"This track seems kinda thin." "I hear you, what are you thinking, adding an organ or something?" "No, we need a...shoot, what's it called?" "Banjo?" "It's like a banjo.." "Mandolin?" Snorts enormous rail of 70s Colombian bam bam... "Ahhhh...London Symphony Orchestra....that's it. Get me those guys."
Great fast aggressive technical music. But the vocals are the star.
Gotta Get Up Without You Coconut Jump Into The Fire ...Stone Cold Classics Early in The Morning Let the Good Times Roll Super solid
This album came out at the tail end of the 2000s. That was a good decade, and music like this colored a lot of it. Pitchfork approved indie music. Smarthphones were just getting going and iPods were still big. Marvel movies hadn't begun to dominate. Social Media didn't have "like" buttons quite yet. Listening to this take me back there, and I like that.
Far Out Delta Blues.
Baby making music. But where are the hits, Madge?
Return to the home planet. Listen to this one with headphones, a lot is going on there.
Come for David Byrne, stay for Brian Eno and the grooves.
This was Stevie's 17th studio album. He was 24 when it came out. He was absurd.
That's nice. Its like the Silver Jews with a strings section.
Willie and the great American songbook.
In case you ever need a 6 minute drum solo, we've got you covered.
I liked the faster ones, in particular.
After almost 2 years in the studio, and with the help of 40 studio musicians, Fagan and Becker did it. They created the ultimate music to celebrate a really terrific pair of slacks.
Surprisingly normal and good new wave. The girls particularly liked it making dinner.
"Wanna listen to some edgy tunes by the likes of Nick Cave and Tom Waits?" "Yeah" "Want me to do the songs in the style of showtunes?" "No" "Very well, 5,6,7,8!" "Wait...Stop."
Greatest acoustic bass in all of punk rock.
Lucille and BB five the crowd what it needs.
"It really is a fine line between stupid....and clever." -David St Hubbins
Take 2 parts of Black Sabbath sludge and mix well with 2 parts Ramones bop. Let stand overnight to create Mudhoney. Bonus...allow Mudhoney to ferment in the rain for 6 weeks...this will result in Nirvana.
Great fast aggressive technical music. But the vocals are the star.
Listening to this alerted me to the fact that Depeche Mode is not Duran Duran and vice versa. In my mind its all the same, but when you listen, its different. Also appreciated the no-tricks Beethoven at the end.
Peak 90s Britpop.
Entire song dedicated to a Sex Dwarf.
Ok I guess. Loved these guys on the Paid in Full remix.
KD Lang's voice is so good it got Owen Bradley off the retirement couch and back in the studio with all his old pals. I love this. Some might not vibe with this, but you have to recognize that this is a pure, honest, representation of an original American art form (even if KD is from Alberta).
Smoother that Ron Burgundy and his Yazz Flute.
YES!? More like....maybe.
Ambulance Blues is my favorite Neil Young song on this, my favorite Neil Young album. I love many things about this record, not keast of which are the liner notes written by Rusty Kershaw on the original packaging. " I can't read or write very well, so I don't quite understand why anyone would want me to write liner notes. Except for what I saw and heard. The first time I saw Neil his spirit was down the next time I saw Neil I tryed to Boost his sprits with my music and I did and it work. In return Neil played, Sang and wrote, the Best of any music in a While. Not to speak of the fun we had. We laughed so hard we all had Bruzed ribs. On Revolution Blues, I turned inot a Python, than an aligator, I was crawling like one, makeing noise like one, Plus I was eating up the carpet and the mike stands and such. and in the meanwhiile I started to crawl up towards Neil; Which is pretty Spooky. When your trying to Sing: But anyways by that time the necktie people ask my friend Joe what are we gonna do about Rusty, and my friends answer was, 'Hell I don't know I'm just Hangin around to see if Hel'll Swallow Him or not. But what the Hell I give you my word there is good music in this album. Rusty Kershaw R.K. Cause B`en is My Friend"
Blows my mind that this is all improvised. Also love how you can hear him grunting.
