Master lyricist Fun fact, “This Is Hell” is used when Gilmore Girls’ (most important??) character Jess Mariano is first introduced in the series 😂 “Still Too Soon To Know” is a heartbreaking song, so is “All the Rage” in its own way (“Don’t try to touch my heart, it’s darker than you think” 👽)
I just…don’t care
Have listened to this a million and a half times and it never gets old. Wish I had done a proper active listen this time through since it’s been a while
No notes 💯💯🔥🔥
More like 4.5 but this is so fun so here we are
Just really holds up. The perfect length at 34 minutes - it could have so easily been overwrought and drawn out but it isn’t
Good if you’re frantically cleaning your home, at a 90s rave, coding, or a 90s teen romcom soundtrack…and not much else
Pretty sure this would have been a case of “way more fun live” at the time it was released, but sadly I’ll never know Also way more into the back half of this record
More like a 3.5, solidly middle of the road - only here for the hits to accompany a drive down the shore lol
Straight up not having a good time
Realizing how much respect I have for Led Zeppelin being precious about their licensing while listening to this 😂 Sweet Emotion is the only bright spot
Justice for half stars, this one is a 4.5 for me
Very fun! Not likely something I would return to repeatedly though
Peace Sells 🔥 Really enjoyed this! I know very little about Megadath but their influence on sum41 is really evident
Painful, quite frankly
Simon without Garfunkel just isn’t my thing; Duncan is the one redeeming track for me (I’ve always found Me and Julio completely insufferable and this listen didn’t change that 😂)
I appreciate the absurdism but this wasn’t really for me
Not memorable. Wasn’t as into this as I was Peace Sells…but also wasn’t in the mood for this vibe today so that could be part of it 😂
Was going to say no notes, 10/10, an all-time favorite (although not my favorite NY solo effort), but instead: 1. Hilary, shoutout number 2 in like less than a week to Mr. Kessler and 7th grade language arts class (will explain this more in the group chat tomorrow) 2. Extremely eerie to listen to this record today specifically (looking at you, Southern Man and Don’t Let It Bring You Down) 3. Damn does NY know how to write about love and heartbreak or what 4. Listened two times in a row because how could I not 😍 alright, Brett out
Not particularly memorable. Decidedly not music for the masses (ba dum tss) Giving this a 3 instead of a 2 because I like “Never Let Me Down Again” and the funky music theory of “Pimpf”
Pour toi, Hilary : C’est un groupe assez cool, j’en profite pour écouter quand je suis au boulot, mais pas beaucoup plus. Je ne sais pas si c’est un compliment ou pas, désolée Air 🙃 Comme j’ai dit dans le group chat, c’est pas mon album préféré - je préfère la bande originale de Virgin Suicides
Meditative - I listened to this as I was falling asleep so I don’t feel like I can give it a fair rating, but I’d say somewhere between 3ish and 4ish
Perfect from start to finish. As I said in the group chat, a gorgeous listening experience 🌑
Enjoyed this
Made me feel like I was 15 and ready for a show at Maxwell’s; i.e., really enjoyed this! Muuuuuch prefer it to the stuff that came after (thinking mostly the singles off the 2008 record), which I’ve always found extremely annoying. Also feel like the music supervisor for The Hills licensed the crap out of this 😂
Love Willie 🥰 such a lovely record
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I liked this a lot in college, but I’m not in college anymore 😂 Ball and Chain still rips though This is another case of .5 for me, would rather rate 3.5 but going 3 because I’m not feeling generous today
Nothing memorable for me here although I appreciate it for what it is
Was expecting to really enjoy this and instead found it tedious
Loved this. Ship me off to another galaxy, I’m ready 🌌🪐
Unsurprisingly way better on a second listen with headphones but the cheesy corn is still getting to me
Straight mid. Love “I’m A Man” and “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” (s/o NJ 101.5 as mentioned 😂) but unlikely to be something I revisit regularly
Beatlemania for life, baby The only reason this doesn’t get five stars is because it was an executive mistake to have them record so many covers
Dropped off in the middle for me but overall I’m here for it because of the little bits and pieces of beautiful instrumentation - “layered and hidden at the same time” is what kept going through my head as I listened Also big Oasis vibes on “Melody Calls” and generally a lot of late-stage Beatles influences And last but not least I really enjoyed feeling like I was back at NYU in 2006 walking to and from class listening to “Catch the Sun” (Why am I giving Doves so much attention when this is like a 3.5 for me?)
