Synchronicity- Opening Track, Catchy- (8)
Walking In Your Footsteps- Good (7)
O My God- Mid (5.5)
Mother- Horrible (3)
Miss Gradenko- Another Vibey Song(7.5)
Synchronicity II -Not bad, but not good either (6.5)
Every Breath You Take- Perfect(10)
King of Pain- Vibey Song (8.5)
Wrapped Around Your Finger- Groovy, Goodn(7)
Tea by the Sahara- Mid (6)
Murder By Numbers- Fire Ass Song (10)
Murder By Numbers- Fire Ass Song(10)
Running Up That Hill-🔥(10)
Hounds of Love- Its aight(7)
The Big Sky- Generic (6)
Mother Stands For Comfort- MOTHER🎤(8.5)
Cloudbusting- Pretty Fire, Beat Slaps)9)
And Dreams Of Sheep- Its good (7.5)
Under Ice- Underrated, best on album(10)
Jig of Life- Fire ass Beat (9)
Waking the Witch- wth (4.5)
Watching You Without Me- A weird ring to it, almost not mid but still(6.5)
Jig of Life- Fire ass Beat (9)
Hello Earth- Alright(7.5)
The Morning Fog- Groovy End(8)
Summary: A New Genre For me, I liked the sound and idea. Most songs were good, some misses, but overall a good listen
One Hundred Years- Dawg What (2)
A Short Term Effect- Better Mid (5)
The Hanging Gardens- Meh (6)
Siamese Twins- MIDD (4)
The Figurehead- Interesting but nah (6.5)
A Strange Day- Huge Turnaround (8)
Cold- Decent (7.5)
Pornography- What is even happening (3)
Waitin' For The Bus- Ok I see it (4)
Jesus Left Chicago- Better Better (4)
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers- Once again it's aight (3)
Master of Sparks- Guitar Riff carried (3)
Hot, Blue, and Righteous- Gave Me Blues(2)
Move Me on Down the Line- THEN I HEARD RED ROOSTER (5)
Precious and Grace- DUNNIN DUNNIN (4.5)
La Grange- Unnecessarily fire (5)
Sheik- Okay Okay (3.5)
Have You Heard? - Decent Eh (2.5)
Waitin' For The Bus (LIVE)- Same stuff but even better (n/a)
Jesus Left Chicago (LIVE)- (n/a)
La Grange (LIVE)- (n/a)
Liquid Swords- GZA and the Wu-Tang Clan are samurai fighting with their liquid swords(their bars). GZA talks about defeating and keeping down the weak MCs (4)
Duel Of The Iron Mic- Continuing the metaphor about Samurai, they compare sword duels t Battle Rapping, where one's mic is the “iron sword” (4.5)
Living In The World Today- In this track Genius encourages those who agree with the Wu-Tang’s view but heavily cautions that against empty support, as they will face oppression and need to be able to stand up (5)
Gold- The drug/hustling life is explained to be a trap and encompasses those who partake in it but doesn’t allow a way out, making them struggle to meet the dangerous requirements every day (3.5)
Cold World- A contrary perspective from the track Gold, GZA describes being an onlooker to this harsh community where they need to do shady business and risk their lives to progress in life (4.5)
Labels- GZA gives his piece of mind about Labels, comparing them to spiders luring prey to their web. He disses multiple Labels n the process (5)
4th Chamber- The hit of the album, the different artists on the track explain how they all get about their way of life in different ways, but they all come together as Rap Samurai (5)
Shadowboxin’- GZA along with Method Man continues the story of the 4th Chamber, and how they explain their frustrations through rap, plus showing off their skills (4)
Hell’s Wind Staff/Killah Hills 10304- Same message as Shadownboxin’, except this time GZA boats about his mastery of his drug game. The second part of this double track, Killah Hills 10304, talks about how even if you are successful in the trap, you are ultimately locked in this chain of tragedy, no matter how successful you are in the drug game (5)
Investigative Reports- Over the report of a case in Brooklyn, GZA, along with U-God and Ghostface rap about how the war in Brooklyn mirrors the Revolutionary War, a fight for freedom, only in this case its to escape a system of oppression (4)
Swordsman- GZA talks about the 5% Theology, the belief that God is part of him, and warns about foolish people who face authority without a plan, but separates himself from them, stating his superiority and deep wisdom. (4.5)
I Gotcha Back- GZA is trying to show those in the system that he is supporting and watching their back, but that doesn't mean they are completely safe, because danger can come from any side, and when being in the trap there is no guarantee of where an attack will come from (4)
B.I.B.L.E- In the final track GZA raps about how from early in his life, he seemed wise but had a struggle getting it in a system where they rent supposed to grow up being philosophical. However, GZA encourages the listener that he has realized much about religions, and raps about his beliefs through the rest of the track (5)
Summary: GZA speaks throughout the album about how the world is unfair for the black people in the projects, and how the circuits and circles there forced into never have an exit, However, 's encouraging listeners and victims to remain confident and hope for a better time; OVERALL: 5/5
See No Evil- The theme is thinking and dreaming of ambitions, all these of pure happiness and good, without and bad or evil things to stomp upon it. However, the singer tries to persuade the listener this isn’t how life is and to wake up and realize the world around them. The outro adds a message to control your future (4.5)
Venus- The singer focuses on a being called “Venus” who is described in countless eloquent ways throughout the track (3.5)
Friction- An interpretative track, loosely centers around the idea of friction, possibly as a parallel to miscommunication and difficulty to collectively act? (3)
Marque Moon- A scattered but well produced song, focused on living life with purpose and not drifting around and leaving your fate up to chance (5)
Elevation- This song is about how the singer has reached a higher place where common judgement does not break his stride, and he continues reminiscing about when it did (4)
Guiding Light- Once again the singer talks about purpose and the path his life is on, and whether this is indeed a guiding light showing him the right way, or if he really is all alone (3.5)
Prove It- A chapter in the singers life which constantly bugged and peeved him is finally over, and he is ready to move on (4)
Torn Curtain- After a long time of avoiding the pain in his life, the singer finally get caught by the dark, tearing his life and throwing him into despair (3)
Summary: A indie album with a collection of guitar solos and drums that match in a rigid sort of way lead the way for the dreamy and loosely pieced ideas each tracks puts forward. All in all an interesting album with some good songs; OVERALL 4/5
Introduction- A simple but beautiful instrumental to lead into the album (4)
Hazy Jane II- A track that introduces reflection in the listener’s mind, as he talks about what he feels about the need for a simple time (2.5)
At The Chime Of A City Clock- A song about the rush of the city, but the singer observes rather than partaking in the bustling activities, giving off a sense of longing (3)
One Of These Things First- Drake is pondering about the possibilities he had in a time past, and recollects it in a sad, desolate manner (3.5)
Hazel Jane I- Another interpolation of the idea that Drake is having a conversation with a girl he wants to be with, but can’t seem to pull through (2)
Bryter Layter- Nothing much, just a vibey instrumental (4)
Fly- Nick speaks about how he is in a position of weakness, and is seeking some external force to provide him the help he needs to get off his feet and “fly” (3.5)
Poor Boy- A song about how the poor boy (Most likely Nick), although possessing no materialistic wealth, found his riches in the environment around him (3)
Northern Sky- Northern Sky is the place Drake uses as a metaphor of his refuge, a place he longs to be but can’t reach (3.5)
Sunday- A calming and serious instrumental to lead off the album (3)
Summary: An interesting album about loneliness, Drake was giving off depression emo vibes without giving emo material, so good in that sense, but just not the stuff for me; OVERALL: 2/5
To All The Girls- A chill intro to the album, which is most definitely not gonna keep up the chill vibe, but good start (3.5)
Shake Your Rump- A mix of many different sounds and samples to create a old style hip hop track (4)
