Best new find yet. I listened to it three times already and I’m liking it more each time. Peter Gabrielish voice, clever lyrics, good stuff.

Classic. Good to listen to it again with a more attentive ear.

Beside the ones that got airplay - which are all good - I like 4th Dimensional Transition, which channels old, psychedelic Pink Floyd. The Handshake, Future Reflections also keepers.

Minimalist but engaging, just guitar and voice, and sometimes just guitar. Short songs, gotta enjoy each while it lasts. Beautiful fingerstyle playing that I need to try.

I can see why it was such a popular album, but it’s not for me. Her lilting style grates on me.

Less clever and more teen angst and relationships than the first album, but grew on me on the second trip through

Every song is a different style. Groovy to atmospheric to soul singer. I can listen to this many times, and only skip a few.

Grooving to the sweet organ sounds. Somehow I missed out on the Jimmy Smith phenomenon. Will have to listen to some more of his MANY albums.

Classic. Good to listen to it again with a more attentive ear.

One of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands. All of the quirkiness and clever lyrics.

This one was both challenging and fascinating. Took me two listens to *kinda* find the beat.

Some of their best songs, sprinkled - like many of their albums - with a few blues/country clunkers. Take out 2-3 songs and this album is perfect.

Many very short songs, 2 min and shorter. Feels like brief, disconnected thoughts. As far as I know; I couldn’t understand much of the lyrics. Some catchy, some punk thrash.

Really interesting, especially reading the history. Like a symphony at times, but bouncing between rich harmonies, complex songs, and goofy, childish tunes. Only a few that can really be called songs. A huge range of instruments.

The master of making a simple song so good. Teeters on the edge of cheese a few times, but forgivable knowing the time frame. I wouldn’t say powerful, or cathartic, but maybe soothing. Or empathetic, speaking for a nation in pain.

I’m Fred Armisen in the hip hop episode of Portlandia, trying to learn the roots of the genre. Clueless.

My third favorite of their albums, which is still 5+ stars

Fun one. Tapped into my 70’s prog rock concept album pleasure center. A little like Muse making The Wall.

A huge talent that I just don’t get into. Lotsa sexy lyrics in this one.

I listened to this one many times when it was new. On re-listen I found it still enjoyable, if a bit tired.

Wow good! I had no idea. She nails every one of these great songs.

Meh. This kind of thing is not my bag, baby.

Rockin fun. I’d love to go back to 1970 and see them play this live.

Really got into this one.

Garage band fun

That amazing, full-length Do You Feel Like I Do is enough. The rest is gravy.

Janis showcase. She was so good.

Never heard of them before but really liking the album. A mix of styles. A few songs sound like Soup Dragons meet Kate Bush. One sounds like Pet Shop Boys. One has a middle eastern or maybe Indian styled but the words are in Spanish.

Best new find yet. I listened to it three times already and I’m liking it more each time. Peter Gabrielish voice, clever lyrics, good stuff.

I liked this more when it came out. It didn’t really catch my interest on re-listen. Not bad, actually quite good, but it’s lost its newness.

Quick listen, didn’t capture my attention.

Hundreds of listens and I’m still hearing new details.

Bleh

First time I’ve heard the originals of some of these. Pretty interesting. I got a Beach Boys vibe at times.

I’d have gone with Paranoid but this has some interesting stuff.

Loved it. Minimalist and clean and not a note or beat out of place. Perfect horns.

Pretty cool, lounge music and other styles. Voice like Portishead singer. Good one for a dinner party.

Most amazing first album. Classic right out of the gates.

Not really songs, more like he finds a hook and repeats it for a song length. Works sometimes, especially on Praise You. Just repetitive on others.

So much smooth flowing Marvin goodness. Then I read the background and had to listen again.

Psychedelic space rock. Not bad but not great. I only made it partway through, it’s a veeeery long album.

Couldn’t make it through the whole thing.

Almost spoken word, his voice is so low. Captures him at the end of life, still the wordsmith.

I didn’t listen to the whole thing, not really in the mood, but I still liked what I heard, mostly.

One of the great first albums.

