its big cock rock and its cheesy and dumb. some of it is fun guitar rock, but most of it belongs dedass in the past.
This album gets better, moodier, harder, blissier, glizzier, fritzier as it goes along. I didn’t know this album as well as Loveless, but it kicks hard and doesn't stop. mbv rules and everyone should listen to mbv. stroll along with their distorted, fuzzes up guitars, their melodic and, at times, a-melodic singing. blast off! its time to gaze, press those pedals persons!
nick drake like elliot smith killed himself. both created heartbreaking, individualistic albums. pink moon is THE nick drake album. its perfect. it is. im sad to say it. this guitar dude made a really great album in an era when someone else was nearby but not near enough. he was a standout. he made mood, mode, magic. im gonna go put this album on again, why not?
this album is a sex bob-omb. this is what i want from high concept orchestral scifi rigamaroll. wow. give me more of this modern fusion of all the cool old styles. this album is r n b’d out, jazzed up, jammed down, movie scoreesque shit. dayum. where we at toto? listen… but, wait, whats this incredibly unnecessary and bloated ending i hear? horns and farewells for nearly a quarter of an album, you say? nay, no more, go back to where ye came from foul funkless blend of boredom. goodnight. 3/5 ooohhh, some fuck funk to boot! bounce that bass on this boys dad yooooo.
A funky mess of macho stolen black music. wow. these guys are pigs and the only thinfg that is redeeming about this album is that they know how to play their instruments well. i guess if you like pig headed dudes high on drugs barking about sex and being rock stars, glom on this shitty album. yuck.
he yucks around live. its fun. probably the right way to listen to cash. big country balls in front of some guys being desperately exploited. neat! john cage. playing music. its country. youll probably like it. it was fine.
This Air album has a good groove, but feels like shmalzy jam music at times. I like Air, but this is no Talkie Walkie or Virgin Suicides. Good for background listening and studying. Spacey groove music to liken to Thievery Corporation to. It is not quite TC (thank the lord), but there are moments. Give it a go anyway, even if its a little goofy.
There is a reason Bob Marley is a reggae king. Like it or not its chilled out Caribbean jams where the bass bounce, the guitar picks it up, the vocals are smoove. I know youve seen his posters on freshman dorm walls. I know you cheeses out there smoking weed to this shit. Its music for cruising. Its fun. Its slow. It make sense being on this list. Bob Marley is rad. Fuck off. Go get lost listening to this stone ass sober or high as a kite. Dont matter, dont matter at all. 3.5
You better know flautist Jethro Tull. He gonna toot toot all over your guitar and he gonna big yell and shout at you. Toot toot you mother fuckers. Toot toot. His voice rules biggly and the guitar lines have some pervy swill to them. Also, the guitar tones big time blast off and buzzsaw inside the heart. Dis album Thich as a Brich, bruv.
This Daft Punk lite album is a rare cheese ball that is the reason people like practical effects and bad B movies. This is a B movie electronic album, a horrible, messy, bloopy, farty bass masterpiece. This album is fun. Heck, it’s a blast. Easily a reason to dive into the medium to easy listening electro field. Give me more ass shaking bleep bloop please.
Bored tired blues dad sings the blues rock dad lyrics of the lib man. I like my guy Neil, but he has waaaaayyyyy better albums. This sounded like a couple of dudes that just wanted to “jam like the old days in the basement with a beer.” This album could have been made by any moderately famous local band in anywhere town. It’s fine, doesn't deserve to be on this list.
This album is bad. There are two songs at the end that pass some sort of bizarre magic test of muzak pondering. They were fun for some reason. Other than that, the only thing that this album has going for it is the name of the band. Why prefab sprout? Of all names you could name a band, why?
This is a middling Beatles album at best. A number of gimmicky songs take away from the overall product. It is a little silly at times. Beatles albums always gotta have a yellow submarine-esque song I suppose, but it dont need more than one, do it?
It passed me by and i hardly noticed. Where is on the beach? Where is that album about wheat? Where is god? It is another fine album, fine and boring. Neil cant sing y'all, no offense. I like that he's made a career out of not being able to sing. Blues rock classic rock dad does it again. Maybe this was fundamental and foundational at the time, kinda stale now. Damn, do i not like Neil Young? Fuck.
why is it two albums? the electronic album is fun, the punk rock record is okay. it feels try hard. it feels like he wants me to believe hes a very clever boy cause he can put a really long post punk song next to a really long dance pop electro song. its not. its lazy. make a record with two sides or a double lp with two sonic profiles. silly. anyway. it sounds like an lcd soundsystem album. except with less energy. wonder why?
in rainbows got that 15 steps to the apocalypse. fuck yall. good album.
