It's a classic. 50's/60's style early rock and roll like The Beatles or Beach Boys. Very solemn sounding album. Longing and sad and loving.
Kinda bland and droaning. Currently a 3/5 Didn't desire much to go back to it. It's fine. I think I'm ending on a 2.5/5
After "School's Out" the album got a little boring to me. Felt like a bit of a time piece in an archaic way. I didn't really care much for Luney Tune or Gutter Cat. They just felt like what you'd expect Alice Cooper type punky rock. They're fine, but not for me. However once Blue Turk hit everything changed. The album picks up this progressive element and I started to recognize the story this album was going for. Fusing Jazz and Blues into this very complex rock structure. The words started to matter a lot more. Telling a story about a guy being this archetypical "bad guy" getting in trouble all the time, and being unapologetic for it until the end where he finally "graduates" and hopes all of his friends stay his friends. I love it. It all links back to the bonified classic "School's Out" in such an intelligent way. I did not expect such a concept from the album that features "School's Out"
I absolutely love bombastic electric jazzy big bands. Louis Prima "The Wildest!" fires on all cylinders to really energize.
I have the deepest love for David Byrne and I already knew I loved this album so an easy 5 for me.
Funky album. It wasn't really gripping me at first but as I listened it grew on me. I love the artistry here. It's definitely a not for everyone album I don't think, but I can respect what's here. I threw a few of these songs in my Q3 2022 playlist on spotify.
Not feeling it.
Super funky. I've always wanted more dance style music in my life and this really scratches that itch. Good background music while you work on other tasks, which is how I listened to this album. I kept returning to Spotify to like songs that really stuck out with me to save for later and have done that more often than not during the run of this album.