1001 Albums Journey

P-Funk: I like the funky instruments and the hook, but I think the talking is a bit weird and it goes on for way too long. 6.5/10 Mothership Connection: The talking segments are kinda weird, but I like the rest of it. Also a bit long. 8.25/10 Unfunky UFO: The production is really good, and there are less (or none) spoken word sections. Super groovy. 8.75/10 Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication: Some weirdass percussion instruments take up a good portion of the song (i am pretty damn sure that i heard a vibraslap for like half of it). Despite that, this is insanely groovy (outside of the vibraslap). 7/10 Handcuffs: I want to have a child with the production. Super funky, super groovy, super good. I guess some lyrics are kinda weird. 9.5/10 Give Up The Funk: I don't know how, but this is a big step up from Handcuffs. I guess it drags on a bit?????? 9.8/10 Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples: What are these diarrhea noises. Also, did they put like, autotune on a trumpet 2/3s of the way through? The production is great outside of that, but this is not how this album should end. 5/10 OVERALL: Every song ends with a fade out, something I can handle but find a bit annoying. This is really damn funky, and I love it. Most of these songs are absolutely incredible, but P-Funk and Thumpasorus are pretty weak compared to everything else on this. SONG AVG: 7.8/10 PERSONAL RATING: 8.25/10

OVERALL: Fantastic. It kinda reminds me of Radiohead. Every single song I could listen to, however it isn't absolutely perfect. Exo-Politics's weird conspiracy lyrics are a bit corny, Invincible and Hoodoo can be forgettable at times, and Soldier's Poem is way too short. Everything else is pretty good. Map of the Problematique and City of Delusion are absolutely incredible, many songs (like Starlight or Soldier's Poem) are very beautiful, and Knights of Cydonia still goes hard. SONG AVG: 8.85/10 PERSONAL RATING: 9.5/10 Take a Bow: I love the synth arpeggios and the guitar is pretty nice. Also, the buildup and overall crescendo is executed very well. The only thing I don't really like is the weird ending, and also I can't figure out what they are saying without focusing on the vocals or looking up the lyrics. 8.75/10 Starlight: Very good production, and the guitar and arpeggios are great. The vocals are very good. I guess the drums are kinda basic and repetitive (doesn't take away from it that much). 9.8/10 Supermassive Black Hole: Idk why, but the guitar sounds familiar for some reason. Anyways, the guitar goes hard. The drums are also pretty good, but the vocals are a bit weaker than Starlight (still very good). 9/10 Map of the Problematique: This slaps. I love everything about this that isn't the weird ass intro, and I still like that. Very good texture, great melodies, and the only thing I don't like about it is that it ends. 10/10 Soldier's Poem: Pretty short. Very beautiful, and the chord progression + harmonies are very good. 8.5/10 Invincible: That guitar solo goes absolutely insane. Great atmosphere, but some parts were a bit forgettable. 7.75/10 Assassin: The intro is kinda weird. The drums are absolutely incredible. This feels like a song you play when you're running. Goes pretty hard. 8/10 Exo-Politics: What is pee candle? Anyways, the guitar is very good, and the bass is even better. The lyrics being conspiracy theory stuff is kinda weird, but I think it's executed pretty well. 8/10 City of Delusion: Banger. Absolute banger. It has so much going on, but it's never too much. Masterful instrumentation, the bass solo is incredible and the fact that this has a TRUMPET and a VIOLIN is insane, and they are both performed very well. 10/10 Hoodoo: PIANO DROP INSANELY BASED. Very dramatic. The lyrics apparently won lyrics of the decade? Outside of the insane drop, especially after it, the song is pretty weak compared to everything else. 8.2/10 Knights of Cydonia: This was the only song by Muse (I think) that I've heard before this album. Goes unbelievably hard for no reason, but the western theme is a bit weird. The guitar riff is incredibly iconic, and for good reason. 9.25/10 Glorious: This song is... glorious (hahahahahhahahahahah). I think the beginning is weird, but the rest of the song more than makes up for it. Quite literally everything else about this song feels like something that everybody can at least like. My biggest problem with it is that it doesn't feel like an outro, or at least a better outro than Knights of Cydonia. 9/10

OVERALL: Extremely fly. This funk, jazz, and soul album has probably gotten me into the genres as a whole. Little Child Runnin', Eddie You Should Know Better, Think, and Freddie's Dead are absolute masterpieces, and the jazz elements, especially in Superfly, are incredible and extremely well utilized. I guess I don't like Pusherman or Give Me Your love that much, but they aren't that bad. Also, this feels a lot longer than just 9 songs. SONG AVG: 8.83/10 PERSONAL RATING: 9.55/10 Little Child Runnin' Wild: Fantastic, so unbelievably funky. I have never heard a song by this man before, and I am very impressed. He used every single instrument that he could, and he did it so incredibly well. Also, that saxophone is NNN ending. 10/10 Pusherman: I really like this, it sounds exactly like how I imagine a drug dealer's theme song would sound like, but why do the percussion instruments sound like that? I don't hate it, but it is a bit weird when paired with the melodic stuff. Speaking of which, the instruments (not percussion) sound more boring, but they are still very well performed. This is the song that made me realize that this album was for a movie. 6.5/10 Freddie's Dead: The intro was a bit boring, but it got so much better. The bassline is great, and Curtis Mayfield continues to use his massive array of instruments to their full capability. The only things I don't like about it are the intro and outro for being boring, but the rest of the song is fantastic. 9.5/10 Junkie Chase: The weird ass percussion is back at around 0:15, but it actually works really well this time. It sounds like a Cowboy Bebop chase. The instruments are, once again, played incredibly, and the drummer goes insane. The only problem is the length and the weird ass percussion. 8.75/10 Give Me Your Love: Was this played during a sex scene? It kinda sounds like it was, and I refuse to elaborate. As per usual, the entirety of the instruments are done very well, especially those strings, but I feel like this song drags on a bit. Also, Curtis Mayfield sounds out of place due to the general lack of vocals. 7/10 Eddie You Should Know Better: I need more of this. I cannot name a single thing wrong with this, and I really tried. It sounds great, it's lyrically great, and its absolutely incredible. There just is no producer tag (we depressed music) 11/10 No Thing on Me: Sung beautifully and sounds pretty good, but it does the fade out outro :(. The speaking in the intro brings this song down, and the song kinda drags on. With that being said, this is one of, if not the best instrumental in this album. 8.75/10 Think: The oboe and the French horn have the best dialogue in this whole album. It's so beautiful, I can't put it into words. Listen to this right now. I guess it's not lyrically impressive, probably because it doesn't have any lyrics. 9.5/10 Superfly: This is more what I was expecting from a movie soundtrack. Such a mood switch between this and think. Incredibly funky, and it is definitively fly. I guess as an album outro, it works, but it just so happened to be right after Think. 8.5/10

OVERALL: I like this style of super grand and theatrical rock music in moderation, but this is a bit much. I do like a lot of the stuff here, but I struggle to remember what some of the songs sound like (I rate as I'm listening). Regardless, there are some notable standouts. Turn To Stone, Sweet Talkin' Woman, and Mr. Blue Sky are all pretty good, catchy songs. Big Wheels, Summer And Lightning, and most of Wild West Hero are very beautiful with fantastic instrumentation.The Whale is an excellent instrumental, feeling very dreamy and trippy. Almost everything else I cannot remember most of the song. I do remember Jungle, and I am so unbelievably confused with whatever is going on with that song. It's very charming, but someone needs to put it down. SONG AVG: 8.7/10 PERSONAL RATING: 8/10 Turn To Stone: Very fun and catchy, especially for a song about a break up. Very good production and vocal performance. The strings are kinda goofy but in a good way. It does do the fade out outro though. 9/10 It's Over: Pretty good vocals and strings. I'm pretty surprised that this isn't a more popular standalone song. 9/10 Sweet Talkin' Woman: Very upbeat and catchy, great strings. Surprisingly groovy. So far, the album is very consistent in both sound and quality. 9/10 Across The Border: Now it starts to sound different. I love the strings and the intro, and it continues to be fun and catchy with pretty good vocals. Very energetic and a pretty interesting melody. 9.25/10 Night In The City: Feels more intense while keeping many of the fun and catchy aspects of earlier songs. They definitely did more different stuff in this song than the ones before it, and I love it. I can kinda hear the gummy bear song in the "I'll get you" part, which stops this from being a 9.5. 9/10 Starlight: Very dreamy, with great production and smooth vocals. Although it sounds pretty good, it drags on a bit and does a fade out outro. 8.5/10 Jungle: What is that cursed intro. This is really charming because it's really stupid. It has some pretty good percussion, but what the fuck is chooka chooka hoo la ley supposed to mean. It has lots of detail, but I don't think I like all of it. It also kinda has a fade out outro. 5.5/10 Believe Me Now: Why is this as dramatic as it is? It's mostly instrumental, and it probably should've stayed like that since the autotune(?) orgasms (that I forgot to mention earlier) are not that good. The instrumental is pretty good though. 6.5/10 Steppin' Out: Very nice string arrangements, and the vocals are not that bad either. The transitions into the choruses are the best parts of the song, and the instrumental during the chorus is actually really good. Not that much autotune orgasm in this one. Also, no fade out outro! 9.75/10 Standin' In The Rain: Very energetic. I think I like this? Some things here are pretty weird, but not that bad. I can see arguments for liking this and hating this. Pretty good atmosphere and is an extremely good song after like a minute but the intro is really bad. Also the screams near the beginning are corny and there are some pretty weird details. I'm leaning towards liking this, but it could definitely be rated higher or much lower. 8/10 Big Wheels: Love this. No weird details, no weird intro, no fade out outro. Fantastic instrumentation, really good vocals, and a pretty good meaning. My only complaint is the short autotune orgasm section, but it's pretty easy to ignore it. 9.85/10 Summer And Lightning: I can give this the same review that I gave Big Wheels. Very beautiful and they do their style very well. This is a bit better because of the lack of autotune orgasm. 10/10 Mr. Blue Sky: mister blue sky :DDDDDD Did some research, apparently this and the last three songs are a 4 part concerto. Pretty cool ig. Anyways, we all know this song. I have always thought that the autotune orgasm was weird, but loved everything else about it. Obviously it has gotten a bit old, but that doesn't mean it isn't good. 9/10 Sweet Is The Night: Very romantic and dreamy. Pretty good overall, great melodies, instrumentation, writing, and vocals. I guess it might be a bit boring? Idk man, I'm really tired. Good song. 9.25/10 The Whale: Very nice and atmospheric. I love the strings and synths here, this is a great representation of a song without vocals. The theme is very well executed, and sounds very trippy. 9.75/10 Birmingham Blues: A bit messy, but not bad at all. It's above average, but compared to the other songs, it isn't anything too special and kinda forgettable. 7.5/10 Wild West Hero: That guitar feels so unbelievably out of place. It's an incredible outro and a fantastic, beautiful song outside of that, but that guitar should have been strings. It would've been so much better, but the guitar's existence makes the song worse. Still a great song though. 9/10

OVERALL: There were some pretty damn good songs here. Changes, Oh! You Pretty Things, Life On Mars, Quicksand, and Queen Bitch are all extremely good songs, and have pretty much nothing wrong with them. They have very good instrumentation, vocals, and writing. Eight Line Poem, Kooks, Fill Your Heart, Song for Bob Dylan, and The Bewlay Brothers are fine songs, but they have something about them that I just don't like. The only "bad" song here is Andy Warhol, but it might just be not for me. It sounds too weird and experimental, and can be pretty annoying at times. SONG AVG: 7.77/10 PERSONAL RATING: 7.25/10 Changes: Very catchy, I like the piano and David Bowie's vocal performance. The instrumentation is good, but is a little bit basic. 9/10 Oh! You Pretty Things: The chorus hits harder than a 4 wheeler. Pretty good piano and message. 9.25/10 Eight Line Poem: Pretty good instrumentation, but it doesn't really stand out to me or have anything that interesting in it. I don't hate it, but it's a bit mid. 6/10 Life On Mars?: Fantastic. The piano, vocals, guitar, lyrics, everything is very well executed. 10/10 Kooks: Overall pretty solid. I guess it's pretty fun and a bit silly, but other than that it's fine. Also, fade out outro. 7/10 Quicksand: Pretty good piano and guitar, especially when the song picks up. It can get a little boring, but it doesn't stay that way for too long. Unfortunately, it has a fade out outro. 9.5/10 Fill Your Heart: Pretty fun and upbeat, the instruments are played very well, but David Bowie's singing can be annoying at times, why does that man sound like a fly. The piano is played extremely well, and the harmonica(?) transitions well into the next song. 7/10 Andy Warhol: Very experimental and weird, especially the intro. This song sounds like a dumpster fire accompanied by David Bowie's weird yodeling. Also, it ends with claps? I guess the guitar is nice and it's kinda catchy, but that's about it. 3.75/10 Song for Bob Dylan: I like the guitar and the melody is pretty nice, but it's just okay. 6.5/10 Queen Bitch: Really fun and the guitar is pretty good. Nice energy and the lyrics are pretty good. Nothing too bad about it, but the intro is kinda weird I guess. 9.75/10 The Bewlay Brothers: This can be so unbelievably boring, but the chorus is so very good. I don't understand what this song is about, or what the ending is supposed to be. Apparently it's about David Bowie's brother? Anyways, the song is carried by the chorus pretty heavily. 7.75/10

