"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."
If you are working on your 1974 Trans Am, this better be on.
Great fast aggressive technical music. But the vocals are the star.
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.
The works of Edgar Allan Poe, if they were turned into a rocking musical with gospel backup singers.
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.
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 musical 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 Coffee Crisp. Its slogan was, "a nice light snack". Being that this was a Canadian treat, the slogan was also translated 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 the 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 horn 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 an acoustic 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 best ones 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 it 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 just 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 buying 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.
He's an angry elf.
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.
We played this on a family road trip driving South to see Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Katherine. It was a good roadtrip album. Roy Rogers was my favorite.
A little too artsy fartsy.
This whole series worked well. This one might be the best one.
Good. I prefer slightly more stripped down Elliott Smith.
I mean, its fine, I guess. This little snippet was inferesting: Though the album sold four million copies worldwide, and earned a Grammy nomination in 1981 for its art design in the category "Best Album Package", the band's record label deemed the project a failure, laying the blame squarely with Buckingham (considering the comparatively huge sales of Rumours and the album's unprecedented recording expense).
Nile Rodgers is a funky man.
"Gimme Da Loot" Plus "Who Shot Ya" on the remaster version...those are my faves.
High potency funks administered direct from the Mothership. Unavailable for conventional streaming...probably too funky.
Tropicalia jams.
Boss Jams.
Didn't expect the Sly Stone/Funkadelic sound. Beauty. Unmistakeable James Jamerson on the bass
Marvin having a ball.
De La, but from the Westside.
Yeah, ok.
Classy jams. Side B is a string of swell tunes.
This album came out when I was 16. Listening to it sparks deep nostalgia. I can smell my first car and the Case Logic CD case I kept this disc in.
I was attacking a tedious and frustrating task while listening to this. It was helpful. The task still frustrated, though.
Arctic Monkeys with a big string section.
Syd has a cool reputation, but this was just like a less talented Donovan.
Powerful. Rainy Day, Dream Away was a good one I didn't know that well.
Will Hunting jams.
Respect the Reverand, he doesnt quite make my soul Mt Rushmore, though.
If you are working on your 1974 Trans Am, this better be on.
Based on the country of origin, vintage, and name of this band I believed I knew what this would sound like. The vocals came in as what I expected, but I underestimated the jazziness on the instrumentation. Exceeded expectations.
Madison bought this tape for me at El Corte Ingles in Madrid because I was too wimpy to buy a tape with a big Parental Advisory sticker on it. It still bangs.
This was the soundtrack of my run this morning. I am currently reading about the origins of indie hardcore. Bands like Black Flag and Minor Threat. Husker Du's "Landspeed Record" featured 17 songs in 26 minutes...and that includes the last track that was 6 minutes long. Metallica went the other way, 9 songs in 65 minutes. I love this stuff so much.
More like the Yawnbloods.
This is in my 5 essential Christmas records.
Dave, you always were a little annoying.
Scottish Strokes
"First of all, who's your A&R?/A mountain climber who plays an electric guitar?
Like Sticky Fingers, with a few rockabilly numbers mixed in. Real good!
There were many interesting albums that spawned from The Byrds-iverse...however, this was't one of them
I'm not the target audience here.
Nice...not too wild. Big band-y.
You might come for Bohemian Rhapsody, but stay for the rest. '39 was a nice one.
It clicked for me on this one. Noisy, but song structures I could follow.
Never listened to this past the singles. Better than expected.
I have 3 daughters under 13...so I am familiar with Taylor's work. This one, however just doesnt have good songs. I even like many of the "indie" folk on the record...none of the songs are strong, though.
An opera about teenage hormones.
Its like The Magnetic Fields, but not as good...somehow straight, but also more gay.
Agent Smith stands no chance when I pump these jamz.
I dont mind loud, noisy, and chaotic like this, but do the songs have to be 9 minutes long?
Is it valid to call these guys my favorite jam band?
Aretha..Atlantic...Muscle Shoals... this album is a monster.
I never listened to a whole Alice Cooper album. Good. Glam filth.
Fucking limeys. You know, it’s just that people like this…you know…they get all they want so they really don’t understand, you know…about a life-like Frank’s. I mean, when you’ve loved and lost the way Frank has, then you, uh, you know what life’s about.
Love Haggard's writing, but the covers are good here, particularly the Jimmie Rodgers tune. Mooney doing the Lord's work per usual on pedal steel. Didn't know James Burton, Jim Gordon, and Glen Campbell helped out.
A real beauty. Like Black Star by Bowie, or the Wind by Warren Zevon, this is a record put out by an artist who knew he didn't have a lot of time left. The title track, "Treaty", "Leaving the Table", "Traveling Light", and "On the Level" were all highlights.