Mother will they break my balls?
Not quite sigur gross, but not really sigur VERY NICE either.
Shortening to MGMT is the kind of out of the box efficiency move that has MGMT written all over it.
Im down with the Iceberg.
From Pablo Honey to this in 4 moves. Bold move Cotton!
Synth punks. I could have been convinced to drop a 4 on these guys, but these songs really didnt need to be 6,7,8 minutes long. Lets get in and out in 3, boys.
Sad she never did another one.
Lovely. Calm.
Mikey, I know what youbwere going for, but you didn't quite go hard enough
Other than "The Murder Mystery" this was great.
This is our second record with Siouxsie. I like this one slightly more better.
Amazing.
What's to talk about? Stone cold classic.
Too much man, too much.
I don't think I was in the right frame of mind to fully accept the Boys into my heart.
Me and me Uncle Jamal blast Dizzee before we battle with the EastStaines Massif.
One of a kind.
A few bangers. But mostly just beyond my reach.
Not my favorite. But at least there is 72 minutes of it.
Is this krautrock? Do I like krautrock?
You may not like it, but this is what peak male performance sounds like.
Cool Vibes.
One of Mick & Keef's finest.
Started nice, got annoying in the middle, and then ended strong. Overall the least offensive techno I have ever heard.
"And how many times have you heard people say of bands: “Man, what a shuck! I could get up there and cut that shit." Well, here’s your chance. The Stooge act is wide open. Do your worst, People, falsify Iggy and the Stooges, get your kicks and biffs. It’s your night! No takers. They sit there, wide-eyed vegetative Wowers or sullen in a carapae carapace of Cool, unafraid or unable to react, to get out there in that arena which is nothing more than life, most often too cowed to even hurl a disappointing hoot stageward. And that is why most rock bands are so soporifically lazy these days, and also why the Stooges, and any other band that challenges its audience, is the answer." --Lester Bangs (Dec, 1970)
Superfuzz got 4 stars, so this gets 3.
Best of the best.
This is a movie, with a story and a point of view.
Rocking indie shreds.
Great surprise. Soulful and emotional.
Shaft us a bad mother...
Love it or hate it, this is a pure distilation of Red Hot Chili Peppers...pure capsaicin.
Golden Era Stevie
Starman Jams
Dammit. I wanted to hate it. Couldn't do it.
Dont know where that came from, but loved it.
Far out. Loved Watermelo Man.
Dylan sings the blues with a chip on his shoulder. Beauty.
Pretty good tunes for not listening to tunes.
Greatest country singer ever. One of his best songs ever, but not all the hits.
Classic record.
The dude hates the Eagles, man.
"This track seems kinda thin." "I hear you, what are you thinking, adding an organ or something?" "No, we need a...shoot, what's it called?" "Banjo?" "It's like a banjo.." "Mandolin?" Snorts enormous rail of 70s Colombian bam bam... "Ahhhh...London Symphony Orchestra....that's it. Get me those guys."
This music is a slippery slope. This one rides the ridge without tumbling into terrible.
Pretty good for dirty hippies.
Wonder how I missed that. This was great.
Open guitar tunings, 3 part harmony, and a few bricks of Moroccan hash.
Music video jams
That first song almost had me. But then it was fast downhill from there. I learned that there is a term called "Wyatting" which is putting on one of Wyatt's tunes on a juke box in a bar, and then leaving. That sounds funny, but also unlikely, because these tunes wouldn't be in any jukebox I've ever seen.
More than just the hits.
Rasta Vibrations.
Pusherman is my fave.
Interesting tunes that answer the question: "What would Billy Joel sound like if he was from Montreal instead of Long Island (and was gay)."
Serviceable 90s Britpop. S'ok.
Grimy. But not too grimy.
This album is a monster.
