Live / Dead
Grateful Deadi don’t give a shit, life’s too short to try the Grateful Dead again
i don’t give a shit, life’s too short to try the Grateful Dead again
post syd pink floyd is trash, i’ve never understood what emotion they were trying to get across, maybe none?
pleasingly weird but so noodly
it’s a singular vision but i don’t feel any heart in it
Love the singles
not good
maybe 5 stars but i’m loathe to give out 5 stars
i dig it
i think i get it. but it didn't really move me
probably better than I can tell, but it's not made for me
some great tunes but something about it just rubs me the wrong way
awful, really bad, plus...a fucking flute!
i like that they're taking chances, i just can't handle too much of that histrionic vocal style
not the worst but i have no idea why this is considered a classic
It's as if the Stones did a third disc of Exile On Main Street, like the Clash did with Sandinista. The one with all the songs you don't want to listen to on it.
Almost a 5, but there’s a bit of filler on Side 2. Still an astonishing debut
Hypnotic
good
Solid and weird
probably fine but it didn't move me
a couple of good tunes but not a good album
so many swears
a lot better than i expected
dug it more than i expected but that smooth jazzy sound is really not for me
a couple of good singles and a lot of filler, ambitious but I don't really respond to that ironic tone
chef's kiss
i can see why this is a classic and i almost hate to admit it but i just don't dig country that much
i did not like this
so many swears but i dug it plus it's nice to see he's a family man
not for me
pretty good, i dig it
didn't grab me but i wasn't really paying attention, also i'm generally opposed to rock flute
could be contemporary new age music, this is not a good thing
i think this record is probably better than i think it is but it just doesn't do it for me, too jokey and not enough heart
so many swears but hard to resist
lushly heartbreaking
okay i guess
i don't want to like it but it's not that bad
hard to argue with this
all killer
kind of a classic but the tunes just aren't that great
some good tracks but i don't think i'll be digging this out too often
probably 4.25 but fuck it, chrissie deserves the extra star for being so cool
pretty fuckin' catchy but it's really for kids
the stooges > iggy solo
hard to argue with this
some catchy riffs but it's basically one vulgar joke over an over
decent but lacking memorable tunes
so gross and vulgar, aping the worst of their influences
ugh that early 00s sound
i want to love it because of the singularity and ambition but they fuck it up with a lack of great tunes and too much irony
nice try
some 5 star tracks but some filler as well
it seemed okay
strong aversion
i wanted to like this but it just didn't do it for me, it might be the skits, the failure might be mine
some 5 star tracks but a few 3 star tracks
i dig it!
consistently astonishing
never thought much of hetfield's vocals or lyrics, but some pretty good riffs
it's nice but will i ever be crazy for it? i don't think so
cool psych but i can't hack that second side with the narration
I want to give it a sentimental 4 but really there's so much filler
hippies smell like boogers but i have to admit i enjoyed this far more than i expected to
Super likable but I’m not 17
i'm very glad to learn about this
i know this is great but most of it just doesn't move me, the lack is mine
some first-rate tracks but much is forgettable and the central idea is silly
catchy singles but much cringe
will get better with age
a couple of okay tracks but i don't dig this kind of quirky prog
sounds legit but it's not really for me
might deserve 5 stars just for the title track but there's a bit of filler here
dug some of it but it sounds like the source material is queen and i'm just not into queen or queen-like stuff
dig their dedication but it just ain’t my sound
starbucks music
curtis is a king
violent genius but oh, so sad
seemed okay but i didn’t listen very closely
who are we to judge john coltrane
it's good but Lost Souls is much stronger
seems okay, i dig the strings and the dreaminess, the vocals get old for me
a few great tracks - the late great johnny ace is a standout - but lots of filler and it's not helped by the early-80s production
i can't ever play it around my kids but it's cool
i would like to dislike CSN because they’re dirty hippies but i just can’t
it should be good but i just can’t countenance radiohead, except for the bends, the bends was cool
catchy but samey and a little smug
didn’t age well, there’s no life inside it
it’s cool but it doesn’t touch my heart
it’s curtis mayfield, back the fuck up
i dig it
i never liked ac/dc and i still don’t
i thought i wasn’t going to like this anymore but even though it’s completely satanic she’s a real talent
even when it doesn’t quite work, and sometimes it doesn’t quite work, the ambition and depth of spirit are astonishing
not bad for what it is but i’ll play sticky fingers 100 times before i’ll put this on
so slick and tight
devoid of hooks or melody
i would love to give this 4 but i just can’t give it more than 3 because i don’t like it that much
post syd pink floyd is trash, i’ve never understood what emotion they were trying to get across, maybe none?
