Live / Dead
Grateful DeadMy inner dialogueโฆ Upon seeing this as todayโs album: oh no A minute into the first song: maybe I will like this, itโs kind of cool 9 hours later and the first song is still going: No.
My inner dialogueโฆ Upon seeing this as todayโs album: oh no A minute into the first song: maybe I will like this, itโs kind of cool 9 hours later and the first song is still going: No.
Love Heroes, can take or leave the rest.
Her raw, gritty voice perfectly matches the words and music. The song Car Wheelsโฆ makes me think fondly of my own childhood in a rural community with unpaved roads and free-range cousins. I can still sing along to every song.
Not today Prog Rock, not today. The Battle of Epping Forest has me slightly intrigued. But still, no.
Nile Rodgers rules. And the album would get a 5/5 for โGood Timesโ alone. But the fact that so many great songs came from it, like Rapperโs Delight and Rapture makes me want to give it a 6.
Rating 1. Iโm not a huge fan of The Who, but I like songs like Baba OโRiley, behind blue eyes, etc. You know, the hits. When I looked at the track listing for this album I recognize the song โI can see for Milesโ. I thought I liked that song and so started listening to the album. I liked the idea of mixing advertisements with the music, but the execution fell flat. The first few songs reminded me a little bit of CSN. I gamely listened until the song that I knew came on and expected that to elevate the experience for me. But instead it made me like the song โI can see for Milesโ just a little bit less. I kept listening because thatโs what this is about, right? Starting with โGlitter Girlโ and โMelancholiaโ , I could recognize what I do like about The Who, which is more forceful guitar playing. However I donโt think I ever need to listen to this album again.
An unobjectionable album. I listened to it while going to sleep.
Seems like it wanted to be a Doors album but fell far short.
When the first song started I thought that it sounded like Rod Stewart. Then I remembered that it was him. I love Jeffโs playing and Rodโs voice so it all worked out!
Over and Over: is OK. The ledge: also just ok. Jangly. Think About Me: the complete FMac package so good. Save Me a Place: I kept waiting for it to go somewhere. Sara; this is the reward for not turning the album off. Makes me excited for what may be next. What makes you Think Youโre the One: keeps the momentum going. Storms: very controlled, measured. Thatโs All for Everyone: has a tamped-down ethereal sound. Simple lyrics. Not that Funny: the energy is back! Sisters of the Moon: the energy changes, the coven is near. Angel: Sara with a little more power. And more voices. Thatโs Enough for Me: I love Lindsey. The playing, the voice, the tempo. Brown Eyes: I keep waiting for it to rock out but it remains repressed. I thought it might at the end but it didnโt. Never Make Me Cry: solid I Know Iโm Not Wrong: straight-ahead beat. Lindsey Honey Hi: Christine with great harmonies Beautiful Child: poignant, pretty. Seems like a precursor to Landslide Walk a Thin Line: simple, a bit plodding Tusk: JACKPOT! Never Forget: a fine song, but a let down after Tusk Iโm listening on Spotify and after the original it goes into the remastered versions. Not commenting on those, but all the power and โrock out-nessโ I wished for on the original was there.
1. I like it. A little sonic, still melodic. 2. I really like this one. 3. This one I have always liked. I think of myself as someone who doesnโt like Radiohead but the first three songs have proven me wrong. Letโs see what comes next. 4. Oh damn, I may be a Radiohead fan. I do love the Fake Plastic Trees. 5. Maybe itโs the Kid A-OK Computer Radiohead I donโt like because this has been a delightful experience so far. 6. A bit repetitive but still good. A bit of the experimental feedback-y stuff near the end that I associate with them (rightly or wrongly, who knows because I am certainly not a reliable narrator!). 7. And the restโฆ This is a great album. I need to go back in time to see them at someplace like the North Star and enjoy them while they were good!
I didnโt know the Doves until now. The album is OK. If it was being played somewhere I wouldnโt turn it off. Not sure Iโd go looking for it either but I do think I may listen to it again sometime. โฆ if itโs being played somewhere by somebody else. I read in one of the reviews of this album that the band was up for a Mercury Prize in 2002. According to an article in the Guardian โ the Mercury music prizeโฆis perceived as the "eclectic album of the year award". If by eclectic they mean uneven ^^^then , OK, I agree with that. If they mean interesting then not so much. ^^^The musical interlude(Where Weโre Calling From) and the song unlike the rest (Fridayโs Dust). I think those are the ones. I listened to this over three days, which says something about how compelling it was(nโt). I found out that Ms Dynamite won the prize that year. I donโt know who that is either. I am tempted to listen to some of her/their/his music but I wonโt now, just in case that album comes up later in this 1001 albums journey. *Fun fact: โHeathenโ by David Bowie was also up for the same prize that year.
I loved it then. I love it now. That is all.
Nope. I listened to the song Winter in America on Spotify. Couldnโt find the album. Review of the song: Jazz and a lecture. Found the album on YouTube and listened while driving and running errands. Because it was on YouTube I had no idea what song was what, and a few times it skipped to a totally different album. I did my best. This album gets a 5/5 for difficulty of listening! I didnโt like the electric piano/organ or the Pan-flute(?). Didnโt care about the song for Bobby and wasnโt moved by the one about first love or the one about domestic discord. At the end there was a poem about Watergate that was interestingโฆ. Mildly. It name checked Frank Rizzo. Iโm sure it was sensational at the time. I would have liked a lot of the songs more if there were no words.
I know Nick Cave a little but this is the first album Iโve listened to. Very distinctive voice and style. Although โLet the Bells Ringโ sounds a bit like Looking Glass. The song Spell would be a good mix with โGirl, Youโll be a Woman Soonโ either Urge Overkill or Neil Diamondโs version. So maybe not as distinctive as previously stated. Album a bit Halloween-y without being overly maudlin. The refrain (the singing, not the words) in Abbatoir Blues sounds downright cheerful. Hiding All Away is really good. Some songs went a little too long, as did the album.
A bunch of years ago a casual acquaintance was talking about how good this band was. They were so enthusiastic about them that, when asked, I agreed that they were good. I never listened to them until today. It turns out I wasnโt lying. I would play this album on purpose and if the 1001 albums ever end I may even investigate more of their stuff. I got a Beck vibe from some of the songs, starting with Crying. I really like Heroic Dose. And the song with the line about getting so high that their face melts off. I think itโs Lovers Day.
Excellent driving music. The song Love me like a Reptile has a line that goes โshock you like an electric eelโ. And the band MGMT has a song called Electric Feel. Listen to it. Coincidence? I had planned to write derisive things about this album, like how all the songs sound the same and the lyrics arenโt very inspired. But I just realized that those things are OK because all that matters is the unrelenting beat. Is it the drums, the bass, the guitar? Or all of them? *My brother (limpbizkitโฆ) just informed me itโs the bass. And then talked a lot about Lemmy. I wonโt steal that info for my review but he said interesting things so I hope he reviews this album.* It is short. But that doesnโt matter because you can always just play it again. Optimally, while driving fast.
Sounds like the 80s are back on this one. I usually think of Duran Duran, but one of the songs started out a bit like The Smiths. Killers songs brighter and poppier than the influences. Front-loaded with hits, very weak end. The beginning of โJenny was a Friend of Mineโ reminds me of โFriends of Mineโ by Duran Duran. I enjoy both songs. โSomebody told me you had a boyfriend who looked like a girlfriend that I had in February of last yearโ is a lyric I always have to think about a little bit before I figure out what heโs saying. Kind of a musical word problem. I have no idea what โโฆIโve got soul but Iโm not a soldierโ is supposed to mean but itโs fun to sing.
No inclination to organize listening notes into anything more. Deceptacon - fun, summer vibe. Hot Topic - swingy and still fun. Until the name checking at the end. The one about John Cassavetes was where it took a turn for the worse. And the barking didnโt help. Made me want to listen to โPepperโ or โPeople Who Diedโ. Just to cleanse my palate. Then came โThe the Emptyโ - no. No. NO. It hurt my ears. Phanta - OK. Thinking about Missing Personsโฆ or maybe the Waitresses Eau deโฆ. OK Letโs Run. I like this one My My Metrocard- great for the first few seconds before the vocals started. Friendship Station - this one is good. Melody, beat, no ear-bleeding inducing vocal. Slideshow - โSunscreenโ anyone? Dude - random words. Why? Les and Ray - why save this perfectly nice song until last? If I hadnโt committed to listening to this album for this project I never would have heard it because I would have stoped listening at โThe the Emptyโ.
I canโt name any Wu-Tang songs and, before today, couldnโt name any by Method Man. In 1994 I was busy scamming Columbia House for $.01 Nirvana, STP and Green Day CDs. The music seems familiar, though, and I like it. I noticed some similarities between the sounds/techniques used here and those used on Reggae radio stations (like on WKDUโs program Jam City Rock). I donโt have the vocabulary to express exactly what it is, but I think Iโll keep digging into it. I was asking my brother about it today and, after listening to my incoherent explanation of what I meant he threw back a bunch of words. Dubstep was one of them. I read on Wikipedia that dubstep started(or at least the term Dubstep) in the early 2000s in London. and the sound Iโm thinking of (but canโt explain) goes back to at least the early 90s. So maybe Iโm hearing part of the evolution? Dub/hip-hop/reggae? Sometimes the internet is not as helpful as I want it to be. If any of you have any idea at all what Iโm trying to get at, please let me know. If not just ignore my rambling. This album gets a 5 for occupying all my spare thoughts today. But probably less for actual quality.
Less melodic and more atmospheric than The Bends. But still better than I remember. Especially good rainy day music.
Great musicianship. I still love the songs from this album that were released as singles. I think whoever was in charge picked the right ones. Except TV Dinners - I liked the B-side much more (Cheap Sunglasses) The rest of the songs werenโt bad, but didnโt make me feel like I missed anything. Fun fact: Billy Gibbons was on the show โBonesโ as one of the main characterโs bad-ass guitar-playing dad. The song โThugโ had an Eagles vibe. And brought to mind the theme from Seinfeld. I also am sorry I gave OK Computer 3 stars. It deserves 4. Karma Police has been in my head all weekend.