This album was a breath of fresh air. It is absolutely popular music. It was absolutely a grammy nominated album back in the early 1970’s. It has the song Coconut on it. It does ballads next to seven minute rock songs. As an album it hops around ideas, but still seems to mesh well. You would think none of this would work, but it does. This overly large, goofy, at times, cheesy album belongs on this list. Listen to it! I mean, you have to, you're doing this list. But! Listen!
I’m happy for anyone that thinks this album is profound. You like new cool, boy bands? Rad. This one is for you. But, honestly, I never understood this album. I was young when it came out, I listened to it in my 20’s and 30’s, and here we are, visiting again and discovering it is nothing special. It is a British guitar rock record that maybe is fast? or fun? or talented at guitar? or? Why is this album celebrated? It has okay guitar lines, okay guitar riffs, it mostly sloggs along in jangly and bouncy dance minor chords. Yuck. Good for you all for loving it. Honestly, I like their later poppier stuff a loooootttt more. Each his own yall. Fuck Arctic Moneys.
Prince rules. He is a rock, funk, and pop master. Vocally incredible (from range to timing), his pop sensibilities are on high alert. Everything on this record is fresh and vibrant. His music is intricate and, at times, challenging. Dude had it all. This album will knock your socks off and leave you pining for more of his delectable musical nectars. Bruh is pop pantheon.
Everyone should know the Knife. Go listen to the Knife. The Knife is good music. Pop art sensibilities, electronic bang and blast, melodies that are ragged and razor sharp. Go listen to the Knife. Go get some Heartbeats, my person. Go get some. Wait, this is a Fever Ray review? Fuck, ummmm… it is fine. Someone from this band is in the Knife. The first song is a bop.
The cover would indicate a heavier sound, but this album still kicks. It has a mellow charm, that easily ramps up when need be. Distorted guitar followed by clean acoustic like strumming maximizes the feel of this album. The drummer knows how to fill, with quick bursts instead of tiny taps merging parts of songs together. This album must have been “cool” when it came out. Its pretty cool now.
Wow. What a hippy weirdo! Or, was he? Noise before noise was cool. Making fun of mainstream popular music and subverting it? That’s a check. Man was whiling, he and his merry persons. Dude was political and didn’t care, but in a real way not an uninformed Republican way. He is the kinda dude Republicans think they are. Experimental, yet accessible (except for that 12 minute outro track, I guess, if you ask my partner), this album bangs. Defs not for everyone. Sometimes too smug for his own good, I still really likey.
Meh. Commercial radio rock to misogyny to. Ubiquitous and vapid. Some cool big dick guitar, but still dumb and cheesy. Go ahead. Enjoy the “greatest rock hits of the 80’s, 90’s, and now!” Yeehaw. Shill music to shill to. Yuck. Bland ass idiots.
Good ol’ mainstream appeal album. It is a good Pixies album, a little less savage, screamy, distorted as some of the other albums (if I recall correctly). The name fits the title, smooth ass Pixies. Fun! You’ll like it. Probably. We started the day with sebadoh and, boyo, let me tell you, that shit went waaaayyyyy harder than this. And that’s a surprise, because Lou Barlow is a softy. I guess young Lou went hard. Oh well, this album will make you feel like you’re almost listening to the radio. Enjoy.
Wow. Is this the Smiths, but fun? Jangle my guitar baby, let’s go!
You know, for 90s heavy rock, nu metal, grunge, gritty music, this album ain't half bad. Is it a masterpiece? Nope. Is it sorta dumb and silly? Yep. But, someone that dresses up and scares boomers about transgender people and atheism, because they are uncomfortable with differences in others ain't bad to me. It was fun to listen to. It’s way better than Korn. And, for commercial music, it actually says “fuck you” loudly. MM is more than likely a monster predator, so that’s bad. Yet, here I am agreeing with some of his easy, entry-level, punk lefty ethos. Good on ya metal Manson. Have a good day.