Johnny Ryall- The subject of the track has s Johnny Ryall, who is dirt poor and homeless, yet he is a star to his people (3)
Egg Man- Another fictional character Beastie Boys made up, as they add wordplay to continue his story (2.5)
3-Minute Rule- A chill beat with the less screaming but more bars (4.5)
Hey Ladies- Too much randomness (2)
5-Piece Chicken Dinner- N/A
Looking Down the Barrel of A Gun- A deranged song about the bands rise to fame, where they faced many hardships (2)
Car Thief- A funky beat where the band raps about the art of car stealing, but don’t actually advocated for it (3.5)
What Comes Around- Another witty song about how the world revolves the principle of actions have consequences (4)
Shadrach- A song that’s packed with cultures references, probably a tribute (1.5)
Ask For Janice- N/A
B-Boy Boullibase- N/A
Summary: A loud, sound-rich album from Beastie Boys talking about classic stuff in N.Y, just too much screaming; OVERALL: 2/5
Mandela- A jazzy, plain intro with not much else to it (7.5)
Song For Sathima- A relaxed jazz song, gives off dainty vibes (8)
Mandenberg Revisited- A wild west pub song, with a sort of lifted spirits rung to it (8)
Tuang Guru- A revamped, rejuvenated version of Mandenberg (7)
The Wedding- generic Jazz, not very appealing (5)
The Mountain- Serious Kung Fu Panda vibes throughout, peak jazz (9.5)
Sameeda- Alright jazz- (6)
Summary: One of the first full jazz projects ive listened to. I don’t see myself listening to this a lot, but it was a good listen, and had some nice tracks; OVERALL:7/10
Mannish Boys- A vibrant, resonating intro to a supposed blues album (8)
Bus Driver- The start of the blues, Waters now focuses on a bus driver who stole his woman (6.5)
I Wanna Be Loved #2- Real vibey song, classic song about courting a woman (8.5)
Jealous Hearted Man- Hes back to thinking about his woman, who is gone from him, but this time in a more uppity environment (6)
I Can’t Be Satisfied- From the sadness sprouts anger, as Waters debates leaving town because of a woman who just doesn’t satisfy him (7)
The Blues Had A Baby And Named It Rock And Roll- A vibed out song about the conversion of the Blues to Rock n Roll (7.5)
Deep Down In Florida- As the previous tracks topic, Waters switches to a more rocky type of drums, with a looping guitar riff as he talks about life in Florida (6.5)
Crosseyed Cat- Waters tells a fictions story about how a woman he liked had to be left alone because of a strange cat she had (6)
Little Girl- A questionable song where Waters sings about a girl not as mature as him, and how she is sweeter than sugar (5.5)
Walkin’ Thru The Park- A jazzy uppity song about just being carefree and spending time in a park (7)
Summary: Waters compiled a very interesting set of blues tracks, with some misses and some hits. All in all a decent album; OVERALL:6.9/10
Being Boring- The intro track brings a chill vibe, but a bit sullen, as the topic is about a couple who repeatedly warned about being reckless but he claims that they were just living life the supposed way (7.5)
This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave- A sad song about how he wishes that he wasn't placed in this world which he worked so ling to get out of (6.5)
To Face The Truth- The singer loves his partner very much but she doesn’t return the attention, and he starts to comes to terms with it(8)
How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?- The singer it talking to a famous person who doesn’t appeal to the public, calling her foolish and claiming no one will take her seriously (7.5)
Only The Wind- A song about how the wind can suddenly start and take somebody by surprise, but he doesnt get scared as it dies down as soon as it starts (8)
My October Symphony- A song about describing the festivities in October and what it means to the singer (9)
So Hard- The singer talks about a relationship where both of them are unfaithful and not committed but he wants to try and fix it, but its just so hard (7.5)
Nervously- The singer talks about a girl he likes and she notices, but he doesn’t to anything because he is too shy to make a move on her (6.5)
The End Of The World- The singer is now facing a broken relationship, and says that no matter what happens his world is not over (8.5)
Jealousy- His partner betrays his trust, and tries to make it up, but he cannot see her reasons because of his jealousy (7.5)
Summary: A new wave album, with some chill and poppy beats. A new listening experience for me, and one of my best reactions to such an album so far; OVERALL: 7.7/10
Exp- The intro track features abnormal sounds, and at the end it shifts to rock. The track in question starts off with a question if aliens are real, in which Jimi answers no. Most likely he tells a tale as if they actually were (6.5)
Up From The Skies- Jimi talks about a change in the world that is coming’s its all the current problems, and begs this person, maybe Mother Earth, to let him see and hear everything that will change (7)
Spanish Castle Magic- Jimi is talking to his girl, convincing her all her doubts are purely fabrications in her mind, and that they need to run wild, as paralleled by the ‘Spanish Castle Magic’ (8)
Wait Until Tomorrow- Jimi was excited about taking his girl and running away together, but she insists on waiting one more day, signaling she has some doubts about everything (8)
Aint No Tellin- Jimi leaves without his girl, even though he doesn't want to. However, he desires the adventure more, so he bodes her farewell (7.5)
Little Wing- Jimi is back to daydreaming about his girl, a girl who’s imagination runs free as she has the same desire as him, to run free (9)
If 6 was 9- Jimi talks about conformity, and how he is against the idea of needing to do what society tells u to do. Rather, he will live life as he wants to, and die when its his time (9.5)
You Got Me Floatin’- Jimi is driven mad my his new love interest, who makes him float at the sight of her (9)
Castles Made Of Sand- A sadder song about how castles made of sand, a parallel of people who have some disease or suffering will always get washed away, or die (9.5)
She’s So Fine- Another song about Jimi’s love, but not as appealing as the previous (6.5)
One Rainy Wish- Once again, Jimi courts a woman, this time claiming the first time he laid his eyes on her she instantly stole his heart, and he became obsessed with her (8.5)
Little Miss Lover- This time, Jimi doesn't just watch his girl from a distance, he approaches her and immediately gets to the point, and wants to make her his (7)
Bold As Love- Jimi finally comes to term with his girl, and although he is scared, he trust in the boldness of the love, and pushes forward (10)
Summary: My first Jimi Hendrix experience, my favorite rock album so far, although the total of that count is no greater than 3. Great production with the drums and instruments all coming together to paint this album about the mysteries of love; OVERALL: 8.2/10
Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody- A sad but happy at the same song, talking bout being an everyday man, with no love (10)
(Nothing’s Too Good) For My Baby- Club feeling to it, about a love who deserves anything (6)
The Lip- Not as bad, but still not my taste (6.5)
Body And Soul- A jazzy sound that is real smooth (8)
Oh, Marie- Rushed, same jazzy happy vibe (5)
Basin Street Blues/When It’s Sleepy Down South- Another good vibe song- (9)
Jump, Jive, An’ Wail- A ‘jumpy’ song about getting moving, really good intrusmentals and overall amazing (9.5)
Buona Sera- Another lively song that fits the vibe perfectly- (9)
Night Train- A bit sullen, and less jivey as the past two. Not bad though (6.5)
(I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal You- A funny song about wishing someone the worst, except it feels the complete opposite (7.5)
Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days- Another rushy song, talking about getting his baby back? (6)
Banana Split For My Baby- A jazzy song that unlike others, is more though out (10)
Whistle Stop- Another good planned song, with the same liveliness (9.5)
Be Mine (Little Baby)- Another courting song, good to end off the album (7)
Summary: An album full of happy vibes and some really good songs for the time period it was made. Could be a bit shortened, but not a huge problem; OVERALL: 7.5/10
