Have on vinyl: Yes. Rating: 8.15 Fav Song: hard not to pick the title track, but going with If You Want Blood (you've got it)
Have on vinyl: No Rating: 7.9 Fav Song: My Doorbell Notes: Like a lot of White Stripes, I want to like it more than I do.
Have on vinyl: No Rating: 8 Fav Song: Tiny Dancer Notes: Indian Sunset...did not age well
Have on vinyl: Yes Rating: 9.2 Fav Song: Mardy Bum Notes: Fucking great. Pre-Hanna when this came out. A lot of Blackout (pinball), beer, and this with Kruz
Have on vinyl: YesX2 Rating: 7.5 Fav Song: Castles Made of Sand Notes: 1st track is annoying. Overall it's OK but pretty meh. Would go 2.5 stars if that were an option
Have on vinyl: No Rating: 7.5 Fav Song: Son of a Preacher Man Notes: Harder to like an album when the singer wrote none of the songs.
Have on vinyl: No Rating: 7.7 Fav song: The League of Bald-Headed Men Note: James Murphy called this band "his Beatles" and you can hear the influence; this increases my rating as a lot of it is rambling.
Have on vinyl: As of today, Yes. Rating: 8.4 Fav Song: Smoke on the Water is iconic, but I'm digging Lazy today. Notes: Bangers
Fav Song: Isn't She Lovely Notes: Waaay too long (and somewhat boring) but out of respect for its legacy and influence, going with a 3. RIP Coolio.
Have on vinyl: No Fav Song: The Hardest Walk Notes: Early Shoegaze
Have on vinyl: Yesx2 Fav Song: Lost in the Supermarket Notes: All timer
Have on vinyl: Yes Fav Song: Hot Burritos Notes: I love Gram Parsons. Was at 4.5 stars but rounding up. Big time influence on the 70's soft/country rock scene.
Have on vinyl: No Fav Track: Big Time Sensuality Notes: The cover song is unnecessary.
Vinyl: Yes Fav Song: Strangelove Notes: I want it to be better than it is. Violator is 5 stars.
Have on vinyl: Yes. Yellow colored Fav Track: Like picking your favorite kid...but going with Underwear. Notes: Top 5 album
Have on Vinyl: No Fav Song: All I Ask Notes: Great voice just not my style
Have on Vinyl: No Fav Song: Bussing Note: Interesting; had not heard this before
Have on Vinyl: No Fav Song: Get it Together w/Q-Tip Notes: Falls off towards the end
Have on vinyl: No Fav song: Modern Dance Notes: Takes some getting used to. I was at one point at a 1, then a 2, ended with a 3 after more listens.
Vinyl: No Fav Song: Weep Themselves to Sleep
Vinyl: No Fav Song: The Healer Notes: Good but a bit disjointed.
Fav Song: Elvis Blues. Notes: Great story telling but a bit sleepy.
Vinyl: No Fav Song: Freedom Notes: There is some downtime on it but nostalgia clicks this over to a 4 for me. Chali 2na is great
Vinyl: Yes Fav Song: All of it
Vinyl: Want Fav: Blues Had a Baby
Vinyl: No Fav: Voodoo People
Fav: Lost Notes: Some bangers. Takes some getting used to
Vinyl: Want Fav Song: So Cruel
Fav: What I Don't Know
Fav: Fall Notes: Not for me.
Fav: You Want It Darker Notes: Powerful shit. Released just before his death. If I Didn't Have Your Love is a tear jerker for me.
Fav: Take Me Out
Fav: Fuck Wit Dre Day Notes: Nostalgia runs high with this one. Relistening, this seems a bit too long and as a kid I didn't realize how much he was sampling from P-Funk. Main songs still hold up for me.
Fav: Blue Monday Notes: It's good. Would do 3.5 if that were an option
Fav: Just What I Needed Notes: Some bangers, some down tracks for me.
Fav: Trainspotting Notes: Some good grooves
Vinyl: Yes Fav: Jeepster Notes: This is a top 10, maybe top 5 album for me
Vinyl: Yes Fav: Little Red Corvette Notes: Cut some this shit down and it's probably 4 stars.
Fav: Meh...Freak Scene Notes: Nah, at least it's relatively short. "Don't" kicks it down to a 1 star
Fav: Wall Street Shuffle
Fav: Whatsername Notes: A lot of good/great tracks.
Fav: Tiro Ao Alvaro Note: Good lounge singer vibes. Who knows, might even be a 4 if I could speak Portuguese
Fav: You Oughta Know Notes: High school flashbacks with this one...scared to talk to girls who were Alanis-heads. Shame really. Some good tracks but not one I'll likely come back to.
Fav: I'm Goin Down Notes: Holy hits. Classic. 4.5 = rounding 5
Fav: California Dreamin' Notes: Lots of nostalgia on this one. Good but not great. Vinyl: Yes, but not the cover actually showing the toilet. Those are rare and worth hundreds; it was apparently a big scandal at the time to show a toilet on an album cover. After the first run, the subsequent releases had it covered up.
Fav: Fast Car..gotta be Vinyl: Yes Notes: Mountains O' Things sounds a helluva lot like an Ed Sheeran arrangement...I always knew that guy was a fraud 😄
Fav: The One You Really Love Notes: This one takes some getting used to. Clocking in at nearly 3 hours, it's hard to do that in one day as this exercise demands. Def could have been cut down but then you wouldn't have 69 songs I guess. Good bit of song writing nonetheless.
Fav: Mr. Magic Notes: Great voice. Good vibe on this previously unheard album for me.
Credited as the first hard punk album and produced by Joan Jett. I can appreciate what it's doing but I don't really dig it. 2.5 stars but rounding up today
Fav: Why Did It Have To Be Me? Notes: Ups and downs.
Notes: Interesting and unheard until today.
Fav: Barbarism Begins at Home Notes: Probably my least favorite Smiths album but still pretty, pretty good.
Fav: ayeyaiyai, they all seem so pretentious. Praise You is probably the most listenable.
Fav: The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter Notes: I surprisingly enjoyed this 70's classical shit. Played on repeat yesterday on the disc golf course and it was quite right.
Fav: He Won't Go Notes: Some really good songs. Cure cover is unnecessary.
I like Who Do You Love...but an entire album of it? It's too much. Jam-bandy. Not bad but not that interesting to me.
Some bangers. Got a bit too long IMO.
25 years ago I was all in on this. 25 years later...it feels more awkward than anything.
Hot Mess.
Not my thing.
Some daft funky vibes but the title track I can't stomach anymore
On the first 5 listens, this one is OK. On 10, it's even better and by now my ranking is a 4.5. Which puts me over to a 5.
It's a lot.
Tight. Really listenable.
Will for sure be back to this one for more. Good shit
Close to a 4, but this doesn't quite hold up to their other albums Surfa Rosa and Doolittle
Good rhymes, full of funk
Pretty down on my list of fav AF albums
Woof
A solid 3
Bye Bye Love sticks out like the cheap cover it is but otherwise a very good album.
Fun, but boring at times.
Classic
Lots of pickin' and old tymey shit but it has its place
It's serviceable.
Classic album.
woof
Started off hot but cooled off
Nothing that blew me away. Solid album nonetheless.
Solid track after track
2.5
not very enjoyable.
It's fine.
Solid track after track