2.6 A few good tunes. Looking at U2 as a whole I thought of Dave Chappelles bit “How can you care about anything when you know every goddamn thing?” Maybe if U2 did a few less protest/cause songs they wouldn't seem so preachy to me. The Edge gets his fair share of credit in the guitar world and deservingly so.
3.1 World/new age with a very solid groove and some interesting producing. I think this would be a good album to burn one to. I will check out more of the catalog
Since this (probably) going to be the only Silver Jews album on the list I will have to give it a five star rating. But only as an ode to Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea, American Water, Tanglewood Numbers and The Natural Bridge. Any of those albums would have been a better selection for the list and would have been legit 5 starers. As for bright flight I enjoy it, I think it reflects the time and place Berman was in, it was a good collection of songs and a couple of stand outs.
3.4 I remember liking the album more when it came out. Pretty solid, could definitely use a remaster
3.7 rounding up to 4
4.5 roundup to 5
2.7. Gotta admit. I've never heard of the saints. From 1.5 listens of the album without any context I thought it was pretty straightforward. Know your product was the one that stood out for me. I'm sure if I was australian and/or dig deeper in the discography I'd appreciate it more
4.4. Disco doesn't suck when quincy jones is producing your album. Super tight band, bass player is ripping it up. Couple slower ones weren't for me but overall enjoyed the album. Get on the floor is a burner.
4.1 The stones start to come into their own in my opinion.
1.7. If someone ever asked me what 80's music is like, I will point them to this album. It's got every genre going on at once. I hope for their sake no one asks me that question
3.8 lots of radio hits on the album. Not my favorite Green day album but for many it is.
2.5 echo the Shawn's comments except for the Franz Ferdinand jab
4.8
2.4 As Paul rudd once asked, "do you know how I know your gay? You like coldplay". Chris Martins oohs and ahhhs annoy me to no end. If they took those out I think I could be at least bi-curious about this album
4.2.
2.4
3.9. 4th best maiden album for me. Run to the hills and NOTB are obviously all-timers.
1.6. Total meh for me.
3.0
3.5 zappa is an outstanding musician (dare I say guitar virtuoso) and this album is brilliant satire of the music of the time. But singing about unshaven armpits doesn't hit the same in 2023 when we talkin bout WAP
1.4 didn't care for this very much. Will check out his other stuff based on his resume
I wouldn't consider myself a billy joel fan but my toes didn't stop tapping. I thought the lyrics provided easliy accessible imagery. Wasn't singing about trees talking to other trees.
2.8 a couple of jams on it but it kinda sounded like a Parody of a 90's rap album. I don't know if that is because it was so influential and other artist followed or this followed other artists work and layered a bunch of samples and social justice themes
4.4. I originally had this a 5 star but I ended up listening to the same song 3 times in a row and didn't really notice. So maybe is a bit repetitive. Band is super tight. I noticed that the bass lines and/or guitar riffs followed the vocals quite a bit which should be used in moderation but most of instrumentation is fairly original and interesting. Imagine being Julian Casablancas, lead singer in a great rock band, your dad owning a modeling agency, not too shitty.
3.8
2.4 there was some interesting sections but overall not my cup of tea
2.4 meh
2.0 I remember when this came out and it was a bit of a hit with the critics. I never did download it on Napster, so this is the first time I've listened to it. I thought alot of the album was pretty juvenile but it did get better on some of the later tracks.
3.6 straight ahead british heavy metal. The louder you play it the better it get. Pretty solid, enjoyed grinder and obviously the radio hits. red white and blue, was a stinker
3.0 nothing really to add. One takeaway is that the dj talent shines through on the tracks. My attention span might be a bit short for some songs though.
0.2 Abosolutly terrible. They played the loud parts quiet and the quiet parts loud. It was so boring it made me nauseous. I wouldn't be surprised if this is worst out of the whole list. We will see in a couple of years I guess
1.5. Yeah, not great. I'm trying to figure out why this album would be included in the list. Start of horror rap? Early dan the automater project? Still better than elbow
4.4
2.4
4.3
4.8
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3.4 I enjoyed the album and I think I will give it another run-through and check out some of the remixes. I just never got into bands like them and the Stone Roses.
3.4 -
2.4 The Geto Boys do a version/sample of world is a ghetto and that song bangs. Didnt care for the original, felt a bit drab. The rest of the album, meh. The songs were long and didn't really go anywhere.
