I liked the blues sound. Fable of the Brown Ape and The Lyre of Orpheus were my favorites. Nothing else stood out to me.
I enjoyed the singing, though the sound overall felt a bit repetitive to me. Favorites: Saint to a sinner, I'm living in two worlds
I loved almost everything from the cover art to the variety of sound and themes. My only complaint is that it feels almost too polished and there's not enough grit, but that's like saying my greatest weakness is being a perfectionist.
The first half sounded grating to me (and not in a good way) with the only relief being Sound and Vision. The second half improved greatly, especially with Warszawa. I could imagine these songs as an epic score for an 70s sci-fi film. Unfortunately, I'm not the biggest fan of listening to movie soundtracks in my free time.
First Sinatra album! It was enjoyable and upbeat. I found it a bit repetitive though I may be spoiled by 21st century music. I'll probably use this as background music in the future
Almost a five but there were a couple songs, like "what is this feeling", that I just couldn't feel. His voice and the melodies are fantastic! Specifically, "Old time lovin'" to "how can you mend a broken heart" goes crazy.
Objectively it's probably closer to a three, but I didn't fully jive with it and I don't see myself listening to the album again. Some of the songs did cheer me up and make me laugh in traffic this morning which is quite the feat. I'm intrigued to listen to other albums by The Smiths.
Accidentally listened to one of his live albums called Fats Domino first, then listened to This is Fats Domino. At least both were enjoyable!
Usually don't go for live albums, but I enjoyed this one
Really good, the only real miss for me was Stone Free because of that maddening cowbell. The distortion, especially on on Third Stone From The Sun and Are You Experienced? is euphoric. I used to listen to this and Electric Ladyland while driving around the mountains to go skiing (great driving albums). One time I picked up a hitchhiker, I never had but for some reason I was inspired to, while listening to Electric Ladyland. He asked me if I was listening to Hendrix and then played the air drums and head banged for the next 15 minutes until I dropped him off in town. Music truly does bring people together.
1.5. I expected it to be more hardcore