Foo Fighters
Foo FightersStarted okay then all the songs blended for me. I had to listen twice to remember what I heard but I found it rather bland in general.
Started okay then all the songs blended for me. I had to listen twice to remember what I heard but I found it rather bland in general.
The voice surprised me on the first track. I appreciate the “heavy” but still slow start. It makes the sound spooky. Second track got country feeling with the harmonica. Third track I enjoyed the least. Fourth track Wicked World felt more bluesy. Final track was alright just pretty long but I did get into the groove later in the song. Overall solid and I respect what it was doing at the time. I think I’d return to the album but not on a frequent basis. Also I consider 3 to be a solid rating
Started okay then all the songs blended for me. I had to listen twice to remember what I heard but I found it rather bland in general.
Enjoyed it quite a bit as far as music, lyrics and his voice. I’ve heard his songs before but I enjoyed the album and understanding that this is also his first album. I will listen to it more times.
It’s a solid album and I can understand the influence on current similar songwriting music more than I did before after listening. I don’t know that I would return frequently to it but I enjoyed it.
I don’t think I’d ever listened to this album all the way through just some tracks. The outstanding tracks on this album like Wild Horses and Brown Sugar were familiar and still enjoyed. The others the songs blended together for me as in I didn’t know what track I was on, but I still enjoyed it. The last two tracks started to really grow on me Dead Flowers and Moonlight Mile.
It has some fun tracks and I enjoyed the Jaques Brel cover, and the overall experimentation and energy
I enjoyed the album overall- Superstition, Maybe Your Baby, You’ve Got It Bad Girl, Big Brother, and I Believe I liked most. The other tracks I really wanted to skip but very solid album.
I love the way the first track kicks off the album. The first 3 songs are an excellent streak. Even the songs that are not hits were a nice addition- except I could have done without the last track and ended with Something In The Way. This was a 4.5 for me.
It wasn’t bad but none of the songs really stood out for me- maybe parts of songs like on Animal Farm and Picture Book. I still enjoyed it
I don’t mind the genre but this wasn’t my cup of tea
I wanted to like it and appreciate elements of the album but it feels like something is missing for me to really enjoy it and want to return to it. I understand the influence they would have especially knowing that Brian Eno and Bryan Ferry would go on to do their own thing and the people they would work with but as an album this was okay to me. It really highlights how the right pieces have to come together for it to be great. 2.5/5
I was hesitant to listen but it was more tolerable than I anticipated at first. I did get bored by the 5th track and I had a hard time just getting through the rest of the album.
My standout tracks were Mother and Synchronicity II. After Every Breath You Take I got a bit bored but generally decent album.
I had listened to a couple OMD songs in the past but never a full album until now. Listening through feels like a journey through landscapes. I love the way the vocals and the synths paint a mood. Some of the tracks remind me of contemporary songs I was listening to from a decade ago whilst this was existing in the 80s. I enjoyed every track and they all worked well together and I think that makes a subtle yet great album.
I love Nick’s type of voice - it’s the type of voice I want to hear and tends to ground me for some reason. I think I like that it is approachable and gritty and how it fits with the songwriting. I am a fan of Leonard Cohen and his way of singing and genre feels similar which is why I’ve enjoyed Nick Cave in the past. And yes I do really like Into Ny Arms.
You can hear the transition from the 80s to the 90s. Enjoy the Silence is my favorite track on the album. I think after a while the vocals become more monotonous to me and I started to tune it out a bit more but overall solid album.
I enjoyed the title track Cloud Nine the most. I hadn’t listened to the groovier The Temptation songs before and I was grooving. At I Heard It Through the Grapevine, it started to lose me a bit- it was not my favorite version but definitely a take so I could appreciate it. Runaway Child, Running Wild has some vocal moments that I find really intriguing like the “I want my mama” cry blending into the groovy sound. I didn’t love the song but definitely stood out to me as an experiment. The latter half of the album was less standout and I kept forgetting what I listened to. Last I’ll say I like the album art and how it fits the record. Solid
I enjoy the rock grit and the hype the band brings to the hits. I think the hits still stand as hits and are so obviously the standouts (even if they really do get overplayed).The rest of the songs fell very flat for me and some transitions were harsh which really brought down the album for me. The only one besides the hits that I could listen to was Nightrain. 2.5
If I were to paint of picture of the album sound it would just be the album art: technicolor at times, romantic, and a high contrast between the synth and the broody melancholy of 80s new wave. I typically love the genres within the album and I like New Order but I wasn’t necessarily blown away. I probably will come back to it though 3.5
The album has some great tunes I actually hadn’t heard before. Pyscho Killer has been an iconic song for me since I was a teen. I enjoy David Byrne’s style but it can get repetitive and it doesn’t work for every song. I generally enjoy how disjointed the lyrics feel at times especially when they work with the melody and the story. Also; album cover is so simple yet so recognizable. 3.5
I’m not very familiar with their discography but I enjoyed this a lot. I like their rap style and how they sample jazz, funk, and even The Beatles and iconically Lou Reed (did learn that they had to credit only him on Can I Kick It for the songwriting royalties). To start off with a baby crying and then tell us ““I don’t think it’s vital for me to be your idol but enjoy this recital” piqued my interest right away. I don’t think I’d ever heard a song introduce the next song pretty much every time the way the album did. I was grooving in my chair through most of this album and listening via my over ear headphones was key for me with this one. “It’s the nitty/grittty but my time is itty bitty” is my new motto. 4.5
Gah- exposing myself here but I have a soft spot for this era of Coldplay and at certain nostalgic melancholic moods I’m in, I like to return to it. I don’t really skip any and let myself be in the gooey Brit pop of the early aughts. 3.5
Nice and enjoyable album. Nothing in particular stood out for me in either positive or negative way.
