Generally not a fan of the type of blues-rock-country style of music that's predominant on this record. I found the overt use of the harmonica quite hard to listen to and Dylan's voice took some getting used to. Once I got past the first 3-4 songs I could appreciate the album a bit more.
The vivid storytelling and wordplay on 'Stuck Inside of Mobile...' stuck out the most to me throughout the album. In general the lyrics I picked up on while listening seemed like the most interesting part of the record, although I have to admit I didn't spend too much time properly reading them.
I know this is supposedly one of the greatest albums of all time, it just doesn't seem to catch me.
As good as a live album gets - clean and raw at the same time. The band sounds great, so does Brown's voice. I like the fact that the album is short, it gets more of the energy across. None of the songs stood out much on their own, but as a whole the album is a cool listen, although I did find the crowd's screaming off-putting at times.
All musicality and cultural impact aside - JB was an abusive scumbag and that fact is pretty hard to ignore...
This didn't do much for me. The songs are by no means bad at all, but just felt bland. Sitting Still was the only one that stood out a bit. All in all inoffensive background music.
I can see how this is as influential as it is, very unconventional for the time for sure. It's mostly the overall sound and experimental instrumentation that drew me in, Nico's vocals on Femme Fatal (probably my favorite song) stood out as well. Lyrics describing Heroin trips aren't my cup of tea at all, but I guess it was 'edgy' at the time...
I don't think the album is nearly as good as it's generally rated, but it definitely was an interesting listen. It's one of those culturally significant records I've never checked out before, so I'm glad I finally did, although I'm not sure I'll feel the need to revisit it again.
My first time actually listening to a Bowie record in full. Most of these songs felt too long and kinda lost me at the halfway point, although the intros had caught me beforehand. It was also too theatrical at times for my taste.
That being said - I could still appreciate it for what it was. The album is well put together and went out with the best two songs in my opinion. 'Stay' and 'Wild With The Wind' I really enjoyed and went back to after listening to the whole thing through.
Not sure if I'll ever fully get into it, though.
I never thought there's a way for me to enjoy country songs as much as I did here. Ray literally put soul in these songs.
Ray's voice sounds so good, the whole band does too. The overall production on this is great.
Some of the songs do sound a bit dated, so do some of the choral vocals. That's the reason it's getting 4 out of 5.
But all in all this is a great record and a very enjoyable listen.
I don't think I'll ever really get into Lou Reed... There's nothing I can 'objectively' say against the quality of these songs, they just don't strike a chord with me. I do appreciate the inclusiveness of some of these lyrics, especially given the time of release.
I'm glad Tribe got a great sample out of Wild Side, but that's about it for me.
This album is pretty much flawless - great musicianship, lyrics on point, clean but organic production and amazing songwriting. These songs are timeless and sound as fresh as ever. Sabbath just sound effortlessly cool on this one. This isn't my personal favorite of theirs but there's undeniable hits on this album and I can't find a reason not to label this record perfect, front to back.
Not my kind of rock music, but still enjoyable. The hits on this are hits for a reason, but there's a lot of songs on there that didn't particularly stand out. The musicianship and overall sound was great. I appreciated the length of the songs, they were to the point and not unnecessarily drawn out, which I feel is rather rare in this genre.
All in all an unexpectedly pleasant listen, nothing that got me too excited but still decent. The singles were definitely the highlights.
It's impossible for me to even try to have an 'objective' view on this one - this album crucially shaped my taste in music as a kid. It stands as one of my favorite albums of all time.
The sampling and the dynamic between the three emcees sounds timelessly fresh. The beasties made rhyming 101 sound exciting on these songs. I'll admit that some of the lyrical content is a bit immature, but they owned up to that by apologizing for problematic lyrics.
I always love revisiting Licensed, it sounds exciting and just super cool every single time. The quality of their output kept elevating after this album, this is a near perfect debut LP though.
I enjoyed this way more than I would've expected! The songs had a familiar feel to them, although Lost Cause was the only one I actually knew before listening to the whole album. It's the gloomy soundscapes that really caught me, the musical arrangements are great! The production in general is really, really good.
