Passenger and Tonight were good but the rest kind of boring
I mean, they donโt call her the queen of soul for nothinโ.
Solidly good songwriting, but her voice! Very sweet. Will listen to more of her stuff. Mother, Slow Burn, Velvet Elvis, and Rainbow were faves.
Great. Forgot how sexy Kurt Cobainโs growl was.
What can I say, I just donโt like the cure. The guyโs voice has always annoyed me, even when I was a teenager and they were huge. Which is weird, because other whiny Britsโ voices donโt annoy me.
Kinda cheesy. Waterfall is a great song; gotta love Red Light for its frank request for eating out. Can I get a Witness is cringe.
In general kind of boring, โtill the cops come knockingโ really has not aged well on a couple of fronts. A song about locking a woman up? This seems like it was questionable even in the mid 90s.
Thereโs no law that says I have to like Radiohead.
Kind of boring
Not my thing, but I can appreciate what theyโre doing. Donโt like the screaming, but the jangly guitar hits right.
Passable sexy girl pop. I feel like Lorde couldโve done more interesting things with her voice.
my first five star. What can you say? Itโs incredible! I can only imagine what it mustโve been like when it was first released.
Cute funny not very relevant to me riot grrl stuff.
It was nice
Undeniably skilled and clever, but misogyny is a deal breaker.
Beautiful
Not in the mood
Her voice has a great timbre. Not crazy about the songs with the exception of the hits. There is of course the strange aspect of taking American black girl groups and covering their songs well, but not as good as the originals. Kind of strange.
So. Incredibly. Dated.
Ug. Itโs the Cure.
Interesting. I donโt know that I will be seeking them out, but I would listen to them some more.
Nice mellow style. Lead has beautiful voice
Great album. Love this band.
What can you say? Absolutely packed with great songs.
Canโt do the voice
Not my jam, but I suppose they served a purpose.
Tight and cute
This is not the best new wave, but I have to give it four stars because of the awesomeness of we are the robots and the accents in models. This is good stuff.
Love me some Beastie Boys
Good not great. But Paper Planes is a jam.
Good not great. But Paper Planes is a jam.
I donโt super love Pearl Jam or even this album, but Eddie Vedder does have a great voice.
Very of its time but otherwise unremarkable.
Some songs are a little silly, but God the hits were important to me.
I can see how this must have been liberating at the time. Now itโs kind of boring.
One of my husbandโs favorite albums. His Mom painted the back of a denim jacket with the cover image. For that Iโm giving it a four. Some of the songs havenโt aged well. Moonchild sort of unlistenable. Also, reminds me disconcertingly of Spinal Tap.
American girl is about the only song I got excited about, but Jesus he has an iconic voice.
Theyโre great. Love the mixture of funk, guitar rock, and rap.
Fun and accessible
Kind of boring, and I just really need more music in my music. Too much Lou Reed-esque talking for me.
Great voice in her way.
I like the distinctive sound and judicious use of samples.
Packed with hits, otherwise interesting, and come on โin your eyes is on this.
I was surprised at how many songs I knew. Still, itโs the dead and I only really enjoyed them that one time I heard them live.
Fantastic Voice. Looking forward to learning more.
Fine
Packed with classics and fantastic voices.
Woman lead. Catchy tunes. Great album cover.
Noisy
Eh. Electronic.
A little dated but good
Maybe I donโt like early David Bowie?
Beautiful. I appreciate the jazziness without it being in penetrable.
Meh
Too rocky for me today. Good lyrics, a little dated.
Pretty good: good lyrics and Iโm liking it better than Neon Bible.
Planet Rock will always be one of my all time favorite jams. Renegade is interesting. Of course everything is of its time, but this is a solid album. Just came across the lyric โwhat the heckโ in They Made A Mistake. It was a more innocent time.
I mean, itโs of its time. Pretty good, though. One song was cringe, but You Donโt Know (How young you are) was pretty good.
White guy makes album co-opting other peopleโs music, with singers from different cultures? Sure. Who am I to judge? One of my favorite albums is Graceland.
Wild horses and moonlight mile are just plain beautiful. Brown sugar, though canceled, is an undeniable classic. Finally, though Iโve known it for years, upon close listening it has been gratifying to see what a complete rock โnโ roll jam canโt you hear me knocking is.
Cโmon
Fun!
Donโt totally love this, but of course son of a preacher man is great. Nice frank treatment of a girlโs sexuality without being lascivious. And windmills of your mind is surprisingly interesting.
