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britpop from portland, oregon
meh. dated. lyrics are pretty whiny, but good production value and music. Change your mind is good.
Golden Years is on this one. Not dated, but sounds very 70's. Bass forward, longer songs around 5-10 minutes each. Beautiful music and voice. David Bowie used the persona: Thin White Duke for this album. He also did a ton of coke during this period.
verrry sensible rock and roll. commercially sexy, clearly staying safe. whole album sounds uninteresting and the same. similar to other commercial schlock from early 2000s: maroon 5, coldplay, killers, john mayer. ugh not my cup o' tea.
I guess this was important to "trip-hop?" Listened to remastered version on tidal. meh.
fuck yeah
Pedo
good stuff You can hear its influence. esp RHCP Song called Toadies - did they get their name here? Jackass theme song "Corona"?? Don't look now - cool live song
Saw the documentary on this when it came out (~2004). I mean it's Brian Wilson. What do you say?
duhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduhduh bangbangbank roarAAAAARRRRRRroarROOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR
meh. not a big "wings" fan. Here're the neat things I learned on wikipedia: they recorded part of this in Lagos, Nigeria. Paul wanted to record it somewhere exotic. He got held up at knifepoint. Lost a bunch of demos and lyrics. Went back to England. Two dudes quit the band before he left for Lagos, so Paul filled in their parts.
Totally not what I expected. Way more melodic (is that the right term? I dunno). And not super heavy or thrash. I guess this is a good album to see the transition from regular old rock to heavy metal? Band complained about production values. I listened to 2015 remaster. It's not bad but kinda flat.
Alright album. Can hear the influence it had. Velvet Underground, Can, Yo La Tengo, etc.
Man, makes me think about high school. Dude named Matt King was a big REM fan. Gives me an honor roll music vibe. Album is good. Still stands up. lol. . .the song that autoplayed after the album as God's Country by U2. Funny cause I was in a play with Matt called God's Country back in the day.
This came out in 1989, but it's totally new to me. Sounds pretty currrent (2023). Ethereal. Distortion. Paced. Easy to hear the Velvet Underground influence.
Banger. I ain't the one, tuesday's gone, gimme three steps, freebird. Freebird was my class song in high school. . . lol
AfTerYeARsofwAITing,nO-th-ingCamE this is the soundtrack to my early 2000s life
sounds good. all in brazilian, so I have no idea what they're talking about. sounds like: the beatles, love, the zombies,etc.
Album is okay. The guy has a deep baritone voice.
Double album, all great stuff. The guy is a genius.
sick. drums, guitars, keyboards, vocals, etc. all of it.
I mean sympathy for the devil and street fighting man. classic stones. but some of their songs (salt of the earth) I'm not a fan of.
good stuff. listened to them a little when they came out; wish I'd listened to this album tho
beautiful voice, but aside from that everything is soo soft, predictable. maybe just not my cup o' tea
banger. like that deep purple - in rock. archetype shit
What a voice.
Simply Red reminds me of a neighbor that lived next door to mom and dad around 1990. The Nolans? The lady was a big SR fan. "Holding back the years" is a dope song. But a lot of the tracks are cheese.
parking tickets listen to 2021 re-release tho; it's better
bueno
it's alright
When this came out there was sooo much hoopla around it. Listening then and now, the album is just \"okay\" to me.
britpop
fucking love this album. I think David Bowie produced and the backing band is The Spiders from Mars. Reed's real first solo album, but his second overall after self titled debut. The first album was written while he was in VO. First song - "vicious" comes from Warhol. Warhol: write a song called "vicious" Reed: andy, vicious can mean a lot of things, what do you mean? Warhol: you know, "vicious" I hit you with a flower. such a dope album!
a lad insane, right?
first time listening. dope.
one of the greatest albums ever made. ever. makes me regret giving any other album five stars, but also not fair to compare other albums to this bc it's soo fucking good.
John’s first album
meh. album really has a late sixties sound. So if you like that 67 sound, this is the album for you. But that's the total identity (\"1967 sound\") this album has for me. usually listen on tidal, but their Moby Grape album is messed up. only has tracks 14-18 from a bonus album, so those songs aren't even on the original album. So listened on youtube.
Washington
barbecutie lollol
no me gusta
bought used vinyl from half price books in 1994
Always listen to Steely Dan w the highest quality file and headphones. So much detail!
another elvis costello album. . . *sigh* nothing against the dude, but he has such a unique sound you've gotta be in the mood to listen.
lots of great musicians worked on this. Prince, Jeff Porcaro (co-founder of Toto), Rose Stone (from Sly and Family Stone), and tons of studio artists (Randy Jackson . . .lol).
no sunshine on this album.