Intruder- A dark song, murky vibe. The feel is of an intruder being welcome to dare try and enter the singers house (6)
No Self Control- The murky theme continues, but now it is more fearful, the singer talking about his problems and addictions, and how he can’t control himself (7.5)
Start- A pleasant interlude, with much more livliness to it, but the dark keys remain (7.5)
I Don’t Remember- From goth to more hard rock, still keeping a dark theme, about not being able to remember (5)
Family Snapshot- A deeper song with more purpose, very nice drums (8)
And Through The Wire- A sort of love song, with crooning about how someone is very close but so far at the same time (7.5)
Games Without Frontiers- A song about having no barriers, maybe a parallel to being vulnerable, as he mentions if looks could kill they would, about a partner?? (6.5)
Not One Of Us- The vibe at this point has completely flipped, being more new rock. The song touches the topic of someone who walks within a group, but is a fake (8)
Lead A Normal Life- Ironically one of the most complex, deepest songs on the album. With so little words Gabriel sets the mood for pondering and reflecting on his life, on how it would be to live like a normal person (9)
Biko- The ending to the album, with a very broody but jungle vibe? An interesting track (7.5)
Summary: Haven’t heard anything like this, an interesting listen; OVERALL: 7/10
Sail Away (8)
Lonely At The Top (6.5)
He Gives Us All Love (5)
Last Night I Had A Dream (7)
Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear (5)
Old Man (6.5)
Political Science (6)
Burn On (7.5)
Memo To My Son (6)
Dayton, Ohio-1903 (7.5)
You Can Leave Your Hat On (5)
God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) (6.5)
Let It Shine (8)
Maybe Im Doing It Wrong (6.5)
Summary: Sluggish, slow type of vibe. Very few stand out songs; OVERALL: 6.5/10
Eternally Yours, by The Saints, is very meh. It is kinda fun, the sounds and vibes. The guitar riff’s and drums are nice, but the singing is subpar. The only song where the band is somewhat appealing is Lost and Found. Otherwise the British band seems to lack coherence and reference with the instrumentals in the songs. All in all, Eternally Yours is a bad album.
Best Song: Lost and Found
Worst Song: No, Your Product
A Tribe Called Quest push out there debut album, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, and it is truly marvelous. The funk and jive of this album complement the laid back rap n’ rhymes from all artists, especially Q-Tip, who did a great job on this album. The group was able to near flawlessly formulate this hour plus long chill Hip-Hop eargasm. Diversity maybe could have pushed this album to a 10, but it is still a testament to the groups’ unmatched skill and excellence. All in all, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is an amazing album.
Best Songs: Push It Along, Youthful Expression, and Description of a Fool
Worst Song: Bonita Applebum
The Jungle Brothers’ Done By the Forces of Nature is funky. This classic Hip-Hop album brings in cultural elements of the genre, and predates the gangsta, hardcore rap of the 90’s . However, the songs still slap with great rhymes and flows, just no cusses involved. The Afro influence is also prevalent and awesome, as it adds on to the Jungle Brothers’ unique sound. Highlights include Needs on a String, What “U” Waitin’ For, and Acknowledge Your Own History. All in all, Done By the Forces of Nature is a great album.
John Lennon’s Imagine is sleepy. Really on the last four tracks bring anything of value, everything else being a snooze fest. It’s truly unfortunate, considering Oh Yoko! was really well put together, John’s vocals clicking together excellently with the instrumentals. It really is not anything worth nothing besides that, with lackluster vocal performances and bland songs. All in all, Imagine is a mid album.
best Song: Oh Yoko!
Worst Song: I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die
Bob Marley & the Wailers' Exodus is smooth. Bob Marley comes through with pleasant vocals on most of the tracks, having religious inspiration on some, like So Much Things to Say and The Heathen. The beats and background instrumentals complement the sound nicely for him, and provide for a vibe. However, it just gets a bit boring with Reggae. There isn’t much drive, and the music needs some drive to be enjoyable. Sonically, it is sound, but artistically, it could’ve been more polished. All in all, Exodus is an alright album.
Best Song: Three Little Birds
Worst Song: Turn the Lights Down Low
Grateful Dead’s American Beauty is relaxing. It gives that vibe of Stevie Wonder: relaxation, comfortability, kicked-back feet. Some tracks are mellow, some a testament to love, and those really hit. The last two tracks aren’t up to par with the rest, but that did not bring it down too much. This album definitely is a good opening experience to the vast genre of rock. All in all, American Beauty is a good album.
Best Song: Ripple
Worst Song: Attics of My Life
The Who’s My Generation is fun. All the beats and drums make for a playful and catchy listening experience. The vocals also hit, not sounding jarring or uncomfortable either. Although the latter half of the album sees better quality songs, the album is nice throughout. Highlights include A Legal Mater, The Ox, and My Generation. All in all, My Generation is a good album.
Kings of Leon’s Youth And Young Manhood is bland. Its jarring, and has no cohesion. The drums are lackluster, and singing is beyond horrible. Red Morning Light and Molly’s Chamber are this albums saving grace, but even those aren’t spectacular. This album cannot possibly be considered as part of the greatest albums in the last half-century, and truly has no value. All in all, Youth And Young Manhood is a trash album.
Best Song: Molly's Chamber
Worst Song: California Waiting
Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker is a drowsy, solemn epilogue. Really, he is basically just talking on the album, but that isn’t necessarily horrible for the tracks. Sometimes, the comfortable and relaxed production, which is evident on all the songs, takes over and nicely balances with his voice. Other times, Leonard just talks with no evident cohesion. Highlights include It Seemed the Better Way and String Reprise / Treaty. All in all, You Want It Darker is an alright album.
Best Song: String Reprise/Treaty
Worst Song: You Want It Darker
Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s I See a Darkness has that feeling to it. A late night, calm, introspective vibe. He captures that amazingly on the first half of the album, like insanely well. The production, the chords, all match so well with his matter-of-fact delivery and wack lyrics. However, te second half drops in quality a decent bit. Highlights include A Minor Piece,
Another Day Full of Dread, and Death to Everyone. Speaking specifically about A Minor Place, the production is so mellow and solemn, but the vocals encapsulate the feeling and grab me out of my seat. It’s like im being held down and drowned in his music, and its awesome. All in all, I See a Darkness is a great album.
Music for the Masses, by Despeche Mode, is genuinely the most bland thing I have ever heard. There is non substance, the synths sound stupid, the snares dont work, the lyrics are awful, and it fails utterly at feeling like some grandiose package, and is rather some dude making annoying sounds with alarms in the background. The highlights are Never Let Me Dow Again and I Want You Now, which are honestly not too shabby. Besides these though, the album has no substance. All in all, Music for the Masses is a horrible album.
Best Song: I Want You Now
Worst Song: Nothing
Gram Parson’s Grievous Angel is calm. Most of the songs are listenable, not good but can hit sometimes. HIs voice is pretty nice on all of the tracks. Also, the strings in the background really go well with the vibes of the album. However, it sees its downsides on a bit of a droopy undertone that arises when nothing really happens on the songs. Highlights include I Can’t Dance, Hearts On Fire, and Brass Buttons. All in all, Grievous Angel is a mid album.
