Yep. Bowie in the 70s is the best bowie. Every song on this album is a different genre and it’s gloriously weird.
I don't get it. I love jazz - always have, but admittedly have never enjoyed rock jazz. It always comes across as cheesy. Maybe it hasn't aged well with time, or maybe it's a generational thing, but man, oh man, this album just screams "I'm rich and i love to do cocaine. Come to my key party in the hills."
I dunno.... it's jazz rock. I think Steely Dan has done other more interesting works. This one... yea, incredible engineering and production quality - astounding. But the song writing just... it's boring, cheesy, and sounds really.... white. Like, this is what they would play in a Trump Tower elevator.
I mean… it’s an absolute new york classic that still holds water.
Banger when it came out. Still a banger today. Flava flav was annoying then. He’s still annoying today.
Huh. Wasn’t expecting this to be on the list. It’s a solid album, but i don’t recall it being the “innovative” Album so many did, especially given what the early 90’s produced. This seemed almost tame and ultra-accessible after loads of breakthrough, genre defying and defining albums and bands. Garbage was a safe band one could tap their foot to while proclaiming your “alt” cred.
It's an absolute classic. It. Is. So. Good. Great dinner time or late afternoon listening. Something about this album with the longer, warmer evenings just does it for me.
A haunting, beautiful, theatrical album. It's not my cup of tea, but i think all our parents would really enjoy it.
50 years is a long time. Seems like it would have been pretty revolutionary back in the day. I like stuff on the more experimental side, such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor and such, but that experimental side has to have some kind of melody and such to resonate with my own tastes. Not saying this album is bad - it isn't - it's just not for me. But i can understand how huge this would have been back in the day. Nice to see that it's still polarizing.
A potpourri of genres. Blue, country, rock, etc. They're all over the map on this one and it is absolutely delightful. Great album.
Admittedly, i am not a big blues rock guy, so i have always been luke warm on The Stones. But man… this album… it’s just… boring.
Yea. It’s decent. That’s about it. A star studded cast doesn’t make an amazing album.
I've always loved this Iggy album, though it is most definitely a Munich Bowie album. I'm not sure why it appeals to me so much... the lyrics are kinda... embarassing. But man, some of the hooks, the layers, etc... Still… great album and a significant step for Iggy post-Stooges. Honestly, he shouldn’t be alive. He should have been found in a back alley 50 years ago. I am convinced this album saved his life.
I mean.... it's The Chronic. Hard to understate how influential and pivotal this album is. I've never enjoyed the misogyny in gangsta rap, and the violence is something i've grown to understand over the years (being born and raised in an upper-middle class neighbourhood is quite a bit different than, you know, Compton, so the shit that I'd write about would certainly be different). But man, these songs still crank. The album still relevant, still makes you nod your head, and showcases how much of a genius Dre is.
You know, I've never listened to a Pretenders album, and I regret I waited so long. What a great album. Still sounds relevant. Has aged like wine. Just.... fantastic stuff.
I listened to it 5 times throughout the day. Absolutely lovely. Incredible musicianship; delightfully jazzy; emotionally charged. It's got everything. Going to have to pick this one up.
Absolute classic rock album which still slams. In the words of mitch hedberg "PJ Harvey used to rock. She still rocks, but she used to rock too."
Somebody in the reviews here said "Can you imagine being as bad at your job as the person who mixed this album?" Hilarious, given it was Steve Albini, one of the greatest rock producers of all time. Dude produced gritty, raw, right-up-yer-ass rock and roll. If you're not into that kind of sound, fair enough, but to say the producer was bad their job, and it's Steve Fucking Albini? Dumbest hot take I've heard this week.
Long time fav album from Nick. Still stands up. Get Ready For Love slaps H A R D.
Meh. I remember when this album came out... the whole Nu Metal thing was starting up with Korn and this whole sound was becoming the next big thing. While Manson wasn't quite what i would describe as Nu Metal, the conceptual nature of their albums starts to flirt a bit with that genre, while preserving his industrial roots.
I didn't like Marilyn Manson then, and I don't like them now. While I've always appreciated what Brian Warner has had to say about politics and society, the medium in which his message is delivered I've always thought was, to be blunt, lame. Shock for nothing more than shock's sake. A modern day Alice Cooper at a time when the internet was about to desensitize us to anything shocking. That Warner's continued to hold on to this image has always made me chuckle. So much of this seems like arrested development - the school kid trying to fly a big fuck you flag at his teachers from his Christian upbringing.
Give credit where credit is due, there's some bangers on this album, but on the whole much of it sounds the same, with non-stop attempts at trying to shock the listener more and more. It grows old, and thus grows boring. Less could have been much, much more.
It’s the Beatles. An absolute classic. Sure, we might be tired after hearing these songs for 60 years but c’mon, it’s a masterpiece.
Man, back in the day i was obsessed with these dudes. Great band creating really atmospheric, lovely sounds. Some good late night toking relaxation music. Need to be in the right headspace for this, most def.
Kanye West is... a difficult character, to put it mildly. A near protofascist; a person with an extreme narcissistic or other personality disorder; bipolar disorder; and the thousand other things. But here's the catch: he's still a musical genius.
This album is now 20 years old and it still sounds more fresh than almost anything out there. This album is an absolute banger. A classic of the genre. I imagine I will come across the other 2 of the trilogy here at some point, but man oh man. This album slaps soooooooo hard.
I find it amusing that people are reviewing this as some kind of Start Of Indie or something. This was very much _not_ the start of Indie, but was definitely Canada's biggest break into the scene.
This is still, today, my favourite Arcade Fire album (with The Suburbs as a close 2nd). It's 20 years old and still stands up. Great album from a great band, and if you ever get a chance to catch their live show.... _do it_. These songs fill any size venue, from small club to giant outdoor stadium.
Everything Rolling Stones wishes they could have been.
Good melodic metal, which at times starts to sway into the radio-friendly'esque hard rock sound of that era. Perhaps it's revisionist on my part, but those few songs have not aged well. Overall it's a good album, worth picking up and having in a collection, but I'll admit I'm having a hard time shaking those few songs.
yea, good album. Will pick it up.
I was never a 90's R&B fan, and that's still the case. But the songwriting and production of this album is worth listening to. Still wouldn't buy it, and I'll likely never listen to it again, but it was fine.
