and it was all good 3/5
3
Jul 15 2023
Street Signs
Ozomatli
Sounds interesting but not for me 2/5
2
Jul 16 2023
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
Itโs good, especially in the cage and the carpet crawlers, it can drag being a double album but itโs solid throughout 4/5.
4
Jul 17 2023
En-Tact
The Shamen
This is way too long I donโt hate it but none of it is really good 2/5
2
Jul 18 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
I liked it but itโs not my favourite bob dylan album 4/5
4
Jul 19 2023
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
Itโs got a great back half but I find it starts a little boring 3/5
3
Jul 20 2023
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
So fucking boring
1
Jul 21 2023
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Brilliant, Iโve herd it before and I thought it was a high 4/low 5 but this is definitely a 5 so amazing!
5
Jul 22 2023
Suede
Suede
Itโs the first ever album I bought, I love this thing! Some b sides are better than some of the album tracks but this is still amazing overall, Brett Anderson is one of the most underrated singers of the 90โs (kinda like a higher pitched Morrisey with more swagger) and Bernard butler is a brilliant guitarist too.
Best tracks: animal nitrate, the drowners, breakdown and metal mickey
Worst track: sheโs not dead
5/5
5
Jul 23 2023
Hms Fable
Shack
A bit generic innit? 3/5
3
Jul 24 2023
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
Quite boring to be honest, dramatic sounding without actually sounding dramatic.2/5
2
Jul 25 2023
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Great concert especially when it gets going, I donโt know how popular this opinion is but I did prefer the other prison album, still very good 4/5
4
Jul 26 2023
Very
Pet Shop Boys
I definitely think the reason this is rated so low is because of the fact the pet shop boys already have too many albums on here, this album in my opinion though is honestly great, I think 4/5 because it wouldโve made a better 10 song album than 12 but overall itโs great.
4
Jul 27 2023
90
808 State
Not made for me 2/5
2
Jul 28 2023
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
The second track is good but the rest was boring and way too long to be an entertaining album.1/5
1
Aug 29 2023
Risque
CHIC
Meh really not the best of the best, good times is typically an alright single but 8 minutes is too long for this song, the rest of the album is solid but no real bangers. 3/5
3
Aug 30 2023
Drunk
Thundercat
Hmm well itโs certainly unique quite โwibbly wobblyโ sounding in my opinion itโs not something I would listen to though 2/5
2
Aug 31 2023
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
Eh itโs alright like electronic rennisance kinda puts me off the album being quite different and bang in the middle but itโs all listenable and entertaining I guess 3/5
3
Sep 01 2023
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
I never realised how much I loved all the tracks until I looked at the tracklist before giving this a listen. Like itโs probably my album of the year for 1986 maybe only to be challenged by the Queen is dead and maybe Graceland.
Battery is just awesome the acoustic intro leading way for a stadium ready riff then going into pure thrash metal and it all working so well is just admirable.
Thinking about master of puppets, stranger things really did a great job of making genuinely good songโs successful, the song is cool I feel as if the instrumental is a bit out of place especially when it begins but it picks up well enough for the song to still work.
The thing that should not be is this slow heavy track that looms over the rest of the tracklist, I absolutely love the verses in this song also the S&M version is great (also that version of โof wolf and manโ is incredible too). I know thatโs black album but itโs just incredible.
Sanatarium is greatly and quite catchy, I feel as if itโs overshadowed by some of the other tracks though as itโs by far the weakest on side one even if itโs really good.
โBACK TO THE FRONTโ I canโt believe disposable heroes is so long I know there are longer songs on the album but really it goes by quickly probably because of how fast and intense it is. Amazing choice for side b track 1. I love the line โsolider boy made of clay now an empty shellโ.
Leper messiah has an incredibly infectious little riff. I love the meaning of this song too about the corruption of religion, specifically about televangelists. I also wouldnโt be surprised if the title/hook off the song was taken from ziggy stardust.
Orion is this long, long spacey instrumental, I wonโt lie the middle bit does bore me a bit but itโs nice to let the guitars really breathe in this song.
The start of damage inc is really cool especially after Orion and having the slower intro (kinda harkens back to battery) but honestly I find it to be one of my least favourites on the album itโs solid but I donโt think itโs as great as some of the other tracks.
Master of puppets is slightly front loaded but overall one of the best metal albums of all time, it doesnโt ever slip massively and every song is of a high level of quality.
5/5
5
Sep 02 2023
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
I think itโs a 5/5 just for venus in furs honestly but the other 10 tracks are pretty great too only flawed by the last track being just not as good as the others but this is still brilliant 5/5.
5
Sep 03 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
I liked it, itโs a really good album definitely not one bad song but I do feel it drags and maybe it could do with less tracks also the songs are great not a bad one as I said before but some do just blur for me so 4/5
4
Sep 04 2023
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
In some ways I find this album hilariously bad but it really works, like really works. Itโs probably one of the easiest concept albums to follow as itโs in spoken word chav voice which works in its favour, the beats are very good as well but donโt go expecting something super high brow or anything.
Personally though itโs still a 5.
5
Sep 05 2023
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
No this isnโt very good 1/5
1
Sep 06 2023
Electric
The Cult
I honestly think that going from a post punk band to a hard rock band feels a bit like theyโre getting worse as a band in my opinion.
Iโm honestly not a big fan of the band or anything so this might be better than the post punk stuff but this is generic as fuck 3/5.
3
Sep 07 2023
Parklife
Blur
This is a great album, certainly the funniest blur album and one of the best britpop albums. It can be a bit too long, like do we really need the debt collector, far out and lot 105? But overall the songs are great and pretty much all blur albums are too long.
5/5
5
Sep 08 2023
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
I donโt know itโs okay the music isnโt as bad as the other missy elliot album in my opinion but itโs just too long for me and it gets boring quick. 3/5
3
Sep 09 2023
Traffic
Traffic
Yeah it was alright, I thought it was quite a slow album throughout and didnโt get really good for quite some time but certainly has some good tracks.3/5
3
Sep 10 2023
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
Not for me 2/5
2
Sep 11 2023
S&M
Metallica
Itโs good, Itโs literally good, metalica is a good band and putting strings on metal songs works very well but I just have to rate it a 3 as you donโt get much else from that and while I like metalica they arenโt one of my favourites.
3
Sep 12 2023
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
The music is cool certainly but honestly really boring as a whole project 2/5
2
Sep 13 2023
Scum
Napalm Death
Side one is just bad but itโs kinda fun trying to figure out what theyโre saying then side 2 is this weird nightmarish mess. 1/5
1
Sep 14 2023
Blunderbuss
Jack White
I honestly just think that Jack works better with the more simplistic style of the white stripes, like this isnโt bad and I respect the change but I donโt personally think this is an essential or anything. 3/5
3
Sep 15 2023
Trio
Dolly Parton
Itโs solid, like I donโt love any of these threeโs music honestly but itโs still good 3/5
3
Sep 16 2023
Ten
Pearl Jam
This album is good, I genuinely donโt really think thereโs a bad song (maybe garden actually but Idk) but some tracks really overstay their welcome (especially Jeremy which is actually one of my favourites). So I honestly donโt know if I can feasibly call it a perfect 5 I always thought it was but I actually really donโt know so Iโll just give it a 4 .
4
Sep 17 2023
Music From Big Pink
The Band
Itโs a solid album but Iโm not in love with it 3/5
3
Sep 18 2023
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
Itโs weird, too weird for me like I tend to enjoy most post punk and vocals arenโt usually an issue but I didnโt find this fun 2/5
2
Sep 19 2023
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
Itโs not the worst thing ever but did we really need this on the list, like the three simon and garfunkel albums, graceland and his self titled arenโt enough. Like I love all of those albums but this isnโt nearly as good 3/5
3
Sep 20 2023
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
Yeah this is solid, itโs got some really good songs especially on side 2 ao for that 4/5
4
Sep 21 2023
Kollaps
Einstรผrzende Neubauten
I really wanted to give this as much of a chance as I could but I just canโt, I understand the artsieness of the album but I completely get why itโs the lowest rated album and honestly so far I pretty much agree 1/5
1
Sep 22 2023
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
Not the best Morrissey album (all of his best work is on the smiths other than the odd song honestly) but it is solid still, definitely take the art over the artist, and itโs a very enjoyable listen 4/5
4
Sep 23 2023
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Yeah just not for me
1
Sep 24 2023
White Light
Gene Clark
Itโs okay I guess a bit bob dylan esque which makes sense from someone that was in the byrds, but this is so not worth the list we already have a tonne of byrds albums so to have a byrds related album is just a waste of space 2/5
2
Sep 25 2023
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
Fred durst is a douchebag, thatโs certainly true but my actual problem with the album is first itโs length and how much the singing kinda sounds like shaggy off scooby doo.
Some songs are okay though so I donโt think itโs a 1 but itโs not very good 2/5
2
Sep 26 2023
One World
John Martyn
I donโt really like the overall sound of this album and John Martynโs voice is really not a great voice, I canโt give it a 1 though because dealer is an okay opener and couldnโt love you more is actually pretty good. 2/5
2
Sep 27 2023
Arular
M.I.A.
I didnโt expect this to be a political album, but I guess it is (should've realised with the name M.I.A) It doesnโt work with the sample heavy hip hoppy music. A very awkward clash of styles thats not for me 2/5.
2
Sep 28 2023
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
This album was great, some kinda weird lyrics and the killing moon (the only song I knew from it) was definitely the stand out but itโs still really good and Iโll give it a 5.
5
Sep 29 2023
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
I donโt really think the electric guitar solos fit that well with the acoustic bits but itโs a solid album I guess 3/5
3
Sep 30 2023
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
Not great but some bangers such as time, actually the thing I got the most was this guy was really interesting to read about with all the manson shit. But the album itself 3/5
3
Oct 01 2023
Transformer
Lou Reed
Fucking great especially perfect day 5/5
5
Oct 02 2023
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
The literal middle of the road 2/5
2
Oct 03 2023
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
Itโs good I thought it was definitely gonna be a 5 but I think itโs more a 4, favourite track is waiting for the sun.
4
Oct 04 2023
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Yh itโs alright not great bit boring bit samey 3/5
3
Oct 05 2023
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
Itโs really good, I actually in particular thought jazz police was cool cuz of the goofieness ( i know its meant to be hated and stuff but itโs good) the rest of the songs are great obviously, definitely 5/5 worthy
5
Jan 29 2024
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Music you appreciate and music you like, yeah I appreciate jazz music but Itโs not my kinda thing especially like slower tamer jazz like the 2nd song is. And longer compositions might certainly be interesting but not for me not without some lyrics. 2/5
2
Jan 30 2024
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
I love this thing, it can be goofy as fuck sometimes (especially in 4 ever 2 gether (which is also itโs best track)) but itโs just great. It also has a great set of singles with the look of love, poison arrow and all of my heart. 5/5
5
Jan 31 2024
The White Album
Beatles
Itโs a long long long lil album
โฆ number 9, number 9,number 9.
5/5
5
Feb 01 2024
Guero
Beck
Itโs alright like beck isnโt really for me to be completely honest but I donโt hate it either. 3/5
3
Feb 02 2024
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
This is pretty good, I liked it but after I listened to it I was likeโฆwell is this it???
