This is pure yacht-rock. It's enjoyable and you can see the elements of rock and funk being pulled together. 7/10
Holy shit that was good. I had only heard "Boys are back in town" on the radio. I'm actively pissed at my classic rock stations for not carrying more of their songs.
Fantastic album
I'm just not sure why it's on the list. It's not her most notable, it's not the stand-out of samba or jazz. Why?
This was an unexpected treat.
It's pleasant, but I wanted to make an album that was a spoof of early psychedelic music - it would sound like this.
Bleak as hell but surprising and quite good in parts.
OK I get it now
This was really fun. It reminded me of 90s pop punk.
I demand an explanation for why I had to grow up only hearing Tears in Heaven and Layla but not Clapton's best stuff. This is a fantastic blues rock album with excellent guest artists and a great sound.
Reminds me a lot of Kendrick Lamar. Her wordplay isn't as complex but her flow is really similar.
This was a blast
Ugh
Fucking awful
Compact and enjoyable 26 minutes of nostalgia.
I did not have acid to drop so this was not as interesting.
If you'll excuse me, I need to go airbrush a wizard on the side of a van.
It was odd. At points a jam band and others more techno. I felt incongruous.
It’s enjoyable but someone pointed out that it was released a month before Sgt Pepper and that month sounds a decade different.
Super frustrating. You can hear really promising things but it's under a pile of crap.
This was fascinating but confusing album. The first half is a mellow ambient sound like a mediation app would play for sleep sounds. Its a clear influence on electronica and is quite pleasant to listen to. The second half is more aggressive and clearly influential of punk. I'm not sure where I land on it as a whole album, but it was quite interesting.
Fascinating listen. I don't speak the language but the arrangements were great.
I felt like I was listening to a Brazilian Burt Bacharach cover band.
God help me, I tried for three tracks but I just can't. I'm not going to be mean about this. I'm not going to say there are parts where she sounds like Carol Kane impersonating Regina Spektor. I'm not going to say that the lyrics sound like a rough draft of Jewel's middle school poetry. I won't say this sounds like a bad acid trip at a small-town Renaissance Faire. I won't mention my confusion that her voice is so raspy yet high that it sounds like she's sucking helium through a lit cigarette.
I tried, but I just can't make sense of this.
Some interesting composition at points, but it's rebel without a clue.
There were glimmers of interesting things, but it never really came together for me.
Wish I could do 3.5 stars
Maybe a better manager, maybe a better name. It's not far from the Stones, it's a little odd they didn't go further. 3.5
Welp....that was an album. It had songs. It was the sound of beige.
Really thought it would be better
Enjoyable, but completely forgettable.
Really wish he didn't decide to be evil.
If I was 17, this would have resulted in a distinct goth phase.
It's fine. I'm not sure why its on this list. It's not ground breaking. It's not the best of its style. It's not even controversial. It's just here. It's fine.
I tried to like it. On paper, I should love it, but I just can't get there.
Today's album is basically "our list compiler has a boner for David Crosby, so this middling shit discus is mandatory listening"
Yup. That was there
I'm so goddamn tired of Byrds albums
But why?
I quit early in the first track when it sounded like John Philip Sousa urgently defiling a calliope. I mean it can only go down hill from there.
Maybe if my local classic rock station didn't play AC/SC at least three times an hour I'd like this more.
Yeah it's odd. Yeah it sounds like self-parody at points. But he's a helluva storyteller and he constantly pushes his own abilities as a musician. Not my favorite, but pretty damn good.
Saw Kool Keith back in '00 when he opened for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was OK, but not amazing. The crowd didn't love it so Flea came on stage to lecture us. Still just OK, sorry Flea.
So damn long
Pleasant enough I guess
My God, blues musicians are just terrible at relationships.
Hardcore punk in its ideal form.
This list made me hate electronica
Lounge singer shoegaze
I feel like I need to give a neutral opinion on the album or a character from a Cameron Crowe movie will pop up to explain why I'm wrong.
Like 30 minutes less and it woukd have been top notch.
Temu Steely Dan.
Meh
Why is every track over 5 minutes long? Why the hell is it an hour long? Why did someone do so much ectasy to think this should be on the list?
Can I do 3.51 stars?
Can I do 3.51 stars?
If it was half as long I would have given it 4 stars
Yeah it's awful to listen to, but I'm so tired of 60's psychedelic and shitty 80's post-punk this is actually welcome.
Boring Led Zeppelin but with flutes
Just why
Some great songs but sweet tap dancing Jesus is he ever pretentious and smug
OK it's not terrible, but why is it here?
Better than I expected
Oh look, my shoes. I must gaze at them while distortion plays.
Why are all of these so long?
