Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle BrothersSome decent hip-hop. Never got especially boring but wouldn't listen to again and some songs got a bit too preachy.
Some decent hip-hop. Never got especially boring but wouldn't listen to again and some songs got a bit too preachy.
Uncertain Smile and This is The Day are cool songs, the former having a nice piano solo. The rest was pretty bland and not much stood out.
1957. Upbeat. Swing. Repetitive. Short. Saxophone solos.
1980. Alternative, prog in some areas. First couple tracks were nice, the rest unmemorable and stale.
1971. Excellent.
1976. Pretty good!
1981. Solid and catchy alt rock.
1971. Solid progressive rock, not too big on the singer.
1965. 1 star for the kind of bearable track "Do you love me". This album is a drone of the same song over and over, very simple/uninteresting writing, riddled with annoying screams throughout songs. The three exclamation marks in the upper left corner of the album art is the most exciting thing about this album. Nope.
1973. Perfection start to end.
1988. Pretty solid alt/punk
1959. Classic country. It's okay; a few good tracks but mostly repetitive and uninteresting.
1979. Started out strong first couple tracks but got boring quick. As a cohesive unit, not a great album.
2006. Pretty cool blues/jazz rock/grunge.
2004. Exceptional blues/alt rock
1965. Haven't heard of these guys before but that's understandable after listening. Pretty dull.
1996. Pretty okay alt rock; definitely unique in some songs. Wasn't expecting a song from Shrek.
1991. Pretty forgettable alt rock. The final track "Is This Music?" is ironically the most musical/best song.
1972. Not great. Generic guitar solos and would've been better as an instrumental. I was leaning towards 2/5 until the dreadful last song.
1993. Interesting electronic music but stressful for ambient noise. Appreciate it but not my thing.
2016. This one is hard to rate. Pretty music in some spots, particularly the closer, and the "vocals" were almost careless spoken word. Pleasant enough to listen through, didn't hate it.
1969. Strong first 20 seconds leading into a disappointing, much more boring album.
1992. Not too noteworthy grunge/counterculture rock aside from a standout guitar/vocal harmony in "In the Mouth a Desert"
1967. A few great tracks, aside from that about every other song was pretty good. Has some Jimi Hendrix influence I thought.
1971. Garbage. The best thing it has going for it is the album art.
2007. Not the worst electronic album, there were some melodies here and there and not every moment was unbearable.
Dull, even a bit more so than the other electronic albums on this list I've had to suffer through. If it was going for something, which I'm not sure if it was, it didn't resonate with me.
Pretty solid alt rock/indie album with many enjoyable tracks.
I'm 4 electronic albums in (out of 26 total so far) and am quite tired of them. Repetitive. Boring. Minimal thought, not engaging. Doesn't sound good. A 10 second clip in a movie, sure, but 71 minutes straight absolutely not. Speaking of, Wikipedia states the UK version is 58 minutes and excludes the two bonus tracks. Making it longer is just cruelty.
Some decent hip-hop. Never got especially boring but wouldn't listen to again and some songs got a bit too preachy.
Many standout songs and a wide variety of blues/jazz/"oldies". This is an enjoyable album.
Very nice psychedelic indie music with a wide array of great instrumentation. All songs were good. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a strong influence on The Decemberists.
Not as dull as some of the other electronic albums on here, but still never captured my interest. An hour and fifteen minutes of silence seems preferable.
Far exceeded expectations, this is some great and catchy punk/rock music.
Quite boring. Very repetitive and monotone; nothing really stood out. This album is too long to not have anything worth listening too. I was waiting for it to end nearly the entire time. The self-titled track is the best on the album.
Very pretty and engaging album. In the Morning of the Magicians and Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell, Do you Realize??, sound like they could have heavily influenced Stephen Wilson's Hand.Cannot.Erase. album.
A few amusing lyrics. Most of the album feels like the purpose is to shock and it feels forced and overdone. Some of the sound effects are annoying.
It Won't Be Long, All My Loving, and Till There was You are decent songs. The rest sucks.
Pretty interesting 80s new wave/rock, especially this early in the 80s. Enjoyable but not anything particularly memorable.
Good Morning and Whipping Tree are good tracks but the rest is pretty bland alt rock that went on for a bit too long.