Itโs great though 4/5
4
Feb 03 2024
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
Just because the aritst name is big doesnโt mean itโs great 2/5
2
Feb 04 2024
The Wall
Pink Floyd
Itโs great, hard not to give it (or most Pink Floyd albums) a 5 just because of how interesting they sound. Like this album has so many great songs like another brick in the wall (all parts), comfortably numb and the trial and them alone really give it this score. The others are great though and really fit with the concept. 5/5
5
Feb 05 2024
Born To Be With You
Dion
Just a bit meh to be perfectly honest 3/5
3
Feb 06 2024
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
Fucking weird, it really didnโt click with me to be perfectly honest but I did like it on some level so 2/5?
2
Feb 07 2024
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
Not for me some tracks weโre fine but I donโt think wu tang solo albums are really worthy of 1001 personally soโฆ2/5
2
Feb 08 2024
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Fine I guess 3/5
3
Feb 09 2024
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
If you shortened it the album would be a 5 and if I was going through a Radiohead phase it would be a 5. Myxomatosis and wolf at the door are songs that should be on a 5/5 album but itโs a 4
4
Feb 10 2024
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
That was amazing Iโve really fell in love with suggestions especially 5/5
5
Feb 11 2024
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
I donโt tend to like the uuuuurgh britpop shit reviews on this site but this album really didnโt deserve its place on the list, itโs just waaay too long to be fully enjoyable 3/5
3
Feb 12 2024
The Cars
The Cars
Well it was just what I needed! 5/5
5
Feb 13 2024
La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
No couldnโt finish this itโs really not for me tbh 1/5
1
Feb 14 2024
1999
Prince
I just donโt like princeโs music to be honest it verges on too long and too corny for me, some songs are fine though 2/5
2
Feb 15 2024
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Zzzโฆguess it was ok 3/5
3
Feb 16 2024
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
Sex machine isnโt really my kinda song but the rest is great 4/5
4
Feb 17 2024
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Cool but not for me 3/5
3
Feb 18 2024
The White Room
The KLF
Nah 2/5
2
Feb 19 2024
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
Itโs alright tad self indulgent in some songs 4/5
4
Feb 20 2024
Purple Rain
Prince
I donโt tend to really like prince all too much but this thing is amazing 5/5
5
Feb 21 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Itโs no born in the USA but itโs pretty great 4/5
4
Feb 22 2024
Homework
Daft Punk
Itโs good yeah actually a better listen than I thought honestly but not something made for me 4/5
4
Feb 23 2024
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
Cool af 5/5
5
Feb 24 2024
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Some tracks I recognised itโs good 4/5
4
Feb 25 2024
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Just indie af 3/5
3
Feb 26 2024
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
2
Feb 27 2024
Timeless
Goldie
Track one alone is just so not for me 1/5
1
Feb 28 2024
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
I really liked the album opener and I thought the album itself was good but not great.
Arcade fire used to be one of those bands I thought were overrated as fuck but I think I can comfortably give this over indulgent album a 4.
Also on a kinda related note isnโt the singer a massive creep or something???
4
Feb 29 2024
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
4
Mar 01 2024
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
Mar 02 2024
The Man Who
Travis
4
Mar 03 2024
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
4
Mar 04 2024
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
1
Mar 05 2024
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
5
Mar 06 2024
#1 Record
Big Star
5
Mar 07 2024
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
3
Mar 08 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
4
Mar 09 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4
Mar 10 2024
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Wooden ships might be one of the best songs ever written, though thereโs not a bad song on here 5/5
5
Mar 11 2024
Pretenders
Pretenders
5
Mar 12 2024
Kenya
Machito
1
Mar 13 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
5
Mar 14 2024
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
4
Mar 15 2024
Among The Living
Anthrax
2
Mar 16 2024
Disraeli Gears
Cream
5
Mar 17 2024
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
3
Mar 18 2024
Tellinโ Stories
The Charlatans
4
Mar 19 2024
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
2
Mar 20 2024
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
1
Mar 21 2024
A Northern Soul
The Verve
3
Mar 22 2024
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
3
Mar 23 2024
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
2
Mar 24 2024
D
White Denim
2
Mar 25 2024
I See You
The xx
Ooh the band thatโs most famous song is just a short intro piece, this isnโt that album but I like that album, this album on the other hand seems to have personality but seems to almost try pander to the sound of 2010โs mainstream pop/electronica instead of being particularly interesting I donโt hate this album but I couldnโt name you a single track 2/5
2
Aug 08 2024
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Honestly Simone shouldโve been given more chances to actually write songs as four women is really the best track on here, lilac wine is great too, I prefer Jeff Buckleys version but this is honestly brilliant. Wild is the wind is also cool, maybe a tad too long in my opinion but itโs cool. The rest is alright not my kinda thing but I appreciate it.3/5
3
Aug 09 2024
Microshift
Hookworms
Itโs a solid album a bit boring in some places but generally a nice enough listen though the allegations against the singer kinda irk me. 3/5
3
Aug 10 2024
Aja
Steely Dan
Itโs front loaded with all the cool revolutionary long songs on side A but the album as a whole is fairly enjoyable 4/5
4
Oct 15 2024
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
I originally was going to take what was to be a โshort breakโ from this project to just sort out my head etcโฆ but then months and months go by and I end up returning to this project because I desperately donโt want to listen to this album.
You kinda just get accustomed to the music by the end of it at the start it sounded like a 1/5 but as it went on I think itโs just climbed up to a 2/5. But seriously I donโt recommend this to anyone.
2
Oct 16 2024
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
I donโt necessarily hate this but itโs not really good in my opinion. All I remember after hearing it are the hits, the weird mushroom song and the one where he kills his wife. The album is just too long, the album with Stan on it is so much better. 3/5
3
Oct 17 2024
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
The albumโs good, all the songs are nice to listen to/ not a bad track in sight but honestly I donโt see myself playing this regularly so for now itโs a 4/5
4
Oct 18 2024
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
You could reshuffle the tracklist on this album in any way and it would make no difference to the listening quality. The songs are okay but theyโre all of very similar tone, by the end I just got bored. 2/5
2
Oct 19 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
I think itโs the perfect length for an album like this, itโs nice and concise and the playing is good. That being said itโs not for me I just feel instrumental music is much harder on attention spans than music where you can relate to the lyrics. I think for me itโs a high 2/5
2
Oct 20 2024
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
Yeah suedehead is on viva hateโฆ
Thereโs something I just donโt like about Ryan Adams, not even with him as a person just his musicโฆ well with him as a person still but you get the gist. The folkier country tracks sounded like they were trying desperately to be something they were not, the rockier tracks just sounded generic. Itโs not abhorrently bad but itโs not great either. 3/5
3
Oct 21 2024
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
Lovefool rules the album the rest of the stuff is good but just not the same, except that iron man cover I just hate how loungey it is. 4/5
4
Oct 22 2024
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
I found this one kinda hard to rate, nowadays I would rate it as my second favourite morrisey album below Vauxhall and I but for some stupid reason I gave that a 3 and your arsenal a 4 (and really Vauxhall should be a 5 and your arsenal a 4)
Anyway thatโs besides the point a bit as it had some of my absolute favourite morrisey songs on here such as Irish blood English heart, first in the gang to die and I like you but then thereโs some forgettable fodder like all the lazy dykes. I think itโs a 4/5 itโs got some really high highโs just a bit of filler to cut.
4
Oct 23 2024
The Next Day
David Bowie
Love Bowie but this is just a meh late career project, like you wouldnโt even think of putting queens innuendo or the Beatles let it be on the list just because theyโre late career albums of important artists.
Why is that? Because just like this album theyโre GOOD albums but not at all must listens. This album is honestly worse than them as it doesnโt really have any โpeaksโ itโs just one load of noise with Bowie singing over it.
Yeah when it was added to the list blackstar wasnโt out but that doesnโt matter blackstar is just a much better more deserving album.
3/5
3
Oct 24 2024
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
The kinda music that just seeps into the background, I find it hard to hate on but Iโm not a fan, itโs a bit of a victim of the cd era by being incredibly long and most of it was just samples and noise. Then the interludes feel useless too on this. 2/5
2
Oct 25 2024
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
Meh this was alright 3/5, I was more disappointed as after my Spotify played their song common disaster which I thought was good but this album is just passable.
3
Oct 26 2024
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
Apparently this band was a huge influence on video game composers, thatโs cool!
The first two tracks (the first half hour)! Is a difficult listen.
Then the album just kinda exists and lingers, pearlโs girl is probably the best song but the ambient sections bore meโฆ actually no blueski because itโs short and I guess the guitar is nice???
Still this is what I define as a 1/5
1
Oct 27 2024
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Thereโs a metal cover of the title track by this guy Leo which is actually amazing. But the actual version is just a nice pop song.
I feel bad for Britney from what Iโve heard, just how strenuous her routine wasโฆ Iโve known people who have had very controlling families (not to this extent) but Iโve always just felt sorry for people in that situation.
I also am strongly against the whole โfactory builtโ pop star. Itโs just a removal of creativity.
However the songs arenโt offensive ( bar soda pop) the first half is very consistentโฆ but thatโs just the singles.
Then the back half was boring except e-mail my heart that song is a joke, especially because itโs like this dramatic ballad. I wasnโt alive when it was out maybe itโs the most beautiful song of all time.
The best goes on is a nice closing cover though, I donโt think it fully suits Britney but itโs alright.
3/5, Iโm being generous thereโs good singles and quite a few of them
3
Oct 28 2024
Ys
Joanna Newsom
I think Iโd rather her her husband rapping with the Pontiac bandit for an hour straight than this
1/5
1
Oct 29 2024
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication has always been my favourite chill peppers album but it took just looking at the tracklist to see how much of it I love. The title track is my favourite but parallel universe and otherside are great too. Scar tissue I have fond memories of my mate playing it a ton. Then thereโs emit Remmus and saviour where I just marvel at their absurdity. Easily is also one I just love. 5/5
5
Oct 30 2024
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
I kinda view this album in 4 parts (Iโm not counting the interludes and Iโm not calling the tracks by their stupidity long names)
Part 1: UFO-> Jacksonville
Part 2: Decatur-> Casimir Pulaski day
Part 3: Man of metropolis->Night zombies
Part 4:Seers tower-> Out of Egypt
There now this album is much more digestible:
Part 1 is strong I really like John Wayne Gacy for the โtwistโ at the end Illinoise and Jacksonville are both brilliant, theyโre not my favourites on the album (but Iโll get to them) still amazing though. UFO is a nice short opener and Black hawk works well in the aftermath. 4.5/5
Part 2 starts a bit weaker with Decatur which has always sounded like a kiddies song to me, but itโs alright. But Chicago and Casimir Pulaski day are two of my favourites on the album, this is the moment when all things go on Illinois. 4.5/5
Part 3 is my favourite, sure prairie fire isnโt AS good but itโs still a disorienting experience. But then Man of metropolis, Palisades and Night Zombies are just masterpieces. Man of metropolis and Night Zombies come off as a bit surprising as theyโre quite different from the album so far but at this point in the album a shift was needed. Palisades is just beautiful. 5/5
Part 4 feels like youโve ran straight into a brick wall (in the best way possible) seers tower is such a gloomy song but itโs beautiful too. Tallest man drags but itโs a great climax to the album. Then out of Egypt is just a good instrumental. 4/5
Itโs a double album of course thereโs gonna be filler, I really donโt care if you come up with an โexceptionโ theyโve always got something thatโs not as good. And the interludes (especially on first listen) can get annoying, literally a good 10/15 minutes of the album is just interlude. But it still has to be a 5/5. Itโs incredible.