Her talent is undeniable. The production on this album is not. Iโm not sure what it was exactly, but it seemed like the album should have been better. Tighter, more lushโฆsomething. Mark Ronson would have known what to do. I enjoyed โF*** Me Pumpsโ.
I think itโs a nearly perfect album. What keeps it from being that for me is the instrumental. And thatโs just nitpicking. Everybody Hurts is one of my favorite songs.
Garage/Indie/Alt rock. I like the guitars. And maybe the cello (?). Afghan Whigs sound like somebody else. The name is on the tip of my tongue and I just canโt think of who it is. Although I know of the Afghan Whigs, I couldnโt name any songs or albums before today. I may have heard โDebonairโ before. It seems to me that the band was either in a movie playing themselves or was on some soundtrack in the early 90s. Reality Bites or Singles come to mind. I just looked it up and they did play as a band in some movie I didnโt see and they were on the soundtrack of the movie Beautiful Girls. I like the first few songs but the interesting instrumental parts start with Be Sweet. Be Sweet - Guitar reverb/feedback is cool When We Two Parted - guitar sounds. Is it a Wah wah pedal? Is this what it means to make a guitar weep? Or is it a cello? The line about the person who hurts you being the only one that can make them feel better is very psychopath-y. My Curse - is it a different singer? (I just looked it up and yes it is) I Keep Coming Back - the beginning has the same kind of vibe as โThe Night We Metโ by Lord Huron I just genuinely liked it all. Found out that it is an album about the end of a relationship. According to Pitchfork, itโs โA harrowing song cycle chronicling the death throes of a relationship โ. I will have to listen to it again knowing that - someday.
This is not an album to be analyzed. This is one to turn up loud, sing along, and remember how fun college parties were with warm beer and sweaty people oozing pheromones and freedom.
Even if you donโt think you know the Beach Boys, you know The Beach Boys. This album sounds like teenaged angst wrapped in California sunshine. I am having a hard time talking about this album without thinking about everything else that they have done so I will just say that, except for the part about them talking about hamburgers and French fries, it was very good. I listened to this album today with my 16 year-old niece.* After it was over we listened to quite a few One Direction songs (2 1/2 hr drive from Sleepy Hollow, NY, to Philadelphia) and we were talking about how the video for their song โKiss Youโ was influenced by The Beach Boys. * I invited Brave to join our listening group so we may get some GenZ-based reviews soon! Final note: I canโt get the song Brian Wilson by the Barenaked Ladies out of my head right now and Iโm not mad about it!
REM has a signature sound and Michael Stipe has a unique voice. There is no song Iโve heard by them that I would mistake for another band. A lot of their songs are similar but not the same. Iโm not their biggest fan but I like them well enough. The songs โItโs the End of the World..โ and โThis One Goesโฆโ are ingrained in my memory because of constant airplay at the time and occasionally even now. Here are some thoughts on other songs on the album: I like the guitars in Exhuming McCarthy Strange - Solid. If youโre going to name a song after Lightninโ Hopkins it should be better. Much better. King of Birds - My favorite on the album. Odd fellows Local - Love the rhythm of the drums and bass. Second favorite song.
The album was good and the last two songs were better, especially the Joni Mitchell cover. Her voice goes well with understated arrangements, but when the music opens up it gives it an extra dimension. I think she is probably great live. And Iโm glad someone finally wrote a song about chemtrails!
I like my socioeconomic/political commentary with a beat. My favorite thing about this listening project so far is getting to hear things I wouldnโt necessarily choose. I was never a big hip hop fan and that hasnโt changed, but I am glad to have heard this album. I didnโt realize DHOH was Michael Frantiโs band. If the song H2O-Gate Blues on the Gil Scott Heron album had better music I might have liked it more. And if anyone cares about my rant from the Tical album, some reggae radio stations just mix hip hop with reggae. Question answered.
This album makes me want to be a cooler person.
I could hear The Who becoming more of The Who that they would become. This sounds trite when written out, but I stand by it. The beginning of the album sounded to me like a lot of other British invasion bands of the same era including The Beatles. After I had that thought I listened to Revolver, which came out the same year as this album and it was not the same at all. But I will leave that to talk about for when Revolver is our album of the day. Sneak preview- it is great. So for anyone who is offended, this does not sound anything like anything the Beatles ever did. I listened to this album (the mono version) in the car today with my nephew Max (Braveโs twin brother), who does not like music played loudly. So besides the songs โMy Generationโ and โ The kids are all rightโ I donโt remember which song was which and because I couldnโt listen to it very loud (and I had to pay attention to traffic) i wasnโt fully involved. I do remember that there was one very blues-y song and one that reminded me of the Old 97โs.
I wonder what Tommy and Gina are up to these days?
She has a great voice, but I found this album super boring. The โTina Taught Meโ interlude was interesting.
The album was short but the songs were long. I donโt really like the โjam bandโ genre, but these funky jams were better than Phish.
โJust My Imaginationโ had a harp. And seemed to be ripped off from The Temptations. โIf You Think Youโre Lonely Nowโ was good. Nothing great, nothing horrible. I prefer my smooth jazz/R &B to be sung by George Benson. The last few albums make me feel like the mean judge on American Idol (Simon Cowell). I wish I knew what his catchphrase was, if he had one.
Ah, Swamp Rock. I like it. This album makes me think of โNam. Or at least movies about it. There are a few songs on here that have, I think, seeped into the collective consciousness of a few generations, both the John Fogerty-penned songs and the covers.
When I saw that this was the album for today I thought that either I was going to be really happy or really disappointed. There was a bit of both. When the first song started I was immediately disappointed because it wasnโt as good as I remembered it being. Rockafeller Skank was as fun as ever. In Heaven repeated fucking about a million times too many. Then came Ganster Trippin. From that song on my sensibilities shifted and I was happy. Except for Kalifornia. That was annoying. The thing that made me happiest was remembering that Norman Cook used to have a group called Beats International and my roommates and I listened to the album (cassette) Let Them Eat Bingo a lot in 1990. It still holds up. I was also thinking about how I say I donโt like jam bands but this seems to be an electronic jam record. And jazz has lots of jamming going on. So I guess I just donโt like the Grateful Dead and Phish.
I am OK with the deaf dumb and blind kid playing pinball, but I am not OK with all of the familial abuse suffered by poor Tommy. Iโd like to go back to before I listened to this. I will stick with the radio edits that came from this album and attempt to forget the rest. I guess because it was the first rock opera it should be on this list of albums to listen to before I die but I really wish it wasnโt. I hope Jesus Christ Superstar is also on this list.
The music is good. The singer is annoying and some of the lyrics are problematic (For the Love of Ivy).
I didnโt listen to this band in 1985 because they werenโt in the Top 40 or in heavy rotation on MTV. I watched a lot of MTV and donโt remember them being played at all. Later on, when I did hear about them it was from a friend who was super pretentious and so I didnโt listen to them on principle. I like them. Sometimes a bit too much feedback but mostly a good balance of dissonance and melody. Also, I thought they were from Lancaster, PA. When looking them up today to verify that, I learned that they are not. They are Scottish and their genre was called Shoegazing. Thatโs a new one for me. The beginning of Sowing Seeds sounds like the beginning of Concrete Blondeโs Joey. I really like the band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and one of the reviews I read said that Jesus and Mary Chain was an influence on them, so thanks JAMC. Lastly, do you think it is possible that they meant to put Jesus Christ Superstar on this list instead of the Jesus and Mary Chain?
When I was really young, my dad sang American Pie around the house. The first time I heard it on the radio I was incredulous about how his song ended up there! Nostalgic 5. Otherwise, earnest man telling stories well.
30 years later and I still donโt understand Flavor Flavโs giant clock necklace. To be fair, I have never really looked into it. And he is a great hype man. I spent quite a bit of time thinking about the word Nigger. About how it is a horrible word and shouldnโt be said. About how it has been taken back by Black people and used as a representation of power. And about how that is all well and good but if you are going to put it in a song that millions of people listen to you shouldnโt be surprised or angry if that word gets said/sung/shouted by non-black people. I donโt know if any of the members of public enemy have expressed anger over this, maybe I am just thinking about Jay Z. It is quite the conundrum. The album was solid. I wouldโve thought that It Takes a Nationโฆ (Rebel Without a Pause) or even Fear of a Black Planet (911 is a Joke) would have been the PE album chosen, but as I have not investigated all of the albums that are on this list they very well may be on there, too!
I liked Rumba Mama. Otherwise, no thank you. I looked the band up and theyโre really important in jazz circles. And that Rumba Mama was a live version. So while I will never listen to their studio recordings, I would probably have enjoyed them in Montreaux. The album title is the same as a song by Cousteau, a band I like very much. Now Iโm listening to them.
This is not for me. I liked bits of some songs but not all of any song. The closest was Monster. Disjointed and distracting. Iโve never heard this album (or group) before and heard nothing that compels me to listen again.
Itโs a hard album to listen to at times. I think thatโs the point.
From the first sound of the organ/synth to the last note of Purple Rain, it was a wonderful journey!
Is Brian Eno the first artist to fool around with sonic landscapes? I donโt know. Do I enjoy sonic landscapes? Sometimes. Iโm glad I got to listen to this album twice. It was OK the first time, but I appreciated it more the second time. I donโt often have the luxury of listening to our daily album more than once, which I think is a shame because, unless something really strikes chord, I am more likely to give it a lower rating. Julie With and Down by the River weโre my favorite songs on this record.
Not perfect, but great. I think the concept that was promised went a bit off track, but it was a fun ride. I always forget how much I like Moonage Daydream. I really want to give it a 5, but my finger tapped the 4th star and that seems right.
This album is very evocative of a specific time and place. Very Laurel Canyon. I wish I lived in the Hollywood Hills in the late 60s. I imagine the Byrds, the Mamas and the Papas, The Beach Boys, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, etc. hanging out, getting stoned and making music. I would hope to avoid the Manson Family, though.
This is one of the few live albums that works.
