Not all songs are remarkable, but all of them are fun to listen to.
Short, energetic, kind of falling down the stairs songs, creative riffs, moments of low energy between some songs to recover.
An honest good listen. Out of 10, 7,5 with some tranquility.
60s. Psychedelia. Vocal harmonies. Short songs.
Absolutely average album. Good songs, nothing remarkable.
Elements of country, 3 incredible songs and the rest are competent, but nothing overwhelming
Elements of Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and even Pink Floyd all over the record, but some songs are too long, bland and monotonous. Seems like they lost the war on drugs...
Well executed record though. 5.5/10
Talking Heads is some kind of hit or miss to me. They have enough songs to fulfill a setlist or a Greatest Hits album, but the studio albuns are kinda meh.
This one, for example. Life During Wartime, Heaven and one or two more songs are hits (live, like on Stop Making Sense, BIG hits), but the rest feels like a miss to me. Thin sound, ideas that are different but not enough, etc.
Thus, for me, Speaking in Tongues is a far better record.
I've listened to it so many times that I can skip this pat and rate it anyway.
FIVE FUCKING STARS. ABSOLUTE BANGER.
One of the best albums of all time. There's no bad (even mid) song on this album, although Side A is STELLAR (War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan and Iron Man, one after the other), being better than Side B.
Lucky for me that I had the privilege of seeing this legends (3/4 of them, at least) live twice.
RIP Ozzy
Stones at its best. Lots of blues, one of the biggest hits in the history of music, other good songs too, but nothing stellar.
The Stones aren't a band of albums, but a band of hits
You can't deny that this album sounds different. It's competently executed by the band, has some elements of punk and celtic music, but, for me, it sums up like a low budget Jethro Tull.
Ok album, but it's not a bunch of songs that I would come back to listen.
Another one that I don't have to listen to rate. I've listened at least six times at its entirety and my impression probably will not change.
Queen II is an interesting album, mixing the heavy sound of the band's debut with operatic elements that were more refined in Sheer Heart Attack and, especially, A Night at the Opera.
Although it suffers from poor mixing (not as much as the debut, of course), there's a extremely rich sound palette to be explored here.
I personally recommend the strong start of the album, with Procession, Father to Son and White Queen (As It Began), but the whole record is pretty respectable (with the exception of, maybe, Funny How Love Is, with its endless fadeout)
Great songs for a background music for workout. Some ideas here and there, but it's lengthy and tiring. Could be shortened.
As an album, I don't see much. Guess I'm not part of the jilted generation, definetly is not for me.
Very, I mean, VERY folky. Way more melancholic (and less diddlydeediddlydoo) than The Pogues.
Still not for me
Lots of country, vocal harmonies and 'MURICA
Way too Yankee for me. And no songs that I'd come back to listen.
Very interesting. The tempo of the songs is similar, but are short, energetic songs. Good for running, actually.
And it has Alright, a fucking banger.
This thing vibes. A lot. It has feeling, good songs, it's elegant. Reminds me of a mixture of Sade and Beyoncé.
Very positive surprise.
Here, que are off to a GREAT start. Strange Brew and Sunshine of Your Love are incredible songs.
After that, the album kind of enters cruise speed.
There are some good and fun songs, like Outside Woman Blues and Tales of Brave Ulysses, and you can see why Cream were so influential and revolutionary for its time.
Do I think that this one deserves place on the list? Yes, but it's not even top 200.
An easy listen. Chill good rock album. One of the greatest BANGERS of all time and a couple great standout tracks.
7.8/10
Well... how do I start?
Sinatra is huge, Jobim is huge, I'm brazilian and must acknowledge the cultural importance of bossa nova and blah blah blah
That being said, this album is monotone and monotonous, just like 95% of bossa nova. Not by chance, it's called samba played by who can't play samba.
It lacks dynamics, some shadow and light, a big ending by the orchestra, is quiet and willing to stay out of the way of the wealthy listeners. You can picture that kind of rich businessman who listens to this in the 60's while has his breakfast reading the journal.
In other words, like some clever fella reviewed, it has some limp dick energy. Sinatra has a big, loud voice, for jazzy things, not for this.
And the Rush version for Girl From Ipanema in the 2002 concert is more fun, even though it was jokingly played.
I will desconsider the Apple Jam, although it's part of the record as a whole.