5
Oct 31 2024
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
Charmingly depraved is the best way I can describe this. The songs vary from sounding freshly hungover to freshly high. Octopus is definitely the best track but nothing was unenjoyable to me.4/5
4
Nov 01 2024
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
You donโt own me is great, like really great! But honestly I just think dusty is a bitโฆ meh. Sure great for her time just a bitโฆ dusty? Honestly my favourite was I only wanna be with you so I was so disappointed after realising it wasted on the album. Itโs just an okay album 3/5
3
Nov 02 2024
Who's Next
The Who
Baba o Riley is something that technically is very impressive especially for this time but as bad as this may sound Iโve never really loved this one as much.with this album Iโd much rather listen to this song is over or getting in tune. I get how baba o Riley is technically better but thereโs just something about it that isnโt for me. Behind blue eyes is a favourite of mine though and wonโt get fooled again is great 4/5
4
Nov 03 2024
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Lotta snoop doggy dog, and a lotta lady of rage (tho I donโt know who she is),Thereโs great songs but a whole hour of this stuff isnโt easy, Iโve just realised that 90% of the time I just prefer rap groups to solo rappers and when I like solo rappers the albums I prefer from them are the more concise efforts. The most striking track on the album was the $20 sack pyramid and I was just likeโฆ eew. Stranded on death row was also good. I think the albumโs a 3/5
3
Nov 04 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
I donโt really listen to the album much because itโs just got such a soul piercing quality to it that makes me struggle to listen to it in full without just breaking down in tears. But saying thatโฆ so real, lover you should come over, hallelujah and forget her on the same album just makes a masterpiece 5/5
5
Nov 05 2024
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
Tom waits is dreadful jazzy Tom waits should be more dreadful but is somehow a tad better than normal Tom waits 2/5
2
Nov 06 2024
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
Okay so I was gonna go on a rant on how the a tribe called quest albums were enough and q tip didnโt need a solo album but I liked it. Itโs first listen so later on I may change my mind and think itโs too generous but 4/5 for now
4
Nov 07 2024
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
I think itโs best if I handpick the best tracks on this one as it was good but I prefer Siamese Dreamโฆ
Thereโs obvious picks such as tonight tonight, bullet with butterfly wings, 1979 and zero.
Also I loved love, I know itโs not necessarily a fan favourite but it reminded me a bit of stabilisers for big boys by panchiko, just not as good.
Bodies stuck out to me as great through all of my listens.
Through the eyes of ruby is a great little epic, being so late in the album it didnโt hit the first time I heard it but still itโs great.
X.Y.U. Drags a tad more out of the two lover songs but itโs still great .
And by starlight is a very fitting climax to the album.
The rest is fine perhaps controversially Galapagos and thirty three didnโt stand out too much even though theyโre meant to be fan favourites I swear. I honestly need to hear it more but Iโd say 4/5
4
Nov 08 2024
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Just a LONG arse rap album with a few little weird bits 3/5
3
Nov 09 2024
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
I feel really bad for this but I thought this guy was Lenny Kravitz and I was gonna go on a rant about how are you gonna go my way wasnโt on here. I mean theyโre both singers with dreadlocks who are from a similar time and both from New York. Their musics completely different so I feel horrible about it but still. Have I accidentally become a racist??? Oh shit!
I find this guys name change a bit weird as well, I donโt know if it was a marketing decision or something but all it did was confuse me.
Now on to the albumโฆ very 80โs. Except the a Capella track which is so boring 3/5
3
Nov 10 2024
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
I once watched an episode of the chase or pointless or something like that I donโt remember the question but the potential answers were supergrass supertramp and super furry animals.
Now Iโm acquainted with all bands I must say one band is MUCH worse than the other twoโฆ that band is super furry animals. Thereโs something a tad blur-esque about this album in particular sidewalk serfer girl. But the singer doesnโt have the charm the way Damon Albarn did on Parklife or modern life is rubbish.
Then itโs not the end of the world reminded me of โall the young dudesโ โฆ If Bowie/ mott the hoopla weโre depressed.
The rest of it just kinda seeped in the back of my head so Itโs a 3/5
3
Nov 11 2024
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
Me and baggy are like the two people in a friend group that know eachother very well but donโt get along. Especially in context of the happy Mondays, like step on is really good and you can make an argument for kinky Afro and gods cop.
3
Nov 12 2024
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
I knew this was one of the albums that the folks on rym really love. For me I thought it was really good language barriers are always hard as lyrics are so important to me but it was still very entertaining, itโs too long though and thatโs my main issue. Still itโs either a 3 or 4/5 think Iโll go 4 because I donโt want want to necessarily downgrade it for being from another country so for my personal enjoyment it was a 3 but Iโll go 4โฆ I think
4
Nov 13 2024
Siembra
Willie Colรณn & Rubรฉn Blades
Itโs alright 3/5
3
Nov 14 2024
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
3
Nov 15 2024
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Iโve learned to like Neil young, maybe because being on Spotify means its not jammed with ads, or maybe listening to the first csn album (though without Neil) upped my interest in this kinda music, or itโs knowing about the โitโs better to burn out than to fade awayโ line on one of his other albums being in Kurt Cobains suicide note or it could be harvestโฆ needle and the damage done is great and I like thereโs a worldโฆ.
Tangent asideโฆ this albumโฆ I found it a bit front heavy, the ones I liked were the first couple of songs. Cowgirl in the sand was good though, it was really just the first two tracks on side 2 I had gripes with
4
Nov 16 2024
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3
Nov 17 2024
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart (in my opinion) comes in a similar category to like cliff richard or (to a stretch) Neil diamond (to a stretch cuz just for you is solid). But mostly theyโre 70โs artists that besides a couple of songs are more celebrityโs than musicians and arenโt very strong songwriters. The only people I know who are fans of any of these people are the people who were there at the time. Only 1/3 of the songs are written by rod on this album, as a โmust listenโ Iโve already lost respect. And by the way two of those songs are filler, You canโt say any of this music is horrible or unbearable. Like with rod stewart at least do an album with a hit like Maggie May on it if youโre going to include him at all. Not that Iโd even remember or care for that.
3
Nov 18 2024
Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
Yh meh itโs all just a tad samey, the penultimate track was good tho
3
Nov 19 2024
Maxinquaye
Tricky
Oh fuck I know hell is round the corner itโs a good song! I felt it was an album that revolved around it hit though unfortunately the rest was very samey. 3/5
3
Nov 20 2024
Closer
Joy Division
I prefer unknown pleasures but closer is pretty perfect and actually quite experimental. Atrocity exhibition and isolation are a good 1,2 punch showing off the sounds of closer very well. Passover feels more familiar for joy division, I could imagine this on unknown pleasures. Colony is like 1% weaker than the rest but I love the whole god and his wisdom bit. A means to an end is honestly my personal favourite I just love the vocal approach on this songโฆ and the lyrics.
Heart and soul is a bit strange but I like it.Twenty four hours is another very unknown pleasures type song, love the riff. The eternal and decades make up for a great closing 12 minutes I remember them both being together feeling laggy on past listenโs but it works.
Something Iโve always thought about joy division is that when you think back to the tracks you believe theyโre more aggressive because of how powerful they are. Strangely my best comparison with that aspect of the band is the boxer by Simon and Garfunkel but across a discography.
Emotion will always come through if itโs genuine. 5/5
5
Nov 21 2024
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
Kilo, hit me with the strap and that skit with the sweary kid caught my attention. Jellyfish was solid too, lots of little references there. And three bricks is such a great closer. Still lots of the others were forgettable 3/5
3
Nov 22 2024
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
You listen to the first track then the rest is all kinda just what you expect except for a janky 10 minute track right in the middle that breaks up the tracklist horribly, 2/5
2
Nov 23 2024
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Sheโs got a good voice and the vibe is there. It does bug me when the majority of songs on an album arenโt written by the recording artist, I just think it depreciates the โmust listenโ value. So I payed special attention to the ones she wroteโฆ the title track, nightingale and the long day is over. Nightingale is also great! The long day is over is good and the title track is really great!
Thought of the other tracks feeling the same way was good. But Yh not much else IMO. Itโs not overly for me but not horrible 3/5
3
Nov 24 2024
Horses
Patti Smith
As addictive to listen to as (what I imagine) sticking a needle of heroin into your arm or doing a shot of cocaine is like. Album is banger after banger, Gloria, free money, land and break it up are my favourites. Birdland Iโd call the most notable track but itโs not a favourite as of yet. Not a bad song tho 5/5
5
Nov 25 2024
Vespertine
Bjรถrk
Bjรถrk is a very fantano/ rym core artist and Vespertine is the most fantano/ rym core Bjรถrk album. I actually havenโt heard it till now, I know debut and thatโs a really good album. This album is good, but I donโt get the hype for it the best track IMO was the first one then itโs just consistently a bit worse than that. I think itโs a 4/5
4
Nov 26 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence have a real โgirthโ to their music through the singerโs voice I donโt know how to describe it but I do like his voiceโฆ in doses. But this is a dose, the albumโs less than half an hour. Itโs good 4/5, none of it gets to have you ever seen the rain quality but I like it.
4
Nov 27 2024
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
3
Nov 28 2024
Berlin
Lou Reed
4
Nov 29 2024
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Idk one of those technically good but not for me ones 2/5
2
Nov 30 2024
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Message in a bottle starts off the album amazingly but then nothing reaches itโs quality, walking on the moon comes close but not quite. But side one is genuinely great (just realised walking on the moon is side two but it shouldโve closed side one), then itโs quite bad honestly it feels like reverse synchronicity 4/5 cuz of strong side 1 though
4
Dec 01 2024
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Firstly wild world gives this a good rating already, such a good song. Other tracks like sad Lisa, longer boats and father and son make it a 5/5
5
Dec 02 2024
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Fairport convention is a hard one for me to listen to, meet on the ledge was my grandads funeral song, so it can be tough. Also they come off as a bit more dated than the other bands of their time, A sailors life being an exception, though that drags for way too long. That French song is especially abysmal. But nothing else is bad as such so Iโll give it a 3/5.
