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Five Years - I know this song, but I know the Placebo/Brian Molko cover better. I didn't realize it was the opening track. Soul Love - saxophone Moonage Daydream - I should know this song but I don't. the guitar strumming and drum remind me of the song Ziggy Stardust. Starman - A+ but I knew that already These songs are starting to sound same-y. Ziggy Stardust - okay I'm back to thinking that just the solidity of every song, even if they sound samey, makes this a great album. Suffragette City sounds out of place. Wasn't prepared for this to end. Didn't feel culminatey.
Zero - good. Heads Will Roll - I like the drums. Wasn’t this in Rock Band? But it’s always struck me as repetitive and whiny, vocally. Skeletons - I like the instrumentation. Song feels “deep”. Layers of sound. Dull Life - I liked the beginning more than the end. I think Runaway - I don’t like the record-skip repetition she does across multiple songs. I feel like it’s fine once but don’t like using it twice+ in the same album. The song itself felt interesting throughout even though it wasn’t. Loud. Or whatever. So far this album feels like, thematically cohesive. No song has felt like it sticks out or doesn’t belong. Dragon Queen - zoned out through this song. Remember the beginning being kind of interesting. Hysteric - again I like the drums and the pulsing (synth? What is that?) in the background. Vocals/lyrics underwhelming or I didn’t notice them. Little Shadow - very 2000s. Resonant.
This is SO BORING. It makes sense that “Imagine” (song) is simple because it’s a straightforward idea. Why are the rest of the songs so uninteresting? I liked the mixing on some of them and the variety of instruments (whistling, harmonica, was that a harpsichord in “Oh My Love?”) but all the songs were just so boring, structurally. After “Hold On”, a song started that I was immediately like “okay this is more like it” but it was just Spotify playing the Beatles “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” after. (Oh apparently “Hold On” wasn’t part of the album either. I wrote “good mixing” for that one.) No one would think twice about this album if anybody besides a Beatle made it.
Reminds me of Joy Division
I listened with both headphones at work! I dig this. It’s very up my alley, not sure why I never tried to listen to the album before. No bad songs. When did stereo become a thing? Immediately listened again once it was done. I like the almost medieval folk sound. “Aqualung” (song) has a real “What’s New Pussycat” feeling in the middle/end there. “Hmm, Aqualung is a lot longer than I thought…”
I like Talking Heads but this was a little hard to get through
I liked “Good Enough” and “Pokin’ Around”. Harmonica in a grunge album was cool to hear. The rest was at best early Nirvana sounding and at worst kinda uninteresting.
This album lost my attention twice
Not as many bangers as I was expecting but otherwise solid
I was expecting more songs like Norwegian Wood. But once I got over that disappointment I liked the pop rockiness of the album. Still don’t like “Drive My Car” much.
I like “King Kunta” and “How Much A Dollar Cost.” Like the jazzy elements. “The Blacker the Berry” DAMN.
Most of the songs were musically interesting but I don't find Lemmy's voice very appealing to listen to.
* Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town - I dig this. Has a "Come and Get Your Love" kinda riff. He talks about his friends a lot. Acoustic "Psycho Killer" sound the same. I liked this much more than Fear of Music. It's much catchier and. More musical, I guess.
Not memorable. But it was fine
Much groovier and poppier than I was expecting!
Movin' Out - classic The Stranger - Just the Way You Are - a little saccharine but that's fine Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Vienna - this is nice. I like this. I like the accordion or whatever. goes well with Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. Only the Good Die Young - A+ She's Always A Woman - fav Got It Right the First Time - Everybody Has a Dream - Not as piano-y., Seems like a lot of songs are multi-part or change tempo/time signatures. Lots of instruments. Solid songs.
1st listen: sure! This is fine. Kind of forgot that I was listening to it. 2nd listen notes: Green River - this is fine Commotion - I zoned out Tombstone Shadow - Wrote A Song for Everyone - I like this one Bad Moon Rising - this is good. Lodi - Cross-Tie Talker - Sinister Purpose - a little boring but I can dig it. The Night Time Is the Right Time - Okay, I think this is a great "feel" for an album. Gives a vibe. Just not very interesting.
Does Johnny Cash not know how to tune his guitar? I found this kind of boring. Most of Johnny Cash's music is kind of samey but at least the studio recordings for some reason feel more exciting. This bland live performance of his kinda bland music and his bland speaking voice just weren't interesting to me. I just realized I've never listened to "A Boy Named Sue" all the way through.
Many of these sound like "Equal Rights" from Popstar. Lyrically, this is rough.
This sure do be a reggae fusion pop rock album.
I had heard "Bread and Circuses" before and I did kind of like it. Kinda Beach Boys-y harmonies but also kinda discordant? There is a lot of interesting music on here. Each song feels like it has its own vibe, but somehow still cohesive mostly. Maybe because my brain still hears it all as "'60s". Yeah, I dig this.