OVERALL: I think only 4-5 instruments were used. Very strong opening and ending, but some songs in the middle aren't too memorable. I don't really like Jack's voice on most of the songs, and I find myself preferring the instrumental much more than the vocals or lyrics on basically every song except for Little Room and whatever Aluminum was. Speaking of which, Aluminum is so unbelievably awful that it forbids me from giving this anything higher than a 3. There are some pretty good songs on here, but when this album gets bad it gets really bad. Fell In Love With A Girl, We're Going To Be Friends, and I Can Learn are probably my favorites. SONG AVG: 7.08/10 PERSONAL RATING: 6/10 Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground: Pretty solid lyrics and guitar riffs, and it can get stuck in your head pretty easily. This is more "noise" than song, but it's still pretty good. 8.25/10 Hotel Yorba: I do not like Jack's voice on this. Other than that, it's very okay overall. Pretty catchy with above average storytelling. The drums are pretty nice. 6.5/10 I'm Finding It Harder To Be a Gentleman: Pretty good instruments and a nice message, everything else is just okay. 7.25/10 Fell In Love With A Girl: This is such a jump in quality. Absolutely a classic, great drums, guitar, and vocals (usually). I don't really like it when the instruments cut out and it's just Jack's singing, but it isn't that bad. Incredible music video. 9.75/10 Expecting: Pretty interesting guitar, but it gets a little repetitive. Not much to say about this, pretty similar to other songs vocally. Some interesting lyrics I guess. 7/10 Little Room: Interlude (I think). It sounds like it was made by a 13 year old. Why is he yodeling? The drums aren't anything special. I think this is supposed to be about how they started? Thank god this is so short. 3.25/10 The Union Forever: Nice guitar. Interesting concept for the lyrics (literally just lines from Citizen Kane), I don't think I like it that much. The lack of an instrumental during verse 3 is very weird. I guess the instruments sound good. 7.25/10 The Same Boy You've Always Known: I actually like Jack White's voice here, and the instruments are very good. Sometimes Jack's voice sounds kinda weird, but that's my only complaint. 9.75/10 We're Going To Be Friends: Is this the "No Surprises" of the album? Sounds very different from basically everything else so far. Really sweet and an above average story, not much wrong with it. I guess it might be boring sometimes? 9.75/10 Offend In Every Way: Nice guitar riffs, also just overall great instrumental. Pretty interesting message that connects with the album cover. 8.5/10 I Think I Smell A Rat: Pretty good intro, but I don't really like Jack's voice here. The guitar can be a little annoying and repetitive, but it's not too bad. 6.75/10 Aluminum: What happened. Very experimental, which I don't mind if done well, but this is actually abhorrent. This plays in every circle of hell. I guess it's kinda interesting, the guitar is sometimes bearable, and the drums aren't horrible. Still, I would never want to listen to this again. 1.9/10 I Can't Wait: Fantastic guitar and drums, also pretty good vocal performance. The only thing is that the lyrics aren't good, but they don't need to be. This just has to sounds good, and it does. 9/10 Now Mary: Very good, overall great performance. Much better vocal performance than before. Why is this less than 2 minutes long. 9.5/10 I Can Learn: Same as Now Mary but longer. Good overall, with pretty good vocal performance, could honestly work as the ending to the album. 9.75/10 This Protector: The only instrument here is piano, and I like piano. Nice little duet and works well as an outro. 9/10

OVERALL: I like this a lot. This album cover is also really good. I am very biased towards this genre because my music taste has been corrupted by Geometry Dash, so I tried to be more critical when rating (still ended up giving high scores). I don't really dislike any song here, and can rate most of the songs here between 7-10/10. The only thing I disliked was the intro to Lungs, but that's about it. I guess it can be boring sometimes and the girl's voice can be annoying? Anyways, I really like synths, which is something that this album does very well. I also like the girl's vocals on the songs. It can be a little basic, but it gets the job done and sounds really good. This is something that I really like but is probably not that good objectively. But it's here, so maybe I'm wrong. There is an extended version for the 10-year anniversary, but I'm not reviewing that right now. Also, the scores added up are exactly 100. Not intentional, just something cool ig. SONG AVG: 8.3/10 PERSONAL RATING: 9/10 The Mother We Share: Very surprised that something like this was included, especially after getting basically only rock and soul. I guess it's a little basic, and also kinda sounds like a Kidz Bop or 2012 copyright free background music, but I like the synths, and I think it sounds pretty good. 8.75/10 We Sink: The synths are very good and pretty catchy. I like the vocals here, but she sounds awkward when she says fuck, and there is a weird noise that sounds like someone saying "uh" pitched extremely down (same criticisms for the last song, didn't want to make the review too long). I like this a lot, but there are some weird crackling noises that bring this down. 8/10 Gun: Great but simple synths, and the vocals sound fantastic, but it does a fade out outro and the lyrics aren't the greatest. Still sounds amazing. 9/10 Tether: Everything sounds great, but it's overall very simple. The synths during the drop are absolutely incredible. Obviously it sucks lyrically, but that doesn't matter in this genre. Pretty good vocal performance. 9.25/10 Lies: It doesn't do anything special, but it still sounds great. The synths aren't doing anything that interesting, but it still sounds good. The vocal performance isn't that impressive this time. The drop sounds great. 7.75/10 Under the Tide: Pretty nice synths, and a very classic buildup style for this genre. Sounds pretty generic, but there are some pretty nice synths sometimes. Fairly weak vocal performance, still not bad. 7/10 Recover: As much as I like synths, this is pretty basic. Same with the vocal performance, just a little bit above average. It still sounds good, but it also just sounds very boring/generic. 5.75/10 Night Sky: Really good. Still suffers from being simple, but this just sounds really great. It does some weird stuff at the end, but I think I like it. Very catchy, just great overall. 9.8/10 Science/Visions: I have nothing bad to say about this other than that it is maybe a bit basic. Very good overall, a bit chaotic, and sounds incredible. 10/10 Lungs: Why does that intro have to come right after Science/Visions. There is a weird noise that serves as the main percussion, but it isn't that bad. It sounds pretty good when it wants to, which is when the girl is singing. Pretty fun. 6.75/10 By The Throat: The chorus sounds like that one Imogen Heap song that I forgot the name of, and I really like that Imogen Heap song. This is overall really good, there isn't really anything I don't like about it other than the fact that it's slightly basic and the lyrics are just okay. 8.75/10 You Caught the Light: Very slow. When it gets interesting, it sounds really good, but it does the thing where it sounds like the guitar peaked the microphone. I still like it, as it sounds very good and I think the guy's singing is his best on this album. 9.2/10

OVERALL: I dislike the first song, and I find the most of the vocals to be pretty annoying. With that being said, the production on this album is pretty good, and definitely elevates most if not all of the songs. The vocals later on in the album are much better, and aren't nearly as annoying as Thank You for Sending Me an Angel. Despite this, I cannot physically rate this anything higher than a 3 due to the abhorrent singing. It is mostly good, sometimes great, but the singing makes me hate this even though there are some really good songs. This is just to justify the high song avg compared to the low personal rating. SONG AVG: 8/10 PERSONAL RATING: 5/10 Thank You for Sending Me an Angel: The voice sounds very annoying, I despise almost everything about it. The production is pretty repetitive, but isn't that bad. The production singlehandedly saves this from being a 2. 3.75/10 With Our Love: The voice still sounds annoying, but is a little better. Much better production, sounds very aggressive and great overall. Would've been much better if I didn't find the vocals to be absolute dogshit. 6.5/10 The Good Thing: I actually kinda like the vocals on this one, especially the choir. Great production, I have no complaints about it. 9.25/10 Warning Sign: Pretty good vocals, except for when they do the weird mosquito noises. The production is pretty solid, and the key jingling noises(?) are pretty interesting and unique. 7.75/10 The Girl Wants to Be with the Girls: Really good ending. Other than that, everything is decent to above average, nothing incredibly interesting. 6.75/10 Found a Job: Pretty good production, and the ending is very good. I slightly dislike the vocals here, but I guess the lyrics are pretty above average. Pretty good bassline. 8.5/10 Artists Only: The vocals are a lot quieter than they should be, but that's probably a good thing. The second "I don't have to prove that I am creative" is very jarring. This is mostly instrumental, and it certainly sounds great. Fantastic production. 9.25/10 I'm Not in Love: Pretty good outro, and is pretty similar to Artists Only in the sense that it's mostly instrumental and the vocals are surprisingly quiet. 8.75/10 Stay Hungry: Incredible instrumentals, and the vocals aren't that bad either. It does use a fade out outro though. 9/10 Take Me to the River: Overall pretty good. The vocals sound probably the best so far, and the instrumentals, while being a bit basic, are very good. 9/10 The Big Country: Just a really good song. Works as a great outro. I guess it's kinda weird that this is a country-ish song, but I don't mind it that much. I will say that goo goo ga ga ga is weird as hell, but it works pretty well. 9.5/10

OVERALL: Consistently good production and vocals (with the exception of Waking The Witch and some weird vocal effects). Almost every single song on this album is absolutely incredible, especially Hello Earth. After looking it up, the first 5 songs and the last 7 songs are split into separate discs, which makes so much sense. Kate Bush almost dies in the second disc and has a pretty nice time with most of the first disc. Very fun and ethereal. Waking The Witch and maybe Jig Of Life bring this down, but I can deal with both of them and Jig Of Life is just okay. SONG AVG: 8.125/10 PERSONAL RATING: 9.25/10 Running Up That Hill: Everybody knows this song, especially that one part. Incredible production, and the vocals are pretty good. It is a bit annoying because of how much I've heard it, but I still like it. 9.25/10 Hounds of Love: I like the vocals during the chorus, outro, and pre-chorus, but other than that, Kate Bush's voice is kinda annoying. Pretty solid production. 7.5/10 The Big Sky: Very good production, sounds absolutely incredible. The vocals are also pretty good for the most part, but the weird yodel-like yeahs bring this down a bit. 8/10 Mother Stands For Comfort: Great, surreal production. I guess the glass breaking is a bit weird, but it works. Very good vocal performance. I can't really understand what she's saying, but the lyrics on genius are pretty interesting and have a pretty dark meaning. The moaning noises are kinda weird though. 9/10 Cloudbusting: Pretty solid overall. The production and vocals are pretty good, but nothing too memorable. Just a pretty nice song. Kinda drags on a bit. Also apparently this is based on a book? 7/10 And Dream Of Sheep: Pretty beautiful. Very good production, and the vocals are absolutely outstanding. Pretty short, unfortunately. 9.5/10 Under Ice: The production sounds like a panic attack, but in a good way. The vocals seem very frantic, but are kinda corny for a good portion of the song. Clearly I missed something from the last song, because why is Kate Bush drowning? 9.25/10 Waking The Witch: I have no idea what is happening here. The singular note transition into this song and the people saying wake up are kinda funny. The production is very good, but the demon(?) voice is very jarring. That's probably the point, but it doesn't make it any better. Also, there are lots of weird details that I don't really want to type out, so I'm not going to. Just know that it sounds bad but is probably supposed to. 3/10 Watching You Without Me: Is Kate Bush officially dead now? Anyways, fantastic production and some of the best vocals on this album. Absolutely incredible song in almost every aspect. The double reversed bridge and the lagging chorus make it much worse, but it's still very good. 8.5/10 Jig Of Life: SCOTTISH??????????????????? Anyways, NOW Kate Bush has to be dead or at least hallucinating. I've never been much of a fan of Irish-Gaelic type songs, but this isn't as bad. I still don't like it, but the production accomplishes it's job pretty well, and the vocals are pretty solid. 6/10 Hello Earth: This is one of the greatest songs ever made. Perfect production, incredible vocals, pretty good lyrics, just insanely good. It even has heavenly choir parts in between the absolutely fantastic choruses. This song does probably mean that she gets found, but I STILL THINK SHE'S DEAD. 11/10 The Morning Fog: Shit, she's alive. (Or reincarnated) Anyways, pretty big tone shift from basically the rest of the songs since, like, And Dream Of Sheep. Very good production and backing vocals, as well as fantastic lyrics and vocal performance. Works pretty good as an epilogue, but not as well as an outro after Kate Bush almost dying. Still really good. 9.5/10

OVERALL: I have never heard of these people, but they seem to be very weak in terms of lyrics. The lyrics were written by actual elementary school children. Besides that, the production can be pretty basic and boring sometimes, however can be really good when it needs to. Especially on Try Me On For Size and Onie, where the pretty good production is forced to carry horrible lyrics. If you can get past the horrible lyrics, this album is probably okay or even good. For me, I am unfortunately able to hear the lyrics and look up the lyrics, which makes it much worse. The absolutely horrendous, abhorrent, ghastly, scandalous, dreadful outro was so bad I considered giving it a 0/10, but since the piano was sometimes good and was great in the outro, it got 1.28 points of extra credit. Also, every song here is like 2 or 3 minutes long, so I don't really remember how a lot of them sound like. SONG AVG: 5.89/10 PERSONAL RATING: 3.05/10 I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night): Pretty weird effect, but I think I like it? It sounds very good and exciting, and is overall just a really good intro track. The lyrics kinda suck though. 9/10 Bangles: Some pretty standard rock stuff, and the topic is pretty old and overused. Sounds fine. 7.5/10 Onie: Sounds very beautiful. Unfortunately the lyrics could be written by a 7-8 year old. It sounds good, just try to ignore how bad the lyrics are. 6.75/10 Are You Lovin' Me More, But Enjoin' It Less: The ending seemingly peaks the microphone and there is a loud gunshot(?) noise randomly placed in the song like 7 times. Pretty corny lyrics. It mostly sounds pretty good I guess, but it's overall pretty not good. Especially when the lyrics come back in. 4.25/10 Train For Tomorrow: Pretty solid overall. The singing is mostly good, and the production is basic but works well enough. The long outro is pretty nice. 7.5/10 Sold To The Highest Bidder: Massive outburst of energy, especially after Train For Tomorrow's ending. It seems to be inspired by arabic(?) songs, and that combined with the weird effect doesn't really work that well in my opinion. It's about gold diggers, but it doesn't sound like one that would be about gold diggers. I don't think it works very well. 2.25/10 Get Me To The World On Time: Pretty rowdy vocal performance. It tries really hard to be a good rock song, and it does an okay job at that. Pretty solid use of instruments. The only major issues are the awful intro and the lyrics written by either a 9 year old or a lyric generator. Just try to focus on anything that isn't the lyrics. 6.75/10 About A Quarter To Nine: I think looking up the lyrics for this album was a mistake. The production is pretty boring most of the time, unless the chorus starts. Fairly mediocre vocal performance, nothing very notable. The lyrics sound like a child is trying to finish an english assignment and desperately finding things that would work. 1.75/10 The King Is In The Counting House: This sounds like something in a piano book that has corny ass lyrics, especially the broken chord accompaniment. If anyone reading this has played piano, then you might know what I'm talking about. Anyways, extremely forgettable. I just listened to it twice and I can't name much. It uses a lot of instruments, but not very interestingly. I think it sounds passable. 4.75/10 Luvin: Actually pretty good production. It does use a fade out outro though. Mediocre lyrics, but the song actually sounds alright. That's it, these songs are really short. 8/10 Try Me On For Size: Once again, pretty good production. It actually sounds pretty good. The piano could've been used so much better, but that's just my opinion. The lyrics, on the other hand, are awful. I quote; "I'm not a dreamer, I'm a do'er, your hopes for escape are gettin' fewer" and "Stop your lookin' baby what you want is standin' right in front of your eyes, try me on for size." That actually sounds like it was written by a person who's age has less than two digits. Carried by production so unbelievably hard. 5/10 Toonerville Trolley: Someone please help me. Why was this on here. Why was this the goddamn OUTRO to this. The song was sung by goofy on drugs, also I swear it said daddy's dead instead of "in daddy's day". The only good part of this is the piano, which varies from basic to really good. The good piano parts are more than balanced out by the unbelievably horrendous singing and the really bad lyrics. I kid you not, the words "Oh by gee, by gosh, by golly" are actual words sung on this song to serve as the outro, the last thing you hear on the album. 1.28/10