2.2 Nothing really stood out for me in any of the tracks. Maybe the lyrics really hit home with listeners...
3.0 Through 1 listen I couldn't recommend a single song, like, "hey check this out" but I could have this album on in the background and enjoy it. I thought for sure by the name of the title and band it was going to be a weed rap album akin to Cypress Hill
4.5 The Cars greatest hits. Maybe 1 stinker on the album but the great ones more than make up for it. Half a point boost for Moving in Stereo/Fast times connection - makes it move in my pants
3.4 I assumed I would have liked it more, maybe I'm more of The Smiths' greatest hits kinda guy than I thought. A tad repetitive
3.5 . Post-punk in the middle of the punk rock movement. Theres alot of elements that I recognize as being influential to others, and theres some stuff that doesnt quite work. Bonus points for lineage to Rocket from the Tombs and Dead boys. I will say the recording sounded pretty good considering its a low budget (i assume) avant garde album
4.4 Probably should be rated five star. Jerry Lee is a madman and absolutely rips it up. I got a kick out of the bass player being barely able to keep up. The version I listened to was only 20 minutes, it looks like there is a 40 minute album that I will have to get my hands on.
1.8
3.4. Yeeeaahhh Booooyyyy!.
2.4 comme ci, comme ça. This is probably french folk music at its best, but I would never know. There looks to be some interesting translations that I will check out
4.9 I would like to hear a reason why this wouldn't be a 5 star album.
2.4 Not really what I expected as my knowledge of Dr John was limited to the Last Waltz but thought this album was moderately interesting. Mama Roux was a standout
2.9
3.4
3.8 I've never heard this album before which surprises me as my dad is a huge Van Morrison fan and we probably listened to him more than any other growing up. The musicians in the band are pros and it was cool to listen to the interplay among them, albeit busy at times
4.4 Pretty hard to write a review for this one. I think you need some context on when and why the songs came together for Nick (and band) to grasp the concept. I could see how one could say this is a total piece of shit but I appreciate it more with each listen.
3.4 El Paso is a harder karaoke song than you would think
2.0 The hits are the hits, and the rest stinks
1.9 What is this, Icelandic gibberish? I didnt get through the whole thing. I could appreciate the sonic soundscapes but I am not going to reach out to listen this again to find out
1.8 Didnt enjoy this one as much as The Modern Dance
3.0 The last couple album reviews were a bit of a slog, this was a good change of pace
4.5 Is this considered a debut album? Might be one of the better ones if so. I didnt realize how well I knew the songs on the album, I never had a copy, and I dont think I ever really sought it out. Foo Fighters have kinda turned into a parody of themselves now but the first few albums were great.
2.0 I thought it sounded like a female Elton John mixed with a male Joni Mitchell and I couldn't really get past that.
3.3 I kept waiting for "Waiting" to play but it never came on. That being said I enjoyed the ambient tone of the album, will check out their other work
3.0 For me, this is a case of too much of a good thing. The songs and jams have way more depth than a standard 12 bar blues and there are some pretty jazzy bass drum and keyboard parts. But the extended guitar wanking was a bit much. My opinion might change after I get through whipping post in a day or two.
4.2 I liked alot of the deeper cuts on this album more than other Bowie albums.
4.3 Probably should be a 5.
2.0
1.0 Not for me... I could not see myself ever turning up the volume on any song and liking it. Maybe Nothin Compares 2 U, but the Prince one is better (and he wrote the song). Starting to think ripping the pope picture was a publicity stunt.
4.7
2.8
2.4 I was going into this one blind (or would it be deaf?) Not horrible, not great.
4.3 Not the biggest jazz expert by any means but have a few Mingus albums and seem to drawn to his work more than anyone else.
3.4. I think a 17 year old me would have really been into this if I would have listened to it.
3.4
1.5 I didnt get through the whole thing but enough to get the gist of it. I guess it could be an interesting concept if you think about it.
3.8 Like a frosted Canadian beer at Boston Pizza. Sure, there is more sophisticated stuff out there but you know what your getting and its always good.
3.0 Nothing particularly stood out but I liked the album as a whole. Will try and give er another go at some point and check out the catalog.
3.5 For me this is a case of a sum is bigger than its parts. Collection of good songs, the quality doesn't really drop off, and were original compared to each other. If I listened to it a dozen more time, the rating would probably improve
2.6 First thing that I thought of was the Waynes World quote "Its not just a cleaver name", as this album had an obscene amount of tambourine going on. Album didnt blow my mind or anything but is an ok listen.
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3.3
2.5
1.5
3.5 Tough rating this one. If we judge it against other Radiohead albums, probably closer to a 3 but 4 if we are comparing to the rest of the 1000 entries. P.s Check out Atoms for Peace if you like Radiohead and this album.
