Some great classics that are always fun, but also a few skips. Good overall.
Perfectly listenable, but not something I will personally listen to.
Likable and charming, some real classics I might keep listening to.
Ehhh, huh. Hated this. The guy voice is awful and none of the songs have anything interesting going on. Kinda skipped my way through it.
Din like it. Not god-awful or anything, but even with it being pretty experimental, I did not really find it interesting at all. Some songs were straight unlistenable tho.
So much energy bursting from this. Disc 2 is mostly repeats and I didnt really care for Lucille, but I otherwise thought it was great. What a classic rock album should feel like.
Not really that into the reggae sound, but this was enjoyable enough. Consistent quality.
Why? Why again? :(
Best song: Shabby Doll
Worst song: Town Cryer
I like the 80s neon aesthetic, and it is fun with the grimy street youth feeling. Still feels a little too safe and similar sounding, and a lot of the songs are totally uninteresting. Thought it was fine, but not good enough to give 3 stars, probably.
Best song: Tainted Love
Worst song: What?
Best title: Sex Dwarf
Pretty good. Doesnt reach the hights of some of the classic beatles albums, but works well as something additional to listen to once in a while.
Best song: imagine / jealous guy
Worst song: Its so hard
Pretty enjoyable, definitly a vibe. Its difficult to find something more 80s than this.
Best song: Rio
Worst song: My own way
Geee, why am I still here? Just to suffer?
Best song: No Dancing
Worst song: (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
What your grandma listens to. Also, a surprising number of the songs are about killing his wife.
Best song: What I Don't Know
Worst song: One More Name
Pretty entertaining and goes down easy. Mmm
Best song: Don't Look Back in Anger
Worst song: Champagne Supernova
Like the acidy, laid back feeling of a number of the song, but it's nothing exiting. Passes by easily, but stays passed by.
Best song: L'America
Worst Song: The Changeling
Didn't like this as much as i thought i maybe would. Sonically, everything feels in place and the album floats by like one long experience as any good albums should, but nothing really sticks. None of these songs are songs I will think of for long.
Best song: Station to Statio
Worst song: TVC15
Not really the type of rap I usually listen to, but a good chunk of it is pretty enjoyable. I did find a few of the tracks to be pure earrape, however.
Best song: Lil' Ghetto Boy / Nuthin' But a "G" Thang
Worst song: The Chronic (Intro) / High Powered
Again, did not feel much for this. Definitly more good than bad and I might have been a little harsh on the last record, although I think my last assertion about standout tracks rings true here as well.
Best song: What in the World
Worst song: Warszawa
Pretty enjoyable. Fairly surprising that this album does not have more listens on spotify. The quality is consistent throughout and the instrumental work is impressive.
Best song: Riddle of the Eighties
Worst song: Liberty For Our Friends
Likeable enough, but it has nothing that bursts through the wholeness of the album and grabs you by the throat. I simply find myself longing for something more.
Best song: Village Green
Worst song: Starstruck
Pretty damn good. It's only some of the slower songs I find issue with, and I think the album ends on the worst possible note with a song I really don't like, but other than that I found a lot to enjoy.
Best song: Seven Nation Army
Worst song: It's True That We Love One Another
Otherworldy. The album cover perfectly encapsulates the unsettling paranoia that a lot of the tracklist evokes. Loved it.
Best song: Turquoise Hexagon Sun / Happy Cycling
Worst song: Rue the Whirl
Some somewhat likeable songs intermingled with some of truly unlistenable garbage. Have to admit that I only like genius of love because of Sunny.
Best song: Genius of Love
Worst song: Atsababy! (Life is Great)
It's not bad per say, but it is also not something i am going to listen to again. I appreciate the sound, but theres not much to gain outside of that.
Best Song: Cobra Bora
Worst Song: 808080808
Really good overall, the quality never really falls off. Impressive instrumental work with an inspired vocal performance that really seals the package. Complete.
Best song: Purple Haze
Worst song: Can You See Me
Starts off really poorly, but gains much from the smooth instrumentals. Love how muted the drums sound and its really fun when the pianist takes off, but I didn't really like the lead vocalist.
Best Song: Ride the Wind
Worst Song: Smug
Fantastic riffs, sweaty and smelly. Chef's kiss.
Best Song: Good Grief
Worst song: X-Static
Really theathrical, and, as such, right up my alley. Theres so much emotion and energy in just the lead vocalists voice, that it in itself pulls you into the experience.
Best Song: Mis-Shapes
Worst Song: Sorted For E's & Wizz
David Byrne has such a unique and defining voice. The music is mostly smooth and controlled while mixing in a lot of noises you dont hear often elsewhere, and Byrnes voice sails over it and makes it his own. Damn good.
Best Song: The Great Curve
Worst Song: Seen And Not Seen
Love the energy and the constantly distorted guitar. The four last song are rather weak though imo, and ends the album on a low point when the energy could have been better spread out. Still damn good.
Best Song: Mansize Rooster / Sitting Up Straight
Worst Song: We're Not Supposed To
I've kind of always liked Common, but I've also never really listened to him. His rhymes are very deliberate, at times this can be cool, but it can also get sort of boring. Still liked this album, but I'm not going to put that many of these songs on a playlist.
Best Song: Chi-City
Worst Song: Love is...
Very likeable, and when it is good, it is really damn good. Just the sort of sound you would expect from a band with "electric" and "orchestra" in the name. Theres a bit of queen and a hint of ABBA. I think some of the more old school rock and roll tunes and some of the more dancy tracks fall a bit flat, however.
