I listened to the standard edition of this album. At times it was too repetitive, but overall it was ok. Clint Eastwood was a big radio hit.
At the height of disco, this album was released. I detect a bit of disco here, but overall excellent funk music.
Several tunes that are often heard on oldies radio. Overall a good album.
British group doing electronic music. Enjoyed tow truck and bubble part 2. Many of these ran too long.
An album I never knew existed, and with no songs I ever heard before, despite the fact that Hendrix was/is quite popular.
Sounds like all the other jazz combos that I’ve heard.
This is a nice album with many songs that had heavy radio play at the time. However, to me it doesn’t stand out from hundreds of others.
This was one of my favorite bands from the 1970s-80s. I heard once that they never used more than three chords in any of their songs. One negative - I thought the end was a bit slow. Heavy on electronica.
A pleasant listening experience. Two songs were radio hits at the time. This slightly exceeded my expectations, but not enough to rate it as 4.
This is an album I never heard, I suppose because it never was commercially successful. Sounds like classic John Lennon with a very basic sound.
Another British group I never heard of, although apparently they were quite influential. Their sound is typical 1980s. If the ratings allowed I’d give them a 3.5, a bit above average.
Mostly recorded at her home, for me this was very creative and well done.
I listen to albums for the music, so rap is not my bag, baby. Most of the album is people talking or reciting poetry. The lyrics may reflect the artist’s background, and there’s a lot of violence. What music there is is very basic and repetitive.
The version I listened to had three live bonus songs at the end. These were nice but I preferred the sound quality of the ten studio recorded songs. Classic rock from the 70s.
Somehow I missed how the sideshow dummies learned how to walk and dance. Other than Franz Schubert, the rest of the album seemed one dimensional to me, with lots of train-like sounds.
Very good album. The East St. Louis Toodle-oo is a cover of a Duke Ellington tune.
The farther into the album I listened, the more I enjoyed this one.
Only seven songs on this album, overall sounds good. I might be tempted to give it 3.5 stars if that were allowed.
Very popular album when it was released. I enjoyed it.
Wilco is a band I haven’t heard about for many years, and I never listened to any of their albums. This one is a double album, a collection of blues, country, rock, ballads, and hard rock. Overall it was good. It did seem to drag slightly in the middle.
The parental advisory on this album certainly is well-deserved. This may be a very good rap/hip hop album, except rap is not my style. It’s pretty easy to listen to. I would give it a 5 out of 10, but for the constraints of the rating system.
Outstanding album, with many different styles and complex harmonies. Had this on an eight-track tape back in the 70’s until it was stolen out of my car in 1978. Haven’t listened to the whole album since.
A couple songs I enjoyed, the rest were pleasant but not memorable.
Five of the seven songs on this album were popular radio hits when it was released, although I never heard the album iin its entirety. Overall very good in my opinion, but not quite five stars.
A mix of blues, jazz, soul, and folk songs in my opinion. Well done and easy listening
This album has a few popular (on the radio) songs, and overall I’d rate it three stars. I am unfamiliar with Bob B Soxx. Seems like he was thrown in there just for variety.
Old Leonard doesn’t sing as well as younger Leonard, but it’s the same style and good poetry. I enjoyed the songs with backing vocalists more. A solid three out of five stars.
We heard another Wilco album last week, so this one was more of the same but not as interesting to me. The first half of the album seemed slow and boring. The second half was better in my opinion.
The garage band from New York exceeded my low expectations. Some catchy tunes, and overall their album gets three stars.
Seems pleasant enough I suppose. Nothing memorable for me though. Based on the the internet I expected a hard rock band.
The album cover is Halloween-y looking. Sounds like a solid southern rock band. i thought disc one was better than disc two. They seem obsessed with Alabama even though they are from Georgia.
Generally acoustic music on this album. Several big hits and some that I never heard. Hearing the 7 pm news makes me think not much has changed in sixty years. A very good album.
It’s hard to believe this album is 30 years old. Hearing the entire album for the first time, I appreciate it more than when it was released. Unusual for an album to have so many hit singles. I would rate it 9/10.
Negatives: too much record scratching, lack of music (just two guys talking to a beat). Positives: lots of energy, reasonably creative lyrics for hip hop. I give it three stars since it was an influential album.
I would categorize this as folk music with complex lyrics. Enjoyable to hear what Leonard has to say in each of his compositions.
I listened to the 2009 version, which is a double album with 24 songs. These all are covers of country-western songs done in mellow Ray Charles style. I was too young to know the significance of this record, but apparently it was influential for black artists then.