4.6 One of Neil's best, and deserving of top marks
"This is the greatest album in the history of music" - Ron Burgundy. While I don't quite agree with Mr. Burgundy's sentiments, this entry is a lot more that a rock band with a flute. Super progressive and the guitar and bass players really stood out to me. 4.0
4.3 My initial reaction, 15 seconds in, was that the music was grossly over-produced but as you start to get through a song or two it feels like each layer and overdub added seems to kinda make sense and fits it with everything else. I really enjoyed this entry, having no background with Eno before. Sometimes with this exercise in reviewing albums, I will get halfway through a song and figure, well, there probably wont be anything that changes or I will find more interesting, so I skip. That was definitely not the case here
2.9
3.8 Not the best of Iggy and/or the Stooges, but still pretty good. Bowie's mix is more interesting than Iggy's
3.4 Not the snoozefest I was expecting. Bonus points for the cover inspiring a generation of lesbian haircuts
3.5 I liked this entry. There wasnt a bad song on the album but it didnt have any absolute burners either.
1.6
2.2 Pretty much as commercial as music can get.
4.5 Alison has the best use of the "stop" gimmick. I might have to work this into my Karaoke routine. I think the band is great, can chalk up the recording quality to rushed sessions. Could be a 5,
4.7 The biggest takeaway is that the songs that are covered turned into the most prominent/popular versions. like, the Meat puppets covered the nirvana version of their own song.
2.4 This isnt everyday listening for me but I can appreciate the instrumentals and layers A Google search says this album was released in the late 70's not 2018 as the app/website states. That has to bump this up a bit as the time it would take to pull samples and layer everything on tape would be crazy, but i could be wrong. This guy was probably coo-coo for coco-puffs in the real world.
2.0 Nothing really stood out to me. Maybe I wasnt listening closely enough but didnt really get the psyche-rock vibe that was advertised.
4.8 Classic thrash front to back. Kill 'em all is my favorite Metallica album but Master of Puppets is probably the best
4.0 Songs are great, skits are not.
3.0 I think for Steely Dan the question is if you personally like them or not. Can't really deny the songwriting and musicianship, they are both really good. I havent listened to enough to say this is better than their other work.
2.4
2.6 Im going to give it the benefit of the doubt and take another listen. Nothing really stood out to me as ground-breaking the first go-around
3.4 New to me and an interesting entry. Wouldnt say its an all-time great or anything like that but I enjoyed it
4.2 I had to take my time on this one and give it a few more listens. I though it was great initially and still do. This Town could have been an absolute burner but the chorus is a bit repetitive,
2.5 Yup, it Steely Dan
1.0 Getting to Elbow level of suckiness. It sounded like I had half the headphone jack plugged into my disc man. I understand how this could a ground breaking guitar album and I could appreciate that, but the de-tuning sounded out-of tune. Dont even get me started on the drums. If your trying to create some sort of hazy shoegaze dreamspace, maybe dont throw in the same simple and jarring drum fill every two bars.
3.0 Yeh Jo Halka Saroor Hae was a Jam. Dude can sing. Kinda interesting reading up on Qawwali music
2.6 Maybe 2-3 songs that I ended up liking. Didnt have enough depth to fill out a double album
3.4
3.9
4.0. There are 8 songs on the album, 4 are absolute burners, 2 are good, 2 are not particularly good. The synths kind of date the music but the production is very good. And Leonard Cohen is cool
1.5 Hanoi Rocks, more like Hanoi Sucks, am I right!?!? I thought this might be a tongue-in-cheek glam rock album. Turns out they are just Finnish. Still 1.3 better than Elbow
3.6 A-Side tracks are as strong as it gets for 2000's rock music. The second half of the album are all B-sides and forgettable. All the things that I've done, should have been the album opener
2.5 It was fine. Made me look into Mister Kellys a bit more. Maybe it is that association as to why it was included on the list
2.5 Whenever I hear Back in the saddle I always think to myself I should listen to more Aerosmith. But when I do, it doesn't really interest me. I mean the Steve tyler is an all-time front man and the band is really great. Tom Hamilton is very underrated, his playing is great and has written some iconic bass lines. It just doesnt connect with me for some reason
2.4 Not everyday listening for me by any stretch of the imagination but I did find certain parts were pretty progressive and interesting
4.3 Looking back I didnt write a description for Unknown Pleasures. Closer isnt has good as the debut Just want to say Joy Division has to be a top 5 coolest band
This album should receive top marks based solely on the strength of Beat it, Billie Jean and Thriller but, man, some of those other songs really creeped me out. In honor of shawn-knutson, who doenst seem to be around here anymore, I will be deducting one full point for MJ being a scumbag (allegedly) 3.5
2.9 Overall good vibes, It gets a bit repetitive at times for me.
1.9. I've never really liked Leppard and this go through did not change my mind. Fun fact Album producer mutt Lange was married to shania twain, and mutt cheated on her with her best friend. Mutt and the friend then married each other. Then shania got with the friend's ex and got married. Couple swap, kinda weird. Shania was extremely good looking in her prime
3.3 I kinda dug it. Will check out other albums. I think it might have been inspiring to indie bands throughout the years. Definitely hear some broken social scene, pixies, death cab etc in there.