From โSchoolโs Outโ (the harbinger of freedom throughout my school years) to the jazzy โBlue Turkโ, this was an enjoyable listen. I didnโt expect the West Side Story interlude. My Stars went on a bit too long. Public Animal #9 is a catchy tune. Hey hey hey. Alma Mater is a bit Led Zeppelinesque. Until the banter. I wonder if school marching bands play The Grande Finale?
Heavy metal is what I wouldโve said if you had asked me what genre of music iron maiden was yesterday. I still agree with that today but after listening I now have to include hints of speed metal, punk/Post punk, and (horror of horrors) progressive rock. I say horror of horrors, because I do not consider myself a fan of progressive rock. I also am not really sure what progressive rock is, except that I know it is called Prog rock, and I do not like that term at all. (And no, I am not going to learn anymore about Prog Rock right now for fear I might like more of it.) I only learned that they are considered progressive because I looked at a review to make sure that I wasnโt totally missing the mark when I detected the hints of speed and punk. Putting my hangups aside, I thought it was a fine album. I did not mind the instrumental Transylvania, and became invested in Charlotte the harlot. Remember Tomorrow was my fave. And kudos to them for existing so that Wheatus could talk about them in Teenage Dirtbag and then One Direction could do a fantastic cover of it.
I enjoyed this music very much back in the days of late nights and questionable activities. Solid electronica. Please refer to Andyโs review of โRockafeller Skankโ. I feel itโs appropriate here. I saw them in the early 2000s and remember it being a good time.
Trippy dippy 1960s psychedelia. Probably music being played in places other than my imagined barbecue in Laurel Canyon. Reminds me of other bands, but I canโt quite think who off the top of my head. Maybe the Moody Blues (days of future passed). Maybe the Doors, Beatles? Some lyrics that struck me: โA house is not a motelโ โฆand the waterโs turned to bloodโฆgo turn on your tub and itโs mixed with mud โThe daily planetโ โฆ plastic Nancy she โs so fancyโฆ โLive and let liveโ โฆThe snot has caked against my pants. Summer in the summer is different than the other songs โYou Set the Sceneโ. โฆThereโs a chicken in my nest and she wonโt lay until Iโve given her my best. The next song that Spotify chose to play after this album was from the Beatlesโ album Revolver. Hmmm? The only song that that I definitely had heard before was the first one, โAlone Again Orโ but the rest of the album was both really familiar and foreign at the same time. I wholly enjoyed listening to this. Once.
I was familiar with the song Connection and am happy that the rest of the album is as enjoyable.
Willieโs distinctive voice, combined with the spare, simple arrangements were put to good use in the telling of the tale of the red headed stranger. Iโm not sure I liked it, but I appreciate it.
Is that a harmonica on The Wizard? I donโt associate harmonica with heavy metal, but here it is. It was interesting to learn about the modifications Tommy made so that he could play guitar. I guess heavy metal would sound a bit different if he had all his fingers. The fact that this record was done in basically one take is impressive.
This was a pleasant surprise. Listening to the jangly guitar transformed a foggy afternoon from gloomy to hopeful. Even the song about famine (I Have No Time) was jaunty. The mood turned dark by Needle of Death. Why was this song not in Trainspotting? The tune belies the words in Do You Hear Me Now? The skies darkened as his songs did the same. My enjoyment persisted. Jangly chords and mournful lyrics. A perfect meeting of the right record at the right time for me. Mission accomplished, book. This WAS an album I needed to hear.
Love the band, love the album.
The song Victoria holds up and the Churchill song stood out. The rest of the album was unremarkable.
Masterful, dynamic and engaging - yes. An album I needed to hear before I die - no. After I listened to it I read about the album and artist. He deserves all the stars for his skills and playing this concert on a sub-par instrument. And for doing it while in pain and wearing a back brace.
I wish the river boat from the Karma Chameleon video was real. The album is more R&B/soul than I realized at the time. Real piano, instead of just synthesizers. Also appreciated the horns and backing vocals.
I like this but Iโm not sure how much is genuine and how much is pretension.* Probably about 80/20. Things I thought of while listening to this album: The I Dream of Jeannie theme song, the Bewitched theme song, the show Mad Men, film noir, flamenco music and the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley. * to be clear, it is myself I am trying to impress. Iโm trying to be cool enough for this music.
This music was not pleasing to my ears.
Nile Rodgers rules. And the album would get a 5/5 for โGood Timesโ alone. But the fact that so many great songs came from it, like Rapperโs Delight and Rapture makes me want to give it a 6.
Rockabilly pirate post-punk music. I like it a lot!
I am a huge Wilco fan. This album is not my favorite Wilco album (Summerteeth). Nor does it include my favorite Wilco song (Casino Queen) But it is still a Wilco album. When Jay Bennet was there and they were all kinds of messed up. Good times. Simply put, I love all the Wilco music up to and including Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Everything after that is enjoyed at various levels. Some being not at all. Being There is a bit too long. And all of the songs on this album sound 100 times better when played live. The Lonely 1 is a plaintive song about a fan. Makes me think of the Carpentersโ Superstar. Also, kind of like a Sesame Street version of Eminemโs Stan. Red Eyed and Blue has a cool whistling part that I can sometimes do. I will happily sit with any of you and discuss Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt (and any side projects) ad nauseam. If I remember correctly, Wilco opened for Sheryl Crow at the Mann in support of this album. I do remember that Jeff wore Khaki pants and a light blue Oxford shirt and it made me sad. Uncle Tupelo was truly gone.
Based on other bands I listen to I should love this band. I should know all their songs and their history and have seen them live. But I donโt. And I havenโt. I know the names Black Francis and Kim Deal. I recognize and like a few of their songs but thatโs as far as my relationship with the Pixies has gotten. I liked the songs sung by Kim more than the ones by Frank.
I played this album at a dinner party on Christmas Eve and it was a big hit. Classic Christmas songs in truePhil Spector style.
The concept for this album was interesting and the execution was fantastic. I heard that tensions ran high between Billy Bragg and Wilco while making this but they all must be happy with how it turned out. Some songs are somber and mournful, some are raucous and bawdy and then there is the glorious cacophony of Hoodoo Voodoo. These are songs that seem like they would be played at a hootenanny. One that I would be happy to attend. Natalie and Billy singing on Way Over yonder in the Minor Key is beautiful.
Heroin beach funk. Great musicianship all around.
The song structure is similar on many of the tunes in this album with enough differences to keep me interested. Spoonman, Black Days and Black Hole Sun are most familiar to me. I also really like the song Head Down. It has a trippier kind of vibe than the others.
Not today Prog Rock, not today. The Battle of Epping Forest has me slightly intrigued. But still, no.
Tom is a strange man with a voice that hurts. I like his music a lot. And also his acting gigs. โTom Traubertโs Bluesโ is my favorite TW song. Not on this album. I was trying to remember where I heard it first and finally remembered it was on the Basquiat soundtrack. Then when I was looking it up to verify, I learned that Tom met Jim Jarmusch at a party for (or held by) Basquiat. I like the bluesy/jazzy style of this album. The songs with the strings/horns feel warmer than those without them. I did not know that he was the composer and original singer of Jersey Girl! โDonโt you know there ainโt no devil thatโs just God when heโs drunkโ is such a good lyric - Heart attack and vine โHow do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porch light on?โ - Mr. Siegel is my favorite in this album. Tied with Jersey Girl.
I have no strong feelings about this album except the long weird Murder Mystery. I am not a fan of that song.
Lovefool is a fantastic pop song. The rest of the album was easy to listen to. I enjoyed Iron Man, as it was a bit different than the other songs. Definitely not a โmust hearโ album.
I have loved the song Kingdom of Rain (not on this album) since I first heard it in the early 90s but never explored the band further. And I think I knew at one point that Sinead OโConnor sang on that song, but today I was pleasantly reminded. I started listening to the album this morning without paying very much attention to it but was drawn in by the big sounds and interesting lyrics. I then did some googling and watched all of the videos for this album and I think that today will not be the last day that I listen to The The. I learned a lot of interesting things about this album and the band today, but that can all be read on Wikipedia. The one thing that stood out was that there were, I think, 61 instruments played. Similar sounds: Big Bad VooDoo Daddy, Wall of Voodoo and Morphine
It was all fine. I like the mix of rock and hip-hop on Rock Box. I was going to say that this is an example of making urban music palatable in the heartland, then I read some review that called this music hard. So what do I know!
I first heard โThere She Goesโ while watching the movie โSo I Married an Ax Murdererโ in 1993. Thought it was great. Moved on with my life. Then a few years later my great friend Marianne reintroduced me to the band. I borrowed the CD from her and did not want to give it back. Eventually I did after many requests and gentle threats. All of the songs are my favorites!
This was an easy listen. Bluesy rock tunes with story lyrics. โYouโre So Rudeโ is a bit Hedwig-esque. โStay With Meโ is as familiar as a well-worn pair of shoes.
She was God in โAbsolutely Fabulousโ and it was a well-deserved role. She is fantastic. I just checked on Wikipedia to make sure sheโs still alive and she is.
The only thing I know about East Coast versus West Coast is that Tupac was West Coast, biggie was East Coast and they were both shot. If I delved into the meaning behind the beef I might find the lyrics on this album interesting. But I havenโt done it so far and have no plans to do so in the future. So while I donโt dislike this music, it does not resonate with me and is definitely not something that I needed to hear. And I know the names Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. but I have never heard of Jeru the Damaja before today and will not care tomorrow. I like the track Mental Stamina.
Thereโs a lot going on here. Funk, jazz, hip-hop, rap, punk. Itโs a bit much. Sabotage is a great song. So is Sure Shot.
Is the title pronounced Closer or Closer? I think it is closer, as in end. The mausoleum on the cover was my clue. And the fact that the lead singer offed himself. This sounds like it should be played at a funeral after party in a loft in a warehouse down by the docks. Maybe it was. Ianโs voice paired well with the sterile post-punk/pre-industrial arrangements.
I donโt like his voice.
I remain ambivalent about the Talking Heads. I know their hits and donโt dislike them. I have never owned any of their albums and havenโt felt like I missed anything. The music grew on me. By the time โArtists Onlyโ played I think I had Stockholm Syndrome. But a little David Byrne goes a long way.
