Good album. Love the 70s aesthetic. A few standout songs, especially when Joplin vocals gets to be the focus of the song.
This album is definitely something you should listen to before you pass. Truly beautiful and unique. 90s aesthetics but still sounds completely contemporary. You can't beat Buckley's voice and performance.
A nostalgia one for sure. This album was huge and you can thank Morissette's charisma for that. I think the known songs are mostly good, a few better than others. The unknown songs don't shine though. I bet I'd feel differently if I listened to this as a teen like I was supposed to have. In a slightly different world, I'm distantly related to this woman. Which wouldn't be that different for me, but would be funny.
I think this album is more technically and musically impressive than I actually enjoy it. While I like the concept of funk, sometimes I think bands can struggle with creating enough variety or dynamics on a whole album to make it not sound essentially the same from beginning to end.
Lovely. Some of the less famous songs fade into the background, but the whole album sounds great because Bowie sounds great. [(3/5) Previously listened.]
Exemplifies 90s hip hop in how it just samples differently than nowadays and has such infectious energy. Hearing Flava Flav yell "aw yeah" earnestly as part of a song instead of reality TV meme is great. Maybe a little long and without enough dynamics, but this is a great listen. (3/6 new albums so far)
A Joni Mitchell album. No surprises. An enjoyable listen. (3/7)
Not a huge fan of country but if I'm going to listen to it, Dolly Parton from the 70s is likely not a bad choice. Favourite tracks "Traveling Man" and "Early Morning Breeze", tellingly the least country sounding. 3 known / 5 new
Not necessarily my favourite Beyonce. It's just not as memorable as some other albums--only a few real standouts. It's not bad, it's just not as great compared to some of her other albums. (4 known / 5 new)
Not my preference but not crassly or poorly made. (4 known / 6 new)
Fascinating aesthetic but I would never put this on to actually listen to it though. I am confident I've tried listening to this before and couldn't get through it. I did this time, and I don't think I ever will again. I thought I liked 70's folk psychedelic, but this being a classic of the genre makes me reconsider. Truly unique sounding though and maybe it's more foundational than enjoyable. (5 known / 6 new)
Well produced and sounds great. However, country star sings standards isn't really my preference. It is wild to think that a popular country artist could make a well produced cover album in ten days and have it stay on the charts for 10 years and go double platinum. Different ecosystem for music in the 70s and 80s I guess. (5 known . 7 new)
Fantastic. Great early 70s rock. Stewart's vocals are great. (5 known / 8 new)
I suppose this was fine. Could listen to it again but nothing stood out as fantastic. (5 known / 9 new)
Not much to say. Pretty good 90's hip hop. Had heard a lot of the album before but never sat down to listen to the whole thing through. (5 known / 10 new)