Wasn’t a huge fan. Talented musicians and fine production, but none of it really resonated.

Strong sense of cohesion throughout the album, similar to contemporary early concept albums like Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper. Feelings of nostalgia, preservation of the past, and tradition are evoked throughout listening along with portraits of people of the village green.

Album was fine. Feels like the kind of album I should develop a connection with but didn’t. Nothing really caught my ear outside of Yellow and Don’t Panic which I’ve heard of before and enjoy. However, solid production and it clearly cohesive. An album I’ll have to revisit.

Never heard of this album or this group so I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Really dreamy sound to it. I’ll definitely be listening to this album again.

Great listen. The percussion really drives this album. Very groovy, I really enjoyed it.

Definitely a classic. Great mix of genres throughout the album.

I’ve never listened to a Carole King album all the way through, let alone had any of her songs on my playlists, yet I still found a lot of these songs to be very familiar. Ton of classics on here.

Definitely found the second side of this album more interesting than the first. The rock songs on the first side, though all solid, got a bit repetitive but the second side really changed it up. Fine precursor to Village Green.

I’ve never listened to a Queen album in full. I’ve heard the classic songs numerous times and never heard any of these songs here, but this album really caught me off guard. This is the kind of album that I wouldn’t listen to its songs individually or in a playlist but only in full, kind of like some of my favorite Pink Floyd albums. It works extremely well as a complete unit.

Two of the three songs I know from The Beta Band open this album, but I never thought to check out the rest. Really solid album. The tone is very mellow and intriguing, and the feel is almost psychedelic. Some parts of the album are a bit too repetitive and monotonous, but that just adds to the droning nature of it.

Exceptional album, a collection of solid rock songs. I will say, I feel like there weren’t too many standouts aside from the title track, but I still feel that the songs are all great.

Fine album, only a few standouts and 1-2 songs I didn’t really like. Overall, I liked the big sound. Springsteen’s vocals sometimes really works for me and sometimes it doesn’t. Still enjoyed listening all the way through.

Some songs I just couldn’t bear the singer’s voice, and the other songs I just didn’t care for. Some of it was pretty groovy, but there was probably only one song that I thought was okay in full which was ‘Dancing’. Maybe with the right vocals, this could be a better album as the production itself was solid. Otherwise, I wasn’t a huge fan.

If you asked someone who didn’t like heavy metal or punk rock what they thought the genre was like, this album is probably what they’d come up with. Nothing pleasant to say about the listening experience aside from it being shorter than most albums.

Just an alright listen. Felt it got a bit boring and monotonous at times. I liked the rhythm, but the vocals and production weren’t really for me. Wasn’t a fan of the interludes. ‘Waterfalls’ was definitely the standout, though it was the only track I knew before listening.

I listened to the first Led Zeppelin album only a couple minutes before listening to this album in preparation for it. I really loved the first album so this album in comparison was only slightly weaker to me; however, I still really liked this one for all the same reasons as the first. The music doesn’t stop. It just keeps going. There’s no fat, all filler. The band is so tight and they’re masters at the instruments they play. Insane listening experience.

Solid album. I’d give it a 7/10 but I’ll round up to 4 stars. Sounds like lots of inspiration from the British Invasion. Thought I heard some bits from the Kinks, but it all comes pretty close sounding to Oasis too. Enjoyable rock album. The first two songs were definitely the strongest for me.

Okay listen. Didn’t really care for most of it, but some of it was intriguing to hear. “The Conference” was an interesting one because I found it unpleasant to listen to but I liked the idea of it with this back and forth nonsense between the vocalists. I think there was a lot that’s special in the tracks, but overall I didn’t enjoy it that much.

Never heard a Kanye album in full so when people say they miss the old Kanye, I get it now. Like REALLY get it now. Great beats, great samples, great album. Enjoyed it all the way through and I thought the skits were hilarious.

I did find merit in the mixture of genres including Indian, folk, psychedlic, Baroque, and medieval(?) music, but overall, I didn’t really enjoy the listening experience. I kind of just tumbled through it. It felt like a combination between early Pink Floyd music with the electric guitars removed and the lofi production of Smiley Smile. Very odd album, and definitely made that way. Just felt like a novel oddity of the times.

Very suave and smooth album. So funky. I listen to these albums during my morning commutes so this album made me feel like I was in a chase. Made my drive a lot more entertaining. Extremely fitting soundtrack for a movie called Super Fly.

A perfect album. Beautifully tragic and deeply emotional. An ingenious blend of rock and electronic elements and a display of Radiohead’s progression in their musical evolution. The purposeful excess of the electronic noise and the heaviness of the guitars never fails for the emotion and the feelings of the music to come through. Fantastic album.

Solid album but nothing really popped out to me. I always appreciate the musicianship of jazz albums but I’d say only one song resonated with me on this one, which was “Manenberg Revisted”. The title track was fine too. The rest felt pretty run of the mill. All in all, a pleasant listen but nothing surprising.

I thought the production was good, and I liked the title track. Aside from that, not much really got me. I wasn’t a huge fan of the songs themselves though I feel like for a lot of them, if I give them a listen a couple more times, I could really grow to like them. Otherwise, this album on first listen was just okay for me.

