4.5 stars suuuuch good bops on this one. such a pleasant listen and im better for it!

this album is stunning front to back, and i really think The Band deserves the level of notoriety given to The Beatles. such a defining and influential band.

this is so 2007 - derogatory - so tired of this UK shit

retail music

i get why people like this. i feel like i can do anything when i listen! wouldn’t reach for it super often, but good stuff.

this album goes crazy. i love how the songs are either 2 and a half minutes or like 6 minutes. i would give this a 4.5 if i could. melds genres so well and has some really impressive geetar

so incredible so smooth so varied

i have long been a “beatles are overrated” kind of guy but i loved this listen so much. it makes me understand more of it. really good songwriting and just super fun to listen to and instrumentally stellar. nice one! ya got me

impossible to be in a bad mood while listening to this!

absolute no skip album. takes me through the full range of human emotion. rip marc ❤️

dunking on thatcher is lit. i respect the dedication and don’t think i’ll listen to it a ton but ive also been soooo bob dylan pilled its tough!

it really is that good

thank god for weird guys from ohio

this is what happens when you tell men repeatedly that they’re interesting. incredibly uninspired, no song had any business being 5+ minutes

good ol blues music!!!! so musically impressive. go off

genuinely no skip! a classic for a reason! juicy, skillfully done bass lines in every song. really found myself relishing those. these guys just know how to write a catchy, timeless tune

i love his voice so much…wow! such strong songwriting. this whole thing is a delight to listen to. i wish it was easier to find but i respect it! one of my favorite finds so far. i’m definitely going to explore his discography.

4.5 stars if i could! feels like a sunny day it’s a triumph to be able to enjoy this again

lucy said that a lot of this sounds like the part of a 90s family movie where the chimp/dog/animal they’ve met starts doing a bunch of crazy tricks on the ski slope/court/skate ramp/computer

so, so fun to listen to. these guys know how to do a theme. i love the instrumentals in this and noticed them more than i had in previous albums of theirs

4.5 stars! JUST GOOD STUFF!

4.5 stars! god this guy has a good voice. smoooooth rock but can also shred and isn’t afraid to get goofy

i’m gonna be so honest that i didn’t listen to all of it but hope to at some point. it’s just such a long album and feels not particularly inspired like so much of their other stuff does

4.5 stars suuuuch good bops on this one. such a pleasant listen and im better for it!

i really wanted to like this, and i do somewhat, but there’s so many other 90s bands i prefer: Helium, Kelly Deal 6000, Swirlies being my favorites. this just doesn’t scratch the same itch for me, but i get its merit and i love to see a cool girl singing

this, more than any other album i’ve gotten so far, will absolutely be in my rotation of stuff i regularly listen to. i love it

truly no skip, absolutely masterful, really fun to listen to. never gets boring

i have heard this so many times against my will. this is what happens, in my opinion, when an annoying theater guy becomes too famous. i just really find his style of music so grating, i don’t care for his voice, i don’t like his storytelling. it is just decisively not for me

3.5 stars i like the banger tracks the best by far!

so significant and well done and awesome 4.5

i love this album. it has such strong songs, and it’s such a good first half. the last part gets a little like yeah we get it. but i love it!

some really fun bops! honestly so soured for me by working retail at a place that played this incessantly, but i still have love and respect for it!

dudes absolutely rock. this is awesome

sounds like a U2 album, unfortunately. a flop from a musician i really do admire. not musically interesting and the lyrics felt so redundant and vaguely empty.

this contains so many of the beatles songs i’ve clowned on before. i really did enjoy sgt pepper’s, but this one just sounds like the result of what it was: a bunch of adult men arguing. some good songs, for sure. while my guitar gently weeps is a certified timeless banger, and i understand why it wowed people. the entirety of the album is not for me and it’s too long. sorry!

i did not need to hear this before i die! the grating vocals, backed by a 4-octaves higher shriek, followed by the same 3 guitar chords, are so boring to me. i do not understand the appeal.

a really fun album! definitely psychedelic leaning. i really appreciated that each song sounded distinctly different.