Before today I only knew one of their songs, โDaft Punk is playing at my houseโ. I really like that song and I always think of it as being very meta-. Iโm not actually sure what Meta is so I may be wrong and now Iโm thinking of poor Alanis and all of the unironic things she thought were ironic! And that song isnโt on this record anyway so pardon my tangent. This album is delightful. I heard influences of The Strokes, The Killers and even New Order. The music was good, some lyrics were clever and I will definitely listen to this again.
I donโt like his voice. I get that heโs a great musician and songwriter, but my hands are tied when i canโt get past the voice. And there was a LOT of harmonica, which just made my headache worse. I did persevere and noticed that the timbre of his voice changed a bit on the plugged in tunes. A bit more palatable but not much.
Some songs come very close to being too annoying, but mostly succeeds as Fun party music. I love Kate Piersonโs voice. Didnโt like the Petula Clark cover very much.
This album contains the garage band, indie sound I so loved in the 90s. Itโs a record that, if I had heard it then, would probably be an old favorite. Having heard it only once, i would probably rate the experience at a 2 with hopes of it becoming a 4 after repeated listens. But I donโt have time for all that now so a 3 it is.
I love the vibe of this album. Great for a road-trip in the barren landscape of the American Southwest. I would shuffle this album with some Eagles, Santana and Fleetwood Mac. Neil Young does not have the best voice and if his singing was water in a bucket there would be quite a bit of spillage., but he is pleasant to listen to nonetheless.
The spare arrangements complement her powerful voice on this bunch of torch songs. Fantastic.
There are one or two songs on this record that I donโt care for, but that is more than made up for by how much I love all of the other songs! One of my favorite lyrics โLike a liar at a witch trial, you look good for your ageโ - Plump
Perfectly nice.
Sheโs a great lyricist. I was interested in almost all of the stories told in these songs. Standouts include โWillowโ, โNo body no crimeโ (ah, HAIM), โCowboy Like Meโ (with Marcus Mumford), and โConey Islandโ with The National. Iโm not fond of the song with BonIver on this album, although I love the song โExileโ that he sings on in her Folklore album. I thought the mixture of musical styles in Closure didnโt work. And the songs with girlsโ names were not my favorites.
I did not need to hear this album.
The first song sounds like an infomercial. Till Your Well Runs Dry is my favorite song on the album.
The music is benign but the lyrics ruined it for me.
there are most definitely better singers and better arrangements of all of these songs, but that doesnโt lessen my enjoyment of listening to Olโ Blue Eyes
I really love the beginning of Foolinโ. Also, Photograph, Too Late for Love and Rock of Ages are seared into my memory because of MTV.
The singerโs voice gets on my nerves - is it an accent, an affectation? The music, the speed, the volume, is fantastic. I really like the genre and if I had time, I would probably investigate this band more.
There was nothing on this album that stood out. It isnโt bad, itโs just not memorable. Iโm going to listen to Bittersweet Symphony now. That gets 5 stars!
This was a favorite when it came out. Still is.
Intro sounded really familiar, but if I heard it before I didnโt know who it was. The more I listen, the more I like it. Very chill beach music.
I listened to the first song and thought that this was not going to be a good album. Then the second song gave me hope. And thatโs how the rest of the album continued, they were highs and there were lows. The highs were never fives and lows were never ones. Some of the lyrics were just plain bad, but itโs still David Bowie.
Her songs evoke memories of windswept English moors Iโve never seen and Victorian carnivals Iโve never been to. There are a few of her songs that I would give a five, but none of them are on this album.
I was ready to turn this album off during the first song. I didnโt. The rest of the album was slightly better and I liked the last song, but I definitely didnโt need to hear it.
Tiger Mountain peasant song starts out like Led Zeppelin. Meadowlarks was a little bit like Simon and Garfunkel looking for America The song before meadowlarks was a bit Fleetwood Mac esque Blue Ridge Mountains was a bit Crosby stills, Nash and Young ish
The only criticism I have is that most of the songs go on a little too long.
This is a gem of a record. Quiet and subtle, it begs to be listened to with full attention.
I probably would have enjoyed this when I was in my 20s and high and drunk at a club, but I also think that most of the credit would go to the drugs and the drink, not LRD. I donโt even want to read any reviews on why this deserves to be in the1001 albums list. I just want it to go away. Until I got to Mdc Vendredi. Either the songs have gotten better or I have become a slave to the rhythm and succumbed to Stockholm syndrome. That still doesnโt get it more than two stars.
America is one of my favorite songs ever and Mrs. Robinson is a classic. The album as a whole was disappointing. It didnโt really seem to flow and the peace with the old people talking was creepy.
Terrific!
When Little Red Corvette was popular I knew it had something to do with sex but didnโt know exactly what. I was pretty naive at 14. I thought Iโd have a hard time deciding whether to rate this album a 4 or a 5 but it turns out that, as much as I like a bunch of the songs, the album falls a bit short.
Meh. Besides Psycho Killer, there was nothing memorable for me.
I first heard this band in college. I didnโt really like them and couldnโt understand their lyrics at first, but after a while I grew to appreciate them. I love the fast guitars.
Come for the rock, stay for the blues.
I was always ambivalent about Bruce until I saw him in concert. Someone gave me tix to see him when he toured for his 50th birthday. I wasnโt excited to go but they were really good tickets, and a gift, so I went. The show was fantastic and I gained a new appreciation for him. It was very confusing to hear all of his โfansโ booing him during the concertโฆuntil I realized that they were just chanting โBruceโ. Iโll never be a super fan, but I will always attend a show of his if given free tickets!
I canโt figure out why I donโt like The Black Keys but I donโt. Even as I listened to this album and enjoyed it I still donโt like them. I think Jack White may have something to do with my opinion of them but Iโm not sure what. These are two things I was thinking of while listening to this album: 1: There was an episode of the show Friends where Phoebe was mad at Ross. She couldnโt say why and after a while figured out it was because of something he did in a dream. 2: I dated a guy once who was perfect on paper but there was just no chemistry.
I havenโt done any investigation into this, but it sounded like someone besides, Steven. Tyler was singing lead on some of the songs. Besides the two hits from this record, I liked the song Uncle Salty. The rest sounded like a band finding its sound. The song big 10 inch record was a little too tongue-in-cheek.
Definitely did not need to hear.
I love this album. In spite of the instrumentals that were thrown in to fill time(?). And, while I like Moonlight Sonata (and played it for my first piano recital), Iโm not sure why itโs on here. Is it Music for the Masses as in all of the people or is it Music for the Masses as in church? Some of the music on this album seems like it could play played in a church that turns into a nightclub after services are over.
They were hints of the doors, Jim Croce, Harry Chapin. And for some reason during the first few songs, I kept thinking of Kris Kristoffersonโs song. Sunday morning coming down. I do not hate this album. I actually kinda like it. All the songs go on way too long, but other than that I must say what a long, strange trip itโs been Sing a song for you was a bit Elvis-y
A little grindcore goes a long way. I admire the drumming.
I love this album in all its messy glory. I would have watched the film tonight except I didnโt have any pot and it really should be watched while high.
I am not fond of this album. I do like Mansion on the Hill, though. During the song Farmer Hohn I kept thinking about champagne eyes, wondering if they would look really cool or really creepy.
I knew their hits but had never listened to a whole album. I was prepared to rate this a two because of the two songs I recognized and liked. I had dinner with a friend, who was extolling supertrampโs virtues and we listened to the album together. She is a little older than me and remembers loving them (and smoking lots of weed) so, while listening with her I leaned in and could see this being something I might have rated a 4 if given time. However, as we all discuss with this project, time is something we donโt have so I will split it down the middle and call it a 3.
This album provoked no strong feelings. I am indifferent. Perfectly acceptable background music.
Hard rock or glam rock? I thought the band was heavy metal or hard rock, but it turns out that theyโre actually glam rock. Although Iโm not sure what image they are trying to convey on their album cover. Makes me think a little bit of Mรฅneskin. And Queen. I went into the listen thinking I would rate this album a 2. But I didnโt know Iโd like it so much and now here we are. Or, here I am
Everything was fine until Spaced Cowboy.
This album sounds like a fuzzier, lo-fi version of the Black Keys album Brothers. The songs on this album also reminded me at times of lord Huron
I liked the rich, warm sound of the horns and strings, with the more staccato guitar/bass/drums. The whole album made sense in the context of the cover.
I had never heard of John before today and so I did a quick Wikipedia search, and this album was billed as folk. The first song on the album had an ethereal quality to it, and I could buy it as some sort of folk music. I didnโt really love it and wasnโt looking forward to listening to the rest of the record. But from the second song until the end of the album, I was questioning the definition of folk music. Because to me, it did not seem like what I consider folk. If anything, it seemed bluesy. Even though I hadnโt heard any of the songs before, they all seemed familiar and made me happy. I also read that the songs had something to do with Nick Drake. A tribute? A theme? I didnโt get to delve into this aspect of the album, but I liked it a lot and would play it again.
I have only ever been a casual listener to Sonic Youth. After hearing this album I may put a little more effort in. I enjoy the parts where there are actual melodies and singing to the more prolonged periods of sonic dissonance but I was never tempted to turn the album off. I thought about Hole and Pavement and Dinosaur Jr. while listening.
Ryan is a pretentious dick. This was true before the allegations of sexual misconduct. I went to see him once in the earlyโ00s and it was just him, a piano and a bottle of wine. The music was great and he was A. Pretentious. DICK. And a big baby. His name sounds like Bryan Adams and inevitably someone would request Summer of 69. One would think he would have a strategy to deal with that other than acting like someone stole his toys. But his strategy was to have security escort the offender out of the show. (This is, or was, a regular thing). Anyway, sorry to bury the lede, I love his music. In spite of the fact that heโs _____. Besides Gold, I have no clear idea of what songs were on what album, which were him solo or with one of his bands. When I became a Ryan fan I just went to my beloved Napster and downloaded all the songs I could find. Fun fact: I discovered Tift Merritt (who I believe I put on my extracurricular list) because one of the RA songs I downloaded included him talking about her (she was his opening act). Come Pick Me Up has all the things. Ticks all the boxes. The album could have ended after Shakedown. The last three songs were unnecessary.