Lots of classics on here that I really love, though some of the songs I didn’t know made the album slightly less impressive to me. They definitely share the same feel as the songs I already knew but just fell short. This album’s still a 9/10 to me because the hits really do hit. Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You, and Fernando all on the same album is a gift.

Fine listen but nothing stood out to me. Not much to say about this one, just solid jazz.

Extremely engaging and grand at times. I appreciate the technicality of this album, but I think I just don’t like jazz. The lack of melodic structure is too bewildering for me, though I can definitely understand how others can fall in love with pieces like this. If I heard and saw this performed live, I probably would. Could also be I’m not accustomed to this kinda music. For the time being, it’s a 7/10 for me. Also found out this album was recorded very close to my office, which is pretty neat.

Solid blues album. Extremely influential for its time. I had a fine time listening though nothing very surprising to me. Still, I definitely see its merit in its legacy.

Funky, groovy album. Though there were some lulls throughout only because I think it’s missing the visual element of the movie itself, but when it hits, it hits. I think I enjoyed listening to the Super Fly soundtrack more, but I found this entertaining.

Great album, though I think I need more time to really like it. The two songs I knew from it already, Hello It’s Me and I Saw the Light, stood as the best songs on the album by a large extent. Overall great production and soulful backing vocals throughout. I was hoping for more even from a double album, but with a couple listens, I think I could rank it higher.

I’ve listened to this album once before and I think I liked it better on this listen. Very interesting sound mostly because of the flute that’s played throughout. Parts of it sound like tales recited by a bard. Very strong rock album.

I was expecting just another rock album from a band I’ve never heard of but I got way more than that. The first four tracks were extremely strong for me. I was already hooked by the first song. The next three songs were a bit of a lull but still a fine listen nonetheless. And then it ends off with Free Bird, nuff said. Great album.

Fine album. Repetitive at times, but always very catchy and groovy. I think I’d really enjoy it if I heard it played live. I think my favorite song was the last one, which is a live recording. I really liked the atmosphere on that one.

This album had a decent number of moments that I liked, but overall there weren’t any songs that I enjoyed. I did appreciate the keyboards and the tight drums, but for the most part, I either found it unpleasant or of little substance and I wanted more.

It’s just not for me. Objectively, it’s a solid album, but I personally didn’t enjoy it much. Out of all the songs, I only liked Brendan 1 so I was disappointed to find there was no Brendan 2. The band was tight, and there’s no question they’re talented. It just didn’t get me.

I liked the atmosphere and feel of the album, but I felt the songs fell short. They didn’t sound complete and I wanted more from all of them.

This is my second hearing the album and I think I enjoyed it more than the first time. It’s a fine album throughout and it’s definitely got a consistent sound, but I feel that it doesn’t offer much more than that. Maybe it’ll grow on me but for now there’s nothing too striking to me, so it’s hard to rate it anything more than a 7/10. Simply a collection of rock songs.

Thought this album would be too heavy for me, and it definitely was at some points. Overall, I enjoyed the listen. Very groovy at times, but it really shreds. Solid listen.

Thought I would like this one better. My mom’s a big fan of them and I enjoy listening to West End Girls, but the production got too repetitive and corny for me. With a different arrangement, I think a lot of these songs could be really great. So the songs themselves were solid, but the execution of the album as a whole was off.

Beautiful album. Really big and grand production that accompanies Elton’s iconic voice. All of the songs were great, but the title track was probably my favorite aside from Tiny Dancer, which needless to say is an absolute classic. This is the first Elton John album I’ve heard in full length and I found it very captivating.

While Pet Sounds is my favorite album of all time and truly Brian Wilson’s masterpiece, Sunflower, Surf’s Up, and all of the music in between represents the pinnacle of the collaboration between the members of the Beach Boys. It marks a time where they reached their potential as a group. In addition to their grand creative efforts, the themes of this album really show off what I love most about this band. If The Beatles and their music are the representation of the best of life and the world, then the Beach Boys and their music are the representation of something more human. Flawed, but redeemable. The Beatles stand so high up, they’re unreachable and it’s difficult sometimes to relate to them, but the Beach Boys are an open book. They put their struggles on display like in A Day In The Life of a Tree and ‘Til I Die, and they’ll also let you know that you can turn things around for the better, in songs like Long Promised Road and Feel Flows. There’s so much heart in their music that anyone can relate to because they went through so much themselves. There’s never been any genius like Brian Wilson. His songs will be played on forever and he will be dearly missed. Love and mercy.

Overall, found this album annoying to listen to. It just sounds like he’s truing so hard to be edgy. “My Name Is” is a classic and there’s a lot of great lyrics throughout, but I just couldn’t get with the rest of it. Wasn’t a fan of the skits either. I can see why other people would like this album, but it wasn’t for me.

Nothing really stood out to me, just another hard rock album. Nothing really bad to say either, but it just wasn’t anything special for me.

This album was a bit too heavy for me but I still dug it. I really liked Dave Grohl’s vocals throughout. Strong album.

Nice relaxing ambient music. Nothing crazy but just solid jazz.

Tight band and great musicianship, but pretty run of the mill stuff. Nothing very interesting, but still fine rock.