Best Song: Brass Buttons
Worst Song: Love Hurts
This album is genuinely not listenable. It is not worth the 47 minutes of torture. Off the first four tracks, this album is hot garbage. All in all, Junkyard is an unlistenable album.
We Are Family, by the Sister Sledge, is a funky ass album. The groove has never been smoother, with every track making me wanna spring up and dance. Nothing on this album screams boring, despite its seemingly similar track composition. It Is a 45 minute dance jam, and I love it. Highlights include He’s the Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, and We Are Family. Just an awesome experience. All in all, We Are Family is an amazing album.
Best Song: He's the Greatest Dancer
Worst Song: You're a Friend to Me
Screaming Trees’ Dust is a testament to its inclusive and relatively minuscule genre. Grunge, a Seattle-based offshoot of Punk and Hard Rock, is heavily shown on this album. Overall its not too shabby, there’s weak songs here and there, but most can hold up there ground. Noticeable highlights include Witnesses, Gospel Plow, and All I Know. These three all feature nice instrumentals, especially the drums, and matching vocals. All in all, Dust is an alright album.
Best Song: Halo of Ashes
Worst Song: Dying Days
-Tip’s The Renaissance has a certain catchiness to it. His flow is exceptional on most tracks, with bars and hooks for days of many different varieties. However, I find myself having a hard time really diving into it. It is not necessarily bland, just directionless, no inherent uniqueness in the album as a whole. Highlights include Won’tTrade, Dance On Glass, and WeFight / WeLove. All in all, The Renaissance is a good album.
Best Song: Won't Trade
Worst Song: You
This album is a bore (I don’t feel like typing the entire name out). Really the only song that is catchy and entertaining is The Girl From Ipanema, which has a nice vibe to it, and Frank has nice vocals. Otherwise, the album is meh. Nothing really noteworthy. Pretty mid. All in all, Frank Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim is a bad album.
Best Song: The Girl From Ipanema
Worst Song: if You never come to me
he Police’s Reggatta Da Blanc is a cheap shot attempt at Reggae from the boyband. Yes, there opening and closing track , Message In A Bottle and No Time This Time, are absolute fire, but its like everything in between they were like nah, we’ll just do random shit and put it together. All in all, Reggatta Da Blanc is an alright album.
Best Song: No Time This Time
Worst Song: On Any Other Day
Radiohead’s In Rainbow is an ebb, really invoking introspective thoughts. To be frank, I don’t enjoy all of these songs, some of them just don’t hit right, others I find amazing and very listenable. A common theme in this album is the calm and relaxed vibe, and also a sort of pull into the music, repetition, which I like and am intrigued in throughout the album. Highlights include Reckoner, Videotape, and Jigsaw Falling Into Place. All in all, In Rainbows is a good album.
best song: Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Worst Song: Faust Arp
Maxwell’s Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite is seductive. The instrumentals are for sexua and erotic incitement, and nothing more. Yes, it it repetitive, and yes, it is not diverse, but damn the tunes are good. Maxwell’s voice is just too good almost everywhere. Highlights include Sumthin’ Sumthin’, …Till the Cops Come Knockin’, and The Urban Theme. All in all, Maxwell’s Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite is a good album.
Best Song: The Urban Theme
Worst Song: Whenever Wherever Whatever
Crosby, Stills & Nash is an extremely laid back album. Really, its just vibes in here. The mellowness album wide is what I think attracts me to it so much. Specifically, I love the singing on Lady of the Isaldn, the really relaxed tone and lyrics hit hard. Just a nice listen. All in all, Crossby, Stills & Nash is a great album
Best Song: Lady of the Island
Worst SongL: Guinevere
This album is not an interest for me. The vibe is nice, but other than that I really don’t get into it. The synths I feel for the most part blare out unncesarily, and many of the tracks sound exactly the same. All in all, Justice is a bad album.
Best Song: Stress
Worst Song: DVNo
Buena Vista Social Club’s Buena Vista Social Club’s jazzy album is vibrant and enjoying in the first quarter, but quickly gets predictive, losing its spark. Songs like De Camino a la Vereda & EL Cuarto de Tula are easily danceable to, and feel so in-the-moment. However, starting with Veinte Años, songs do not sound unique, and I easily lost focused. TO clarify, the Spanish was NOT the problem. All in all, Buena Vista Social Club is an alright album.
Best Song: De Camino a la Vereda
Worst Song: Veinte Años
Dwight Yoakam’s Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room is not my cup of tea. Exploring country is not one of my goals, and although this album did interest me at time, I could never get fully engaged with it. My main issue with it is the stupidity of the lyrics and a distaste for his voice. On songs like One More Name and Streets of Bakersfield, the instrumentals offer much potential, but then he just starts singing. He should stop. All in all, Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room is an alright album.
Best Song: I Heard You Knockin'
Worst Song: I Sang Dixie
I honestly do not get the mass appraise for Funeral, by Arcade Fire. Yes, I have to give it to the production, which all together is sound and unique for most tracks. But the vocals could have been done much better on many of the tracks. I feel if there was better vocal layering, my thoughts on this album would be far more positive. That being said, highlights include Une aneé sans lumière, Haiti, and Wake Up. In Wake Up, I see the Arcade Fire thats vocals I wanted throughout the album. All in all, Funeral is an alright album.
Best Song: Wake Up
Worst song: Une aneé sans lumière
Joni Mitchell’s Blue is eye-opening and comforting. All the tracks elicited some sad feeling inside of me, but at the same time made me wanna change something about the situation. That is really why I enjoyed this album so much. Her vooice is nice, and the way she inflects it in a occasionally unpleasant way only adds to the character and feeling of the songs, exposing that sadness and brokenness she is attempting to get across. Highlights include Little Green, California, and River. All in all, Blue is an amazing album.
Best Song: River
Worst Song: My Old man
Christina’s Stripped is a relatively constant, extended display of her change in ways. Her voice is beautiful, and on songs like Beautiful, really make way to create an enjoyable listening experience. However, the undeniable filler in this album brings the score down, not to mention the overall lack of variety as well. All in all, Stripped is an alright album.
Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy A Thrill! Is groovy and pleasant. Really not much else to it. Yes, sometimes it does seem to wander off and not grab any attention, but for the most part, the singing and drums are enough to make it an enjoyable listen throughout. Highlights include Do It Again, Midnite Cruiser, and Change of The Guard. All in all, Can’t Buy A Thrill! Is a great album.
Best Song: Do It Again
Worst Song: Fire In The Hole
King Crimson opens with a absolute masterpiece with In The Court Of The Crimson King. This album, in respect to its influence, is undoubtedly one of the most driving forces behind the era of appraised greatness for rock in the 70’s. King Crimson accomplished this by combining sounds and genres of the past into the Rock Scene. My personal favorites, 21st Century Schizoid Man and The Court of the Crimson King, can show this perfectly. Take the opener. The sudden rush of those guitar strings and instrumentals plus the rave singing, which goes quickly away and comes back, is one of the BEST things I have heard in Rock (might be a bit biased because of Kanye’s Power). All in all, In The Court Of The Crimson King is an amazing album.
Best Song: 21st Century Schizoid Man
Worst Song: Moonchild
Röyksopp is the first Swedish group I’ve listened to. Going into it, I very much had a stigma against the Electronic genre, but I must say I was surprised. To be fair this was barely electronic, but it still is good for the most part. My favorites are She’s So and In Space. In She’s So, there may be no words, but the instrumentals are so nice, and it really fits the song title well, as if the music is really describing the perfect girl. All in all, Melody A.M is an alright album.