I do not enjoy Devo. Makes me think a little bit of the Talking Heads and B-52โs. I did like the Stones cover and Johnny B Goode.
Really good, but the slick production removes any rawness, which takes something away from my enjoyment of it.
This was great fun to listen to.
A medium bodied selection. I detected notes of Michael McDonald, Nick Drake and a hint of Eric Clapton with a mellow finish. Pairs nicely with running errands on a grey day.
I never knew the Beatles did a cover of a song from the music man!
My first reaction to this album was that it was very cool of JC to be playing for the prisoners. I went down a whole rabbit hole of thoughts about the prison system and morality, etc. that ended up with me wondering what would happen if Taylor Swift performed at a prison. I bet the fans who paid lots of money to see her concerts would be angry. The song choices, and especially playing โSan Quentinโ twice, were on point. โA Boy Named Sueโ has always intrigued me.
I feel like this should be a 5 but it doesnโt quite get there for me. The combination of the sweeping arrangements with the audience yelling/singing along felt like a bit much at times. And the whole thing went on too long. It may have gotten really great at the end but I fell asleep.
Take Me Out is a fantastic song. The rest of the album isnโt as strong, but it was an enjoyable listen. I liked the Matinee song. Franz Ferdinand always gets mixed up in my mind with other bands that came out around the same time, like the Postal Service, death cab, Travis, Keane, Snow Patrol, etc.
This is an album I didnโt know I needed to hear. But I did. So fun. It is an album that would be great to listen to while making homemade pasta and gravy for my (nonexistent) large Italian family with my (also nonexistent) Italian sisters. Also, I am not Italian.
I love the texture of this album.
I never thought of Suzanne and Taylor Swift as being similar, but the song โThe Queen and the Soldierโ sounded like a song TS would do.
I didnโt know any of their songs by name except โI Wanna be Your Dogโ and I forgot that Iggy Pop was in the band. The album was fun.
I thought this would be a favorite and an automatic 5. Iโve said this before about another album and itโs true here as well. The A&R people chose the right singles. I love the hits but donโt much care for the rest of the songs.
I donโt think I ever knew Pulp, but they sound so familiar and I enjoyed this album thoroughly.
My inner dialogueโฆ Upon seeing this as todayโs album: oh no A minute into the first song: maybe I will like this, itโs kind of cool 9 hours later and the first song is still going: No.
My first thought about this album is that it was not very dynamic. They have a similar tones as the clash and the strokes. I think they would be very good live.
Layered arrangements that sound lush and cool at the same time with very little blank space.
Much to my surprise I like this album. I would still rather hear other people sing these songs but I am grateful to Bob for writing them.
No thank you. The synthesizers were too much.
I was on board in the beginning but lost interest after the song about the porpoise.
The intro is classic. I love the strings in Of Course. At times, I was wishing that Perry Farrell had a richer voice with more rounded tones, and then I realized two things. The first thing was that I have been watching too much of the show The Voice, and the second thing was that if his voice was any different, it just wouldnโt be Janeโs Addiction.
I liked it, but I donโt think I needed to hear it. I had never heard of the band before but I saw that a bunch of people cover their song Kerosene so โฆ
Many of the songs sound the same but I like that one song so it was ok.
I respect her talent.
The Boys are Back in Town is an all-time favorite. The album was enjoyable, even with the shenanigans that come with a live album.
I usually just listen to the album of the day without doing any research but today I had some extra time and did not know who the artist was so I looked at the Wikipedia entry on her. I immediately thought back to an album that we listened to in November by SAULT, which I did not enjoy. The Wikipedia description sounded similar, and so I was predisposed to dislike this album. But I was wrong and I liked this album. I especially liked the tracks with Anderson Paak and H.E.R.
Simple, Lofi, fantastic. I love everything about this album.
Chan Chan is my favorite song on this album. I bought the album when it first came out but donโt think I ever listened to the whole thing. When I saw that this was todayโs album, I was excited and was predisposed to give it five stars, but, while I enjoyed it a lot, the fact that I had never listened to the whole album in the many years, since it came out, signaled to me that this might not be an actual five star album. Itโs probably more like a 3.5 but Iโm gonna give it a four. A few years ago, when Cuba was open to Americans, I planned a trip there and booked an evening at the BVSC. Also planned a tour in a vintage car. And then before the trip commenced, entry was again denied to Americans (thanks Donald). I ended up on a cattle class cruise that went to the Bahamas and Key West. Poor me.
I have a very vivid memory of being a preteen at the New Jersey shore with a boombox on our blanket in the sand. When the song Imagine came on it was everything to me. And the rest of the album is good, too. Still not sure how I never heard the song Imagine until 1980.
Sound and Vision was great. Most of the rest of the sonic landscape was pretty good. The last two songs were not appealing. I really enjoyed Warszawa.
I enjoy this style of music and there was nothing technically bad about the album but I didnโt connect with his voice and so my rating reflects my indifference.
A total pleasure.
I listened to this Friday and remember very little about it today. I think that I liked Testify and the one with the kids I like Common as an actor.
I really like their sound. Most of the songs were very similar. Iโm not sure if that is strictly true, or if I am just missing the subtle differences upon first listen. I really liked the last song on the album. It sounded funkier than the previous songs.
I hear the same influences in this music as I do in Duran Duranโs. Definitely Bowie. And The Velvet Undergroundโฆas evidenced in the cover โAll Tomorrowโs Partiesโ. I love it.
No thank you.
Music sounds like something from Oceanโs 11 or The Pink Panther. Some caper movie from the 60s. Grand swells of music that make me feel like I am in some sort of magical land of long ago where dragons and unicorns exist.
I have a note in my phone from at least 10 years ago that just says โBeach House musical groupโ. Either I heard them and wanted to explore more or I read about them. I canโt remember now and I never followed up. So it seems like this is an album (or at least band) that I needed to hear, The first song had me wondering what my past self liked about this band besides the name. As it went on I liked it more and more. My favorites after one listen are โ10 mile Stereoโ and โLover of Mineโ. It certainly is music I would like to listen to in a beach house while sunlight streams through filmy white curtains and waves crash in the background. And I think Iโll keep the note in my phone so I listen to more of their stuff someday.
Sonic youth has a really cool cover of the song Superstar by The Carpenters. This album has a creepy song about Karen Carpenter. I find that intriguing. The rest of the album is kind of hit or miss for me.
I canโt remember a time when I didnโt know โThe Girl from Ipanemaโ. Itโs a classic and this is a wonderful album.
I like the mix of rock and orchestra most of the time.
He writes some great songs. Itโs All Overโฆ is an all-time favorite. The version by Them and Van Morrison. His voice and harmonica playing are things I dislike.
Itโs a cool vibe and they were fun to see live.
Love Heroes, can take or leave the rest.
A true classic. I love it.
Not my favorite PE album but still good.
Pleasant enough but fairly boring after a while.
When I started listening to this album, I was thinking I was gonna give it at four. But the sheer length of the album diluted my enjoyment. I really like the soliloquy and subsequent song about George Wallace. They are pretty fun band to see live.
I didnโt really appreciate Bruce Springsteenโs music until years later, but my high-school self knew all the lyrics to all the hits from this album, envied Courtney Cox in the โDancing in the Darkโ video and could probably pick Bruceโs ass out of a lineup.
This album is more consistent than Heroes. While it includes the classics โChangesโ and โLife on Marsโ, they donโt overshadow the rest of the album. I enjoyed his song about Bob Dylan.
Solid.
This is the last album of theirs I really like. It builds on the raw sounds of their early music without going over the top, like their later stuff.
First thoughts: Bolero. Pirate music. I listened to this album while reading a story about an LSD-fueled murder that happened in London in the 60s. And it was a perfect soundtrack.
Hells Bells, Back in Black and You Shook Me are tolerable. The rest was tedious and made my head hurt. Still an album that should be heard.
I thought I was going to love this but it got boring pretty fast. All the songs are fine on their own, but not one after another. โIn the wee small hoursโ was on the Sleepless in Seattle soundtrack. Itโs a great record.
This was my review of the last Pulp album we heard and it remains true. โ I donโt think I ever knew Pulp, but they sound so familiar and I enjoyed this album thoroughly.โ Reminiscent of Morphine and Cousteau. I kind of want to give it a 5, but Iโm going to go with a robust 4.
Their sound was different than anything else when this album came out. I loved it then and still do.
I was going to give this a neutral 2 but I think I will give it a hopeful 3. As I listened to the album for the first and only time, nothing turned me off, but nothing grabbed my attention, either. Until I got to the song Elevation, which I really liked. And it was the same with all of the songs after that. I havenโt had time to go and re-listen to the album to see if everything before elevation was crap and everything after it was wonderful, or, if my feelings about the album simply had to do with time exposed to the material . Thatโs where my hopeful three comes in.
Thanks to Brian for making this and thanks to this project and Wikipedia for teaching me about the origin of Ambient Music.
This gets a 4 for the version without How Soon Is Now and a 5 for the version with it.
Great
A little funk goes a long way. Give Up the Funk is a classic.
I vacillate between thinking this album is cool and thinking itโs ridiculous. Today I landed on cool.
I would like to forget I ever listened to Wordy Rappinghood. The song, genius of love gets all the points. Iโm not sure why I was surprised that this album came out in 1981, but I was. LโElephant was fun.
Upon first listen I was underwhelmed until the song Madeleine Mary, which I initially liked because it had more going on than the other songs. I read the Wikipedia entry on the artist, which led me to Johnny Cashโs cover of I See A Darkness. This morning I gave the album a second listen and liked it very much. What I initially dismissed as simple became a bit moreโฆ.I donโt know โฆ.just more.
LC is a great lyricist with a distinct singing style. I love โEverybody Knowsโ. The Concrete Blonde cover is fantastic.
Slick pop arrangements accompanying dark lyrics.
All the songs just went on too long. Layla and Bell Bottom Blues are classics.