3
Dec 03 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
For a second I thought Ray Charles was the name of the red dwarf guy, but no heโs not. I was bored by this honestly, itโs just very of its time. Nothing offensive though. 3/5
3
Dec 04 2024
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Out of CSN stills usually has the most extreme output, in that I mean he wrote the albums best and worst songs. And I feel thatโs what this albumโs likeโฆ but the song donโt really stand out 3/5
3
Dec 05 2024
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Yeah this album is really cool, the best two songs are next to each other (whoโll stop the rain and I heard it through the grapevine) but the early album easily keeps you entertained. 5/5
5
Dec 06 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
California dreaminโ is a 100000/10 song maybe higher, itโs one I attribute to an ex crush, I donโt know why but itโs just interesting how music can bring you to a certain time and place in your life. Hey girl and go where you wanna go were other highlights to me , Monday Monday is good but I donโt think itโs amazing the key success to the mamaโs and papaโs is Mama cass who has this iconic haunting voice which makes every song work. Itโs easy to group this in the same group as all the other iconic 60โs albums but considering the best bits come post 67 this is good for itโs time, a bit dated but solid 4/5
4
Dec 07 2024
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Iโm seeing Coldplay next year and I donโt care theyโre a good bandโฆ Well early Coldplay anyway. Politik is awesome, in my place is a good single, god put a smile on your face is amazing, the scientist is heart wrenching, clocks is a real anthem. The second half isnโt AS good but itโs still great daylight has these amazing strings, green eyes is nice and jangley, then warning sign is beautiful, a whisper is surprisingly rocky, the title track provides an amazing climax, without Amsterdam the album couldโve still ended perfectly but itโs inclusion does help the album get a 5/5
5
Dec 08 2024
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
I find the albums inclusion weird already, itโs not that the songs are bad itโs just that itโs in between two of his biggest/ best albums when I think Dimery couldโve put something else in the book. Also Iโm more of a Iโm your man era cohen fan, I prefer his super deep brooding voice, the partisan is probably the best track (it kinda reminds me of the dangling conversation by Simon and Garfunkel), which I just had to listen to afterwards. The album just gets boring thatโs all 3/5
3
Dec 09 2024
Document
R.E.M.
Yeah rem just made good album after good album I donโt know what it is and before I was tempted to just give document a lower rating as it isnโt my favourite REM album but thereโs not a single bit of filler on here 5/5
5
Dec 10 2024
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
THE BEST Bob Marley album, especially title track onwards 5/5
5
Dec 11 2024
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
I always thought it was the Klaxons not klaxons, I think it just sounds weird with the added theโฆ anyway the albumโฆ
Yeah I got bloc party vibes here massively but why is this album on the list when silent alarm isnโt??? Like with the hits golden skans is completely unremarkable compared to banquet and helicopter. A lot of songs I felt were really similar. Like out of songs 2,4 and 5, only 1 shouldโve been on here and the others shouldโve been reworked. Magick and gravityโs rainbow were the best ones.
Iโm not a production nerd but James ford has produced much better albums than this especially in recent years such as romance, prelude to ecstasy and the ballad of Darren. 3/5
3
Dec 12 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
LA women is solid I donโt think it quite reaches the highs of the debut but at the same time is more consistent. The one two punch of the changeling and love her madly is great. The title track is one of those doors songs that show off the messiah like power of Jim Morrison. Lโamerica has a powerful thud running through the song probably the albumโs weirdest one. Crawling king snake reminds me of back door man. The WASP is strange but I like it! Then finally riders of the storm is obviously a classic, I really loved this album, the doors can sound more dated than other bands of their time honestly but theyโre still great. 5/5
5
Dec 13 2024
Doolittle
Pixies
Debaser, wave of mutilation, here comes your man, monkey gone to heaven, hey and gouge away. Thatโs the reason why this album is a classic. The rest is great donโt get me wrong but itโs really rare to have 6 absolutely flawless songs in an album. Then on top of that being one of nirvanas main influences. Nothing is bad on this one, sometimes itโs too absurd but still great. Even la la love you and no 13 baby which usually donโt have the greatest reputations are great. 5/5
5
Dec 14 2024
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Oh so great!!! Banger after banger here.
5
Dec 15 2024
Is This It
The Strokes
Uk version is better but I get why New York City cops isnโt on the us one, even if itโs the best track. I actually havenโt heard this album in ages but the songs are really great
5
Dec 16 2024
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
First impression when I got the albumโฆ raw like sushi just sounds stupid, it mightโve sounded cool back in the late 80โs but now you can get sushi literally anywhere itโs just cringe.
Isnโt Neneh cherry who is on seductive Barry by pulp??? I donโt know. But Before I started this album I had to listen to the track again it might be one of pulpโs worst songs but itโs one of Neneh cherryโs best.
I would also like to note in my boredom of this project I distracted myself halfway through buffalo stance (the first track) with an AI 60โs cover of love will tear us apart.
Admittedly manchild isnโt a bad song, thatโs something. But the rest of it is just difficult to get along with itโs just a genre problem I think, the specific kind of pop rap fusion feels messy!
1/5
1
Dec 17 2024
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
More hinged that the pixies, honestly I think headache was the single because it was one of the more pixies adjacent songs without sounding too strange for the mainstream. Honestly though the album is too long I found white noise maker, speedy Marie and freedom rock to stand out a bit more and you can appreciate tracks like fiddle fiddle for what they are. But thereโs just too much of it, I enjoy the pixies but I couldnโt stand an hour of that kinda music. Still a 4/5 though
4
Dec 18 2024
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Thereโs only one criticism I have for the album and thatโs the fact that all I really want is a grower so it feels weird being song 1 but at the same time I couldnโt imagine anything else being in its place now.
The best song is forgiven, itโs so filled with drama and the lyrics are just beautiful. Even when I was younger and didnโt โgetโ the album I liked forgiven.
The singles are great I actually prefer the less popular ones (you learn and head over feet) to you oughta know and ironic. One hand in my pocket is amazing though!
Not the doctor and right through you scream underrated both of those songs couldโve been hits too.
Wake up, Mary Jane and perfect are great slower moments they work very well for the album, I donโt necessarily listen to them on their own too often and my only excuse is thereโs so much good music in the world.
I refuse to count the other version of you oughta know and your house, theyโre not on the vinyl version and they feel tacked on, if I included it it would diminish the quality of such a good album!
5
Dec 19 2024
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
First off nerd is just a rubbish name for a group and making it into an acronym of no one ever dies makes it worse. I kinda just thought Pharrell popped out of the ground with doing happy. You can tell itโs him through the voice which is cool, but heโs almost too smooth for the heavier cuts on this. For the poppier moments the album actually has quite a nice sound. The suggested artists on Spotify for this group is interesting to me as thereโs things that are quite good like a tribe called quest then the abhorrent annoyance that is missy elliot! I honestly felt that the first three tracks were good then then it dips for two songs (including the albums biggest track) breakout then picks it up a bit then the whole thing of multiple songs on one track doesnโt work as thereโs no medley or anything so while the songs are actually good here that pissed me off, it kinda goes into a sea of mediocrity but maybe is an absolutely amazing song. 3/5 in total though
3
Dec 20 2024
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Definitely the best non English speaking album Iโve heard Ponte de lanรงa Africano was such a good album opener Hermes Trismegisto Escreveu manages to carry on its energy very well!
O Filรณsofo was a miss for me, not horrible but I wasnโt huge on it either.
Meus Filhos, Meu Tesouro, took me by surprise going from piano track to funky explosion
O Plebeu Is fun
Taj Mahal is alright feels like a good finale to side one
Xica da silva and A Histรณria de Jorge work as a great one two punch and Camisa 10 da Gรกvea follows from it nicely slowing down the pace a bit
Cavaleiro do Cavalo Imaculado Is the one where he โlets loose the mostโ in my opinion, unhinged salsa banger
Then รfrica Brasil (Zumbi) is a good closer.
My only problem is that he over uses this cuckoo clock sound throughout the tracklist still a 4/5
4
Dec 21 2024
The Band
The Band
I donโt hate the band but I think theyโre just a bit basic, like itโs cool being bob Dylanโs backing band but their musicโs just good 3/5
3
Dec 22 2024
On The Beach
Neil Young
To me it just sounds like a random Neil young album was put on the list, itโs good but not amazing. My early reviews were too harsh as he wasnโt on Spotify so I had to plough trough ads so 5/5โs like harvest were 4โs and 4/5โs like the crazy horse stuff weโre rated a 3. So this is the first time Iโve got him while being on Spotify, this is a firm 3/5 though honestly, itโs good but thereโs no song the level of needle and the damage done or even thereโs a world on here.
3
Dec 23 2024
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
The day that I actually got this I went out to see some people got drunk and it was my first time stoned but this album just like the morning after was tiring, lazy and had a strange smell to it. But surprisingly still not as bad as expected 3/5
3
Dec 24 2024
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Itโs unique but too slow moving for me I get itโs inclusion 100% but I canโt say I love it 3/5
3
Dec 25 2024
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
Not as good as ocean rain, itโs not bad but I donโt love it 3/5
3
Dec 26 2024
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
This is my Christmas album this yearโฆ just saying, Jesus Christ at least fits that, I love #1 record but this just isnโt that good, kizza me Is dreadful, holocaust is probably the best track and thatโs just dreary. They even fucked up femme fatale!!! Maybe itโs the fact itโs on Christmas Day so Iโm pissed but Iโm gonna make this my biggest ratings disparity I could possibly do 1/5, it might be more of a 2 but fuck it minus one, the albumโs on my naughty listโฆ fuck fuck fuck
1
Dec 27 2024
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
It was exactly the sound I expected after seeing the album cover, itโs very 1970โs rock, not horrible not great 3/5
3
Dec 28 2024
Stankonia
OutKast
Really good especially liked Bob 4/5
4
Dec 29 2024
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Grace slick has some kinda superpower with her voice that makes everything incredibly enchanting. Like come on you just canโt dislike white rabbit. Also the run from somebody to love to today is pretty untouchable. Thereโs things like I find plastic fantastic lover a strange choice for album closer but no song is bad
Itโs a shame that by the 80โs the remains of this band became starship
This is a 5/5
5
Dec 30 2024
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Cool sounding but I found it a tad samey, I will probably return to it one day but Iโm fine without it too. 3/5
3
Dec 31 2024
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
Strange enough as a concept to warrant a place on the list aloneโฆ thing is though itโs not that interesting, Wilco are an alright band and billy bragg is solid but I feel the in your face Britishness to his voice is completely redundant and thatโs what I found charming about his work 2/5
2
Jan 01 2025
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Pj Harvey has been the only musician to win multiple mercury prizes so Iโm glad that for her 1st nomination (this album) she lost to the first suede album because that album is much better than this.
Iโm not saying this is a bad album and I have no right to judge her whole discography as I only know this and dry but this can be really difficult to listen to, itโs very raw in an uncomfortable way. Kinda like the musical equivalent of bones rattling around you.
I think itโs cool but itโs not exactly my avenue and I preferred dry (the album) 3/5
3
Jan 02 2025
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
Iโve actually got some leg cramp right nowโฆ you could say Iโm crampedโฆ.
Cramps are kinda like kiss in the way theyโre mainly out for the aesthetic and if I want the spooky aesthetic Iโd rather listen to agents of fortune by blue รถyster cult. Also I am a teenage werewolf is one of those hits that Iโm not a huge fan of. One thing I do appreciate is the fact that with their style you can see they have a respect for both rockabilly and Proto punk with their style. Like I completely forgot about the sonics before seeing this album again, I wanna revisit that album now.