Garage band fun, but an upscale garage, with epoxy floors and glass doors

Classic rap sounds, fun listening. Now I want to listen to more by them.

No need to listen to this one again. Experimental sounds, interesting at times but not much there.

First side is very Bowie-esque. Good listen overall.

“Desert blues,” a genre I didn’t know existed. Love it. Guitar driven, American blues influenced but very African. Great stuff.

Bouncy ska fun. Turns out I only know two Specials songs, and neither is in this album. But it’s still a good listen.

Not as good as remember. For its time I suppose it was impressive but it hasn’t aged well.

Some CSN, some CBGB.

Love the song. The album isn’t as good.

From what I read, one of the best albums of the nineties. I don’t see it.

Lots of great songs. A few unlistenable thrashers.

Song after song I thought Oh, this is a good one!

Great soul and blues

A few of my favorite Doors songs: L.A. Woman and Riders on the Storm. Some rough blues.

TIL: John Fogerty didn’t grow up on the bayou. And he did write Proud Mary. And I’m still sick of CCR.

Raw, dynamic, rockin’ goodness

Amazing singer.

Good to delisted to this, it’s been a while. Clever, raw songs and terrible vocals.

First side good, short songlets. Second side ambient and bleh.

Some greats that have aged well

Typical not-quite-chaos of OC, hard to listen to

Four stars for the lyrics, minus one for the terrible singing, which may or may not be an affect. Think of it more as a wobbly, spoken word performance.

Saweeeet! Listen to this many more times.

Great Irish music, but it gets to be a bit much - 18 songs!

There’s a common style running through these Scottish bands of the time: these guys and Soup Dragons and Jesus and Mary Chain. Very good stuff.

Not my thing, but they do play tight and high energy. Lyrics are meh.

We’re goths, not vamps! I don’t love the style. And that super low voice is distracting.

Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking and Bitch all on one album. And the rest is solid too.

The literal one man band. A few bland ones but mostly keepers.

All new, to me, and a lot of good stuff. Makes me want to go on an exploration of their catalog.

I didn’t give this one enough time but I liked what I heard.

A bunch of the classic Christmas songs I’ve heard over the years.

Listen to this again when you have more time on

A few fun listens but I skipped through a lot. Don’t revisit.

Listen to this when you have more time and the wife doesn’t have to hear it.

I’m sure I would get more out of this if I took the time to listen to it head-to-head with the Stones. Someday.

Hard to listen to it objectively but I feel like it has aged well.

Significant at its time, I guess.

Quite an assortment of styles. Goofy at times.

Really? Two albums by PJ Harvey already? Ok, this one is odd, kind of a cross between Bjork and Sinead O’Connor. Listenable but not very interesting. Maybe there’s more in the lyrics that I wasn’t hearing.

Rocking goodness, and better with each listen.

Still works. Not my favorite of theirs, but high on the list.

Enjoyable but didn’t hold my interest.

Good album but I’m still sick of them.

Excellent album. A slightly too-80’s production, like a smooth jazz backing band around her great, smoky voice.

Good stuff., a variety of folk and groove. Check out more of his stuff, there’s a lot.

Great first album but my god, the squeakiness! Some stars for All Through the Night and Time After Time.

Mixed bag. I could do without the waltzes.

Great, rambling funk rock from the master.

Well, it’s SPLHCB. One of the greatest albums ever produced. I listened to it more carefully this time as a concept album, rather than the individual songs I’ve heard many times, and realized I’ve never really appreciated it that way before.

Notes of The Clash but less political and less known.

Possibly the same person as Otis Redding. Has anyone ever seen them together?

British KISS minus the makeup. I bet the mosh pit was a blast.

Still my favorite male voice. Mostly great. A few songs are just plain goofy.

Tried it twice. Bland and depressing. Two stars for decent lyrics.

You know you’re enjoying the album when every song seems to end too soon. Even the title track, which is more than 8 min long.

I only recognizes one song but enjoyed the whole album.

Too polished and produced at times but hey, it’s MJ. Always great.

Holds up well. Some straight up blues. Interesting to read what perfectionists they were. Their demos sound just like the album versions