OVERALL: Very good for only 6 songs, although 41 minutes is a lot for 6 songs. There were some pretty good vocals throughout, and the production was really good most of the time. The back to back multi part songs were both really good, and the only part I didn't really like was Disillusion. Not counting Disillusion, The Clap is easily the worst song here, as it's maybe a little above average, and there are no lyrics or vocals to help it. With that being said, the album definitely gets really good after the first two songs. Certified bangers all the way through, and the outro track is really good. SONG AVG: 8.2/10 PERSONAL RATING 8.75/10 Yours Is No Disgrace: Great but long intro. I'm a massive fan of the production, but the song goes on for almost 10 minutes. Pretty good bassline. The vocals are okay, sometimes pretty good usually okay. Very good outro. I probably missed a lot of details since I'm pretty tired atm, but I thought it was pretty nice. It's just way too long. 8.25/10 The Clap: Basically no lyrics. It sounds fine, it works as a pretty above average guitar piece. The audience claps at the end are kinda weird but it isn't too bad. 6/10 Starship Trooper: This is a three part song, so I'll review each individually and the song as a whole. Life Seeker: Pretty good production and very good vocal performance. I don't really see anything I don't like about it. The vocals work with the production very well. 9/10 Disillusion: I don't like the production during the main verse, and the vocals during it could be better, but once it ends the production becomes very good. I don't think that was supposed to be part of Disillusion though, so it won't count towards the score as much. 6/10 Würm: Serves as a great instrumental and a fantastic outro for this song. Just overall really good, especially the guitar near the end. 7.75/10 Overall, a three part song with a strong first part, a comparatively weak second part, and a good outro. I like the chorus, and Life Seeker is really good. Würm is pretty nice, but Disillusion is not nearly as good as them. I would personally give this an 8.75/10, but the song average is around 7.6. Anyways, the parts will not count towards the song average. 8.75/10 I've Seen All Good People: This is a two part song, so I'll review each individually and the song as a whole. Your Move: Wow, another multi part song. Very good production and fantastic vocals throughout the song, however I find the diddits to be particularly annoying. 8/10 All Good People: Very good guitar solo in this one. I love how this sounds. The lyrics are just the same thing over and over again for the most part, but the vocals make it sound interesting enough to the point where it's not noticeable if you're playing it in the background. 8/10 Overall, very consistent in quality despite two parts that sound very different. Very good production and mostly great vocal performance in both parts. I would personally give this an 8 or maybe even an 8.25, but I'm leaning more towards the number that looks better. 8/10 A Venture: I like the intro, and I really like the production. The vocals are perfomed very well, especially the hide aways. I love piano. The lyrics do kinda suck, but I don't really care unless they are at a certain level of bad, and this song hasn't reached it. Overall, very good. Short and sweet. 9/10 Perpetual Change: Nice riffs in the intro. I love the chords in the production, and the buildup is incredible. Sounds very good during the chorus. The production can sometimes sound kinda weird, but it definitely redeems itself with how much detail and texture there is. Works as a great, grand outro. My biggest problem with it is the fade out outro. 9.25/10

OVERALL: I was kinda putting this album off because I was really sick, but after listening I realize that I had to have listened to this earlier. Every single song is absolutely phenomenal, and I have to nitpick in order to find something slightly bad about them. Björk has some of the best vocals I have ever heard, and her production is basically perfect if you ignore the occasional worm tunneling. The only thing that I might not like is that it is very much about sex, which is pretty weird but is used surprisingly well. This album is maybe the most beautiful one I've ever listened to, except for maybe blond. SONG AVG: 9.485/10 PERSONAL RATING: 9.87/10 Hidden Place: I like the sounds at the beginning, but the melody that follows is pretty weird. I find Björk's voice to be pretty bad at the start, but it quickly becomes very good. Absolutely incredible production, I cannot describe how incredible it sounds. Absolutely incredible choirs. I can't really understand what Björk is saying, but it sounds pretty good. I will say that the music video is weird as hell. 9.5/10 Cocoon: I have no idea what is happening. It sounds very unsettling, but the vocals are pretty good. The production is overall pretty good. Nice percussion, and the mystery instrument is pretty good. I don't really like the ASMR whispering. 8.65/10 It's Not up to You: Absolutely incredible chorus. I love the production when it isn't playing a worm tunneling-like noise in my ears. Excellent vocals and choirs, quite literally the only thing I don't love about this song is that I sometimes don't really know what she's saying and the worm tunneling noises are kinda weird. Also the outro is pretty weird. 9.87/10 Undo: Once again, the production is amazing in every single aspect with the exception of the worm tunneling. The last half of this song is absolutely angelic. Love it. Also the vocals are pretty good. I guess the ooh-wahs might be a little annoying and the outro is kinda weird, but that's it. 9.92/10 Pagan Poetry: This is just overall perfect. I can only nitpick so hard, and I can only come up with: the lyrics are kinda hard to make out. That's it. Listen to this immediately. 10/10 Frosti: The intro is kinda weird, but I really like it. The instrument (most likely a music box or glockenspiel) is used incredibly. I love how well it transitions into the next song, but it does kinda end abruptly. Also, no vocals. 8.75/10 Aurora: Fantastic vocals, maybe my second favorite on this album in terms of vocals. The production compliments the vocals very well, and they are really well excecuted. The only thing I don't really like are the worm tunneling, which is (unfortunately) brought back. Also snow crunching is here, but that is actually used really well. 9.88/10 An Echo, a Stain: Had to go to genius to confirm something, this is about sexual assault. So other than that, the vocal performance is absolutely incredible. It sounds very ominous and unsettling, which matches the theme of the song. The production matches and makes the song much more intense, and is overall just really good. I guess the only "bad" thing is that it's very ambient and uncomfortable, but I find that to be a good thing about it. 10/10 Sun in My Mouth: Apparently this is an excerpt from a poem, which perfectly matches the theme of this album. Fantastic vocals and incredible production, but it is the second shortest song on this album. It does lose some points since the lyrics are just from a poem, but it's still really good. 8.75/10 Heirloom: The percussion at the start made me think this would sound much different. Anyways, the vocals are just as good as everything else on this album. The production is very nice, although it can sound pretty weird at some sections. As much as I like this, I will say that the lyrics are kinda basic and aren't anything too special. I guess the metaphor and the recurring dream have nice imagery. The outro, although I think it sounds good, is definitely weird and is not for everyone. 8.25/10 Harm of Will: It sounds absolutely incredible, and the vocals are unbelivably good, but I cannot figure out what Björk is saying. The production is incredible, especially the massive orchestral build up. Anyways, I do not know what the lyrics mean. I know it means something about sex, but I am super confused. Just know that it sounds good. 9.25/10 Unison: Potentially a perfect song. I am struggling to come up with anything I thought was mediocre. I guess it's really long and there are sometimes some weird synths, but that's about it. Björk has her best vocal performance on this album (imo), and everything in the production are worked perfectly. Everything from the choirs to the percussion to the strings are not only used perfectly, but are also used in a great way that perfectly captures what makes this album special. It does end abruptly, but that works and adds to the overall atmosphere of the album. Fantastic example of both a perfect song and a fantastic album ending. 11/10

OVERALL: I think I understand why people went insane for the Beatles. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five is probably one of the best songs ever made, and Paul knows exactly how to make catchy songs. The only real problem I might have is that there are not much lyrics, and some of the lyrics aren't anything notable. Despite that, Jet, Bluebird, Picasso's Last Words, and Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five are incredible and are pretty high moments for me. Even some of the "weak" songs on here aren't bad at all, just aren't anything special. Pretty nice after a week break from albums. SONG AVG: 8.25 PERSONAL RATING: 8/10 Band On The Run: I think this is really good? I had to relisten to this because I could not remember any of it. Pretty solid instruments, and it's overall very theatrical. The vocals and lyrics are above average. This is separated into three sections, and they fit together pretty well. Very catchy. 7.75/10 Jet: I love the intro, and the instrumental is fantastic. Lyrically, basically nothing is happening. There are like 2 verses that are each 10ish seconds long. It still sounds good, and the vocals are great and compliment the instrumental very well. 9/10 Bluebird: Just a nice, catchy tune with a fantastic saxophone solo. Nice instrumental, I like the percussion and the laid-back feel of it. Awesome saxophone. Very good vocals, and the lyrics are catchy but very average. 9/10 Mrs. Vandebilt: Misspelled lmao. Great use of sax, and the instrumental is really good. The chorus is (obviously) lyrically dogshit, but it's very catchy and kinda fun. The vocals are above average, except for the goofy ass laughing at the end, which takes away a few points. Very catchy. 7.5/10 Let Me Roll It: The start reminds me of a Plastic Beach song but I forgot which one. Pretty slow, and the guitar sounds a bit awkward. Outside of the guitar and the drums, pretty much nothing is happening in the instrumental. The vocals are pretty good I guess. 6/10 Mamunia: What is does mamunia even mean. Very peaceful, and the vocals are very good. The ending is easily the best part, but outside of that it's pretty good. Nice lyrics, and the singing is very good. The instrumental is average I guess. 7.75/10 No Words: Incredible instrumental, but it's way too short. The vocals are pretty similar to the rest of this album, and the lyrics aren't anything special. The instrumental is just great overall, and my only complaint is the fade out outro. 8/10 Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me): I think this is just Band On The Run but better. The instrumental is maybe perfect, and the Jet callback is pretty good. The Mrs. Vandebilt chorus at the end sucks though, and definitely brings it down. Very good vocals, and the lyrics are above average. 8.25/10 Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five: Amazing. I love it when pianos are used well, and it is used greatly here. Everything is is also great, and the guitar is absolutely perfect. Perfect outro, and the synths at the end make it feel very futuristic despite being about 1985. The Band On The Run at the end works really well here, and ties up the album perfectly (it's still a fade out outro). I think the only thing that might be bad is the fact that there aren't many lyrics, but it just makes the instrumental stand out more and sound better. Paul's voice is also a little weird, but it works well. 11/10

OVERALL: Very good, but a lot of the songs just aren't memorable. Every song here is incredible in some way, and Solomon Burke's voice is absolutely stunning. The biggest problem with this is the microphone peaking, which is kinda distracting and definitely takes away from it. It also doesn't really work as an album, more as a collection of singles, but that's fine. The lyrics are definitely basic, but his voice more than makes up for it. Also fade out outros are extremely common, but that's more of a personal vendetta. Just Out Of Reach, Beautiful Brown Eyes, Cry To Me, Someone To Love Me, and You're Good For Me are absolutely incredible songs and bring this up to a 4, their instrumental and vocals are just way too good to give the album anything lower. SONG AVG: 8.625/10 PERSONAL RATING: 8/10 Goodbye Baby: He has a great voice. The instrumental is very simple but also very nice, and works very well with his voice. Pretty good backing vocals. It does use a fade out outro though. 7.75/10 Cry To Me: Fantastic instrumental, and the vocals are, once again, incredible. It does sound like something that would play in a retirement home, but that is kinda given with music from this time. Sounds really good, but it still uses a fade out outro. 9.25/10 Won't You Give Him (One More Chance): I have a feeling that every song here will end in a fade out outro. Anyways, the backing vocals have more of a focus on this, and they are pretty good. Obviously, his voice is fantastic, and the instrumental is pretty nice but a little basic. Also the lyrics are very basic so far, but I guess I was kinda expecting it. 8/10 If You Need Me: I have nothing different to say about this one, great voice, instrumental, and backing vocals. Uses a fade out outro. 7.75/10 Hard, Ain't It Hard: See above. The instrumental and backing vocals are really good here. 8/10 Can't Nobody Love You: Same rating as If You Need Me, but everything is better. His vocals are really good here, and the instrumental is more interesting. 8.5/10 Just Out Of Reach: I listened to this right after watching the Kendrick halftime show, so uhhhhhhh. The instrumental is incredible, and works very well with his voice. Speaking of which, this song probably has the best vocals so far. For some reason it reminds me of a Christmas song. Also, it doesn't use a fade out outro. 10/10 You're Good For Me: See above, but it uses a fade out outro. His vocal performance is maybe a bit worse, but the instrumental more than makes up for it. 9.25/10 You Can't Love Them All: Pretty solid, but the microphone peaking is especially noticeable here. The backing vocals are sometimes corny, but they're usually fine. 7/10 Someone To Love Me: Just really good overall, and the guitar is weird but works well. Probably the best lyrics so far. 9.25/10 Beautiful Brown Eyes: Very beautiful, the instrumental is basically just Just Out Of Reach 2. His vocals here are my favorite on the album, and the only complaint is the fade out outro. There isn't really anything I don't like about this except for the fade out outro. 9.9/10 He'll Have To Go: Possibly the best instrumental on this album, beautiful strings that work very well. Works fairly well as the outro. 8.85/10

OVERALL: I think that most if not all of the songs here are pretty basic songs for the radio, but some of these do a much better job at this than others. The guitar is consistently basic for a lot of the songs, but when it isn't it's either really good or horrible. I can't help but feel like basically every single song is about Kurt Cobain in some way, shape, or form. Anyways, nothing was really too memorable, but that doesn't mean they don't sound good. I like Celebrity Skin, Dying, Use Once & Destroy, most of Playing Your Song, and Petals, but I can't really remember what some of them sound like after a while. Overall, I don't think this was anything that special. Good songs were pretty forgettable after a while, but were good nonetheless. The lyrics and vocals were either good or nothing special, and sometimes the vocals were kinda bad. I probably wouldn't listen to this as an album again, but there are some standalone songs that I would definitely add to my playlist. SONG AVG: 7.65/10 PERSONAL RATING: 6/10 Celebrity Skin: Banger. This is probably the whitest, most basic rock song to ever exist, but I like it. I guess the chorus could be a bit annoying and is a bit bad, but I kinda like it. Very catchy. 8/10 Awful: Pretty solid vocals, and the lyrics sound very personal to Courtney Love. The guitar is pretty good, and is overall really nice. I guess it's a little basic. 7.75/10 Hit So Hard: It sounds good, but it's kinda boring. The instrumental is pretty solid and sounds fine, but it's a little boring and basic. The lyrics are pretty good I guess, and I think it's about either Kurt Cobain, an orgasm, or domestic abuse. Everything else is fine. 6.5/10 Malibu: Same review as the last song, but the lyrics are about drugs and the vocals are pretty good. I guess the chorus is good. Nothing else is too interesting, overall pretty average. Works well as a song for the radio 7/10 Reasons To Be Beautiful: The lyrics are pretty good, but the vocals go from being pretty good to kinda bad. Although the vocals ruin some of the song, basically every other part of it is really good. I dislike the ending for the vocals, but everything else about it sounds good I guess. 8/10 Dying: Pretty good, but I don't like Courtney Love's vocals in some parts of the chorus. Other than that, basically everything is incredible, especially after the second chorus. I think the guitar may be just on a loop for like 30 seconds, but I don't really mind it too much. Very good overall. 9/10 Use Once & Destroy: Actually really good. I don't have anything negative to say about it. Very good lyrics, very good vocals, and very good instrumental. I guess it drags on a bit? 9.75/10 Northern Star: I don't like the vocals or most of the instrumental that much. I guess the lyrics are good. After each chorus, the instrumental becomes much better, which is pretty good if it weren't ass for the first minuteish, and after the first chorus the instrumental is slightly improved. 3.5/10 Boys On The Radio: Nice little pop song. It sounds as good as basic gets, and the tribute to dead people is pretty good. I can't really hear the lyrics over the instrumental, but I think the vocals are good from what I can hear. The lyrics aren't too interesting or deep, but since I can't really hear them it doesn't make too much of a difference. 7.75/10 Heaven Tonight: Once again, a nice little pop song. I guess the lyrics are good, pretty standard stuff. Overall above average, sounds like a song designed to be popular. 6/10 Playing Your Song: I don't like the guitar riff, which is a shame because everything else is basically perfect. Incredible instrumental and the vocals have lots of emotion. The guitar riff singlehandedly prevents this from being the best song on the album. 8.75/10 Petals: THIS is the best song on the album. As an album outro, it's not the best but it gets the job done. The instrumental is probably my favorite on the album, just really good overall and the string section at the end is perfection. The lyrics are just really good. The thing I don't like is when Courtney Love says whore, it sounds awkward and doesn't really flow well. Other than that the vocals are great. 9.8/10