Sorry to report that I didn’t really enjoy it. I thought I could but it was just fine. Only enjoyed small moments- which I think were mainly when other people were rapping. Also she’s faking it at “The Doctor’s Office”
I really do love some songs on this album: weird fishes, jigsaw falling into place, reckoner, house of cards, all I need. 4.5/5
I wanted to like it more and I respect the influence of the album. I also do like some of the tracks but their style of rapping for that many consecutive songs got a bit tedious for me. 2.5
First of all- great album cover, iconic and impactful. There are so many great songs amidst band turmoil and at the brink of members quitting the band is an impressive feat. My favorite tracks are Something, Oh! Darling, and I love the Golden Slumbers to Carry That Weight pairing. I listen to Polythene Pam the least but I started to hear a bit of a glam rock quality to it - very short song but good transition to next song. Not a single song on this album I’d skip.
I recognize the album cover but I wouldn’t have been able to name a single song that was on the album. However, I did recognize several songs. I enjoyed Bridge Over Troubled Waters and El Condor Pasa the most. Songs like Cecilia and The Boxer have elements I really like in the songwriting but the production wasn’t quite my taste to feel like they’re perfect. I do realize that I probably would really be into more subdued covers of those songs. I think the song I was surprised by the most was So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright- I read up a little on how Art had initially majored in architecture and asked Simon to write this yet Simon knew little about FLW it’s really about both of them breaking up the duo which is quite nostalgic and sweet. It also sounds more understated than the rest. I understand the love for the album and think it’s a good solid album. 3.5/5
I was surprised by some moments in the album where I enjoyed the samples, but overall the eclecticism of sound and rapping came off more chaotic to me and felt like a cacophony of songs. It could have a lot better with major editing because I do like the pink sound, rap and the jazzier samples coming together at points. On B Boys Makin’ with the Freak Freak: “Mike D with the vinyl with the grooves so rare, and the rhymes that we’re kicking are doo doo” - self awareness?
It’s a Funky psychedelic treat with darker, gritty and mellow tones. Very enjoyable and would love to dive more into it.
I never heard of them before- first off interesting album title. After listening all the way through- I really enjoyed the first half of the album but by the second half it got a bit tiresome. I can hear the parallels to A Tribe Called Quest but I think A Tribe Called Quest first album felt more instinctual and fun. This particular album I think got caught up in what it was trying to portray but perhaps this is just my interpretation for a first time listener especially when listening to these two albums closer together. 2.5
I really enjoyed the first Tribe Called Quest Album- this one wasn’t bad but I didn’t enjoy it at the same level. The sound on this album (a year later) definitely sounds evolved/more edited/minimal/slower paced from where they started. I personally enjoyed the journey the first one took me on much more. The influence they were to have on contemporary rap/hip hop is becoming more apparent by this album to me. Still a solid album but more repetitive to me than their previous album.
I get the appeal especially when it’s nostalgic and the talent associated with it but it doesn’t quite hit for me. There are elements that I could like but all together it sounds cheesy to me and uninteresting. Little Dreamer was the only one with potential for me to like if it was edited back and Ice Cream Man I liked a bit but it was a throwback sound for them not written by them. The album does not hold the test of time for me like many other albums still do.
Album was enjoyable- nothing notable except for songs that I was familiar with already but I don’t necessarily gravitate to. Out In The Street I think is a good precursor for later released songs and starts to have a bit of their stamp. Other tracks felt more generic and less original. I can see how it could stand out more when it was released, but albeit the classic status it holds, it’s not memorable or captivating enough to me as a whole.