3.0 Crazy how tight the band is. Enjoyable listen but I wont get familiar enough with it to say one song is better than another.
4.5 Very Very Good. When I compare it against other radiohead, for me, it falls short of top marks, which is a pretty shitty reason not to give it a 5 but Im doing it anyway
4.4 I cant believe I didnt give this 5 stars. Every song is great. It just seems like the production is missing something. Like its not polished enough to be a studio album and I didnt think it captures the greatness of Young and crazyhorse when they are live
4.3 You know that bands that you loved and then they got popular and then you stopped liking them. Thats the black keys for me, but I never knew of them before they got popular. I just never got into them because they blew up. This album bangs though.
2.5 Credit where credit is due, the message changed music/hip hop for ever. But the rest of the album is scattered to say the least
3.0 Probably influenced a lot of people, introducing world music and urban. Worth the listen but not going on a regular rotation
4.6 If I drink 10 beers and listen to this I would rate it 6000 out of 5. Nothing like having a few and cranking Nick Cave. This album is probably the genesis of the Grinderman spin-off (which I think is awesome). Fingers crossed we get a few more NC&BS albums.
3.4 My uninitiated take with Bowie is that the great songs are so good it overshadows the B-Sides. You have such high expectations of what bowie should be and some of deeper cuts fall short. Thats how I feel about this album. Still pretty, pretty good
2.5. Its ok, overall liked most of the songs. It just really seemed like the lead singer murdered the two people that wrote the album
4.8 2nd favorite stones album and its a burner
4.7 The rating of the album might be boosted by my familiarity with it but its one of my favorites. I have never really gotten into BB but with wilco it is the perfect mesh. Top marks!
4.6
4.1
3.5 I didnt care for Siouxsie but thought the banshees were really good. Apparently, this list has hard-on for the group. We will see what the other entries bring
1.5 Didnt write their own songs. Wore dumb costumes. Others did it better
1.5 Sounded like a goth parody band, and not in a good way
4.1 I like arcade fire and I like this, but they do have better albums. IMO Arcade Fire is one of the few popular modern bands, that still have a lot of artistic integrity.
3.6 Should be a 4. Bootsy is literally from outerspace
3.5 With a gigantic caveat. I have always been aware of Waits but have never really got into the music for whatever reason. One listen probably isn't enough to "get it" or appreciate it on a next level. That being said I thought the percussion stood out more than anything, unique and set the tones for each song
2.5 When we had a Charles Mingus album, there were a lot of reviews left saying it was "Jazz" and then a three rating. If people can do it for Jazz, Im doing it for drum and bass. Cause I have no clue on how you differentiate good D&B from the bad.
2.6 A few good tunes. Looking at U2 as a whole I thought of Dave Chappelles bit “How can you care about anything when you know every goddamn thing?” Maybe if U2 did a few less protest/cause songs they wouldn't seem so preachy to me. The Edge gets his fair share of credit in the guitar world and deservingly so.
3.5 Well its a pretty influential album, and people that like rush, really like rush. Their musicianship is off the charts but they kinda lose me when they have songs on how trees talk to other trees... I liked something for nothing, i don't think I have heard that before.
4.1 I thought for sure this was going to be 5 for me. I think DBT are one of the better bands in the 00's and 10's. But it is the same with most other double albums, some of the material sounds similar and gets repetitive. I like the concept and like the album a great deal, but not a 5. jason-schweizer gave it a 1, that's absurd, he should have to justify that rating
4.7 I guess the one knock you could have is that the Loudquietloud can get a bit played out but there are too many burners on this album to not rate it a 5. Great hooks in every song too
2.5 It was ok. Nothing really stood out with one go-around. I thought it sounded more like a Clash rip-off than a precursor to industrial music.
2.5 Felt like more of a novelty record more than anything else. Like those Red Hot Chilli Pipers who do bag pipe covers, haha. Green Onions (the song) is a great but I think Ive heard it ten million times in my life. And the band has great players, but the album is not something I will seek out to listen cover to cover.