Pretty solid prog rock. Mixture of Elton John, Stephen Wilson, and Yes. Some of the vocals and lyrics are hit or miss but the music itself is great.
Solid, classic blues rock. The better songs are short and the others drag on too long jamming. Some of the guitar solos are ugly.
This album is very 80s and has some decent horn sections incorporated. Angles of Deception is a cool song with a nice bass line. Aside from that nothing too memorable or worth going back to.
Long-time one of my favorite albums and arguably Arcade Fire's best, with Neon Bible in contention. It has relaxing, exciting, sad, happy.
Sounds a bit like some Yes and America. This is some decent prog music. Track 1 Music is Love was awful but the singing and music pick up after that. Tamalpais High has some nice blues. The second half went back downhill slowly.
Don't Worry About the Government and Psycho Killer are pretty good. The rest of the album is bland alt rock; not as good as some of their later stuff.
New age club music. A song or two are ok but an entire album is exhausting. Not as boring as some of the other electronic albums on this list.
Talking Heads knockoff from the year prior. Overall pretty annoying and gimmicky album.
Not really my thing. Has some Beatles similarities. The song Old Friends has some nice strings.
I See a Darkness is a pleasant song. All in all not a bad album; some of it is pretty and relaxing. The singing is a bit too nonchalant for my taste and there are plenty of times notes aren't hit, I'm assuming intentionally.
Pretty decent album. Dancing Queen is the standout track, and the rest is catchy pop with some nice singing.
Shades of Scarlett Conquering is a pleasant song with a nice piano/string section. The self-titled song and Boho Dance are also quite nice and smooth with some trumpet. Harry's House/Centerpiece is a great song with impressive piano solo. Shadows and Light has an interesting a capella section followed by synth. I like the jazzier aspects of this album, which is where the second half shines. A few of the first tracks lulled a bit but overall would relisten.
Kind of rock/funk/ska? The first few tracks had some promise but I got bored pretty quickly. Forgettable; not surprised they're not more well known.
Like a Rolling Stone and Tombstone Blues are standout tracks. Otherwise a pretty flat album, and the singing is more or less talking in 3 close together notes. Starts out decent but gets old.
I tried to go in with an open mind. It didn't work. I am the bullgod and black chick, white guy were decent but sound like knockoffs of earlier songs.
Lots of high pitched whining Jump Around noises. Very repetitive beats and lyrics. Not enjoyable nor interesting. Rebel Without a Pause could be used for torture.
Pretty boring and uninspired. Did John Lennon "Imagine" this album being good? Maybe if you like the Beatles it'd be more appealing, then again maybe not because this kind of sounds like a last ditch effort to maintain relevance. This review was written before the last song. Please fix my ears. It got so much worse.
You and I and I Believe are pleasant songs. Superstition is a song I recognized and didn't expect to pop up in this album. It's also a good song. Solid album and for the most part relaxing.
Victoria is a strong opener. The switch in the middle of Yes Sir, No Sir is interesting. Brainwashed is very catchy. Started off pretty strong but got a bit boring.
Funky, soulful album that remains interesting throughout. Papa was a rollin' stone is a great song that sounds like crazy train could've borrowed from its bass line. Love woke my up this morning is a pleasant song.
Pretty solid rock n' roll. The high pitched screaming between each song is obnoxious.
It wasn't bad but it also wasn't very interesting. Pretty bland, not much variation, track after track sounded the same.
Very good album. Got a bit muddled 3/4 through where it didn't seem like there was much going on.
Pretty good improv-y album with a nice mix in moods. Pleasant listen but nothing too spectacular of note.
Halfway decent electronic/club album. At least some tracks had vocals that kept them interesting. Other than that it drone on, which I guess is the point.
Pretty stange. The vocals almost sounded like some 2000s-2010s emo. Overall a yawn though.
Made of stone is a cool song. Pretty solid album, has belle & sebastian and decemberists vibes.
Detroit Rock City is good. Shout it Out Loud is okay. The rest is quite boring. This isn't rock.
El Condor Pas, Cecilia, and The Boxer are pleasant songs, as well as the strings sections in Song for the Asking. Overall a pretty soothing album. Much better than their Bookends album.