Listened to this too early in the day to be able to appreciate it much but I did like “The Rage”
Loved this, more please
Make it stop
Justice for half stars!
So goofy and fun, will definitely revisit
The back half negated the front
Meh
Sign me up for more
As I said already, my flavor of weird
This is where I’d appreciate half stars again - it really starts to rip from “Come Out and Play” on
Listened to this passively so I don’t think I can give a fair rating but it’s obviously beautiful
Not my favorite from these guys but “I’m So Bored With the USA” is a whole thesis statement
Started off strong (love love “Keep On Movin’”, very motivating way to start my morning) but really lost steam as it went on with the exception of “Back to Life” - probably not something I’ll return to. Also very clear how much Jungle was influenced by this
3 for Buzzin Fly
Zero notes (pun intended)
This is a 4.5 for me, justice for half stars etc, but I love Queen Harry too much to round down here
Ugh
Nothing memorable here for me
So Radiohead coded! I found I’m way too familiar with this record to listen to it with fresh ears, but very interesting to see how the end of “Everything’s Not Lost” foreshadowed their sound from their later career. “Trouble” into “Parachutes” is also clutch. We were all always playing “Trouble” on the piano in the common room of my high school lol Tbh can’t wait for A Rush of Blood to the Head which will surely be on this list!
Liked this more than the other Tim Buckley but didn’t listen super closely tbh (“Once I Was” is really nice though as I mentioned in the chat! 🥺)
Master lyricist Fun fact, “This Is Hell” is used when Gilmore Girls’ (most important??) character Jess Mariano is first introduced in the series 😂 “Still Too Soon To Know” is a heartbreaking song, so is “All the Rage” in its own way (“Don’t try to touch my heart, it’s darker than you think” 👽)
Pleasant
Pure feel good even with the heartbreaker “Somebody Loves Me” Torn between 4 and 5 here
Another tossup between 4 and 5 for me, and for shame, I do prefer Carole King’s version of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” because I have a soft spot for songwriters getting to perform their own work. Also really made me look forward to whenever Tapestry will show up on this list
Brash and sexy, bring on the noise
I feel foolish for not knowing how Joy Division-coded Interpol is until listening to this I have to be in a verrryyyy specific kind of mood for this but I do really enjoy it (“Disorder”!!)
Just fine
I just…don’t care
Really conscious of the misogyny/machismo of the lyrics in this in a way I wasn’t when I was younger 🫣
Bedbugs ARE scary!
As discussed, couldn’t separate art from the artist on this one :( would give a 1.5 lyrically but 3-4 for production and I’m feeling generous this morning so I’ll go with 3 overall
It’s a stone cold 5 for me, even with how much I loathe “The Girl Is Mine”
Sexy as hell, no notes
Nice but probably not something I’ll revisit. The music supervisor for Grey’s Anatomy probably would have gone bananas over this record
Begrudgingly liked this a lot more than I thought I would
I just don’t care enough sorryyyyy
You all already know my thoughts in detail about this
Keep your electric eye on me, baby - one million fives out of five
This dropped off toward the end for me which is the only reason I’m giving a 4 instead of a 5, really loved the energy here
Nah
Boring and unoriginal. I’ve always found “hard to handle” extremely annoying. The more I listened the less tolerable I found this hence the 1
Not quite a 5 for me but close
I see what this is but it’s not really for me
“The O-Men” into “Kuntz” is a whole thing, let alone the final track 😨
This is another case of between 3 and 4 for me