I did a double take when I saw the release date for this album. I didnโt realize the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were around since the early 2000s. I was familiar with the song Maps from this album and with a handful of their more recent songs. Karen O has a cool voice and style, but a whole album is a lot. If you enjoyed this band and didnโt already know, check out their song with Perfume Genius. Itโs called โspitting off the edge of the worldโ and itโs really good.
Man, I forgot how good this album is!
I didnโt know this band before it came up as our album today. I read the blurb about them and thought that maybe I would like it because it was tropicalia, and also thought that perhaps the psychedelic part would be fun mixed in. .I was wrong. It is fine as background music. There was one song that seeemed like it could be a soundtrack for a Tom and Jerry cartoon. And there was a part during the Mamas and Papas cover where I thought my phone alarm was going off. (My alarm is bell tower).
I love this record, with its mysterious lyrics and experimental (for them) sounds. I was (and still am) sad that they didnโt continue in the vein of Summerteeth but the โsonic landscape-messโ of YHF grew on me. This is the last album of Wilcoโs that I really cared about.
I was thinking that I would mention in my review that you can always tell a Van Halen song, because they have a very distinct sound. But when I got to the song โJamieโs Cryingโ I had to pause and wonder why an Aerosmith song was on this album. And then I realized that I was mixing it up with โJanieโs got a Gunโ. This is a very solid album
Please refer to Andyโs review of Fatboy Slim. It applies here. I have very fond memories of listening to the song โAround the Worldโ. I had it on a lot of my mixed CDs. I really like the song โDaft Punk is playing at my Houseโ by LCD Soundsystem. Much better than I actually liked listening to a whole album of Daft Punk in my actual house.
Sheโs always fun to listen to. I think sheโs pretty political, but I didnโt listen very closely to the lyrics, so Iโm sure I am missing some deeper meanings. And thatโs OK with me. I love the โSanford and Sonโ samples in URAQT. M.I.A. and Dizee Rascal remind me of one another.
I like Steve Winwood. This album was pleasant to listen to while waking up.
This is the band and the songs I think of when someone says โSouthern Rockโ.
I was going to give it three stars, but the use of she instead of her in โEnglish Roseโ knocked it down to a two. I liked Fly
Good music for wandering around and relaxing.
5 stars for Ian Gillianโs voice minus 4 stars for it being Deep Purple.
The first song is familiar and a classic and the second song reminded me of Led Zeppelin but all the songs after that were not good at all. I just read the Wikipedia review that said that this was the precursor of heavy metal so I guess that makes it something that should be listened to. Unless you are one of the people who doesnโt like heavy metal at all, in which case this would have been the album that a time traveler from the future wouldโve gone back and destroyed so that heavy-metal never existed. So, while I am glad that this album existed for the future of heavy-metal, I still didnโt like it so much
I have never been a fan of Mudhoney. To scream-y. The cover of The Rose was disappointing.
This got 1 star because there is no option for 0.
The album was fine. Perfectly pleasant. There was a time when there was quite a hike around this group and I just never got it.
When this came out I would have given it a 5. Now it gets a 3, more for my disappointment in the fact that I donโt still love it than a change in quality. Itโs still NO doing what they do.
โThatโs Entertainmentโ was the only song that was familiar. It sounded like they were having fun on this album. There was a lot going on. Happy cacophony is the phrase that sprang to mind during my listening session.
I loathed this. I like most of the original songs. Iโm not a huge fan of Ray Charles. The music and arrangements made me feel like I was in some sort of 1960s suburban hellscape. This album would have fit in on the soundtrack of movies like โThe Stepford Wivesโ, โDonโt Worry, Darlingโ or โGet Outโ.
I love Leonard Cohen and this album doesnโt change that. The stories he tells have changed a little but heโs always been fairly dark. Itโs not the record of his I would choose to listen to, but I wouldnโt turn it off.
Easy like Sunday morning.
I love the songs, but am not a fan of this live performance.
Iโm not sure if this album is better than the other two arcade fire albums weโve had, or I am just being worn down by the cumulative exposure.
I didnโt pay any attention to PJ back in the day because I was busy listening to other stuff. Iโm glad I got to really listen now.
I donโt like Kraftwerk.
Itโs long. The songs are similar. Sometimes thereโs a bit too much guitar noodling. That being said, I think itโs great. Metallicaโs sound is unmistakable.
I like Elvis Costello and love some of his songs. I had never heard this album before, nor had I heard any of the songs. The standout songs were I Want You and Battered Old Bird. I can see I Want You as a song one would send to the person who did the breaking up. Probably preceded by REMโs Everybody Hurts.
I didnโt like the skits. When he referred to himself as Iron Man/Tony Stark it confused me. Vulgarity bothers me more than it used to in music, but this was still mostly fun to listen to. Kilo, Jellyfish and Back Like That were standouts.
I love the song North American Scum. I wanted to gouge out my ear drums on All My Friends.
Itโs a great rainy day listen.
I start it off thinking I might give this 4 stars, but by the time the song โWhisperโ came on, I was annoyed down to two.
Their glam rock style is fun. Reminiscent of Elton John, Bowie and Queen. Iโm not sure how I feel about the Pink Floyd cover.
I admire many things about Dolly Parton, like her guitar playing and songwriting. Her voice is not one of them. At least not on this album. Warbly? Vibrato?
This album is full of songs that I have grown to love, seemingly through osmosis. I would not categorize myself as a Boston fan, nor have I ever owned any of their albums, but every song on this record was familiar.
I couldnโt listen to this on Spotify, so I listened to it on YouTube and there was no track listing so Iโm not sure what song was what, but I really liked the very long guitar solo in one of the songs near the end.
Wonderfully weird. I would have liked to be at one of those recording sessions. During one of his monologues he talked about saving coupons from packs of cigarettes to redeem for lawn furniture and I had a flashback of my mother doing that exact thing.
I like the music. I donโt like the talking between songs. The album was very long.
Very bleak.
I lost interest in all the songs before they were halfway through, including We Are Family. Itโs good music for the roller skating rink.
This is a gorgeous album! Living for the City is an all-time favorite.
Some of their best songs on an uneven album.
Itโs good for a cardio workout. I didnโt listen to the words much and every song sounded the same.
I know most of the songs like the back of my hand, but today is the first time I ever listened to the entire album. If we could give half stars, I would probably give it a 4.5, but here we are. The song within you or without you was what wouldโve knocked .5 star off.
On the whole, I liked the vibe of this album. Some of the songs went on a bit long and were kind of navel-gazey.
Except for the songs Once in a Lifetime and Overload, this album left me cold
โThe Giftโ was insidious and perfect. Reminded me of Tom Waitsโ โWhatโs He Building?โ
The line โThree letters took him to his final resting placeโ gives me chills every time. The prince cover was fun.
Slight variations on a proven formula. A very fun album that makes me nostalgic for a time I never lived in.
Mehโฆ I feel I should love her. And I did like โA Coal Minerโs Daughterโ.
This was delightful!
Janisโ voice is iconic. Summertime was interesting. Every song went on way too long.
I have always said that I donโt like the Grateful Dead and I will continue to say it. But this is a pretty great album so I may not say it as loudly in the future. I will continue to hate all the live jammy stuff, though. And it really bothers me that the song ripple sounded like it was being sung by Jeff Tweedy.
I started the listening session, mildly interested, and by the end of the album I was all in. How Can I Be Sure is a song that I will always stop and listen to when it comes on the radio. The first notes are haunting. I didnโt know that You Better Run was a cover for Pat Benetar. I like both versions. The song Sueno was a bit of a cipher. Other than a few guitar notes and saying guitar in Spanish, it was all English. Even the word dreams was, well, dreams. Why name it Sueno? Artistic license I guess.
This music has a time and a place. But the time is not now and the place is not here. I did not listen to this album in its entirety. I listened to the beginning of each song and fast forwarded to the middle of it. Across both the album and within each song there was little variety. The BPM and the angry growling is good for a cardio workout but, musically, it did nothing for me.
This album has some of their most iconic songs.
When I was a little kid, the song Stairway to Heaven sparked my imagination. I didnโt know what bustles and hedgerows were but I was transported to an Alice in Wonderland/Robin Hood dreamscape while listening to that song.
Her voice/singing style is reminiscent of Bjork at times. This album was fun to listen to. I liked it a lot more than SZA but Iโll rank it the same because, while SZA got the 3 for being a little better than a 2, Lorde will get it for being not quite a 4.
The Thrills were one of a bunch of Irish/English bands that were popular in the early 2000s. Snow Patrol, Death Cab, Travis, the Postal Service, etc. were all the same band to me. One that I liked, and still like, very much. This album doesnโt break any new ground, but is very well done. The songs have enough differences to make the record interesting.
I used to like them a little, and now I like them a lot. The band grew on me. I am really sad that I didnโt get to see the stage production of American idiot.
My (our) friend Jason refers to this band as Siouxie and the Cream Cheese. He also thinks this is their best album and would rate it a 4.5. Itโs moody and ethereal and I agree with Jason.
I didnโt find the tutorial bits very helpful, but I enjoyed the music.
I first became aware of the beta band when Jack Blackโs character in the movie High, Fidelity played one of their records i(Dry the Rain) n the fictional record store. I really liked this album, it had a very peaceful energy. If youโve ever seen the movie High Fidelity, or read the book, or watched the recent Hulu series I recommend them all.
Shirley is my favorite Manson.
I love Steely Dan.
Jโs (not quite) lackadaisical singing style softens the (not quite) cacophonous music. I think this is probably a 3.5 star album. I was going to round up to four, except I donโt really like the song Poledo so itโs getting a three. I liked the Cure cover.
Levon may be my favorite EJ song and Tiny Dancer is up there, too. Madman Across the water is good. The rest of the songs can disappear, especially the one where he is singing in first person about being an Indian. I donโt care about political correctness, I just donโt buy it!
I donโt really consider myself a Pearl Jam fan, but this is a really good album
Vanilla/sterile/color by numbers Uninteresting
I used to love the song she wants to move back when it was first released. I donโt know if I heard any of the other songs of the album before this week. Listening to the whole album at once is a lot, because it just started sounding repetitive. Playing the tracks one or two at a time was much more enjoyable - to me at least. I could go anywhere from a three to a four on this.
