First time listening to the whole album. Great beats, interesting lyrics. In the same sound family as Mos Def.
What's Golden - their most popular, most recognized song for good reason
Thin Line - Good groove with a chorus that makes me want to sing along with her royal high ess Nelly Furtado
Piano bar/basement lounge singer vibes. A "sit-down" mind of album. Hadn't listened to this lou reed album before and while it was good, it wasn't my favorite.
Nostalgic. Modern Classic. Iconic.
Sparse instrumentation gives room for sounds to breathe in a surprisingly lush atmosphere. Have listened to the whole thing countless times to where memories and certain songs have become inseparable.
Will never not love this album and even with some imperfections, still 5/5 for me
I didn't technically listen to this whole album today but I think I'm legally obligated to give it 5/5 stars. Alanis knocked it out of the park with this angsty debut and I will always love this album.
I feel the same about this Latin big band music as I do about bluegrass and metal: it all tends to blend together when passively listening but would be a blast to hear in person, get a lil' sloppy and dance to etc.
It's hard to tell if this music is a dime-a-dozen or if Mr. Puente was truly a pioneer in his genre at the time. Or maybe his music was so influential that it was played everywhere and became cliched. Idk. Seeing that he's won a bunch of awards, it's probably me that's out of touch and can't appreciate his expertise without context.
Would rather hear this stuff live but it falls flat for me on 21st century speakers.
If you didn't listen to this in college during...adult activities, did you even go to college?!
Listened to this so many times but this time I sat down with a more critical ear.
The industrial noir, trip-hop beats are well suited to introspection and the clear vocals shine through on each track. So many good songs on this album but surprisingly not my favorite portishead album (Dummy), despite some excellent tracks (machine gun, threads, hunter, the rip).
Still, Beth Gibbons can do no wrong and I'll still come back to this album when the mood strikes.
This one was harder for me to separate the artist from art for obvious reasons but it's not a bad album.
Kanye's messages in a lot of the tracks are full of bravado, yes, but are surprisingly self-aware, both of his own ego and how the world perceives him.
The music itself is easy to digest and satisfying with good collabs and samples. I think it's a feat that one of this album's most popular songs "Power" successfully samples a King Crimson riff. Prog rock and rap?! Love it.
It's a noteworthy album for our time and place in history, unsure of how it will hold up in generations to come.
Kinda disappointed with this album.
Starts off strong, punches you in the face, gives no apologies, righteously angry, makes you feel *dangerous*. After a while, it started to feel like the same note over and over, almost to the point where it felt calculated. Maybe I'm just desensitized to it all.
Excellent record. This stuff never gets old. Would have been a treat to hear him play live.
Parts of this album felt like it could've been recorded today. I loved the warm tone throughout the album. It had me grooving while making dinner. Didn't really give the back half of the album a thorough listen so I'll definitely be returning to it and some other stuff by Shuggie!
Sick.
The organ solo before Lazy was the best part of this album. Overall, not a terrible album but find it hard reconciling it was one of best albums of all time.
Not bad but just kinda fizzled for me after the first half. Would revisit later though.
Actually preferred the last half of the album (Woke Up This Morning, Help The Poor). This guy's a legend for a reason but preferred other tracks/albums by him.
Bury this album deep in the ground.
I'd rather listen to that free U2 album.
Can't believe I've never sat down and listen to this album in its entirety.
Voodoo Chile, 1983 and of course Jimi's cover of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower were the highlights for me.
At first I got reallll excited to revisit this album. To a young, impressionable biscuit boi, nobody was cooler than Shirley Manson crooning dirty little things. The accessibile, industrial sounds felt fresh and daring.
The things that made this album special in the 90s has lost its lustre for me in 2024. There are some notable standouts (Queer, Stupid Girl, Supervixen) but they're sandwiched between what feels like over-produced filler. Maybe these were songs that had more soul to them before record execs smoothed out the edges.
I wanted to hate this album, I really did.
Aside from the more popular songs we've all heard a million times in movies, commercials and on the oldies station, many other songs on here we're quite original. I can understand the hype and why it was so groundbreaking at the time.
Not an album I'd put on at random though. I'd need the sun shining on my face and an extra Zoloft in my bloodstream before I'd revisit.
DNF
A couple of tracks are decent, the rest I listened to are meh.
Lucinda has a singular type of voice that takes some getting used to, but I found myself wanting to sing along more than I thought. Her storytelling is perfect for those times when you're driving down a gravel road - the pace is slow but with purpose. She has a way of distilling complex emotions with sincerity and simplicity.
Standouts for me were her more angsty songs Can't Let Go and Joy. Some of her songs felt repetitive and she's got better albums, in my opinion, that would be more deserving of being in this list.
Slipknot is a gateway drug to the whole nu metal genre and I'm here for it.
Dude's a legend, but I felt myself wishing this album was over sooner than I cared to admit.
A Forest is the only redeeming song in this album for me. Sorry Robert Smith.
Not bad, not great