3
Jan 03 2025
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Driving through the English countryside as I am right now must be the perfect vibe for this album as it hitโฆ
This is the debut studio album from Leonard Cohen, writer of jazz police. And the final album of his I have to review. But itโs a sad feeling honestly because I love his music. Other than songs for a room they were all easy 5/5โs.
Suzanne and master song together is a powerful way to start a career and those songs are great ways to represent the early album. Then I think so long Marianne on side two complements these opening two songs, so if you accidentally started on the wrong side you still get a similar experience, like really similar with hey thatโs no way to say goodbye, like thatโs very similar to Suzanne,
The โIโm just a station on the wayโ line on winter lady got me.
The album honestly reminds me of the first Simon and Garfunkel with its religious theming with the stranger song and sisters of mercy. Itโs not as prevalent as on that album but existent nonetheless.
Stories of the street is alright I wouldnโt call it super notable but I liked it.
Teachers I liked for the whole โteach our hearts to breakโ stuff.
And yeah one of us cannot be wrong just fits as a closer, heโs get better at finaleโs but itโs still great.
5/5
5
Jan 04 2025
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Album has more collaborations than the average Gorillaz album. And with tracks like the title track it works really well as it encompasses what you want in a Santana song, you seriously cannot deny this one is good.
You also get ones like baby lee which just sound really cool with itโs drumming. Iโm in the mood is also a very interesting collaboration.
But the problem with blues is that there is honestly only so much you can do. The genre started in the 1800โs and this is 1989, that combined with the fact that blues by nature is generally a restrictive genre, it makes it very difficult to remain interesting. Also this is a super late career album for John lee hooker. Itโs an album I believe in theory should have the odds against it so having something kinda good here warrants itโs inclusion.
Thing is though I just prefer my blues rockier and not a full album. I respect the fuck out of this one 3/5
3
Jan 05 2025
Dare!
The Human League
Donโt you want me is a weird album closer ngl, like itโs a great song but itโs not a finale type song.
The rest of the songs are a tad awkward sounding but historically if you want to mark a point where post punk began sounding like new wave this is a good place. Darkness was probably my favourite of these kinda songs, I am the law sounds like what depeche mode would be doing a decade later, though if depeche mode wrote it I think it would have some amazing climax to it or just some oomph.
Love action is like the transitional track between the other 8 tracks and donโt you want me
I think hearing this, the human league certainty are one of the first artists to be doing this kinda thing and to that I give credit but there is so much better to come in the next decade. 3/5
3
Jan 06 2025
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
If a late career album is on the list it should really serve to prove something that the artist hasnโt proven already or be one of the absolute best of that artistโs discography, you canโt tell me that the rising by Bruce Springsteen fits that criteria. 3/5
3
Jan 07 2025
Quiet Life
Japan
I wouldโve never expected a cover of all tomorrowโs parties, and a pretty good one at that, itโs not one of my favourite velvet underground songs but itโs still really good
Fall in love with me felt almost smithsy in its vocals. Alien was kinda cool in its chorus. The other side of life is basically a Roxy music song, I can imagine this on for your pleasure.
The rest was pretty cool too tbh 4/5
4
Jan 08 2025
McCartney
Paul McCartney
I want to praise it because itโs itโs fucking Paul McCartney but itโs not too amazing. Instead of maybe Iโm amazed that feels undeniably like a classic . But yeah I think itโs nice he released an album like this, something distant from the ways of the Beatles. Would say 3/5 for enjoyment though sorry paul
3
Jan 09 2025
Debut
Bjรถrk
This albumโs great, I get why someone would be inclined to have this. Bjรถrkโs vocals are definitely an acquired taste and all the โclubbyโ tracks like violently happy ,thereโs more to life than this and big time sensuality especially could be off putting for some. But I like it, probably my favourite Bjรถrk 5/5
5
Jan 10 2025
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
WTF!!!! I didnโt think this monkey looking twat would have an album on here.
I felt in different tracks he kinda vocal mimicked other artists, lazy days had an oasis nasil and life through a lens had the occasional pet shop boys vocalism, like with the way he say well and life through a lens. He just frequently chases all of the nasally singers basically.
Also please if you think this is britpop, britpop is far more than this, this album is just itโs commercial shell. With Robbieโs ego a go go. Oasis may not be an original band as such but Robbieโs then ripping them off so what does that make him.
I wonโt say the songs arenโt good because they are, angels is a highlight but still one I was surprised that I wasnโt too familiar with actually I liked all of the singles (bar let me entertain you, that one wasnโt for me) and one of gods better people is sweet. Itโs passable 3/5
3
Jan 11 2025
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
I find it funny how the guy who wrote youโve got a friend in me wrote such controversial stuff 2/5
2
Jan 12 2025
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
This is like proto pearl jam mixed with all the weird trends of the 80โs
3/5
3
Jan 13 2025
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
The thing is compared to the majority of jazz albums on here I really see the vibe of this one in full force, like itโs still only been a decade after the war thereโs problems with the world but your smiling through and you want something thatโs not lyrical and could bog you down, just something nice for the grand old American nuclear family, 4/5
4
Jan 14 2025
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Honestly I donโt need to explain why itโs a 5/5
5
Jan 15 2025
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Iโve always known of this album but never actually knew the songs, itโs REALLY good, the interludes at the end of the tracks Jam the pace a tad but the songs are still good enough to keep it as a 5/5
5
Jan 16 2025
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Not quite exodus but still good 4/5
4
Jan 17 2025
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
I just think that Licenced to Ill is much better and this is okay but not great 3/5
3
Jan 18 2025
Thriller
Michael Jackson
This album is what you call middle loaded, from the title track to PYT you donโt get much better. Like if course MJ is at best a bit strange and at worse a full blown nonce but he has talent 5/5
5
Jan 19 2025
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
Confession time: I prefer the bowie version of the man who sold the world
That doesnโt take away from this album though itโs brilliant a consistent stack of great nirvana, one weird memory was the first time I listened to it my bluetooth or Spotify idk was having problems by the time it got to plateau and that intro repeated again and again. After this Iโm tempted to play the meat puppets album because 3 songs in a row from it are on here. And when going on about covers Jesus donโt want me for a sunbeam is great.
I wish when people were doing covers they went more to the previously obscure like nirvana did, thats what makes it great.
Then obviously you have the songs actually made by nirvana all the slower numbers fit like a glove, I really like pennyroyal tea and on a plain in general so any version of them would impress me. And about a girl and come as you are are both great to open it with.
5/5
5
Jan 20 2025
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
The last track is a lot like MCR IMO this is good stuff 4/5
4
Jan 21 2025
Arrival
ABBA
So its got my 3 favourite abba hits and then songs as good as tiger and my love my life 5/5
Then after I listened to my other favourite abba songs, lay all your love on me, sos, waterloo, Iโm a marionette, gimmie gimmie gimmie and eagle. And had a fun abba morning
5
Jan 22 2025
The Predator
Ice Cube
Really not for me got really bored after the first half 2/5
2
Jan 23 2025
Tago Mago
Can
I donโt really get can to be honest, especially with the two 15 minute tracks then an 11 minute track with a segment that sounds like the guy from storage hunters. But I canโt say it was bad and I appreciate it. Probably funner to see live with the absolute insanity of it all 4/5 and Iโm being generous but I think they deserve something in that level
4
Jan 24 2025
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
Weird, scratxhed an itch but wernt s huge fan 3/5
3
Jan 25 2025
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
3
Jan 26 2025
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
3/5
3
Jan 27 2025
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Some bits where u kinda raise a question mark at not because theyโre bad but just oddly entertaining 3/5
3
Jan 28 2025
Black Metal
Venom
Seems like an album intentionally made to prod satanic panic, made worse with the fact that the genre that emerged from this album โblack metalโ has become heavily associated with neo nazi beliefs. I havenโt looked into it much but I donโt think thats venomโs fault really, you have something with evil associations and there was bound to be someone to take advantage of that.
This album deserves to be on the list I think it marks a very interesting point in time, I didnโt find it great nor terrible 3/5
3
Jan 29 2025
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
If you donโt like this then you donโt get what post punk is really about! I loved this 5/5
5
Jan 30 2025
Cross
Justice
Coolest album of its kind, 5/5 might edit later but yeah
5
Jan 31 2025
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
Nah not the bits of the 60โs I like 2/5
2
Feb 01 2025
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
I just find super furry animals to be such a nothing band. Why do they have multiple albums? Iโm sorry theyโre not horrible but I donโt think theyโre a band that really made a mark and I canโt see someone saying that they love this band. Itโs listenable in fact its โniceโ but yeah. 3/5
3
Feb 02 2025
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
First 3 tracks are like 3 of the strongest deep purple songs! Then the mule isnโt for me, the other one was okay and lazy was never one of my favourites 3/5
3
Feb 03 2025
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Iโm so pissed off with myself that I literally just thought this cover was just a cake with a record next to it!!!
Iโll tell you what I like:
Gimmie shelter
Let it bleed
Midnight rambler
Monkey man
You canโt always get what you want
Honestly I know this is one of the more loved ones but Iโd rather listen to aftermathโs deep cuts than these ones. I like the stones but if they werenโt so popular/iconic I donโt think their reputation would be that good in retrospect, like theyโd be liked but not loved I think 3/5
3
Feb 04 2025
Qui sรจme le vent rรฉcolte le tempo
MC Solaar
Okay Iโm sure theres a market here but Iโm neither huge on rap or understanding the french language. He seems huge in france, there is some variety with the songs and he goes FAST, but I can only give it a 1/5 I didnโt enjoy it
1
Feb 05 2025
Follow The Leader
Korn
Iโve heard of korn a lot but I actually donโt know them. Like even โfreak on a leashโ which is their big hit I just donโt know it. Honestly bar itโs hook I didnโt love it actually the first song I thought was really solid was dead bodies everywhere, right after the hits.
Its metal in the breed of system of a down who undoubtedly are great, although korn are nowhere near as good and it makes me desperate for someone to include toxicity on the user albums!
Like SOAD are weird but in a comical charming way but korn with tracks like children of the korn made me cringe .
Admittedly fred durst has sounded much worse, he usually reminds me of shaggy from scooby doo but actually heโs the better half here, not saying much though.
Maybe thereโs things about the bad O donโt get but they use rape without hesitation on many tracks, I find it too aggressive.
2/5 sad because I was looking forward to this
2
Feb 06 2025
Moving Pictures
Rush
This is a very good album, not a single dud though I am reminded of Johnny Akins from the goldbergs 5/5
5
Feb 07 2025
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
If it didnโt end on such a dud it would be the best led zep.
