Meandering. I'd hate to be the bass player playing the same thing for 10 minutes. Otherwise good in the background
Gold. Simon’s guitar playing and songwriting with world bass and drum rhythms. Great songs for decades to come
Super talented debut. So lyrically angry but controlled.
Joni Mitchell is not for me. I can appreciate the songwriting and lyrics but it all just sounds the same.
Had this as a cassette in my youth. Lots of filler so lots of skips but some great songs and I enjoy Cyndi Lauper's vocals and writing (mostly)
My least fav of the Hendrix experience studio albums yet still phenomenal. Songs are tight and poppy for Jimi (except EXP).
It's Elvis. A few standout tracks. Good production. Tight backing musicians.
Great album.
Not sure how this wasn't on my radar back then. Maybe cause it's West Coast and that was a bit too gangsta for middle of Canada me. Now I put this one on and pretty quick, I'm like this a Public Enemy album with Ice Cube rapping. Very political. And look up the production and its the Bomb Squad. Throw in some Flavor Flav and Chuck D in the middle. This would have worn out my CD player in 1990.
Not the The XX album I’d put on or tell people to listen to at all. Couple of great songs that I’ll listen to multiple remixes of on repeat. But more indie club sound rather than a great album. It’s probably a 3.5 for me.
The style grew on me over time. Can see it as soundtrack to certain shows or films. But sounds a bit like a gospel choir mixtape.
Post punk craziness. Like music made for Peter Pan's Lost Boys but they are all post pubescent manchildren. It's okay to here once in my life and the occasional Adam Ant song in the future.
I'll give it a 4. Some nostalgia. But over all great album with a thematic concept. Plus being Canadian and all that. Loses some of the luster with the latest Butler allegations.
More of a 3.5. Great lyrics, social commentary and pre-grunge guitar. Gets better with relistening. Biggest drawback is the sound and production. Sounds like a bunch of guys getting together to do demos before laying down tracks. Its part of the aesthetic of certain Neil Young albums but....
Just under a 5 (I'm looking at you Jamaica Jerk-off and Roy Rogers) but then probably could have been a single album. Lots of really special songs and arrangements here. In general, I am a causal Elton John fan but this is definitely one of the greatest albums
Good musicians and songwriting but just lacks something. I have a friend who told me to listen to Beta Band way back when but if you just can't get hooked on 1 or 2 songs it becomes a bit of a slog.
First two Coldplay albums were great.
My fam Jimi Hendrix album. Being a double album at 1 hr 15 min is pretty tight for a guy who grew up during the CD era (most RHCP single discs are over an hour). Even the meandering songs hit it for me as they are offset by some tight blues soul numbers.
I can see how CAN influenced some of my favs like Mogwai and LCD Soundsystem. I willing to take a dive into the other two of trilogy but its half good half off the rails.
I love Wilco but its still rare that I put on Being There over other albums. A great showcase for his songwriting but a bit long. Not the one I'd recommend for someone I'm trying to get into Wilco but still great to me
Given his voice, it is difficult to listen to Leonard Cohen's songs back to back but as background music I wouldn't complain. Of course the lyrics are phenomenal but it shows why his songs in different hands are so striking
One of my favourite albums of all time. And for those complaining about "cultural appropriation" read around the making of the album. Music should be something that brings people and cultures together and it does.
Meh. Another post punk album that's not for me.
Great voice. Great production. Backup singers showing sisterly love.
I like Morrisey as a singer not a person. But why this album is one to listen too, who knows?
Especially given his first two have Stephen Street.
Just too much piano for me. I can recognize the skill and talent but one and done
Chicago blues. Well produced. Good synopsis of some classic blues.
Teen me loved it. Smiths extension. Stephen Street cowriting much of it and delicate guitars from Reilly gave a different vibe to the Moz’s mopeyness. Still gets an occasional play as an adult
Every now and then, I'll listen to Meat Puppets 'cause they do have some well written songs. And then I'm reminded everything is a bit disparate. Very progressive for what was a mid 80s hardcore band but the album lacks as a hole. I'd rather listen to country punk by Violent Femmes, hardcore by Fugazi, and REM for guitar driven indie rock. Maybe just needed some polish or the right production. I will still return every now and then to try again.
As someone who liked Deerhunter's early stuff, this was a hard sell at the time. I do like Desire Lines, Helicopter and Coronado.
Very talented multi-instrumentalist. And something to only listen to once in a lifetime
Back ground music at a dive bar. If I was attending blues night and this was the band I'd be impressed and say they're tight. Only thing that would be better is more guitar just like "You Can't Sit Down"
Its good cause its The Police. Rhythm, crazy guitar chord progression, all on point. Just overall okay as an album though other than mining the hits off of it. Its probably a 3.8. At least it doesn't have Mother on it.
4.5 Really. Love R.E.M. and its like they sprung fully formed with trademark arpeggios and lyrical melodies. Only loses a bit of steam on the second half songs before closing with a shout chorus of West of the Fields.
Great singer and artist. Maybe the album is a bit overrated as it was her last one and most polished of her solo and Big Brother work. Things were heading in a direction that would have been even better though
Was thinking I would rate this lower but re-listening for the first time in a long time gives me some good vibes. In retrospect, might be the most enjoyable complete Foo Fighter's album for me. Maybe because the non hits are just straight forward fuzzed out rock vs some of the filler songs that don't do it for me on their later albums.
