𝘏𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Standout Songs: 3. Maggie's Farm, 8. Mr. Tambourine Man, 9. Gates of Eden, 𝟭𝟬. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝑴𝒂 (𝑰'𝒎 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑩𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈),𝟭𝟭. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒚 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 I think it's interesting that although the first track on the album, Subterranean Homesick Blues, feels and reads so much as a lamentation of wanting to return to the normalcy of his home and of his forewarning to others who would follow in his footsteps of infamy to look out for certain archetypes and schisms that are laying out around the world, this album was seen as a backstabbing in terms of his deviation from blatant political war cries. Maybe by the standard of their time, statements of defiance needed to be blatant and in your face, in a way that this album certainly isn't. I think many of the songs I get political undertones from could also double as songs of love and sadness, like Maggie's Farm and Outlaw Blues. Overall, this album feels very much cemented into it's time, and there were many times I had to research the intention behind a few lyrics, which is, I think, important in the pursuit of understanding days gone by in all forms of record keeping.

𝘖𝘩, 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Stand Out Songs: 𝟓. 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝟔. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝟖. 𝐖𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡, 9. Watching You Without Me,𝟏𝟎. 𝐉𝐢𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝟏𝟏. 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 This album is so dreamy the entire day I've spent listening to it I feel like I've been floating on a pink cloud. The instrumentals and lyrics of this piece are so hauntingly beautiful it feels like Kate Bush is singing to you from the other end of an empty hallway at a church or cemetery. Is this an album I would have listened to unprompted? Maybe. I think I would have eventually stumbled onto it and it probably would have found me exactly where it wanted me. At least now I'm prepared for when the time comes.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰. Rating: ☆ ☆ Stand Out Songs: 6. Badhead, 8. Far Out, 9. To the End, 10. London Loves, 13. Magic America, 𝟏𝟓. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐰 Interesting...This is not an album I can say I thoroughly enjoyed by any means. I think for most of my listening experience I just got reminded of shitty ska bands that would play in the beginning of a cheesy movie from the early 00's, however once I noticed that this album was made in 1994, I can see that it was probably ahead of its time, and maybe even the inspiration for the former. The album does take a more enjoyable turn after track 7. The Debt Collector, which makes me think maybe the track filled with polka music acts as a divider between the music they wanted to make and the music their label forced them to make. Although this is certainly not an album I would have listened to on my own by any means, and had this been an independent listening session I definitely would've abandoned ship in the middle of Tracy Jacks (despite it being stuck in my head several hours later), I am glad that i stuck it through if only for the saving grace of track 15. This Is a Low, which is a beautiful beautiful song that brought this album from a 1 star to a 2.

𝘔𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘔𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘺 Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ Standout Songs: 1. Wonder Wonder, 3. Frustrations, 5. Nawa, 6. Plenty Nonsense, 7. Stubborn Problems, 𝟖. 𝐍𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝟗. 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 This is an interesting album to me. The instrumentals remind me of those old YouTube radio videos where someone would compile vibrant songs from the 20th century and create an atmosphere that puts you into the country and time period it describes. I thoroughly enjoyed my listening experience, and it is an album that I would listen all the way through again, but I'm not particularly moved by the child of a famous artist, nevertheless the grandchild of a politician, singing about having shame in being laborers and maids. Femi Kuti -- Jaden Smith of his time?

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸. 𝘈 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ Stand Out Songs: 1. Hanging on the Telephone, 2. One Way or Another, 𝟑. 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝟒. 𝐅𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝟓. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲, 𝟏𝟎. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 I enjoyed this one! Particularly a fan of the more dopey-lovey ones like track 3. Picture This and track 5. Pretty Baby. I don’t think I would have listened to this entire album on my own, but i do have memories of listening to Heart of Glass on my mom’s iPod when i was like 6 years old, so for that track in particular, maybe I would have ventured out into the blondie-verse.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺, 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘥 𝘰'𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦'𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨. Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Stand Out Songs: 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙢, particularly 𝟔. 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐒𝐚𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝟓. 𝐈 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝟕. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝟗. 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝟏𝟒. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨, 𝟏𝟓. 𝐖𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 This is the work of a man who knew he was dying, through all of the songs of end-of-life lamentations, lyrics both welcoming and damning death on his white horse. You can feel the treble and gravity of his voice as he worked through hospital stints and declining health to finish an album that might literally be the embodiment of the true American Spirit. Johnny Cash, I love you.

𝘖𝘩, 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘺. 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺. Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ Stand Out Songs: 𝟐. 𝐈 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝟑. 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 5. Turtle Blues, 6. Oh, Sweet Mary I can't lie, at first glance I was not feeling this album just based off the cover art alone. HOWEVER, I can appreciate the sentiment of singing off key without a care in the world and the idea of being a mega bitch and telling people to just deal with it.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦. Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ Stand Out Songs: N/A A very mild Jazz album. Not terrible but literally not remarkable.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 Rating: ☆ ☆ Stand Out Songs: 6. Lazy Sunday Wasn't into this album at all.. like at all. The thought of listening to it actually annoyed me. Come to find out this album is kind of the grandfather to Park Life by Blur it makes sense because I was noooot into that album either. Maybe I have something major against British mild rock but I probably won't give this another listen.

𝘐 𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘈 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Stand Out Songs: 3. Morning Dew, 𝟖. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤'𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐨, 10. I Ain't Superstitious This is quite literally the first time I've had an out of body experience upon hearing someone playing the guitar, genuinely listening to this album feels like being on the highest peak of a rollercoaster that's about to go down. Good God Almighty this album is so excellent in such a full bodied and high spirited way, Jeff Beck you single handedly have given early British Rock a semblance of credibility.