I listened before bed and didn't really care for it. Too much bass. But I listened again (and on a different speaker system) and liked it more. Gonna try it the next time I drive somewhere

I don't understand the Radiohead love to be honest.

So great

I dig it. Funky guitar jams

Why TF am I listening to an album by a child molester? Ugh. Also the sound of the drum machine is super irritating. A very tinny drum machine. Iberian girl? WTF is this song! In general: so many added noises it's almost chaotic. And how many times is he gonna do that high pitched squeak noise? The ones I know from the 80s radio of my past are tolerable. Ones I don't know at all: not so much. So to me this says this album isn't for me since I know it's not nostalgia talking. Also: child molester! Though not the worst thing ever, so a 2.

I mean. It's jazz. Technically accomplished jazz. But not my thing. These reviews are for me, not for others. And aren't even really reviews. Oh well

Very good but repetitive to me after a while. But funky and cool

A tad much for me sometimes (the "noise") but fucking awesome. Love it.

Fucking great

Well. I enjoyed the peppy beat. I couldn't understand a lot of the words, but some I sure did (jailbait!). Not terrible to listen to though. I never need to again, but I didn't hate it.

Yeah yeah gimme some talking heads! Liked it a lot!

I have never heard any of this before and that's a fucking shame because this was so great. Fucking great. Why didn't I listen to this in my youth? Reevaluating my life. Wtf. Sigh. Tho---at least I've got it now, at 52. Never too late!!

I liked the peppy stuff. Not so much the slow stuff.

Nice! Great album.

Need to listen to the whole thing later

Um. No. He sounds a bit like Neil Diamond. He's too dramatic and grandiose. Showtune-esque.

4.5 even if Bono is a narcissist.

Like okay. Nick cave is supposed to be great and I guess I kind of like him but two whole albums is just too much Nick Cave at once for me. Plus one star for being profoundly weird but minus a star for possibly being pompous.

The Clash slaps!!!! I love it

Spotify doesn't have the whole album so maybe this isn't fair but it's good for what it is I guess. The screaming on one track was a bit much....

Totally weird. And totally awesome. I'm not sure how this works exactly but it does. Love it. ROCK LOBSTA!

Classic. Sometimes weird. I dig it.

Too much pop.

I didn't like it as much as the last steely Dan album I had. This one has less funky guitar and more annoying keyboard.

I want to like it but me and Joni's voice just do not like one another. The higher pitches...eek no. Also lol; I want to shampoo you. Wtf

Not sure I'm on the radiohead bandwagon. This album is kind of creepy. I listened to it easily enough but I don't want to listen to it again really. All I felt was creepy. That's not an emotion I really want from my music.

Never heard this before and maybe never even any of these songs. He's a legend but I can't really tell why from this album.

Not bad. Less heavy guitar screech than others of this ilk. Good roadtrip company.

Never heard this before. Liked it!

I listened to it all and hated every bit. Why is this man considered great? If it's the lyrics, I can't even understand half of them. Musicianship is solid, but doesn't make up for the rest. Or is he a vampire who has hypnotized people into thinking his music is good?

This is only my 30th album and yet this is the 3rd time I've gotten Steely Dan... A solid album. Knew about half the songs. 3.5

Lovely but kinda boring. Inoffensive? Couldn't hear lyrics well. Never heard of this guy before.

OMG! OMD! Great yet sometimes boring. So..a 4

Yay Dolly!

Never heard of this before! Crab rave! Goes on too long but good.

Too long but better than I thought it would be when I learned what it was.

So much MEH. Btw yesterday I was confused and reviewed the album from the day before again. The punk one was ok. I wasn't quite in a punk mood

I've already had this album before I was in the group. I'm not listening to this s*** again. The radio hits are nostalgic but otherwise I had a hard time listening. So many extra "noises" and MJs little squeak noise, and all together too much pop music. And the fake drums are too tinny. Also: Wtf is up with Liberian Girl?

I listened before bed and didn't really care for it. Too much bass. But I listened again (and on a different speaker system) and liked it more. Gonna try it the next time I drive somewhere

I like the fast pace. Everything else can suck it. Not my style. Instinct said to give it a 1 but the speed/skill of the drums and guitars deserves something.