OVERALL: Pretty good, but there are lots of noise that I'm not a fan of. The vocals here aren't that good either, especially on The Sprawl and Eliminator Jr. The vocals there sound like absolute dogshit, which singlehandedly prevents me from giving it a 4 or 5. Other than that, though, the instrumentals are usually really good. For most of the songs, the instrumental was easily the best part and carried it so much. I think they knew this, because in a lot of the songs there would be very long sections with just instrumental. It probably contributed to the length of these songs, as 3 songs are over 7 minutes, one is 6:58, and the three part song is over 14 minutes long. The amount of good stuff is almost always in the instrumental, which is by far the best part, but as good as it is, it doesn't completely outweigh the unreasonably long length and/or the horrible vocals. SONG AVG: 7.98 PERSONAL RATING: 6.75 Teen Age Riot: The intro is a little weird, but I really like it, and the instrumental break after it is very good. After that, the instrumental is very repetitive but still sounds good. The lyrics are pretty good, and they work well with the vocals. My main complaint is the length, it does not need to be 7 minutes long, and the instrumental doesn't really do anything interesting. It sounds good, but if it were shorter I would probably like it more. 8/10 Silver Rocket: After the intro, this song goes absolutely insane. It goes absolutely crazy, and the verses work well with the first instrumental. After like a minute and a half, the song decides to kill itself for a minute, before picking back up and going crazy. The biggest negative about this is the weird carcrash like part that lasts over a minute. It's not for me, but I guess I can understand it if you like it. Sounds way too messy and noise-like for me. Basically everything else is incredible. 9.25/10 The Sprawl: I don't like the vocals, I find them annoying and the chorus sounds like a little child in a musical that can barely sing. I guess the lyrics are good. I like it when it's just instrumental, which both sounds really good and isn't too repetitive, despite the long length. Speaking of which, this is over seven and a half minutes long. I love some songs that are longer, but the lyrics being around for like a minute and a half make the rest feel empty despite sounding great. As good as it sounds, it definitely drags on. 7/10 'Cross the Breeze: Why is there another 7 minute song. Great instrumental. The intro is great, but takes way too long. I think the vocals work with the instrumental, but they are pretty annoying and I don't like them. There's also a long ass outro, which I like but doesn't need to be as long as it is. It still sounds incredible. The lyrics are good I guess. The instrumental carries so unbelievably hard. 8.75/10 Eric's Trip: I like the vocals more than the last two longs, but he sounds so conversational and casual while this insane instrumental is playing. Speaking of which, the instrumental is, once again, incredible. Also, it's much shorter than 7 minutes. 8.25/10 Total Trash: Another 7 minute song, this time it has an extra 33 seconds. This is more what I was expecting from this. The instrumental is more basic, but still hits hard and sounds pretty good. The vocals sound actually normal this time, and work well with the instrumental. The break is way too long, but has lots of interesting moments and is very good. The lyrics are fine. 8.5/10 Hey Joni: Same review as Total Trash, but it's much shorter and has the weird, overly conversational vocals sometimes. Really good instrumental. 7.25/10 The Providence: This is 2:42 long, but it feels like an instrumental with how long the other songs on this are. I really like the piano, but everything else is mid or bad. I don't like the weird high pitched noise, and the vocals/lyrics (if you could call them that) are mid and have lots of unused potential. Piano carries. 5/10 Candle: I really like this. The instrumental is, in my opinion, perfect. The only thing I don't love is that it's a little boring at times, but it still sounds good regardless. Definitely stands out from the other, more intense songs. It also isn't 7 minutes long. It's much more calm and less intense, but still manages to capture the rawness of the other songs. Also the vocals are pretty good. Lyrics are fine. 9.75/10 Rain King: The intro is very interesting. I don't know if I like it or hate it, but I'm leaning towards like for now. The instrumental sounds very good, I don't really know how to describe it, but it fits the vocals and lyrics very well. It does suck when it sounds like they are either drowning or strangling a cat. It's good when it's not doing that. The vocals here are pretty average. I don't really know what the lyrics mean, but I guess it works? 8.25/10 Kissabililty: The instrumental is probably my third favorite, and it doesn't do anything wrong and serves its purpose very well. The lyrics are pretty good I guess. The vocals are the same ones in The Sprawl and 'Cross the Breeze, but I find them less annoying. They are still pretty bad, but they aren't nearly as annoying and are a massive improvement. 8.75/10 Trilogy: This is a three part song, so I'll review each individually and the song as a whole. a) The Wonder: The vocals suck outside of the choruses and the bridge. Great instrumental, until it does the weird thing at 2:45. Other than that, the instrumental is very raw and very well done. The vocals bring this down by about 2 points, but that's fine I guess. Pretty good outro. 7.25/10 b) Hyperstation: IT SAID THE NAME OF THE ALBUM. Nice transition. Also, this part takes up over half of the song. Anyways, this is a slower song, and sounds very good overall. There aren't many lyrics here, but the vocals sound pretty good. The instrumental really shines here, and it sounds incredible for the entire part. Unfortunately, it does use a fade out outro. 9.82/10 z) Eliminator Jr.: That was a jumpscare. This part is also shorter than the interlude. Anyways, very intense instrumental that is pretty repetitive. The vocals here are dogshit. The "Take a walk in the park? Shit yeah!" sounds very bad. I guess other than that the instrumental is fine, but it's nothing too interesting. This probably would go so much harder if the woman was better at singing, or if there weren't any vocals at all. This is also the outro to the entire album that is way too long, and this doesn't feel like it should be on the album, much less the last thing you hear. 3/10 Overall, a three part song with a good first part, a fantastic second part, and a horrible third part. The instrumental is easily the best part of each of the parts, with the vocals being a detriment to The Wonder and Eliminator Jr. Hyperstation is easily the best part. It has a fantastic transition, a fantastic instrumental, and pretty good vocals. My biggest problem with the song is that Eliminator Jr. should not be here, it doesn't deserve to be the outro to both this song and the entire album. The song average is 6.69/10, but I'll give it a 7/10. The parts will not count towards the song avg. 7/10

OVERALL: I've been purposely putting this one off because I do not like death metal at all. After listening, my mind has barely changed. Every single song has vocals that I don't like, I really can't think of anything good other than that they aren't too annoying. I guess the intrumental is usually not that bad, but it consistently sounds the same almost every single time. The lyrics are honestly probably the most consistent and possibly the best part of this album, they are almost always good or decent, but always talk about death or something. Overall, I don't like the overly aggressive and chaotic sound and I think the lyrics could probably have more variation in topics. I really wish I gave Electric Prunes a 1, because I think I like that album as much as this one, but this being my first 1 is fine with me. SONG AVG: 4.47 PERSONAL RATING: 2.5/10 Arise: I'm definitely gonna need genius for this album. This genre is not something that I listen to often or particularly like, so I'm not expecting to like many songs here. The vocals are very aggressive, but I don't really like how they sound and I feel like it doesn't match up with the instrumental sometimes. I do enjoy some parts of the instrumental, but it is overall pretty bad. The drums are good by themselves, but sometimes they don't line up with the guitar that well. The guitar is good I guess. 4/10 Dead Embryonic Cells: I like this song when the vocals are not in it. The instrumental is an improvement from the last song, the guitar is pretty good and the drums are incredible, and I don't really dislike anything about it. I guess it's probably pretty generic, but it's still good. I don't like the vocals, and I don't really know how to explain it other than that I just really don't like the harsher style, probably because I can't understand them. 6.75/10 Desperate Cry: I really like the instrumental, lots of interesting details used and the constant switching is actually pretty good. Vocals are consistent in quality with the other songs, the last "cry" is kinda funny. The instrumental absolutely carries this song, although it does use a fade out outro. I guess the lyrics are above average??? Nothing so far has stood out lyrically to me. 8/10 Murder: The instrumental is fine, although the weird guitar that gets introduced at like 2:30 is kinda weird. The vocals are consistent with the other songs, but the lyrics are better than the other songs so that's good I guess. 3.5/10 Subtraction: The intro does not need to be 10 seconds long, but it is pretty good. I swear the drums are on a loop or something. The guitar is alternating between being the same thing as the other songs and having a decently interesting melody. The vocals are, once again, not that good. The lyrics are good I guess. 5/10 Altered State: I really like the intro, and the rest of the instrumental is pretty good but gets worse overall as the song goes on. The vocals are under average, which is a slight improvement. I don't know if I like this or hate it, but I think there are more flaws overall despite the instrumental being really creative. 7/10 Under Seige (Regnum Irae): The instrumental is the best part of this song, and it's slightly above average. I guess the lyrics are good, but I can't really hear them with the dogshit vocals. The vocals are easily the worst on this song, the weird reversed sounding vocals are horrible and don't really work well with any part of the song. I guess the outro is good. The song in the ad I got after this was better than this. 1.25/10 Meaningless Movements: Probably one of the more forgettable songs here. The instrumental is fine, I like the drums and the guitar does some interesting stuff, but most of the time it does the same measure on a loop for a while. The vocals have really weird inflection, even with the lyrics pulled up I cannot really make out some of the words. Right after listening to this, I cannot really tell you anything about it that I remember. 2/10 Infected Voice: Same comment about instrumental in Meaningless Movements here. Literally just the same review as Meaningless Movements but the vocals are better. 2.75/10

OVERALL: I have been putting this off like crazy. I also just keep forgetting to go here. Anyways, the very sample heavy beginning is pretty good, however can get a little jarring and corny. It's very upbeat, ethereal, and shows off Moby's great production. Then we get to the more ambient and experimental second half. Quite literally the only song that I would probably revisit fairly often is Machete, which is still pretty weird. The second half is a lot more calmer, and while there are a lot of good stuff, it's mostly boring and not much is really going on. I would recommend skipping 7, Down Slow, If Things Were Perfect, Guitar Flute & String, The Sky Is Broken, and maybe My Weakness. Really good album for just vibes, other than that it's okay I guess. SONG AVG: 6.55222/10 PERSONAL RATING: 5/10 Honey: This sounds like a guilty pleasure song. It's pretty fun, but the sample is a bit annoying and is also the only thing that isn't instrumental. The instrumental slaps, although it is pretty simple. 7/10 Find My Baby: I'm beginning to think that this is going to be a very sample-heavy album. The sample here is more annoying, and the instrumental starts off pretty bad but gradually gets really good. The sample doesn't get better though. 6.75/10 Porcelain: I saw a video breaking down this sample, and it's pretty impressive. Absolute banger, the instrumental is perfect and the sample is used very well and fits in. The last verse has a pretty weird effect over it, but it's fine I guess. Also there are actual unsampled lyrics, and they're lyrically good, but sound weak in comparison. 9.25/10 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?: Pretty good, very similar to Porcelain. The sample is used pretty well, and the instrumental is better than Porcelain's imo. It goes back to doing the repetitive sample thing he did in Honey and Find My Baby, but a bit better. The "He'll open doors" is kinda weird the more I hear it, but it's fine. 9/10 South Side: Incredible production and chorus, but the vocals in the verses sound like Moby was either bored or on his 90th take. The guitar rocks though. It is definitely a more safe song, also why did Gwen Stefani show up on this song. 8.25/10 Rushing: Pure instrumental with an occasional sample. Sounds really good, great build up and the sample is used very well. Since it's just instrumental, and Moby has really good instrumentals, this is obviously really good. It does feel like it's lacking something, but I don't really know what. 8.75/10 Bodyrock: I can't tell if I like this or not. I think the sample kinda sucks and doesn't really fit with the songs before it, but it works really well with the instrumental when it's the "we rock the body section. The instrumental is pretty good, nice rock usually. When the guitar does it's own weird drunk thing it kinda sucks, but it's usually really good. 8.5/10 Natural Blues: Nice. Nice sample, nice instrumental, just the most nice nice can get. I don't really know what else to say, but it's very ethereal. 9.2/10 Machete: What happened between Natural Blues and Machete. That was such a jarring transition. It goes hard, but still. Is this what a DMT trip sounds like? I really like this, and it's probably one of the most memorable songs, but that transition from Natural Blues was very weird. 9/10 7: huh. How do I even rate this? I feel like this is a bad omen for what's about to come. Pretty weird ambient stuff, not entirely sure why Moby went for this but I guess it works?????????????????????? 2.34/10 Run On: Better than 7 by a mile. More of the sample-heavy old soul remix stuff, although the verses don't sound that good. Really good chorus. I don't know what weird instrument he pitched down and annihilated at the end, but it brings the rating down a bit. 7.8/10 Down Slow: literally just 7 but a little better. Good choir vocals, and it sounds less drunk than 7. Still nothing much to rate. 2.75/10 If Things Were Perfect: ngl this kinda sucks. The instrumental is dead :(. Moby also sounds dead, that or he hasn't slept since the gilded age. The sample is the only sign of life on this entire song, that and maybe a few parts of the instrumental. 5/10 Everloving: I feel like my standards have been lowered after the last 4ish songs. Nice guitar, and the overall instrumental is super good. The only real complaints are that the guitar is basically the only thing for like an entire minute, and Moby's humming is weird. 7.28/10 Inside: how did we go from honey to this. Very calm and relaxing, although it isn't really doing a whole lot. I actually was surprised by the piano, not because it's really good (even thought it is) but because it is actually something different. Sounds good and that's kinda all I need at this point. 7.82/10 Guitar Flute & String: Seriously, how DID we get here from Honey. Apparently this is Moby's favorite on the album? It's okay I guess. Good ambient music that a teacher would play in the background. 6.35/10 The Sky Is Broken: There is not a single thing that is happening in the instrumental. I really don't wanna hear Moby tell me his poem while he's actively drifting off into a 20 year coma, which has pretty okay writing. The only notable thing in the instrumental are the strings that appear when Moby finally sleeps and the two piano keys that are on loop. Way too long. 3/10 My Weakness: You know what? This is good I think. Very cinematic strings, and the weird ass distorted vocals fit pretty well for a beautiful, yet haunting song. It's so much better than ending on The Sky Is Broken, but it's still not really too interesting. It does use a fade out outro, which I usually hate, but it works in this scenario because the album gets progressively more calmer. How the hell did we go from Honey to this. 6.25/10

