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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five"Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five" despite there clearly being SEVEN PEOPLE on the album art. Which one is it, huh?! They are clearly trying to hide something from us. I will not stand for it.
"Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five" despite there clearly being SEVEN PEOPLE on the album art. Which one is it, huh?! They are clearly trying to hide something from us. I will not stand for it.
Picture what you'd think a band called "Megadeth" might sound like. There. You've listened to this album already.
I tried hard, but it is indeed listenable if you ignore all the words he says and how annoying he is. There are instruments in here that make noise.
I LOVED this, pleasantly surprised for a band I've (somehow) never heard of. Always a sucker for sampled electronica.
It is clear that this paved the way for a new alt-pop sound, with artists like Tame Impala living the legacy MGMT never could. Only rating this a 4 because it has 3 great genre-defining songs (the rest are your typical experimental-style musical shrugs). This is, undeniably, a must-listen.
1. Sledgehammer (1st) 2. That Voice Again (7th) ----------------------------- 3. In Your Eyes (2nd) 4. Don't Give Up (3rd) 5. Mercy Street (6th) 6. Red Rain (5th) 7. This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds) (9th) 8. Big Time (4th) 9. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) (8th)
placement. name (popularity) 1. Would? (1st) ---------------------- 2. Rooster (2nd) 3. Down In A Hole (4th) 4. Sickman (10th) 5. Junkhead (7th) 6. Angry Chair (8th) 7. Rain When I Die (6th) 8. Untitled (13th) 9. Hate To Feel (12th) 10. Dirt (9th) 11. Them Bones (3rd) 12. God Smack (11th) 13. Dam That River (5th)
placement. song name (popularity) 2. Grace (4th) ----------------------- 9. Eternal Life (10th) 1. Mojo Pin (8th) 3. Last Goodbye (3rd) 11. Forget Her (7th) 7. Lover, You Should've Come Over (2nd) 6. Hallelujah (1st) 8. Corpus Christi Carol (11th) 5. So Real (6th) 4. Lilac Wine (5th) Very low 3.
3. D.A.N.C.E (1st) 4. Newjack (10th) 1. Genesis (2nd) 2. Let There Be Light (8th) ---------------------------- 9. DVNO (4th) 8. The Party (9th) 7. Valentine (12th) 12. One Minute To Midnight (11th) 10. Stress (5th) 6. Phantom Pt. II (3rd) 11. Waters Of Nazareth (6th) 5. Phantom (7th) some songs lowk hurt my ears but some real bangers i like the daft punk-esque songs a bit more than the ear barrage and bad singing
--------------- Black Mirror Keep the Car Running Neon Bible Intervention Black Wave / Bad Vibrations Ocean of Noise The Well and the Lighthouse (Antichrist Television Blues) Windowsill No Cars Go My Body Is a Cage they r all not good. not horrible enough for 1 tho
This is my kind of album! Reminds me of my time in the south 👴🏻 Music: 1/5 The guy in the middle's aerodynamics: 1/5 (I'm sorry I just cannot physically understand the appeal of folk)
Banger
1. "Plainsong" BANGER 2. "Pictures of You" BANGER 3. "Closedown" BANGER 4. "Lovesong" BANGER 5. "Last Dance" BANGER 6. "Lullaby" BANGER 7. "Fascination Street" BANGER 8. "Prayers for Rain" BANGER 9. "The Same Deep Water as You" BANGER 10. "Disintegration" BANGER 11. "Homesick" yeah this songs pretty good 12. "Untitled" BANGER BANGER ALBUM 5/5
Pink Floyd ain't my thing but I can appreciate the album is alright Might change rating to a 3 once I've finished listening
nah because this kinda slaps somehow
Exactly what I expected. Just dont like the style of singing 🤷♂️ 3/5 because I can appreciate that the songs arent bad from an objective stance
"Everything in Its Right Place" – 4:11 – 6/10 "Kid A" – 4:44 – 7/10 "The National Anthem" – 5:51 – 3/10 "How to Disappear Completely" – 5:56 "Treefingers" – 3:42 – 6/10 "Optimistic" – 5:15 "In Limbo" – 3:31 – 8/10 "Idioteque" – 5:09 "Morning Bell" – 4:35 "Motion Picture Soundtrack" – 7:01 – 7/10 Untitled hidden track – 0:52
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1. "Gimme Shelter" 9/10 2. "Love in Vain" 6/10 3. "Country Honk" 7/10 4. "Live with Me" 5. "Let It Bleed" 6.9/10 6. "Midnight Rambler" 7.5/10 7. "You Got the Silver" 8. "Monkey Man" 9. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" 8/10
Say what you want this is simply nice ambient music
Rekindled my love for Hip-Hop Rap. You must hear this before you die.
Hard to say if this was a 3 or a 4. Elton's unique songwriting is certainly prevalent in this album, and manifests well in some songs, and poorly in others.
