Meh It was fine, I liked some of the proto punk themes and sounds. But honestly the whole album just made me feel like I'd rather be listening to the Doors

Initially I liked it. The first few tracks were very pleasing, and the funky R&B with social overtones in the lyrics were well done. As the album continued, I lost general interest. The vocals of Curtis Mayfield (although excellent) became repetitive to my ears. Glad I listened, but probably won't listen to the full album again. Granted I didn't give dedicated attention to the lyrics that I would upon a third or fourth listen through.

Great! I'm a sucker for albums that have a story. My only real issue is the "disjointed" nature of said story. But still great. The album did sound a little demo-ish, but I like the low production style with Willie Nelsons voice.

It's was okay. Not a massive Bowie fan. But I still liked some of the songs.

Meh It was fine, I liked some of the proto punk themes and sounds. But honestly the whole album just made me feel like I'd rather be listening to the Doors

Pretty solid. I was drawn in pretty early on and like it the whole way through. I don't think repeat listens would be quite as good, and there wasn't really any single worthy bops, for me.

Buddy Holly is a legend of pre-beatles music. Or so you're told. This album shows you why he was popular, and obviously music has changed a lot since then, but I still find it very enjoyable. The songs were good, with some emotional flair. 4/5

Ambient music is fine, but cosmic ambient music is amazing!

This was an interesting listen. I hadn't heard of the band, found the music fun. Some of the riffs were very catchy, and very "cool" I'm not sure where to rate them between 3-5....four it is I suppose. But doesn't feel right. Give it a listen for yourself

I think this goes for every Bowie album I've listened to. Some songs are fine, some songs are good, some songs are great. None seem to be bad. But as an album experience, it never feels quite right.

I wanted to love this album as much as I love the track Take Me Out, and while it wasn't a bad listen, it just blended into the background for me.

Checked all the boxes for a jazz record for me. I think this will definitely enter my short list of jazz records to replay

I dont know if I was just in the mood, of every one of these songs hit the spot.

I'm a little torn. I wanted to like this, hell I did like some of it, but some it was very hard to get through.

I enjoyed the album. It was an interesting listen. Not sure I'd listen to it again or if any songs would stick in my head.

Solid solid solid!

It's good, but I'm rarely in the mood for this kind of music

Meh

Really liked this album.

Some great songs, some that I didn't enjoy as much. Good overall. Talking Heads always sounds like something 10-20 years later than it is.

Uh...I'm not entirely sure what to think about this. Some songs were pretty good, some were objectively....not as good.... Message in a Bottle is good, but it doesn't feel a lot like the rest of the album. And the last few tracks felt so disjointed from the rest of the album. Individually the songs were fine. Collectively they were an odd choice.

I understand the flute complaints. But I reject them. This album rocks! At some point it sounds like Black Sabbath (Sans Osbourne) playing music for Jesus Christ Superstar 2 Electric Boogaloo. But is that really a bad thing? Some great tracks, and some tracks that kinda blend together. Locomotive Breath, Aqualung, and Wind-up were great. If you're not careful with the album, you will summon a fairy.

At first I thought to myself, "I know 1001 albums is a lot, but how did this one make the cut?" But after continuing my listen it started to grow on me. Yeah it's cabaret music. Yeah it's background music to a romantic scene in a film. But it's a little more than that. This album is more than the sum of its parts. Ute's voice is great but pushed too hard sometimes, the lyrics are a little campy in a few spots, and the backing band isn't incredible. And some of the mixing on a track or two felt off. But all of this leaves the listener with a raw human experience. An album that isn't just a cabaret singer singing the songs. It's a cabaret singer telling you their story. And I think there's something very special about that. 4/5

I don't often look at reviews of new albums before I rate them myself. But seeing as I've heard this album a few times in the past, I decided to take a peek. I saw a few 1/5s. Now either these are contrarian votes, or some of the most disingenuous folks out there. For those contrarians, don't get me wrong, you have your right to engage with media in an antipodal way and not dedicate much effort in discovering your personal emotions and thoughts on a piece of media. But it's times like this we see through you. And for those who are not contrarian, and still voted it 1/5. There were no reliable qualities? None? No Surprises' melody didn't make you even raise an eyebrow? Nothing? We bow down to your heightened state of being. Truly you understand humanity better than we all can hope to, and this album gave you no pause. Now.... I'm not even sure if this is my favorite Radiohead album, and I'm not a huge Radiohead fan in general. But this album is fantastic. 5/5 didn't have to even think much about it.

Albums like this force me to take a step back and think "1001 albums, that's a lot. They aren't all going to be incredible." After forcing myself to think about that, I then try to look at the album in question as a time capsule. The problem for me with this albums is primarily that there are better punk records before 1995, during 1995, and after 1995. The inclusion of this album here is surely a product of there being a lot more, better, punk rock albums making up the 1001. I better see at least two Bad Religion albums in here, or the placement of Scream, Dracula, Scream makes even less sense. As a standalone album, this one is fine. 2.5/5 really, nothing super special, but nothing objectively wrong with it. Some punchy drums, some great bass lines, a few catchy riffs, lyrics are okay, vocals are fine. It's 1995 punk rock, a few tracks for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and a few tracks to play over a movie to show that the characters being portrayed are angsty teens. Doesn't do too much outside of what I've written above. Final score for me is a soft 3/5.

Some of it is interesting. A few tracks I enjoyed. Overall as an album experience, I won't listen to it again. 2/5

There is not much to say for me here. It's good. It's a Method Man solo album, one of his better works. The reviews are going to be all over the place because there are a lot of "it's classic hip hop, gotta give it a 5" people out there, but probably more "I can't understand the words, I don't like hip-hop, 1 or 2" people. That being said, this probably a mandatory listen for someone who wants to get into hip-hop at a deeper cultural level, not that is mandatory to enjoy it. 4/5

It's a good album. Unfortunately I got two Radiohead albums in the span of three days. So I had Ok Computer really fresh oh my mind. This isn't not as good as Ok Computer. I feel like it should he a 4, but who know, maybe if I listened to it a few weeks separated it would have made it to 5