This was a rooough first album for me to listen to for this project. Listening on Spotify I found it interesting that the few tracks I half-liked were the least listened to by most people. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sonic youth is not for me.
Not my typical genre but this was really good! I found out Mary already knows and loves Jazmine.
As a 90s kid who also learned guitar a few years after this album came out, I was very familiar with "Hallelujah" but hadn't heard the rest. I was primarily struck by how good the rest of the album was, with the possible exception of the last few songs that probably slapped in the 90s but now seem more stuck in amber. I was also struck by how long the songs were ("Hallelujah" alone is almost 7 mins!!). Seems like 5- and 6-minute songs were more commonplace in the 90s than today, but then again I'm no Phish fan like others in this group... This album is very 90s, from the sound of the drums and alternative rock instrumentation to its classic rock influences, occasional strings and coffeehouse ballads. And the quick fade out on the last track! So 90s. It was definitely in the rotation at your local cafe. All in all, Grace is a good album but not my fav.
Damn, I totally forgot I knew Catching That Butterfly and Lucky Man, both good songs. Some of the others are just okay; while this album would be groundbreaking in the 60s or 70s, in the 90s not so much. Bitter Sweet Symphony stands the test of the time, the rest of the album not so much.
Loved this album since Walk the Line
Look, I love Lennon. But I don't usually love solo Beatles. They just made each other better in ways that are lacking on their solo stuff. Paul needed John's edge, John needed Paul's joi de vivre and they needed each other as a creative counterweight Imagine is obviously an all-timer, but the rest of the album is just mediocre 12-bar blues and soft dad rock outside of the OG diss track How Do You Sleep? and Oh Yoko! The album is fine. Give me Paul's Ram over this any day.
Great album. I know it's not better, but I like it more than Black to Black. It has a more cohesive feel to me and I've always loved Stronger Than Me, F Me Pumps, (There Is) No Greater Love, In My Bed, and Amy Amy Amy. The highs of Back to Black are much higher, but this album is great throughout. It remains a tragedy we no longer have her.
Never heard of this jabroni before today. Now I know why. He’s like Father John Misty without the edge or cynicism, which is a no from me dawg. This album is like a collection of all the songs George Harrison didn't pick for "All Things Must Pass", which makes sense since the homicidal Phil Spector produced both. The one highlight for me was that I swear SNL based their “goodnights and goodbyes” song on the title track…