I love run DMC with all my heart but to me there are no standout tracks on this album. I understand that it made them crossover stars, but it is not my favorite.
I donโt think this holds together quite as well as bridge over troubled Waters, but still of course giving it a four.
Even today sounds like a fresh voice. I would listen to this again.
In my top 10. If not top 5.
This mustโve been thrilling at the time. A very fun listen.
Some interesting songs here: drums, droning melodies, lyrics.
Never listened to more than a song before. Great, straight ahead blues.
Interesting, donโt love.
Interesting and at times good, but I also tired of the dude vibe loudness sometimes
Interesting and at times good, but I also tired of the dude vibe loudness sometimes
No stand out songs here, but vocalist Ian McCulloch has long been one of my favorite new wave singers. Plaintive without being whiny.
Of course genius of love is one of the all-time jams, but most of the other songs struck me as kind of silly.
What the hell is wrong with me? Why didnโt I listen to Bjรถrk from the beginning? This is great! Different, engaging, interesting. Plus her otherworldly voice and interesting (ESL?) take on lyrics. She pronounces ghetto blaster Jetto blaster. ๐
Not my kind of music, but of course interesting.
This is incredible. The energy, the tightness, the rhythms are fantastic. Will definitely listen to more from this band.
With the strong British accents and the liberal quoting of the Beatlesโ calliope and horns, I wouldโve loved this in my 20s. Now I think itโs just OK but Iโm happy I listened to it.
Great rhythms, hot horns.
Iโm sure itโs very clever but I just did not have the patience for the theatricality today.
Not as good as Megadeth and Sepultura, but likable enough. Wonโt pursue any further, though.
Fine. Not my thing.
Iโm sure important, but not my thing.
Not only is this album obviously hugely influential and important, it is beautiful, and best of all the first track is โan introduction to Indian music.โ What a fabulously practical and illuminating addition to the album.
I donโt love the beach boys as much as I could, but there is something very beautiful and almost chilling about the contrast between Brian Wilsonโs Faceto and his brothers deeper tenor. I didnโt love this album, but they do have a few very beautiful songs
Didnโt love. Except title track, of course
Iโm sure interesting in its time, but now just mostly annoying.
The songs with lyrics were kind of dreamy. I could take or leave the others.
I donโt know when, but I actually have listened to this album quite a few times. B.B. King is not my favorite, but this is undeniably a magnificent album.
Smooth, not that exciting.
One of the soundtracks of my youth. Not my favorite, but very pleasing and introduced me to a new genre.
What a fabulous album. people mustโve gone crazy for this. Iโm not a huge Led Zeppelin fan, but they really do have a fantastic sound. I am nerdy enough that my first real introduction to Robert Plantโs voice was sea of love in 1986 or so. Really great to hear him in a Real rock โnโ roll setting. And yes yes, I know the cultural appropriation implications of Led Zeppelin singing the blues, but damn they did a good job.
Very fun. Also, interesting learning about the close ties between New Orleans Italian Americans and African-Americans early in the century.
Ultimately, I just donโt think Beck is that exciting I guess.
This is a solid four because of all the hits, but I have to give it a five because of girls just wanna have fun. That is a generational tune.
Very fond memories of listening to this album with my college housemate.
I can see that itโs probably interesting, but I donโt really like it. Lead singerโs voice is not endearing. But the album cover is fantastic. God, I love those buildings.
Listened to this and his first two albums today. In general I like and respect him but donโt love him. But itโs nice to get his to know his music better
Listened to this and his first two albums today. In general I like and respect him but donโt love him. But itโs nice to get his to know his music better
Not my style so much, but I like the pop punk vibe. And the guy has a really good voice.
Of course fantastic. I was unaware of this series. I will check out the other albums.
Engaging and clever, I might listen some more as background music.
Really boring. Does not belong on this list. Giving it my first one.
Boring
Good not great.
This strikes me as high school and college stadium rock. I see the appeal, but donโt need to pursue further.
Less hard than I thought it would be. Interesting. I can see how the harder subgenres flowed out of this.
Nope
Fun, fresh, accessible
Wikipedia says heโs the fourth best soul singer, though they donโt mention Sam Cooke. Still โ Iโm surprised Iโve never heard of him. He has a fantastic range, and a good voice when he goes more bluesy. I can do without the Nat King Cole adjacent songs. But the other stuff is really good.
My God, this is packed with hits for a first album. Five!