Before we started this project, if you had asked me, if I liked Radiohead, I would have said, no, with the exception of a few songs. And this album is the reason why. This one seemed a little off the rails, kind of sonic landscape-y. Same sort of thing (but executed differently) I didnโt like when Wilco did after YHF. I very much liked the other three (?) Radiohead albums that we have already heard on this journey.
It was fine. Her voice was fine, the songs were fine, the arrangements and music, all fine. But I listened to it twice and I still donโt care about it.
The beats are dope but the lyrics are whack. This is probably more like a 2.5 but ladies love cool James! So I rounded up.
Iโve known of Gillian since WXPN first played her in the 90s. I never explored her music past the tracks they played. I remember Marianne seeing her live and saying how good she was. I loved Elvis Presley Blues. The rest of the album was strong, but I wouldnโt go out of my way to listen to it again.
The music was dynamic and engaging. I understood about three words. I will definitely check out more of their stuff. This is a 3.5, but because they are from Timbuktu (a place I thought was imaginary as a child) they get the extra half.
Itโs Bruce. Not the best Bruce but not bad.
The bandโs name is familiar, but I didnโt know any of their music before this listen. I wasnโt able to fully pay attention to the lyrics, and I suspect that if I had been, I may have rated this album a bit higher
I remember seeing the video for the song โRockitโ back in the 80s. I hated it and never gave Herbie another listen. This album has not changed my opinion. The last song was fine but it was too little, too late. Questionably interesting sidenote: I had a boyfriend in 2004 who, very early in our relationship, expressed interest in going to a Herbie Hancock show. We broke up very shortly after that.
I feel like I should be giving this four stars, but today it feels more like a 3.25.
Quirky and whimsical, this was mostly a pleasure to listen to, except for the (thankfully short) Body Rap.
This added nothing to my life. I donโt like his voice. I almost liked the hrothel song.
This isnโt my thing. I associate Frank Zappa with the Dr. Demento show. (DJ who featured odd music). Iโm not even sure if Dr. Demento ever played Frank Zappa on his show, because I never listened to but it is the sort of music that I imagine was on. He probably also played The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
Heโs got a great voice. Letโs Stay Together is a classic. His version of How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is almost my favorite version. It was a little more than a 3 but I wasnโt feeling generous enough to go to a 4.
This definitely isnโt his best album or strongest work, and if this is the only one of his albums that is represented on this list, I will be very sad. I donโt think I had ever heard any of the songs on this album before, and I really wanted to give it a two, but even his weaker stuff is pretty good.
Led Zeppelinโs version of โBabe Iโm Gonna Leave Youโ is one of my favorite songs. I looked the song up today and found out that it is a folk song written in the 1950s by Anne Bredon and Joan Baez sang it in the early โ60s before Led Zeppelin put their spin on it. So I listened to Joanโs version and it was horrible. The whole album is bluesy, trippy, and wonderful.
XTC is clever and fun. I wasnโt familiar with this album but I enjoyed it very much.
I donโt know anything about Sean Carter personally. I do not like the Jay Z persona. I find a lot of his lyrics problematic, but some songs are just pretty fun anyway.
There are 2-3 songs that I like, but on the whole the album gives me the creeps.
I enjoyed this very much, but was taken a little bit out of it because I was trying to pick out any words I knew in Portuguese.
I enjoyed this very much. There were hints of the doors, glimpses of the monkees, peeks of The Moody Blues, etc. Jeffโs boogie was the weakest song of the album for me, but still solid.
I find her voice slightly annoying but the songs are so fun to sing along to. I saw the musical โJagged Little Pillโ last year and these songs were used well to tell a contemporary story.
This album is like a Sunday drive. No real destination, but a pleasant journey.
This was a fun album. I liked the song she did with her child. For a few moments, I was thinking that it was Bebel Gilberto, who I also like. When I looked it up, I found out that she is not Bebelโs mom (she and Joao broke up and Bebel is his kid with somebody else) and that it is her six year old son on the song.
This fall somewhere between two and three. Glamour Boys pushed it up.
Hell no.
I wasnโt sure who this band was. And then Move any Mountain started. I didnโt know any of their other music. Basic club fare, it didnโt detract from my life but maybe the ing I would seek out.
. She is great in concert.
Her raw, gritty voice perfectly matches the words and music. The song Car Wheelsโฆ makes me think fondly of my own childhood in a rural community with unpaved roads and free-range cousins. I can still sing along to every song.
Terrific!
I think I like some stuff by 808 State, but none of it is on this album.
I am not generally a big Talking Heads fan but I love this album.
Super fun.
If there had been a little more of her beautiful voice, this mightโve gotten a 4.
A friend had tix to his concert at the TLA a bunch of years ago and when he got to the venue there was a sign on the door explaining that the concert was cancelled due to illness. I remember my friend saying it was probably because Rufus was in a K hole.
A bit disjointed. The song Immigrant hurt my ears and The Conference made my question my sanity.
At a certain point I thought that Spotify started playing another album/artist. Marley Purt drive sounded so much like The Weight!
I got about halfway through. This was truly terrible.
So good.
They remind me a bit of The Lemonheads. Garage rock with catchy tunes, it was an easy listen, but nothing really stuck in my mind at the end.
Iโm not the biggest Pretenders fan, but thereโs no denying greatness. I saw Chrissy tour solo 5-6 years ago. It was a little weird when her in between song banter included talk of her grandchildren!
I donโt like his voice
I thought this would be an easy 5. It is great and the songs are classics. A few years ago I got to see the show โBeautifulโ. The seats available were at the very back/top of the theatre. I told my friend that they would be fine because we would be there to hear the music, not look at the actors. I was right, the music was great, the actors were little blurry spots and we enjoyed ourselves immensely. Should one hear this album? Yes. Is it a 5? Not for me, today. But it is a wonderful 4.
It sounded like one VERY long song. But they played it well.
My biggest take away from this album was that I got to hear what I am assuming is the source material that Eminem used in one of his songs (Buffalo Gals).
Enjoyable and forgettable. If the song โSpring Releaseโ were on here it would have been a four.
I love the story songs. She has a unique voice that I enjoy in small doses.
Thought during first song: Music to accompany an old silent, black-and-white film. Overall impression was that it was strange and reminded me a bit of Bjork. I didnโt exactly dislike it but I also have no desire to learn more about her or listen again.
One of the radio stations I listen to played the shit out of the song โThe mother we shareโ when it first came out. I never got sick of it. The rest of the album is equally unobjectionable. Very polished production and catchy pop tunes.
The album is short, but each song feels a little too long.
โThe Other Brunetteโ has long been a favorite. And the sentiments expressed in โIdeologyโ are just as true today. His voice is immediately recognizable and the music is jangly.
This bounced between 2 and 3 stars for me. The tracks I enjoyed came on the Chaff side.
Her voice is powerful. Production is super slick. I know the words and will sing along with the hits. I could take or leave this album.
It works as a bunch of tracks of samples to be sampled. It doesnโt work as something to listen to all the way through in one sitting!
I rated this a 3 because I read that it was considered the first alt-country record and they deserve credit for that. I appreciated the coming together (kind of) of the yell-y punk and the folk that made me think of an Irish ceilidh.
Wholly satisfying.
Very lush and macabre.
This has a lot of the sonic elements that I like in some later bands but here it seeems muddy, ill-defined and tiresome. I feel like mbv must have influenced the Smashing Pumpkins.
I wanted to like this more than I did, especially after reading how long it took to get the various parts recorded.
This is a solid record but her best was yet to come.
The jazz and funk were cool. The rap was not. โMy Ever Changing Moodโ and โYouโre the Best Thingโ are the keepers.
I found the music intriguing, especially the reworking of the queen song. This isnโt something that I will reach for often, but I am definitely glad that I heard it.
Not terribly exciting.
I think this is the third Tim Buckley album weโve had so far. I really hated the other two, but found this one delightful.
I found the drums a little distracting at times, and I didnโt like the brief vocalization.
I am ambivalent about PJ Harvey. I enjoyed the music but her voice is a bit too Bjork-y for me. I didnโt listen closely to the lyrics. Itโs always nice to have Billy Bragg involved.
Both this record and I started out strong, but by the end of it, I was tired, and the tunes seemed monotonous and overlong.
Hmmm. Songs about God, the devil and Native Americans.
Excellent!
Aqualung and Locomotive Breath are songs that I both know well and have never voluntarily chosen to listen to. The biggest take away for me while listening to this record yesterday was some sound life advice: โBe sure to leave your underpants with someone you can trustโ
Although I like a lot of these songs better when done by other artists, the originals are very solid. As with the Jethro Tull album yesterday, the Spotify version of this album also included an interview. I wish every album came with an interview of the band,
I liked the first song and was rethinking my aversion to Bjork. Then came the rest of the albumโฆ
I love the organ.
I have long been aware of this band but had never intentionally listened to their music before yesterday. The music was fine and some of the lyrics were clever but nothing stuck in my head and Iโm not clamoring for more.
Engaging and dynamic. The instrumentals felt like TV/movie scores. The jazziness of The Crumble was unexpected.
I knew of this band but hadnโt heard them. I probably avoided them because I didnโt like their name. That is a petty reason to avoid them and, it turns out, my loss because this record is great. I was talking to Nikole and she said that their previous two albums are even better. I really like Skinโs voice. There were moments when she reminded me of Alanis Morisette without the annoying affectations.
Super fun
This album was the aural equivalent of being in stop and go traffic.
Iโm not sure how I could love Kate Bush and dislike this album so much, but here it is. I disliked everything except the song โThis Womanโs Workโ, which is fantastic.
From the first discordant notes to the anthemic end this album grabbed me and didnโt let go.
Fire and Rain, Sweet Baby James and Country Road are great. The rest of the songs werenโt bad, they just suffered in comparison to the great ones.
The Weight is a classic. Their cover of the Long Black Veil was not as good as Johnny Cashโs version. I was surprised to hear the AbFab theme song. And I just learned it was cowritten by bob dylan.
