Enjoyable album. Plenty of interesting guitar pieces and impressive string sections. Songs mellow, tender and anguishingly beautiful. Don't know how likely I am to actively seek out another listen, but certainly wouldn't turn it down given the right opportunity.
Fine. Nothing that commands your attention, but if you like music of this ilk then this is more of the same.
Interesting arrangements and instrumentals. Maybe a touch meandering at times, it's high points are great but fleeting.
Just a fun album. Everyone's here for the same reason, to let BB indulge himself in the blues, and he does so unapologetically.
The grandiose title and concept is betrayed by the fact the album just doesn't particularly go anywhere. A handful of good ideas are lost in a sea of the unremarkable. The lyricism was a particular catching point as it ranged from unnoticeable and bland to egregiously clumsy.
Listening now, without the context of how innovative this album was when released, most of what it has to offer has been improved upon over time. It's highlight reel however is still full of all-timers. 3 is unfair, but I couldn't justify a 4 from my level of enjoyment.
A lonely sounding album. Almost exclusively Nick and his guitar, it's sound is interesting, subdued and quite enjoyable
Just middling. A few fine tunes and most that are just unremarkable.
A bit boring really. The story around the album is more interesting.
As someone who never actively listened to Bowie, the first half was exactly what I expected. Good, serviceable tunes (with the standout exception of Heroes, an all time great) without much more to them. However I wasn't prepared in the slightest for the direction the back half of the album would go. Weird ambient pieces, dripping with atmosphere and tension, and immensely fun.
His first solo album was a reaction to everything the Beatles were doing before, a massive swing of the pendulum in the opposite direction. It's a fun, low stakes affair with little polish but plenty of charm.
This is why I'm here. To find a gem I otherwise might never listen to. The album I never knew I needed.
He's here again... great.
Hmm. Yes.
I have no frame of reference for this. Sounded a bit too bland-pop-ish at times.
It doesn't feel like it's a record that stands for anything, just pleasantries that appeal to the most general audience possible.
Technically good without ever excelling in any department? It feels music has progressed far beyond what this album has to offer.
Carried by Beyoncé's vocal ability and melodies, the album has some very average instrumentals and functional lyricism at best.
The production is really good, lots of interesting and creative samples used across a range of genres. However the lyricism is middling, lacking depth or subject matter, which is not a killing blow by itself, but the ridiculously homogeneous delivery saps all the interest out of most lyrics on most songs. At a glance, and at it's worst, it's hard to tell where one song ends and another begins.
Fun album.
An interesting soup of genre.
Starts really strong, but fades across the length of the record. An interesting sound and a good listen 👍
Nothing special, wouldn't turn it off, wouldn't really come back to it
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