No discussion. Classic.
Never heard of this...listened twice. At first I thought it was a cheap Public Enemy knockoff. Then I listened again, and thought it was pretty good.
There is a time and place for all music. In this case, let's say that you have to fight Liu Kang on your way through Mortal Kombat. Or, for example, you might be making your way through a crowded dance club, fighting a whole mess of Agent Smiths on your way to meet up with Trinity. In those times, this is 10 out of 10.
Launch of the more Canadian, hornier Bob Dylan
Wee slice of cheese on the side of this one.
Not a lot of mistakes in the 70s for the Zep boys.
Canon.
Proto pop punk.
Dull.
Sultry jams.
Pretty watered down.
Over and Over is my sleeper pick for favorite Neil Young song.
Easy there Lady R Kelly.
Psychadelic jams.
Proto alternative jams.
Proto Alternative Jams.
Never heard before. Good, Loose, Bluesy Rock 'n Roll. Really great.
Brian Eno said: "The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band." Justin Yurek said: "4 million people bought that first Simply Red record, but none of them formed a band."
Awesomely weird and original...poetic without being abstruse.
You don't hear the medley used in an album so much any more...
Meth-y jams.
Sunshine with a sneer.
The works of Edgar Allan Poe, if they were turned into a rocking musi al with gospel backup singers.
Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs walk into a bar...
Diva Jams.
My favorite candy growing up was Coffe Crisp. Its slogan was, "a nice light snack". Being that this was a Canadian treat, the slogan was also translatee into French: "Un goûter léger". I think that suns up The Undertones: "Un goûter léger".
Boomer jams. This is your dad's favorite guitar player, but for a good reason.
I like this music very much, but my musical palette really isn't developed enough to tell good jazz from bad. If you told me that this was one of the most important pieces of music ever recorded, I would nod and agree. But, then again, if you told me that this was part of the Lethal Weapon 2 score, and that this piece was written to play over a montage of Sgt. Riggs looking out over the beach, sullenly, after one of his relationships fell apart - I would nod and agree that that too was true.
Answering the question: "what would it sound like if Charles Dickens joined a rock band, and added flute solos?"
Crabs and football: that's what Maryland does. Banksy and Trip hop: that's what Bristol does.
No no. These Queens had some growing up to do yet. At this point we were not hearing fully formed Queens. These were merely princesses.
This version of Def Leppard features yhe use of 10 band member arms. They really hit their stride on the album after this where they cut the arm number down to 9.
Took 2 listens, but there is good stuff here. Particularly Side A.
Have to show this record its due propers. Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man In The Mirror, Dirty Diana, and Smooth Criminal all could virtually be standards at this point, and even the tier 2 songs like Liberian Girl, Another Part of Me, and Leave Me Alone are elevated. Even the sound effects (both from the producers, and from MJ's little yelps) are all 100% associated with this album.
That was fun. I know rationally that this album rocks, but I had not rocked to it in person in a long long time. I'll have to revisit my entire pecking order of 90s albums because this one is moving into the upper echelons with a bullet.
When you take upbeat weird and give it a positive outlook and some joy, you get Talking Heads, which lives in 4 and 5 star territory. When you put upbeat weird into a minor key and make it all mopey and angsty, you get this.
Interestingly, this album was released in 1982 - just like the album immediately preceding - Sulk by The Associates. Both albums sound like they came from 1982, but 1999 is welcome in the future, and Sulk is not...at some point I will sit down and think about why.
Waylon Jennings was hired by Holly to play bass for him on the Winter Dance Party Tour, which began January 23rd, 1959, in Milwaukee. Jennings, 21 at the time, had been in New York City recording sessions produced by Holly, and after taking a train to Chicago, met up with the rest of Holly’s band. Problems first arose when the tour buses hired to transport the group began breaking down. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2nd, Holly decided to charter a plane for himself, guitarist Tommy Allsup and Jennings so they could fly to Fargo, North Dakota, instead of taking the long, frozen bus trip. Richardson, who was suffering from the flu, asked Jennings for his seat on the plane, and Valens asked the same of Allsup. When Jennings told Holly that he was going to take the bus, Holly jokingly told him he hoped the bus broke down, to which Jennings replied, “I hope your ol’ plane crashes.” This story was a better use of space than a review of this ablum.