Best Song: She's So
Worst Song: Eple
Belle and Sebastian’s If You’re Feeling Sinister is so unmemorable. The only thing I remember and might return to is Me and the Major, which is great. Besides this track, I feel the album is just bleh and really similar. All in all, If You’re Feeling Sinister is a mid album.
Best Song: Me and the Major
Worst Song: Judy and the Dream of Horses
Bookends, by Simon & Garfunkel, is an album that I can’t say sounds bad or flawed, but simply isn’t really to my taste. I particularly found the A side less enjoyable, with unnecessary crooning and weird melodies. However, on the B side, there was mostly good tracks, including Mrs. Robinson, A Hazy Shade of Winter, and At the Zoo. All of these songs are upbeat, catchy, and easy to listen to. All in all, Bookends is an alright album.
Best Song: A Hazy Shade of Winter
Worst Song: Old Friends
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions’ Rattlesnakes is a rock album full of vibes. On Speedboat, the instrumentals and vocals are both a tad brash but also comfortable, similar to Patience on the later end of the album. More in general, the songs tend to suffer from weird background sounds. All in all, Rattlesnakes is an alright album.
Best Song: Speedboat
Worst Song: 2CV
Antony and the Johnson’s I Am a Bird Now is incredibly boring. On not one did I care to listen deeply, and I was constantly annoyed by her voice on every track. The one thingI could say I liked were the outros on the songs, especially Bird Girl, which has a beautiful piano playing. All in all, I Am a Bird Now is a bad album.
Best Song:Hope There's Someone
Worst Song: Spiraling (with Devendra Benhart)
At Fillmore East was a pleasant surprise for me. Going into this 7 track album, I thought there was no way it could possibly be good enough to fill 80 minutes. However, it honesty was pretty good. The guitar on You Don’t Love Me was amazing, and Hot ‘Lanta was 5 minutes of perfection. Obviously, there major downside was an over exaggerated track run time, it could have been easily cut down and been made better. Then again, it was a live album, so it gets a bit of a break. All in all, At Fillmore East is a good album.
Best Song: Hot 'Lanta
Worst Song: In Memory of Elizabeth Road
Another day, another Punk album I hate. Compared to Junkyard, Damaged sees a bit more of goodness; I could actually bear a full listen. That being said, I didn’t; enjoy it. The quality quite literally dropped immediately, with the only semi-enjoyable track being Rise Above. All in all, Damaged is a trash album.
Best Song: Rise Above
Siouxsie And The Banshees’ Juju is the start of my possible cure to hating punk Albums. Compared to its punk peers, Juju has more authentic energy and sound to it. My favorites are Halloween, HeadCut, and Voodoo Dolly. On especially Head Cut, the way the vocals sound against the mind-warping background instrumentals is really cool and fun to listen to. And on Halloween, her vocals just sound awesome along with the track. I am actually kind of disappointed that this album isn’t on Apple Music in USA. All in all, Juju is a good album.
Best Song: Head Cut
Worst Song: Night Shift
Venom’s Black Metal is an atrocity. Then again, I don’t like metal, but still. This album is hot trash, with only one mediocre song. Everything else sounds the same: terrible. All in all, Black Metal is a trash album.
Best Song: Teacher's Pet
Worst Song: Countless Bathory
Judas Priest’s British Steel is a huge swing album. On some songs, I feel bored, and uninterested in what the band has to offer, like Grinder and United. On others, im dialed in, and absolutely love the guitar and drums, like on You Don’t Have to Be Old to Be Wise. Some more of my favorites are Steeler and Breaking the Law. I just love the background sounds and, yes, maybe a bit of the yelling. All in all, British Steel is an good album.
Best Song: You Don’t Have to Be Old to Be Wise
Worst Song: Grinder
N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton is extremely controversial after almost 40 years. Lots of the themes the album tackles can be seen as dated: racism, misogyny, and homophobia. However, it is impossible to note how influential this album was for the rap scene. It was a turn to the hard hitting gangsta rap that took over in the 90’s, and reflects the frustration and anger of young African Americans living in a period of mass discrimination and brutality. Tracks like F**k tha Police are daring, and despite receiving real warnings from the FBI, N.W.A continued to stick to their approach to the game: rough, funky, and fuck the world shit. My favorites are Straight Outta Compton, F**k tha Police, and Express Yourself. All in all, Straight Outta Compton
Best Song: Straight Outta Compton
Worst Song: 8 Ball (Remix)
Nanci Griffith’s The Last Of The True Believers is an album I strangely fuck with. Country was never my thing, but Nanci seems to structure it in a way that doesn’t t make me want to pull my hair out. I love her voice, and the strings of whatever instrument is playing in the background. My favorites are Lookin’ For The Time (Workin’ Girl), Love’s Found A Shoulder, and Fly By Night. All in all, The Last Of The True Believers is a good album.
Best Song: Lookin' For The Time (Workin' Girl)
Worst Song: St. Olav's Gate
The Band’s The Band feels very old-timey, and I don’t mean that in a bad way. It resembles a past time in America, a quieter and calmer, more traditional way of life, which is a cool theme for the album. However, when it comes to it, I am not re-listening to anything on here, because realistically none of it is noteworthy. Yes, its an ode to the past, and yes, it makes me feel like a cowboy, but on track like Rag Mama Rag, its just so boring. My favorite was King Harvest (Here They Come), but that wasn’t all that either. All in all, The Band is a mid album.
Best Song: King Harvest (here They Come)
Worst Song: Rag Mama Rag
The Mothers of Invention’s We're Only In It For The Money is such a wack show. Its like the JPEGMAFIA of the 60’s, except Peggy makes good music. This is just so unbelievably cluttered. If thats what they were going for, kudos I guess, but it was a horrible listening experience, as I didn’t get anything out of it, and the every other 30 second interlude was just stupid. All in all, We're Only In It For The Money is a horrible.
Best Song: Flower Punk
Worst Song: Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
Robert Wyatt’s Shleep is such a weird listen. On one hand, I have no clue what im hearing, and its mostly making me uninterested. However, in a select few moments, the album really does feel abstractly attracting, the seemingly stupid collection of sounds and vocals is listenable and quite enjoying. This experience is evident on Heaps of Sheeps, September the Ninth, and Blues in Bob Minor. I saw a comment somewhere, likening this album to a industry rushed ‘perfect album’. That is the perfect description. All in all, Shleep is a good album.
Best Song: Heaps of Sheeps
Worst Song: The Duchess
Public Image Ltd’s Public Image: First Issue is really weird. It was highly influential in its part for building the post-punk genre, and introducing the genre to the world, but I don’t sonically see the appeal. I’m also not taking any tracks out of this album. For the upsides, Public Image is mostly alright, but the weird screeches and yelling from the vocalist ruins it, and its the same case for every song. All in all, Public Image: First Issue is a horrible album.
Best Song: Public Image
Worst Song: Religion II
Dummy, by Portishead, is some nice ass stuff. It is classified as Electronica, but it really feels like psychedelic and moody, like a Hip-Hop sample. All of the songs are absolute class, completely perfecting the moody, mystic vibe that they were going for. Whenever the vocals would seep through every once in a while, it would get me so hype for the beat to slowly ride out into the next song. My favorites are Pedestal, Strangers, and Numb. I really wish someone rapped over this stuff. All in all, Dummy is a perfect album.
