Some great songs with some very bad ones
Middle of the road, modern
One song album. Sorta punky
Art record. Industrial flow along with captured conversations.
A classic, many hits, pretty dark lyrics on a bed of jangly hippie tunes
Just not very interesting rock album
Brilliant psychedelic rock album featuring the poetry of Jim Morrison
One song record. Waste of time
Excellent, innovative album shifting the genres of the 80s.
Brilliant guitar album that feels like a beautiful road trip
Unusual album reminding me of at the Drive in if they were from the 70s
Excellent early rock album
Jazz...all the notes played at the same time
80s rap that Fresh Prince probably listened to
Unlistenable warbler. Winehouse cannot sing and I suspect her popularity was solely due to the pornographic nature of her song titles. This is trash
Good, hard rock album. Unique sound
Unique sound of early alt rock. Gets a little tedious
Very good modern rock album
Ambient and ethereal modern rock
Nice 60s era samba with some corny tunes
Nothing amazing about this airy album
Weird concept album reminds me of
Boring African guitar music with whiny voice
Excellent early wave, goth album
Masterwork of heavy rock fueled by political neliefs
Excellent early hard rock album
Sort of Yeah, yeah, yeahs stuff
I don't get why some think her music is good. It's really dull and pedestrian
Early grunge influence. Punk
Brilliant album of the cures unique layered songs
Gold standard of 80s pop rock
Pop, synth, Scandinavian, she can't sing
Trash. Boring, unoriginal,
Solid old indie rock. Reminded me of Minutemen
The very definition of a classic
trash. unoriginal and talentless
Very different at the time. A new genre
Lots of covers but delicious soul
Trash, the sorta music you hear in a NYC cab
Elvis is best in small bites
Great, catchy and timeless
Excellent chill out album
Not his best in the series of jailhouse concerts
Trash, interesting and self indulgent
Interesting rockish album
Better than I expected early era 90s rock
Better than I thought weird music
Nice concept, just boring and repetative
This is how you make a mellow album
Good album for its historical value
One of the greatest all time albums
Same thing, over and over
I just don't like their songs
Brilliant, unique, ethereal
standard Janis. Gravelly and dull.
Its ok. Its soul. Its a classic.
Weird, leonard Cohen sort of crap.
Jazz sucks. Not music, its noise
Solid old rock/blusey album
enjoyable dance music, not pop
Stupid. Built for accountants to get money
groovy electronic instrumental
classic metal, uplifting message for the punks
wants to be Wilco. Not wilco
Brilliant, angry lashing out
she can sing, but this music is boring
Not their best but certainly good
80s trash. She can't sing
Not into this divisive music
An album so bad it proves his fans are morons
Boring and repetitive. Cave endeavors to be more boring than Leonard Cohen
Boring old big band jazz. Muffled trumpet
Old funky inner city blah
Not bad. Like the experimental, plugged in version of Miles
Surprisingly good beat driven funk
mccartney same ol dullness
80s classic, but very repetitive
Same boring crap. He made way too many albums
An all time great album that changed music
Kiss is rock's version of Taylor Swift
Seems unfinished. This is the sort if album id expect from a kid with a 4 track in his bedroom.
Background music, at best
Live blues album. Just not very good. Not very interesting
Classic punk record that provided the foundation for a genre
Top to bottom, this is classic White Stripes. A blend of blues, folk, punk, country and rock with a minimalist structure. Loud and raucous
I dont get the Big Star love. Pretty dull stuff
Sort of cocteau twins in a lower octive
Morrissey is not very good at music
Ive never understood the attention this album gets.
Beck is not the great guitarist of legend. His pretty average
weird avant guarde music song by a warbling dude. This is really bad
Casual music, but very nice
Classic, old school punk.
Classic sound of organ and backing fender guitar
A near perfect pop punk album
Janis Joplin's screeching voice... annoying.
A fine example of trash sold as music to the deaf.
Live album from a 60s era French crooner....not something anyone living needs to hear.
Trailblazing rock that did not age well. Not classic
Classic early electronic city music
An alt pop tryst. Fairly enjoyable
Sounds like a mashup of U2 and Bauhaus, but not good.
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole
Groovy soul. Easy to listen to
This is 80s euro pop trash. I suspect there was a corporate interest behind their success
The final straw. This album marked the complete metamorphosis of a metal band into a pop band. Time proved me correct...this album is soulless trash, not even music.