I dont know what my guy’s deal with horny muzak is, but here is another album full of blaring soft jazz horns and jangly brit rock chords. It’s cheesy and dumb. Your band name is silly as well. Glad this music style got bagged and forgotten. If youre gonna do this type of thing, maybe the Cure, the Smiths, even a band I discovered here, called Teardrop Explodes, will do. Go listen to Dinosaur Jr. or Pavement. This is saccharine nonsense.
its fine. its big. its gay. i liked it. they lean into their progressions. they use em again. they fun. fuck you if you dont like the joy of this album. its ubiquitous. it has boring moments. it has fun singles. damn. its good. its okay. listen doe.
This album is a delightful surprise. Electronic music with heart. A lot of empty space, not too hectic, dainty, light, airy. My guy almost made a techno album? And, yet, DR&R rises above the ashes and stuns with its calming and accessible electronic dance sensibilities. I love this album. Its good.
I want to like this album more. The first song is hard hitting, grungy, jangly guitar riffage, too cool NYC scene music (I don't know if they are from NYC, but thats what it reminds me if). The rest of the album oscillates aggressively between punk ethos, punk adjacent music. Its part punk, part new wave, part dance. Its what LCD Soundsystem wishes it was. Dude cant sing, but I'm happy he talks at me and puts “uh” to emphasize every last word. I really think this album is cool and sloppy, too sloppy. It makes me want to listen to everything the band has done, though. And that is a big deal. A win.
She didn't deserve to be destroyed for telling the truth. This album is quintessential 90’s. Strings, clean electric and acoustic guitars, banging tight vocals, cheesy at times, heartfelt in a poetic way, melodramatic. It’s well worth the listen. Back half feels tighter, focused, front half is all over the place from the stringed opened to the rhythmic following track to some slow piano/guitar stuff. Still worth it. 90’s soft rock icon ova he’ah.
This is a fantastic album. Radiohead is rightfully a modern legend in rock and electronic music. It is innovative and intense. Out of there most profound albums this one is my least favorite. Somber oversees the glitchy wavering Yorke vocals. It is a tight album and worthy of being at the top of Radioheads best of’s. I like how large and sweeping it is. I like that its unified in tone and color. I want it to rock more. I want it to go in to rainbows and be okay as a computer. It is a gorgeous album, lush and, simultaneously, sparse. Peep game bruv.
It was a fine listen, run of the mill wu-tang affiliated project. Lots of Ghostface. Raekwon’s flow is gritty and harsh. The sparse sampling and simple beats was a nice touch. It was dope hearing some Method Man. It still fell flat with dumb skits and a few bloated tracks. I don't know if it’s better or worse than 26 Chambers, but it’s still worth a listen if you like slimy,NYC street rap.
Her voice is big, fierce, powerful, lush. The jazz is light and far away. Feels like an appropriate live album. She and the audience laughing and joking. Free style singing. I might as well have been there. Homey and satisfying, albeit a bit tired and drab at times. Cool album even if it isn't my thang.
its big cock rock and its cheesy and dumb. some of it is fun guitar rock, but most of it belongs dedass in the past.
Nicos smoky, deep, almost out of key is stellar. The light and baroque guitar and violins, neato. This isnt quite a 4, but it is an album you should listen to. Are you stuck in the whimsical woods? This album is too. Go get stuck suckers.
This album is a 2.5. Why are you listening to this New Order album? Love songs! Yay! They went from being a weird, off key depressed band to this strange abomination. The previous album is the only New Order worth listening to. If you too long songs about love that go synth in the dark, then, I guess this is your album.
This album gets better, moodier, harder, blissier, glizzier, fritzier as it goes along. I didn’t know this album as well as Loveless, but it kicks hard and doesn't stop. mbv rules and everyone should listen to mbv. stroll along with their distorted, fuzzes up guitars, their melodic and, at times, a-melodic singing. blast off! its time to gaze, press those pedals persons!
This feels like the album only exists for “Come on Eileen.” If youre here for almost a ska album, then, I guess that justifies putting yourself through this album. It really is almost ska. A lot of the time. You like British dudes who like to sing around and bass down, drawl, and complain at you? Yep, these guys. Only three albums. They cashed out at the right time.
Ska adjacent proto punk with charm and character. Smart! is a sharp track. Suits this 1001 british man born in the mid 50s stylistic choices. He loves those fast paced vibes and energy. One of the better “british play punk, jangle, or ska” albums on the list. Well done britman.