Jesus Built My Hotrod was my favorite track. Thatโs not saying much.
Simple. Classic. Music to be played at the beginning of a dinner party when people are mingling, sipping champagne and eating canapรฉs. Even better if the dinner party is on a yacht in St. Barthโs
I had heard of the mars Volta before, but I donโt recall ever listening to anything by them. Whenever I hear the name of the band, I always think of 30 seconds to Mars and Son Volt, neither of which is this band. I enjoyed this album and would not turn it off if I ever heard it playing again, but donโt plan to listen to it again on purpose, or seek anymore of their stuff out
Name me any other group who mentions white Castle as much as the Beastie Boys do. Or at all, for that matter.
I did not make it to the end of any of the songs. Come on Eileen is the only DMR song I need in my life.
Sweet voice, catchy tunes and crisp production. Perfect for a summer day.
I derived very little pleasure from this art school album.
I kind of want to give this five stars, but the โkidโsโ voice in the fairytale song is beyond annoying. I especially liked the instructional intro About being processed into prison, and I felt like the song โDonโt trust โemโ also had some very good advice. ๐
This is music to listen to while dismembering a body
I absolutely hated the first song and wanted to turn it off, give it one star and call it a day. But I persevered and Iโm glad that I did. I liked the song Exiles and was invested after that. I donโt think Iโll ever listen to this again but Iโm glad I heard it once. Parts of it reminded me a little bit of the Moody blues Days of Future Past, which is an album that I love. But I think that albums like these are such that if you hear them at a specific moment in time theyโre very meaningful, And if you donโt, then theyโre just tedious.
This album is more easy listening than I expected, having only ever listened to inagaddadavida. Maybe it was more edgy in the 60s?
Good fun.
This wasnโt bad, but it wasnโt memorable. Fine background. I was slightly interested in โThe Jerdacuttup Manโ but the story was weak.
I thank her for Stoned Soul Picnic, but am not a fan of anything else on this album. Her voice elicits an โuncanny valleyโ reaction from me.
Independent Women Part 1 and Survivor are great, catchy anthems and had me thinking the album might be a 4 or 5 but the rest of the album was disappointing. Although well sung and produced, the lyrics felt off. And the last song was just too much.
I really like Stereolab, but prefer their songs that are not trying to make a point. I donโt think Iโve ever listened to a complete album of theirs before. I do have many of their songs from, I think, the sound dust album on various burned CDs.
Easy on the ears, Steely Dan never disappoints.
Solid Britpop.
Their version of โI Heard it Through the Grapevineโ was interesting.
Some songs were great, while others were so-so. Well, this is more of a 3.5, it doesnโt rise to the level of four for me.
This is not the type of music I would seek out, but it was great.
I was upset with this album when I first started listening to it because it took about 15 seconds for there to be music and then, the first track didnโt grab me. I stopped listening at that point and was chatting with Nikole and thought that I would probably rate this about a 2. I dove back in later in the day and it was magical. I was driving and stuck in traffic so I wasnโt sure if I really liked it or it was just the circumstances, but then I got home and continued listening to the album while taking a walk and it was still great. So, this album has gone from my 2 to 4 all in the span of 10 hours.
I feel like this is a band that would be fantastic live but most of the recordings on the album fell flat to me.
I really dislike Missy Elliott. The only reason I am giving this a two is because I do like Ludacris,
I am pretty tired of hearing about Bies sexual prowess. Big papa is catchy and the reggae influenced song was OK but I did not need to hear this.
I found this to be both energizing and relaxing at the same time. Short, sweet and thoroughly enjoyable.
Various elements that I usually dislike were at play on this album, but they worked. 1. Excessive repetition 2. Odd extraneous sound effects 3. Spoken word-ish style.
I really like Karen Oโs voice. This was fun to listen to. Iโve only heard their singles before.
This album didnโt seem to have a cohesive through line. It was a hodgepodge that was pretty annoying most of the time. I did like the song about the wooden wife.
I love this album
My knowledge of black flag before listening to this album was the reference in the Atariโs version of the song boys of Summer (they replaced Grateful Dead sticker with black flag sticker) and a bit of in between song banter from Ryan Adams, where he was stating that some people south of the mason Dixon line listen to Black flag, intimating that they werenโt all dumb shit kickers. So I get that black flag is a cultural touch point, but on my first full album exposure to them I was not super impressed
This is really more of a 2.5, but because I love what came before and came after I consider this a necessary steppingstone. And there were two great songs.
I love the song โtime of the seasonโ.
Makes me think about voodoo, funerals and Halloween.
The hits were great, the covers were not and the rest was ok. I am more an admirer of Tina as a person than a fan of her singing.
I think the Cramps were one of Tiger Armyโs influences.
No.
Iโm not bad, but I have never heard of them before. They donโt add anything to my life at this point.
I have known of this band, but had never listened to this band. That was my loss. theyโre great and this album is great
I disliked this one more than the Pantera album from yesterday.
I definitely could have done without cameltosis and the banter before earache my eye, but I am a sucker for freak on leash.
My/our friend Jason once described them as โScottish art school kill yourself musicโ. I hadnโt thought of them that way before he said it but ever since he said it, I canโt listen to any of their music without that quote going through my head repeatedly. Both he and I really like them and have seen them in concert. One of the concerts we went to I remember they had swirly lights that were like peppermints. so, very happy. Although I think the pot helped with the happiness. And then another time they had scheduled a concert in Philadelphia and canceled because of one of the 9000 members of the band was having mental issues. This is an album I could listen to on a desert island. I am vacillating between a four and five. I think it would be really a 4.6 but Iโm gonna be nice.
This is some dungeons and dragons, Renfaire, LARPer music. They pose a good question about wizards and glasses.
Objectively, I would write this album as a three. I didnโt love the song about the violin, Arrival and the one about Hawaii But Abba holds a special place in my heart. One of the first records that I bought was the single honey honey when I was a very little girl. The song Fernando always made my heart swell, even though I didnโt really understand what it was about when I was a kid. Marianne and I were in New York last month at a tiny bar called The Cubbyhole where we used to go with Keith. When the song dancing Queen came on the entire bar sang and danced. It was lovely.
The sample of Rapture in Days 2 Come was fun.
I love the Bee Gees, but this album was abysmal. Except for โHow Can You Mend a Broken Heartโ
This is a 3.5 to me.
This might be the first album Iโve ever listened to where there was a song about both bill weevils and bedbugs. While listening, I was thinking about Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, and then Woody showed up on the album.
I really donโt like Kanye West. As a person. And I couldnโt name any of his songs. I almost turned this album off after about two or three songs, but I kept going, in the spirit of our endeavor. I canโt say that it is an album I needed to hear or will ever play again, but it doesnโt deserve the one star rating that I was planning to give it. If it wasnโt Kanye, I might give it a 2.5 but because it is a Kanye album I am giving it a 2
Besides Frankie goes to Hollywood, I was stuck in a rut of threes for a while. Thank you, MGMT!
Rick Ward (a friend to some of us in the group) introduced me to this when it first came out. Fix Up Look Sharp is still a favorite. And I like the album fine. Itโs a solid 3.
I would like this music if I was at a spa, but I am not at a spa
I can take only so much of his voice at a time. I love โYou Can Leave Your Hat Onโ. Iโm glad he wrote it so Joe Cocker could cover it!
His voice wasnโt โbigโ enough for the music.
Teenage Kicks is a favorite!
Teenage Kicks is a favorite!
Lush. Layered. Gorgeous.
I have never been a JAMC fan and I guess itโs just because I didnโt hear them enough. This album is great!
The two songs that were released as singles were good. I did not enjoy the rest of the album.
Apathy is the only word that comes to mind. I donโt exactly hate it, but I definitely donโt need it in my life.
His voice has a whiny, grating quality.
The harmonies are great. This is a little too Dolly forward to get anything higher than a three though.
Slow start, strong finish. Although I must confess, Iโm not even sure Iโm listening to the right album because with Spotify it seems like all I can ever find are deluxe, remastered, and anniversary versions of albums.
Music for ski chalets and yachts!
Not horrible, but it didnโt cover any new ground for me and I definitely couldโve lived my life without ever having heard it
Her voice isnโt the strongest (3), but I love this album like a 5, so hereโs my compromise.
This was delightful until โAll I Askโ. I did not enjoy that song, and then couldnโt get back that loving feeling for the rest of the album.
I donโt know John Zorn or Ornette. While listening to this, I kept wondering if what I was listening to was categorized as acid jazz and also thinking that if it was, I do not like acid jazz. I didnโt listen to the whole album, probably only about 15 minutes of it so it couldโve gotten much better, but as it stands, this is my opinion
Iโm not sure if I am proud or ashamed, but I still know all the words to โBuffalo Stanceโ. That, and the fact that I also like the song kisses on the wind or why I will give this a three instead of a two.
The song โOh Daddyโ gives me the ick, which takes my rating from six stars down to five.
I like anything with Damon Alburn involved in it. I like this a bit more than a three but not quite a four.
Itโs not horrible, just no connection. I never heard it before today and donโt feel that I ever need to hear it again.
I do not like this. The singerโs voice is too swoopy.
This version of killing me softly is fantastic.
This is a perfect album to listen to while in traffic. If we had partial stars, I would give this a 2.75.
Some article called them โbubble grungeโ. I agree. I saw Evan perform this album a few years ago with Juliana Hatfield (and musicians who were jot original Lemonheads). It was quite a surreal experience to watch two 60-year olds on stage singing songs that had meaning to them when they were in their 20s. And it was equally as surreal to see their 20-year-old selves coming through. And also, Evan Dando looked like he hated being on stage every single minute.
Reminds me a bit of the Jayhawks
From the very start, I disliked this album. Then somewhere around the middle I didnโt mind it so much.
Their renditions lacked soul
I recognized the name of this band, but not any of the songs. From the beginning, the singer reminded me a bit of Evan Dando. The song Bad Liquor seemed like it belonged to a completely different album/band. One of the songs near the end was reminiscent of Elliott Smith and then another had a very The The/
โPerfect Skinโ is great. The rest I could do without.