Not quite as good as the first 2 records, but not quite as far off as I remembered. Half Life I & II and Sprawl I & II were quite good.
Too much jive on this one, Frank.
Didn't know what to expect. Could have been a lot worse.
West Texas honky tonk dancers.
Preacher Man.
I'm no expert at spotting the various underground club music genres, but this one reminds me of Primal Scream and I'm into it.
The reviews made this seem like this was going to be some sort of Nick Drake level genius, that was undiscovered. This was like a bad play no one wanted to watch.
Hey, at least this song's not too bad...oh, it's a Dylan cover...
Pretty good...social commentary, but I prefer ballads on my Temptations.
I was in a bad mood when I listened to this. It didn't help. I'll try again in a better frame of mind.
I never listened to this record beyond Doll Parts. I think its because of my distaste for Courtney. However, setting aside her charming personality, this is pretty good rock and roll.
Barry: Holy shite. What the fuck is that? Dick: It's the new Belle and Sebastian... Rob: It's a record we've been listening to and enjoying, Barry. Barry: Well, that's unfortunate, because it sucks ass. --Jack Black in High Fidelity. While that is funny, Barry was wrong. This is a stupendous album.
This project is precisely the kind of thing that could seem like a good idea on paper, but could fall apart in execution. Fortunately, not the case. California Stars is a monster. Other good tunes: One by One, Minor Key, Whitman's Niece.
Killer live album. Opening track, "I Got My Brand On You" is particularly good. Not a lot of crowd banter for Muddy - all business.
Earnest. Honest. Passionate. Poetry.
Gave it 3 listens. Glad I did. Listen 1 and 2 - instant hate. However, listen 3...Drums, guitar riffs, and bass lines are all solid and pure rock and roll - listen to Magnificent Five, for example. Liked some of the Easter Eggs too - for example "Rumble" riff throughout Killer In The Home, or Enrico Morricone Westerns with Jolly Roger.
Good one from Ireland's Springsteen.
I think I thought that the Boo Radleys were like The Rembrandts, or Deep Blue Something, or Del Amitri. This is not right. These guys are British, and aimed for something a little higher. I applaud the effort, but they didn't hit the target.
A wonderful record for making commercials.
Dont know much Smiths. Pleasantly surprised that this was way less whiny than expected.
Dreamy Springsteen. The typical WoD blueprint. About as good as Slave Ambient.
Ralph Waldo Emerson & Woodie Guthrie wrapped in punk.
Age of Aquarius hippy dippy stuff. The instrumental: Space Child, and then the next song When I Touch You were the least offensive.
Born in The USA, I'm On Fire, Down, Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark...pretty much standards. Also love I'm Going Down and My Hometown. Wasnt familiar with Darlington County...but I like that one too.
No tricks. No hippie dippie. Just straight-ahead, workman-like rock and roll. Wait for the Ray Charles cover at the end.
This is fine. I want to know what confluence of perfect storm events led to this selling 26m records.
Decadent rock and roll swagger. I love the whole vibe.
Without Sultans this would be pretty average.
And if there ain't no beauty, you got to make some beauty. Have mercy!
I listened twice. Nothing stuck out. Does that say more about the record, or more about me.
Fagones called this album "a slog". That is accurate.
Far out funks. Liked Cisco Kid and the title track, in particular.
Proto Metals. I liked Hard Lovin Man & Child in Time.
First 4 tunes are good rockers.
Freaky Waits.
Casimir Pulaski is the fave.
2nd tier Brit Pop
Drummer Jim Gordon also played on Pet Sounds and Classical Gas....he also killed his own mother in a pschizophrenic episode.
This is a good album. For the Pixies, I would call it "accesible".
Long ago, right after we listened to "Queen 2", by Queen and right before we listened "This is Hardcore" by Pulp, we listened to Pyromania by Def Leppard, which I gave 3 stars. Back then I said Pyromania was not as good as Hysteria. Well, here is the payoff. 4 stars. Near peak hair metal.
My record here is clear. I have an average star rating given of 3.74. I have given exactly 1 1-star review. I love to give the benefit of the doubt. But, this one was aggressively irritating.
I like a lot of non-English pop from the 60s...particularly from France, Italy, and Brazil. You can add this Belgian to the list.
Creative Bops
Classic Brothers Davies.
Tough one. Has virtually all the elements of music I'd like, but its about 5cm off center, and that apparently spoils the whole thing. Took something with sould and transformed it to cheese. Soul cheese.