Best Song: Pedestal
Worst Song: Its A Fire
Sabu’s Palo Congo is very… vibes. I can’t vouch exactly for the meaning of the tracks, mostly because my Spanish knowledge is limited to high school grammar. But, it sounds smooth, and the music is overall relaxing. I like Choferito-Plena and Rhapsodia Del Maravilloso. I feel most of it unfortunately sounds the same, and so I can’t give most of the songs very high ratings. All in all, Palo Congo is an alright album.
Best Song: Choferito-Plena
Worst Song: Ago Elegua
The Byrd’s Mr. Tambourine Man is extremely boring. I liked I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better because the instruments used in that song sound good, and the vocals are nice and clear. Otherwise, the songs don’t sound bad, but they are just not that interesting. All in all, Mr. Tambourine Man is an alright album.
Best Song: I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better
Wort Song: All I Really Want To Do
Prince’s Purple Rain doesn’t really need an introduction, or an explanation. Despite this being my first time listening to the album in full, most of the tracks were familiar with me. I love how everything sounds so present, the instrumentals don’t feel background, they are level with the vocals. Prince himself sings quite well, even screeching on occasion (Was indifferent to this). My favorites are Compute Blue, When Doves Cry, and Purple Rain. Of course, I have to point out the spectacular guitar riffs throughout the album, especially on Purple Rain. This album was an excellent display of the Prince package deal, and formulated to appeal to a mass audience which would love to get a glimpse in the chaos that makes up Prince. All in all, Purple Rain is a perfect album.
Best Song: When Doves Cry
Worst Song: The Beautiful Ones
Prince’s 1999 might be one of the smoothest, funkiest, and grooviest albums I’ve ever heard. To be frank, I had no clue what this album is, so I had no preexisting knowledge of the genre or direction Prince was taking. It was a pleasant surprise. Starting with 1999, the celebratory feeling really got me hyped, and then with Little Red Corvette, the flow was too good, and Prince sounded amazing. This continued for the entire album, with every song sounding unique, but equally hella funky. My favorites are Little Red Corvette, Something In The Water (Does Not Compute), and Lady Cab Driver. This, in my opinion, rivals Purple Rain, if not being better. All in all, 1999 is a perfect album.
Best Song: Lady Cab Driver
Worst Song: All The Critics Love U In New York
10cc’s Sheet Music feels like a huge joke.The theme of the album is funniness, and just random vibes. I liked it at first on the first song, The Wall Street Shuffle, and on Silly Love, because these two actually had some cohesion. On everything else though, It just didn’t sound intentional or noteworthy. All in all, Sheet Music is a bad album.
Best Song: The Wall Street Shuffle
Worst Song: The Sacro Illiac
Milton Nascimento’s Clube de Esquina is a very smooth album. It feature’s Brazilian singing, with a sort of psyche, jazzy production. I personally find the first half of the album to be far better than the second, but none of it is bad. My favorites are O Tree Azul, San Vicente, and DOs Cruces. All in all, Clube de Esquina is a good album.
best Song: O Trem Azul
worst Song: Trem de Doido
Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois is an unsuccessful attempt at abstractness. The idea of painting the songs like Illinois is cool, but it means nothing to me, because I don’t know or care about Illinois. The songs feel dragged out, the music is weird, nothing makes sense, including the titles! My favorite is Come On! Feel the Illinoise! . All in all, Illinois is a mid album.
Best Song: Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
Worst Song: Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
Peter Gabriel’s So is nothing that spectacular. he starts it off decently with the best two songs on the album, Red Rain and Sledgehammer, but the album goes downhill consistently after that. Most of the songs are just alright. All in all, So is an alright album.
Best Song: Red Rain
Worst Song: That Voice Again
Getz/Gilberto, by Stan Getz and João Gilberto, is very pleasant. Its nothing crazy listening half a century later, but one could imagine the aesthetic appeal in a temporally appropriate setting. Still, I find the piano, violin, and jazz elements to this album, as I feel unlike my experience with Sinatra, the vocals blend better. It also had the better The Girl from Ipanema. My favorite is Só Danço Samba. All in all, Getz/Gilberto is a great album.
best Song: Só Danço Samba
worst Song: Desafinado
Fleet Foxes’ Fleet Foxes is a really chill listen, as expected. I feel like my main gripe when listening to this was I didn’t feel a change or uniqueness to the album. Everything sounded same to me, which could just be my relative inexperience in the folk genre. However, I did appreciate some tracks, namely White Winter Hymnal, Blue Ridge Mountains, and Oliver James, which all gave a grandiose feeling matched with a nature-like serenity. I don't know, I could maybe come re-listen to this album after a year and really vibe with it. All in all, Fleet Foxes is an alright album.
Best Song: White Winter Hymnal
Worst Song: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Cornershop’s When I was Born For The First Time is really just a boring listen. I didn’t enjoy every track, although some were better than the rest. It was mostly jumbled, I thought the Indian influence was kinda cool, but thats pretty much it. All in all, When I Was Born For The 7th Time is a bad album.
best Song: State Troopers, Pt. 1
Worst Song: Funky Days Are Back Again
Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour is a really timey album. It feels like country, and is labeled as such, but the feeling is very deeply rooted in pop. I find this fusion of genres excellently executed and easy to listen to. My favorites are Lonely Weekend, Love Is Wild Thing, and Golden Hour. All in all, Golden Hour is a good album.
Best Song: Lonely Weekend
Worst Song: Space Cowboy
The Fall’s The Infotainment Scan is a alright display of the punk genre. I feel like there is definitely worse punk alternatives out there, but thats not saying much. I maybe could listen to a song or two again. All in all, The Infotainment Scan is an alright album.
Best Song: Past Gone Mad
Worst Song: Im Going to Spain
Raw Power, by The Stooges, was almost a horrible album, but had a nice turnaround. Through the first hallf, I was bored with the shrill and, in my opinion, unmajestic vocals. However, starting with Raw Power, the vibes and sounds felt more direct and listenable, and this continued till the end. That. Being said, it wasn’t some crazy switch up, but there was a betterment. All in all, Raw Power is a mid album.
Best Song: Raw Power
Worst Song: Gimme Danger
The Clash’s The Clash is a loud mess. I was extremely disappointed by this album, as the band was proclaimed to be exceptional, this album genre-defining. To be fair, I shouldn’t have expected much when that genre is punk. While it’s not terrible, no song provides any value. Some are better than others, but they are all better left unheard of. Maybe one of their newer albums will fare better. All in all, The Clash is a bad album.
Best Song: London's Burning
Worst Song: Protex Blue
Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow feels like a fever dream. The psychedelics feel very forward, and direct. That being said, I mostly enjoyed this album. I feel the core rock elements were a bit off, but some tracks fared better than the rest. Somebody to Love, for instance, was a great song with awesome production and vocals. Today was also great. I feel like if they made a more decisive approach, to either rock or psyche rock, it would have been a much better and repayable album. All in all, Surrealistic Pillow is a good album.
Best Song: Somebody to Love
Worst Song: White Rabbit
With the Beatles, by the Beatles, is a nice opening to the most famous band, or artists, of all time. It feels old, but in a good way. Till There Was You was moving and attention grabbing, while Please Mister Postman and Money (That’s What I Want) eek of that pure sensation of vibes. Its a good introduction, and paves the path for them in the future. Im excited to listen to more of them. All in all, With the Beatles is a great album.
Best Song: Please Mister Postman
Worst Song: All I've Got To Do
Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a phenomenal example of how to mix up sounds, and still make it sounds amazing. Each song brung something new to the table, and I was all for it. The openers, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart and Kamera were soul-shocking, and so enjoyable. The vibes then mellowed a bit, but then re-electrified with Heavy Metal Drummer, my personal favorite. I regret that I sat on this listen for so long, but at least I eventually did discover it. All in all, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is an amazing album.
