It's long and essentially two full length solo albums. Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is dirty southern rap and Andre's The Love Below is more jazzy and soulful, spawning the mega hit "Hey Ya!".
I have to say I liked The Love Below a lot more than Speakerboxxx but the later isn't without its merits. The duo tends to be stronger working together and the best songs on Big Boi's album feature Andre3000 but not exactly vice versa. Overall an interesting listen but at 2 hours and 15 minutes it's a commitment.
Semi improvisational with all kinds of interesting instrument and percussion songs. Her spoken word experimental jazz is one of the most interesting things I've heard this year.
Simply beautiful. Where has this and her other albums been my whole life? I never realized how much Fiona Apple influenced some of my favourite artists. Excellent listen and absolutely why doing the 1001 Albums Challenge was a good idea.
I liked it more than I thought I would. It's cohesive and gets you in the mindset it sets out to.
The origin of hip hop hitting the mainstream and the accidental birth of nu metal 10 years later, what's not to love?
I honestly didn't like it at all.
Very enjoyable jam band record with a variable who's who of guest musicians contributing. However, in the context of 1001 Albums to hear before you die, I probably could have died without hearing this album.
Maybe the birth of new wave? Either way a hit machine that paved the way for the next 10 years of pop/rock music.
Inventive and so musically interesting. I'd never heard of Magazine before but this was truly a great album.
Cee-lo is a creep so I wanted to rate this lower but it is a funky, fun album. Do you need to hear it before you die? Absolutely not.
One of many incredible albums by Pink Floyd. What else is there to even say on this one that hasn't been said already.
Full of underproduced, whiny songs but anchored by the massive hit Don't You Want Me. I had more fun learning about the groups history on wikipedia then I did actually listening to their music.
This album was certainly influential but if I'm rating it based on my actual tastes and enjoyment I had with the album, I give it a 2/5
A truly great album I enjoyed thoroughly. Happy this was suggested to me.
Loved this album in high school and love it still!
Better listened to in segments as it's LONG. Billy's voice is annoying but there's a lot of great songs on this album and they're spaced nicely throughout the tracklist so if you do listen to all in one go, it's never boring.
Dad rocks finest
Haunting and beautiful
Jazzy
If this album didn’t exist entire genres would have been created
One of metals finest albums
Dad rock at its finest