This is tight dance pop psych record. You can’t tell me otherwise. It was tomgue in cheek and fun. The band goes on to be weirdos who dont care what their record label wants. It made indie explode in a lot of ways back in 06 or 07. Yeah, they made a lot of momey on corporate tie ins and shit, but the record fits. It feels good and right. It was goofy and sarcastic. Listen to it loseeerrssss.
Fine. Frank Sinatra. I get it. You’re a thing. You win.
A fine sunny psych pop record. It has that song you know on it. I enjoyed it enough, I spose.
i dont know if its a three or a high two. i get this double lp is supposed to have moods and sides with different experiences, but it comes off muddy and murky. if youre gonna rock rundgren, fucking rock.
This album is so bad and cheesy. It came out in 1990 and still uses the most basic electric piano tones and oontz oontz rhythms. Why is this on this list? Hot can of waste. This album was so close to being fun, but they hammed every moment of it with their tacky approach to music creation. This tried soooooo hard to be commercial dogshit. And it suceeded. Down to the damn auto strings on this casio keyboard, fuck, it is bad.
Jurassic five kicks so hard. Great samples, tasteful bass, mostly chill lyrics, love the rappers cadence. One of my buddies raps like the one with the deep voice. Even the single still has personality and flair. Smart rappers with appeal for any group. Good storytellers to boot.
dumb and old fashioned. lame.
I like this Mike lad. Reminds me of some chill outer space vibe nyc rapper shit. Get in with it weirdo. Noice.
i dont know if i should give this okay, un of the mill funk album this score, but im doing it. dude can sing. music washes over you. the not standing out part is the problem. i kinda don't remember it….. sooooo thats bad. oh well.
fucccccck i hate this Irish punk bullshit. what are the lyrics? is that what the appeal is for this hokey trash? to each his own, maybe they really fought the man while they sang sea shanty's and kicked each other in the nuts at a bar. probably not. whiskey and more whiskey, i suppose. damn. ugh. fuck.
Dr. John’s southern rock, blues, groove music is authentic and energetic. This record is tight and thoughtful and fun. I liked it mighty biggly.
it is a fine album. i get why it gets all the accolades. bot my favorite style, not my favorite production, the sparseness of the sampling and backing music only works sometimes. you’ll probably like it, shill.
homies got some good licks and riff, and as much as tr wants to sound like someone else (bowie, pet shop boys, some other nasally british dudes) he still has a personality all his own. one of the few “im a british guy making an impartial (lies: read: british list) list” albums that sticks. thanks britman.
its psych ish blues rock. youve heard it no doubt. i enjoyed it. its not bad at all. glad 11 minute tracks exist. yeehaw.
This is a solid album that falls apart at the end. it goes from being a rock/shoe gaze esque affair to an almost jammy/spacy vibe. if it went post rock, chill, but jam? nah son. nah.
Guy Ritchie heist music? I got away with stealing from the casino in Vegas music? Sure. Hammy heist music to steal diamonds to. Yup.
this album is a solid effort for mid 90s grunge rock. it has aged a little bit tonally and sonically. it has some cheeseball progressions and solos sometimes, but mostly it holds up and a standard bearer for radio friendly edgy light grunge stuff. this is grunge to show your grandma. good on ya boys.
this album is indie af and fits the time. good timing and guitar solos. maybe too clean at times, maybe too sweet at times. its good tho. its real good. love me some acappella vocals that lead to wild guitar solos and symphonic and anthemic head banger moments. kicks. hard.
folky fun, finger picky, not as good as leo kottke, light weather stuff. the deuxe has a medley on it that i liked (but no one else listening did). its recorded like shit, but rules. it’s a fine album. you might like it. run of the mill whatever jams to plink plunk cry to.
i dont get this one. this is generic indie rock from turn of the century dudes. i guess this could have been notable when it came out in 2002, but now? it is nothing special. there are 100 indie rock bands doing much more joyous, energetic guitar drive indie. maybe this is supposed to be the opporsite? moody, down tempo? fine. so many bands are doing it better. did this somehow mark a turning point? give me bloc party, guvnah.
huey lewis meets joan jett. punk for a moment and coporate nonsense the next. can be music with pizzaz, but also frizzled muzak. pretenders! pretend!