Without ever actually listening to this whole album, I formed opinions about Boston. The opinions were uninformed and wrong. There is room in my life for these 37 minutes of music.
What an experience! And to think, I somehow avoided sitting down and listening to this for 24 years. I shall now endeavor to avoid it for the next 24 years. In his work, "Politics", Aristotle wrote about the wisdom of crowds: "it is possible that the many, though not individually good men, yet when they come together may be better, not individually but collectively, than those who are so, just as public dinners to which many contribute are better than those supplied at one man's cost." Well, this album sold 32m copies worldwide. The crowd may have been confused here.
I liked the French songs somewhat more than the Arabic songs.
Unfamiliar with this. They got my attention with the opening riff and kept it for the whole record. I started the bugger over again when it was done. I hope the rest of the discography is like this, as I'll be looking into it next.
Unfortunately, I only have room in my life for one Simple Minds album, and that album contains Don't You Forget About Me. Tragically, that song was never put on a proper Simple Minds album, it was written and recorded specifically for The Breakfast Club soundtrack. So, I guess what I am saying is I don't have room in my life for a Simple Minds album.
This album has been a fave for 20 years. I continue to enjoy it.
John Beck: "Annual reminder: In utero is not a good album." Dave Romano: "I love in utero, easily my favorite album of theirs." JB: "What’s your favorite part? The terrible melodies, lack of hooks, or the awful lyrics? DR: "All of the above! Really I love the artwork, the production, and the lyrics. Serve the servants, Dumb, Frances Farmer, All Apologies have great lyrics." There are so many things that John Beck has right and Dave Romano has wrong, but this take was not one of them.
Peak-Pop-Punk. The state of the art. Often imitated, never duplicated.
Not that exciting. Like Kale. John Kale.
I was intrigued with the opening number and its hirn section. The intrigue faded, though.
This album was really good songs, and also some overly dramatified bads ones. However, when it was all over, there was more good than bad. This stuck with me: "She doesn't have to go to work But she doesn't want to stay in bed 'Cause it's changed from something comfortable To something else instead." Clever songwriting.
This one was a pretty good magic trick... "Guys, your first record was wildly successful and featured the most incrdible vocal harmonies of the whole hippy era. What are you going to do next? We are going to add Neil Young's voice to the mix, and not even thay is going to be enough to screw this formula up." ...and it wasnt, the harmonies were still good and Young upgraded some of the songwriting.
A bunch of great influences, blended together nicely, and delivered with swagger.
I don't know how to operate this music.
I think I would be cooler if I liked more Sonic Youth. But sometimes albums like this make it hard to be cool.
"Right lads, let's stop mucking about and make a proper rock song...one these geezers will listen to forever." "Right-o, let's run through what we'll all do on it, Robert?" "I'm the singer aren't I? Don't be a ponce, I'll sing." "Noted, Jimmy?" "I'll play the guitar, but a few kinds. Give me anacoustic 6, and best have a 12 knocking about, and also let's obviously have the Gibson on solo duty." "Rock and roll. Bonzo?" "Just set up the kit and piss off." "Fair enough, John Paul, that leaves you with the bass, right?" "Yep" "Ok, soun.." "And the electic piano..gimme a Rhoades." "Piano, good, that'll be ni..." "And I want recorders..." "Recorders? Johno this is the greatest rock song of all time, not music Monday in a kindergarten." "No recorders, then I'm out." "Fine...have your recorders"
The bestones are when Nico takes a break.
Wonderful.
Exceeded expectations. The addition of Spanish influence to the bass and beats was a good idea.