A gem of Dylans brilliant songwriting
Incredible musicianship on this classic. Stripped down, raw energy
Hard to know. Album not available on Spotify
One or two songs is fine. The repetitive beat of this album grated my nerves
The kind of album one hears in a restaurant that forces you to ask the waiter, 'who is this playing?'
This remains a seminal album of new wave, punk pop of the 80s. It smells like Coppertone
good classical, dulcimer based music. Better than the Mall
An album so good, so perfect, you quickly learn all the words and sing along....50 years after its release. Genre defining. I doubt there are any criticisms by people with ears.
trash pop. Corporate swill. music for the deaf.
The lyricist should return to elementary school and finish up. So dumb
Average old psychedelic rock
The most boring band of the 90s
It's illegitimate to confess a liking to this drivel
texas blues. unique sound
Live albums should not be on this list
There should not be live albums on this list.
A complete rock album that ushered in the end of hair metal. Every song a classic.
Classic, alt country that broke open the trail
One Elvis Costello song is all a person needs. After that, he drones on and on
The beach boys make heartless, dull, boring music.
Back half of album is ok. This band is dull, corporate nonsense.
Putting a sitar on the record doesn't make a record good. It's unlistenable
Nails in a chalkboard warbling. Just terrible
Interesting retro rock album but nothing amazing here
He shouldn't be recording
Very good dance music that makes your subconscious move your hips
Aged like milk. Dumb, 70s pop
Excellent but they have better
This is not music but the mumblings of some base creature obsessing over their crotch. So stupid
Good album that gets a little tiresome
This is a perfect album. Unique, genre defining sound, tempo.
Surprisingly great, booty shaking record. Had me moving all day
Surprised how good this was. Deviation from Pop Stupidity works when you're an artist.
Still great, 50 plus years on. How many albums can do that?
The Dead. Jam Band. not my thing. also, they are a live band so studio albums land as ponderous, possibly required by their corporate overlords
I just don't like their voices and find them grating
Different. Aggressive. Not for everyone.
Rock album before they went pop
Masterpiece of punk moving into metal
Interesting deep south blues. Voodoo rock?
It's an old album, only important as an artifact. The music doesn't hold up today. Sorry Beatles lovers
Zappa is not my thing. Its just noise to my ears.
Bowie is the most boring artist. The world is fooled and only I can see the truth...this music sucks
If you don't love this album, I'm sure that we can't be friendly.
Exactly the same as every one of these sort of albums.
grating, annoying irish music with very poor singing
Tried listening many times over the years. I don't get it.
Emmylou is about her voice. The music is uninspiring but her voice is nice.
While this is a classic album, its music is meh, corporate swill
I wanted to like this but it sorta bored me
Ethereal weirdness that is wholly unique
Undeniably good, soulful electronic music that feels analog
Can't stand his voice, whining lyrics and boohoo songs.
Courtney is derivative of Kurt. I found this album to be a corporate money grab. the music is dull, uninteresting.
Nails on a chalkboard. This band would do well to sell their songs to others for recording. Like Morrissey, unlistenable, pathetic voice.
More weirdness that I'm not compelled to understand.
An example of the perfection achieved when the accountants have no say in the art. A brilliant record.
Decent, trippy music. I listened to the entire album - sort of - and only noticed it was over when some other sort of music started playing. Nothing all that memorable here, but also nothing terrible or irritating on this disc.
Pop folk. Dude is a billionaire now.
I don't understand hip hop.
Classic, high quality country.
Kinda repetitive dance music
Talentless hack. Unlistenable boo hoo emo music.
Jam band, Live album. Hard to like unless you're a fan from prior releases.
Another rapping album. It's hard to relate to this genre when your life and perspective and experience differs as greatly as mine. Lacking the draw and hook of music I like, it fails to draw my interest. Certainly the creativity of multiple rappers proves interesting, but the subject matter - the same base subject as all of this genre - appeals to the school yard basketball court rather than the suburban angst of my youth.
Albums don't get better than this
Lacks authenticity....I don't believe them and sense the lyrics and music were designed by an industry VP intended in to catch sales from Linkin Park
Groovy music. Background sorta thing
This band feels like a 'try hard' sort of sound. They want to be heavy prog metal and end up being what Taylor Swift is to pop....just a stupid shadow.
Dude's voice becomes a tiresome bore after a few songs.
Stipe's lyrics are so exhausting
Great album of curious new sounds.
meh. Base hip hop is dull. The gunshot nonsense was really stupid.
Debut album by band called Ride. Ride delivered this album in 1990, a time when hair metal gave way to grunge. Who knew another new genre, "shoegaze" birthed itself too. This album strikes me as easy to listen to and ethereal. Unusual guitar sounds surrounding a moving beat and bassline with an earnest, though quiet voice buried in the sound. A genre I like.
