Junkyard
The Birthday PartyAbrasive, unpleasant, obtuse, unfriendly, but excellent.
Abrasive, unpleasant, obtuse, unfriendly, but excellent.
Grew on me as it went on, but fundamentally not my cup of tea. Not awful for a relaxing morning listen with Baby J. Best tracks: Help Yourself, In my Bed, Amy Amy Amy.
Big, loud, empty, boring. Apparently, it's inspired by "America"
Starts strong, and is petty good, but not really enough of anything to make a huge impact. Not quite danceable enough, or hard enough, or sad enough. Title track is a banger tho.
Love the sound, like the tunes. Good vibes, just would have liked more bangers. No bad songs, but no songs better than Just What I Needed.
Have never truly loved Blues, but this is probably about as good as it can get, for me at least.
SMOOTH AS SILK AND BOLD AS BRASS
So good. Wonderful voice, evergreen melodies, wide range of sounds and emotions. So many good songs on this album.
Fun and breezy, occasionally freaky folky vibes. A couple of transcendant moments, didn't outstay it's welcome
The bangers still bang, but too much filler and it gets lonely and boring long before the end. Definitely lived up to its title.
All of the songs basically sound the same and do the same thing, but that thing is incredibly fun and enjoyable for easily more than the albums length
Really good when it's good but too long and kinda outstays its welcome. I enjoyed myself, but I wasn't sorry when it ended.
100% holds up. Sweet, scary, expansive, intimate, everything
Abrasive, unpleasant, obtuse, unfriendly, but excellent.
Sad but hopeful, way better than I'd been led to believe. Great for a sunny morning.
Not enough art to separate it from the artist. Boring.
Needs time, good headphones, an open mind, no interruptions, and ideally an epic landscape to walk across to enjoy properly, but still worth it with at least a couple of those things.
The guitars and vocals are raw and fuzzy and great, but the songwriting is non existent. Just endless bluesy noodling. Sure it sounded good at the time, but that time has passed.
Dark, warm, and crunchy. Maybe I shoulda been a metalhead all along.
The lyrics are witty and the 80s instrumentals are beautiful, but the tunes aren't there, and nothing sticks.
The filler tracks are utterly skippable, but Clint Eastwood, Slow Country and M1A1 are worth two extra stars on their own.
Pretty decent, considering I never thought I was a Dylan fan, bit samey after a while.
The skits and ad libs are horrible and dated (bing!), but the tunes hold up pretty well and Lauren Hill still sounds great.
Chunky, powerful and fun. Would have been better if it had been weirder.
Solid bluesy rock, v short, doesn't outstay it's welcome
Maybe needs headphones and no distractions to lock in properly, bit lacklustre and distant for me. Not unpleasant to listen to.
Still so heartbreaking, excellent songwriting, haunting but rich
Dry, low energy, never really comes alive. Gets an extra star just for red eyes tho
Pretty nice, rolls around quite nicely for a bit, doesn't outstay it's welcome