Solid album, great lyrics. Slightly too little emphasis on the music; I prefer their later albums where the beats get a larger role, but nevertheless enjoy Licensed to Ill.
Definite banger, every song is a hit.
The edge has been dulled in the ~quarter century since it's been released, but the good songs are still REALLY good, and the not-so-good ones are still pretty great.
Can't dispute the musical talent and significance, but not quite my taste.
Difficult to rate it without bias. I'm very picky with country music, I honestly can't stand most of it. Except for (good) bluegrass and everything Dolly blesses with her presence.
I already knew some of the songs, and I'm glad I got around to listening to the whole album now, will definitely listen to it again in the future.
Not even the best album from Zeppelin, and still every song is a pleasure to listen to.
Great skill, underwhelming album.
The sound and overall vibes of the individual songs are great, and each song can easily be dropped into a playlist without breaking the flow. There are a few songs that I knew and liked even before hearing the album.
But listening to the album as a whole gets tiring. The flow between the songs is well done, but listening to 60 minutes of samples flowing from one into the other with the same vinyl-scratch-and-pop buzzing in your ear gets too much.
I wish I could give half stars; the album would be a 2.5. I'm rounding up instead of down because I like a lot of the songs for themselves, just not as part of the album.
They have a very specific and very likeable style, and they absolutely beat you over the head with it until you get bored.
I enjoyed (nearly) all of the songs, but got tired and bored by the time I reached the end.
I can't help but compare it to the last album I listened to as part of the project, Since I Left You by The Avalanches. Very different music suffering from the exact same problem.
2.5 stars. Rounding up because the individual songs are good, they were just doomed to live in a boring album composition.
Decent, albeit somewhat underwhelming album. Feels like The Subways got really high, and forced the Ramones at gunpoint to cover their songs.
I can *definitely* understand why they were so influential with such a heavy style in the 70s/80s (and I know it's unfair to compare them to the bands who built their music on this influence), but I wasn't quite as blown away as I expected to be based on the bands they've influenced.
Misleading title, the album is actually good.
It was interesting to hear more than just the one song everyone knows.
Reminded me of my high school years.
Fantastic instrumentation and lyrics, absolutely no wonder it became one of the most influential hip-hop albums.
Some beautiful compositions in the most monotone and boring album you could think of.
Too bad, because the songs are objectively good.
"Soon as I pull up and park the Benz
We get this bitch shaking like Parkinson's"
"That's when David Grutman kicked her out
But I got her back in and put my dick in her mouth"
Unbeatable lyrical genius.
The best part of the album was when it ended and spotify autoplayed DANGERDOOM.
Long time fan of Take Five, loved the rest of the album.
Good, easy listening music. Nothing particularly crazy, but a good listen.
Funnily enough I recognized some riffs that *definitely* influenced folk/folk rock bands I listen to.
Very difficult to rate 1-5. A little too experimental to me, but still well executed.
Enjoyable listen, but probably wouldn't put the album on out of my own volition.
Surprisingly progressive for the time, very enjoyable listen.
The lyrics had little to no relevance for me. I'm very picky with Pop and RnB music. Generally, I really dislike Beyoncés singing voice.
And yet: very fun listen, really enjoyed it.
It was fine, but underwhelming. Good tunes, but a little plain and repetitive.
I listened to shockingly little coldplay until now. It's a very good album, super enjoyable listen.
I get why, as one of the firsts, they were so essential during the establishment of the punk sound. Unfortunately still not really for me.
No one can convince me that the chemical brothers aren't some alien overlords that pick the perfect music to influence the genre with each generation.
I've only heard *of* them, never their music before.
And I'm blown away.
Their sound feels like like a lighter, more experimental-rock precursor to the prog-metal sound of bands like TesseracT, Haken, and Leprous.
Great songs, and a very nice composition for the album - it was a pleasure listening to, and I'll definitely be listening to more of their stuff.
Simon and Garfunkel with 7.3% more testosterone
Good album, but I'm not as blown as I expected to be. I only knew her everyone-knows-this hits, which are great, but I was slightly underwhelmed by the rest of the album.
3.5/5, I enjoyed the listen, but it's unlikely I'll listen to any of the non-hit songs again out of my own volition.
Bowie's Blackstar had sex with every alt-rock band from 2013 and this is their amalgamation love-child.
I missed the hype-train in my teenage years that would give me nostalgia goggles, and I didn't read up on Fred Durst until after I was done with the album, so I could listen to this without any bias.
Absolute cringe-fest lyrics with some really fucking catchy riffs.
Lenka singing random songs from the Scrubs soundtrack in the style of Alela Diane.
Very low key, easy-listening folk. I liked it.
Flawless, one of my all time favorites.
It's not that I don't enjoy their newer stuff too, but Damon Albarn being the "main act" on the album makes this peak Gorillaz to me.
The brits are invading again, and they did a good job.
I'm genuinely shocked at two things:
1. How big of an influence they seemed to have had. From Frankie Valli through The Presidents of the United States to goddamn South Park, I kept recognizing tunes I've heard in newer compositions.
2. JIMMY PAGE AND JEFF BECK?
As a long-time Goldfrapp fan, it feels unfair to the other bands when I rate this.
Nevertheless, very good album. You definitely need to be in a specific mood for it, but the first 10 seconds of the first song already put me in it.
The title didn't lie.
I love the mood switch right in the middle - it goes from lovely upbeat swing to soulful blues.
Great classic rock. Not entirely to my taste, but nevertheless easy to appreciate.
Pleasantly surprised, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Not entirely my taste, but still a solid album.
Fun punk-ish music, but the entire album is just one song on repeat.
2.5, rounded up to 3 because it's not bad, just boring.
Not the biggest fan of JP, but nevertheless a fuckin banger
