My first album out of 1001 and what a doozy. Would be a great album if you took out all the shitty white guy rapping. Great sample work, I just don’t like their style. It’s giving very Andrew Dice Clay, except that he was more fun.
Generally good album with solid songs. Not everything is is a banger but doesn’t need to be. Heart of glass and one way or another are enough to carry the whole album.
Not an album you have to listen to all of the words of. It’s prose accompanied by music. Quiet and ambient music that doesn’t need to be the center of attention. Just put it on on a rainy day. I’m sure it’ll accompany a cup of coffee on a quiet morning perfectly. In a world of sonically overloaded music, this is incredibly refreshing (even if it’s more than 60 years old). If Prince thought it was perfect then there must be something special here.
Good album but not their best. That title goes to white light/white heat. The Velvets didn’t need Nico and her crazy German accented singing nor Andy Warhol. Let Lou be Lou. Case and point: I’m waiting for the man.
Baby you can drive my car, yes I’m gonna be a star.
Queen killer was cool. Didn’t like tenement funster. Freddie always makes awesome harmonies and Brian May is such a talented guitarist. Not their best work that Ive heard but I only know the hits.
I was not expecting to like this as much as I did. I always thought that this kind of music was aggressive and just about money, sex and drugs. I was really overwhelmed about how many social issues he was talking about. Yes, he was clearly a gangsta, and liked to mess with people, but there was a lot more positivity in an era of gangster rap
How could you go wrong with Jimmy Hendrix on the experience… Every single song on this album is five stars. It’s blues, rock, psychedelic, everything you ever imagined anymore. Must listen.
Sounds good but not as good as “Are You Experienced”. It’s a little more tongue-in-cheek. But that’s OK, it doesn’t need to be anything more than a vessel for “Little Wing”.
Much better than the Beastie Boys, but not as good as 2Pac. The album is very socially aware and is talking about a lot of important things for the black community at the time (and even still now). I like that it doesn’t use all the tropes of today’s rap music like guns, girls, and money I can understand why people like this.
Jack Johnson guitar playing on lithium. Peter Gabriel vocals with zero emotion. Beautiful but dreadful. Not my thing. Reminds me of that one guy at the beach bonfire, high on acid, playing music that only 1 guy is listening to. Glad it was only 28 min long.
Im not into rap but I can appreciate lyrics that make you think about something you don’t know anything about. This isn’t really something I’ll ever listen to again but I can’t say it’s bad. I loved that it used shitty overdubbed martial arts movies as skits between tracks. I feel like this was the template for a lot of rap music to follow.
Boring. It sounds like the knock off karaoke versions of songs. Not gonna yuck anyone’s yum, but momma this is garbage. The only good songs are the instrumentals which sound like cheesy porno music.
I can see why this is important, but it’s just not my thing. It’s a lot of blue-eyed honky-tonk and I need a little more stank on it. I guess the Queen of England really loved this album. Maybe that’s this albums demographic…
Very very British. All T, no shade but is this just a British version of Phoenix crossed with the killers and Franz Ferdinand? It’s a chicken and egg situation. Who cares 🤷🏻♂️
The Ramones but make it comedy! Not very good “music” but I guess it’s important for music history 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻💩
Cool album but the songs are too long and repetitive. A year later Prodigy released their album and I can hear the influence. Could easily be released today and be successful. Interesting mix of different electronic music styles.
Holy guacamole, this album is beautiful but it sounds like how a panic attack feels. Terrifying.
It’s like Led Zeppelin if they only used power chords and wore bondage gear.
Beautiful voice and instrumentation.
Never will listen to this again. Ever.
The singles are great. The album tracks are just alright. Better than the arctic monkeys.
Crooning David Bowie high on coke and singing about the wind, trains, and his girlfriend getting stuck in a parallel tv universe. Fantastic.
It’s like listening to Talking Heads but just a little less goofy. It’s missing that “I’LL TELL YA LATER!” energy, but I was really impressed with this album. Probably will listen again!
God I really wish I had some green. Fantastic album. Every song is a classic. Can never go wrong with some Bob.
There’s not a single song on this album I like. It’s like wanna-be velvet underground. Woe is me garbage.
We get it, Jeff Beck likes to play the blues….but this isn’t that exciting
The musicians on this album play well. The singer can suck a bag of dicks.
Great music. Dont like shouty rap. Can appreciate what they’re trying to say but this is just a step up from the beastie boys.
This is basically the foundation of both Bowie’s “Low” and Iggy Pop’s “The Idiot”. This isn’t an album you have to truly and deeply listen to. Put it on and just let it fill the aether.
Solid, American blues rock. Not the greatest thing I’ve ever heard but certainly listenable.