Sometimes I listen to tunes like this, but Neneh wouldn't be my first choice normally.
Love these goofy hosers.
Rock and Roll. No tricks.
Pop music from the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s is easily identified by the decade of its origin...even if you never heard the song before. I find the 3 decades that follow to be much harder to distinguish. 00's? 10's? 20's? Is it because I got old? Is it because nothing sounds the same anymore because there is more variety? Is it because everything sounds the same now? Is it because of the way music can be recorded now? Is ot because of the way that music is consumed?
Never listened to that all in a row like that. Good album. String of monster tunes tracks 6 thru 10.
This gets an extra star because mom and dad had this cd when i was young.
I like the White Stripes. Other than the one big hit though, this album doesnt hold together strongly for me.
He might sound like a slacker, but Beck is for serious.
Mopey.
Traditional instruments, electronic instruments, living together. Mass hysteria.
MESSAGE!
Piano-forward arrangements were unexpected. Still, kinda mid, as the children say.
Listening experience started shaky, but the last 3 songs chilled out.
Short and sweet pop gems.
Nice background tunes. Wish the vocals were a little different.
This guys stock has risen a lot in the past 25 years. Still, other than Hallelujah, nothing here really grabs me.
Love these tunes.
A beauty.
Good way to get more of the Soulquarian/Jay Dilla vibe.
Too sterile.
Jazz jams, hold the gangta.
Over 100 samples, layered together into 1 album. Great stuff.
Peak Marvin. Peak Funk Bros.
Sleeper hits here include "25 Minutes to Go" and "Flushed From The Bathroom of Your Heart".
I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man is my fave.
Chill, but maybe a little flat
One of Canada's finest.
The Concept is a monster song.
My favorite version of White Stripes.
"I don't go to awards shows anymore. I'm not saying I'm better than anybody else, but you'll be sitting there at the Grammys, and U2 will beat you. And you say to yourself, 'Wait a minute. I can play that kind of music, too. I played La Crosse, Wisconsin growing up, I know how to do that, you dig? But you will not do 'Housequake.'" - Prince. “They have the worst rhythm section in big rock. That is the most plodding, corny rhythm section ever to fill a stadium. If you look at some of those records, they’re mediocre Brian Eno records with a bad band in the way. They need a producer like Eno or Daniel Lanois to kind of prop up this cabaret singer and his one-trick pony" - Henry Rollins
Preacher soul jams.
I like Nick Drake. But 5 star Nick Drake is judt him, his guitar, and an alternate tuning.
I had this band mentally filed besides G Love & Special Sauce. Major filing error - way more aggression than chill on this record, and I am in to it. I will refile closer to Black Lips and King Khan.
Never listened past Clapton...the piano, organ, harmonica, horns, and vocals here are all worth listening to.
Americana jams.
The popular formula in England in this, the aftermath era of such successful British bluesmen as Cream and John Mayall, seems to be: add, to an excellent guitarist who, since leaving the Yardbirds and/or Mayall, has become a minor musical deity, a competent rhythm section and pretty soul-belter who can do a good spade imitation. The latest of the British blues groups so conceived offers little that its twin, the Jeff Beck Group, didn’t say as well or better three months ago, and the excesses of the Beck group’s Truth album (most notably its self-indulgence and restrictedness), are fully in evidence on Led Zeppelin‘s debut album. - John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone 1969 Some music critics miss the mark. Here is a good example. This album rips and rocks unmerciful.
Joyful Jams.
Pretty pleasant, Paul. I kinda liked most of the instrumental songs, as well as "Maybe I'm Amazed".
Some international baby making music.
A few good ones.
Look, I was born in Toronto. I grew up in Boulder. I live in suburban South Charlotte; not urban Mecklenburg County, we are talking across the county line in Union. And yet, putting this album on puts a pang in my soul to go directly to a car lot, buy a '76 Eldorado, and just drive slowly up and down the street while listening to Billy Jack, either until I die, or until the wheels fall off.