David Bowie's excellent production and an energetic yet restrained Iggy Pop made this one an excellent listen. Not sure how often I would put it on in the future but I do know where the standout tracks on it came from. Closer to 3.8 for me
Beyond the first two songs, which are amazing, just filler.
Great album. I do believe Gran Turismo is the better album, Not quite a 4. Probably a 3.8 but a very enjoyable listen with a wonderful playfulness. Tightly written pop-rock songs and always showing off their love of Sabbath. (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is a delightfully playful upbeat rendering of the original)
Not for me. Warbly. I remember when the first two albums came out and I tried to get into Antony and the Johnsons based on critical reviews. The honest highlight for me our the horns on the last minute of "Fistful of Love"
Its fine. I will never put it on again. I'm neither a Rolling Stones' hater nor a stan but its too bad you can't just listen to Hot Rocks. Either way when I wanna listen to some Stones I'll put on Exile on Main Street first, Sticky Fingers second, Let if Bleed third and Beggar's Banquet in a pinch
My colleague loves Adele. When 19 came out it was unique and cool and was also my Kate Nash era. Now its fine. She's and incredible singer. But the constant over the top vocal theatrics and sameness just get to be too much. I'll stick to hearing the occasional single and maybe switching channels depending on my mood.
Lo-fi grunge gold. I did not dislike any song on this album though my years of being an angsty teen are behind me. Not something I'll put on frequently but I'll keep it as a resource for when I want some grunge not from the usuals. Thanks for saving SubPop Mudhoney.
Wish I could play like Bert and great influence on UK folk but the songs get a little repetitive on this first lofi home recording.
Interesting how what was loud and metal at the time gives more of a hard rock vibe now. Classic though. Currently would sit in my music to vacuum the house genre.
Its fine. It's Curtis Mayfield. Good but not the album I would put on if I'm craving Curtis Mayfield (Curtis would be it).
So good. a jazz-funk masterpiece and those synth bass lines just heralded a new era.
Has some really really high points. A lot of Pink Floyd feel. But the concept and the covers coupled with the length dragged it down. I'm sure if I was a 80's Brit wanting to overthrow the government but not be a punk, I would have loved it
Great album. Loved it during that time. On relistening, some of the twinkly songs have lost some of their luster or else would be a 5
I'm always a bit trepidatious with live recordings especially older ones, but this is top notch. Sarah Vaughan is a phenomenal jazz vocalist and is top notch here. The few parts that do remind you it is live are whimsical. Jimmy Jones, Roy Haynes and Richard Davis are obviously great in support. It's more of a 3.5-3.8 but I'm giving it a 4/5. I'm more likely to put on a studio recording of Sarah Vaughan's but this was a quick treat.
Classic. Would have been a 4 and a bit before the 50th anniversary last year. After repeated relistening's and reading around the making it stepped it up to a full 5. If in doubt, I just have to remind myself of the 7/4 time bassline of Money.
NY by way of LA. Loose, fun but groundbreaking.
Don't even have to listen . But I did twice. Sorry to Radiohead haters. I love the production, sounds, themes, guitars, feels of OK Computer so much.
A great musical history footnote and likely an influence of all my favourite bands from the 80's. But also pretty long and at times medicore. Some songs are just amazingly written and I hear them and say this would be great to cover. But as an album meh.
An interesting listen indeed. I love Paul Simon and the best songs on this album would be my least favourites on his greatest hits album. They’re still well written and have great musicianship but just miss that something. Listening critically to the other songs was eye opening as well. “That’s a great bass line” “those steel drums rhythms and melody are so cool” But then it falls flat. Maybe the lyrics. Maybe the lack of anticipated harmony with Garfunkel before he bounced. Glad things came together on Graceland
More of a 3.5 but high school university me loved it.
Two live albums of space rock. Which sounds like old doom metal or stoner rock. Not bad and I’m sure it was something to see live. Just never going to listen again. I do like the occasional Hawkwind song
2.5 maybe. Most of it sounds like two college students playing around on synths. Lots from that era already sound polished and great. Obviously the bangers are generational
Always admired The Cars and Ric Ocasek as a tight band and producer (see Weezer, Nada Surf, No Doubt) but don't think I ever put on this album or any Cars album fully. Probably heard it in the background when I was a toddler. This album is tight. Sure some new wave influence but Power Pop city. Catchy as F, guitars forward. Short and sweet from front to finish.
Yep. Sounds like Echo and the Bunnymen. Well crafted sounds and excellent musicianship but I'll stick to the songs I know when I want to listen to their brand of post punck
Not for everyone but definitely for me. Recently did a chronological run of REM albums during a work day and got to the end of Automatic for the People. Green was the first REM cassette I bought but I burned this vinyl from the library. It just rocks and has fire.
Its Little Richard. Reptitive and a little wild but iconic
Very good. JUst have to be in the right mood for engagement so not something to put on very everyday listening. Of course as background it also works.
In the era, this is one of my favourite albums. Great songs. Masterful breakup album. Twenty some years later a bit repetitive as the it progresses but still top notch songs and instrumentation