Incredibly unique, utterly bizarre. Unfortunately this is a blend of genres that just does not work.
Simply a classic funk/soul/disco album with bangers throughout; not just the popular ones.
This kind of thing is hard to rate... two songs are absolute bangers, yet... the ones that weren't, were just not too nice to listen to. I'd usually dislike singer-songwriter type music, but I make an exception for Paul Simon.
high 3
This is how I'd imagine the B-52's if they discovered other emotions and let the women sing more
I tried hard, but it is indeed listenable if you ignore all the words he says and how annoying he is. There are instruments in here that make noise.
I think this album psychologically damaged me. Thank you for ruining my day and eardrums. My only solace whilst listening to forks scraping against plates was that someone said it sounds like hitler is screaming at you. I would joke about this giving me a headache but it genuinely did give me a nasty one.
Classic. Turns soppy to the end.
Brain damage fucks me up. I hate it. But it is so good.
The kind of music that is fine, but just difficult to listen to after two songs
After listening to two Paul Simon albums, I was convinced that my supposed hatred for singer-songwriter style music was completely unfounded. This broke me. I regret being optimistic.
I can't believe that my natural instinct was to compare this to Beastie boys :(
There's a reason this is called "experimental". It was never meant to reach our ears as a fully fledged album. That being said, this wasn't a horrible listen, just a boring one.
The engagement makes you feel like you're actually there. I can imagine it: an enigmatic man and his comrades put you in a lighthearted trance of an evening. A fun atmosphere, the beautiful instrumentation is only complemented by the passionate singing and witty remarks. This will probably never be my favourite kind of music but it sure was entertaining.
It took me nineteen days to rate this. Longest 1hr 15m you'll ever sit through. Luckily 50% of this album goes hard as background noise.
I LOVED this, pleasantly surprised for a band I've (somehow) never heard of. Always a sucker for sampled electronica.
Sorry guys, I am a zoomer. This is how I imagine peak folk to sound.
Who put hip-hop in my punk/funk/jazz/ambient rock album?
If I ever need a reason to not read reviews before starting an album, I'll look here. Fuck you. I like this.
You call it ear barrage, I call it white noise. Nevermind that my ears are bleeding, it's a statement.
Milestone log 1: Day 100! I was walking home in the dark tonight and by god. I was actually fucking feeling myself to this. Got the jig in my step and everything. 10/10 you have to listen to thriller (the song) walking in the dark. Also, PLEASE learn to separate the art from the artist. You look so stupid.
Roulette for whether a song is laborious or pleasant to listen to.
I am grasping at straws here.
Take a shot every time he says "black hair" in the song, you guessed it, called "Black Hair". I still am not sure whether Green Eyes was a piss take
Bro I thought I was listening to Boston.
An embarrassing relic of a bygone era. Not bad, but not welcome. Just remember some critics came together and thought "Yup. This is it. This is that good shit." and now you get the privilege of listening to corporate sexual harassment pop.
I am not hearing anybody out. This is a fun album.
😢
I theoretically shouldn't have a problem with this music, I just don't like Dusty.
Nothing burger. Feeling kind. 3.
Wow. I know of The Who but this was certainly not what I was expecting. I heard I was in for a story and damn. I was in for a story. I am all for fun albums and this was certainly no disappointment.
They clearly have no idea what music to make they just fucking jam and make it happen and I'll say I kinda fw it. Rock Electronica? Don't you mean Rock, Electronica, Pop, Folk, Indie, Britpop, with elements of New Wave, Grunge, and dare I say, Shoegaze?
My thoughts are so divided here... and that is probably the point.
+1 Dolly point almost gives a 3
Another beatle banger
Average shoegaze "what the fuck"
Another surprising live album banger
Right as I was getting obsessed with Them Changes...
No P-Funk today, but I get the third best thing. Fuck yeah.
The amount of times I was forced to sing Weather With You as a child...
I want to hate this so much. It was a pain to listen to this for 52 minutes. This is just an ASMR artist talking over a guitar and the occasional piano. It's so annoying, yet it is, from a more objective standpoint, fine. I know nothing about Johnny Cash so here's the uneducated review you were looking for.
The OG cursive singer
YES
This album is so good!!
Jesus christ, wasn't expecting THIS for a live album
Insane. Takes an awesome ethnic turn in the latter half.
Usually I rate based on the quality of the entire album. An album this plentiful, however, despite having it's downs, has some insane ups. There exists a kind of substance that a "five star album" lacks, even. Outkast will always be on my list.
This is music? 😕
Pretty damn chill and fun
Heroes is such a damn good song. Pretty solid album throughout.
I don't think I've really ever gone out of my way to listen to Jimi. Will now!!
Ugh he's so insufferable
You guys are concerning me. Should I be searching up who this Clapton fulla is?
I am sitting here laughing my ass off while listening to the godawful spoken word. This album has such an awkward sexual identity.
