Seems to be a surprisingly divisive album. I have enjoyed worse singers and more abrasive songs so that really didn't bother me. I've always wanted to get into Flaming Lips after hearing the yeah yeah yeah song and the golden path but never did. This seems like as good an album as any to start on. The goofy lyrics didnt really bother me.

I like X but this kinda fades into early 80s american punk white noise in my brain. Los Angeles I think has the more memorable tracks.

I thought I'd hate it but it turns out it's like the indie rock I never listened to when i was 15. It's dreaminess makes it feel nostalgic but about 20 minutes in I felt the songs getting a little same-y. I definitely feel the many 2 star reviews for this one. Disappearing is a deliciously 80s styled song, the slow driving drums and guitars are very Blue Nile, and the bassline is sort of Karn-ian. I like the transition between the haunting idle and burning, I just wish the two songs were a tad shorter. This album feels like it would've been a fantastic 30 minute or so EP rather than a medicore hour long album.

I can't really get into jazz, Brilliant Corners rolled right off my smooth brain and the only time I cried watching La La Land was out of boredom; but i do love the 60s, and there's something I can't quite place about 60s jazz that makes it easier to listen to. Perfect background music, I am at a dinner party, I'm in a Pink Panther cartoon, I'm wearing a turtleneck, I am the 60s.

1994 triphop got me actin unwise. I love the samples used, they're not overwhelming but add a cool vibe to the songs.

Great album but the crowd audio was a little distracting and a bit too loud at times

sounds like being stuck in church listening to some old guy talk to you for hours way too close to your ear. maybe i'm too young to understand, I gave songs from a room a real shot, but i just couldn't stand it. had to turn this one off and listen to some weather report.

i dont know why but early 2000s pop RnB makes me feel uncomfortable in a way i cant explain, maybe i got trapped in a cell phone in 2004 and never recovered. perfectly fine album but as other reviews pointed out I'm not sure the cultural impact of this to land it a spot in the 1001 albums list.

The audio is a lot nicer than the James brown live album I reviewed a couple days back, the crowd doesn’t get in the way of the music but still makes you feel like you’re really there. Just a very fun album, I don’t think you could feel bad listening to this.

i feel like there is not much that can be said about this album, just very solid and also part of my favourite turning point in music, they weren't the first or best but what they represent is massive.

100% would do the worst footwork to these songs, very fun

Keeping pigs together is a solid slightly dark vibe that sounds like the album cover looks. Sadly a lot of the album sounds like the chemical brother's c-sides, they lack that 'thing' that elevates them above background music. I feel like if you cut out songs 3-7 you'd have a very solid 30-minute album but the middle just sorta drags. I was thinking of giving the album a 3 but the thematic transition that happens after I stole Your Car changed my mind, the last 3 songs sound like they could've come out of a different album entirely.

Very solid, sounds quite 60s for it's time.

Heads will roll is an undeniable 2000s electro-indie banger. Interesting how the album slows down quite a bit after the first two songs, they're not bad though. I think skeletons is pretty good. wish i could give it a 3.5

I can't really say anything bad about deep purple, this is right up my alley. Waiter, waiter, more electric guitar and organ duets in my music please!

The uk may have had punk, but the us really had proto-punk. It's hard to say if I prefer the iggy or the bowie mix but I love the raw edge of the iggy mix. Fantastic all around.

A classic album. Not one i'd listen to but I respect the craft. I liked the cover of Groovin'.

Seems to be a surprisingly divisive album. I have enjoyed worse singers and more abrasive songs so that really didn't bother me. I've always wanted to get into Flaming Lips after hearing the yeah yeah yeah song and the golden path but never did. This seems like as good an album as any to start on. The goofy lyrics didnt really bother me.

Very solid album. I appreciate the length of it, there's a nice variety in the songs too.

It was alright, but i'm not big on 2000s rnb so it just wasnt for me

I feel myself flip-flopping on this album as i'm listening to it, is it enjoyable late-60s-early-70s psych grunge rock or some of the most boring music i've listened to for this challenge? I'd like to hope the primal scream-y grunge rock of the 90s this inspired is better than the album itself. I liked the instrumental track the best.

I don't like to admit it but I do love a lot of this album. It seems very post-punk but pre-punk, maybe moreso in it's influences in the new wave movement, when I hear Movin' Out it sounds like a lofi version of a Buggles Song. The Stranger's chorus also sounds almost Stan Ridgway. No wonder Daft Punk and everyone else had a field day with the sampling this album.

Great to listen to this after playing fallout new vegas

I like X but this kinda fades into early 80s american punk white noise in my brain. Los Angeles I think has the more memorable tracks.

Not the best radiohead i've heard but some of it sounds kinda like one of my old favourite bands, everything everything, so that's cool. Bit too same-y and a little bit long for me.

Banger after banger, screw everyone who got this review to under 3 stars average. You can really tell marc almond's punk background peeking through in some of the songs.