A rather poorly aged summery indietronica that puts the most emphasis on summery warm vibe rather than strong song progressions, which is already by itself a style of music I find it very difficult to care for. I can see it being a leisury and fun listen for people who generally have more patience for lo-fi cutesy indie tunes, but I'm not that type of person unfortunately. A Minha Menina is pretty great though, Sunshine and Sky Holds the Sun are also highlights.

Fun but a bit too long overall, also some of the rapping aged pretty awkwardly but most of it and the production are generally pretty fun. Wish it was more conscise more than anything.

Shockingly fun considering neo-psych isn't a genre I'm very much into. Some fun melodies and ideas sprinkled throughout which makes the record feel less like it's coasing off a single vibe and more like it's actively showcasing some fun progressions and ideas. Too bad second half doesn't keep up the momentum quite as well as I would've liked, but still glad I checked it out.

Can you imagine going to prison and finding out a day before your arrival Johnny Cash performed a concert there? And then getting to listen to this album and finding out what you missed out on? Christ that sounds more miserable than getting a sentence.

classic, goated

Decent background listen, some fun grooves but admittedly didn't focus too much since I was feeling like piss and poo yesterday. Am willing to revisit it in the future.

Depressing Sinatra still better but yeah the instrumentation and melodies on this one are insane, willing to give some of the most meh romantic writing ever done a pass.

The last awkward breath of the glam rock and roll and aged kickoff of more grunge-y sound that lacks any sort of exciting edge to it in either vocal performances or melody structures to not make you feel completely embarrassed for listening to it. Didn't finish it, aggrivating and exhausting listen in spite of some actual talented guitar work here. If it had like a tenth of the personality some of the significantly better bands that came after it had then maybe it would be at least passable, but as it is I don't want to hear this album ever again.

I'm not gonna pretend that I know Jazz in general, but I understand Cool Jazz even less. There's some great bass playing on here for sure, but the melodies and progression doesn't have enough oompf for me to make the music on this one consistently captivating. But again, I have no idea what I'm talking about, and I still appreciated it as a sophisticated background music, just not something I regularly actively engaged with.

ok no fuck this I can't make it past the 4th song on this album. I'm sure there are some nice melodies later down or whatever but this is some of the most insufferable rock I've heard in a while, and I was forced to listen to pearl jam just few days ago.

This album could be twice as old as it is and I still wouldn't be able to forgive it things like Ms. Aretha standing 10 meters away from her Microphone on Save Me. But few technical aspects like this aside - yes it's obviously absolutely phenomenal and goregous and awe-inspiring collection of soul music, with Respect being one of the greatest openers to any album in history.

Some of the best Metallica melodies, progressions and ideas are here. One might very well be the best metal song of all time. A LOT of conceptually great things are happening here. But that mixing... it's downright illegal, there are so many songs here that sound great in concept but in practice fall rather flat due to lack of depth (o7 bass) and proper rawness from the guitars that would give them some real punch. Works well enough for the prettier, more whimsical moments and passages - not so much for the headbangers.

Hsll yeah

While I'm a biiiiiiiit iffy on some of the more poppy and underdeveloped tunes here (but that might be a contrarian living in me), the epic scale and songwriting on the best moments here is nothing short of great. TVU influences, fantastic vocal performances, just loads of fun. Oh and obviously Life on Mars? is like one of the greatest pieces of music ever conceived or whatever but I sure hope I don't need to explain that one to anyone.

My beloved...

It's often scary to go back to albums of your childhood. Records that held a deep place in your heart over a decade ago, what if they lose their magic after all? What if it doesn't *work* the way it used to. Nah, not the case here. MTV Unplugged, you're every bit as powerful and beautiful as the day I've last heard you.

It's good, obviously, but the most important thing it did was make me finally bump Highway 61 to the 5/5 that it deserves. If any other folk songwriter tried to get by with these extremely limited and simplistic guitar melodies playing on and on for minutes on end across the entire album I would go back in time and supflex them until they learn how to make more compelling melodies. Luckily for this Dylan guy, he also happens to be one of the greatest lyricists that music has ever seen. So, like, he gets a pass. But only him. You're not Bob Dylan so don't try this. I see you.

My dad has a collection of about 300 vinyls, even more if you count the ones he sold at some point in time. Only approximately 7 of them are of albums released after 1990. Even more rarely, only *one* (1) of them is a hip hop album. That album is Public Enemy's It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back. Someone else can be bothered to talk about just how incredibly influential and important this record is for hip hop as a genre, or how timeless the messaging on here is. But in spite of a few moments where the album does show its age, it's an absolute benchmark in rap history and masterclass in what makes it such a culturally significant genre. One of the greatest of all time.

Between Baba O'Riley and Behind Blue Eyes there's a bunch of just kinda okayish fun typical 70s dad rock cuts. But uh yeah the beginning and ending of this album are some of the greatest in rock's history so, like, yea pretty decent I'd say

Well, that's the best record I've discovered in 2024. I guess there's a point to this list after all.

One of these greats in music history and absolute milestones for the culture as a whole. Some of the greatest lyricism of 20th century in music combined with the most versitilie, colorful and engaging soundscape Dylan has conceived up to this point. Like a Rolling Stone makes an unbelievably strong case for being the best written rock song of all time. Ballad of a Thin Man in some ways feels like groundwork for everything Lou Reed would write over the next decade. Desolation Row is one of the most enticingly captivating storytelling cuts of Dylan's career. It's not flawless, but damn if its not having some unbelievably powerful moments.

no

oooooh i'm going to graceland.