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R.E.M.Was ok. I could see why the songs that were singles made the singles - they were the highest and lowest points of the album emotionally. Found the rest a bit flat.
Was ok. I could see why the songs that were singles made the singles - they were the highest and lowest points of the album emotionally. Found the rest a bit flat.
Really enjoyed this one - dylanesque musically and good 70s chill vibes
Enjoyed this, would listen again for chill 70s ish vibes. Don’t feel I got much of a handle on the lyrics
4.5 love the variety from high paced indie rock bangers to the softer confusion and remember me. Quite a long album with a couple more scene setting tracks in the middle I enjoyed less but overall a strong choice
My stomach dropped a little at ‘American r&b’ but I couldn’t help the corners of my mouth rising up for the big bold disco beats.
Raw female experiences of Rage (You Oughta Know) Misery (Perfect) Confidence (hand in pocket) Frustration & independence (not a doctor) Optimism (you learn) Layered over grungy 90s vibes. Loved this.
I liked this, would listen again.
I like noise and screaming. But I couldn’t get around this. Maybe if I was in a grungier or punkier mood but I just didn’t enjoy this.
Would listen to this again - but maybe not all of it, and depending on mood as while it’s a metal album the themes, lyricism and highs and lows make it feel a little more complex and deep. First listen - didn’t enjoy really all sounded samey Second listen - enjoyed some lighter and clean vocals The I didn’t want to turn it off Top songs: Sugar, Soil
I love every second of this album. Possibly a soft spot for the first concert I went to but honestly- time to pretend > Weekend wars > the youth is a spectacular 3 track run for an album opening and up there with the best of them. And then bam - the hits - electric feel and kids. Chefs kiss. Back end of the album is definitely less punchy and less widely loved but The Handshake is absolutely cracking and future reflections is a groovy tune. Honestly. So good.
I really wanted to like this, maybe more than I did. It’s got cool sounds but for me it doesn’t go much beyond that as overly long tracks and a lack of lyrics made me less engaged.
Makes sense to me that she’s described in the same breath as Leonard cohen - I thought the association rested in my head solely on the title of So Long Marianne and their being near contemporaries, but turns out it’s rather with the occasionally crude & abrasive and eternally vulnerable & unrestrained storytelling musical style told over soft & dark backgrounds. On first listen the Ballad of Lucy Jordan - not written by Faithfull - stands out from its role on Thelma & Louise and because I love a good synth. Not sure it’s an album I’d put on again but I enjoyed listening to it and will pick up a few singles from it.
Going in Moondance was the only song I knew on this, and fantabulous is too earnest a word for any lyrics to pull off. I ended up preferring the vibe of the rest of the album instead. Tracks - Crazy Love, Into The Mystic, Brand New Day
I love synths but turns out I’m not crazy about the godfathers of synths themselves. Found myself a bit bored through this. Probably would not listen again.
I find this the same that I find Taylor swift in that I can appreciate the artistry and I know so many people love it. But I just don’t enjoy it. I didn’t mind the sound of bitch don’t kill my vibe and poetic justice, and sing about me I’m dying of thirst. Ok ok so a few of them snuck up on me. I put to you the lyrics of backseat freestyle: I pray my dick get big as the Eiffel Tower So I can fuck the world for seventy two hours Damn I got bitches, damn I got bitches Damn I got bitches, wifey, girlfriend and mistress Not for me.
There was a guy at my school who who smoked rollies, went barefoot and was obsessed with the doors. For some reason this album reminded me of this dickhead lecturing people about society.
May be great jazz, but it’s still jazz.
Wasn’t keen on this the first time I heard it. Liked it better the second time, good chill after hours vibes. Not sure I’d return to it though.
Very enjoyable, would pop a few on a playlist but unlikely to enter the rotation album-wise
Praise you is my mums favourite song. It’s a great one but I wasn’t overly excited for the album. How wrong I was - I loved all the beats and silliness here. Rockefeller transcends taste, praise you is a classic and the others are tongue in cheek and delighful. Found it tailed off for me at the end.
Highly grudging - as much as i don’t like Kanye I did enjoy some of this album and especially the flow over the whole thing, and the more soul influences. I think it’s probably good for a rap / hh album that’s just not what I really enjoy listening to. I enjoyed the themes of the songwriting - education, money, power.
It was ok, for very much not a country fan I appreciate her voice and could picture a time where I might enjoy listening to this
Lovely, makes me want to be in a Nora Ephron film in New York in Winter
Maybe I don’t get it. Maybe I just don’t like it. Either way, think I could die happy having never heard this.
The older brother of depressing indie music. Can see how it has influenced so many other artists. Enjoyed it
I feel like I get where this is going - musically interesting and enjoyable, lyrically good to start with but vocally quite unpleasant and not enough to make me want to come back for more
Beautiful harmonies from this early rock and roll duo. The sort of music I like to put on in a sunny morning having coffee. Couple of singles I enjoyed particularly - I only knew Cathy’s clown going in which I find a little plodding in tempo but I enjoyed their slower more melancholic tunes more - Always it’s You and Love Hurts. Similarly ploddy but just gave me the feelings.
Enjoyed where this started, enjoyed where it ended, didn’t love it overall as an album.
Nice sorta what u expected from knowing the single off it
I found this fun. Might have been the run of average albums I got before this making me starved to enjoy something at all but the twisted up guitar, slightly breathy but silky smooth vocals are really working for me - I feel nostalgic for a 90s college experience, despite being born in 95.
What I expected from knowing a bit of dusty and a few of the songs from other artists versions. Would listen again & liked a few singles.
Maybe I’m stuck in a rut, nothing has of yet come along to wow me for a while. This was a nice listen - I could feel the chains of musical connections reaching out from albums before and after this and there’s a couple of good jams on there I grew up with.