OVERALL: There are some really high highs and some pretty unfortunately mid lows. Obviously there's Mr. Brightside, but Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine and Midnight Show are, at least in my opinion, clear standouts that compete with Mr. Brightside as the best song. A lot of these songs sound really good and have great instrumentals, but I just don't like how some of the vocals sound on some of the later tracks. With that being said, half of the songs are bangers and I will definitely be replaying them. Good rock stuff, but also kinda mid. I guess I'll go with a 4 even though it's more like a 3.5/5 because of the bangers. SONG AVG: 7.8175/10 PERSONAL RATING: 7/10 Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine: Banger. Great bassline, and absolutely rocks the entire way through. Very replayable. The only downside I can really think of is that it's kinda basic, but that's also not really true, as it has an incredible bassline, great vocals, and uses a synth pretty well. 9.82/10 Mr. Brightside: Banger. I don't need to explain anything. I will say that this is one of, if not the most basic white rock song, but it still rocks. Probably the most upbeat song about being cucked, absolutely incredible. 9.5/10 Smile Like You Mean It: I like the synth riff, but I can understand people who would despise it. Great bridge, good instrumentation, fine vocal performance. The synth riff is definitely used way too much. 8.5/10 Somebody Told Me: Once again, banger. I feel like this is the hits and/or singles section of the album. Really good chorus and the instrumentation absolutely slaps. Probably objectively better than Smile Like You Mean It, but I don't really feel as interested. 8.25/10 All These Things That I've Done: Kinda mid. I guess I like the message, but I'm so incredibly bored, and I don't know why. The "I got soul but I'm not a soldier" part sucks. Everything else is fine I guess. 6.25/10 Andy, You're A Star: Good. I like how this is basically a fuck you to someone from this guy's school. The instrumental is kinda weird, and isn't very good in the start, but gets really good as the song goes on. It also dies after the chorus, so that's weird. The vocals also usually suck unless it's the chorus, so uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the lyrics are kinda funny ig. 6/10 On Top: Pretty good. Nice instrumental, and the vocals are fine. Very catchy. Also the fake ending is pretty good, and after that everything gets better. 8/10 Change Your Mind: Very generic, but also pretty good. The lyrics are pretty solid, and the production starts good and gets better over time. Really enjoyable, but also nothing that interesting. 7.75/10 Believe Me Natalie: Why are the vocals, like, doubled for a good part of it? The lyrics are pretty good, and the production is solid, and for some reason has trumpets at the end that don't really work that well. The ending is really good, though. Pretty captivating. 7.25/10 Midnight Show: Another banger. Really good instrumental, rocks for the entire song. The vocals are also really good. After closely inspecting the lyrics, I realize that this is about a murder and Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine was probably after this, so that's pretty nice. 9.5/10 Everything Will Be Alright: I don't like the vocals, but the instrumental is actually incredible. The instrumental carries this song so hard. The lyrics are fine I guess. I can't tell if this song is supposed to be copium after a relationship or comforting the other person in a relationship. Would've been so much better if the vocals weren't pretty bad. 7.75/10 Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll: Vocals suck, really poor autotune usage. With that being said, the instrumental is definitely carrying this song. The lyrics are not notable at all. I guess it's kinda funny. 5.5/10

OVERALL: The only Bob Marley song I've heard before this album was No Woman No Cry. I think I kinda know why now, because this is pretty boring. It's really good, but also really boring. As harsh as that sounds, I still really like this. There isn't a single song that I wouldn't give under a 7 except for maybe All Day All Night, which is a bonus track. Every single song has really nice vocals and instrumentals that range from pretty nice to really damn good. The lyrics on some of the songs are kinda bad, such as Kinky Reggae, but the first 4ish songs more than make up for lyrics, and most of the lyrics are fine. Also everything uses a fade out outro. After listening, I can't really remember what a lot of these sound like. Looking at my song ratings, I probably would've given this much higher if it weren't as boring as it was. Boring does not equal bad, but it does lower the rating. Overall really good and definitely deserves to be here, but it can be pretty boring. SONG AVG: 7.875/10 PERSONAL RATING: 7.5/10 Concrete Jungle: Very nice. Incredible vibe, fantastic instrumental, great vocals, just really good overall. Nice lyrics. I can't think of anything bad about it other than the fade out outro. Very good reggae. Extremely replayable and enjoyable. 9.93/10 Slave Driver: Great message and lyrics. I didn't know this, but catch a fire means go to hell and slave drivers are slaves who enforced slavery. Very confrontational and blunt about it's message, however it doesn't really match with how the song sounds, which is an absolute vibe. Very nice overall, can't think of anything wrong with it other than that it uses a fade out outro. 9.25/10 400 Years: Genius really messed up the lyrics, like half of the words are missing. Another really confrontational song about slavery, however I think I like this more than Slave Driver because I prefer its atmosphere. 9.35/10 Stop That Train: Really good overall, but I don't really like the part around 1:00 - 1:30 and other parts that are kinda doing the same thing. The instrumental is a bit weirder, especially the percussion, but it works. Very good vocal harmonies. It feels emptier than the other tracks, but it works. Also fade out outro. 7.75/10 Baby We Got A Date (Rock It Baby): Nice vocals during the chorus, still has the same style as the others while being different in lyrical topic. The lyrics are kinda bland and basic, but Marley's singing is pretty good so it passes. It feels like it's 2ish minutes long while being basically 4 minutes long. It unfortunately uses a fade out outro. 8.85/10 Stir It Up: Apparently this song is extremely popular, this is my first time hearing it. Nice bassline. Both beautiful and funky, I understand how this was a hit. Very nice to listen to in the background. Unfortunately I find it a little boring outside of the really funky second half, and it also uses a fade out outro. Still good though. 9.1/10 Kinky Reggae: Booga-wooga. I like the instrumental and the vocals are pretty good. I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be the fun song, and it's good I think at doing that. Lyrics kinda suck and I can see how it could be annoying, but I like it. 7/10 No More Trouble: I love the instrumental, easily my favorite on the album. Great chords, drums, and backing vocals. The word no is used at least 29 times if I can count. Obviously the lyrics are repetitive, but they get the point across. The lyrics bring it down by a quarter of a point. 9.75/10 Midnight Ravers: Same as No More Trouble, but more interesting lyrics and slightly worse instrumental. It could be about homophobia, which is pretty bad, but I hope it's about women in other cultures or culture shock. With that being said, this slaps. The chorus is very good, and the instrumental is very nice. Also uses a fade out outro, so uhhhhhhhhh 8.65/10 High Tide Or Low Tide (Bonus Track): Decided to check this one out since people said it's good. Very melancholic, extremely good. I really like the cause, and it also helps that it sounds very good. 9.85/10 All Day All Night (Jamaican Version) (Bonus Track): Decided to check out this one because why not. More interesting than the others, but also probably worse. I have mixed feeling on the backing vocals, but the instrumental is pretty nice. Great vocals. 7/10

OVERALL: I was aware of Alanis' existence, and this specific album, but I've never heard any of her songs. Now I understand why this got so much praise and why this was so popular. There is no filler. Pretty much every single song has really good instrumentals, lyrics, and/or vocals. She has really emotional vocals and pretty interesting inflection. She does have some pretty dogshit lyrics ("It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" and "I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time" are pretty bad out of context). For every bad lyric, though, there are at least two good ones, such as the first verse on the album. Also, this production is super good for 1995, didn't age at all. SONG AVG: 8.5375/10 PERSONAL RATING: 8.25/10 All I Really Want: I think I like this. The singing is something that you kinda need to get used to, but I don't really mind it that much. Really good instrumental and really good lyrics. I love the guitars, and the harmonica usage is interesting but not that bad. Also uses a fade out outro. 9.87/10 You Oughta Know: Really good vocal performance, she sounds very angry and betrayed. Absolutely incredible instrumental, pretty much perfect and matches her vocals really well. The lyrics are okay I guess. 9.31/10 Perfect: That bridge is amazing. I can kinda relate to the lyrics, so I like it from that standpoint. The instrumental is great, and the vocals are too, but it feels like its all buildup for the bridge. After the bridge, the song kinda dies. 8.75/10 Hand In my Pocket: Very optimistic, but it kinda feels boring compared to the other songs so far. I like it, but it's kinda just All I Really Want but less. Still good though. 7.95/10 Right Through You: Banger. Really good chorus, but I feel like the context is really needed to understand some of the lyrics. Pretty good lyrics and very good vocal performance. Also really good instrumental, but that's expected at this point. 8.35/10 Forgiven: I am not Christian, so I don't think I can really talk about the lyrics here. All I can really say about them is that the lyrics are very powerful and feel honest. Pretty good instrumental and unbelievably good vocal performance. 9.73/10 You Learn: Pretty good. The chorus is very good. The lyrics are a bit corny, but are still fine and work well. Great instrumental, also the intro is kinda boring. 7.25/10 Head Over Feet: Really nice. Just really nice overall. I guess it's maybe a little boring, and the lyrics are pretty simple, but it works pretty well. Also the music video kinda feels like they had no ideas at all. 8.15/10 Mary Jane: That short section after verse 3 is incredible. The instrumental is basically just accompaniment to her vocals, which are really good but kinda need instrumental. The instrumental isn't bad, but it's much more... less than the other songs. Still sounds super good. 7.36/10 Ironic: This is Alanis Morissette's biggest song, and I have never heard it before. I get why this was so popular, it's very catchy, relatable (kinda), and just sounds really good. The lyrics are kinda corny but aren't that bad, and the instrumental is pretty good. Overall, pretty good. 9.21/10 Not The Doctor: This feels a lot messier than the other songs. There are also some pretty corny lyrics, and the instrumental is usually pretty boring. The chorus carries so incredibly hard. I guess the meaning is good. 7/10 Wake Up: Great instrumental, great lyrics, fine vocal performance. This song is really good in basically everything except for the vocal performance, which is a bit blander compared to the rest of the album. The chorus is fantastic though. It still sounds absolutely incredible. 9.52/10 You Oughta Know (Jimmy the Saint Blend): Read what I gave to You Oughta Know. I can't really notice much of a difference. Gets no rating.

OVERALL: I wish this was more than a great concept. I had to sit through this entire album, and the only songs I remotely likes were ones that weren't too experimental. Experimental doesn't always mean bad, but sometimes you should tone it down. The last song did not need to be twelve entire god forsaken minutes, and It Can't Happen Here did not need to have three movements. I wish I got my hour back. There are good songs here, the best by far being Trouble Every Day, but all of the good is outweighed heavily by dogshit, and the last two songs alone singlehandedly ruin any hope of a rating higher than 3/10. I am never listening to most of these songs ever again. I've heard really good things about Frank Zappa, so I was kinda expecting more, but it is what it is. Super experimental, personally I didn't like it very much but if you're freaky then you would probably love this. The review for The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet that I wrote is over 100 words, I need to go to bed. Hopefully I get blessed tomorrow (technically today). SONG AVG: 5.2733/10 PERSONAL RATING: 2/10 Hungry Freaks, Daddy: What the fuck. This went from really good to really weird to really good again to really weird again to really good again again. Great lyrically, the lyrics are probably going to be timeless or relevant for a really long time. I don't really know what to say about the instrumental, I guess I didn't really like the kazoo but it wasn't horrible. I didn't really like the vocals too much. It's really interesting and sounds good sometimes, but the weirder parts bring it down. 6.75/10 I Ain't Got No Heart: Really good. I love the instrumental, and the vocals are pretty good usually (why does he throw up at the end). The lyrics are okay. I guess the instrumental is kinda generic, but it still sounds really good and has some interesting stuff happening. Score lowered because of the weird ending. 7/10 Who Are The Brain Police?: What is happening. I don't really like the weird drunk moaning sounds, but what the hell is the interlude? Actual jumpscare, I was not ready at all for that. Who the fuck are the brain police and why did they infect this song. I don't know what is happening at all, the outro is also weird as hell. Unbelievably experimental, and I don't think I like it. I guess everything else was fine, if not good, but what did my ears witness. 2/10 Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder: It was at this point that I looked up what this album was about. It's apparently about Frank Zappa's perception of American pop culture and is pretty satirical. Anyways, this is probably a satirical doo-wop song. It feels like a doo-wop song on hard drugs, so I guess it sounds good. Idk man, I guess I'm too stupid to understand what this is supposed to mean. 6.55/10 Motherly Love: How do I even review this? I like the instrumental, but I hate the kazoo. I guess it sounds alright mostly, but I don't like the outro. Also, this is about fangirls, right? I guess the good and the bad balance each other out. 5/10 How Could I Be Such A Fool?: Where did this come from and how is it on the same album as Who Are The Brain Police? This is the least experimental song so far, and it's my favorite so far (I don't care if I'm basic). Nice horn arrangement and harmonies, pretty good overall. istg if ts is a parody song i will run over a family of 7. 7.75/10 Wowie Zowie: Okay this has to be a parody song. It actually sounds not that bad, but it's really goofy. I kinda like Sherry, so I guess I like the outro? The instrumental is pretty good, though. Nice sounding but complete nonsense. 7.25/10 You Didn't Try To Call Me: Again, a pretty nonexperimental song is probably my favorite so far. I like the instrumental a lot, great drums and really nice horns. Also the outro sucks, but I can kinda ignore that. 7.8/10 Anyway The Wind Blows: Okay, when are we gonna get back to weird acid trip, because I'm very confused. It was at this point that I realized it was a double album. Anyways, pretty good, similar to the last song, but without the pachuco so I like it more. Please don't be a parody song, please don't be a parody song, please don't be a parody song, please don't be a parody song, please don't be a parody song... 8/10 I'm Not Satisfied: Okay, when is this gonna get weird because this is really conventional but also really good. Pretty standard, but still sounds good and has pretty good lyrics. Captures the feeling of being depressed pretty well. 7.75/10 You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here: Someone play Baba O'Riley, both because of the title and because I need to be saved from the weird stuff. What is that goddamn intro. Also, they fucking murdered the kazoo player halfway through their solo. This song is actually capable of making people insane. The "yeah :DDDD" in the chorus is funny as hell. This sounds like a Bo Burnham song (derogatory). I think this is supposed to be singers in a bar complaining back to the audience, which is a nice concept but I don't like the execution. 3/10 Trouble Every Day: Where did the satire go. This is a song about the Watts riot, and it does a pretty good job at covering it. Great lyrics, pretty good instrumental, okay vocals. I guess this is a rap song. Really nice and bluesy, if this was the only song on this album I've heard I would probably want to listen to the whole thing. Sadly still relevant, great commentary on racial unrest. 9/10 Help, I'm A Rock!: I really don't want to write a whole description on this song, I was going to just put "I refuse" and move on, but I don't think I should do that. I guess it has a good concept, that's about it. The instrumental is not interesting at all, the entire first half is literally just random syllables, and the lyrics are really not that good when there are actually lyrics. Also, the outro is not good. I know that this is not a genre that I like, but I genuinely cannot see how someone would love this song outside of the concept. I guess if you're freaky enough, you would like this. 1.25/10 It Can't Happen Here: This has to be intentionally bad. Gotta be a drug trip or something. Please, I beg you to listen to this and tell me 2 things you like about it. I can barely make up something. 0/10 The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet: The following are my thoughts throughout the song: cream cheese... I swear I heard the Kendrick scream, I am not going crazy. It's midnight, I am too tired for this shit. I guess this is funny, although I can't really laugh right now. Good drums I guess, sometimes the instrumental break that is way too long is fine. What is even happening. This does not need to be over 12 minutes long. I am currently in creamcheese purgatory. No sir, I did not pick up on that. Why are we sped up right now. I swear I heard a sped up "fuck". THANK GOD IT'S FINALLY OVER. I hope I can give this a negative rating. 0/10

