Never listened to non-single tracks from Sir Elton..probably ok with that moving forward too. Madman is a good one, the rest of the tracks were forgettable. Shout out to the Holiday Inn for getting so many songs written about their reasonable accommodations.
In the immortal words of Jon Lovitz, it stinks! The best song is in Spanish, and that was more for comedic purposes. Not for me, will never listen to again.
I enjoyed this more than I expected. Solid background music, good jams and pacing. Each song have similar traits but have good variations. I wish I had a smoking jacket and cocktail while listening.
I get it, but I don’t love it. Definitely a good intro to grunge album, just wish they had better lyrics or hooks. First track is the best.
Still holds up as a solid record, despite being beaten to death by radio back in the day.
When Doves Cry gets this album 4 stars by itself, Darling Nikki is still one of the dirtiest songs I have heard. It's not perfect so not 5 stars, but 4.5 stars would be my true score.
Sounds like a local David Bowie cover band more than anything, and not in a good way. Uncertain Smile was the only track that I didn't think was shit, so you get 1 star. Would love to know how this made the cut of 1001, it reflects poorly on this organization to include such crap.
Very typical New Orleans, definitely recall hearing some of this as a kid. Would be much better as background music at a party vs sitting at my computer. Feels like a movie soundtrack more than a true album too...but maybe that was his goal.
An album of wild swings in quality for me. The title track had me stop and check to see if I had other tabs open playing music, the piano piece sounds like an accidental layer added to the song. Not sure if him or the Rolling Stones originally did Let's spend the night together, but I have only heard the Stones version. His take was interesting but felt much more hurried than rocking. Panic in Detroit I think is my favorite track off this, never heard it before.
One of the first cassettes I can recall buying with my own money in middle school. Had no clue what the lyrics were about, I just thought it sounded cool. Not an album that is unskippable, but lots of songs that were really good. Them Bones still gets volume all the way up every time it comes on. The unplugged album maybe even better?
Never listened to an MJ album front to back, just know the hits. First two tracks are obviously massive hits. I didn't realize Don't Stop was over 6 mins long, radio edit much needed.
The rest of the album was pretty avg for me, probably needs a few more listens before deciding if I should save any of the tracks to Spotify.
I recognize the name but couldn't place any songs from memory. Some good jams here, really liked Lost.
I am sure there is a backstory to the significance of this choice, late 80s isn't exactly a jazz revolution period that I am aware of. It's good for the genre, seems pretty standard issue stuff. If it came out in the 20s I would get being on this list...but it wasn't, so I am left confused.
One of the most praised artists of all time, and one I simply never get. His singing is less grating on this record than most, but it's still a punch to my eardrums when listening for an extended period of time. All the songs sort of blend together for me, there isn't much change in cadence or speed. I don't understand much of the lyrics, so maybe that impacts my review...I don't hear story telling as much as rambling. Shrug emoji.
Had no idea the same album had a sequel track to Let's get it on...my man Marvin really likes to sing about doing it. His voice is amazing, the title track is obviously an all time great song...the rest I was whelmed by. Love me some Motown, but this was pretty average.
