I know many of these songs from bootleg Counting Crows live tracks! The deluxe version of this is overstuffed. I really enjoyed the studio feel of it - another thing the CC took away from VM. The reprises confused me; it felt like the album went on a long time or I'd accidentally set it to shuffle and repeat.
Found it a bit muddy and indistinct, tracks blended into each other even on third listen. The only bit I remember is when he says "meat is murder" which reminded me to have lunch
Each song had a unique texture but the album as a whole still felt cohesive. Some absolute bangers on this one. Can't believe I've never actually heard the whole album before when I'm word perfect on Mrs. Robinson.
Maybe this is a timing thing but for such a seminal group and album it felt really watery and diluted. I guess it was harder to access folk, rock, soul and fusions from Black and traditional artists so everybody's rich friend's dad's favourite group of white dudes was what you had.
Really liked this as a teen but went right off Richard Ashcroft, probably due to overplay. Revisiting after a long break, many of these songs really stand up - emotive, textured. Some of the production feels unnecessarily dramatic from a modern perspective.
This is fantastic. I want to play this all the time
Bounced off this hard. Just not my thing I think. Felt all very samey, hard to pick up particular riffs or lyrics. Maybe if I knew more about guitar I'd be more compelled.
Loved this. So much texture and interest
Enjoyable but I felt like I had to really, really lean in and engage to pull anything out of it - I kept losing concentration.
The big hits on this album are very familiar to me and indubitably work. The in between tracks are a little muddier, grounded in that era-appropriate hard man style of lyrics and vocals that feels so offputting when served without the dramatic flights of fancy found in the opening and closing tracks.
Man all these white man groups sound the same. It was fine. I don't remember anything about it.