Immagrant song is of course a classic but itโs consistently good from beautiful acoustic tracks like friends and tangerine and riffy ones like celebration day and out of the tiles a few others and blusey masterpiece since Iโve been loving you
5/5
5
Feb 08 2025
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
For something called surfs up the cover is very doom and gloom. Honestly though the cover beats pet sounds so I cannot complain. Like disney girls and the day in the life of a tree for example perfectly suit the gloom of the cover. 4/5
4
Feb 09 2025
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
I know the name andy wetherall from somewhere idk where though anyway honestly with albums like this I just wish they had a singer or something, each song feels like a constant build up going to a dead end. 2/5 in the background itโs okay but still not for me
2
Feb 10 2025
My Generation
The Who
The title track already is a song I find a bit overrated. The who as a whole are a bit like that to me though, I find them cool but Iโve never really went out of my way to listen to them. Especially for their deep cuts.I kinda feel the same with the stones but theres stuff I like more from them honestly. Like my point with the song my generation still stands but in the context of the album itโs almost thrilling. Honestly the blues cover Iโm your man might be my favourite or the amazing instrumental the ox which I wouldโve opened with instead of closed. the who just fail to excite me. 3/5
3
Feb 11 2025
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
Not as bad as I thought but not for me either 3/5
3
Feb 12 2025
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Iโm surprised genuinely thought I had this one but I havenโtโฆ
I actually find electric warrior to be quite samey throughout the tracklist, like cosmic dancer, girl and lifes a gas, basically all the slow ones give off the same feeling. Funnily enough theyโre actually some of my favourites on here. But on initial listening electric warrior didnโt grip me for that reason.
Get it on and the motivator are kinda too similar but at least itโs not as direct as get it on and cigarettes and alcohol.
Monolith is really forgettable.
People hate on the last track rip off but its so different from the others honestly making it more enjoyable for me. Strange album closer but still.
Jeepsters awesome though gives the album a 5/5
5
Feb 13 2025
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
If you donโt like at least a few of the songs on here I diagnose you as ignorant 5/5
5
Feb 14 2025
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
This album is like a step before all the music that inspired nirvana such as the pixies but then it still keeps a strong fondness for the 60โs.
Thatโs whatโs important about this album, every single song is at least decent, I wanna destroy you is the best but the album is consistent, even the track โold pervertโ is entertaining
5/5
5
Feb 15 2025
Face to Face
The Kinks
Honestly I think sunny afternoon is the best track but far and they couldโve just named the album that too. Party line is solid as well, idk how many people actually know what party lines are politically. Rosy is a pretty good song and I like little miss darkness but itโs just another example of something oasis was โinspiredโ by and actually improved (sheโs electric). And I desperately wish dead end street was on the LP 4/5
4
Feb 16 2025
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
4
Feb 17 2025
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Love this album/ I hope people have watched steve Welshโs 1 album 12 bands video on this. 5/5
5
Feb 18 2025
Odelay
Beck
Beck is good but not for me 3/5
3
Feb 19 2025
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
I had a really weird history teacher that liked kraftwerk, and he said there was a whole one about a train
The hall of mirrors is amazing though thatโs just a fact
The song trans euroupe express is pretty cool too
Honestly later on I find it drops a tad but I still like it a ton.
Also the fact they translated the entire album to English! It makes me wish that English musicians translated their music to other languages, I know lyrics arenโt really Kraftwerkโs strong suit so it would be easier than for some others however the translation is still massively appreciated for me as an English speaker.
4/5
4
Feb 20 2025
Sister
Sonic Youth
Shame I always want to fall in love with sonic youth but I just canโt fully 3/5
3
Feb 21 2025
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
I donโt hate this and I donโt hate steely dan but I canโt see many people jumping up and sayingโฆ OH MY GOD DONALD FAGEN FROM STEELY DAN HAS A SOLO CAREER!!! THIS IS A MUST LISTEN!!!
The albumโsโฆ nice thatโs the best way to say itโฆ nice. I can see the appeal but I canโt see any excitement, Iโm not sure about this album but I know steely dan had rather strenuous recording sessions for their albums and I can see that being the case again itโs โcrispโ but theres no peaks or drops, just left thinking okay 3/5
3
Feb 22 2025
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
Actually the best pop album of all time 5/5
5
Feb 23 2025
Vulnicura
Bjรถrk
Were they running out of picks like I donโt hate Bjรถrk but it feels like dimery was like oh iโm missing an album for 2015 [INSERT RANDOM BJรRK ALBUM HERE]
Cover art is seriously awesome though I love her costume
3
Feb 24 2025
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Iโm happy I got this before I eventually stomach trout mask replica 3/5
3
Feb 25 2025
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
Snoop doggy dogg, the guy from the memes. As I listen to this album I imagine a cloud of weed hitting my face.
Murder was the case is in particular very awesome. And who am I is a great single.
4/5
4
Feb 26 2025
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
Looking at what fans of this band like on Spotify it says slowdive, have a nice life and panchiko. In an ideal world all of these bands would have a place on here. How isnt Souvlaki on here seriously? Have a nice life too. Panchiko I kinda get cuz they didnโt get popular till years laterโฆ.
Anyway I digress, for the first few tracks itโs inclusion seems stupid, itโs loveless 2.0 innit? Then it begins to have itโs own personality. Do I prefer it to loveless? Fuck no!
But I do like it, shoegaze isnโt a genre where I have any โdeep knowledgeโ but mbv is good for what it is.
4/5
4
Feb 27 2025
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
The blues tracks give me white stripes vibes, then it goes more proto metal stuff, I didnโt hate it 3/5
3
Feb 28 2025
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
2
Mar 01 2025
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Heโs pretty cool marty robins/ musician and race car driver. Also pretty fit ngl
Big iron is pretty great/ so is theyโre hanging me tonight. I honestly worried it was going to sound like the last chance saloon song on dr who. (Youโll get why I dreaded that of youโve watched the gunfighters).
4/5
4
Mar 02 2025
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Yeah itโs good love a bit of roxy 4/5
4
Mar 03 2025
Faust IV
Faust
3/5
3
Mar 04 2025
Metallica
Metallica
Shape-SHIIIIFT!!! 5/5
5
Mar 05 2025
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Bit long for what it is but at the same time the one clapton album that Iโd say doesnโt have filler 4/5
4
Mar 06 2025
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
Eh 2/5
2
Mar 07 2025
Sรฃo Paulo Confessions
Suba
To me it just felt like a compilation of noises 2/5
2
Mar 08 2025
Iโve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
The first three seconds and I thought, wow this is not for me
2
Mar 09 2025
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Found it in very good 4/5 will relisten
4
Mar 10 2025
Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
I remember the first 3 tracks quite well but simultaneously I remember these songs being better. Especially the first two songs.
Nightmare part II is pretty cool though, but generally they lack the โwowโ factor needed 3/5
3
Mar 11 2025
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson is where I thinkโฆ thatโs a bit too far. Like even though the thing about removing some his ribs is fake heโs weird enough that I can imagine it. Like the guy still stuck sewing needles in his skin to test his pain threshold!
The guyโs mental. And I swear heโs a creep and he has been accused of abuse.
Heโs one of few people where I wouldnโt be surprised if it wasnโt an act 3/5
3
Mar 12 2025
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
3
Mar 13 2025
Destroyer
KISS
2
Mar 14 2025
Night Life
Ray Price
3/5
3
Mar 15 2025
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
3
Mar 16 2025
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
3
Mar 17 2025
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
3
Mar 18 2025
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
This is fucking brilliant!!! Piano joint (this kind of love) is really a banger. I saw he featured on untitled (black is) which I didnโt really like but this albumโs great!!!
Truly one of the surprises the generator holds 4/5
4
Mar 19 2025
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
4/5
4
Mar 20 2025
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
After maggie mae it gets a bit boring 3/5
3
Mar 21 2025
The Slider
T. Rex
I think electric warrior is a very good album and I donโt want to diminish that but this album is stronger
Particular favourites would beโฆ
Metal guru
Spaceball ricochet
Telegram sam
Ballrooms of mars
5
Mar 22 2025
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
Was kinda getting her confused with gwen stefani and was gonna do a rant about how no doubt should be on the list but no completely different entity. Then I realised there was a link as linda perry off the 4 non blondes both wrote songs for them, and yeah the song โbeautifulโ is amazing. And I was also shocked to find out linda perry was in a relationship with leslie winkle off the Big Bang theoryโฆ anyway I keep going on tangents, Iโll say fighter is a strong โrockyโ track and christina can really sing and infatuation just felt familiar, not even a single but it sounds like something Iโve heard 1000 times on the radio, maybe early Beyoncรฉ??? Which makes sense when you look into it because itโs partly written by Scott Storch who has written tracks forโฆ Beyoncรฉ. SO many guests on here like we then go to a number with Alicia keys, who to me is simply just a name Iโve heard of but donโt care about. I was horrified when I saw the myriad of credits on make over, was really just the sugarbabes but still I didnโt think we got credits that long till the 2010โs, still thought I love the Spanish flair to this one.
Letโs circle back to beautiful, what a perfect pop song seriously itโs the one moment the album stops for something particularly good/ special, me first and the gimmie gimmies have such a good cover of this.
I think the album deserves its place though even if I keep getting sidetracked, literally two of the hugest popstars of today (Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX) noted this as an influenceโฆ. And when this came out Sabrina wouldโve been 3, according to wikipedia, I wouldโve been minus 3 but yeah. Charli XCX is that bit older so wouldโve remembered it coming out etcโฆ but the only things Iโm mentioning that I remember coming out were brat and short and sweet. And now espresso is stuck in my headโฆ and now Iโm thinking of that snl thing where Jake Peralta off brooklyn 99 made me cringe so hard. And ariana grande made me cringe in the same skit though, but honestly I saw wicked in the theatre before it became a film/ never liked it. And now Iโm thinking of how SNL sounds like SML and cringing on how I used to find jeffy funny.
Okay letโs go back to the albumโฆ dirty (feat redman) whoโs redman??? Iโm cringing at his Spotify picture and the names of his top 5 songs right now, itโs alright too in my face for me honestly
3
Mar 23 2025
C'est Chic
CHIC
Might be bad but I kinda view Nile Rodgers as just a name and a faceโฆ just the guy on get lucky who puts his funky guitar everywhere. I feel horrible but I didnโt even know he was in chiq before I started doing the project.
Theres some solid tracks, le freak is a great hit, happy man is fun
But then tracks like the instrumental savoir faire just isnโt for me (however itโs not the worst song called savoir faire (that would go to suede in 1999))
4/5
4
Mar 24 2025
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
For some reason I really strongly thought this album wasnโt on here. I think the songs nirvana covered are the best songs, but new gods is pretty great and so is the instrumental Aurora borealis. 4/5
4
Mar 25 2025
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
Could tell by the album cover/ year of release exactly what this would be like. Kinda flew by but I donโt really like it. 2/5
2
Mar 26 2025
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Shameika is brilliant and under the table is brilliant too, I remember liking that the one time I herd the album before. And heavy balloons is pretty awesome too and Cosmonauts. Prettiest awesome 4/5
4
Mar 27 2025
Copper Blue
Sugar
I could tell theyโre was something to do with hรผsker dรผ just but looking at the album art, this is kinda generic though, like why is this on here but not zen arcade. 3/5
3
Mar 28 2025
Eternally Yours
The Saints
I like punk but I donโt see the point of the album on a list like this
3
Mar 29 2025
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
So many raised eyebrows, so many times I just said what the fuck! I appreciate the effort butโฆ1/5
1
Mar 30 2025
Damaged
Black Flag
I actually know of rollins band more than black flag itself
3
Mar 31 2025
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
3
Apr 01 2025
Ace of Spades
Motรถrhead
I feel this veers more into punk than metal honestly, really heavy punk yeah but punk nonetheless. Then lemmy himself dubs it just โrock and rollโ. Guess itโs between the 3 but I think purely describing it as metal is a tad too simplistic.