Even desconsidering it, remains in the 3 star field. Kind of a 6,8/10 album. The vocal harmonies are there, some moments of sheer brilliance, typical of a beatle and etc.
But the album is too flat for its duration. Lots of half time ballads, slow bpm, very George Harrison stuff, of course.
And EXACTLY for this reason that, in a Beatles album, two or three songs of him would make the cut, balancing the trippy Lennon songs and the fun upbeat McCartney songs.
It is a bad album? No, far from that, we have some easy listen quality stuff here, but tiring.
Take the strongest cuts and make a single album and All Things Must Past probably would be 4 stars and the best solo album by a beatle. The way it is, kind of comes close, but doesn't overcome Band on the Run (okay, it is a Wings album, but you get the point)
A Nice surprise. Listened to it in a 12k run on a light rain day, which may have influenced my feelings about this album.
It has some elements of Nick Drake's Pink Moon, such as the melancholy and the simplicity, but you can also find some pinches of The Doors, especially on There Was The Sun and Insect Eyes
Overall, a low to mid 7/10, like 7,4/10
Absolute unlistenable piece of shit. Sounds like ass from top to bottom. Sloppy and unnecessary long (at least, for whom that are sober).
Not for nothing the fans of this band are described as a sect. Don't want to listen to this never ever again, even under torture.
You know... Horns, strings, female backing vocals. I can picture the complete experience with this record, listening in a saturday night, savoring an Old Fashioned or a negroni, etc... The Full boomer american way of life experience™
BUT
We are in 2026. I must recognize the quality and production, this record is a big product of its time. Furthermore, this album sounds like if Sinatra has the Mojo. But this is too much Sinatra-esque for me.
Definitely, the best Ray Charles is the rock and roll Ray Charles. From Mess Around, I've Got a Woman, What'd I Say.
Good album, but few remarkable songs. And they are more rock and roll/swing than this big band jazz thing that impregnates the whole record.
3/5, more like a 63/100
Good, short, organic, melancholic, folky album. Instruments played live, simple as it can be. Vocal harmonies, pure talent.
No quantization, metronome, autotune. Just music, with its inherent and beautiful imperfections. Definitely an album to listen to on headphones or good speakers.
That being said, it's a very safe album, with little to none curve balls being thrown. A Simple Desultory Philippic is fun and interesting, and the duality of the last track is noteworthy, but I can't see the reason to this album make into the list.
I'm feeling something like a low 6 to a flat 7 on this one. 6,6/10 maybe.
The best album of Bob Marley's catalogue. Looks like a Greatest Hits, but it's a studio album, full of bangers, top to bottom.
Only Natural Mystic and the title track are worth the whole album, but side two also has great songs like Three Little Birds and One Love
It's fun. It's ok. It's groovy and easy.
It's 3/5 as fuck.
MASTERPIECE. From top to bottom. It doesn't get any better than this, AC/DC peaked here. Also, Bon Scott>>Brian Johnson.
Great production, the instruments sound crisp and rich, the pacing, the groove, there is no single song skippable in here.
Good album, some great tracks, vocals by Rod Stewart and, obviously, guitar work from Jeff Beck.
Something like 68/100, more inclined to three stars out of five.
Another masterpiece, from top to bottom. One of the greatest of all time.
Great album. Nothing revolutionary, just good rock'n roll. Lil' Devil and Love Removal Machine are absolute bangers
One of the easiest 5 stars given.
Loud, fun and energetic. I don't think, particularly, that this album is so revolutionary as most people say.
Also, Van Halen II is better in terms of songwriting.
It's experimental and weird and very Talking Heads-esque. But it has its moments. It's very far from that garbage you find on Metal Machine Music and etc.
It's listenable and somewhat interesting. Not a favorite, but ok.
I'm kinda suspicious talking about this record, because my band has some ZZ Top in the setlist, including the great opening pair on this album.
This two tracks, alongside Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers and, obviously, La Grange, make this album a very solid record. The other six tracks are good, nothing super remarkable, but good tracks.
And boy, the 70's ZZ Top is incredible. The dry tones, just drums, bass, guitar and vocals, few to none overdubs. Pure blues and rock and roll album.
Solid debut. Good mixing, some really good songs. However, 12 songs is a little bit tiring, considering the band's signature style of composition.