its closer to a 4, but the slower songs drag it down. liberian girl is boring, but leave me alone kicks like a lions mane. i dont know, he sings good. he also sits around on his hands on these slow tracks. bops only please.
good big band music. i chilled to it, coulda done it to it. wink wink. whatever, someone out there wining and dining their lover to this shit. toot toot mother fucker.
i like joni mitchells hippy folk groove. it feels a bit dusty, but still flows in an endearing way. her poetic language is challenging, silly, interesting. she not half bad.
folk with some big building and swelling symphonics. breezy pop. r n b rip offs. its a nice mix of feelings and flavors. she has a beautiful voice with some light smoke, rasp. id tell someone to check it out if they liked taylor swift.
ragged, punky, eerie, fresh. this is a punk rock album from the 90s that still feels like a fresh take on the grungy feminist anthem. its simple guitar chords, fuzzy machinations and flat, rumbling vocals make for a compelling listen. it still has immediacy. it still belongs. glad its on the list. i likey very good like. get exiled peoples.
i liked yes, i thought it was rad. do they sing about faeiries and bilbo baggins? i dont know, probably, they are prog rock boys after all. honestly, i like complicated song structures that go all over the place. they open this album with experimental lite arpeggio shit and drop into some normy stadium rock. but its big as a building and falls just as hard. why do prog guys all sing with high pitch falsetto whine? anyway, rules. track three siberia kilimanjaro has a bad ass riff. yeeeeeaaaaahhh.
british boomer picks another punk rock folk lady singer. shes cool. she is energetic, feisty, angry. i get it. this one belongs as “should listen” but it also feels a little stale. some reggae rhythms. some folk. some blues riffs. its fine i guess. she cant sing, which is fucking punk. cool. i guess its fine. i dont know. good pick british dad?
wow, this is sensual fuck music to take your clothes off to. im super moist thinking about it. is it music or just essence du fuck? cant tell. i really cant.
i like tom waits a lot. this isnt his best album. hints at things to come. a little too loungey for me but that first track is experimental, dark, dirty waits. thats what i want. i dont want his sappy, love song sounding dirt tracks. but they are still executed incredibly. tom waits bangs and pianos like a king. still a good album. just little misses, i suppose.
hes just a rascal. dizzee rascal. love this album. have since i heard. was a fresh take on electro rap warble bass stuff. hes kind of a macho idiot, but many a man is. i like his high pitched affectations and that he raps so fast on one song i cant understand his accent. i think its a great album. its fucking great. bass boom bap shake shatter rattle. that one song thats just drums. that one where it sounds like squealing female voice sirens creaking. i like iiiiiitttt a lot.
classic rock. tooooo long. toooo many ideas. some truly good radio repeats. starts strong and fizzles by the end. whatever. probably more like a 2.5.
dj guitar vibes that dont linger in cheeseball trip hop. not a bad album. has some world music feels. british. definitely. yay.
classsiiiccc rooooccccccccc….. elo elo elo. mr sunshiiiinnneeeee. rock rock rock.
this is a really good pink floyd album. syd barrett adds to the oddity, eccentricity. there is challenging pop music here. experimental noise music. inventive structures and ideas throughout. i tend to think pink floyd is a highly overrated band, but this album still finds a way to nuzzle up and ease in. good job. i likey this batch of bops. yeehaw!
the racism in america tones? spot on. weird edge lord dumb sexism? dumb as hell. the beats have nerve and pizzaz, but feel simple. has that one song you know. dead middle, but i can see why it is on the list.
hackery, pure foolishness, lame, bloated, bland, guitar that sounds like a voice… woweeee. this is a dated, stale album left out to bleach and rot in the sun. nah. no good.
super dumb christmas reggae ska or something like that? seriously, it goes full on xmassy at times. yucko.
wanna be beatles and kinks. dont know if they want bubble gum pop or some rock or other. what did their producer expect? what did they expect. tepid water with mosquitoes in it. oh noes!
this album leans away from 4 by a small margin. great experimentation for the era. long form songs that feel like they belong. brazen noise for a single track. soloing over a moving song, a feeling far less arrogant and obnoxious as a modern jam outfit. some solid (still today) radio hits. its a crowd pleaser. it does right. i was expecting tepid classic rock and instead i got a classic.