3.4 Probably needs more than 1 listen, lots going on in the production.
3.3
4.3 Album sounds great, bass playing stood out as a highlight. We know that walk on the wild side has an iconic bass line but the rest of the album has really interesting lines and sounds awesome in the mix. Mick Ronsons lead guitar is great too. And Reeds lyrics are while we are all here. side note coney island baby is my favorite Lou Reed song, just thought it needed to be said
3.0 There were some interesting things going on sonically and I liked a couple of tracks.
1.8 Headline "Like a hungry fish, Depeche Mode will not let go of a hook".
4.0 Im not the biggest Hip Hop head so I wont be the best one to judge this album. I know that it belongs in many a top 5 lists, and I could see that.
3.6 Lots of classic burners, lots of double album filler. I had this album growing up and there are lots of songs I didn't know when going through this exercise. Thats got to speak to the skip-a-bility of some of the tracks.
1.9 Ive never listened to a Slipknot album before. I always thought their whole schtick was pretty corny. It was a bit more Nu-Metal leaning than I was expecting. The lack of song structure was a bit interesting I guess and the drumming stood out as a plus. But its not something I will ever listen to again
3.2 So does this mean I'm a Swiftie now?
2.5 Nothing really stood out to me with one listen (and it wasn't a particularly engaged listen on my part)
3.8 Album really sounded great. Child in time was a standout, the vocals are hilariously over the top but I dug it.
2.0 Started off strong, but it definitely lost me in the middle. I find it interesting when an artist or whoever, records an album like this, and is like "this is what I want to share with the world, I think people will really like it".
3.4 If I ever get a fly honey back to my place, I will put this on
4.7 If they make a movie about it, you get a 5 star.
3.2 Enjoyed it with one go-through
1.9
1.6 I ended up skipping part way through every song, that can't be good.
4.1 Gave it a couple of listens. In addition to the obvious, Lou Reed sure gets some good bass players to contribute to the albums
4.4 Early talking heads does it for me a bit more than later albums
3.4
2.5 I was expecting this to be a tough listen but it turned out to be OK. The other instruments/musicians were pretty good along with the bongo dude. Lots of bongos though. BONGO
4.8 Not a bad song on the Album, still holds up today. Hard to belive it was recorded in 12 hours on a 4 track.
3.8 The Stranglers is a pretty cool band name, and they are new to me. There were no standout songs but overall I liked it. You don't think of keyboards when you label something as punk but I think the playing was pretty interesting and added a lot.
4.1
3.3 I dont think I was in a mood for Prince when I listed to this. Album was good, but I really don't like Little Red Corvette
2.5 Back half of the album was better than the start. Im starting to think Im missing out on not doing a bunch of drugs
1.5 Meh, didnt really do much for me. Nothing stood out except for the cultural appropriation of the drum beats
2.6
4..0
4.0 Lots of classic songs that relatively still stand up. It stood out in 1969, the best draft class of music. P.s. I don't think shawns-music1 listened to the 2nd line of “Don’t call me nigger, Whitey”.
2.3 I legit thought this was a Chuck D album, but I didn't hear the 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc counting, so I had to look and see that it was Michael Franti. Franti frequents the folk fests around my area and seems to draw well but Ive never really been a fan. As far as the album goes, I mean the issues spoken about in the lyrics arent wrong, but I think every problem in the history of the world was spoken about. Bumping it up a half point, the previous band, the Beatnigs, is a great name
4.6 Quintessential stones
3.4 Stings arrogance seems to seep through in the vocals, but I guess when you write hit songs you can come across any way you damn well please. Back half of the album was better than the front
4.2 Some important and meaningful songwriting that hits a lot harder when you look into the context of why/when it was written. The music production is ok, but I like to stick to live Marley recordings when I can
1.9 I enjoyed the bass playing and Dancing Queen is pretty good but other than that, not really my cup of tea.
3.4 Pretty good. For a newish rap album it wasnt as formulaic as others. This guy really thinks he's pretty cool
3.4 I listened to the 5 tracks from the original album. Im sure its a great big band performance. I will check out the "complete" recording at a later date.
4.5 This was my first time listening to this. I should have done one of those Youtube reaction videos like when a black dude reviews a metal album. The album is great front to back and stood out as being unique from other hip-hop
3.2 Yup, more steely dan, another 3 rating.
2.2 The more I listen to Bjork, the more I do not like
3.3 Not my favorite collection of Who songs, but Entwistle, Moon and Townsend sure are ripping
3.5 You know what, there was a lot more going on in the album than I initially would have thought. The originals on the album were pretty good and there was a few psychedelic-leaning songs that I enjoyed.
