Fantastic sound and energy! With fierce climaxes and great flow. The only song I didn't care for was the closer, a 16 minute drum solo. It's obviously great musicianship but just goes on for far too long for my tastes. The album is otherwise a wonderful listen.

Fra første sekund mangler Velvet Underground sitt tredje album den soniske eksperimenteringen til John Cale. Dette blir omtrent gjort opp for med Doug Yule sine nydelige harmonier, som står i perfekt kontrast med Lou Reeds råe stemme. Han er også en sympatisk hovedvokalist i det nydelige åpningsnummeret Candy Says. Sterling Morrison og Moe Tucker er essensielle, dog diskré. De gjør enormt mye med veldig lite, som er hele gruppens etos. Morrisons varme soloer får frem det beste i sangene. Tuckers primitive tromming gir enorm energi til råkkerne What Goes On og Beginning To See The Light. Også hennes synging på After Hours har en genuin skjørhet og uskyld. Reeds lyrikk utforsker universelle emner som kjærlighet og ensomhet. Hele hans personlighet skinner gjennom sangene, også når han gir vekk mikrofonen til andre medlemmer. Fra første til siste sang skapes skjønnhet og dybde gjennom enkle ord. Hele veien gjennom er albumet upretensiøst og engasjerende. Ikke nødvendigvis det mest sonisk banebrytende VU albumet, men alltid en fryd å høre på. Gjennom hele gruppens uendelige sjarm er dette albumet tidløst. Pluss langt kulere enn de fleste klassikere.

I love the sparse instrumentation and the gentle sound of this album. He has a very pleasant voice that blends wonderfully with his understated guitar playing. The pacing is also perfect, which sure is important for a concept album. I'm generally not a huge fan of concept albums, and country isn't my favorite genre either. Red Headed Stranger is nonetheless beautiful, cohesive, and captivating all the way through. I'm quite sure this album will grow on me. :)

Paul Simons songwriting seems to lack any kind of subtlety. His melodies and tunes are beautiful and creative, but his lyrics rarely goes above being merely servicable. There's nothing wrong with it. I've just never found anything under the surface if his lyricism. All is groovy, ba da da da da da da. The Dylan parody is insipid and, dare I say, cringe. Making Silent Night the closing song is puzzling, and makes for a very weak ending I think. Otherwise the songs were nice, with several highlights like Homeward Bound and For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her. But as the album is barely 28 minutes long the songs just come and go with too little time to make a big impression. Sometimes the production gets a bit too mawkish, but the album generally sounds good and their voices blend nicely. The wonderful harmonies may be the greatest thing about the album. All in all, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme didn't do anything to change my view of Simon and Garfunkel as a group: nice harmonies, some great songs, very commercial, a bit milquetoast. 28. 05. 2024

That harmonica is whack

Some mighty fine music ! Yes, mighty fine indeed !

Behagelig musikk som passer fint både foran og bak i sinnet ditt :)

Nearly all of the songs sounds the same, with those bassy riffs just plodding on and on. I get that they want to sound very big, but they sound like nothing at all. The melodies are forgettable. The lyrics are trite. "Oh, my next girl, yeah / Will be nothing like my ex girl" made me lol. There is very little about Brothers that i enjoy. Predictable and safe music. It makes me think of going to the mall. I'm sure their songs have soundtracked plenty of Apple commercials.

I suppose this album would make a bigger impression on someone already familiar with Van le Man. It’s also a bit too long à mon avis. But the entire album is an amazing performance.