elliott smith spelled his name wrong in suspiciously different handwriting than his own for his suicide note. piano makes you sad. suicide, relationships, drugs. good album.
nick drake like elliot smith killed himself. both created heartbreaking, individualistic albums. pink moon is THE nick drake album. its perfect. it is. im sad to say it. this guitar dude made a really great album in an era when someone else was nearby but not near enough. he was a standout. he made mood, mode, magic. im gonna go put this album on again, why not?
for a 90s classic, it actually holds up to the test of time. big kicks, swelling melodies, gives the best of both worlds. catchy, quick riffage, great guitar tones. his screaching is visceral. this is an album that deserves its place on the mountain top. even if corgan is a clown. bless iha.
solid rock album. female vocals rule. some dank leas lines and meanderings. feels like a punk album for the 90s. its like less cool sleater kinney or something. but that makes it cooler than a lot of other garbsge 90s shit? im glad i listened to them shout at me a bit. thanks!
i hated it. 80s leisure, exposure, thoughtlessness. it was bad.
i want to rate this 4, but the upbeat not dark trip hop stuff just isnt good. it isnt good okay? i dont like it. but, boyo, does the dark stuff slap like a dude slapping the side of a dog. good boy! anyway, i get why youd like it. i like it. the dark shit. strongest thee song opening in a minute, yo.
i cant give big band more than a 3 bc its just not my vibes. as an album its fine. it feels dated, dust covered, music youd play after the fallout. i suppose, as a future man this could be really cool stuff (we dont have trumpets anymore, after all!). as a man of today? meh, fine. id take this over christmas music, and it does have chill and vibe, players are talented and competent. alas, still three stars, my friend, future man.
this is a good album, not perfect. on its way, but there is some lull, gaps, lost in translation moments. their harmonizing is rad and they do good slow downs and musical breaks. good anthemic moments, interesting chord changes and dark, yet light guitar. there is just something off, something missing. maybe yellow house is a better album, maybe? anyway, definitely worth listening to.
this is a good 90s rock album. like real good. the right guitar tones. a little fuzzier, but still clean and present. nice meandering solo work and riffs. big songs, big sounds. theres a misstep with a eric clapton-esque riff and a different singer? “my curse” its not a bad song it just feels out of place. other than that this is the kind of indie turned giant label rock you need. could sit with archers of lof, built to spill, pavement of the time. so much went wrong for music in the 90s. this shit kicks.
christmas, phil, murder, wall of sound. its xma smusic tho. its got all those instruments smashed up. yeah. cool. fine. dont shoot someone, kids.
not a good album. bad. morrissey is shit. the end.
this might be the best beyonce album, but that doesnt mean its good. well, because it isnt. i dont like how she sings or raps or makes commercial and vapid statements about empowerment. fuck this bloates corpse of an album and the 1000 engineers who produced it (if the beats good, its bc someone else did the work). fuck billionaires. and fuck bey n jays hilariously empty billionaire philanthropy product placement tripe.
fine punk/reggae band. nothing to be annoyed about, nothing to be blown away about. i get it. i bet it was edgy in ‘79. go rock people.
great, angsty, exciting album. thats a damn good pixies album! hot damn! their weird little taking moments. their silly noise parts. songs about large genitals. fun shit!
phew. so much better than that horseshit meat is murder album. had more of the smiths/morrissey whine over clean indie guitar melodies. the bassist is him. clean clean stuff over here. morrissey still be kind of a weird alt right clown tho.
umm white lady doing some bog band meets motown? its surprisingly alright, not transcendent, but not so blandly thieving. this is an album.
i wanted to like this sooo bad. but it kept doing one eighties! why whitney houston in india next to paul oakenfold lite next to a daft punk song next to a literal “imagine” by oakenfold? cohesion, my dude! sad.
wow! a bland 90s albums with dudes whose lyrics are so blandly mysoginist and sexual it could knock over a truck. you like O A R? this is your shit. you like soul collective? this your jam? you like hootie? hop on board? shite.
this is the album that shows where they would have gone. it would have been good. they werent there yet. but im sure it inspired others. it lead to a couple good to okay new order albums. soooooo…. thats cool.
its a good the national album? taylor swift has never been on a bus? xmas tree farm bootstrap from the bottom now here? lead singer of nat’l sounds way higher now. a fine album.