Best Song: Heavy Metal Drummer
Worst Song: Ashes of American Flags
Neneh Cherry’s Raw Like Sushi feels exhilarating. It gives the vibes of dance-pop, but there is obvious Hip-Hop elements littered through her delivery and flow. For me, it comes down to stylistic preference. On some tracks, I like how she sounds and the instrumentals used to complement her voice (Kisses on the Wind, Inna City Mamma). However, often times I felt the songs off-beat and not enjoyable. I can respect the album though. All in all, Raw Like Sushi is an alright album.
Best Song: Kisses on the Wind
Worst Song: Heart
Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon is some of the trippiest rock I’ve heard. This album was the basis of many psych projects int he years to come, across many genres, like rock, rap, and more. The album itself is almost impossible to critique, with every song having a distinct feeling and sound that comes together for a very mysterious and unorthodox jigsaw puzzle. My favorites are Money, The Great Gig in the Sky, and Any Colour You Like. All in all, The Dark Side of the Moon is a perfect album.
Best Song: Money
Worst Song: Brain Damage
Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory is a hard pass for me. The hard rock influence is not enjoyable, and I don’t like the excessive yelling. Papercut and With You are clear stand-outs, being the most coherent of all the tracks, though that is not saying much. I could understand the praise someone would give this album if they love this particular genre. I simply find it to exist in a niche that I have yet to understand and enjoy. All in all, Hybrid Theory is a terrible album.
Best Song: With You
Worst Song: A Place for My Head
Its Jimi Time. Electric Ladyland, by Jimi Hendrix, is fucking fire. Oh my god the guitar could not sound any better. I love the beginning riff on Voodoo Child (Slight Return), it gets me so hype for the outro of the album. In its whole, this album has very little to no flaws. I consider most of these tracks perfect. Talking about perfect, Crosstown Traffic is a top 5 rock song that I have ever heard. Just like Voodoo Child, it features some insane riffs. Along with those tracks, my I also loved Gypsy Eyes. All in all, Electric Ladyland is a perfect album.
Best Song: Crosstown Traffic
Worst Song: Rainy Day, Dream Away
The United States of America’s The United States of America is undeservedly hated on. It features some trippy layers throughout the tracklist. I believe the main gripe with this album, for others, is that it feels awkwardly out of sync and not focused. However, in this particular case, I feel ir works well for the album. Take the serene Cloud Song, or the upbeat Hard Coming Love. This album is full of tone switches, and thats what I think I liked the most about it. All in all, The Untied States of America is a good album.
Best Song: Hard Coming Love
Worst Song: The American Metaphysical Circus
Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left feels very calm. Somberness is underlying for every track, and if I dove into the lyrics I bet there is a lot of sob stories behind the tracklist. However, I can’t but help to feel a bit bored, and uninterested. It feels like a chore listening to this album, so I can’t exactly praise it the same way it generally is. All in all, Five Leaves Left is an alright album.
Best Song: Thoughts of Mary Jane
Worst Song: Three Hours
Klaxon’s Myths of the Near Future is a mostly an uninteresting and short rock listen. However, there is two standouts on this album that actually have a lot of cohesion and replayability. As Above So Below is psychedelic, it’s weird, unique. I loved it on the first listen, and that didn’t change on the second. A perfect song. Gravity’s Rainbow, another great song, has a great flow and nice vocal effects. All in all, Myths of the Near Future is an alright album.
Best Song: As Above So Below
Worst Song: Magick
Queen’s Queen II is a cool little album. From a band I’ve heard alot about, I was expecting for this to be somewhat good, and it delivered to an extent. The first half was mostly worse, with the only song I really liked being Father to Son, which was evidently extremely recognizable, and a nice listen. However, my favorites are definitely Nevermore and The Fairy’s Feller’s Master-Stroke. The latter felt really switched up in vibes compared to the album as a whole, and Nevermore was just almost perfection. All in all, Queen II is a good album.
Best Song: Nevermore
Worst Song: The Loser In the End
I don’t really agree with the classification of In Hour Heads, by Hot Chip, as electronica. Yes, those sweet synths and and beeps are there, but the album has a sort of rock indie taste in as well, a little pop. That’s why I feel like I like it so much. From the jump, with Motion Sickness, it feels like this grand opening to a movie song, with compelling instrumentals and perfect cadence. The next 5 songs go on to be equally as good, with How Do You Do? being one of my favorite electronic songs ever. I’m looking forward to more music like this, as this is probably the most versatile and diverse album this project has taken me to. All in all, In Our Heads Is an amazing album.
Best Song: How Do You Do?
Worst Song: Let Me Be Him
On the Beach starts off very well for me. Walk On is pure psych, very little of the folk that pervades the songs as the listen continues. It’s one of my favorites for this reason, as Neil’s voice here sounds awesome and super clean, with nice background elements to support him. See the Sky About Rain is the continuer, and it certainly is great, but a step-down from the intro. It feels more folky which increasingly becomes my main gripe with every additional song on this album. Its not that folk isn’t or can’t be good, it’s just harder for me to find a song or album that I can enjoy that is structured in this singer songwriter format. That being said, On the Beach was still a good song as well, surprised me mid listen. All in all, I liked On the Beach, its a good album, but the contrasting genres that fought for prevalence in most songs held it back.
Best Song: Walk On
Worst Song: Motion Pictures (For Carrie)
Bob Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks is a snooze fest for me. It feels country like, and I have clear bias against country. Even still, there’s a couple of songs from the genre that I can actually listen to regular, but none of these tracks can hold up to that standard. Everything felt boring, lackluster, and lifeless. My favorite two were Tangled Up in Blue and If You See Her, Say Hello, just because of a nice little bridge in the two songs. That’s pretty much it. All in all, Blood On the Tracks is a bad album.
Best Song: If You See Her, Say Hello
Worst Song: You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome
When You Go
Willie Nelson’s Stardust perfectly matches the album cover. It feels abstract, grand, but solemn, and lonely. That’s an element of this album that I really liked the most, how much order there was to it. However besides that, I didn’t like the individuals tracks a lot, besides Stardust and On the Sun Side of the Street. All in all, Stardust is an alright album.
Best Song: Stardust
Worst Song: Unchained Melody
Green Day’s Dookie is definitely a fun listen. The tracks have a consistent theme of upbeat rock and some elements of pop. However, this consistency ends up being the downfall of the album, as it most often was blended into a lack of variety. All the tracks sounded almost identical, and while they weren’t bad, it got boring within 5 tracks. That being said, Im still taking some of the listens, as it was good, but I wish I could have seen more from the album. All in all, Dookie is an alright album.
Best Song: Chump
Worst Song: F.O.D.
Arctic Monkey’s Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not is a banger of an album. The entire way through you feel grabbed and dialed into the music. My favorites, Still Take You Home and Riot Van, are so mellow but poppy, its honestly just amazing. Really cool alum concept as well, not exactly delving into the deep end of Indie or Rock, but keeping a nice mixture in between. I’ll definitely be listening to more AM. All in all, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not is a great album.
Best Song: Riot Van
Worst Song: Dancing Shoes
Ravi Shankar’s The Sounds of India is a basic representation of the deep culture of Indian Music. That’s low-key pretty much it. With four tracks, each represents another element of the genre, which is cool. All in all, The Sounds of India is an alright album.
