Reggae. By a French artist. Singing primarily in Spanish. Its very chill. Nice.
By itself, an album that stands on the merits, of maybe 3-4 songs, most of which use the charm of the shoddier production quality to their advantage. The rest of the songs other than–'Killer Queen', 'Flick of the Wrist', 'In the Lap of the Gods', and 'Bring Back Leroy Brown'– leave much to be desired. For an album touted to be one amongst the 1001 albums to listen to before you die, it doesn't have much offer in terms of memorability, offering a few stand-outs, that wash over the rest.
Down to the Waterline: Solid song to open the album. Perfect into to Knopfler's Guitar. 3/5 Water of Love: 2/5 Setting Me Up: 3/5 Six Blade Knife: It's a 3/5 Southbound Again: 3/5 Sultans of Swing: Classic. 5/5 In the Gallery: Funky-reggae fun! Mike Knopfler's Guitar. Gosh. 4/5 Wild West End: Sultans, but make it romantic. 5/5 Lions: 3/5
3.5 for sure, but I can't rate it that. 4 seems too much and 3 too little, but 3 feels more right, so with 3 we go. Every song is good, it really is, but there isn't a special sauce to any of them. Compared to the other things that Supertramp has put out, all the songs hold their own, but are drowned by their other works. On their own the songs in CoTC are very, very, very good. With amazing instrumentation and compositions that make it an actual listening experience. 7/10 for sure, High B, lower A tier album.
So good, so so good. What else is there to say? Not Stevie's best, that (imo) goes to Songs in the Key of Life, but you can really hear the sounds that inhabit that album being shaped here. Every song in Innervisions is good, some even catch your brain and hook themselves there. 9/10 Album.
4 chord, 4 min songs, with no need of forethought. World class production, because well of course.
metal.
real emcee shit. Ong.
Vampire weekend meets Fall Out Boy. Has a few stand out songs, and the rest exist and aren't an utter insult to the ears.
I see why it's called Plastic Ono Band, the uh- screaming gives it away.
Essential early 2000's pop-rock. Same sonic space as Imagine Dragon's early works. Solid 7/10.
What taylor swift ought to be. Singer-songwriter music that sounds authentic clean and real. Joni Mitchell is the godmother of folk, and we love her.
Madman. Hitmaker. John Elton.
Really is an LP, it kept on going for too long.
If The Beatles from the 'A Hard Day's Night' made a rock 'n' roll album. Throw in some modern production techniques and you have an album that's quite nice! 7/10.
Easy 7.5 - 8 album. It funk, it flow it smooth. The type of music you'd listen to getting a manicure done, ladies gossiping on the side, you leaving the place extra fine, and yo fingers with a shine.
Their debut album is what many bands' best album's sound like.
As remarkable as cream cheese.
Sexy bassline, but that ain't the baseline for an unforgettable album. Very interesting sonic ideas, great one time listen.
Easy 3.5. An amazing album top to bottom. Queen👍
6/10 fun listen.
I give it a solid four point five out of five Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Green Day, but make it british. Green Day's a late 80's band- isn't that wild?
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Ska Beatles, with punk tendencies.
Like if Brian Eno's atmospheric albums had a love child with ELO. Very cool listen. Background music in the best way possible.
It was very 'eh' like mashed potatoes, if it sounded like the constant droning of a chainsaw.
Easy 4.5 metal as f**k.
Muddy disco type of thing. A fever dream I couldn't wait to get up from. The sort of thing your sleep paralysis demon would listen to on TV at 3AM in between infomercials and softcore porn on the History channel.
Reggae. By a French artist. Singing primarily in Spanish. Its very chill. Nice.
Amazing debut album!
Aside from the first song, there really weren't any memorable songs. It was alright.
It's Abbey f***ing Road.
my head hurts!
West-African music is amazing. I love the almost meditative nature of the guitar and the percussion. I love it to bits.
They done good.
Queen Aretha, we bow.
So heckin' heavy. The grit, so fun! 3.8/5 for sure.
If a George Harrison album and a John Lenon album had a very harmonica inclined child. 3.6/5
Easy 3.9 or above, Baba O' Riley, Bargain and my tax evasion song, Going mobile.
Queen Mother never falters.