I really like this album! I can definitely see why it's one of the best rated albums of all time. I don't really get why Paranoid is the most revered song on here though, but it's pretty common for me to like the most populair song on any given album the least
It's clear this is an early hip hop album. The beats are kind of basic compared to what is being made now and the flow and rhymes are very standard (AABB rhyme scheme, and every line fits neatly into each measure). I do have to commend the use of the guitar though, and it's undeniable that Walk This Way is a great song. It's hard to fairly evaluate an album like this as someone who was born in the 21st century and who doesn't have a very extensive background in hip hop (aside from Excursions and Illmatic I guess)
Love all the layered sounds on this record, and the longer songs as well that let you really reflect on the total walls of noise that it creates. At some points I'm reminded of Talking Heads even though I don't know them very well, but it's obvious that a lot of the synth and drum machine sounds that are used are kind of dates, which is on purpose of course. Really funky album that just as some great layering at points.
Boring, sorry
Pretty nice album! Had some bangers on there for sure, like Mr. Brightside obviously (gotta love that single-note melody), but sadly there wasn't enough variation or innovation for me to give it anything above three stars, but I still enjoyed it.
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I liked some of the instrumentals a lot, I’m a sucker for wind instruments in rock music and this has both brass and woodwork (I think?) I absolutely despised the singer though, such an annoying voice and way of singing. He kinda ruined the whole album for me and I noticed that the only parts that I liked where parts where he’d shut up (the drop at In Every Dream Home A Heartache, for example)
I already forgot I listened to this album yesterday, not memorable at all. At least I didn't remember it sounding bad, so I'm not giving it one star but two
This is the best Rolling Stones album? That decides it, I don’t like the Stones, especially not Mick Jagger
Interesting little album, I really enjoyed the first song because it was fast-paced and energetic, but every song afterwards was quite more thoughtful while still keeping the grungy-ness. I can't say it made much of an impression on me but I feel like this might be one of those albums that grows on me the more I listen to it.
I like loud music, except when the loudness of the music messes up the audio quality. Good god the mics in these recordings sound scuffed. Aside from that, I'm not the biggest fan of blues either, so this was a total miss for me. The fact that most songs weren't even original songs didn't make it any better in my opinion
Fun album :)
I'm a fan of Radiohead and The Strokes and that type of sort of melancholy British rock, and from what I'd heard I thought The Smiths would fit in with my tastes quite nicely, but I was slightly disappointed with this album. It wasn't bad by any stretch of the word, but I was just missing the bangers, something to stand out and tap my feet to.
It was alright, I suppose, but it's so outdated and corny nowadays. I also don't get scared away by 'disturbing' lyrics either so it was kind of a flop for me. Some good guitar riffs though
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