3 stars

It's Soundgarden. 2-3

Experimental and probably very accomplished. But not at all my thing. I had to fast forward some songs.

Not my favorite Beck. By far. 2.5

Idk. Didn't do anything for me but wasn't bad either

Brb. I need a shower.

Why is this 2 1/2 hours long? DNF due to length. Damn. I didn't hate it but didn't live it either. 2.5

Boring

I liked it and took me back to being a very small child

Joplin! Good times. Fun album cover too

Nothing wrong with it but not very gripping either.

I absolutely didn't need to hear this album before I died. And I feel like lounge singer was already covered by previous generations.

I tried. I was determined to listen to them all and see if there was even a single good song, but then I got messed up where I was on the playlist in Spotify and I stopped. Most of them are boring, some of them are awful, and some are fine but not good. I heard at least half of them.

Funky! But gets old after a while.

Yeah!

So prior to listening to these albums I thought I liked the pixies a lot more than I did for this album and the other album I listened to already. Hmmm

I remember liking the smooth operator song back in the day, and remember the video well, but listening to the whole album it really sounds the same after a bit. Extra point cuz she's cool

I like this a lot more than I thought I would. Best electronica album I probably ever listened to. Wunderbar!

Really starts to sound the same after a while

Enjoyable and forgettable at the same time

Teenage memories

Wow, short! Very good. I liked it.

It was fine until it was over 2 hours long and then I knew I couldn't take it so it's only a two

Nice.

Of course it's extremely excellent playing by an extremely talented person. Just not the kind of album I am going to revisit.

Fun! Some questionable lyrics though haha

Enjoyed listening

Holy saxophone baby!

So forgettable

The best Xmas album by far. Phil can suck it though. What an awful human. So 5 stars but I'm ignoring PS and the final track lol

Big time '80s teenage nostalgia

Waffling on the rating for this one because I liked it but actually it's kind of forgettable so let's go 3.5 and I'm going to score it for on the stars because why not?

Love the funk

Started out okay and then after a while I just couldn't stand him anymore

Hmm....

Solomon Burke is a cool dude and I like these tunes

Yeah, no

80s Nostalgia, probably. 😄

Decent, enjoyable, yet forgettable (I actually knew some of these songs but I could never have thought of them just on their own)

Not really my thing but okay

A bit nostalgic for me, but also too much pop. And a few of the songs are just bad like Dear Jesse, Pray for Spanish Eyes, and Act of Contrition.

Ok.

Not as bad as I thought it would be based on the album art and a vague memory of screaming trees from the past.

Good!

Not quite the Bee gees I was expecting. Decent

Great!

Ok until "don't" Also boring

Gets a little long but otherwise great

Not sure I can write a review because this album made me so sleepy

Many of the songs sound the same. Not going to lie

Ok

Never heard of this one before. Totally listenable but not something I'd come back to.

I have two extremely early memories of music and I'm not exactly sure which came. First one was that I absolutely adored captain and tennille and had their poster on my wall. The other is Simon & Garfunkel and specifically the song Cecilia which isn't on this album. But I have loved Simon & Garfunkel my entire life and this album is perfection.

Good

This album and artist reminds me of a horrible boss I had at the time this came out. She absolutely loved it and I can't stand it, but I recognize it's mostly because of the b**** Lynette. But also it has a kind of affectation that I don't like. The same as Lynette I guess. Dang, I can't even get through the album and I'm normally down for a good rant.

Pretty good and super boring at the same time

Meh

Kinda eew. Like it doesn't make my ears bleed but it doesn't do anything good either.

Never heard of it before. It was fine

Sometimes fun and sometimes annoying

Good to very good

I really like this!

Lots of good songs!

Great but also dated/not timeless. A few songs are kind of whiney sounding.

Ooh! An old one...

I'm excited for an album called back at the Chicken shack!

I liked the explain how it's different from western music

Meh

Groovy

His voice is whiny

Not really my style but it wasn't bad

Is this never ending?

Great! So much energy. Good vibes.

Started out fine and then got super annoying. Like listening to WGMO, or Eric's music...