Ghost Rider is quite possible the greatest rock and roll song of all time, the rest of the album is close behind
it’s cool and has some poetry but it’s too mannered to really move me
irremediably tainted
nah
there’s something repellent about tweedy but the dude writes a good tune
the title track is a stunner but despite his reputation for sincerity the boss seems forced and fakey on this one
better than i expected, he has a deep talent for melody and texture, his downfall is that he is over clever
i prefer mezzanine
so concentrated but also a total bummer
a perfect alloy of lyrical inventiveness and pop skills
marred only by some filler and 80s production
pleasantly inconsequential
haunting but not in a good way
so fragile
so dry but so suggestive
what can you say it’s hotel fucking california
not heavy, not catchy, not interesting
cars is great but the album gets monotonous quick
a bit vegas and those chicago blues leads just aren’t my thing but it’s a good punchy band
haunting and lyrical
flawless even in its flaws
some lovely melodies but some lamentable excursions as well
it sounds like something that’s good but just not for me
it’s like radiohead but not the irritating bleep blurp radiohead but also not the good radiohead it’s like the maudlin radiohead that turned into coldplay
bowie was one of the few to make consistently interesting rock music that pushed the edges musically and lyrically without being a massive bore
prog is shit
a few killer tracks but a lot of muzakey funk-jazz filler - then again it’s a film score
i dug it
it’s so lovely, there are so many hooks and it’s played so well, such great production - sad that this generation and people like these were responsible for the degradation and collapse of our civilization
a masterpiece - they were so terrified by what they achieved they’ve spent the rest of their careers running away from it
even if it doesn’t always work i respect the ambition
I thought PE didn't do anything good after Nation of Millions...man was I wrong
that one jingle-jangle thing they do is so fucking good it almost makes up for the ho-hum stuff but not quite
i really hate this kind of thing
this feels fake and superficial which is sad because i think they’re trying to be deep and sincere
i didn’t listen very hard but this seemed shallow and smug
classic muscular punk rock and roll
would be 5 but the production just doesn’t do justice to the music i know it’s live but still
slickly nihilistic
i’m not really in a position to judge this
it's cool but it's not that cool and it's pretty stupid, too, and not always in a good way
it's so stupid but you can't fuck with it
didn't sit right with me
probably groundbreaking or something. it it didn’t really move me
transmissions from a lost world
too smooth, i need more passion
those singles are fucking outstanding
i dug it but it's a bit of a pastiche just with more swears
i don't know it's pretty iconic but in all honesty most of the tunes don't really grab me, it's probably the best example of what it is
it's self-reflexive, derivative, and juvenile, but it's honest and it's got some hooks
the singles are bittersweet perfection, almost too much, but it’s not all the same quality
was this anything new, even at the time? nope is it a fairly accomplished and catchy version of something i already like? yep
i dug it, so much going on here it’s almost schizo
all killer and completely their own thing
layla’s pretty great but the rest of it makes me think of “blues” night at the pub
it’s actually pretty dense and textured but it’s hook-weak
i love punk and i love california but i don’t love this
i mean you're not going to put it on very often but sometimes it will be the only choice
more “blues” night at the pub
not the kind of bowie i really dig but bowie’s gold even when he’s not
i generally don’t dig this kind of shaggy blues pastiche
probably the best of whatever it is
brand new
i want to like it more than i actually do
hated it when it came out now i love it that’s what happens
she’s got a nice voice but that old time folky stuff just doesn’t move me that much
nice but i’m probably not going to slap it on too often
i wouldn’t presume to opine about this
i like the idea more than the experience but it’s still pretty great
i wish i’d heard this when it was released because it would’ve really rung my bell
some good tracks but this is not anyone's favourite album
this sounds like other things that i already like but i like those other things more than this
this kind of "metal" sucks there's nothing heavy about it and the lyrics are stupid and not in a good way
points for charm and authenticity but how often is this going to be the exact right thing to play?