Fuck is this shit 😭
She's so lacking tune
I need to go raving again.
Me staring at the last piece of garlic bread:
Who sucked whose to put this here? :(
What a large sounding album...
Funk is such an entertaining genre, prove me wrong.
"Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five" despite there clearly being SEVEN PEOPLE on the album art. Which one is it, huh?! They are clearly trying to hide something from us. I will not stand for it.
How would Chris Martin sound without his trademark whinging? 🧐
Wacky. Almost great but lacks direction, meaning, and identity. Just strange noises.
Chill asf, very nice background listen
Chill. Vibey. Feel like I could get high and have the best day of my life listening to this.
THIS is how you do spoken word. Talk about meaningful topics. No one wants to hear your singer-songwriter self loathing and relationship issues.
I'm convinced the people on this website just want to pretend they hate long songs. If a 10min song was split into parts floyd-style no one would bat an eye, I tell you. That being said, this was... fine. I'm sure if you're actively looking for things to hate that's all you'll find, though. This album deserves to be looked upon with fresh perspective, as hard as that may be to do.
I LIKE MY JAZZ DEEP FRIED FUNKY I listened to the first song 4 times before getting a new album generated. That doesn't sound like a lot, but considering that's longer than most albums altogether, I think this rightfully deserves a 5.
It is clear that this paved the way for a new alt-pop sound, with artists like Tame Impala living the legacy MGMT never could. Only rating this a 4 because it has 3 great genre-defining songs (the rest are your typical experimental-style musical shrugs). This is, undeniably, a must-listen.
Convince me the album art doesn't look AI generated.
Milestone log 2: Day 200! I am starting to realise just how much I love music in general... my average rating has steadily increased over time and I have found so much new music that I love as a result of this project. I have no doubts that I will go the full way. I wonder whether a new edition to the book is released within the next couple of years... Now onto this album. Don't quite understand why I am listening to it. As much as I love electronica, this just has nothing of substance. It's fine, just... why?
Might regret this later the music gets old really quick
Wacky. Soft. Entertaining. Beautiful vocals. This is what I was hoping to find.
The nothingest nothing burger
Oh. Looks like I am a post-rock fan now.
THATS ENOUGH REM PLEASE
This guy is fucking weird. And only sorta in a cool way.
Picture what you'd think a band called "Megadeth" might sound like. There. You've listened to this album already.
Reading a review on this masterpiece, I wonder "why do people liken all electronica music to Daft Punk?"
There is a nonzero chance that from now on when someone offers me something I'll be reminded of this album. "Want one?" eugh "No thank you :("
Why is this here and not other soundtracks? Who cares, this shit goes hard.
Who doesn't like break? (Apparently a lot of people)
I don't really get the substantial appeal of jazz like this. It simply sounds like randomly generated notes, you know? When someone tells me they like this kind of jazz I just think they're an elitist who wants to convince themselves they are cooler than you.
okaaayyyy q-tip i see you
Hah. Weirdos.
This is like a 5 star for entertainment (4 if you're sane), and a 3 star for music (2 if you're sane)
Debbie girl why do you look so angry 😭
Today I found out this guy (WHO??) has more monthly listeners on Spotify than DAVID BOWIE. Like... what!?!?!
I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles or something.
I think pacing this album over two days was the worst thing I could do honestly
Sorry. Hello? This is so beautiful. It is a shame that this band doesn't get the love and attention it deserves.
I am NOT checking the reviews for this one before reviewing.
1. Guys I think there is no will whatsoever 2. Guys I think he made a mistake 3. wooooaaaaahhooooooooaooaaaaaaahhhhh 4. Guys I think he knows 5. Yeah shit is getting real weird idk if I can even give half assed summaries of whatever this is. This is exactly the shitfuckery I expected from Mr. Byrne and Eno.
If you are like me, listening to this album and struggling to listen, then make it a game of sorts. +5 points if you can guess what the rhyme would be, +10 bonus points if you hear a word rhymed with itself.
Sure, this music is alright, but if I'm going to listen to whining it better not be introspective.
The switch up between song 18 and 19 really was something!
I'm always down for a good time, and this is short, sweet, and fucks.
I am part of the cult following now.
And you're telling me the critics put this guy in 6 times? I reject the notion that I must listen to this guy 5 more times.
Its like they recorded an album and only the first 4 songs were inspired so they dispersed them throughout to make it seem like it wasn't so bad.
Now this is how you do whining. Powerfully, gutturally, with real emotion. Please listen with an ear unblinded by the preconceived notion that this is "britpop".
It's like listening to your coworkers butcher your favourite songs at karaoke night
Came for "WEEE ARE A PART OF THE RHYTHM NATIOOONNN", got slow jams instead :/
Hey. I'm all for wacky bullshit but this was just a liiiiiiittle too much too long.
Hot patootie, bless my soul! I get to listen to Meat Loaf fuck yeah :)