Solid

I think this works better as an album than when I hear individual songs out in the world. I'm not exactly on the Fleetwood Mac bandwagon, but I can see why people love this album.

Not bad. Who knew?

Good energy

Peak teenage MTV

I bleed...

So boring

So boring

If it's just on in the background, it's kind of MEH. But if you actually sit and carefully listen, some of these songs are really beautiful. I.e. unchained melody. Maybe going to look for a cover that doesn't have his voice. Though I guess Willie is also covering it...

So much twang. I think maybe I'd kind of like it if that guy's voice weren't so whiny.

It was fun until it was too much

Snoozefest

I swear we've already listened to this. It's just as boring as the other album.

After a while there's just too much yelping

Liked it a lot and would give it a five but the dated lyrics took it down one for making it sometimes hard to enjoy.

When I had a walkman I had this on tape and listened to it a lot

Not my jam

2.5

This is not the album of theirs that Eric played over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. 3.5

Soooo 80s, in a good way. But kind of one-note.

I'm not big on jazz but this is the best one I've come across on this list.

Not bad but my gen z child called it "elevator music" 🤣

I liked it a lot!

Never heard of this before. Not too bad. Not too good 2.5

Ugh terrible

Meh

I don't understand the love for this artist

It gets old after a while

'80s goodness and I still really like it

Great!!

Great!

A great album. The Best of the led Zeppelin albums. 4.5

Great but too ragey after a while lol

I loved this. Wish I knew what he was singing about. 4.5

If it weren't screechy, it'd be better

I really liked this a lot. Like it was great. Yes I was surprised. 4.5

I knew some of these songs but I never knew they were by an artist called fatboy slim though I did know the name fatboy slim. Huh! 2.5

Love the talking heads

I liked the chill vibe but I would never listen to this again. But I wouldn't hate it if I heard a song from it.

Thought it would be worse, lol.

Good!

I actually totally dig this old stuff.

I enjoy it while I'm listening to it like it's a four-star album, but then I can't remember any of it later.

Was going to rated a 3 but it just keeps going on and on and on and on so...2

Sounds like something from the '60s

2.5

I dug it. This would have been totally awesome live.

Ridiculous and silly and a ton of fun. I loved it. On another day it might not have hit the same, but today it just hit right even though some of the lyrics are really stupid. Probably really a four but I'm reading it at five so that I see it on my list of fives. So don't forget about it the next time. I need some silly fun on a road trip.

80s memories...

I liked this a lot. 4.5

Love this album. 4.5. Reminds me of dad/childhood.

2.5

I don't understand the Radiohead love to be honest.

Honestly thought it would be worse

2.5. For what it is (not my style) It isn't bad

I'm sure it's very accomplished in its genre, but I just do not give a s*** right now.

Between the quality of his voice and they screeching of that harmonica I couldn't even listen to this to try to figure out why people like Bob Dylan

I've heard of her before but not sure. I ever really listened to anything that wasn't a song on the radio. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would but like I don't need to hear it ever again.

The Beatles sound kind of whiny but I still have to give this a five

Higher register voices get to me after while I think I like this music better as singles

Mellow

The song with the half Spanish lyric is great and otherwise it's kind of meh

Eek. Awful

I've already had this??? Confused. It's in my history...

I can't remember and I just listened to it yesterday...

F-ing great

Way better than I expected. Or hoped, honestly. Haha. 3.5

I dig

Not my jam but inoffensive

Not my jam but not bad at all

Frank's a vibe

Funky

Guess I'm not the Brian Eno market

I dig it!

Heck yeah

Very early childhood memories.

Very good!

Interesting!

I really liked it and then it all became the same so I took it from a 4 to 3.

Boring

This was a lot.

The heavy guitar jams got old but I liked the other stuff.

Boring yet inoffensive

Heroes is an awesome song, but there's some losers on this album to be honest. 2.5

This album is lovely. It's not my usual genre but I really enjoyed having it on. What the heck? I'm giving it a 5.

Listen to this made me feel anxious. Clearly not the right headspace for me for this album on this day.

I have never heard of this before but I really liked it

Bo-ring

3.5

Surprised I like this quite a bit

Good road trip music!

Many of the songs need to be shortened. Haha