i actually dig the US version better but what are you gonna do, not give this 5 stars?
egregiously overrated
super cool & ahead of its time
very good
i used to love the rolling stones so much now i don’t know a lot of this seems pretty weak
muddy’s never really done it for me but you can’t really fault him i don’t think
it’s okay but radiohead are best when they make tight crafted pop songs not depressive electro jams
i’m not ever going to listen to this i don’t care if it’s the greatest album ever made
not the best zeppelin but second tier zeppelin is far beyond the capacity of most mortals
solid, gritty, and inventive
the first two tracks are great but nothing thereafter is quite so engaging
close but not perfect
i mean i still have a fondness for unbridled creativity but in retrospect so much of the "avant-garde" is just one ugly thing after another
sacred music
nothing should be changed or added to this perfect recording
damn!
they seem like nice people but this doesn’t light my fire
so smooth but not so many stand out tracks
if this is the kind of thing you like it’s probably a really good example of it, but it’s not really the kind of thing i like
a bit proggy and a bit hipstery but some good tracks
by all rights creedence should be a 5 star band and this a 5 star album but something bugs me about them, i just can’t place it
masterpiece
at their best they’re pure fire but sometimes - too often - they come off half-baked
seems like they didn’t have anything written and then just f#@ked around on some very simple ideas until it was long enough to release
there’s something so intoxicating about the music of the 60s, the way the boomers really thought they were the vanguard of a revolution that was building a new world of freedom and delight the fact that they were actually destroying their own civilization just makes it more poignant
what a blast, sheer joy
so vile and profane, i know that’s why people like it, that’s why i would’ve liked it when i was 20, but it’s just gross, the beats & production are incredible though and he’s clearly a giant talent it’s just a sad commentary on just about everything
they can do atmosphere but they’re weak on tunes and the tone is just too faux-grave for me
it's a nice idea but you can't spin a whole album out of it
this seems really creative and unique and i imagine if i was 25 and getting high with a girl i was hoping to make out with it would be the perfect choice but that doesn’t come up so much anymore
one of a the highest achievements of human creativity
paul mccartney’s pretty great when he wanted to be but there are some tracks on here i’m just never going to play
i’m not really the right audience for this
the more i listen the more i dig elvis c, he’s consistently inventive and creative but he doesn’t lose the thread of hook and melody
the production is so good and i dig the chamber pop arrangements but there’s no getting around the fact the guy is a degenerate creep and this is the apogee of the degenerate 60s before the piper had to be paid
there’s something great about this record but there’s something i don’t like about it, i do t really get it, it seems fake even though i believe the band is sincere
creative and honestly moving
it’s pretty cool but there’s only so much i can take
i love and admire leonard cohen but the only thing i really like on this album is the title track
pretty cool but also pretty backgroundy, i bet it’s pretty fkn wkd when you’re really high in a giant club or something
i really dislike the sound of this record and i dislike mark knopfler’s voice but money for nothing is pretty good so 1 🌟
5 ⭐️ for effortless cool and a plenitude of hooks, minus 1 ⭐️ for everything sounding kind of the same
so huge, so powerful - it would be 5 ⭐️ except two or three tracks are filler - still this is a quibble - fuck it i’m giving it 5 ⭐️ anyway
not obviously his best but it reveals its depth with repeated listening
mostly silly but nice
even the weaker tracks are transformed by the Old Man’s depth of spirit and experience
i dug it well enough but it didn’t really move me
i love what i know of the music of india but i’m also a complete ignoramus about it, maybe this should be 5 ⭐️ i don’t want to pander though
i just can’t get into metallica, it’s supposed to be heavy but it’s not, some of the riffs are kind of cool but it’s just not enough plus the lyrics are not good
i’d like to give them points for trying but it just bugs me how they can’t help but fuck with a song to make it “original”
not into it
what is there to say? consistently unique and astonishing, a carelessly masterful poet
it’s probably okay, i don’t know, it didn’t really grab me
perfect in every way, somehow funky and spooky at the same time, bursting with hooks and energy