her voice is perfect. a beautiful late 80s time capsule

this is such a good album and i’m so glad i heard it before i die! so lush and varied and good

3.5 stars — this is a fun one, not one i think i’ll reach for a ton but glad to have listened to it

rating this as what it is for me — i know this is historically, musically so important and it’s good! i just don’t think i’ll listen again

Little Green is a downright perfect song and always moves me to tears. 💚 i love the first half of this album, and the last song is so powerful. it starts to all blend together at some points, but this is definitely my favorite Joni album. 4.35 if i could 💙

incredible voice and musically interesting. the bangers were my favorites, a few too many ballads for my taste but man is he good!

2.5 stars rounding down on my official review because i want to send a message that WHY the hell would i need to listen to this before i die? this is such a spectacularly mid album. Stills is a great guitarist, and when that gets to shine the songs are good, but the vocals, the inexplicable choir, the songwriting, it’s all just meh to me. not something i needed to listen to.

this album is stunning front to back, and i really think The Band deserves the level of notoriety given to The Beatles. such a defining and influential band.

im sorry but i think this is a snooze fest. he’s done so much more interesting, fun stuff. a few good songs but mostly just no thanks

2.5 stars i wish i liked this more coming from a queer trans artist like Chris. i generally struggle to enjoy 80s revival music and this is really part of that category for me. i liked listening to it in french, and 5 dols is my favorite. however, the album starts to feel redundant. there’s so much stuff that could’ve been more experimental. that’s all! it’s all right

masterful, perfect, gorgeous, life affirming to listen to. i love him so much

really solid album and enjoyable and varied to listen to. the greatest thing you’ll ever learn / is just to love and be loved in return ❤️

so fun!!!!!! beach beach beach

this is absolutely scrumptious 60s psych rock it’s awesome

this is such a good film score and also just so fun to listen to in the car

unparalleled, imitable, stunning

very fun! i love how wacky the mix is, how loud and fuzzy

people were hating on this, but i personally really enjoyed the departure from the entirely predictable stuff that mostly is on this list. this was an awesome album to listen to as i navigated a snowstorm, and it’s a fun prelude to some of my favorite ambient artists to follow. i’m glad i listened to it

this actually rocked so much, and i’m saying that as someone who does not really care for the beatles but i think this really has the sauce. i will absolutely listen to it again

the parts with her were awesome. needed more of that and less of the rest

boring british sludge like too much stuff on here

this is so awesome. every song is great, i love the hardcore sprinkles throughout, interludes, all of it

this is so 2007 - derogatory - so tired of this UK shit

sooooo of its time…does not hold up as well…

such a playful, strong album. so much interesting stuff happening stylistically and definitely expanded the horizons for its time. a really fun listen

i love shoegaze!!!! this is such a good album. absolutely lush guitar and really interesting songwriting

shred it

these guys get it

retail music

i’m always thrilled to see anything not UK/USA on here and this is so superb. perfect for cooking, eating outside, driving. loved it so much

4.5

i’m good on that thanks though

1.5 this is angry dad music

this album has such a special place in my heart. i think the first half is strongest. some really good songwriting and so much of what it feels like to grow up in the world a girl. this album helped me learn how to be pissed off. i’m so grateful for that

for sure musically impressive but just not for me

okaaaaay not what i was expecting from these kings. nice easy listening, a few bangers and some less inspiring stuff

not my favorite amy but impressive for being so young

some fun stuff! i will admit that by the second half i was getting pretty tired of it. there’s some fun tongue in cheek stuff, and then there’s some things that could’ve stayed in the drafts. some good geeeetar though

go off kings

sounds and feels like being in a cool older cousin’s car

she’s a genius, always has been and always will be

he really is that good of a songwriter

started off being like, why does everyone hate this? it’s fun 80s stuff, some fun synth. then it definitely is too long and starts to get so derivative. but still waaaay better than some of the british crap on this list, respectfully

i thought this was fun and original and i love his voice. it’s inventive and impressive and it bums me out that taylor swift has a higher rating than this