Found out Paul Simon is 5'2, absolutely clearing the short king threshold. Bet you all feel bad for rating it so low now don't ya?
It's perfect. Also I'm not writing about it
I do not care for lorde and I do not have love for this
Pleasant :) One for the jangle pop enjoyers
Rip it Up- Punchy opening! Seems like they're leading with the single. It's kind of cute that this is the one song all the members are listed as writers on
A Million Pleading Faces- Wow was not expecting that, immediately checked and the member who wrote this one is from Zimbabwe.
Mud in your Eye- I think I prefer the higher energy songs on first listen, but still easy listening. Dreamy
Turn Away- I forgot to write one for this
Breakfast Time- I like this one on principle.
This guy gets it. It's breakfast time
Flesh Of my Flesh- s a s s y
Louise Louise- didn't do a ton for me
Hokoyo- I also forgot to write one for this
Tenterhook- started digging it more in the second half as it felt more psychedelic
A lot of variety to pack into an album, maybe a little front loaded but overall an enjoyable listen. I like the funky synths and would go back for round 2 with this one at work. You could probably make some comparisons to The Talking Heads, there's a lot of crossover you can enjoy between one and the other. Frankly it's nice to have mellow music. I wish I could have given it 3.5 but I'll settle for 4 for the sake of being contrarian because I see you all TRASHING this for no good reason
I can't say anything people haven't said before because this album is just so beloved, but I have trouble giving it a 5 because there's definitely tracks in between that feel eh to me. I think I actually like Michigan more, both musically and in terms of subject matter.
Well it's not hard to see why this is so beloved, and there's not much else insight I feel I can provide. Great listen and I'm glad to have learned about something new
Son Of A Gun- This is not so bad, maybe it will be like R.E.M
I Can't Sleep- Also not awful, but there just isn't any build-up or tension as far as I'm concerned
Timeless Melody- John is repeating the end of the verses that rhyme from the kitchen. Running into the same sort of problems I had with the other tracks
Liberty Ship- this is the point where it started to sink in
There She Goes - This song single-handedly kind of poisoned the album for me going in AND I JUST CANT CONTAYAYAYAIN
Doledrum-not the biggest fan
Feelin- Sounds a little like the Friends theme
Way Out- A little better than the others, I think it has a bit more momentum but still falls flat for me
Freedom song- Absolutely not. im in hell
Failure - No
Looking Glass - imagine all the people, living for today....They are playing the same thing faster now, get me OUT
I had to listen twice to do my due diligence before I talked shit about it and honestly ended up disliking it more on the second listen LOL
These songs just feel like they go nowhere. They have these classic sort of British with a capital B pop structures and just repeat the same thing over and over at the same tempo and none of it is interesting for me. There isn't really any tension or release. Saying nothing in a nothing tone of voice. Metronome hell. Feels like drinking groundwater.
I kind of wish I could like this as much as I used to, but too much time has passed and I'm just not that person anymore. Still groovy, just not totally my cup of tea nowadays
Hotel California- This shit is so funny. People in 1976 were irreversibly changed hearing this
New Kid in Town- pretty comfortable and very self-pitying
Life in the Fast Lane- xbox racing game tutorial music
Wasted time- lol
Wasted time (reprise) -LOL YOU THOUGHT
Victim of Love- i forgot to write something
Pretty Maids All in a Row- women break his heart frequently
Try and Love Again- going back for more women
Last Resort- It was a different time but man. My gf moving to Colorado is just like the Native Americans. I do like the little minor note he hits but this is not it. Kind of a strange note to end the album on
It's dramatic and comes across full of itself, which in the first few songs I can enjoy but the rest of it doesn't do much for me. I can see the appeal, but can't help but find the lyrics a bit insufferable and the sound itself unimpressive
Read on the wiki that apparently they had to stop recording this album because Black Sabbath was in the next room (also funny)
oh im only a POOR LITTLE BEGGAR GIRL!!!
another 2.5 w the caveat that the eagles should have been a 2. Just don't really have any desire to go back to this, even though I didn't hate it
Hadn't actually heard this album before despite the reputation, and I'm really happy we did! Was expecting something more classic rock and was pleasantly surprised.
Trivia I enjoyed learning as a first timer
-Lou Reed was doing an impression of Nico in Sunday Morning, despite it sounding nothing like her
-The original album actually being a banana sticker, which could be peeled off to reveal another (peeled) banana
-Nico was insane (very racist)
I'm going back for round 3 tonight. Considering it a 4.5 and we will see if it becomes a 5 over time
Edited because my friend turned me around on Elliot smith
The reputation of this album precedes it for me. I've only ever heard people talk about FKA Twigs as though she is untouchable, but most of the tracks I've heard haven't really left the biggest impression on me.
I liked it more than I thought I would, but struggle to have an emotional connection to the songs and was left kind of wishing she was a bit freakier lyrically to match the sound. It's kind of nostalgic to hear this kind of production after so long
shout out to the single guy credited as "demon voice" on the first track.
Really torn between 2.5 and 3 at the moment, it makes me feel nostalgic but at the same time I get the impression I'm going to forget these
I'm sorry Tina
Read a lot about her online now but the album was just not something I would be eager to go back to
Pretty chill but I am not sure if I would remember "Yellow" or "Trouble" (favorite off the album if we're picking) if they weren't on the radio so often growing up. Considered making a joe biden amv to this
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for some reason this took like 4 attempts listening to get through it but i really enjoyed it
Didn't connect with me very much. It's a good concept, but I didn't feel like the lyrics fleshed out women in a particularly nuanced or interesting way.
this is a man who loves his wife and son
3.5
"In 2007, Gano angered Ritchie by selling advertising rights for the classic 'Blister in the Sun' to Wendy's."
Talk about beef!
Maybe a 4, trying to review things retroactively
"The 43-second 'Iron Gland' was developed out of a guitar riff that Cantrell would play that annoyed the other band members, so he created the song and promised to never play the guitar riff again."
3.5 good to know where they came from but don't have much desire to come back to it. latter half is actually more interesting than the first!
favorite track was Daydreaming
came around on it after a couple listens.
Learned that his voice sounds so low in this one because he was doing so much cocaine that it fucked his voice
this is probably a 3 but i was just so bored :(
i liked the first half more than the latter but it was still good, 3.5
She's a model and she's look-ing good
no
like poison to me
3.5
Changed my mind this shit is great.
2 feels harsh but 3 feels like i might listen to it again which is simply not the case
Great, but I find some of his other albums (Carrie and Lowell, Michigan) are my 5s!
When this album is good, it's GOOD, but when it is bad it's dire.
Highlights: Soul and Fire, Two Days, Happily Divided, Cliche, Sacred Attention, Sixteen
A lot of variety in this one! Was taken in early on, but gradually lost attention. Liked "Autopsy" a lot
well the final track is a surprise, but the rest of it is mostly forgettable and kinda sounds like Coldplay, who I do not have any particular love for.
3.5?? At times joyful and at times mournful, but always hypnotizing. Really enjoyed it
I didn't hate this but it ended up feeling forgettable. Feels a little unfair because I had a Rippingtons phase, but really just no desire to go back to this
Second time around on this one and I think I like it more!