pretty wicked riffs and sweet shag carpet production but the decadent druggy vibe gets dull after a while
deeply inventive and moving
i love everything about classic country except listening to it
not my thing
it’s juvenile and there’s more than a whiff of hair metal but cantrell constructs the heaviest riffs, it’s not even close, and staley was a truly gifted vocalist with an incredible range
i like new order when they still had a line to joy division, all this euro disco shit just seems lame
you can almost hear them struggling to return to the pop greatness of which they’re capable but the miserablist bleep bloop shit drags the whole thing down
mm seems like a pussy, none of this is “scary” or challenging, i dig industrial guitars so some of that is cool but otherwise it’s for clowns
it’s probably better than i think but i don’t dig his voice and the production gives me the heebies
this might be 5 ⭐️ i don’t know, i avoided it for many years because i thought it was pretentious and overwrought but i see now i was wrong it’s pretentious in the good way
i’m not interested in this musically, spiritually, or ideologically
a few good tracks but overall a very weak effort
i dig the beats and the production and but the gangsta shit is just too juvenile i can’t get into it anymore
better than i expected but not really my bag
good but not that good, makes me miss the early 90s though, in retro what a time to be alive
clearly accomplished but not for me
more to be admired than adored
i didn’t listen to this because i’m confident it’s going to be shit
with the resources at her disposal she had to score a couple of cool tracks, but it just strikes me like gangsta rap: the expression of goals and desires that are fundamentally shallow and corrosive
nothing will ever again be so exciting
pretty good, they should probably strip it down a bit more, lose some of the filigree
ambitious which is good aggressively weird which is bad but beautifully produced which is good but self indulgent which is bad
can’t get into it
so great, should’ve lost the commercials though
pleasingly weird but so noodly
i keep returning to this album thinking there’s got to be more in it but maybe it’s just mildly diverting background music
pretty sweet arrangements but not an improvement over jobim on his own
it might need a closer listen, maybe the lyrics are great? but it just seems like very soft jazz rock which is not appealing to me
he’s clearly a talented songwriter fit for the mainstream - but is that really the highest goal?
i don’t give a shit, life’s too short to try the Grateful Dead again
catchy, creative, and offbeat, but occasionally a little hamfisted
great arrangements and she’s a mighty talent but it’s all such a histrionic drag
i know they mean well but this kind of thing was shit then and it’s shit now
this seems pretty creative but i’m not all that moved by tasty riffage of this sort
very tasteful, which is not entirely desirable
life’s too short and fragile to listen to death metal or gangsta rap
wow so much better than i remembered
it was fine, so tasteful though
powerful singer and good songs, suffers only slightly from some egregious early 80s flourishes
oh geez, should it be 5?
i admire everything about the Fall except that they are so aggressively unpleasant to listen to
probably great if you like this kind of thing but i don’t like this kind of thing
could be 5 but i get tired of the porn
the beach boys are pretty great but on the other hand should anyone really be spending this much time and effort on pop music? it’s never going to be bach no matter how much you tinker with it
so cringe now, the apogee of earnest “alternative” and the cheerful, smug harbinger of so much darkness to come
not a single hook on the record and i know they didn’t want any but i do, sorry
not their best but very far from their worst
engaging middlebrow bummer pop, maybe a bit too clever for his own good
otherworldly, the sound of angels come to earth
it’s not their fault this style of music became the definition of cringe but it did and so no matter how accomplished this can get no more than 3 stars
buzzcocks were a singles band, the albums have their thin bits
very nice if uneven, unsurprisingly, given the rule book of mainstream 60s pop, and what a voice
i just don’t care about guys going on like this anymore
cool
i will never play this again but it’s better than i expected and it makes me yearn for the world of the 1990s, the world we threw away
it’s tough because it’s so good and yet it’s also the portal through which so much evil entered the culture, still i don’t think you can blame the doors for all of that
the dumbest parts of the stooges turned up to 11
love knows a hook, gotta give her that, not a lot of air or space in here though, so radio
it’s just that indie singer-songwriter thing but he’s so good at it
prog is so bad
