Here we go, first album. Album art is peak 1995. All I Really Want is this to be over. You Oughta Know is a banger. Hand in My Pocket of course is great. TAXI-cab. I'm wondering if I'll like anything that's not a single. I don't but there are a lot of singles.
This is an instant classic to me. Remember hearing these tracks all over super early internet, DLing this album on KaZaa....driving around with it blasting. Let's see how it holds up. The fucking crab. A 90s kids intro to aggression in electronic music First mediocre track is Narayan, track 7. Pretty amazing run before that. Strong recovery, Firestarter at 8 is dirty work. Climbatize, forgot how good that was. that weird little wooden marimba shit is addictive.
Grateful for this one, never really listen to a Jefferson Airplane album right on through. This albums mix is real shitty. No idea if hts the compression of Spotify or what but it sounds super flat and quiet. It might just be the whiplash from me getting my teeth kicked in by prodigy. TODAY is so classy and iconic. I thought Today had a honky lil sax solo at the end. Just googled that it's from a Tom Scott cover. Must be from a deep ZQ playlisty. I prefer the cover!!! That sax is saxy. GO TO HER has a riff that sounds like half of the garagey surf rock from bands ive listened to in the 2010's COME BACK BABY has a tasty riff. Gives me Sure Nuff n Yes I do or whatever from The Magic Band.
I'm a little embarrassed to say that most of my stones listening has come from 95.9 The River and and echoes down the hall from Zak's room in my 20's. I'm excited for a more dedicated listen. DEAR DOCTOR - it's funny to hear these british teenagers sing about virginia It sounds great, I'm listening to the 50th anniv remaster because thats all spotify had. Wonder how diff it is from the OG mix. Yeah this album rules. Damn this is a quick one, love it. Its a sunny spring morning and this hits right. Light 5.
Can't believe how old this shit is. I liked Kanye's music, didn't love it, but I did bump it. Kanye is a crazy dick now. It will be interesting to relisten to this with my recent bias of him being a Nazi. It's a fun listen. Kanyes flow is a bit shit and lyrically hes not always interesting but he's just a really good song writer. The album The actual production is a little rough but it the album has a DIY feel and spontaneity that makes it all work. SLOW JAMZ stands out to me because it has an actual rapper on it. Anything with relieving kanye of some rapping makes the tracks infinitely more interesting. It's light hearted and fun and was played at every party I went to in college. I miss the old Kanye. Probably a light 5 downgraded to a solid 4 because Nazi.
Cam and I spoke about how fun it is to have a dedicated Led Zeppeling listen. Their music is so omnipresent, it's easy for it to settle into the background. It melts into the space its playing it. CELEBRATION DAY riff is dirty album cover has middle school binder lisa frank nrg No matter what I do I have trouble giving this record undivided attention. I can't explain it. It's great, but it doesn't grab a hold of me. solid 4.
This album came out when I was 7. I don't think I was really aware that this band existed til American Idiot came out in 2004 and ruined everyones lives. Atleast it felt like that to me at the time. Nothing about being blasted all over MTV and the Billboard charts and 35 years old with eyeliner felt punk at all. I digress. This album art is awesome. It's burned into my psyche. This is meant to be listened to on 10. Shit is catchy. Dookie is a funny word. Makes be yearn for the 90s CHUMP rolls right into LONGVIEW really seamlessy, not really something I expected from a punk album. LONGVIEW is a killer track. I'm not acquainted enough with punk to apprecite this record fully or to properly hate on it. light 4.