Uncertain Smile and This is The Day are cool songs, the former having a nice piano solo. The rest was pretty bland and not much stood out.
Pretty nice alt rock album. Sun Hits the Sky and Cheapskate are good songs.
Sleepytime Bob Dylan. Similar to Simon & Garfunkel. Not unbearable but not particularly enjoyable. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong is actually pretty good. Adding this to my list "1001 albums you must hear before you die if you want to die of boredom"
I haven't really checked out Radiohead before and this was pretty enjoyable the second half. Faust Arp and Reckoner are pretty songs. Jigsaw Falling into Place is a cool song too. A couple of their earlier albums are supposed to be their best so perhaps I'll give those a go.
The Sensual World (track) is an interesting song that uses some egyptian sounding scales. Rocket's Tail has some nice singing and guitar solo. Overall a pretty dreary album I couldn't get into.
This album definitely gives chill day at the park on Sunday vibes. Great jazz trio of piano, upright bass, and drums. Relaxing and enjoyable listen, although a bit less relaxing when the bass player goes on his crazy solos.
Black Magic Woman and Incident at Neshabur have some nice grooves. Samba Pa Ti features a pleasant guitar solo. A pretty nice album with some latin beats.
30 seconds in and this is somewhere between Led Zeppelin and Cheap Trick soundwise. Now at track 3, In the Street, I didn't realize this wasn't written by Cheap Trick which is amusing considering my first comment. The India Song was nice, reminded me of the band America. The ballads are kind of dull and there's a few of them.
Middle-Class Heroes has some pleasant trombone and is a chill tune. The Frog Princess is intriguing. A Woman of the World is also enjoyable. Through a Long & Sleepless Night and Theme from Casanova are also great. I was leaning towards a 3 rating but I have to go with 4, it kept me interested but I doubt I'd revisit most of the first half.
Sounds like 60s weed. Kind of like Donovan but not good. Swift as the Wind was a standout song that the end of was okay.
The songwriting is good. The vocals are flat and uninteresting in the first half but got better. Nice guitar throughout and relaxing. Wouldn't mind a relisten if it happened to come on but wouldn't seek it out to listen to it again.
Yawn
80 albums in. Finally, a kind-of rock album. Much better than I was expecting. Reminds me of early 2000s Evans Blue.
Pretty good punk album. Plan 9 Channel 7 is a standout song. Not many other thoughts on this but it was an enjoyable listen.
Chill, uplifting album. Impressive all the instrumentation and writing is one person. Sounds like it could be movie music. After a few songs it gets pretty dull; there's not much variation.
That Lady is a good and recognizable song. Pretty good funky cover of "Listen to the Music". Summer Breeze is also enjoyable. Overall pretty good R&B/soul/funk album but some songs are a bit stale.
Cybele's Reverie is excellent including the organ and violin. So is Percolator and self-titled. Monstre Sacre and Slow Fast Hazel too. French lady singing over pleasant music. I wasn't expecting much due to the album art but it's quite good.
Pretty chill alt old school tunes. Nice singing. Way Over Yonder is nice and has a sax solo. You've Got a Friend is also relaxing. A cover of (You make me feel) A Natural Woman is also here.
One of the great 90s rock albums
Great alt rock album featuring Fell In Love With a Girl and We're Going to Be Friends. 16 songs all under 4 mins resulting in a 40 minute album of somewhat brief songs but they mostly flow. The Union Forever is a cool song I hadn't heard prior.
Sounds just like Toy Story and Princess and the Frog. Rednecks did not age well. Marie is a pretty song. Strange amount of substance abuse songs. Kingfish has some eerie chords around 2:07 that are cool. Rollin' with the strings is also nice. Pleasant enough album.
Xtal is a pretty cool song. Ageispolis has an interesting bass line. Overall chill background noise but yet another electronic album that has no business on this list.
Everything In Its Right Place is a pretty cool song. How to Disappear Completely is pretty. Optimistic is interesting. In Limbo is good. Idioteque is also interesting. Morning Bell is good. Motion Picture Soundtrack is pretty. The album has Flaming Lips Yoshimi but also Muse vibes; very soundscapey. It is very near a 5 but some of the songs just make the album drone on.