The only Pixies song I know is "Where Is My Mind." Cecilia Ann - fine Rock Music - wow that's some yellin'! More hard rock than I was expecting. Are they doing like, a song in every genre?
Sorry I don't have anything interesting to say except I <3 Cat Stevens
Started strong. Like how eclectic it was. Latter part of the album was too eurobeat-y for me. I liked the last song though.
this was fine. Unrefined, haphazard. But I didn't hate it. I regret rating Imagine 2 stars because this is better than Imagine but not worth 3 stars.
This is exceptional, except for Summer Breeze >:(
I liked the plinginess of it.
This is a VIBE. 3.49 stars.
The bluesy stuff kind of drags on a bit.
felt very experimental, as in many different styles. it didn't feel cohesive but is still impressive
oh! it's over. half the tracks weren't available on spotify, but I get the gist. It's very fun music.
3.6 stars. Musically interesting, the songs had a cohesive and recognizeable sound but were not too samey. inb4 "bu'in"
Was this not just the same thing for 50 minutes? I don't get this.
I liked this! Nothing really stood out but it was nice to listen to.
Similar to other Sabbath that I have listened to. I dig the kind of medieval sound. Not sure what that is but I think it's really cool
unironically and only a lil apologetically, this is SO GOOD. TIL about chipmunk soul. I didn't know that was a Kanye thing. I also liked the use of rock-sort-of sounds (something I think comes in more heavily in some of Kanye's later music) and tasteful use of autotune (imagining going back in time and saying that to my 2004 self and chuckling) I laughed out loud at some bits. appropriate criticism of the idea that education = good to the point that educated = worthy, without ever attacking the educated. also felt very personal. good album
idk why sometimes bossa nova annoys me and sometimes it's soothing. it's one of life's little mysteries.
I guess I see why people like this! It's cool and fresh without being too weird. Not my thing though. I'm not big on instrumentals.
This was fine. I liked the Caribbean/reggae sort of influence on some of the tracks. I think it was solid, not boring, just not my thing.
Produced by Frank Zappa. Experimental. I'm reading the wikipedia article because. this makes no sense to me. I was suspicious of this from the start because this is an iconic album cover and a well-known album, but I can't name any songs from it. Which is usually an indication that it fucking weird I hate this Checking my watch after each song to see when it ends It's like they had to figure out what music isn't before they could figure out what it is and just recorded all of their attempts Oh thank god. it's over Rating 2 stars because I recognize that this did a lot of cool stuff that hadn’t been done before but man was it insufferable to listen to
1. Black Mirror - 2.5/5 2. Keep the Car Running - 5/5 3. Neon Bible - 4. Intervention 5. Black Wave / Bad Vibrations - 6. Ocean of Noise 7. The Well and the Lighthouse - 4/5. I like the lulling/lilting sort of melody? Idk how to explain that. I think it's the time signature. 8. (Antichrist Television Blues) - (okay I guess I got bored of doing that when I listened on Friday) but overall I like this, it feels livelier than their other one we listened to (The Funeral?
So not 1001albums, but I listened to British Steel by Judas Priest a few weeks ago and it sounded really flat? and I remember thinking "okay this is why people in the '80s loved concerts so much, because their recordings sounded like poop." Spotify SAYS this is 1984 Remastered but really?? it has no depth, it feels like. I like the synths
I like this. Reminds me of a less trippy Massive Attack, or Cornershop. Or even early Blur.
Sounds like a '90s movie soundtrack. I guess piano jazz is better than the other kinds of jazz.
I do like this sound-wise for the most part. Content-wise, I think at the time it felt like, a fun kind of arrogance. and now it's just like... awww.
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I liked it musically. Broody. Vocals were not my thing.
They are all the saaaaame. And boring, to boot. I guess it's kind of cool that he was making electronic music in 1979? But that doesn't make it interesting.
Yeah! I can dig this.
Unobjectionable!
some bits were too grungey for me. overall I was meh on this and prefer the more sanitized foo fighters
Very eclectic.
I'm probably biased because I knew a lot of these songs already. But I enjoyed this
This is almost right up my alley! A little too reggae/groovy. I was distracted by the bass.
Listened to the mono versions, 2018 remaster at work. I actually like this. Pretty standard, British invasion, ever so slightly psychedelic. Songs that stood out: Lazy Sunday
Some of this was more listenable than other parts. Favorite songs: "Revolutionary Generation" goes hard, "Pollywanacraka" is catchy and also reminds me of the Jackal from the West Wing (:
I like it for the most part but not a fan of the jazzy/soul kind of aspects.
I like this. Kinda country. But some of it was a little to CSNY/Seals & Crofts for me. Songs I liked: "Some Misunderstanding", "Life's Greatest Fool",
I like this for the most part but it felt a little samey by the end. Like they made the same album twice
I liked this for the most part! Some songs very beatles-y.
This confirms that I love The Who.
Jazzier/funkier/groovier than my preference but I respect it.
This was fine! but unfortunately a little boring.