That coy little take on Satie effectively drew me into the atmosphere. Afterwards there's a seamless blending of genres. Flutes, horns and organ all weave in and out nicely. As soon as a motif is getting stale, they change the energy level and go somewhere else musically. The rhythm section truly shines throughout the album. I don't know the first thing about jazz, but I found the drums and the bass very engaging. The vocalist is nothing special. He didn't do much for me. And the album started to really drag on the 11 minute blues jam. It felt out of place and got a bit grating. I wasn't exactly looking for their take on Sunshine of Your Love. A weak-sauce ending on a solid album, I'll say. 07. 06. 2024

Never been a fan of rap so I'm not going to pretend my opinion on it matters. The album was fun to listen to throughout. The production is solid and "Le Cube" has good - watcha'ma'call'em - "flow". You can immediately tell that he cares about what he's talking about. The interludes are inessential in my opinion. The album is otherwise thoroughly entertaining. But I doubt much of it is going to stay with me.

Sleek and pleasant the whole way through. Most of the songs sound completely nondescript, but the tight harmonies and competent instrumentation keeps it chugging along. I'm sure the Eagles made better albums.

Creative and relentlessly groovy ! They're so much FUN to listen to ! Brian Eno's production sounds effortlessly fresh. David Byrne's voice can get a little too off-kilter sometimes, but that's alright. He more than makes up for it with his dorky personality and distinctive songwriting. Great album ! Great vibes !

A bit of a boring listening experience.

Fantastisk musikk.

Quite nice ! The opener is fantastic. I love the instrumentation and the mellow vibe which flows throughout the album. Welch has a steadfast presence. I found the songs to be enjoyable, if a bit generic. The sole exception is My First Lover, which is the most grating pile of steaming garbage I’ve heard in a long time. Some of the songs also go on too long and get a bit samey. But all in all the album is quite nice c:

Absolutely enthralling, with not a single weak track. The Downward Spiral is just as powerful and honest as ever. A dirty and cathartic masterpiece. <3

I found the first couple of songs a bit weak, but the album really got going by the time "Lovesong" and "Lullaby" blessed my ears. The album justifies its length pretty well, as there's a lot of great songs throughout the runtime. Though a few of them go on for a bit too long. But I do get what they're going for. e.g. the title track starts out as just alright, but just keeps on building and building until you can't help but get lost in the dark expanse of their beautiful soundscapes. I find that Robert Smiths voice can get a tad whiny sometimes, like on "Last Dance", but he is mostly a brilliant presence throughout the songs. I'm also not the biggest fan of that mushy, echoey 80s production, though it didn't diminish my enjoyment while listening. The beautiful sounds and the thick atmosphere they create greatly overshadow the minor gripes I have with the album. I enjoyed it very much and look forward to hearing more of their discography : )

En heftig spennende introduksjon til PJ Harvey. Jeg gleder meg til å høre mer av henne ! :)

His low voice and the lovely production makes listening to the album calming yet impactful. Callahans lyrics are engaging. My favorite song was "Too Many Birds" as it has solid guitarwork, what sounds like a nice fiddle and some particularly fabulous songwriting. I appreciate that Callahan is conveying some big themes through metaphors of animals and such, but I couldn't catch too much of it. All in all a beautiful and serene album : )

All Hail the Queen is novel and fun and funkayy. Nonetheless, it's unable to rise above the inherently dated production and style.

Great playing and some solid melodies, but I cannot stand those vocals. I also find the lyrics overwrought. Not for me, sorry :P

Det siste og mest velpolerte mesterverket fra de fabelaktige fire. Her er de på høyden av sine krefter, som mestere av studioet. Låtskrivingen er enestående. Medleyen når høydene til "A Day in the Life". Produksjonen er sublim. Gitarspillet, basslinjene, trommingen og harmoniene er alltid både elegante og mektige. Ringo og gutta bukker og takker for seg.

The only thing I knew about The Killers before listening was that time vocalist Brandon Flowers happened to be on Skavlan together with Richard Dawkins and was sort of ambushed into fiercely defending his lifelong mormon faith. Poor guy got pretty agitated. Plus I remember his stilted cover of "Got My Mind Set On You". I therefore tried hard to go into the album open minded. They've obviously got some solid hooks on some of the songs. I find the production too compressed and rather lifeless, and that filter on Flowers' vocals was ok in the beginning but started to really grate on me halfway through. The album is also extremely frontloaded, and gets progressively less interesting as it goes on. It's adequate 00s rock heavily dragged down by sterile production and lack of variety. There's just not much to it, as far as i can tell.

