The Bends
RadioheadNot as bad as I was bracing for, but not something I'm going back to anytime soon.
Not as bad as I was bracing for, but not something I'm going back to anytime soon.
KITTY Classic parent jams
Like 5/10? Front half is radio hits. Some of these are long dong songs. Would probably drink coffee to again. I suspect this will be among my higher-ranked on this list, sad to say.
Solid fit being covers. Neat arrangements.
Best Beatles album
I feel like I don't like fairies enough to appreciate this album
I forgot what I was going to write. Didn't get interesting for me until Eternal Life.
Song 2 is an essential Jock Jamâ„¢. The songs are all over the place here but that keeps an hour of material fresh.
When I typed in "Drive" and YT suggested "Like Jehu" I very much almost just went with that. I'm sure there's people that appreciate this album, but I'm not sure I want to meet them. I do not need a country rock opera concept album in my life.
This is Sunday morning listening. Not controversial in the slightest. Not bad, not moving. Lemmy: do you want to rock?! Crowd: ehh Paul Simon: I got this
Solid mix of songwriting, all gas no brakes
Not as bad as I was bracing for, but not something I'm going back to anytime soon.
Hell yes
Is this Kurt Russell. It runs either good or background.
Classic without thought. It's always there with all the samples and swipes.
ELVIS WAS A HERO TO MOST BUT HE NEVER MEANT SHIT TO ME ... with Memphis in the title, my first thought was that it was a live album. It's not! He's talented for sure but I think he knew he was milking it with the voice. Like going all Cher on it before Cher. Good songwriting, though.
Pretty chill. Apparently I didn't keep notes on this, so, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty chill.
THIS ALBUM IS STILL HOT FIRE AND IT HASN'T FLICKERED OUT ONCE SINCE 1957.
It's... like some dude started songwriting when he was HORNY then by the time came to record he was hopped up on barbiturates
Not a fan of the vocals. Love the instrumentation.
Classic. I remember playing this working at a hole in the wall comic shop. Starting a pop album with an 11 minute song is baller. Then Candle in the Wind! Benny and the Jets! The title track! Not an instrument out of place nor wasted.
Better than Nico solo, but just not for me.
Didn't like this one as much as Live from Memphis. He's not at full strength yet, as you should expect from a debut album. Wonder what happened to him.
A good album, but I feel like I never have to hear Led Zeppelin again. Forgot how influenced by the blues they were and it's all over here.
Hmm this is a provocative co--looking at what this album is about--OH NO Didn't know I'd need to bust out Muzzy to interpret this. "Je suis la jeune fille" YEAH APPARENTLY I took French in school because I thought Gambit was cool at the time. He's not. I took a 200-level course in college for a gen ed. Went to class one day after a GWAR show and I still had some of their fluids in my ear. Classmate thought my ear was bleeding until I said I saw GWAR. He understood then. Interesting instrumentations. I can see where it's influenced so many. Horrible subject matter. Wish this was GWAR.
I got excited as soon as I saw this pop up. "Buried Alive in the Blues" is a great instrumental - upbeat and energetic. How has this not been used in a movie or show? The instruments are balanced well, production crisp. Her voice is something authentic and not forced IMO.
Yeah, I'm a nerd that likes Rush. Gimme math equations to listen to.
I don't have a lot to comment on this. Mostly I listen to these while working so a rating and elaboration is secondary. This is a bopper, okay?
Well, this is nice. Soothing. Peaceful. I don't know the language in some of the songs, but I'd hope Miriam wouldn't pull one over on me and sing about kicking rabbits or anything nefarious like that. Rabbits are cute, they don't deserve that. I'm not saying something's intrinsic cuteness is tied to whether it's kickable or not, because snakes freak me out, I wouldn't call them cute by and large, but I wouldn't want one to be kicked, either. This has some good beats, but, again, don't beat up animals. Unless it's a life or death thing. But even then, a bear wants to kill me, who am I to stop a bear? If I don't have my bear repellent on me, that's my fault and I'm just not fit to survive.
Only the debut album by one of my all time favorite groups, no big deal. Everything instantly hits, but then peeling it back and breaking it down, they did their homework.
This didn't do much for me. Not bad, but not compelling.
All-time favorite. Great beats and verses.
KITTY Classic parent jams
Not bad. Better than expected for college indie?
Well, the art is really cool. Not quite a Cure or Depeche Mode kinda thing but I think it could be in the same neighborhood.
Upbeat!
First guess: I'm not familiar but will recognize something from this. Sure enough, I was right. Some of it is cool, but it's SO upbeat, it feels sugary. I'm diabetic and I need insulin listening to this.
I know nothing about this. Ah, another time I was wrong and recognized stuff without knowing it. HITS. Those aside, there's a good variety of bass-thumping rock and ethereal. Big surprise here. Plus doing the "schm-" prefix has to be a first for major American rock. Hell yeah.
Again, I'm not sexy enough for this.
I liked it. Not the strongest effort of anyone, but good on its own.
Although I love the Bosstones, I've never listened to the Specials. Anticipating an enjoyable listen to me. "A Message to Rudy" is very notable but I was dreading if that set the tone as far as energy for the whole album. Thankfully, "Do the Dog" picks right up (pun intended). Yeah, I'm really liking it. "Concrete Jungle" is a bopper. But "Too Much Too Young" is a drag.
This was a bopper.
I don't think I need double-album rock operas in my life.
THIS is how you do a concept album! Suck it, Pink Floyd! I defy anyone to find a single note out of place or played where it's not needed on this. It's the 80's encapsulated. It's perfection. It's also the best $5 I ever spent for a perfectly playable LP with the poster!
I'm not as familiar on this one as The Fragile, but it's tight.
I tried listening twice and it didn't stick with me.
HE DEFINED COOL.
I need a 6 Star option for this. Non-stop party. I don't care that I'm partying like 35 years ago, I don't party but this is the one exception.