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Klaxons
3/5
This sounds like something produced by ChatGPT after I ask it to make an album combining the sounds of the 20 most popular post-2005 indie rock bands. And that’s a good thing.
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Black Sabbath
4/5
Incredibly heavy for 1970.
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Dig the Dusty. Honourable mention to the first two songs. She goes from “Just a Little Lovin” to “So Much Love”. Drastic change in love.
Violent Femmes
2/5
“Why can’t I get just one fuck?” asks the singer. Because your music sounds like it’s for children.
Bobby Womack
3/5
Bobby. As much as he is the face of this, I think the bass and synth players steal the show here. Also, was that a harp?
U2
4/5
I’m hearing there’s some anti-U2 rhetoric going on in here. Stop it. They’re good.
A dull opening but songs 2-5 are classics.
This is a very cool, edgy sounding (no pun intended) album for 1991. Probably a bit of a jolt to fans after Joshua Tree but think they hit on this.
Say what you want about The Edge, he managed to find a unique style that doesn’t get old.
Seeing them live in 2011 at Canad Inns Stadium was a highlight. After seeing so many losing performances in that building, it was nice to finally be in attendance for a winner.
As the great Bono says “you better learn how to kneel” and give U2 the respect they deserve.
On your knees Hargrave.
Johnny Cash
2/5
I listen to music for the music so you can imagine how this review is going to go.
I’ll never understand the aura this guy has and never will. Listening to this is like eating a piece of un-toasted bread with no condiments. Plain and boring. Feels like one big 55 minute song.
Someone tell Johnny he won’t end up in prison if he switches up the chord progressions once in a while.
Johnny’s banter is fun to listen to, but I’d banter a ton also if it meant shifting the focus away from my dry music.
Honourable mention to the convicts who go crazy in Folsom Prison Blues after Johnny talks about killing a man.
Primal Scream
3/5
Wasn’t able to give this a full listen. But long songs with lots of instruments and random noises is always right up my alley. Slip Inside This House a really cool track.
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Music is decent, but to me the vocalist just sucks the air right out of this album. Turns this into a very dreary, depressing listen that takes any enjoyment out of these tracks.
Cornershop
2/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
I enjoy metal, but I like it the best when you can bob your head with a scowl on your face. A lot of this album is not that. I’ve always considered Iron Maiden “happy metal”
The opening track is a bit jarring with a bizarre cringy key change at the chorus.
Children of the Damned and Hallowed Be Thy Name are the standouts here.
Can’t deny the vocals are excellent throughout the album.
Run to the Hills is the worst song on the album.
I thought Spotify had mistakenly switched to Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher when Gangland started. Exact same drum part. But this song came before VH and is better, so screw VH.
But discovered some pretty cool songs as well that make this a decent listen.
Beck
2/5
A couple catchy tunes including E-Pro to kick things off, but this thing nosedives worse than the Winnipeg Jets season. From Black Tambourine on, just a very forgettable stretch.
Highlight - E-Pro
Lowlight - Hell Yes
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
This would make a really good EP with 4-5 really good songs. But there are a few “stock” songs here that seem like they were thrown together in minutes which taint the quality of this album. Someone tell Tom it’s OK if a song goes past the four-minute mark.
Breakdown could have been an all timer if it wasn’t for his bizarre Razor Ramon vocals in the first verse.
“Anything that’s Rock ‘n’ Roll” continues to prove my theory of…If a song has “Rock and Roll” in the title, it is likely a dud.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
4 legends in their prime here. Not much else needs to be said.
Vocals, guitar, bass, drums and even keyboards are next level here.
Stopped short of giving this five stars because of the deplorable Boogie with Stu.
I have to say it. Kashmir should’ve stopped at the four minute mark. No need to go for four more minutes when you’re just recycling the same parts again.
Kraftwerk
2/5
Well this was something. I’m into prog rock so I was intrigued for the first 5-10 minutes. But it just turned into a bunch of noise and button pushing and Im convinced I could create something similar in my basement in an hour.
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
Absolute snoozefest.
AC/DC
3/5
I’ve heard these songs a combined 10675645 times in my life, and not by choice either. The love for these songs has been beaten out of me because of how often they play on the radio. As harsh as I am with AC/DC’s three-chord
Cat Stevens
2/5
This album doesn’t really get me purring. Cat lost me when he kept asking where the children are playing in the first song. Concerning question.