There's a lot of questionable music trends all just blended in. Take your favorite aspects of Ricky Martin, then add a touch of NuMetal, including pointless dj scratching, and then add a dash of Big Bad VooDoo Daddy inspired swing. Hope for the best.
Pretty soul-less. I did like the guitar solo on "It's a Plain Shame".
This list really slobs the U2 knob.
The Corner was a good jam. The rest was a little heavy handed with the social messages
One of a kind. Spiritual, soulful, mystical jams.
Stone Cold Classic. My favorite Trip Hop.
I couldn't figure out what occasion this music fits with...even music I don't like, I can find a use for...for example, I noted earlier that Steely Dan was great music for buyin a terrific pair of slacks. Some music is good for ignoring even...but I couldn't figure out what Chicago is for. I did think Poem 58 was a good jam.
Earlier this year, I happened upon a well-executed interview from 2002. Carson Daly was the interviewer and his subject was David Bowie... Here was part of their exchange: CD: I've seen you at the MTV Video Music Awards. I think like last year I remember sitting there when N’sync or Britney Spears was on and I remember just looking over at you and thinking what does David Bowie think of this right now? ...Crowd laughs... Bowie looks around and says- "well that would be too easy" or something and smiles... DB: Uh let me go another way with that one. I think you know a major band in this country for me anyway during the 80s were the Pixies. I thought they were absolutely necessary - a very very important band - Charles was, or Frank, whatever or however you want to refer to him, is a fantastic songwriter and they produced some really exciting music. Obviously Nirvana was terribly influenced - a number of other bands were influenced by them. But, they were never played on American radio, they never sold any albums, and they broke up. I'm seeing that beginning to happen again over here. You got bands like Grandaddy, Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips – They (Flaming Lips) are getting some kind of exposure now right this second , but if they don't get played, they don't sell albums, then, if you're not careful they're going to go under. And more creative, really inventive artists are going to disappear after 2 or 3 years because nobody's out there supporting them. The radio isn't supporting like it should be, and there is crap on American radio - real crap. ...After seeing this interview, I listened to Grandaddy, and was pleasantly surprised. Happy to see Mercury Rev posted here. Bowie was really tuned in...all 3 of those bands are cut from the same cloth, and, as predicted, all but Flamin Lips kind of faded away.
Think this is my favorite Bowie front to back. 80 lb, paranoid, Thin White Duke Bowie.
70+ samples.. no clearances...because these kids were just having fun.
Incredible. Needle in the Camel's Eye and Baby's on Fire are great songs. On Some Faraway Beach may be the ideal song for rolling movie credits.
Proto post grunge jams.
According to the book Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, renowned music critic Lester Bangs died of an accidental drug overdose while listening to Dare.[ "Don't You Want Me" is pretty good.
Sly says The Revolution will be televised, and The Revolution will be funky. Just because you are fighting the man doesn't mean you can't shake your ass. Matter of fact, if shaking your ass is wrong, Sly don't want to be right.
As Brian Eno famously said: “The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band.” - Similarly, I heard a podcast recently that said something similar about Sublime, except it was more like..."everyone who listened to Sublime went and started a band that was terrible"...I feel like Lynyrd Skynyrd is like that...There was a lot of questionable stuff that came after this record...even from the band itself, however, just listen to this in a vacuum, its peak Southern Rock and its very good.
In a vulnerable moment I confided in a friend that I didn't quite like Joni Mitchell. He said I was a bad Canadian. I think he might be right, but I still don't really get it.
This went way harder than I was expecting. Dudes who take their rocking so seriously that it almost seems like parody...but it's dead serious.
All the elements of what you are going to get out of a Paul Simon record...a mishmash of styles, all tastefully and respectfully adopted, with thoughtful songwriting...especially on the chord profression side. 3 chords and the truth this is not.