OVERALL: One of the first things I saw when I looked up Jerry Lee Lewis was that he married his 13 year old cousin. Unfortunately, this is really good, especially for a pedophile. Most of these are covers, if I did my research correctly, 10/13 aren't original, so he performed only 23% of his own songs and did 87% remixes. These all sound really good, which is super unfortunate. I guess these could be considered boring, but these sound great as an energetic performance and I bet that his performance was really good. Sometimes I find his voice and the repetition of piano chords to be pretty bad, but that doesn't really take away much. It's not supposed to be lyrically impressive, so I won't take away points for that. I will lower this from an 8.5/10 to a 7.25/10 for being a pedophile and unoriginal. SONG AVG: 8.327/10 PERSONAL RATING: 7.25/10 Mean Woman Shoes: Found out that this guy married his 13 year old cousin, so I'm pretty ashamed to say that I like this I think. Very nice piano, and it sounds pretty good. His laugh at around 2:30 is pretty bad though, and I don't like some of his weird sound effects. I guess the audience noises aren't that good, but that's to be expected. Very energetic. Also it's a cover, so I guess it loses points. 8.5/10 High School Confidential: Is he mumbling the lyrics? I like the instrumental a lot, but the long strings of piano chords aren't really that good. Gets pretty repetitive. I think I would like it more if it were just instrumental. When he says "Boppin' at the high school hop", I hear "hoh i ah oo ah ah ahh". Instrumental carries very hard. 7.25/10 Money (That's What I Want): A cover. He says diddy in the intro. Anyways, I cannot understand what the lyrics are saying. The high pitched piano combined with the really bad microphone creates a really bad experience for that one part. Other than that, it's pretty good. Lots of energy. 8/10 Matchbox: Okay, I feel like there are going to be a lot of covers here. I guess I like his voice and the instrumental break, but it's pretty boring. Still has energy, but it feels much less interesting. I guess it sounds good. 6.75/10 What'd I Say, Part 1: Another cover, but it's a really good song so I'm not really complaining. Great production and pretty good vocals, really strong overall. 9.25/10 What'd I Say, Part 2: What is he doing at 1:02. Other than that it's good, but the instrumental is a bit weaker than part 1. I like how it gets more intense and energetic as the song goes on. 8.75/10 Great Balls of Fire: Actually original I think. Anyways, first time hearing this. I don't like his singing at some parts, but it's usually fine. Lyrically, it's nothing impressive at all. Sonically, it's really good (except for when his singing is dogshit). 9/10 Good Golly, Miss Molly: Another cover. Really good, the instrumental is basically perfect and the vocals are pretty good. I don't really wanna dissect the lyrics at all. The outro sucks though. 9.5/10 Lewis Boogie: Original. Okay, I feel like I'm being very lenient with the song ratings, but I like how it sounds so I don't really care. It sounds like everything else, not very special but it's good outside of the context of this album. 7/10 Your Cheating Heart: Another cover. Sounds really good, combines Lewis' energy with a more somber, calmer song really well. Just really good. 9.75/10 Hound Dog: Okay, obviously everybody has heard this song before, but not this version. I like the piano, and Lewis' voice is pretty good. Less points for being a cover and also because I've heard it too much. 9/10 Long Tall Sally: Another cover, 9th cover so far if I'm right. What was the last line he sang. Pretty good I guess. Yeah, that's it. I don't really know what to say at this point. 8/10 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On: 10th cover. Pretty good, but really messy at times. I don't really like it when the instrumental dies and it's just Lewis telling me to shake it or something. Also, I swear I heard him offer chicken to try and convince a girl to come over. It's fine outside of that. 7.5/10

OVERALL: Very African influenced. I like the lyrics on most of the songs, and the backing vocals are always great, but it can get pretty boring. There are still interesting songs, though. Particularly Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes, You Can Call me Al, and All Around The World or the Myth of Fingerprints, which are all incredible songs. Despite this, I feel like this is probably here because of influence, as it probably popularized African music and/or criticized apartheid while it was going on. Really good message, especially in the closing track. Pretty good percussion. Although it can be a little boring, it's a great album with a really good message. SONG AVG: 7.8/10 PERSONAL RATING: 7.75/10 The Boy In The Bubble: I don't really like the intro, and the instrumental is kinda weird, but I like this. Great lyrics, and the instrumental works very well with Simon's voice. Great commentary about apartheid (I think) and terrorism, very good overall. Also uses a fade out outro. Sonically, it isn't doing too much to impress me, but it still sounds pretty good. 9/10 Graceland: Pretty nice, I really like the bass. The instrumental is a bit repetitive, but it's still pretty good. The lyrics are fine, but I don't really understand what human trampoline is supposed to mean. I guess it's a bit boring, but that's pretty much it. 7.5/10 I Know What I Know: Kinda annoying, but I don't really mind. I like the story, but the weird noises in the instrumental kinda turn me off. It is pretty fun, though. 7.5/10 Gumboots: I'm not a big fan of the talking-singing, and I don't think it works very well with the instrumental. I do like the sax solo, but that's kinda it. The rest of the instrumental is kinda annoying and repetitive. 5/10 Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes: Nice little intro. I really like the instrumental. Pretty nice story of a rich woman and a poor guy, although I feel like the lyrics end earlier than they should. I like the backing vocals. 9/10 You Can Call Me Al: As soon as I heard those synths, I instantly thought that this was going to be a side 2 kinda thing. Really nice instrumental, I have no complaints at all. Great backing vocals. I didn't really pay attention to the lyrics, but they seem fine. I guess Simon's vocals aren't the greatest here, but they aren't that bad. The only complaints I kinda have are that it's a little boring and the vocals at the very end aren't good in my opinion, but those are very minor issues. 9.5/10 Under African Skies: Pretty nice. It's pretty good overall, great concept and really good instrumental. I love the duet. I don't really have any complaints, but it doesn't really excel in anything other than the duet I guess. 8/10 Homeless: Very beautiful, unfortunately I can't understand most of the lyrics. It also doesn't have any instrumental. The vocals are very good though. I don't really like what they say after "somebody say", it's kinda annoying and it sounds like someone gasping for air. It also feels like it goes on for way too long. 5.75/10 Crazy Love, Vol. II: Pretty good I guess. Nice instrumental. I guess it's kinda boring. Pretty nice message and vocals. 8/10 That Was Your Mother: This does not sound like it should be on here, such a change in style. I think I like it? I don't really like the intro, and the drums can be kinda weird, but it sounds fine. Pretty nice jam, but the lyrics are kinda mid. Pretty fun I guess. 7/10 All Around The World or the Myth of Fingerprints: That's a pretty long title, I feel like The Myth Of Fingerprints is a better title than All Around The World. Great closing track, great message. Basically, everyone is the same and nobody is more special than another. Really good closing track. Oh yeah, the song is pretty good. The instrumental combines all of the styles on the album, and the vocals are pretty standard with the rest of it. Pretty nice. 9.57/10

OVERALL: I've been meaning to listen to an Eminem album, and I've listened to 17 rap albums already, but none were by Eminem. After listening, I can confidently say that I understand the Eminem glaze. There are some weak songs, and most of the skits aren't the best, but when it's good it's really good. And thank god basically every song is really good. He really puts a lot of character into basically every song, and when he isn't Slim Shady he becomes very emotional and vulnerable. Songs like Role Model, Still Don't Give A Fuck, and Bad Meets Evil are good examples of Slim Shady and the amount of character on this album, while If I Had and Rock Bottom show Eminem as Marshall Mathers. Pretty good SONG AVG: 8.7 PERSONAL RATING: 9/10 Public Service Announcement: Skit. I've heard many good things and songs from Eminem, so I'm pretty excited to hear this. Pretty nice little intro. I know skits are pretty common on older rap albums, so hopefully they're pretty good. SKIT/10 My Name Is: Honestly, I don't think I've heard much of this song outside of the chorus. Pretty fun, the production isn't the greatest but it's still good. I don't really like the background effects that much. Pretty solid performance, the lyrics are fine and his flow is pretty good. I've heard people call this one of Eminem's most defining songs. Pretty good I guess. 7.75/10 Guilty Conscience: Don't really like the introductions and the interlude, everything else is pretty good. Nice production. I really like the concept of this, where Dr. Dre is basically abandoning is past and Eminem is embracing it. Great flow, and the lyrics are pretty nice. The raping a 15 year old girl part is weird though. "Wait, what if there's an explanation for this shit? What, she tripped, fell, landed on his dick?" is pretty funny ngl. 9.25/10 Brain Damage: I've heard really good things about this song. I also know that his bully sued him for this song. Really nice storytelling, pretty good exaggeration (I hope) of his experience with bullying. Also really good lyrics and pretty good flow, and his voice is pretty nice. 9.5/10 Paul: This is 16 seconds long. I guess it's good? SKIT/10 If I Had: Pretty big tone change. Pretty emotional, while still keeping some of the same lyrics that Slim Shady is known for. Pretty powerful, shows how he grew up with nothing and still didn't really have anything at this point. Nice production. I guess his flow is slightly weaker. 9.25/10 '97 Bonnie & Clyde: I feel like the intro takes too long, but once the song starts it gets really good. Holy shit, this is Kim part 2. Pretty good storytelling, basically tells us the story of Kim and why he killed her through the lens of Hailie. Pretty haunting, great production and his voice definitely sounds like a dad telling his child something while hiding some details, really good overall. 9.75/10 Bitch: Another skit. I did some digging, this is a real voicemail by someone who dated the A&R person. Kinda interesting ig. SKIT/10 Role Model: I've heard this one before. I like the production, and the lyrics represent Slim Shady very well. Pretty fun, nice flow and rhymes. "I tie a rope around my penis and jump from a tree" is pretty funny out of context. Really good overall 9.5/10 Lounge: Skit. Pretty nice as a segue into My Fault. I guess it's good. SKIT/10 My Fault: What is the "pizza mix"???? Nice story, but I think Eminem's singing is kinda weird. Pretty fun and surprisingly feminist, the crying at the end was very unexpected but also a really good detail. The rest of the song feels very unserious, especially for the topic, but it sounds good so it's fine I guess. 8/10 Ken Kaniff: This skit is over ONE MINUTE LONG. Pretty funny. SKIT/10 Cum On Everybody: Eh. The chorus is carried by Dina Rae so much, but still sounds fine. The verses don't really stand out to me, the flow in like the second half of verse 3 is good. Sounds good, but isn't much of anything else. Above average production. 6.5/10 Rock Bottom: I've seen people call this the best Eminem song, let's see if they're right. Amazing production, genuinely might be perfect. Very emotional, shows Mathers' state at the time with incredible lyrics. Really good flow. 10/10 Just Don't Give A Fuck: Weird screeching, weridly works??????? Other than that, the production is very good. Great flow, really good lyrics. Kinda like Rock Bottom but rapped by Slim Shady instead of Eminem. Slightly worse, mainly because of the screeching. 9.25/10 Soap: Skit. Sets the soap opera vibe for the next song. SKIT/10 As The World Turns: "Duh-dah-duh-dah-duh-duh, go-go gadget dick!" is maybe the funniest lyric of this album so far. Pretty creative storytelling, also pretty goofy but still works. Nice overall, kinda captures the whole essence of the album so far. 8.5/10 I'm Shady: Holy shit that chorus is awful. Kinda similar to Pusherman by Curtis Mayfield, which is a song I've heard because of this generator so that's nice. Nice production. The verses are pretty fun, but the god forsaken chorus brings this from a high 7-low 8 to a high 4. Also the outro isn't that good. 4.75/10 Bad Meets Evil: The name sounded familiar, later realized it was the name of the Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 duo. I'm gonna be honest, I forgot to write a review because I was very invested in this song. Great production, great lyrics, great concept, great flows. The only thing holding it back is the weird cowboy, but it still works with the overall theming. 9.92/10 Still Don't Give A Fuck: I don't think he gives a fuck. Fantastic production, the fake out intro is pretty good. Really good overall, less good lyrically than Just Don't Give A Fuck but better in terms of production. Great ending to this album. 9.9/10