Its 2006. You walk into a new sushi restaurant in the trendy shopping district. The decor is wall to wall stainless steel with retro anime accents..Voltron images, Street Fighter characters... The roll list is 275 items long and has the punniest names you ever saw. At least 8 contain truffle oil for some reason. The cocktail list is a combination of enormous fishbowl drinks and sake/fruit martini fusions. 6 cocktails involve dropping a shot glass into another glass. No one that works at the restaurant is Japanese, except the resident DJ. That DJ plays this album on a loop. Your friend orders the truffled scorpion unagi roll with pickled scotch bonnet as your Blackberry vibrates. You really don't like anything about your surroundings, but you are content.
Don't give me no revisionist hipster takes. This is a big deal.
Come for Dancing Queen, stay for Fernando and Happy Hawaii.
King Louie!
After 12 songs of this, I was all, "man, this sucks"...then song 13 came on and I was all, "hey, this is much better." Well friends, there is no song 13 on this record. My phone had simply moved on to playing something else. Go check out "Gone" by The Factory - similar but better.
This is a great album. But I don't think we needed a double. There is 1 classic album's worth of stuff here. This revisit revealed that I had not paid enough attention to Muzzle in years past.
The innovator, the originator, the architect of rock and roll.
The greatest live performer and his band, playing live, at an iconic venue, near the height of his powers.
Shred jams.
A member of one of the greatest 4 album arcs in music history. Don't sleep on You Got The Silver.
Surprising...This is The Day is a legitimately good song.
Looks good on paper, doesnt really follow through when you see it executed...I dont think the symphony added anything here.
Not one, but two James Brown covers? The audacity of these whiteboys. Where do they get their balls big enough?
Half the songs on this record are standard 90s anthem singalongs.
Desi Arnez jams.
Pretty accessible for Sonic Youth.
Outlaw Jams.
My favorite Nick Drake.
Bluesy jams from Timbuktu
22 Acacia to Number of The Beast, to Run To The Hills is a hot run.
I've always thought these blokes were a bunch of wankers. However....this is good rock and roll album - can't be denied.
Can You Get To That is an alltime classic. Title track is a Mount Rushmore guitar solo.
Haunting
Was only familiar with the singles. This is a good album from top to bottom. Surprisingly good.
Proto Hardcores.
That was hard for me to listen to.
Exciting indie.
Throwback jams.
Don't call it a comeback Bowies.
Pretty bad.
These guys are at their best when they resist the urge to jam. They should stay in rock, roll, or groove more.
This album is worthy of study. This record transitioned T Swift into icon status. Iconic gets tossed around willy-nilly these days, but she's an icon now...Elvis, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna....icons who caught the whole world's attention for a number of years. Taylor is on that list now, and this album started that movement. There isn't a cheat code to this, its a bit of magic...but ultimately you need catchy catchy catchy songs, and this album has that.
Brit Pop jamz.
Patti Smith for the 90s.
Peak New Jack Swing. Some of the "social commentary" gets a little heavy handed, but still great.
They got the vibe, but not much else.
Not enough there to pay attention to. Too much there to ignore.
Aretha puts some stank on it.
Simultaneously enjoy the PFunk and recognize the GFunk samples.
Was unfamiliar, but enticing enough to visit again in the future.
I sat with this one for a week. Its a grower. Made of Stone was a highlight. Many songs made me think of Jesus and Mary Chain with no fuzz.
Workers Unite Jams. The covers are good too, and Levi Stubbs Tears is a classic.
As high as Tiny Dancer flies, Indian Sunset sinks as low. What a dumb song.
Its a little like Paul Simon's Graceland, but with zero soul or overall point of view.
Cult of Personality opens the album, but I think the second side of the record is the best.
To know this album is to know country music. Sentimentality, heart ache, two timing, authenticity, RCA Studio A and The A Team.
American Girl is my Petty fave.
Surf's Up is my fave Beach Boys song.
Decently listenable. Parts reminded me of what a Club Med might play during a guest pool party/limbo contest. You can dig it with enough rum punch.
Heroes and Villains, Cabin Essence, Surfs Up, Good Vibrations.
Comparisons to Radiohead are tempting, but not all that appropriate.
Big band jamz.
A pleasant surprise. Reminiscent of Billy Bragg, The Pogues, and The Clash. Nothing virtuoso here, but that's part of the pleasure. They have a voice, a point of view, and an attitude, and they express it very clearly. I am down.
Kinda liked the lecture-like explanation mixed in.
This grumpy old Mick can sing, but I prefer his studio versions to this live stuff.
Ziggy goes to America.
4 out of 7 of the tunes here are straight classics.
Too much mojo for me.
Track 6...4 seconds of silence. Track 12...7 minutes of tasty funks.
Hail Satan.
Terrordome Jamz
Starts slow, but side 2 finishes strong, and I listened to the bonus tracks which also add.