Bought this in 2015 at Kroger on a whim because it was in the mark down bin. So glad I did. Great album. Great production. I was listening to the album a bunch before I took Jen to NY for the first time. This album, especially the first track, always reminds me of her and that trip.
dope if you need a Samba fix short tho - 35 min
according to "meet me in the bathroom" Ryan Adams knowingly got Albert Hammond Jr. (from the strokes) back on heroin. in fact everything I've ever heard about him is that he is a douche. but I've never met the guy. so i dunno. as far as music, he's got a nice voice, but the album isn't interesting. lyrics are pandering; music is predictable. If they had to change this from 1001 to 1000 albums to listen to, this should be the one that goes.
good stuff
Here I am, on my knees With nothing to blame but my curiosity It got the best of me
did not know that John Lennon plays guitar on Fame
you aint the problem
Jo, if not for you
just saw them last week (Dec 2023 in SFO). they opened the show with the first track off this album. still fresh.
five stars just for the lyric: \"You change all the lead sleeping in my head to gold\"
Bluey's parents grew close over this album when they dated.
wtf is this cover?
soo boring. \"oh dope beat, I wonder where this song will go?\" Nowhere. The song will go nowhere. it's all style over substance; built to sell cars.
fun facts! Senegal is home to: - a tiny car-free island made from seashells; - seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites; - Africa’s tallest statue; - rivers with killer hippopotamuses; - a pink lake. There has been work done to build a "Great Green Wall" from Senegal's capital, Dakar, to Djibouti, Djibouti. The wall is made of trees and meant to hold back expansion of the Sahara.
good album, but it's kinda: \"shut up and play the hits. . or someone else's hits even, idc.\" but there was novelty to it at the time making it hugely popular to the mainstream. you had people who never before listened to johnny cash or NIN telling you how great it all was. but that's not Johnny's fault. he just showed up and killed it, even at 900 years old.
always made fun, but never really listened. It's good. Can hear how groups like Belle and Sebastian were influenced.
emotionally charged because this is his last album, but . . .ugh
aka Peter Gabriel 1: Car that solsbury hill song is popular. but it's rare that I want to groove in 7/4 time. rest of the album: meh. could have aged better; could have aged worse.
sounds like an album I'd have on a tape in the 80s. a copy of a copy from someone who recorded it off vinyl. likely by holding a tape recorder to a speaker. one side of a 90 minute cassette with some other band I never learned the name of on the other side. here's a haiku about it: plastic magnet sound the jesus and mary chain gray days with walkman
at about the 2:15 mark of the song \"Your Move\" the chorus of Lennon's song \"Give Peace a Chance\" is sung by the backing vocalists under the main melody. \"all we are saying (big pause) is give peace a chance\" it repeats till end of song
jeez it was a slog getting through this album
weird the first song is just busta rhymes.
He held his breath . . .
To support this album's release, Radiohead had an inflight radio program on American Airlines. I heard it while flying from DFW to London. I listened the entire flight. The album dropped a month or two later (October), but it was near impossible to find stateside. I finally got a copy on Christmas that year (2000). 20+ years on and this album still blows me away like it did on that flight.
first time listening. great album!
I'd like to know completely what others so discreetly talk about. . . check out the song "Distortions" by Clinic
the drummer goes by the name \"Twink.\" he converted to Islam later in life, changing his name to Mohammad Abdullah. though he still records under the name Twink
Had it been rainy when I listened, I'd give it five stars
I went to the market to realize my soul; what I need I just don't have
though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away
has nothing to do with this album, but there's a Chicago Traffic Jam Band that plays on street corners in Chicago. stuff like cubs games. xylophone rush covers and such. good stuff. This album reminded me of the band Chicago, so some search strings around the bands Chicago and Traffic lead me to CTJB.
Lots of reviews say this is funkadelic's best album. I disagree. Uncle Jam Wants You is better IMHO, but I grew up on that album. Maggot Brain is listed as a bonus track. Always think of Ken's Show on WFMU when I hear.
think we'll ever meet Stevie?
more is more
the whole world's a circus, don't you be the clown
Borderline unlistenable because of such shit production. terrible synth and awful drum machines. the lyrics make the album better, but can't distract enough from the cheap music, terrible sax solos, cheez ball backing vocals, etc... It’s like someone with terrible breath telling you a secret too close to your face.
yeesh. . .long form cacophonous jazz.
britpop from portland, oregon
respect
Wake up
Good album I hadn't heard before. \"This is love\" is a good track. A guy named Robert Ellis was a producer on this album. Despite what Tidal says, this is not the same Robert Ellis of Topo Chico and Lime fame.
what a long, strange trip it has been
eminem's career consists of making the same album over, and over, and over, and over again.
this is really two albums presented as one to collectively promote these solo acts under the outkast name. brill marketing move. Spkrbx: 2; TLB: 4; so 3 overall.
did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? greatest album cover ever
Every hostel in the world is required to play this album at least once a day.
I recently said Pink Floyd's "wish you were here" had the greatest album cover. I was wrong; it goes to this album. not so crazy about the music tho
This album deserves some context. There was nothing like it on the radio when it released. Here's the Billboard hot 100 from that time: 1. Michael Bolton - How am I Supposed 2. Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract 3. Rod Stewart - Downtown Train 4. Seduction - Two to Make it Right 5. Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun It was a welcome change.
This cd has been in my car for the past 15 years, at minimum.
good stuff, but this is not a must hear tho Pokey LaFarge lends some background vocals. he's worth hearing, if only the once
this came out in 1987. that's bananas. vamos is good
important social critique in the lyrics, but the music is just meh. . .
over produced. specifically the levels are bent so much to allow the lyrics to be whispered. this puts a huge expectation on the lyrics but they just don't deliver.
I lent this album to a girl named Jill who lived across the street. She moved to Hawaii a week later. Never heard from her again. . .
imagine being a child and getting raped by someone, then the rest of your life people say you've got to listen to his music before you die. fuck this perv
little boy lost his dad and deals with growing up
bet this blew people away when it came out. guitar is amazing.
talented group of musicians but no identity.
let them know you realize