Considered a debut after three EPs seems silly to this reviewer. They knew what they were doing by this point and the song show it. Musically enjoyable.
The album cover features an ocean wave in the early stages of rising out of the sea. Apropos of the tunes on this album and its overall sound, lending a completeness to the artistry Ride was shooting for.
The music throughout feels intentional and heartfelt, maybe even an evolution of the sound Robert Smith got going in The Cure's heyday.
The big tune that turn on the kids are Vapour Trail (spelling accepted as us tolerating the King's English). Looking at this specific tune shows the band's musical competence and their ability to blend rock instruments with some strings. Too bad the lyrics bordered on kindergarten-esk.
Throughout the album, its lyrics present the weakness of this album. Writing words like, "And all my time is yours as much is mine" on Vapour Trail strikes me as just stupid, a juvenile attempt at poetry. This goes on throughout the album creating my appreciation for the genre's desire to hide the vocals behind its instruments.
Nowhere fits nicely when you need to get some work done. Throw this on the headphones and let the music float you through that spreadsheet. The vocals backed into the instruments proves the key element for listening as a way to give the distracted part of your mind something to do. This is thinking music. This doesn't work for work outs, and probably would be distracting at a dinner party as the musicianship is compelling.
Wikipedia tells us that 'Faust IV' is the fourth studio album by the German krautrock group Faust, released in 1973'. Nobody knows what krautrock sounds like, giving the sense that some dork made the name up to sound smart. Lets figure this out by listening rather than dropping into the Wikipedia entry for krautrock.
Listening to the opening tracks of any album gives the listener a sense of the musical style. In the case of Faust IV, the first song titled 'krautrock' feels like a sort of easy going, electronic back beat with some jazzy, synth ramblings in multiple directions then 7 minutes in you get a drumbeat. This song is 11+ minutes long. Great.
But this is one song, an instrumental, serving as prologue rather than a complete picture. Prepare yourself listener for entry into the unknown and confusing.
Digging into the tracks of the complete album teaches the listener that krautrock is a melding of psychedelic industrial rock. I don't think I learned anything else. No great lyrical philosophy....Maynard spoiled us all.
Checking the timeline, this album landed in the music scene in the early 70s when psychedelic and hard rock raged into its screaming toddler years. Faust IV fits in there, but electronic mostly. Trent Reznor was eight when it came out so its not his, though the first tune could be.
The remastered version presents clean, psychedelic songs the likes of which you might find on a Henry Rollins radio show or maybe something played on KXLU. The songs all present a clean, driving baseline with a variety of instruments pursuing their interrelated musical lines. No doubt music theorists gush over the mixodyxolidophonic scales....whatever.
Lyrically, and vocally, you wont find much. Its sparse. As something called krautrock, I expect something more of a call to arms, a socialist or well ordered, tight and clean lyrics. Instead, the listener doesn't get much. The songs have minimal lyrics, mostly repeated lines. Walt Whitman doesn't play krautrock.
As I end my first listen, it occurs to me that all of the songs on the album could be one long tune. Though song to song the 'melodies' and temperaments change, including 'Giggly Smile' which could fit on a Zappa album, especially due to its lyrical homage to blowjobs.
This album drops a lot of elements on the listener...maybe this is jazz structure with rock instruments? This unique sound clearly lives in its own world.
Its flaw maybe its strength: its uncategorizable. Its provides a base of music for some of the greatest artists to come: Reznor, Zappa and their ilk. If you like weird music, off the mainstream, you may like this. If you like to know what you are getting, you will hate this.
3 of 5 stars
This is a foundational album that lead to much of the great music of the 90s.
Slide guitar pop. Much better than I expected. Double album proved long though
drugged centric, club dance album of the early 90s
Straight forward Jazz ensemble. Not all that impressed with great skills in playing. Show me something creative.
Buckley was a druggie that abandoned his family and obligations. Like Michael Jackson, its impossible for me to separate dude's music from his abhorrent lifestyle. You will like this album if you like psychedelic, jazz inspired riffing and are able to ignore Buckley's douchy lyrics. You will hate this album if Buckley's behavior pisses you off.
Very average, English rock album. Expected more
This is shit. Skank songs. Corporate swill.
Layers synth almost industrial music that backs off enough to be radio friendly
Wants to be Carole King, fails.
Alice Cooper is a spectacle show more than an album. The music is inconsequential and is the equivalent of putting Cirque du Soleil on here.