it’s cool, i dig the laid back positive vibe and it’s nice to hear people talking about loving God
nice and deep and he can craft an allusive phrase
this kind of jazz just isn’t for me, i don’t know what emotions it’s supposed to evoke, but it’s technically impressive and probably just the shit for some people
i wasn’t expecting much because of the title but this was a lot better than i expected
it’s only one trick but it’s a good one, their own tunes are thin but they did write Misguided Angel which is pretty fkn solid
old prog is shit but new prog can be pretty cool
still almost a post-punk band at this point but you can see how they could become the saviours of the world
life’s too fucking short for 80s metal sorry
it has its moments but quirkiness is almost always a fatal flaw
i guess it’s probably very well produced or something but this is really not for me
there’s something bittersweet about this sound but there’s also something shitty about it
it seems like a joke, it’s not punk and it’s not country and there are no tunes
this is a solid 3.5 rounded up to a 4, the main failing is that it thinks it is cleverer than it is
so fucking heavy and that dude was 65 years old
a few great tracks and a bunch of okay tracks
most country sounds fake even when it’s played by actual country musicians
there’s something gross about them
pretty cool, spooky and weird, i could never stand those interludes though
some nice epic flourishes but it’s so gay, morrisey is the avatar of bittersweet romanticism, straight guys should leave it alone, they sound obese
i can’t really rate this, it sounds quite accomplished for what it is but it is just not made for me
some pretty good beats & riffs, they don’t have to try too hard i’m a bit of a sucker for this kind of thing
it was fine but i’ll never reach for it again
i was quite prepared to dismiss this but it’s got solid heart and hooks and i’m man enough to admit i was wrong
i didn’t know i loved this album till today
not for mean
notwithstanding the fact sy are the most egregiously overrated band in an overrated genre, this album is less shitty than most of theirs
this steely dan is okay
it’s mostly whiny tom yorke that lets the air out of this band
pretty great especially if you’re a 13 year old in 1982
par for the course, coarse and overwrought
it’s flawless
it’s a singular vision but i don’t feel any heart in it
perfect day is a masterpiece and vicious is cool but there’s a lot of dreck and the degenerate vibe is just gross
to be perfectly honest this album drags a bit but i don’t care it still gets 5 stars
not impressive
it drags a bit but it creates its own world convincingly and bridges the gap between roxy & bauhaus
i guess it’s okay, my tolerance for prog is close to zero
manages to wring some more juice out of garage rock with exceptional hooks and good lyrics
i love the idea of shoegaze but then you get to it and there are no tunes, no tunes at all
if you were 14 and you’d never heard the buzzcocks you’d probably love this as much as i loved the buzzcocks but i don’t know if you’d still want to listen to this when you were 50 the way i still like to listen to the buzzcocks every now and then
i like tosh better than marley but either way it’s pretty hard to fuck with this record
there’s some real shit on here and even the best songs are fucked up by bad choices but it’s still a pretty impressive late Empire artifact
finely produced, maybe a little airless, so so sad
no
should get 10 stars
kind of stupid
so slack it almost falls off the edge of the table but the high points are high
i almost skipped this because i never thought metallica were half as heavy as they were supposed to be but this record kicks ass and i'm not afraid to say i was wrong
i want to like it more but really it's just a couple of cool riffs and some really cringe politics
massive, unique, as fresh as the day it was born
wow! didn't see this one coming, flawless for what it is, maybe it's an embarrassment of riches bit but wtf, it's bongos
whatever
better than i remembered, lovely late 70s sound
i thought this would seem better now but i was wrong it’s still not good
okay
noodly and not compelling
all killer, kind of hard to believe how accomplished this record is
no no no, i’m not trying to be a dick it’s just no good
not for I
sting seems like a goof but you can’t deny these tunes, there’s something airless about it but i like that
i really only dug a few tracks but i dug those a lot, they’re still a singles band for me but the singles are really choice
there is a hell and taking this as a blueprint for life will lead you right there
it seems like the same thing over and over again and i’m not that crazy about that particular thing
pretty great, but on a casual listen it’s all style, i don’t feel the heart, perhaps there isn’t any?