3.4 Not super familiar with the kinks discography but this seemed like a grown up version of the band. Songwriting was interesting enough. Will be worth another listen at some point
4.5
1.9 Would have been better as an instrumental album.
1.5 Disco Duran Duran Sucks
3.4 Good groove throughout. No real standouts but not stinkers either. I think additional listens would yield a higher score. Album cover is pretty cool
3.5
3.5 I think this was the first CD my dad ever got when he bought the CD player. I thought I was more familiar with the album than I was, I must have been skipping the slower songs back in the day. My tastes haven't changed much apparently.
4.5 Big fan of the album, the stooges, and iggy. Still sounds fresh 50+ years later, I could only imagine how different it would have been in 1970
4.7 I had to give this a few listens because I didn't realize how good it was, there is nothing really negative to pick at. The studio musicians really elevate the songs, probably more so than other Neil Young albums. The remaining crazyhorse members playing is great too.
3.2 Probably a top-end disco album. Some of the songs were repetitive. Some pretty funky basslines throughout, but they were hidden in the mix a bit.
2.0 Didnt think any of tracks stood out as being anything special
2.8 Ok album. Some of the songs felt unfinished.
2.0
2.5 Walk on by is a burner. Album is a bit short and lacks variety
3.0 Didnt particularly care for the vocal stylings but the overall mood/feel was pretty cool. Had a sense of place
3.3 never heard of the band and it was pretty solid. Lots of noodling going on, like lots.
4.3 it only get better from here on out. Don't bother me was a standout.
4.5 Some may have laid down the blues/hard rock road before Zep but I would argue nobody did it better. Bonhman was like what 19 or 20 years old during recording, that's crazy. JPJ is a stud and page/plant are page/plant. Should be a 5 but you can argue most of the songs are covers
3.3 Not an elton john fan and didnt really get into the album. Lots of recognizable songs and the songswriting is good. . I guess the question is if this is Eltons best but I'm not going to dig to find out.
2.4 I once went to a Morrissey-themed bar in Vancouver. I wasn't planning on it but stumbled in there. It was nice enough. Needless to say, that bar owner was probably a big fan. Id rather go to Johnny Marr bar. Suedehead was the standout on the album for me, everything else blended together.
2.4 I mean, what are with the vocals. There was some viral clip of a live version of Come on Eileen on youtube where the vocals were laughable. This whole album kinda felt like that. Bands solid and the horns are worth listening to.
4.0 Not my fave but very solid.
2.1
3.4 Of all the Byrds albums we have one on this list, this sounds the freshest. Solid but nothing stood out. If we are considering this the 1st country rock album I think it was pretty much an all country with one rock and roll song sprinkled in
4.0 Very solid but pretty short. Can always go for more Aretha
3.0 More "out there" than I was expecting. Besides a couple songs I don't think it will find a regular rotation in my library but overall interesting
4.7 Is kinda crazy how an album like this can go and sell 15 million albums. I didn't know Steve Albini passed away this year, RIP.
4.5 I think if your a true Beastie Boys fan (im not a fanatic or anything but appricate the work) this album would be your favorite . I remember listening it to it the first time and wondering what the big deal was about. Subsequent listens have improved that opinion. Brett is right it really should be viewed as an enitre album as opposed to a collection of songs.
3.9 I got into Leonard Cohen during Popular Problems and You want it darker, so I may bit a bit biased on his later releases. I like it. Bowies Blackstar is a parallel, interesting and unique to their catalogue and unfortunately one of their lasts
3.0 My Rap tastes are stuck in the early 2000's ;) so I kinda liked the production. But not something im going to go out to buy to throw in to the shockwave, thats for sure
3.5 Roadhouse Rock.
3.9 Hadnt listen to this in 10 years. The hits are still the hits and really really good. The other songs, meh, they sound a bit formulaic (Silverchair anyone!?). They were probably fresher 30 years (yeesh) ago. Cornell and Thayil's guitar tone stands out
2.5 Couple good tunes, kinda fell off at the end. Bud Light Daft punk
3.0 Couple of MJ bangers, and a few more shitty fillers. As time passes the weirder the stuff gets
3.2 I went back and gave it a 2nd listen. Pretty solid front to back.
3.7 I liked it, Kinda has a purple mountains/silver jews vibe. Listened to a bit of smog after. This had a couple of songs that will go into my regular rotation.