Pretty decent soul/funk album. Rainy day is a pretty song. Aht uh Mi Hed is cool too.
Kind of Boogie Nights-70s era, kind of Bob Dylan. Make it Right is probably the song I enjoyed most but for this album enjoy is a strong word for any song.
Come Away with Me has a nice guitar solo. Shoot The Moon is pleasant. I've Got to See You Again is a good one with some violin. Painter Song has accordion including a solo so that's cool, very old time beach vibe. Overall a very chill and laid back album, kind of bluesy/jazzy/soul with solid vocals.
Sympathy For The Devil is a good start. Dear Doctor was painful to listen to, just bad. The album is quite CCR Fortunate Sun-like which is not a compliment. Overall pretty boring.
Early 80s pop/alt. Love Plus One has a nice horn section near the end. Lemon Firebrigade is a pleasant tune, jazzy. Calling Captain Autumn is also nice. Enjoyable listen although not much variation.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I-V) - A+ Welcome To The Machine - neat almost prog song with nice keys and effects Have A Cigar - Also has cool keys Wish You Were Here - A++ Shine On You Crazy Diamond (VI-IX) - Pretty funky. Nice continuation of the first song. This album was much more prog than I was expecting even though I've heard half of it before. Near perfect album, especially for the time.
Killer Queen is good. In The Lap of The Gods was weird. The revisited version at the end is much better, maybe the second best on here. Brian May's guitar work is what makes most of this album kind of interesting. Queen has many hits but I guess they're spread out amongst their lengthy discography. Back and forth between upbeat songs and ballads is a bit jarring. Half the album is pretty unremarkable. Overall pretty meh album; not a good cohesive unit.
I wasn't expecting this to be an old school country album. Return of the Grievous Angel is a good song. I Can't Dance has a nice guitar solo. Medley Live from Northern Quebec is also great, particularly the second song Hickory Wind. Nice Love Hurts cover.
First two...three...four...etc. tracks sound like identical 4-bar blues. By track 4 I'm tired of listening to the same thing over and over that was never very good to start with. I'm sure this "rock 'n roll" was quite something in the mid-60s but the entertainment value is lacking now. Recognizable songs are Great Balls of Fire, Good Golly, Miss Molly, Hound Dog, and Long, Tall Sally.
Nice scream at 6:50 into Theme. Kind of cool how the 2 Religion songs are spoken word then the same to music. Album kind of has Sonic Youth Daydream Nation vibes but blends together a bit; not much variation going on. The Sex Pistols singer here has some growls. Fodderstompf is weird and quite bad aside for the bass line. Decent album start to middle, overall kind of monotonous.
Kind of a strange mix between rock/punk/chill/experimental. Vocals are pretty good and there are interesting guitar parts. Climbing and The Whistling Song are good songs.
River Man is very pretty with strings. All in all a pretty and chill album.
This album has some Arctic Monkeys vibes. The opening song Jacqueline is a good song. It also has Take Me Out which is a great song. The Dark Of The Matinee, Auf Achse, Darts Of Pleasure are also great songs. Overall quite good.
First song was horrible. I tried to stay open minded but the second song is horrible and annoying too. By this point my ears are suffering. 20 Dollar is a cheap knockoff of The Pixie's Where is My Mind. Really wish this list would give me that album instead. Paper Plans is a song I knew already and is okay I guess. But by now I'm questioning the integrity of these songs and lo and behold, it's a ripoff of The Clash's Straight To Hell. The only possibly good thing about this album is not original.
A lot of the drum beats and synth noises are too processed-sounding. Not too unsimilar from some 80s's MJ. Slow Love is a pretty good song with nice sax. If I Was Your Girlfriend was weird. I Could Take The Place of Your Man is a pleasant almost alt rock song that doesn't fit the rest of the album's vibe. The Cross is a quite good song, as is It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night which has a recognizable part at 3:50 and nice instrumentation. R&B/soul/funk/rock album. Started off slow but ended strong. Pretty good.
The first minute of the first song is good, but it's before Kanye kicks in. The song Power is decently okay. All of the Lights is good. Blame Game has quite the monologue. Not a great album but much better than I was expecting. The middle was slow but started and ended strong. This is on the verge of 4 stars but I can't.