OVERALL: I never looked at the lyrics or even paid much attention to them, because that's not the point of the album. It's supposed to be fun and nice to listen to. Pretty standard for a soul album, but the production is usually pretty good, especially on the last few tracks. It's also surprisingly short, only taking 30-40 minutes, and around 1/4 of that is spent on Runaway Child, Running Wild. It's barely a 4, but some songs like I Gotta Find A Way and Why Did She Have To Leave Me bring it up from a 7/10 to a 7.25/10. Pretty solid, despite being kinda generic. If you're enjoyment is centered around lyrics, you probably won't like it, but if you're focused on sound than you'll probably love this. Good example of an above average / "I guess it's pretty good" album. SONG AVG: 8.01 PERSONAL RATING: 7.25/10 Cloud Nine: Pretty nice, but the vocals sound a bit awkward. Really nice intrumental. I feel like every thing I like about the vocals are instantly cancelled out by the vocals five seconds later. The production is really good, though. 7/10 I Heard It Through The Grapevine: This isn't Marvin Gaye, and it's considerably worse. Still pretty good, great vocals, but I simply prefer the production of the Gaye version more. The production is pretty mid tbh. Also uses a fade out outro. 5/10 Runaway Child, Running Wild: I feel like the Curtis Mayfield song was inspired by this. Pretty good overall, the only complaint I have is that it goes on for way too long (almost 10 minutes). Very nice and funky instrumental, and the vocals are pretty nice as well. The child screaming is weird though. I don't really like the thing that happens at 5:42 and at other parts, but it works well when other stuff is happening. The intro has weird backing vocals and the loud noise thing, but is fine otherwise. There isn't enough stuff happening to justify it being over 10 minutes, but when stuff is happening it's usually really good. 8.75/10 Love Is A Hurtin' Thing: Basically perfect production and absolutely incredible vocals. Way too short. I guess the lyrics are not impressive at all, but it sounds way too good for that to matter. This should be way longer than two and a half minutes, very good. Also uses a fade out outro. 9.5/10 Hey Girl: The intro sounds like a commercial. Kinda like the last song but a bit worse. The outro is pretty good, and the production is very good, but it feels too much like a background song in a restaurant. 8/10 Why Did She Have To Leave Me (Why Did She Have To Go): This feels like peak soul. Great vocals, incredible instrumental, but the most stereotypical soul lyrics of all time. Pretty much perfect is every way other than the lyrics, my only complaint is that the piano is out of place and it uses a fade out outro. 9.84/10 I Need Your Lovin': Pretty good. Hey Girl but slightly better. 8.15/10 Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me: Really good production, mid vocals. The production is way too good for this song, carries so incredibly hard. 7.25/10 I Gotta Find A Way (To Get You Back): Wait, this is the second to last song? Perfect production and really nice vocals, very energetic. Incredibly fun and enjoyable to listen to. I'm probably being too lenient with this rating but who cares. 10/10 Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love: Kinda mid. The instrumental can be pretty good, but it's usually nothing special. Still sounds good. The vocals are pretty standard. 7/10

OVERALL: This went from pretty safe pop rock to the most boring songs ever made. The pop songs are pretty cheesy, but are pretty good for what they are, especially So Far Away, while most of the rest of the album is boring as hell, the only exceptions are Your Latest Trick and Brothers In Arms (and I guess One World). The pacing is so unbelievably bad, you could probably get rid off like 20 minutes and nobody would care. The lyrics are better, but they take up around a minute of the actual song while the rest of it is all instrumental, and it feels like it takes several decades off of your life. The lyrics and instrumentals are good enough to boost the rating, but my god is the pacing awful. This should only be like 5 songs long. SONG AVG: 7.63888/10 PERSONAL RATING: 4.5/10 So Far Away: It just sounds really good. Very nice vibe, and the vocals are pretty solid. I feel like the lyrics were supposed to be more emotional, but they don't really accomplish that. Other than than, the instrumental is perfect. No complaints about that. 9/10 Money For Nothing: I want my MTV. Pretty catchy riffs, really nice instrumental. He does say the bad word for gay three times, and the only justification I can think of is that he's playing a character. Other than that, the vocals are not that good. The instrumental is kinda the only thing it has, but the instrumental is really good. 8.25/10 Walk Of Life: Why is the music video about balls. Pretty nice, although it is kinda basic. The story is interesting enough to not be boring, so I guess that's nice. Good intro, and the instrumental is pretty good. After doing some research, I have seen someone say that this could play at the end of every movie. I completely agree, that sums up how this sounds pretty well. 8.25/10 Your Latest Trick: Great sax. Pretty big mood change from the last songs, really nice instrumental and vocals. The instrumental is actually phenomenal what the fuck. I can't stress enough how good the production is, incredible details. It does kinda carry the song. 9/10 Why Worry?: Pretty good. Sounds very good, very calm. The production is great, but the vocals are kinda generic. It's also like 12 years long, which brings it down by a lot. The instrumental is not saving that long of a break. 6.5/10 Ride Across The River: Why Worry but with better instrumental and is 7 years long instead of 12 years. It also has a pretty good message. The better instrumental is still unable to save the 7 year long break. 6.75/10 The Man's Too Strong: Outside of that one part, pretty boring. The story is okay I guess. The instrumental has that one part that happens a few times, other than that, the guitar is kinda interesting. 4.75/10 One World: The vocals have a weird filter on them. Pretty good instrumental, and the lyrics are good I guess. The outro is actually pretty good because it isn't unreasonably long. Still doesn't really stand out that much. 7.5/10 Brothers In Arms: Good intro, hopefully this song is not as boring as the last 4. I can barely hear what he is saying. The instrumental is incredible, and the guitar solo is really good, but the vocals are way too quiet. The lyrics are really good. It's good as an outro to the album. Also the music video is insane. Would've been an easy 9 or 10, but the vocals are so quiet that it sounds like he's mumbling. 8.75/10

OVERALL: I heard of this album before, a video was talking about "best new artist" nominations and mentioned this album. They said it was pretty good, but wouldn't beat Adele in 2009. After listening, I think I agree. It's good I guess. The actual songs are pretty good, but the skits take away from the listening experience. Also, the genre is not really for me. The instrumenals are often not that good, but when they do they're often above average to pretty good at best. The vocals are absolutely incredible. The lyrics are freaky as hell, but it's literally called 'stories about hoes' so I can't really hate on that. The features are fine. I don't think this should be on the 1001 albums, despite the message. There are way better albums from 2021 and 2020 that are still very popular, such as RTJ 4, Alfredo, Folklore (I guess), Circles, LP!, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, For the first time, Call Me If You Get Lost (NO TYLER IN 1001???), Mercurial World (ig it's not popular), Silk Sonic, Happier Than Ever, Sour, and 30 (the last three are maybe stretching). My point is that this doesn't really need to be in here, and the amount of skits are not helping. I still liked some songs, though. SONG AVG: 8.5375/10 (no skits) PERSONAL RATING: 6.5/10 Bodies (Intro): Fire. Great vocals, surprised it's only an intro. Nice dissonace. Pretty sure "Heaux" means hoe, so I'm kinda expecting horny. 8.75/10 Antoinette's Tale: Slay. This album is reminding me of Alligator Bites Never Heal but if it's only the R&B songs. SKIT/10 Pick Up Your Feelings: Fantastic vocals and delivery, pretty good lyrically. I like the production, but it kinda sounds like Spaceship by Kanye at some parts. Actual banger. Feels surprisingly short. 9.25/10 Ari's Tale: ok. I do like the production. SKIT/10 Put It Down: Freaky as hell. Also, is she using a trap beat? The delivery is kinda like a rap song, probably because I think it's supposed to be one. Pretty catchy, and the chorus is pretty nice. I'm just gonna ignore the lyrics when I listen to this (for example; "My girls ask me what it is, I say, 'It's the D'" and "But he's so big, call him King Kong"). Still sounds good despite being freaky. Also, every song so far uses a fade out outro. 8/10 On It: Also freaky. PLEASE elaborate on what they are sitting/spitting on. The vocals are incredible, and the instrumental works, but it's surprisingly boring. I wouldn't regularly revisit this song, but I wouldn't mind it if it were playing in like a restaurant or something. 6.5/10 Donna's Tale: Okay, the amount of skits so far make me think this is a rap album. I think the concept is that each tale is supposed to be a different hoe, and the songs after are from their perspective. SKIT/10 Price Tags: I feel like the beat goes nowhere, the only interesting thing about it are the backing vocals. Also, Anderson .Paak is on this???? His verse is pretty good, it does the expected thing of being from the other perspective pretty well. It's also fire. Quite literally the only bad thing about this is the boring ass beat, which I guess gets slightly better. It's also freakier than the other songs. 9.3/10 Rashida's Tale: Just realized that 6/14 songs are interludes. Pretty nice story. SKIT/10 Lost One: Great atmosphere, the instrumental is objectively trash but is unexplainably unnerving. The vocals are incredible, and the lyrics are really good. Unfortunately, the instrumental is objectively dogshit. 7.5/10 Precious' Tale: On youtube, some fucker put a 7 minute long "interlude" before this that wasn't on this album, called "Interlude IV" by some guy named Paul Del Bello. Anyways, starting this interlude with "To be honest, money makes me cum" is wild. I guess it's a good skit? SKIT/10 The Other Side: Sure. Freaky, but that's to be expected. The only real problem I have with it is that the pre-chorus is kinda bad. Other than that, the instrumental is surprisingly good, the vocals are great, and the lyricism is pretty good. 9.5/10 Amanda's Tale: LAST SKIT LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO. I am NOT listening to the deluxe, and if I do, I'm skipping the extra 5 skits. SKIT/10 Girl Like Me: Really good. The bridge at the end is a bit too loud imo, but it's good regardless. Everything is really good, and H.E.R.'s contributions are surprisingly minimal. I really like everything about this song except for the bridge at the end, the lyrics, instrumental, and vocals are very good. 9.5/10

OVERALL: Going into this, the only Fleet Foxes song I've heard is White Winter Hymnal, and I think Mykonos like once. After listening, I like what I'm hearing. The vocals are very good, but some of the songs are gonna have to grow on me. Blue Ridge Mountains is probably one of the best songs I've heard and maybe one of my favorite songs ever, but it's surrounded by mediocre. About half of the songs are really good while the rest are 7/10 at best. Despite this, the instrumental on basically every song is amazing, and the only songs where the instrumental isn't the greatest have really good vocals. My biggest flaw with this is probably that the lyrics are not that good the more that I think about it, but there are also times when they can be really good. I feel like everything I don't really like about it is balanced by something good, and Blue Ridge Mountainsis probably the best song that this generator has given me. SONG AVG: 8.214545/10 PERSONAL RATING: 7.75/10 Sun It Rises: Haven't heard a lot of folk before, so I can't tell if this is generic. The guitar that comes in at 1:30 is really good, super atmospheric. There are basically no lyrics, but the vocals sound pretty good, although I guess I can see them being corny. Pretty good opener. 7.75/10 White Winter Hymnal: I know this one! It's good. Great instrumental, and the vocals are pretty good. The instrumental is so unbelievably good, I hope this quality continues. It's also a lot shorter than I thought it would be, but I guess it doesn't drag on. Too short for me to give it a higher rating, but it's really nice. The lyrics are certainly there. 9.25/10 Ragged Wood: Nice. The only complaints I have with it is that it is sometimes boring and the instrumental is sometimes not the best. Pretty much perfect otherwise, pretty fun and catchy. I might actually give it a 10, but since some parts are lacking I will lower the score. The lyrics are actually good I guess. 9.86/10 Tiger Mountain Peasant Song: Very eerie and atmospheric, great narratively and lyrically. Kinda boring otherwise, but the lyrics and the story carry this. Might grow on me, but currently above average. 7/10 Quiet Houses: I guess this is an interlude. There are only 18 different words in the lyrics (if I counted right). I don't really like the vocals, and the "darkening" that he's supposed to be saying does not sound like it at all. The instrumental, especially the last minute, carry this to above average. 5.75/10 He Doesn't Know Why: Solid lyrics, and the instrumental is pretty nice. I really like the last section, but for the rest of the song the instrumental feels worse than other songs. It still sounds really good, though. It does feel like it kinda drags on, but it's pretty good for most of it. 8.75/10 Heard Them Stirring: No lyrics on this one. Sounds pretty good, functions very well for an interlude. It is also a 3 minute long interlude, but it sounds good when stuff is actually happening. 7/10 Your Protector: Really good, although a bit corny. I don't really know why I like this other than that I think it sounds good. I guess the lyrics are nice. 9.25/10 Meadowlarks: It's good, but a pretty big change from every other song that comes before it. Very nice and atmospheric, I like the harmonies in the part that does the thing. I go back and forth on liking this one and thinking it's like a 4, so I'll give it something in between. 6.75/10 Blue Ridge Mountains: Holy shit, this might actually be perfect. The intro is really good, kinda like Meadowlarks but I'm confident that I like it. The drop is absolutely incredible, and it keeps staying like that for the rest of the song. The lyrics are above average, but I usually care for sound more than lyrics for artists that use voices as an instrument. My biggest complaint is that there is like 10 seconds of silence at the end, but other than that it's perfect. Definitely should have been the album closer. 12/10 Oliver James: I'm gonna be honest, I didn't realize that this song ended when it did. Pretty good vocal performance, although ends abruptly and is kinda boring. Solid storytelling. This feels like a B-side that probably shouldn't be on here. It reminds me of Hide and Seek, except it doesn't really fit the album. The vocal performance is very good, but they weren't probably the best on the album it would be a 5 at best. 7/10

OVERALL: The lyrics are basically the only reason I'm rating it as high as I am. I don't really know what I was expecting, but I was a lot more bored than I was hoping. The songs are very beautiful, but a lot of them suffer from being very boring. Cohen also isn't the best at singing. Some of these songs took way too long, even though the album is only around 42 minutes long. The instrumentals were usually fine, but they were usually pretty boring. This album really shines in the lyrics, which are always good, and are usually great. Unfortunately, they aren't enough to carry the entire album to be perfect. They are enough to bring it from a 3 to a 4, so that's good I guess. SONG AVG: 7.45 PERSONAL RATING: 7/10 Suzanne: Very beautiful, and the lyrics are pretty good. It is kinda boring, and Cohen sounds very tired, but everything else is too good for me to give it anything lower. 9.25/10 Master Song: I feel like all of the songs are gonna be like this, objectively good but boring. Very good lyrics, and the guitar is kinda basic, but it also sounds okay and gives it a very eerie atmosphere. I also don't really like Cohen's singing that much, and it kinda drags on for too long. 7.75/10 Winter Lady: The instrumental is so far the best by far, but the lyrics are much more simple. It feels like an interlude, but is still pretty beautiful. 7/10 The Stranger Song: I don't know how I feel about this song. I like the instrumental, but it's very repetitive and becomes pretty boring after a minute. The lyrics are very good, but I feel like they didn't need to be stretched to be 5 minutes long. Other than that, I feel the same about this one as I do about the previous songs. 7.5/10 Sisters of Mercy: It's good. Really nice instruments, and the lyrics are obviously great. I feel like his voice gets covered by the instrumentals, but that's not too much of a problem. It also doesn't drag on for too long 9.5/10 So Long, Marianne: I haven't heard much of Leonard Cohen's music before, so I think this is what I was expecting. Really good overall, his singing is actually not that bad. Great backing vocals, great instrumental, great lyrics. It kinda drags on, but it doesn't really harm the song at all. 10/10 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye: Okay, this is kinda mid. I like some parts of the instrumental, especially when it does the thing at around 1:50, but it's pretty boring otherwise. I just really don't like his singing here. I also feel like the lyrics are a bit worse and more simple than before. I guess it sounds good? 5/10 Stories of the Street: The last song but better. His singing is pretty bad, but the instrumental is better and the lyrics are really good. It's also kinda boring, but that's to be expected at this point. 7/10 Teachers: Good I think? The instruments bring a small level of intensity, but this feels so much like a filler song. I feel like he took a few leftover lyrics, slightly modified them, and tried to make them relate. The lyrics are pretty good, but everything is just kinda decent. 6.25/10 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong: What is happening after the last verse. Other than that, it's fine. Kinda boring. The one part where someone is moaning semi-melodically seriously brings the song down. 5.25/10

