Somehow, I had never given this album a full listen until yesterday. It’s already taken my top spot in the hair metal genre - they execute all the tropes well, and it’s a fun listen front to back. I’ll never understand why they didn’t use the title track as the opener… spoken word intro, quiet to loud, two guitar solos… what more do you need?!

Still sounds progressive today. Political, funky, and innovative. 4* because it never reeled me in the same way Purple Rain and Dirty Mind did.

Somehow, I had never given this album a full listen until yesterday. It’s already taken my top spot in the hair metal genre - they execute all the tropes well, and it’s a fun listen front to back. I’ll never understand why they didn’t use the title track as the opener… spoken word intro, quiet to loud, two guitar solos… what more do you need?!

I don’t get the hubbub. Orange Crush is great, and there’s a few good album cuts, but this is a far cry from their peak (Life’s Rich Pageant). The use of mandolin is a nice touch, and foreshadows greater commercial success to come

I don’t get the hype. Likeable tunes with a bit of ambient noise here and there, but gosh is this thing easy to ignore. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart will forever be excellent, though.

I’ve never paid much mind to Amnesiac. I’ve always brushed it off as Kid A 2.0, but in listening, it has a clear identity and warrants its own attention. It’s glitchy, rock-y, and piano-y, serving as a worthwhile bridge between Kid A and Hail to the Thief.

Gorgeous.

Not my thing. For the right person, I’m sure this would be cool.

If I time travel back to 1994, I can see why this appealed to the masses. Nowadays… my goodness, is it too much to ask you change the tempo once or twice?!

The backbeat could use a few more change ups every now and again, but Angus rips and Bon was giving it his all.

Maybe if I’d never heard the title track before (I’ll be damned, karaoke, moms, grade school, and tv!) this would have made more of an impact. I feel the narrative around this album’s inclusion on the list is something like “it’s more than a one-hit wonder!”. But when the other singles and album cuts are very… ok… what’s the point?

There’s some great songs here - how Nilsson isn’t at minimum on classic rock radio is a mystery to me. Jump Into the Fire would get the dads going! Coconut sounds weird as ever - it’s like Kokomo from a more obscure artist.

Yeahhhh very much not my thing. They feel like a cheap parody of a rock band.

Delightful tunes throughout. Victoria, followed by Yes Sir No Sir is a great start to the album. It is a bit loooong for the lack of significant change-ups, though.