2.4 It's better than the other Dusty album we had.
1.7 Bit of a snoozefest. The only song I liked was Million Dollar bash and I think that's a Dylan song.
3.0 Well it was quite a bit more hard rock and proggy than I was expecting although I didn't really think the prog part of it went anywhere. Brian May sure noodles over everything. You cant argue the fact that Mercury's vocals arent iconic, but you certainly can say you are not a fan, which I am not.
4.1 When I think of what the Smiths are this would be the album I would reference. I think the songs differ enough to avoid some of the fatigue you get listening to some of the other smith or Morrissey albums. For me anyway
3.1 World/new age with a very solid groove and some interesting producing. I think this would be a good album to burn one to. I will check out more of the catalog
3.4 Starting to sound a little bit dated but a solid album, interesting throughout. There was a Incubus concert DVD at red rocks that was pretty sick back in the day
Since this (probably) going to be the only Silver Jews album on the list I will have to give it a five star rating. But only as an ode to Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea, American Water, Tanglewood Numbers and The Natural Bridge. Any of those albums would have been a better selection for the list and would have been legit 5 starers. As for bright flight I enjoy it, I think it reflects the time and place Berman was in, it was a good collection of songs and a couple of stand outs.
4.7
4.7 I dont know why I feel guilty about giving this 5 stars. I kept trying to justify a 4 stars but I cant. This is soild from top to bottom, front to back and side to side. There is not a song on this album that I wont turn up when it comes on or when I put it on.
2.5 I listened to the albums in two sitting on different days. At first I hated it but I probably would have hated almost anyting on that day. Back half of the Album I had a bit more time/patience to get into it. As a whole its not something I would go out of my may to listen to but I could totally see how other would love this
1.9 I think I liked the production of this album as whole even if was very busy. If you took of the Maddona name it might rate a half point higher. Impressive Instant was the standout for me, I will listen to that again, everything else there is no chance. The crap songs are crap
3.0
4.3
2.6 Didnt blow my mind or anything but it was a fine entry. An introduction to prog.
2.5 I thought I would have liked this more than I did. Felt a bit more disco-y and pop than new wave in a lot of spots. There was some interesting guitar work in the background. Skipped through a bunch of it though
2.5 Listened to 10 songs, skipped through the rest. Im sure there is some brilliance in there. Ella is one of the best. Too much of a good thing
4.5 Not entirely sure on what the knock would be against this album. Not a weak song on the album, 4-5 hits. Great debut. A generational frontman, the bands great.
3.4. The standout song for me was The Good's Gone. You throw an overdriven guitar on that baby, and you got yourselves a hit. I searched for a cover but didn't find anything notable. My generation is obviously an all-timer. Some of the covers on the album fall flat
3.3
1.7 Maybe I was just in a bad mood when I was listening to this but I found this album excessively bland. Overly simplified Beatlesque songs with a hint of Alternative stylings. The one song I thought I liked (Alcoholiday) wasn't anything special on the 2nd listen. But at the end of the day I couldn't do any better
2.4 OG was a banger. Some of the lyrics and skits feel like a parody, 30+ years after it was released. Body Count is dope
4.0
3.4
2.5 I never really understood the critical acclaim when this first came out and still don't today.
2.5 Wasnt great, Wasnt crap.
2.1 How many fricken Byrds albums are we gonna get. Half their catalogue is Dylan covers. What cause they wrote this one (mostly) themselves?
3.7 Has the feeling of a group of friends, screwing around and jamming. Lots of different influences in the work. And if its got Weymouth on bass im probably going to like it
3.8 This isnt an example of what made Bowie so influential over the years but it is still very good and actually one of my Bowie Favorites.
3.6 Sounded pretty harsh at first but as it went along I got more into it. Lots of interesting layers to everything. Not everyday listening for me, but I sure its its a jewel of industrial music
1.5 Lets just say if I was at a toga party and Nick Drake was singing and playing guitar on a staircase, I would be smashing that guitar.
2.8 felt like a more modern jazz fusion offering? I don't know. Standard jazz score.