This is BeeGees record #2 that is "Must Listen Before You Die" and neither one was the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack... These records really aren't very good. Sorry mates.
8 minutes per song...Timmy, you're a self indulgent hippie.
If Tony Montana moved to Berlin in Scarface 2, this would be the soundtrack.
Yes, sure.
Even better than "Thriller, Also".
A few notable bops mingled in here.
Been down with my man since 2012.
If the fate of the world ever depends on blowing someone's mind with a B-3 Organ, this would be the recording to reference.
5 Mic jamz.
The best Wu-affiliated record there is.
Very Bjorky
If you are into this music at all, I think this has to be considered the state of the art. Produced by The Neptunes dudes about a year after N.E.R.D. put out that In Search Of... record. Timbaland Janet Jackson Clipse - both dudes All guest features. The little talking bits he does on some tracks, where he puts on his vaguely African American sounding, soft and sexy voice is quite hard to listen to, but the rest of it is not bad considering what my expectations were.
I dont love prog rock. But apparently I don't love prog light either.
A little on the Dull side of Duke.
Pretty rocking for some far out hippies.
Hell of a way to go out. Goodnight sweet prince (of darkness). This album brings the hits.
Sometimes I hear Nick Cave. But then sometimes I hear like - Del Amitri or something.
That album was like one long boring song.
Listening to this with your 11 year old daughter makes one acutely aware of all the sex lyrics.
Geordie Satan Jamz.
I knew these songs. These are some good ones.
Wasn't prepared for as much country as I got. More Uncle Tupelo than Melvins.
A very well regarded record. I listened 3 times to see if I would agree. Didn't quite get the huge love it gets.
Fast and bulbous jams.
Next time I have an urge to hear this, I'll just turn on Lauryn Hill or Erykah Badu instead.
For me it goes I, IV, II, III....but they are all 5's.
Pretty typical 90s Brit Pop.
This list made me spend more deliberate time with Ozzy and the boys than I have before. These first 5 albums or so are super solid f4om top to bottom.
A prog rock homage to a classical piece is a good use of prog rock.
Song 5 is called "Humdrum". That would have been a good title for this record.
Not a whole lot to it.
Get fucked.
A lot of raw material for early rap.
Still pretty exciting stuff from Boulder High's own Jello Biafra and the rest of the gang.
Gram and EmmyLou...Elvis' band...Cosmic American Music.
Banger.
Some musicians you can spot from hearing the tone of their instruments, Randy Newman you can tell by reading the premise of his songs: 1. The pitch of an American slave trader to Africans in Bonny, off the west coast of Nigeria. The slaver sings a song about the wonderful life to be had in Charleston. 2. The final farewell of an atheist father to his atheist son. 3. American politicians gleeful discussing "dropping the big one" and remaking all countries in America's image. 4. The beauty of Cleveland - especially when the Cuyahoga River catches fire from pollution. 5. A disappointed dad who doesnt understand why his dumb son doesnt listen to his advice...only to reveal that all of his advice are just cliche'd platitudes. 6. A song where God tells humanity that they are suckers for putting their faith in him. You don't have to know much, but if I tell you those premises, you have a good shot at guessing those are Randy Newman tunes. I think the guy is retroactively getting some love these days, but I think this album remains underrated.
First rock and roll record to hit #1. First rock and roll record to sell a milli. Pay your respects.
"I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things"...Tom Waits I got really into On The Nickel yesterday. That's a real beauty.
Girls Just Wanna, Time After Time, All Through The Night are standard fare. The rest of it was all better than I expected, and She Bop impressed me.
White lady reggae punk. It wasn't my fave.
Le crap.
The combo of lyrics, singing style, and orchestral, dramatic flourishes gave me the irresistible urge to roll my eyes. It is a physical reaction. For some reason it reminded me of the physical urge I get whenever I see Tucker Carlson's mock-incredulous, slightly mouth agape face. It's not just a punchable face, it's a punch-demanding face. In the same way, this album demands an eye roll.
Mr. Soul & Bluebird are standard fare...I kind of liked the Furay piece: Good Time Boy.
I like this music...but what's wrong with something thats actually in Portuguese, rather than English covers?
Every song from top to bottom gets a like.
Upon listening I said: "Hmm...this is some Lillith Fair stuff...or maybe soundtrack to WB shows from the 90s". Turns out it was both those things.
The Buckaroos were tight.
Gangster jamz.
A few good ones...What's up with Highlands? Sounds like a drunk campfire singalong.
An album of Bond Theme songs.
Went into this one ice cold, think I emerged with increased respect for Abba. First three songs are great + Slipping Through My Fingers. Very story driven...very cinematic/operatic...strong melodies.