OVERALL: I've heard of Steely Dan before, but I haven't heard any of their songs and thought they would be a lot more rock focused. This album is very easy to listen to, and sounds very nice. Great guitars and really good basslines, however the last 4 songs are all pretty boring and forgettable. Every single song has some sort of instrumental section done really well, and are enough to carry every song to at least a 7 (ignore the last song). If the last 4 songs were as good as the first 6, this would probably be a five. Also, I can't really find that much of a connection between the songs, so it's basically a bunch of singles that sound good. The instrumentals easily outclass the vocals and lyrics, the instrumentals are actually peak while the vocals can sometimes sound corny. SONG AVG: 8.125/10 PERSONAL RATING: 8.75/10 Do It Again: Very nice vibe, although the vocals are pretty weird. Pretty simple lyrics, but they're nice. The guitar solo goes so hard for no reason, genuinely one of the most impressive guitar solos I've heard so far. The other instruments are very nice as well, the electric piano is also pretty good. I don't know what else to say other than that it sounds really good. 9.5/10 Dirty Work: I love jazz. I love how it sounds, although the sax is a bit too loud. There's only like 2 verses not counting the chorus, and the lyrics are okay. Pretty catchy and really nice overall. 8.75/10 Kings: I feel like I'm really gonna like this album, especially if the instrumental breaks continue to be as good as they are so far. The instrumental isn't as good as the previous two, but it still sounds very good. The lyrics and vocals make this sound like a campfire song, which I don't really like, but the quality of everything else kinda cancels it out. 8/10 Midnite Cruiser: Another sick guitar solo. Everything else is very catchy, but overall pretty decent. The instrumental is really good but gets pretty repetitive. 8.25/10 Only a Fool Would Say That: It's just so good. The instrumental solo isn't as good, but is still pretty nice. Very good overall, although I guess it doesn't really have a standout part other than the short solo. 9/10 Reelin' in the Years: Incredible guitar, and the solo is really good. Combines the catchiness of the other songs with really good guitar work and instrument usage. The lyrics are pretty basic, but they work. The guitar elevates this song so much, absolutely incredible. 10/10 Fire in the Hole: lobotomy. I either really like this or find it to be okay. I like some of the weirder aspects of it, but the vocals are just kinda mid. The instrumental sounds pretty good I guess, so I'll give it something above average. 7.25/10 Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me): Sounds good, otherwise pretty standard with the rest of the album. Pretty forgettable. 7/10 Change of the Guard: Read the previous review. This is just that but with a better solo and a more interesting guitar. 7.5/10 Turn That Heartbeat Over Again: The chorus is nice, but everything else is pretty boring. Still sounds good. Did not need to be 5 minutes long. 6/10

OVERALL: Before listening, I was actually partially excited. I like synthpop, and this is a very short listen. After listening, my opinion on the 1001 magazine has gone down. Was 1981 just a really bad year for music? Why is this album on here? The best song on here is the intro, and it's barely above average. The first half has a pretty good bassline, and the occasional good part. The second half doesn't really have any good parts, only maybe around 3 in the entire half. The synths have aged so poorly, if you like synths, listen to something like Imaginal Disk (an actually good album) because this being someone's first exposure to synthpop cannot be good. I can understand how some people can like this, but it's not really for me (even though I like the genre). There are good aspects, such as some of the songs' messages, and you could make a genuinely good argument for the vocals being good. But holy shit, Song With No Name and The Height Of The Fighting are not for me at all. Surprisingly, this album is not a 0/10 or even a 1/10 because of the messages and the very rare sonically good part. SONG AVG: 2.8744/10 PERSONAL RATING: 1.8/10 (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang: The really weird thing in the background that lasts for the entire song isn't that good, but otherwise the song isn't that bad. It isn't very good either, but it's listenable. The instrumental sounds like it was made by either a person who is insanely sleep deprived or someone who thinks this is what all synthpop sounds like. Unfortunately, the lyrics are pretty relevant, however they are largely drowned out by the very slightly above average chorus. 5.5/10 Penthouse & Pavement: I don't think that this is as bad as it probably is, however it doesn't sound good at all, especially if you know the potential that this genre has. The instrumental sounds very rushed, and pretty much everything feels out of place except for the bassline, which is way too good for this song. 4.75/10 Play To Win: I feel like the rest of the album is just gonna be mediocrity with a pretty good bassline. This is different, because it has ONE other good element (the horn). Other than that, nothing is really that good here. 4/10 Soul Warfare: Okay, I think I understand why people don't really like synthpop or new-wave if THIS is considered to be a must hear album. The only thing about this that I like is the bassline, everything else has at least one problem with it. It's either actively bad or painfully mid. 3.25/10 Geisha Boys and Temple Girls: This seems oddly racist. It also has the worst intro of all time. After the worst intro I have ever heard, we get a very okay section. Then the synths come in, and they aren't the worst, but could definitely have been used so much better. Thankfully, everything after the intro is arguably good, until we get a section with diarrhea synth and bland, flavorless drums only. After that section, the synths suddenly become ass. Since there are listenable parts, it isn't a zero, but the intro disqualifies it from being anything higher than a 2. Which really sucks, because I genuinely like some sections, but they are unfortunately brought down by literally every other part. 1.75/10 Let's All Make A Bomb: Why is the song with bomb in the name right before a song whose name is based on Japanese culture? Anyways, the message is good, however the "HEY!!! :DDD" does not fit at all. The instrumental is also garbage. I feel like if the instrumental was being made in like the 2010s or later, it would have sounded much more polished. Instead we get rusty nails scratching a dinner plate. 2/10 The Height Of The Fighting: HEEEEEY LAAA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I swear I like synthpop, but there is nothing really going on here. The lyrics are pretty much a loop, and the instrumental is also maybe a loop??? The police sirens do not work at all. Who the hell says "Hey La Hoo" at the height of a war/fight. It doesn't get something lower than a 1 because you could make the argument that it doesn't sound like ass. 1/10 Song With No Name: This sounds like actual garbage with the most unseasoned dry chicken drums on loop. What filter are they doing with the lyrics? The synths aren't that good either, who the hell put this on the magazine? It isn't painfully long or the worst song I've heard, not even on this generator, so I guess it has that going for it. 0.12/10 We're Going To Live For A Very Long Time: I've been very critical of every song so far, maybe this isn't as bad as I think it will be. (After listening) This song defines this album the most. It has mid to under average vocals, a boring drum loop, an annoying part in the instrumental, and a stupid ass chorus. And since it is in this album, it will probably live on for a very long time. It also has the most annoying outro of all time. Thank god this album was not any longer (I am not listening to the bonus tracks). I really want something good tomorrow, preferably something I've heard before and actually liked. 3.25/10

OVERALL: Man, I was expecting this to sound much more Latin or Salsa, instead I got a really good rock album. Half of the songs are instrumentals, but they are all pretty good, with my favorite song on the album (Incident in Neshabur) being one of them. The instrumentals on the entire album are actually incredible, there are some exceptions but it's usually very good. The percussion was used to its fullest extent for the first few songs, and the guitars slowly took over. My biggest flaws are that the songs can sometimes drag on and the vocals could use some work, however they aren't really that big or major flaws, they just hold back the score a bit. If the vocals were as good as the instrumentals and the instrumentals didn't die when the vocals started, this would probably be a 5 (Hope You're Feeling Better does this and it's pretty good). SONG AVG: 7.882222 PERSONAL RATING: 8/10 Singing Winds, Crying Beasts: I got Penthouse and Pavements right before this, which genuinely made me stop going on this goddamn site for months. I got an album by The Beatles and another one by Common, which are both artists I like so I'll check those out later. Anyways, pretty weird opening, but I do like it. Very nice instrumental track, but I feel like the wind chimes were pretty weird. I really like the conga (I think) and the guitar, and the keyboard is usually pretty good. This does drag on for a while, but it's pretty good nonetheless. I can also see the argument for this being actual garbage, but I like it. Transitions well into the next song. 7.5/10 Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen: Pretty solid instrumentals, although it is kinda boring. This reminds me of Catch a Fire, but slightly more interesting. The last minute and a half is really good, and the production at the start is pretty nice, but it kinda dies for a good while when the guy starts singing. It does sound very good overall, especially the guitar which is genuinely incredible, but I can't really recall most of the song. I do like it, though. 8.25/10 Oye Como Va: THIS is what I was expecting when I saw that Santana made this. The two minute long instrumental break is super good, but it definitely goes on for too long. Since I don't know Spanish that well, I don't really know what the lyrics mean. All I can really say is that the guitar solo is great and the organ was surprisingly good. Also the percussion didn't need to be as good as it was. The vocals kinda suck, but they're fun. Overall pretty good. 8/10 Incident at Neshabur: Damn good instrumental track. Pretty energetic, and every instrument works together incredibly. Surprisingly jazzy. I genuinely don't know how to describe this song, just listen to it. Very good percussion, really good keyboards. There might also be a time signature change, which is pretty cool. I guess the guitar could have been used better, but at that point I'm just trying to complain for the sake of complaining. The ending might actually be perfect. What the hell happened at Neshabur. 9.94/10 Se a Cabo: Incident at Neshabur, but they made it about half as long, got rid of most of the instruments, focused on the guitar, and said the title over and over. for like 15 seconds. The guitar is genuinely amazing, but everything else is just kinda okay, maybe above average if I'm being nice. The ending is pretty good though. 7.25/10 Mother's Daughter: The guy that speaks English is back. Honestly, probably the best guitars so far. This sounds more like a 'normal' rock song, I guess. The instrumentals dying as soon as the verses start is kinda funny. Honestly, I feel like this band just doesn't know how to do instrumentals and vocals at the same time, which is fine but the verses feel kinda empty when compared to the whole song. 8/10 Samba Pa Ti: Its okay I guess. A third instrumental track (should be 4th, but Se a Cabo technically has lyrics), but the instruments this time are much less interesting. The guitar is good, but not as great as it's been compared to the other songs. The percussion is nice, but it might as well be a loop. How much you like it is entirely based on how much you like the guitar. 6.75/10 Hope You're Feeling Better: Finally, they figured out how to do vocals and instrumentals at the same time. Probably the most normal song on the album, the instrumentals and vocals are much more basic. That doesn't mean they're bad, the guitar is still incredible and the percussion sometimes has it's moments. I should probably mention the drummer now, because he does a pretty nice job. The outro is pretty cool. 8.75/10 El Nicoya: I don't know what that percussion instrument is, but it is really good. That's kinda it. It's a good outro, but it feels so short compared to the rest of the album. The background chanting things are kinda corny I guess, but it's just a guy doing something incredible on a drum with a quiet guitar and weird vocals. 6.5/10

OVERALL: I've already heard Be (outside of this generator) and loved it, and I've also heard lots of good things about this album. I really liked this, not as much as Be but it does come close. The songs in the start didn't really amaze me, but it definitely got better as the album progressed. A Song For Assata is genuinely one of the best songs I've heard from this website. It is sad how many people that contributed to this album are dead (J Dilla, D'Angelo, Assata Shakur, Lonnie 'Pops' Lynn, etc.). Also the homophobia is kinda off putting, but I think I only noticed it on 2 songs. SONG AVG: 8.8/10 PERSONAL RATING: 9.25/10 Time Travelin' (A Tribute To Fela): Pretty good. Very calm intro, although kinda boring. I think it should have more than one verse, especially as Common can rap on calm beats like this one. It's fine as it is, but I feel like it could be much better. 7/10 Heat: RIP DILLA :(((((. I know Dilla can do better in terms of production, but the beat is still good regardless. The verses get better as they progress, and the choruses are pretty nice as well. It is also kinda mid, but I like it. 7.25/10 Cold Blooded: So good. Very good verses by Common, but I can't help but question the decision to have Black Thought, one of the greatest rappers of all time, to be on additional vocals. The beat is good, but it is pretty repetitive. 8.25/10 Dooinit: Dilla so good. The intro and the first verse are kinda weak, but the chorus and other verses make up for it. Also, Common says the f-slur in the 3rd verse, which he has since apologized for, but I can't just skip past that. Good otherwise. 8.5/10 The Light: The most iconic song from this album, and for good reason. J Dilla samples Bobby Caldwell very well. This is a pretty basic rap love song, but the verses are pretty good. J Dilla's production is easily the standout, it's so good. 9.75/10 Funky For You: This might not be lyrically strong, but Common's delivery and how it works with the beat is really good. Pretty funky, the chorus is pretty perfect. The production is very good, although I feel like the transition into Bilal's outro could be better. Speaking of which, Bilal's outro is legendary. Should've been its own song. 9.95/10 The Questions: What is Common's flow here? The chorus is great, the production is fantastic, and the lyrics are actually reall good, but his flow kinda ruins it. The same goes for Mos Def, but he does it better. I think it's because of the stupid ass adlibs that add nothing. Its really good other than that. 9/10 Time Travelin Reprise: Halfway through! Nice reprise, great jazzy beat. The vocal effect doesn't really work here, other than that it's good. It's also basically an interlude, but I'll still rate it since it technically isn't one. 8/10 The 6th Sense: Maybe the song that represents rap as its best. It's literally about how rap gives a good message. DJ Premier's beat is good as expected, and Common's flow and lyricism is flawless. The skit is kinda funny and ironic, which transitions into the next song and adds to the overall quality. 10/10 A Film Called (Pimp): Pretty good symbolism here, and the message is more relevant to rap than ever. The beat is great, and Common's rapping is pretty solid, but I feel like MC Lyte's verse sounds like it was recorded in another room or something. What the hell is that outro? 8.5/10 Nag Champa (Afrodisiac For The World): The third verse is VERY questionable (homophobic and freaky), but other than that it's really good. Dilla's production and chorus are both great, and Common's other verses are really good. 9/10 Thelonius: It's good. Slum Village and Dilla kinda carry. I don't like the outro. 8.5/10 Payback Is A Grandmother: Great rapping. The chorus is pretty good. Nice storytelling. 9.25/10 Geto Heaven (Remix T.S.O.I - The Sound Of Illadelph): RIP D'ANGELO :(((((((. The TSOI remix is great and all, but the original song (Geto Heaven Part Two) is much more beautiul and fits better on the album, which is ironic since it was supposed to be on D'Angelo's Voodo before being traded for Chicken Grease with Common. 9.85/10 A Song For Assata: WHAT THE FUCK ASSATA SHAKUR DIED ALMOST EXACTLY 2 MONTHS AGO. Incredible storytelling, CeeLo's vocals are very good, Assata's outro is an absolutely outstanding addition, Dilla's production is great as usual, Common's rapping is amazing. The only flaw I can maybe think of is that the beat is slightly repetitive for the length of the song. 10/10 Pops Rap III...All My Children: RIP POPS :((((((((. Spoken word outro. Is this the same guy on the outro of Be? If so, then I really like him. Pretty good poetry. The beat is very good, even though this is basically just an interlude/outro. 8/10