Honestly though it might just be a problem with my dubbing of genres cuz a band like blue รถyster cult (sadly not on the list) I wouldnโt call metal either and just more hard rock, especially agents of fortune, which shouldโve been on the list.
Speaking of both bands I like how both use the โรถโ to make then sound more menacing.
And back to motรถrhead, my dad always had a top of the โwar pigโ but he always called it the โiron maidenโ instead, so I learned my dad was Bs-ing there.
4/5
4
Apr 02 2025
Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
Iโm trying with what I can find cuz this is an odd one on Spotify
And honestly: donโt like it 1/5
1
Apr 03 2025
Blackstar
David Bowie
The last album by david jonesโฆ like as in the monkeys? Or the squid guy? Nah David Bowie. One incredible musician. But how you pronounce Bowie (like Iโve heard people say BOWie like as in a bow tie or bOWie like submitting to authority). Reminds me a bit of the start of the song โandy warholโ from hunky dory โWarholโฆ as in HOLESโ. But thatโs a very different album, this album blackstar (like the radiohead song) is a perfect send off thereโs only 7 songs but you canโt call any bad. Like itโs good to the point that sparks (who I love) came on after and I just wanted to go back to bowie.
Brilliant ending to a great career 5/5
5
Apr 04 2025
Snivilisation
Orbital
Victim of the cd age
2
Apr 05 2025
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
You can really tell that itโs the one before remain in light
4
Apr 06 2025
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
Cool cool 4/5
4
Apr 07 2025
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
I remember my dad buying/ playing this from the pound shop once, didnโt like it. Iโll admit itโs better than I thought but simultaneously I was playing a game on my phone on โits great when weโre togetherโ and an advert popped up. On the advert there was some piano background music that really complemented the song and I missed it when the advert stopped. Honestly I didnโt find it great nor bad 3/5
3
Apr 08 2025
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Siouxie and the banshees, this is a band I really need to listen to more! I had to relisten to juju (which I fave a 5 after this) 4/5
4
Apr 09 2025
GREY Area
Little Simz
Before this I wouldโve just saidโฆ I HATE LITTLE SIMZ and some of this (boss/venom) epitomise the points of what I donโt like in her, the shitty london voice and the overuse of slang/ vulgar language. Which saying that makes me sound older than what I am.
But offence was a great opener. And wounds has a great feature.
Also the final trace has a feature from a guy I like. 3/5
3
Apr 10 2025
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
I saw the manics with suede about a year agoโฆ I was going through an incredibly tough time/ loss of many good things/ expelled from school etcโฆ
They literally ONLY played this is yesterday though! Out of the holy bible! Donโt get me wrong I love much of their discography but I couldโve really done with the holy bible.
What an incredible grim, dark pissed off album. A musical holocaust may sound harsh but the statements correctโฆ
It begins with yes I donโt think itโs one of the albums heights but a good listen.
Ifwhiteamericaโฆ is a song sadly still relevant in the modern climate. But really earns the bands name, I love it so much.
Like walking abortion is alright, I canโt say itโs a favourite of mine but I like the sample at the start a good bit.
She is suffering is one great singleโฆ not a super strong track on the whole album but not dreadful neither.
โI wonder who you think you are?โโฆ โI think you are the devil itselfโ the intro to archives of pain followed by that bass line might be the greatest way to start a song.
Revol (also Lover in reverse) is pretty great listening Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and many others. Canโt say itโs a creative marvel but a good listen and way to memorise soviet leaders???
4st 7lb is the albums most horrific track being probably the best musical depiction of anorexia โI want to walk in the snow and not leave a foot printโ
Canโt say mausoleum is that memorable despite the awesome name.
Faster is probably the best of the three singles ( faster/ revol/ she is suffering) โI am stronger than Mensaโ is a great way to start a chorus.
I mentioned this is yesterday earlier in a rather disappointing context but I love this song so much. It sounds like it shouldโve been the single honestly but I think they honest only wanted to put out songs that were just โokayโ ( in context of the album) instead.
โScratch myself with a rusty nailโโฆ โsadly it healedโ is such an incredible opening line to die in the summertime.
The intense humming of evil is just that the climax of the album, purely sickening track about death camps (much like mausoleum but a better song).
James Dean Bradfield has a voice where he pronounces words so weirdly itโs almost like he speaks another language, something I particularly find in the albums closer PCP.
This IS the best manics album/ everything must go is fun/ this is my truth had bangers and so does the debut but this is the best, it has (and at this rate) always will be. 5/5
5
Apr 11 2025
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
I like Jarvis Cockerโฆ as of typing this a new pulp album has just been announced/ spike island released. Different class is one of my favourite albums, this is hardcore+ his n hers are both great!
Idk who atticus ross is honestly???
Then I donโt care for the rest of it.
2
Apr 12 2025
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
On average Iโd say the longer the stronger on this album (theres other good songs like the groovy trampled under foot) but I love in the time of dying, kashmir, in the light, 10 years gone. All some of their strongest.
Iโd honestly rather an album of these stronger songs in a typical led zep, 8 song format and then maybe an outtakes LP as that is what a huge chunk of physical graffiti is. The outtakes one will probably still be good but keeps it tighter.
And yeah I mentioned Kashmir earlier and I donโt care that itโs overplayed I love it
5
Apr 13 2025
So Much For The City
The Thrills
Itโs got a nice sound but a bit dull for the full album 3/5
3
Apr 14 2025
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Maybe at one point I wouldโve found this cool but the project has made me more critical 3/5
3
Apr 15 2025
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Horrible album art part of me believes Ai will make better than that in a year. In this guyโs Spotify description he compares himself to daft punkโฆ like heโs french and itโs electronic music but other than thatโฆ nah. Oh fuck this is Jacques Lu Cont like the guy who made them shitty killers remixes. And the guy is actually an English bloke with the nameโฆ stuart price. Well he was born in France but lived in Reading.
Honestly he just gives me bit pretentious dick vibes. 2/5
2
Apr 16 2025
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Music for chavs, I guess chavs are an important enough sector in society to have representation. This has personality though, I will say 21st century British rap gets much worse and itโs just a genre America has always done so much better
2
Apr 17 2025
Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Tourรฉ
2
Apr 18 2025
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
I am aware of this albumโs reputation as the worst white stripes album. And after elephant just having listened to the first couple tracks, itโs not as raw as the other white stripes albums, a song like the nurse is actually really interesting but sounds more like itโs adjacent to the white stripes than sounding actually like the white stripes.
Firstly you have the singles honestly I wasnโt hugely fussed on blue orchid it doesnโt sound very white stripes. Denial twist and My doorbell are good though. Theyโre all just rock songs really.
Then you get into it a bit, white moon is pretty cool. Take take take Iโd describe as pretty cool I love the drum. And red rain is awesome.
But thereโs lots of stuff Iโm not thrilled by in the same way. Little ghost is alright, I like the folky twist but not a favourite of the โlittleโ songs honestly. Instinct blues honestly feels like an attempt to capture the zeitgeist of ball and biscuit back from elephant.
Itโs an alright album I prefer white blood cells and elephant though 3/5
3
Apr 19 2025
The Clash
The Clash
Not as good as London calling but still good, I love remote control, white riot is literally the most punk song of all time, so crude and controversial it works well. Londons burning has a similar spirit to it too.
Oh and we have the GOOD version of career opportunitiesโฆ not the shitty Sandinista one
Police and thieves, is like a hint towards what the clash would become
Garageland as a closer is pretty cool too with the harmonica
I like this a ton, the โtrueโ punk just before wimpier commercial bands like the sex pistols came along (who I do like too)
4
Apr 20 2025
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
3
Apr 21 2025
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
One of them ones thatโs surprising me how good it is 4/5- but I wouldnโt be surprised if I change it to a 5 one day
4
Apr 22 2025
The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
I should like the fall, with the kinda artists I like I REALLY should but I donโt find great amounts of pleasure in listening to their music 2/5
2
Apr 23 2025
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
Early kings of leon are pretty good honestly, like Iโm not crazy about them but this is good fun especially mollys chambers 4/5
4
Apr 24 2025
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
I know a lot of toms in my life, I know itโs a common name and the tom tom is a type of drum but I just get a cringey image of all the tomโs I know dancing to wordy rappinghood behind a green screen.
Also I didnโt recognise Genius of love which is meant to be the hit.
Lโelephant, I decided to give the English lyrics a readโฆ bit cursed
You can just tell itโs a talking heads adjacent project actually if I was to best describe the sound I think Iโd say talking heads meets stereolab. Also one of them ones that just sounds like the early 80โs- you can imagine โantmusicโ coming on at the same time as one of these songs.
While that all may sound positiveโฆ I donโt like it 2/5
2
Apr 25 2025
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
How are there people in the world that genuinely think Tom Waits is good and cohen is hard to listen to. With cohen I go as far as loving jazz police. This album was good Too 4/5
4
Apr 26 2025
So
Peter Gabriel
Itโs not without filler in the back half but come onโฆ red rain AND sledgehammer!!! Also in your eyes IK isnโt the โactualโ closer but fuck it works and shouldve been! 4/5
4
Apr 27 2025
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
I thought (hoped) I was long done with the byrds itโs not like theyโre dreadful theyโre just OKAY. Honestly I find the amount of byrds picks a worse problem than the costello picks.
Theres some nice songs here like goinโ back is incredible
3/5
3
Apr 28 2025
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
5/5
5
Apr 29 2025
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
3/5 started off as a 4 then got a bit samey, I have no outright hate for it though
3
Apr 30 2025
The College Dropout
Kanye West
The top two reviews actually made me cringeโฆ
Ik weโre at a point where this man is either just a straight up cock or needs serious help but he made great music and I hope people donโt forget that. As of typing this heโs the 28th most streamed artist in the world on Spotify and while I donโt think popularity is a factor in quality at shows heโs got something very right. Boycott vultures, bully, ww3 (whenever that comes out) honestly I think there little point beyond kids see ghosts. But this MBDTF and graduation (which should be on this list) are amazing.
On this I love all falls down and Jesus walks a ton and always have. Spaceship is great too! Slow Jamz is super catchy. It just lacks bad songsโฆ too many interludes I admit though itโs too long so 4/5
4
May 01 2025
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Yeah this is a classic I love the mysticism of this album 5/5
5
May 02 2025
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
Most of it I didnโt think much of good or bad but shout out to โ Plan 9 Channel 7โ for that intro riff loved that. But its a 3/5
3
May 03 2025
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
I remember years and years ago my dad got two really early lemonheads albums from the record shop, definitely their first album but I donโt remember what else. I never actually listened to it and later Iโd find out about itโs a shame about ray and not listen to thatโฆ but at least I knew the Mrs Robinson cover.
