Have been a big fan of Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, and Head Over Heels for years, but it was cool to see the context the songs appear in. Shout was one of my first music loves. It was on a tape my mom got me because I had memorized all of the snippets on the infomercial for an 80s compilation.
This album is just so good. There is such a strong cohesion in character from song to song, with each song having it's own distinct persona. I have been listening to and loving songs like Sour Times and Glory Box for years, but this time I was able to put titles to songs that I recognized but didn't know I knew like Roads and Mysterons. I also heard at least one for the first time (It's A Fire) and it may have been the highlight of the listening experience. I'm having a hard time deciding between a 4 and a 5, which I think means I should just give it a 5.
Pretty good. There a couple of classics on there. Had not heard most of the songs.
It was a'ight. Great production. The lyrics didn't really stand out to me. I'm not big on the whole "production by committee" thing. If it had been more of a focused individual effort, I would be evaluating it completely differently.
This album is so good. Suf at his best. Some real incredible songs in there and a nice cohesion to the album. I can't say much more other than I think it's wonderful.
Meh. Barring the title song which is of course a classic, this was a tedious affair. The songs sound like what you hear on your buddy's EP that he recorded in his bedroom. Many of them are overwrought. I was out of the room for a minute during "Gimme Some Truth" and when I came back it was still going, repeating the same lines that had been playing when I walked out, and there was still two and a half minutes to go. Almost all of the good moments on this can be attributed to the piano playing of Nicky Hopkins.
This is fine. Dusty has a wonderful voice. I'm sure she made many great songwriters happy by singing their songs.
It's a classic. Some of these songs are timeless. Love Scarborough Fair/Canticle as the opener. Homeward Bound is great. I prefer the live versions of Feelin' Groovy and For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her from the greatest hits records, but they are two of my favorite songs. There were some other cool tracks that I'm not super familiar with. The song A Simple Desultory Philippic was an interesting invocation of Bob Dylan and folk rock in general and the 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night tune was pretty haunting and poignant in light of current events. Great record.
This is fine. I think the fact that my favorite Nirvana songs are the covers on this album is pretty telling.
This is very rough for an album from 1973. Was probably a fun show to go to live, but I don't really care for it in this form. Still, more zazzy and fun than a John Lennon album.
I'm not a big soul guy. I respect Sam Cooke as a singer but this isn't really my cup of tea.
This album is great. Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe, and Firestarter have been on regular rotation for years, and I had forgotten how cool Climbatize was. The other tracks are good too. Wish people played this one more.
This was decent. I want to like The Cure more than I do, but I don't think I'm super in to Robert Smith's voice. There are some cool moments in the songs. I found myself enjoying A Strange Day and Pornography a fair amount.
As much as I can like a straight hip hop album, this one was very enjoyable. Really impressive and fun production. Thought provoking lyrics and fun wordplay. Too bad he went crazy (from what I understand?)
