This was a lot of fun. Great when you need something different.

You can definitely see how a lot of these ideas would progress to a more 80s rock sound. Definitely ahead of its time and some really good stuff in here but for whatever reason it just doesn’t hit with me as much. I definitely understand the appeal but it’s not my favorite though it did grow on me as the album progressed. The more I think about it, you can see some industrial synth stuff in here that was definitely ahead of its time but the prog aspects seem tired to me in relation to actual prog brands from the same time.

Generally fun. Like being in high school again.

Lovely. Will revisit

Honestly better than I expected. The guitar solos are better than I remember Elvis Costello being and there are so genuinely good songs on this album. Not to mention the cover is a brutalist masterpiece.

Not for me. At all. The hip hop portions are OK, but I just don’t like it. Gave up after three songs.

Nick Drake’s music is just beautiful. Love the interplay of the droning guitar and the piano. One of These Things First is an all-timer.

This was a fun change of pace for me. Maybe not an everyday thing but I like it.

Honestly I needed this album in my life today. Some really great songs especially Tuesdays Gone, Simple Man and Freebird.

It’s good and is exactly what you think about when you hear Bruce Springsteen. I wouldn’t say it’s exceptional, but I liked it.

It was good. A bit chaotic but by design.

That was fun but I probably won’t do that again.

So much more relevant in 2025 than it was in 2007. I got kind of emotional listening to this again. I don’t want to live with my father’s debt You can’t forgive what you can’t forget I don’t want to live in my father’s house no more I don’t want to fight in a holy war I don’t want the salesmen knocking at my door I don’t want to live in America no more

The Beatles but unexceptional. It was good, Drive My Car and Norwegian Wood were the highlights, after that it was mostly just background noise.

The music was cool, dark and brooding but I found myself annoyed by the singer’s falsetto. I’d listen again though.

Good vibes. Reminiscent of some 60s era smoother jazz/Bossa Nova. Definitely worth a listen.

I low key love this. Like Old 97s meets early U2. Weird vibes all around but really and truly very good.

It’s interesting as a product of its time and there are some really good ideas here that have been built upon by others. But having my first listen in 2025, I feel like it hasn’t aged well at least for me.

Some good ol’ fashioned outlaw country. It’s fun but definitely not for every day. The guitar work and bass lines are prototypical early country though.

It was OK but I agree with some of the other reviewers that it got really tired by the end. One trick pony.

Kind of fun. This guy sounds like he was either listening to Kansas or the same stuff Kerry Livgren was in the late 70s. Part V sounds like it was pulled out of Song for America.

This was a fun listen. Good ol’ classic rock vibes but overly sexed up. Janie’s Got a Gun and Don’t Get Mad Get Even were the highlights for me.