Budget britpop band cosplaying as REM, the worst of jangle pop meets bland lyrics. There She Goes is still fun though.
The White Stripes are good! I enjoy this album but think I get a little bit lost when Jack goes off into his rocky little moments. The best siblingspouses in showbusiness. Fave song (not called 7 nation army): Little Acorns I love the squirrel bits
Not my fave gorrillaz fan but still like it a bunch
Budget britpop band cosplaying as REM, the worst of jangle pop meets bland lyrics. There She Goes is still fun though.
Leonardo DiCaprio described this album as the "magnum opus of Ice Cube's solo career". I enjoyed it, good time capsule of where rap was at in the immediate aftermath of the 1992 riots. Lyrical content strong, has never heard an Ice Cube album before and he's pretty good tbf. Favourite song on first two listens: When Will They Shoot (the album started strong what can I say)
I enjoyed this, but reluctant to place a 30 minute live album, ten minutes of which was one song, among the greatest of all time. A fun listen.
Feel like Eleanor Rigby alone elevates this album above a five. I think that sometimes with albums from this era you can be like 'oh, I understand logically why this is a step forward in music, but it's so dated that it's difficult to enjoy'. This album is just genuinely fun and holds up in every way. Japanese Breakfast recently caused a massive twitter controversy by saying that people whose fave Beatles album is Revolver are unfeeling and contrarian. I don't know if that's entirely fair - I still think there's plenty of emotion in this album. The difficulty with The Beatles is that pretty much all their albums are five stars and merit inclusion on this list! So of course some people are going to gravitate to Revolver and the ways it was revolutionary! Anyway, amazing album, Beatles are GOATed
Banger of an album, quintessential Christmas record. So many definitive versions of their respective songs on here (anything featuring The Ronettes in particular). Great production. Shame about the murder! Five stars.
Not my cup of tea, felt pretty generic. Not got much more to say than that.
I am a lyrics guy. On the one hand, this means I can really get into shittily produced bedroom pop with a great story. On the other, even if the production is fun, I can't stand by while lyrics like 'Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Will you just take a look over there (where?) there Is she tryin' to get outta that clitares? Liberation for women That's what I preach' Or 'Little choosey Susie help me find eternity You and me, we're gonna be free We're gonna make love until you bleed Yeah, take it from me Hugh...' Rubbish, awful, not a good album.
Queer, sexed up, but a BIT much now we're not in the eighties. Sex dwarf is particularly egregious as a song. But Tainted Love absolutely slaps, as do some of the minor songs on the album.
Had a lot of fun with this one. High energy, enjoyable, welcome to Tijuana, tequila, sexo, marihuana!
Nah I'm good.
Quite fun but not much more to say really. Not a hell yes but not a no, probably more like a 'Yeah, sure!' album for me.
Didn't love it, not going to lie to you. Wouldn't include it on the list.
We love Elbow - this is not my fave album of theirs', but an enjoyable, laid back time. One Day Like This (an absolute all-timer) followed by Friend of Ours is a lovely little pair to end it off. Good times.
Can't deny that Pretzel Logic is a great name for an album. I remember reading that Steely Dan went to all this effort to experiment with new sounds, little used chord progressions and instruments (such as the flapamba) in the intro to this album, but then ending up just making crap anyway. I don't think I agree it's crap - it's alright, but not feeling a huge urge to delve deeper into their back catalogue.
It was okay - was kind of disappointed as my first proper listen to a nick cave record given I know how beloved he is in Indie circles. Just kinda fine?
Enjoyable for sure, but not going to pop up in my regular rotation!
Have been listening to this and Dry a bunch since they popped up on this challenge. Pretty happy to give this a 4 - thoroughly enjoy the early 2000s rocky vibes combined with a good lyrical sensibility. Thom Yorke jumpscared me on first listen. Just really find her whole vibe very engaging, this album makes me feel like I am gliding through new parts of a massive city in a coach. For clarity, that's a good feeling! Favourite songs: You Said Something, The Mess We're In, TWH&THW, Good Fortune
Yeah I mean it's definitely noisy, can't take that away from the boys #dadtake. Can't say this one really gelled with me - his voice is not my cup of tea and it's nothing I haven't heard before. Some songs were basically unintelligible, which is fine if it's not the same guitar chords just over and over.
Fun, high energy, rocky, really enjoyed on a first listen and will likely come back to them. Some would say this album may be a Repeater. Haha!
What a thrilling reinterpretation of the country genre, really shook things up here.
Ian Dury is one of my dad's favourites. This album is absolutely a lot with lyrical and instrumental mayhem. Ian is a silly man with a serious streak, and I have a bit of a soft spot, even if there's inevitably a bit of dodginess in there. Like a fun midpoint between the storytelling comic singers of the 1960s and britpop. I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra is a title and a half. Some of these songs just straight up slap (Blockheads for example). 'The album's title derives from Dury's habit of buying clothes second hand and refers to the only items of clothing he insisted on buying new' lmao
Actually really enjoyed the experience of listening to this with the knowledge of what comes later. Like a little silly fun album. Apparently he wrote the lyrics twenty mins before recording, love it. Just dudes being bros making some songs. Anyway, shouldn't be on this list.