Best Song: Dádrá
Worst Song: Sindhi-Bhairavi
Bauhaus’ Mask is just blah. There is nothing good to say about this listen, to be honest; there is very little interest throughout the album for me. I like the album cover and the figurines in it. It felt way to Punk-inspired, and Punk, for me, is a really hard style to perfect and construct a good album in. With that being said, some were way better than others, like Kick in the Eye and Dancing. Still not good, though. All in all, Mask is a horrible album.
Best Song: Kick in the Eye
Worst Song: Hair of the Dog
Let It Bleed is yet another let down of an album from a legendary band. I’ve heard a lot about The Rolling Stones and was down to listen to an album of them. However, I really don’t like their style. I prefer the synths and cadence of an Electric Ladyland or the drippiness of In The Court Of The Crimson King. If someone made a bland rock album for people to enjoy, I unfortunately would think of this. That being said, I’m admittedly being a bit harsh. It wasn’t bad; I would only call one song on this album mid-range (Monkey Man was REALLY unorthodox). I like Gimme Shelter and Midnight Rambler for their uniqueness and guitars. Yeah so, a letdown for sure, but not bad. All in all, Let It Bleed is an okay album.
Best Song: Midnight Rambler
Worst Song: Monkey Man
The Cure’s Seventeen Seconds is goth; it’s dark, and its pretty sweet. My main positive is the sort of moody feel of every song on the album. I like this way better to the metal sort of weirdness they had in Pornography. My favorites were easily A Reflection and Secrets. A Reflection is just so calm, but has those undertones of a feeling that something is nearby, something dangerous. I love it. Secrets feels so empty, and in a good way. It’s like I just gambled my life away, and I’m on the street while its pouring and thundering. Just a pretty good listen. All in all, Seventeen Seconds is a good album.
Best Song: Secrets
Worst Song: The Final Sound
Slint’s Spiderland is low-key trash. It feels like a cheap imitation of a movie, except there is no visuals, just some ass music. No part of this album was remotely good. It got boring the first song in, as. Every track is 5+ minutes, and extremely repetitive. All in all, Spiderland is a horrible album.
Best Song: Nosferatu Man
Worst Song: Washer
Oasis’ (What’s The Story) Morning Glory is a fun-packed album. They decided to drop the best song first, with Hello. The production just sounds so phenomenal on this song, and the chorus is exhilarating . Nobody ever seems to remember just has that polished sound to it. I think it’s also the guitar that does it for me. Beyond the intro track, I like Roll with It and Morning Glory, the latter having may similar qualities to Hello. Certainly a great introduction to Britpop. All in all, (What's The Story) Morning Glory is a good album.
Best Song: Hello
Worst Song: Don't Look Back In Anger
Rufus Wainwright’s Want Two is ass. It feels like an indie album, but somewhere along the way, he forgot to make it sound good. Most songs are bland, overextended, and unenjoyable. Not listening to this ever again. All in all, Want Two is a bad album.
Best Song: The One You Love
Worst Song: Gay Messiah
The Who’s The Who Sell Out is mind-bogglingly terrible. All songs are at best mid, and have no personality to them. I can’t stand the vocals on these tracks. Worst of all, throughout the album, the quality gets worse, and I have to look at this weird ass guy half-naked holding a bottle up his armpit. Get me out. All in all, The Who Sell Out is a horrible album.
Best Song: Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
Worst Song: Sunrise
Eagles, by Eagles, is incredibly fire. Its a great blend of country and rock, and I can understand why this band is so famous. I love the vocals on most tracks, and also how the tempo of the songs varied a lot. Witchy Woman was just too smooth, same with Nightingale and Take It Easy. Just a lot of quality tracks. I must say, I didn’t like the slow songs as much, but definitely not bad. All in all, Eagles is a great album.
Best Song: Witchy Woman
Worst Song: Train Leaves Here This Morning
Deep Purple’s Machine Head actually doesn’t really feel like metal. Its softer, although still hard rock. I felt it was a little bit too long for my liking considering having only a 7 track album. I liked certain parts of Maybe I’m a Leo and Smoke on the Water, but they both turned in directions that became not as great as the tracks progressed. Besides those two, most songs were just alright. All in all, Machine Head is an alright album.
Best Song: Maybe I'm a Leo
Worst Song: Space Truckin'
Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On is so smooth. After listening to What’s Going On, I wasn’t sure if he could make something that good again. To clarify, he didn’t, because that album is amongst the best of all time. He still delivers, though, with a short but sweet. The first six songs are all flawless. Let’s Get It On, the title track and also the intro, features that iconic saxophone (I think) with Marvin just spazzin’ his shit out. He keeps on delivering, in many styles too. For instance, Distance lover is wildly different from Let’s get It On, yet they both work with Marvin’s majestic voice. I felt You Sure Love To Ball and Just To Keep You Satisfied were a bit too slow and depressed for me, but still both great songs. So close to a perfect ten. Also an amazing cover for the album as well. All in all, Let’s Get It On is a perfect album.
Best Song: Keep Gettin' It On
Worst Song: You Sure Love To Ball
Out of Step is really repetitive to me. Most of the tracks sound way too similar, and give off the sam vibe. The energy is there, but no identity from song to song. It felt like 20 minutes of the same idea, something that I can sort of appreciate, since the drums and instrumentals were still good, but not truly be interested in. All in all, Out of Step is a decent album.
Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book is serene. It’s way calmer then its more famous successor Songs In The Key of Life, but thats okay. You get some fire tracks because of that, like Superstition. I can’t lie, this tracklist bored out towards the last two songs, but for the majority of it, I was reeled in. Stevie’s voice is just too calming and mystifying. A great album.
Kanye’s The College Dropout is perhaps the most celebrated and well-crafted debut rap album ever. Just one look at the production is mind baffling, as this supposed up-and-coming rapper actually possesses immense musical talent. My god, every song on here is amazing. This backpack Kanye was genuinely amazing. Alls Falls Down is a top 10 song out of all genres for me, Jesus Walks, Slow Jamz, Through the Wire, The New Workout Plan, essentially every song on this album hits hard. I should also mention the crazy good skit selections, ones that perfectly blend into the album’s flow. Just perfect.
Best Song: All Falls Down
Worst Song: School Spirit
Licensed to Ill is an iconic Hip-Hop style, and I’m not really sure why. It feels bizarre and out of the genre. In my opinion, this attempt to mix rap and rock sounded off-putting and terrible for the first half of the album. On the later half, you had more rap-esque beats and production, which led to a better flow and delivery in my opinion. Still, a disappointing listen for something so iconic. All in all, Licensed to Ill is a bad album.
Sounds in Country and Western Music is exactly what I expected it to be. Its slow, somewhat jivey, and kinda hits the bones a bit. However, EVERY song sounded the same to me. I really can’t expect much from a album that predates the moon-landing, but it is what it is. One disparity I noted was the outro, Hey Good Lookin’. All in all an alright album that might get a play or two in a movie soundtrack.
The Cars, by The Cars, is a quite nice album. It feels kinda upbeat for rock, but I don’t mind that. Just What I Needed gives off serious road trip vibes, and is definitely staying in my playlist. Bye Bye Love has some cool guitar riffs, and sticks out for me in this album. I didn’t like the middle tracks as much, like I’m In Touch With Your World. The opener, however, was trill and really good. Overall a great album.
The Beach Boys’ Surf’s Up, for starters, has an amazing album cover. Like this thing is just so depressing, and looks so cool. Musically, its alright. There is some great songs like take a Load Off Your Feet, but most are iffy. Good theming and concept overall though. All in all, Surf’s Up is a good album.
