Pitch slide singing is bad.
Having only heard greatest hits, there were some other good songs here like In crowd.
Classic M&P harmony.
Some songs sound creepy, is that from movies/media that use M&P in a creepy context?
California Dreamin’ is kind of a masterpiece.
“Like a prayer” is a good song and then it quickly goes downhill from there. Some of the background singers highlight how weak her vocals are. End of the album is all filler. Not sure how this made the list other than cultural significance. So much processed synth it’s like McDonald’s for the ears. There is probably a candidate for a female Rickroll (Madroll?) in here.
Lots of similar sounds but beautiful orchestration nonetheless. “Keep Gettin’ it On” is…silly.
Part Beatles in a cocktail shaker, part 70s funk. All with unmistakably unique Bowie voice.
Interesting
If you like biblical references and generic love poetry you’re in luck. I wanted to hate it but I didn’t. I feel like Bowie and Cash had more deathbed gravitas and Cohen uses his voice as a crutch here…how pretentious is this review.
Chill. Worth another listen. Goes on a little long.
All nephews need to listen to this.
Did they want to be the hip hop Beatles? With B-boy Bouillabaisse a nod to Abbey Road. They have at least a couple of albums better than this one.
Not the Chicago from the schlocky adult contemporary radio your parents played while you were captive in the back seat. A band experimenting with finding its sound…meh.
A wild ride. A bit surprised to read he is still alive.
Beautiful sounds and harmonies. What is there to pull the listener in instead of falling asleep on the couch?
Feral and uninhibited. Feels like they wrote this for themselves. Love it in small doses.
Never able to feel a groove on this one. Nothing catchy; treble laden. Still trying to discern why this album made the list.
Campy, tongue in cheek, but undeniably fun. An over the top auditory diary. If you can’t smile while listening to this, you are truly dead inside. Will listen again.
At times frantic, other times dreary. Lyrics sometimes existentialist, sometimes nonsensical. Feels like the band doesn’t want the album to be pinned down. “Air” & “Heaven” are ones to listen to again.
I like Willie but this album was adult contemporary lullabies.
This was ok. His voice and flow are good, but the choruses are often cheesy or don’t fit the rest of the song. It felt like the producer was trying too hard. “Kick, push” doesn’t have that problem and is great; will listen to that again.
People love Rod’s voice or they don’t. I don’t. Music was generic.
Weird, wild, and frantic. This feels like a predecessor to punk. A bit cheesy in 2023.
Slogging through this was like eating sand.
As if the title “Nocturnal Me” wasn’t bad enough, the listener is then subjected to what evokes a creepy rapist villain in a low budget musical forcing his kidnapped victim to listen to his sexual assault agenda in advance. Let’s hope she escapes before having to listen to the entire disaster. As if to reinforce the sleazy predator vibe with zero self awareness, “Thorn of Crowns” exposes us to McCulloch’s pathetic, nauseating, and odious orgasmic moaning for 4 hellish minutes or until we leave to take a shower. You almost have to applaud this level of mastadonic narcissism.
“Killing Moon” was ok.
I would give this 0 stars if I could.
This is standard Deep Purple fare - fun/mindless rock music to cruise around to. Some cool organ sounds; guitar solos feel sloppy at times. Ultimately it ends up as forgettable.
Funky and weird, probably very unique at the time; it still feels unique now. It’s hard to listen to these songs and not be distracted by John Martyn’s vocals. He oscillates between a deathbed Huey Lewis and Michael McDonald on LSD. On the list to listen again - “Dealer”.
Strange. Like a hipster movie soundtrack. It comes across as both serious and silly. I feel like whoever is responsible for this does quirky stuff like wear wooden hats.
A different sound than the familiar hits from them…starts heavily anti-war and then becomes almost child-like later. “Australia” is hilarious propaganda that was worth listening to for the laugh.
A different sound than the familiar hits from them…starts heavily anti-war and then becomes almost child-like later. “Australia” is hilarious propaganda that was worth listening to for the laugh.
This just sounds like some young guys screwing around…unless I’m missing the hidden genius that got it on the list. Nothing memorable, nothing melodic.
Nice…inoffensive…boring. Pick this to spice up a hotel lobby over the normal muzak. Or maybe tot fall asleep.
A more polished Green Day than earlier albums. They know their audience - this is still pop punk targeted towards tweens & teens. No hidden gems; the hits were already overplayed on radio.
This feels like a 70s movie soundtrack. Lots of bongos as advertised. An endearing novelty that puts a smile on your face as you hear a familiar melody and start to recognize the covers. Not an everyday listen but fun to play for friends.
On first listen nothing…waited a day to see if something was stuck in my head or my opinion changed, nothing. Just somewhat pleasant mediocrity.
