Overall too ...monotonous for me. It's got a lot of fast paced finger picking with really mellow singing that feels a little exhausting. The lyrics are all written in what feels like a fantasy setting which can be fun, but can make things hard to follow/comprehend.
For example, there's a line from "So Long, Marianne" that goes, "We met when we were almost young". Does that mean they were, infants? Toddlers? Does it have some deeper definition that actually means they were just AFTER being young? (just turned 18 or something along those lines)
It's not until the middle of the record with songs like "So Long, Marianne" and "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" that we get into stuff that has more of an arrangement to it. The album then goes back to fewer instrumental landscapes. The album rounds out with a whistle solo accompanied by a vocal tracks that feel like their wandering around due to the panning. They also become more and more, intense before the song finally closes.
Feels like something Bob Dylan would have made if he was obsessed with The Hobbit.
Ultimately not my jam.
1. Halfway Home - This opening song seems well placed in the track list given its nearly entirely made up of what feels like one large build up. Unfortunately that build up is almost four and a half minutes of a five and a half minute song.
The song has an interesting pattern of AABBABB with the B section feel like what serves as the chorus of the song. There's a _bit_ of a change between the parts but it doesn't necessarily feel different enough from the verse which is generally recommended. (If you have a chorus)
The peak of the build-up is at 4:19 and I feel when we get there, it's not satisfying enough of a change or resolution to everything. This may be contributed to the rest of the song being pretty consistent at one level robbing this part of enough of a change of landscape/dynamic shift.
9. Shout Me Out - WHAT SONG DOES THIS ONE'S MELODY/CHORD PROGRESSION SOUND LIKE?!
Overall it's a pretty chill album and would def listen to it again. Maybe it'd grow on me.
What an iconic rap album!
Oh dang. Where to even start. I grew up listening to the Beatles so off the bat I can say I love their stuff. My personal favorites are Sgt Pepper's and The White Album, but Abbey Road has some of their other most popular songs.
It's a great album! Also, the album has to have some of the most iconic and well known cover art ever.
I think this was the first time I listened to "Work It" in headphones and good ones at that. It's super rad and I love how much layered detail there is to the song.
I also love, love, love the opening speech from Missy!
I've recently been listening to a lot of Doja Cat and I enjoy how sex positive and confident she is. Missy's "Pussycat" is a rad song and her speech at the end was a pleasant surprise! The track feels like one of the foundational tracks for Doja and others to write the type of stuff they do.
I'm really into the sentiment, outreach, and positive messaging that's in this album and to be honest, I'm pleasantly surprised by it.
Dig it, ya heard?!
I really enjoyed this album! It was unexpected and had elements from so many different genres that I enjoy.
This was one hell of an album. At times it was super grating but overall I dug it.
Bluuuuuuuuues! 😍 What a groovy album. I'd love to jam with these folks
Definitely didn't expect the rest of the album to sound the way it did in comparison to "Somebody to Love"
Not surprising that I heard some Beatles in there or rather that era given this album was released in '67.
Track #6 "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" was quite the (welcome) wake up call after the gradual sleepy time area the album had gone into.
"How Do You Feel" is one of the only times outside of Jethro Tull that I've heard flute.
Of course the legendary "White Rabbit" is still a masterpiece.
Thanks to this album being on the list I finally looked into the differences in Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship (and Starship).
A quirky folk album with some lovingly meaningful songs.
Coldplay's album Parachutes is one I've heard a good bit of over the years. For a debut album it was a massive commercial success with multiple popular singles; impressive in my book. Coldplay definitely gives me U2 vibes and in my book that's a good thing. They're a very solid example of a more chill rock band that has the ability to write catchy songs.
I don't dislike the album but I don't think it's enough for me to be an album I listen to a ton of.
Ah, "Songs From The Big Chair", an album that holds Tears' top three most popular songs. I've never sat down to really give the band a listen and I enjoyed the album. I of course knew the hits but also enjoyed some of the other songs.
I do love me a good prog epic!
Great classic of an album with some rad jam sections
Awesome new wave album with similarly awesome messages. The early songs on the record sound like Primus if it were a new wave band.