Would still go 3/5 though its solid and good songs here but nothing interesting
3
May 04 2025
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
No joke I could find literally every funkdelic albumโฆ except for this, Iโll look another time for it but Iโll give it a 3/5
3
May 05 2025
Phrenology
The Roots
When I was hazy/ tired in the morning both the name the roots and this album cover made me think it would be the 1000th boring nameless early 00โs indie rock albumโฆ boy I was very obviously wrong. Really itโs a hip hop album that is mostly quite experimental but some bits are a bit boring 3/5
3
May 06 2025
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
4
May 07 2025
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Yeah thereโs something so great to Kate bush 4/5
4
May 08 2025
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Meh an alright rap album 3/5
3
May 09 2025
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Yeah I liked this, Iโll mark it as a 4/5 because I want to relisten to it at another point
4
May 10 2025
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
Yeah album matches the nameโฆ the fact they pulled out the HUMP part of HUMPtydumpty just made me cringe. So did that โunderwaterโ one where the singer rapped in some silly fake lisp voice
Most of its just average rap but with abhorrently bad moments 2/5
2
May 11 2025
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
4/5
4
May 12 2025
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Are you feeling funky? Kinda? 4/5
4
May 13 2025
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Shame this bands late career is both embarrassing and widely popular still, love this tho 5/5
5
May 14 2025
Haut de gamme / Koweรฏt, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
The album cover just looks dodgyโฆ but you know what I do respect, with the little bit of french I understand heโs the only artist that is thankful for being on the list according to his Spotify bio
3
May 15 2025
Reign In Blood
Slayer
Screamy death I love satan etcโฆ 3/5
3
May 16 2025
Fun House
The Stooges
I like some stooges stuff but honestly this wasnโt really for me 3/5
3
May 17 2025
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
Putting a well liked bands worst album?
3
May 18 2025
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
Yeah you can tell he likes radiohead 2/5
2
May 19 2025
The Bends
Radiohead
One of the most well sequenced albums in my opinion, weirdly structured, it always goes singly track, slightly weirder track, slower track.
My favourite track is my iron lung, street spirit is an undeniable classic too. And Iโve always had a soft spot for blackstar. 5/5
5
May 20 2025
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
This is like a slightly less refined yoshimi, I like this though 4/5
4
May 21 2025
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
3
May 22 2025
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
The first track and the title track are classics 4/5
4
May 23 2025
What's That Noise?
Coldcut
Couldnโt find it 3/5
3
May 24 2025
Abraxas
Santana
My pops likes this musicโฆ I find it okay 3/5
3
May 25 2025
White Ladder
David Gray
Definitely knew some of the songs itโs nice/ calm 4/5
4
May 26 2025
Tidal
Fiona Apple
4
May 27 2025
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
3
3
May 28 2025
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
Like proto kate bush 4/5
4
May 29 2025
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
3
May 30 2025
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
I kinda thought it just took a while to โget goingโ but no this REALLY isnโt for me
2
May 31 2025
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
I kinda thought it just took a while to โget goingโ but no this REALLY isnโt for me
2
Jun 01 2025
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
3
Jun 02 2025
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Itโs weird hearing an earlier version of house in the rising sun, I knew it was a song lots covered but still
3
Jun 03 2025
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
All I can think of is Friday night dinnerโฆ
โYes I was a hansome young man, wasnโt I nellie a real Beau Brummelโ
โYou see all these men on tv these days calling themselves Beau Brummels, they donโt deserve to be called beau brummels do they?โ
Sorry just love that show, the music is okay I suppose
2
Jun 04 2025
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
When my grandad passed away it was around the same time as my birthday and my Auntie got me this as a present that year because he loved the album. So for that it has special memories and I canโt not give it a 5/5.
I donโt find the album itself perfect, I think it peaks from relax to two tribes. I think the title track goes on too long. Then the only star in heaven and the power of love bring the album up when they fill it with covers. But Itโs too sentimental to me 5/5
5
Jun 05 2025
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
5
5
Jun 06 2025
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
3
Jun 07 2025
2112
Rush
I like this I feel after a 20 minute multi part opener the other songs donโt pop as much even though all of them are good (particularly the twilight zone and tears) also I just prefer moving pictures
4
Jun 08 2025
Highly Evolved
The Vines
I thought they were gonna be a britpop ripoff but turns out theyโre a grunge ripoff. Or at least heavily inspired but they sound good (low) 4/5
4
Jun 09 2025
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
3/5
3
Jun 10 2025
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Jun 11 2025
BEYONCร
Beyoncรฉ
3
Jun 12 2025
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
3
Jun 13 2025
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
4
Jun 14 2025
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
4
Jun 15 2025
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
3
Jun 16 2025
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
3
Jun 17 2025
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
Jun 18 2025
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
I really liked sweet lovin man, I didnโt see much reception for it but I really liked that one. Papa was a rodeo which I did see love for is incredible too!
4/5
4
Jun 19 2025
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nรฉrd 'Skin-'Nรฉrd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
I used to know a nerd, lynyrd Skynyrd are definitely not that they are just a simple man (or men) chasing that free bird. 4/5
4
Jun 20 2025
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
In all honesty these vocals remind me of someone doing a dreadful impression of the man from sparks
2/5
2
Jun 21 2025
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
2/5 not bad but not for me
2
Jun 22 2025
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
3
Jun 23 2025
Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
3
Jun 24 2025
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
The final track is monumental the other songs are just good 3/5
3
Jun 25 2025
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
2
Jun 26 2025
Rapture
Anita Baker
Feel bad for the Americans as apparently itโs not available in the US. But Iโm from the Uk! This is soul filled music that also taps into the 80โs sound.
3/5
3
Jun 27 2025
Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
2 cuz I couldnโt find anything about it
2
Jun 28 2025
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
South/ middle America wife beatery music very trad wifey 2/5
2
Jun 29 2025
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
3
Jun 30 2025
Lost Souls
Doves
They try but the one song thatโs just a really nice pop song (catch the sun) is the best track
3
Jul 01 2025
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
1st track is good to be honest, dimery needed to put Saturday night fever on here, itโs a compilation/ soundtrack sure but when you have a hives comp on the list, we needed Saturday night fever
2
Jul 02 2025
Parallel Lines
Blondie
This is incredible, some of the most stand out singles of all time compiled into one album, it is almost like a blondie best of. Also shout out to 11:59 and fade away and radiate the albumโs non single gems that make this a must listen for every 5/5
5
Jul 03 2025
With The Beatles
Beatles
My main thing is about money (thats what I want) this is an all time classic and the theme song to one of my favourite shows (brassic) but donโt go for the beatles version.
If it were in modern times I think this wouldโve been merged with please please me and some of the best older singles (e.g. she loves you and I want to hold your hand) and it would be a classic than the majority of the covers would be nifty bonus tracks. But this was the 60โs and I donโt hate this whatsoever, but please please me wouldโve been the better early beatles pick 3/5
3
Jul 04 2025
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Sorry but I donโt really care for it, Michael might be a creep but heโs sure a better musical artist than Janet and always was 2/5
2
Jul 05 2025
Pornography
The Cure
Honestly so great 5/5
5
Jul 06 2025
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Essential rap that is good 4/5
4
Jul 07 2025
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
3
3
Jul 08 2025
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
This might be one of the first albums in a while I genuinely felt on the edge of my seat listening to 5/5
5
Jul 09 2025
Konnichiwa
Skepta
Sounds like the soundtrack to hotboxing, roadman reece probably be listening to this while he chefs someone up. 3/5 cuz of its not bad for what it is, just not for me
3
Jul 10 2025
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Starlight and hoodoo hit me personally. Take a bow and knights of Cydonia are amazing tracks. Assassin is also underrated in the catalogue. But absolution is THE muse album. 4/5
4
Jul 11 2025
Elephant
The White Stripes
5
Jul 12 2025
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
As soon as I thoughtโฆ this sounds inbred they started talking about lynyrd skynyrd
2
Jul 13 2025
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Best tom waits album, which means itโs average 3/5
3
Jul 14 2025
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
I think only 1/2 the album is on Spotify??? 3/5 better than I assumed itโd be
3
Jul 15 2025
Stardust
Willie Nelson
3
Jul 16 2025
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Itโs decent but I prefer the other Run DMC album on the list 3/5
3
Jul 17 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Sabbath are great, listening to this album it was very shortly after his last concert and it does make me remember how special they are
4
Jul 18 2025
Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
Sorry this might not be a fully popular opinion but my favourite thing with norman cook on it is the housemartins hull 4 london 0
3
Jul 19 2025
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
5
Jul 20 2025
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
Daydreaminโ is a great song.. rest, eh 3/5
3
Jul 21 2025
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
4
Jul 22 2025
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
3
Jul 23 2025
The Score
Fugees
The singing on โready or notโ and โkilling me softlyโ is iconic, this was good 4/5
4
Jul 24 2025
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
RIP ozzy osbourne, black sabbath are great 5/5
5
Jul 25 2025
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
4/5 strong but too long
4
Jul 26 2025
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
My primary school best friend loved bonjovi and I remember calling them a โfake bandโ because I never heard of them
You give love a bad name and living on a prayer are too similar to be put next to each other. Itโs just a bit dull but listenable 3/5
3
Jul 27 2025
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
Interesting, you can definitely tell like a million rap samples were made from this album so I get its inclusion, still 3/5
3
Jul 28 2025
LP1
FKA twigs
Iโve heard eusexua before but not this one, IDM eusexua but this is a jit boring 2/5
2
Jul 29 2025
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
3
Jul 30 2025
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
3
Jul 31 2025
Savane
Ali Farka Tourรฉ
Not for me
2
Aug 01 2025
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
So good I didnโt expect it to be this good 5/5
5
Aug 02 2025
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
Love the sample on phanta, but other than that it was meh and very short 2/5
2
Aug 03 2025
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
Tad samey 3/5
3
Aug 04 2025
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Bros just not for me too long/ too jazzy, theoretically good tho 3/5
3
Aug 05 2025
Connected
Stereo MC's
2
2
Aug 06 2025
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
Youre the only ten I see ๐คฎ2/5
2
Aug 07 2025
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
Some promise here such as the intro to mental beat. But most of it I find middling, like ice cream summer which has heavy elvis costello vives 3/5
3
Aug 08 2025
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
It might be because I was up at 4:00 today but this was giving me a headache 1/5
1
Aug 09 2025
Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
Sounds like pretentious stuff that fantano fans will get hard for
2
Aug 10 2025
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
Ngl thought it was 20 cent lol
2
Aug 11 2025
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Folky stuff 3/5
3
Aug 12 2025
Clandestino
Manu Chao
At the point of writing this 1st section Iโm just so impressed with the amount of languages this fella knows. Would be good if I knew a western artist that did that but no
That gave it a 3 minimum but genuinely I didnโt find it an interesting listen so 3/5
2
Aug 13 2025
OK Computer
Radiohead
Maybe overrated in the grand scheme of things but still a 5/5. Exit music, let down and karma police is one of the greatest 3 track runs of any album. Paranoid android is in many ways Radioheadโs bohemian rhapsody. The glum โluckyโ is just beautiful. And then even โweakerโ tracks like โelectioneeringโ or โclimbing up the wallsโ represent some form of disintegration. 5/5
5