Some moments here but this one just a little too folky and mellow for me. I have a limit over how much acoustic guitar I can handle and this surpasses that by a mile.
Ryan Adams
2/5
My first foray into Ryan Adams. Very Lumineers-ish on some songs. But just not enough OOMPH for me. I had enough by the halfway point. I’m hoping to hear an electric guitar at some point this week in this group. Also, albums should be 12 songs MAX.
The Clash
3/5
Was quite impressed with the variety of riffs and Melodie’s on this album. Thought we were in for a 35 minutes of an album that sounded like one song. Gained a little more respect for old school punk music after this listen. I can’t give this anything higher than a 3 because of the punk vocals that make my ears bleed.
Gorillaz
2/5
Two of my favourite things are instrumentals and weird time signatures and Gorillaz has examples of both of these. Overall, this is still a little too hip-hoppy for me
The Specials
2/5
This music would be great if I was 7 beers in at a party. If I need to be drunk to enjoy your music, it’s probably not very impressive.
Brian Eno
1/5
Maybe this will calm down my dog when he’s fired up. Outside of that, can’t figure out a good reason for this to exist.
Eno = Oh No
k.d. lang
2/5
Great voice. But this thing needs to pick up the pace a little. A lot of similar sounding songs that don’t offer much variety.
Dr. John
1/5
I couldn’t make it past the third song.
I get that they didn’t have much to work in the 60’s, but this is garbage. Worst backup vocals I’ve ever heard.
The Chemical Brothers
1/5
I was out the second I saw that three of the songs had “beats” in the title.
Shuggie Otis
3/5
Never listened to an album with three-four instrumental songs in a row smack-dab right in the middle of it. Very unique and cool format. Even in the songs with lyrics, some cool extended jams.
a-ha
2/5
Nope.
R.E.M.
3/5
The music is solid. This comes down to how much Michael Stipe moaning can you handle?
Gene Clark
3/5
Got my cowboy hat ready after that first song because I thought we were heading for a ride into the country but Gene surprised me with some decent stuff the rest of the way. Really good title track.
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Impressive album, considering how dull and uninspiring a lot of 60s music is. You can make fun of how much drugs psych rockers are on, but what they create is often spectacular.
The one thing I can’t figure out. Why is Grace Slick not used in a solo singing role more often on this album? Every time she comes in, it is a highlight.
Stan Getz
2/5
I will never criticize jazz considering it involves people playing instruments which is more than what a lot of artists can say these days. But I don’t want to listen to 40 straight minutes of it.
Duran Duran
3/5
Pleasantly surprised. Never judge an album by its creepy cover. Feel like this is a notch above the typical 80s stuff.
Eels
3/5
Possibly the worst 30 seconds of an album I’ve ever heard. Once the guitar kicks in, we get an OK album. A great first song, minus the start, got me excited, but after that, I found there were more flat tracks than good ones.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
A couple of absolute epics on this album. But 3 epics don’t make an amazing complete record . A couple of country bumpkin duds on here damper this one a bit.
Fiona Apple
2/5
That is a terrible album cover.
The music is a little better, although It’s a little too loungey, if that’s even a word. She does have a good voice, though.
Klaxons
3/5
This sounds like something produced by ChatGPT after I ask it to make an album combining the sounds of the 20 most popular post-2005 indie rock bands. And that’s a good thing.
The Dictators
3/5
The best thing ever done by a dictator.
I know McFartney will mention something about Handsome Dick Manitoba so I’ll leave that to him.
Isaac Hayes
2/5
My favourite parts were the extended jams.
Other standouts: Longest song title I’ve ever seen. And most unnecessary 19-minute song I’ve ever heard.
Judas Priest
2/5
Is it just me or do most of these songs have the lamest choruses ever? Throw in a couple songs that sound like failed attempts at anthems and this doesn’t age well at all, in my opinion.
Deep Purple
4/5
I’m not sure if I would have made it out of this concert alive if I was there. This has everything you would want in a rock concert. Heavy riffs, extended jams, drum solos. Add in the fact that everything is so tight in this performance. Zero sloppiness.
I can’t confirm they’re on drugs here, but if they are, nobody can tell me that drugs are all bad after this masterpiece.
Beatles
2/5
I’ve always said the best Beatles songs are the ones that the girls didn’t scream at. This one was a screamer. Not a lot offered by the “fab four” here instrumentally. But I do enjoy some of the vocal melodies.