Tremendous playing. Absolutely lovely to listen to : )

Wonderful production and great musicianship. I especially enjoyed the drum solos and fills. Definitely an ambitious debut, however it ends up as far too self-indulgent for my taste. Few of the songs are memorable. Those horns ended up being gratuitous after a while. And I love guitars, but "Free Form Guitar" was a bit of a low point. The music felt largely meaningless in a sense.

Winehouse had a fantastic voice, and she really knows exactly how to use it on this album. She's always a lot, and never too much. The instrumentation is groovy and leaves a lot of space for her performances. The tactful pacing also makes the listening experience quite enjoyable. My favorites were the more laid back "Cherry" and "Help Yourself". I also appreciated the humor in songs like "Fuck Me Pumps". No big duds or criticisms, really. But there's similarly not much that elevates the album beyond "enjoyable".

I've never been able to enjoy Thom Yorke as a singer. There's something I despise about how he doesn't properly enunciate any consonants ever, so he just endlessly wails indecipherable vowels. It's a style of singing that seems to have gained popularity in recent years. I just cannot stand that high-pitched yowl of his. The album is otherwise ok. Some interesting electronic sounds sputter along. Endlessly vague lyrics. The occasional burst of energy in the otherwise withdrawn and limp songs. Yorke continues his irritating whine whilst I continue to miss the supposed greatness of this group.

lmao no

It's oh-kay 90s rock. I don't know, none of it tickled my ears in too spectacular a fashion. A couple of nice songs in the middle. I did appreciate what sounded very much like a Theremin in one of the songs. Also I'm not so big on Zappa, but that album title is exactly 29 years past the expiration date lol.

Solid kjøtt og poteite råkkenråll, til tross for pedofilien.

Finely produced, bordering on sterility. They have some delightful melodies in a lot of the songs. It's sort of prog lite, which I really don't mean as a negative. They aren't self indulgent and it's all pretty palatable. Though they are quite corny with the singing about school, theatre and Jimmy Cream. Plus the vocalist with the whiny voice was somewhat annoying.

God only knows why I've held off on listening to Bob Marley until now. That was so immediately lovely the whole way through. Like a buttery croissant. The production is stunning. The Wailers sound perfect. Marley is a great frontman, obviously. Much of what he's singing rings true. Listening to this left me feeling soothed and comfortable. What more could you ask for?

This is the second album of theirs I've listened to and I'm happy to say I enjoyed it a lot more than the previous one. That first run of songs is brilliant. The opener and title track is obviously a true classic. Way to open an album. A lot of beauty throughout the album. The quality dips a bit towards the end. That live Everly Brothers cover is entirely superfluous, though I do get why they included it. Their harmonies are as silky smooth as ever. However, my one eternal gripe is that Paul Simons lyrics are as subtle as the Pregerson interchange. There's nothing beyond the surface. He undoubtedly writes gorgeous grade A melodies. And a lot of the time that's enough. But sometimes the one dimensional nature of his lyrics leaves me feeling hollow. Sometimes his lyrics make me think of Olive Garden and Tom Cruise films. He's the most AMERICAN songwriter I can think of. Not in a bad way, but also kind of in a bad way. lai la lai la la lai lai la la lai lalalala lai...

As my first exposure to Neil Young, it was more drab and shapeless than I expected. The album just kind of came and went. Nothing was displeasing to the ears, thoughbeit. Maybe it's the kind of thing that grows on you. I am excited to hear how the boomer of all boomers develops on further albums.

Gorgeous stuff. Warm shimmering sounds shine gently throughout this album. Elizabeth Fraser does have a very beautiful voice, though "The Voice of God" is definitely laying it on thick lol.

I dare you to try sitting still to this !!