Considering the lyrical content and the overall mood of the album it felt a little bit long at times and I don't know if the songs would work too well on their own, taken out of the context of the album.
All in all this was a great listen though and I'll most likely go back to it.
I (shamefully) have to admit that before listening to this, I only knew a handful of singles by the Pixies... that being said - there was not a single moment that was even slightly boring on this album. I felt it was flawless after the first spin already and made me want to listen to it again right away. All killer, no filler.
Nothing to hate about this at all.
The musicians on this record sound great, Frank's voice is the definition of smooth and the songs just flow very well all-round.
I'm not a fan of the opener, but that might be because it's been played to death.
I knew a few of the songs already before listening to the album as a whole (for the first time) and was afraid it might just sound old to me and I won't be able to get into it much, but I gotta say I really enjoyed it!
Not bad per se but did absolutely nothing for me. The only thing that stood out to me was the bass sound at times.
I was expecting to not like this at all but I was pleasantly surprised. This is a enjoyable listen, a 'electronic music for people who don't like electronic music' sorta thing. I liked the dynamics and layers of sounds, I can totally see how people would be into this. Not sure if I'll ever revisit any of these songs but it's a solid album for sure.
This started off strong with the first two tracks, then fizzled out quite a bit after that throughout the middle part and then picked it back up towards the end (for context - I listened to the original version of the album, not the extended one on Spotify). In general I'm not mad at this at all, it's entertaining enough, but without Apache and In A Gadda Da Vida (both of these are bangers) this would probably be sub-mid, I'd say. Also I gotta admit, just knowing the samples that came from this record added some extra points for me.
This is much better than I remember it being.
For someone like me, who's not a big Radiohead fan by any means, this is the record to check out. It's accessible yet complex in structure, something that not many acts are able to pull off as well as Radiohead did here.
There's some really catchy melodies on songs like Reckoner, Jigsaw and 15 Step which is a crazy good opener too. The songwriting is great, it seems like the more melodic, poppy style of alternative rock is the sound that Radiohead were meant to do.
It was between 4 and 5 stars for me, but since I think this is their best album I went with the later.
This sounds outdated as hell. Listening to the album the whole way through was quite the difficult task... I honestly found nothing enjoyable about it. It's definitely not the kind of music I associate with the bee gees and it doesn't suit 'em well, in my opinion.
There's a few great songs on this, Wishing Well and Sign Your Name are undeniable hits. Sananda's voice and vocal performance is outstanding.
A bunch of the songs suffer from the overtly funky 80s cliche sound though, which the quality of the songwriting only partially makes up for.
Overall it's an alright listen, the aforementioned singles and the mellow ending to the album are the highlights. If it wasn't for Sananda's amazing voice this would've gotten a 2 star rating.
this was a fun listen! I've never actually checked out priest in full before, beyond the hits anyways.
I'm not too much of a metalhead, I obviously know about British Steel's significance to the genre but now I actually know why it's as influential and every (thrash-)metal band that followed ripped it. there's some great riffs on here and the overall sound couldn't be more fitting.
the songs build a cohesive unit, back to back, if I had to pick a favorite it'd probably be The Rage (or BTL, of course). Rapid Fire reminded me of Motorhead, which is always a good reference. although United and Living After Midnight sounded too cheesy for my taste, the rest of the songs are strong enough to compensate that, so it doesn't effect my opinion of the album too much, altogether.
this starts off with one of the worst openers to an LP I've ever heard - it doesn't suit the other songs on the album and made me dread listening to the rest. fortunately the songs that followed were better, musically at least. the lyrics throughout the whole album are bad. like very bad. Buckley can hit some notes for sure, but honestly his voice doesn't do much for me most of the time. the only thing this record's got going for it, is that the band sounds good. I didn't hate the album completely, just casually listening to it, but I definitely didn't like it. I'd feel too generous giving it 2 stars, so 1 will have to do...