Early house music. Needed more Martha Wash and electric piano. I’m sure it was impactful in its time but it’s giving Mortal Kombat.
Picture it: it’s 1983 and you have the sweetest, wettest Jheri-Curl imaginable. You just recorded your SECOND masterpiece. Your girlfriend (Vanity 6) will release an album clad in lingerie. Your best friend and his band (The Time) are COOL. You’re about to change the world. There’s no turning back.
Classic blue-eyed blues. Ronnie Wood is a master of the blues guitar. Rod sings so roughly that I’m surprised he hasn’t lost his voice.
Not my favorite of the Glam Rock Bowie albums but still excellent. After a few years of shelving this album, I will definitely be coming back. I like that it’s a little more doo-woppy and poetic than Ziggy.
Good, old-fashioned Grand Ole Opry Americana. She sings so beautifully. This kind of music is what I wish more country music was like: story telling about something other than beer.
Was this supposed to be a carbon copy of DK or The Cramps? Jello’s voice with the cramps evil rockabilly. Only listen to this in October 😅
“Is it worth it?”, he asked
“Let me work it”, she replied.
And thus, he put his thing down, flipped it, and reversed it.
Beautiful but boring. This sounded like Italian restaurant music.
Good album but like groundhogs day, it’s the same song every damn time
Robert Plant’s penis so so big
*how big is it?!*
The other LED Zeppelin members used to use it to play double dutch
If you are a 14-year-old white boy with a mullet in 1987, I’m sure you got a boner the first time you heard this album.
Hüsker Dönt make me listen to this again. REM meets They Might Be Giants without the comedy or wholesomeness.
Was not expecting to like this as much as I did….though this album MUST be even better under some substances.
This album smells like heroin and b.o.
It’s beautiful.
Was expecting pop bangers, got boring and cheesy synth lines.
Music for when you’re sad, drunk and at the beach.
Political Funk Jazz, absolutely loved it
Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company definitely show their age but it’s timeless and classic. This shows its age buts it’s not timeless or classic.
I wish I had more hands so I can give this album four thumbs down. I was expecting to be overwhelmed with how musically talented these players were, but I really just think that they were a bunch of amateur junior high school players. Mama this was garbage.
Solid album. Was like Oasis, but better.
Hot Take: this fucking rocked
I felt like this was an incredibly talented and artistic man trying to fit into a box. Good but not exceptional.
Black folk music. It’s basically proto Tracy Chapman.
Not the best album of 1983…but a damn fine one. We probably need to talk about PYT though……
Music for white people about white people.
This is what cocaine sounds like.
Very good but too long. Would listen again.
“The Killers” killed The Zuttons, wore their skin as a suit and the world moved on.
Easily the best Christmas album of all
It’s a blues album. Every song sounds exactly the same.
Moody and atmospheric. Imagine you’re Lindsey Buckingham listening to your ex girlfriend complain about how much of an asshole you are in front of your face.
Easy listen early country…same story, same chord structure, different rhythm.
I feel like they hadn’t done enough coke yet
Where "A Love Supreme" sounded like a bunch of guys playing on top of each other (sounds hot, actually...), this is a bunch of guys playing with each other (even hotter)
This album sounded like weak Shiina Ringo.
This is the most random collection of songs and styles I’ve ever heard with absolutely no rhyme or reason for there to be so.
This and “Blue” are their generations gold standard
If you were a 14 year old boy in 1989, I’m pretty sure you thought this album made you change your pants.
Needs more Mariachi and less white guy singing
Does every song need to be 10 min and have the same harmonies!?
.5 stars for authenticity
.5 stars for musicianship
Why was this on here
Is Eric Clapton a complete douche: yes
We’re some of the songs on the album too long: yes
Was it surprisingly very good: yes
I love this album. It’s incredibly over produced and LOUD….but that was the sound of the time (‘Purple’ Jack Swing).
So many hits that will now be stuck in my head for the next year.
2 stars EACH for Jimmy Jamm and Terry Lewis. Long live ‘The Time’!!!
Funky New-Wave Reggae
While I usually think “fuck the (real) police”, I will most certainly be listening to this again.
My parents would have given this a 5. The musicianship is top notch but it’s just not for me.
At first I thought that this was British “Of Montreal”. I was wrong. This is British garbage.
I keep getting surprised by how good old, classic heavy-metal is. I guess it just goes to show that nu-metal sucks.
“Mother” is a better song sung by Danzig. Every other song is solid.
She should have gone to rehab 🤷🏻♂️
Ugh enough pixies already, 3 albums in 2 weeks.
This album needs to make up its damn mind. Is it a house album? Jungle? Hindi? Neo-Soul? Spoken word? Too many flavors that don’t mix well.
Needed more reggae-ska influence
