Fun album with great dynamics. My favorite is D. C. B. A. 25
Drummer kicks ass
The boys are back in town baby
Should have ended with baby drives me crazy
I love either/or, XO, and Roman Candle. I always skipped over this one, not knowing much about it. I don’t think it holds a candle to the others. I found myself getting bored a lot, like during Junk Bond Trader, yet disoriented during songs like Everything Means Nothing To Me.
In the Lost and Found gave me a headache.
However, Wouldn’t Mama Be Proud is where it picked up for me. I started enjoying the album a lot more. Happiness/The Gondola Man is great. Better Be Quiet Now is classic Eliott Smith. The second half of the album saved me from giving the album a low rating. Bye and Figure 8 take you on a heady journey that almost sounds circus-like, like a dream.
I’ll more than likely stick to his earlier work. I almost gave it a 2, but the second half is a 4, so I’ll have to go with a 3.
Got my mojo working pt 2 got MY mojo working! Hot damn! Listening to this at my office job and I want to hop up and clap my hands and dance!
Classic blues album. Muddy waters is the man. And ima put a tiger on yo tank.
I can appreciate what The Prodigy has done for the vast space that is electronic music. However, after listening through this whole album for the first time (of course I’ve heard the singles), I can say that I found it fairly boring.
It doesn’t help that my electronic taste stretches into more IDM and experimental subgenres. But the songs on The Fat Of The Land tend to drag on longer than I’d like, leading to repetitive and predictable structures.
I strongly believe this is meant to be experienced live, considering the members are known to dance during their shows.
It’s wild how half of CCR’s stuff sounds like it’s straight out of the 50’s, then the rest sounds like classic early 70’s rock. Their influences clearly span several decades, and they know how to make a good tune. Even if it does sound eerily similar to their influences. Regardless, I can appreciate their musicianship.
It looks like this album gets a lot of hate on here. This was my first time listening and I really enjoyed it. The production is crisp. I love steely Dan’s mix of rock and jazz elements. Also Paul humphreys grooves are incredible. As a drummer, I can’t help but notice his playing in the pocket. The title track or Home at Last are tied for my favorite track.
I’m a fan of Funeral, The Suburbs, Reflektor, and even their soundtrack for the movie Her (check it out, amazing film). However, I’ve never listened to Neon Bible, so I was excited to dive in.
The first three tracks were forgettable, except for the repetitive “Neon Bible,” which I wish was forgettable.
However, Intervention was a nice change of pace that reminded me of arcade fire’s charm, and everything thereafter opened up more.
Ocean of Noise ended beautifully. As did The Well and the Lighthouse. And I love the strings, dynamics, and high stakes in No Cars Go.
Unfortunately, it has little replay value for me, except for like 3-4 songs.
Young Americans
Didn’t know Bowie got into soul and R&B. So that threw me off. But I also do not know a lot by Bowie aside from Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory.
I’ve never really gotten into his stuff. Found it to be overrated and uninteresting. This isn’t any different.
Not for me
Try and love again has some nice harmonies. Other than that, it’s okay. Not my thing.
I feel like labeling this as R&B/Soul is a bit misleading. A lot of it just sounds like pop. I found a good bit of it to be obnoxious. I enjoyed sir greenwood but that’s it.
What a great album. It deserves several listens. I actually was not initially into it due to the first track. I don’t know what it was, might just not have been in the mood. But I dropped it and didn’t get back to it for a few weeks and man was I missing out.
Living for the city tells a great story and I love a song that does that. Also don’t you worry about a thing!? I used to sing that as a kid and never realized who it was. Thanks Mr. Wonder.
Only having heard Marvin Gaye’s biggest hits, this was my first time listening through one of his albums. It made me want to learn more about his life and wow. I know I am late to this but that’s insane his father shot and killed him. How terrible.
He has a lovely voice and this album is full of love and soul. I also was surprised by his love for God. Did not know he sang about such things.
These guys were meant to play in the 80’s. That’s not a negative comment though. They just were born later.
I am sort of surprised that this album was recommended from this site. I enjoyed it but considering their more prolific contemporary The Vines existed, I’d rather just listen to them.
However, I will listen to the album some more and it may end up growing on me more. Not sure if I think it’ll be higher than a 3/5 though.
This album is not bad by any means, but it’s certainly not groundbreaking either. I hear a lot of influences and nothing very original. But I can’t give it a 2/5.
Incredible album from one of the best bands to exist.
Beautiful tragedy. Jeff Buckley was an incredible musician, writer, and singer. Grace is one of the best albums to come out of the 90’s. It’s a shame we won’t be hearing any of his new creations, aside from posthumous releases.
Haven’t revisited this one in ages. Still holds up. Not better than Sea Change or most of his other stuff for that matter, but still a fun listen.
Timeless album. Robert smith is a genius.
