Given how I've placed other albums so far, with 3 as mid and 1 as irredeemable this is a solid 2. Juvenile in the extreme, cringey at the time, cringier now. The singles are obvious standouts. The rest is just bleh to me, like most popular albums of the era.
Situated in the genre of 'music boomers can have sex to' with ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin and Kiss, there's Aerosmith. As someone only really familiar with their 90's - 00s revival pumping out truly heinous ballads, video games, and rollercoasters, this album is OK. Walk this Way is a lot less annoying it the context of the album.
Love Kraftwerk. This is one I listened to in college when I was working on art. The title track is such a fun romp and always keeps that steady pace going while transitioning through many different melodies. It's very whimsical and feels like a journey.
It's green day. I remember when this came out and how super hyped it was by the normies. It's fine, the melodies and the dynamics in the songs that stand out. The lyrics and themes have not aged gracefully, they felt rather crudely drawn at the time (compared to contemporaries like Desaparecidos or system of a down)
I'm familiar with all of the songs on here, even though I haven't listened to the album back to front before. I get why its a beloved album. But honestly it's just a big miss with me. Something about the very prospect of a therapy album by a very very wealthy man of a different era already puts it so far away from myself. I like the songs like Well Well Well where John is just like imma write a blues song. But in a throughline to American idiot, I find the bluntness of a lot of the lyrics kind of grating
What a treat! Great poppy singer songwriter work from the late 70s. Real standouts include Joan's very distinct voice, a really snappy rhythm section, and nice big production. It manages to dodge too much 70sness and still feels nicely fresh and catchy.
Neil I've had a few run ins with before. His voice really grates with me in a way very few others artists do. The instrumentation and stuff is fine here, although the production is doing a bit of whatever the 70s music equivalent of putting vaseline on the lens is.
Ah what a joy! haven't listened to this album since I had half corrupted copies I downloaded from Napster around the release. Just simple stripped to the bones rock and roll songs. So much verve and nostalgia imbued into every track here. Also benefits from having possibly the best rock song ever written in the modern era 'Fell in Love with a Girl' Forgot how much of the back half of this album starts dipping into a bit of grunge-like sound.
Given how I've placed other albums so far, with 3 as mid and 1 as irredeemable this is a solid 2. Juvenile in the extreme, cringey at the time, cringier now. The singles are obvious standouts. The rest is just bleh to me, like most popular albums of the era.
Stone cold classic and my first straight up 5 star.
Remember American apparel? A couple stand out singles, but why is this album on this list?
A solid run of late-era disco. I don't think I need to hear the title track ever again though.
Pretty classic 60s pop. Dusty is an amazing singer. Suffers from all the classic 60s issues: it's a bunch of songs that were covered or written for other people, many of the songs feel incomplete (couple of choruses and hit the fade out), and just generally that in the early 60s an 'album' was just a bunch of songs to fill two sides of an LP. It's short though!
It's Frank. The sounds here are mostly avoid sounding like Christmas music to me which is always a plus. I appreciate that his approach here was to actually seriously make an album with a coherent sound and theme, in 1955 that was seriously a big step forward. It's 50 minutes and pretty repetitive. I just need one or two songs and I'm good
Personally important album and just a monster from back to front. Classic booming power pop
Excellent album of dream Pop that doesn't meander or waste time
This is probably someone's most important album. I listened to their albums on release and while I liked them well enough at the time they didn't stay in rotation. It's just not a vibe I like to wallow in too long.
Vibes. It's not my favorite REM stuff (I prefer the earlier Murmur era) but there's a bunch of great songs here that establish a nice vibe
Might need a revisit in the future. A deeply British genre and set of songs. I'd rather take Men at Work if we're talking early 80s one hit wonders.
I know the singles from this one. Norah has a great voice. This is mostly just not my vibe. There's probably some former Borders' employee who has this album burned in their brain from it spinning on the overhead 8 hours a day.
Pretty interesting jazz piano album. Not my favorite genre but the tracks each definitely take you on a journey.
Chaotic cacophony. The drummer is really the core keeping this all together. Leaning low score but I'll need to revisit
Like many Sonic Youth albums, this one led me in with some grungy catchy songs with a noisy edge. I think this one strikes a better balance between the messy noise and the poppier tracks. The production also feels a little bit more open than something like daydream nation which feels really narrow.
Goat
Solid block of blues rock. I feel like the production isn't helping this one as much as it should, it feels pretty thin in places where it should be slamming you with these chunky chords. Dad's everywhere are pumped for this one.
Not my favorite Kinks album, but a solid one filled with a couple great tracks
A big slab of 70s guitar music from the golden age of the live album. This one may on fact be /the/ live album. Handful of great singles, some filler tracks and a horrible cover of jumping jack flash.
An amazing piece of Jazz from one of my favorite periods.
Situated in the genre of 'music boomers can have sex to' with ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin and Kiss, there's Aerosmith. As someone only really familiar with their 90's - 00s revival pumping out truly heinous ballads, video games, and rollercoasters, this album is OK. Walk this Way is a lot less annoying it the context of the album.
Love Kraftwerk. This is one I listened to in college when I was working on art. The title track is such a fun romp and always keeps that steady pace going while transitioning through many different melodies. It's very whimsical and feels like a journey.