4.0 Are we only here for the j. Mascis solos? I really think his playing as a certain amount of charisma and its not just noodling around. Really fun to listen to and the production and band behind is solid and interesting. I went and listened to the farm album (released 15 years ago, crazy) after this. I thought I like farm the best but this was very very solid
3.6 very solid. No weak songs but maybe a tad repetitive. Hellava voice
1.9 This stayed out of the 1-star basement purely based on being CANCON and being familiar with the hits. The songs unknown to me were unlistenable. Ironically (see what I did there) this is one of my wifes favorite albums and she felt that it captures the angst of being a younger female
2.0 I will have to give it another go at some point to see if I still think its sucks
4.4 Great album, maybe 1-2 standard rock and roll songs that keep it out of 5 star rating
3.5. Into my arms is one of my favorite songs of all time (used it for my 1st dance wedding song too) and there are a handful of other standouts. This album can be a bit of a slog in parts though. I think caves writing in this is still accessible, some of the latest stuff is extremely cryptic. If you haven't signed up to The red hand files an online newsletter, please do so,
3.2 You have to respect the imagination and technical aspects of making this album but for me, it doesn't rise above being really good background music
4.9 I think the only knock is not having Eruption start off the album and introduce your band to the world with that. EVH is #2 guitarist of all time. I listened to a re-mastered version of the album and it sounded pretty much perfect. My car stereo goes to 38 and I listened to the whole thing at 38. On fire was a bit of a banger that I wasn't familiar with
2.5 Bit of a meh burger for me. I could see how they could have a bit of a cult following.
1.2 Boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ee-ma Da-boom-da-da-mmm-dum-na-ey GO! Korn sucks
2.4 I thought the drumming really stood out, excellent timing and interesting playing throughout. Liked this better than the first can album we did.
4.7 Way too many personal favorite songs of mine on this album not to give it a 5 star rating. Neighborhood Threat is a burner.
2.6
1.8 no standout songs, it was fine but nothing I will every intentionally listen to again
3.0 The more the album went on the more I got into some of the melodies and grooves. The beep-bob synth noises are definitely starting to age but 1976 what do you expect. I will give it another go at some point
2.2 I think the winters in Norway might be a bit too long.
4.6 Soild album. Gets a boost from a core memory growing up. We bought this album for my dad when it came out for christmas one year. He played it non stopped and really loved it and the ry cooder connection. We didnt know what to get him the following year so we just bought the same album again (may have been a deluxe version..) there was nothing wrong with the first copy.
2.5 At the end of the day im just not a huge Joni Mitchell fan. I did like the song River
1.4 I was going to make the joke "Raw like" and then say something that was old and rotten but Im better than that. Album sucked. Where else have I heard that guitar lick from Buffalo Stance?
2.9 I Hear this album mentioned in all time best live rock albums but I really dont see what all the fuss is about. I like a few of the songs but pretty standard rock music
2.6 Enough with the steely dan. Seriously
2.5
2.0 Probably didnt pay it enough attention as I was listening, but nothing really stood out for me
2.3 Im writing this review a week after I listened to the album and I cannot remember a single thing, even what type of music it is. Either I have serious issues or its not that great. Lets go with not that great for now.
4.1 Amazing how much the Whos songs evolved from 1965 to 1971. Drums are a little low in the mix considering how great Moon was regarded. 4-5 All time songs. Behind blues eyes could be a great karaoke song, if I was able to sing
4.8 The only band that matters. I guess the only knock on this is that maybe the production is a bit polished compared to some of the live releases.
2.9 I thought the floating is space song was super corny with the space beeps sprinkled throughout but there were a couple of songs on the rest of the album that I flagged to listen to again.
2.4
4.5 Good listen for sure. I thought it sounded like a post-punk beatles (early beatles that is). Some interesting guitar work. There were a couple proggy spots that reminded me of a band I listen to now, Squid, that I like.
3.5 Very soild and an interesting listen. Never really listened to Beck much before besides whats on the radio. Might have to take a listen to the catalog once we finish the list. That should be in a few years time.
3.5 I mean if they wanted to give the credit where its due, it should be Young & Crosby Stills Nash
3.2 Got a bit tiresome by the end of it, but that more on the vocal than anything else. Cant really argue its influence, to this day. There are still skids walking around with Pantera shirts
4.5 To quote a great line from Zoe Muth "When you said you’d never heard of John Prine Well I knew right away you weren’t worth my time"
2.9 Kinda oversold the record in the wiki synopsis (universally critically acclaimed). Didnt hate it but felt a bit slow in parts. The wiki synopsis mentioned a song was a tribute to Jay Reatard, Checked him out, was good
4.6 I once went to a Oasis tribute band show and they played wonderwall 3 times during the night, which was, at the very least, 2 times to many. That being said there are too many non-wonderwall burners on this to not give it a 5 star.
4.5 Probably should be a 5 but there are other Beatles records I like more. The outstanding production really stood out. McCartneys bass playing is so interesting and a perfect fit to the songs.
3.8 Pretty good Rock and Roll. They were the cool kids on the block when they first came out and I liked the first few KOL albums, they lost me with Sex on Fire.
3.5 Very solid rock and roll, a fun listen
3.4 Started strong and not what I was expecting. Worth another listen at another date