Feels like an important 80s rock album that leans toward pop. Lowkey giving patriarchy. Cohesive sound, fairly easygoing, nice to have on the background. I can see how Dancing In the Dark, I'm On Fire, and the title track are his most popular songs.
3/5
Iconic album, but I can't really get past the gravelly screechy style of vocals for this genre. Most songs sound similar to me...I considered whether I should give up on the album early, but I think I need to stick to listening through the full albums.
Very modal improvisation - not my favourite, but it piques my interest through building tension and resolving the disonance. Cool to learn the Bill Evans played with John Coltrane and Miles Davis!
Didn't know about the 70s movement of softer and quieter rock music, I'm a big fan of soft rock as opposed to the heavier and louder rock and roll genre. Easy listening, but faded into the background while I was working
Goth rock, super mysterious song, but I dig it. It does confuse me at times when no one is singing, or the vocals are quiet and mumbled. Half the time there's nothing really going on lol. I guess that's the vibe, but it's alright. I do understand the appeal of a rainy moody day where you just want to be mad at the world and put this record on.
Just learned about Marc Bolan, rest in peace! Late-60's hippy counterculture is a topic I want to learn more about. Tasteful band blend, fire drum fills that aren't overbearing. Insanely chill vibes from the vocals in some of these songs (e.g., Life's a Gas).
Powerful and important album. Dig the creativity and sound, but not something I would listen to regularly
Got me in the flow fr. 90's turn table and drums vibes. I realized halfway through that there's no vocals LOL. Record sampling is dope af.
Groovy, mostly instrumental, easy listening.
After some searching, some highlights were his work ethic (60 albums in 30 years), guitar skills (said by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix to be the best guitarist ever), and this genre being prog rock featuring unique composition and drum chops.
Honestly, just sounds like musicians having fun and going off so I fw it.
OK DISCOOOOO - Great groove and cohesive sound, but the songs feel so long and repetitive, especially near the end.
Not bad, 90s pop ballad vibe. He has that whiny voice that was popular during this time. Most songs blended into one, but I can see the appeal.
Amazing energy and vibes, instrumentally leans forward and the vocals just bring it together so well. I dig it. I just fw the energy so much.
First 5-star album for me in this project. Growing up in jazz band, Mr. Caswell put me on this one. Count Basie is one of the greats, an iconic bandleader and composer. This album is playful and inquisitive, balancing an excitement and pensiveness. I can see myself lounging in my living room with this record on, a sizzling crackle of vinyl imperfection, getting lost in the world of jazz before returning back to reality.
Learning about the origin and history of music is so important to contextualizing the sounds. I did not know that Foo Fighters was Dave Grohl—Nirvana drummer—creating music for catharsis after Kurt Cobain had ended his life. I didn't know Nirvana only had a 13-year run.
That framing gives the alt-rock sound a bittersweet and personable undertone. Gritty sound that is honestly hard to dislike.
Friends pull up to drop some soul hits, I respect it. Disco beat drop is also sick. Super long songs, but I imagine they'd be a good vibe on a record player in the background. Kinda gets repetitive and at time the sax feels a bit corny.
Grew up with this release, features some all-time hits from Adele like "Set Fire to the Rain", "Someone Like You", and "Rolling in the Deep". Adele's vocals are impressive, and this album is about heartbreak - sung in an emotional and cathartic way.
Kinda really fire. Twangy and hopelessly romantic with a bit of aura. Many bangers that just hit the spot.
This type of music is not my jam, necessarily, but I cannot lie it is quite iconic and well made. Everyone knows Seven Nation Army, the other songs are quite cohesive in their sound, but sometimes the vocals are a bit too intense for me.
So fire, so chill, so laid-back. Bob Marley at its finest.
Such a classic album with Duke Ellington being one of the great jazz composers. I grew up playing "Take the A Train", really enjoyed "Tea for Two" and "Mood Indigo" was always a track I loved too. Logistically, listening to the live album was a bit more distracting.
Ella is an icon and her voice is buttery and magical. This work is 3 hours, which seems a bit unrealistic to play and makes it feel like prime background music.
Trance-esque tracks with a monologuing trumpet. Put me into flow state, but not too much to write home about.
An absolute classic and banger. The top hits on this are cemented in Hip Hop history. Doesn't get 5 stars because of the extracurriculars recorded in the album, but the singles are insane.
Pretty fucking fun britpop, I knew "Alright" but had never heard of Supergrass or this debut album before today.
I'm ngl, the type of flow I got into while journalling to this album was insane. DnB jungle beat pioneers.
Not quite my tempo, vocal style is perhaps too twangy and not graceful enough for me.