i don't know...it seemed pretty good but maybe not meant for me...she seems serious and the record sounds good, God bless her, i hope she's okay
a little slick
i know i should dig neil young more than i do but i don’t
the singles are pretty great but at least half the album sucks
this seems like a smart guy talking about stupid shit
many, many wednesday night “blues” jams seem to have been spawned by this unfortunate piece of work
it’s not even terrible, it’s not that interesting
super slick and catchy but i couldn’t sense any heart
this kind of country is hard to take seriously which is funny because i think it might be the most serious american music of all
the fountainhead of butt rock
sometimes art from the past just seems more naive than today’s, i mean mostly the lyrics, maybe it was just a better world
the material seems beneath him and some of those background vocals are really cringe
highly accomplished poppy hard rock; the cymbals are recorded really well
catchy but no great shit
it’s like a full album of the scott walker songs i always skip
it’s intriguing how they disassemble the works but also why don’t you just play the fucking song right every now and then?
probably a bit better than it needs to be
smokin’
this is not for me and the production is atrocious
pretty great, but maybe you need to be watching the movie for this to really shine
young fills me with a kind of pleasant somnolent dread
i don’t know, seems kind of interesting but it just didn’t grab me that mich
almost skipped it but i have to admit it’s not that bad
it’s fucking retarded of course but what are you gonna do? it’s not like they were trying to make something different
they’re like pagan gods come to earth but worshipping such gods has never ended well
the singles are okay but the production is gross and the whole thing is tepidly over- earnest
they’ve got that one idea, the whoa-whoa guitar thing, but they can’t write a tune or carry one
the weight is so much better than everything else it might as well come from a different band
this seems clever maybe a bit too clever, i bet i would like it more if i didn’t already know the kinks, scott walker, and the monochrome set
half cool half boring, what a distinctive voice
pretty great, a unique strain of classic british first wave punk, i can see why it didn’t catch on as much as the clash & pistols but they probably should be mentioned in the same breath
so singular
it’s a cool idea and it’s interesting to hear they were consciously influenced by depeche mode and omd it just seems like they should have been able to crank out more than 2 or 3 memorable tunes from it
i don’t know it’s okay i guess
you must realize that this is coming to you straight from hell
very close to as much as we can expect from pop music
some of the arrangements & riffs are actually pretty cool but like his gangsta peers it’s completely degraded and dull
a timeless classic and a huge leap forward out of the creative ferment of punk
great throughout, the strings get me every time, gets a star for “you know there ain’t no devil there’s just God when he’s drunk”
gets an extra star for Jesus on vocals otherwise ugh bloated and boring
seems pretty good, probably needs a deeper dive than i’ve given it
one trick
i guess it’s culturally significant and jack looks super-cool in the cover photo but there’s no way i’m ever putting this on just to hear it
would be a solid 5 but Bittersweet Symphony rules so hard it can’t help but make the rest slightly pale
rod stewart was ruined for me through his ubiquity on pop radio, but the man has charm and soul
5 stars for the wicked band & tunes, -2 stars for biafra’s cringe politics & “zany” delivery
as you get older you realize your idols were degenerate and broken, but you also realize all of us are broken so they still have a place in your heart
hilariously moving, perfectly constructed, heavier than heaven
likeable but nothing special, any number of 60s garage bands were just as good
i like what he’s trying but again i’d probably reach for any scott walker record before i’d reach for this
you could point out that it’s a little on the nose here and there, but why would you? a richly textured masterpiece that speaks to and from the heart
boring and nihilistic, which i think is what people like about it, supernaut has a super-cool riff though
pretty infectious, ngl
inoffensive
it’s that kind of 60s-70s thing that just seems like it was invented for the movies or something
why would i ever listen to this?
perfect for what it is and yet somewhat boring nonetheless
some of these are great and some of these are boring but the great ones are really great
nope
a melancholy masterpiece, even at the time it was a towering achievement of a passing era
who am into criticize fats domino? but if i’m honest, although it’s flawless in construction and execution, like a lot of pop music of the era it seems a little fake
sorry i’m sure it’s fine i just can’t take accordion & vibes seriously