Best Song: Mr. Blue Sky / Turn to Stone
Worst Song: Across the Border
Really not my thing at all. Every word is spat out rather painfully. It doesn't sound as much like the vocal control you normally hear in metal (I dont listen to metal much...), as it does someone with a bad cough going onto stage anyways. They are probably skilled on their instruments, but everything sounds the same, and when I skimmed through the album before writing this, I had a very hard time finding anything to like at all.
Best Song: No More
Worst Song: TV Party
Very well made. The production is top notch and the lead vocalist has very impressive vocal control, but its almost a little too clean.
Best Song: Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Worst Song: Whatsername
A alluring musical experience that takes you through blended genres masterfully.
Best Song: Sly
Worst Song: Watermelon Man
Incredibly likeable. Also includes the best version of All Along the Watchtower, dont @ me.
Best Song: All Along the Watchtower
Worst Song: House Burning Down
S'a pretty cool album all in all, but I feel like it could have given a little more.
Best Song: Since I've Been Loving You
Worst Song: Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
Impressively built and shows a rich and varied soundscape. Some of the songs are a bit much.
Best Song: Two Hearts in 3/4 Time
Worst Song: Flight Tonight
Less music and more just experimental noise. Appreciate it for what it is, even though I did not care for it much myself.
Best Song: Regiment
Worst Song: Very Very Hungry
Was hoping for more of the guilty pleasure appeal here, but most of it is very samey and rather whiny.
Best Song: In The End
Worst Song: Crawling
Not my cup of tea. For a band called New York Dolls, this sure oozes british slop.
Best Song: Personality Crisis
Worst Song: Lonely Planet Boy
Gives a strange and subtly oppressive atmosphere. Its like a dark curtain lays heavy over the entire album. Lynchian.
Best: Biscuit, Roads
Worst: Strangers
The instrumentals are unremarkable, but I really cannot stand the vocalists voice. Terribly grating.
Best: Rockin' Around (With You)
Worst: Hometown Blues
Really enjoyable soul record. Stays consistent, but is lacking the extra oomph.
Best Song: One More Time
Worst Song: Somebody Loves Me
Its cool, although a little disjointed. Very heavy on the instrumental songs towards the end of the album, when they could perhaps been a bit more spread out. Still Bowie though, so it's still cool, and it gives you some songs that you couldn't possibly hear from another artist.
Best: Heroes
Worst: Blackout
Found this really annoying to be honest. I dont take much issue with the instrumentals, as I think they are alright, but the fact that every song needs this excruciating "funny voice" i do not understand. What people who hate the beatles think they sound like.
Best: Monk Time (i guess)
Worst: Cuckoo
Momentous. The interludes are better than some peoples whole discographies. Sometimes, when something is as obviously great as this album is, one sort of wants to be the contrarian, but TPAB is simple undeniable.
Best: Wesley's Theory / Alright
Worst: Hood Politics
Drained me of my energy for the day. If something from this popped up on the radio, i would turn the channel. As hard choosing the best song as it was the worst.
Best:
Worst: Funtime
This is my bloody valentine? People like this?
I kept begging for the next song and then regretting it when I got there. Awful.
Best: ???
Worst: ???
Great album with a lot of highlights. Excellent riffs. One can hear that a lot of the album has been inspired by Talking Heads, but I dont think it steps on any toes. A joy.
Best: Take Me Out
Worst: Cheating On You
Absolutely fantastic. Surprised I haven't heard it before. A joy the whole way through.
Best: Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me
Worst: Why Did She Have to Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go)
Honestly really enjoyed this. The vocal percussion is fun throughout, and the fact that he has what sounds like a whole damn orchestra on top of that makes you feel smothered in sound. In a good way. It's also such a happy album that easily put a smile on my face, which seems to have been the goal.
Best: Child is the Father of the Man
Worst: Vega-Tables
He definitely has a great voice, but it's all a bit boring, innit? Has that golden age glitz all over it. Does make for good background music for an evening you simply want to put on a suit and sip whisky in front of the fireplace.
Best: What is This Thing Called Love
Worst: I Get Along Without You Very Well
Fun and the harmonizing is vocally impressive, but with the exception of california dreamin, it doesn't really reach any great heights.
Best: California Dreamin'
Worst: I Call Your Name
Pretty much the exact type of rap I am not a fan of. Record scratches and rhymes that are spat right at you. Not god awful, but I probably wont listen to it again.
Best: The Bomb
Worst: You Can't Fade Me/JD's Gaffilin'
Had heard this album before, but enjoyed it way more this time around. Dark and somber beats with excellent restrain in the flows and top tier performances by all the features.
Best: Living in the World Today
Worst: I Gotcha Back
You know when you yawn during a song and it somehow makes the music sound just a little bit off? Thats what this whole album sounds like.
Best: In the Flowers
Worst: My Girls
A monumental prog record that still impresses with every listen. Even with the shorter breaths of air between the longer, more fundamental songs, not a moment feels wasted.
Best: Roundabout
Worst: Cans and Brahms
A damn good 90s rap album, with a consistantly dark, downtrodden feeling through the whole thing. Made me appreciate method man on a new level.
Best: Bring the Pain
Worst: P.L.O Style
Theres nothing wrong with it for sure, and it can actually be a fun listen at times, but I did get somewhat tired of it by the end. I think theres a few too many songs, where, because theres so many, the album does not stay musically interesting the whole way through. That said, I wouldnt mind if someone queued up some songs from it at a party or something.
Best: Welcome to Paradise
Worst: All by Myself
Great album with a very varied soundscape. Can get pretty damn wacky at times, but you just gotta love it.
Best: Slightly all the Time
Worst: Moon in June
Gorgeous album. Kiwanukas voice is careful and understated, but gives off this gruff emotion just on the verge of breaking. Gonna need me a couple of chefs to kiss here please.
Best: Final Days
Worst: Another Human Being
