Good effort back when Grohl \"looked like a horse-faced lesbian\" and he played like it was his one shot (who knows if he’d gotten a second one). second half loses some of the initial punch, but the overall feel is a fun and packs lots of 90s nostalgica.
Very good. mocks the nostalgia for an England already vanishing in the '60s. Ray Davies turned from American rock fantasies to English jangle; on the outside that is critique of modernity wrapped in catchy tunes. Songs to a past that was never as rosy as ppl remember.
It is said this is where Stevie Wonder broke free and proved he's more than just another Motown puppet. "Superstition" still rocks, "Maybe Your Baby" is groovy but drags, and the rest oscillates between great soul funk and filler. Lyrics are sugary but hey, it's soul! Wonder's middle finger to anyone who doubted his genius, but his masterpieces came later.
Great record. Great ballads. Set of first four songs is simply outstanding.
Pure gold. Like an exquisite renaissance painting, capturing the room. Think of it more like a field recording - conserving a time/vibe/culture. Cash had tons charm and obviously having a great time with the unique setting/audience. Sounds is raw and fitting. Don't think live album, one of the best recordings of all times.
Fantastic title track, clearly. This was recognised and someone basically went, hey, let's make an album - this is an engine powerful enough to pull a goddamn train of an album. The result, the rest of the songs is just pulled along unremarkably. It doesn't hurt to have it in the background while the world passes you by. This band can play, they do, but there's just not much else here. The whole drama is captured on the cover: A pile of veg of the kind that essentially supports other parts of a dish.
Lightweight commercial "rock". Sorry, I can't. Nothing much to find here. Ah, and I don't care about the corny-ass talk box.
Maybe it's just me and my mood, but I couldn't quite sit through this one. Couldn't dig it any less. Overproduced, pretentious, self-important and void of any humor. To make a small point: A harp, a skull and a clock on the cover, those closed eyes... and all in earnest, c'mon. Plus all those teacher-making-art lyrics "Mephistopheles is not your name / But I know what you're up to just the same". Alot of the music is actually really interesting/strong in parts. But it's so distastefully dressed up that I just can't do it. Sorry.
Is "Wrote for Luck" a great song? Yes, it is. Does it justify a whole album? Not really. It would work wonderfully as an EP, but that's not how things were done at the time. The other songs just bleed into each other way too much. Lazyitis is also a good song though.
Nothing really wrong with it, pleasant in the background. But also nothing that grabs your attention. Like finding $10, a good thing for sure, but whether it happened or not, whether it is in my life now or not, it makes no real difference. all too safe for my taste. Music to take out the garbage, do your taxes and mow the lawn.
The equivalent of the plain lettuce salad with lukewarm water, but one of the best you've ever had.
Simply excellent. 1978. Funky, groovy, way ahead of its time, intelligent, catchy. Brian Eno produced. All in all f***ing cool.
Warm, fuzzy summer vibes, good for any time of day. It’s catchy Big Star-style major key rock, sounding kind of loose and tight and polished and retro at the same time. The music flows like a lazy river, winding from track to track, and while not every song is strong in itself, the whole package holds together in a nice tension. Oh, be sure to check out the remaster, much better.
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The whole thing obviously does not sound modern in 2024, and the angel choir seems a bit out of place after all these years. That said, Ray Charles' voice is phenomenal and there's certainly high quality here. All in all, hard to pin down. It feels like a Christmas album without being one to me.
So much fun.
This one's a bit unusual. Undeniably cool, fun, and great in many ways. Then again, it didn't age particularly well, and I don't see myself spinning it often. Not for everyday use, but very glad it exists. No Madvillain without this. Certainly expanded the genre's scope in an good way.
YES!
Stylish in every aspect, but lacking substance, so I don't see myself going back to it much, although it's certainly fun.
Very good stuff. loved this way more than I thought I would.
Almost too tasteful, but thick grooves here. Music for the good stuff, sex, dreaming, taking long walks etc.
Ooh Come on, right on, now Ooh, oh, c'mon, stay I feel alright Yeah, I feel alright Ooh Uh, lemme in Hey, lemme in Hey, bring it down Uh
I guess this is the music you need to cope with the traffic in dense urban Indian areas. Kitschy pastoral landscapes to muffle the world screaming at you.
When it's good, it's good, no doubt - but not all material is. Hardly surprising with 28 tracks. Kill your Darlings, Robert.
Actually starts at "Start". Two tracks as foreplay. Overall very good.
The World Is a Ghetto—that’s why.