Siamese Dream
The Smashing PumpkinsBetter than expected. An interesting combination of grunge and softer, more orchestral rock.
Better than expected. An interesting combination of grunge and softer, more orchestral rock.
Haven't listened to the "b-side" of this album in years, but it was still a good listen.
I've never been a big Thin Lizzy fan, and so I've never listened to a full album. This was pretty good. Not great, but not really any bad songs.
This was the first artist I've never listened to before on this list. It's not my normal type of music, but it's not bad, and I feel like I enjoyed the last few tracks more than the others, so maybe I gradually got into the mood for it or maybe I just prefer the later tracks.
A great album I've never listened to before. The story behind it makes it even more wild that it's held up for more than 50 years.
Great album! Several of the songs I've never listened to before were jams.
Good album. A few songs I haven't heard that were all pretty good.
I've been a big fan of The Mother We Share since it came out, but don't think I ever listened to the whole album. Nothing else was really stand-out, but it was good enough that, with the jam it starts out with, it earned 3*, but it was close to 2.
I don't know why I dislike this album when I like similar genres, but even One was just ok, and it went downhill from there.
I grew up with the singles, althought I haven't listened to the whole album in years. Looking at the track list, I was worried that it would taper off after All These Things That I've Done and I was right. It was okay after that, but it brought it from a possible 5* to a low 4*.
I'm a fan of slightly later Offspring, but this album is still a solid listen with mostly good songs and few greats. 4*
I was a bit underwhelmed by this album. It was alright, but outside of the title song there weren't any songs that really grabbed me. 3*
Started off strong, had a couple of iffy songs in the middle, All I Wanna Do brought it back and then it had a disappointing ending (which is pretty common). If the middle or ending hadn't tapered off I would've called this 4*, but it's a high 3.
Growing up I always preferred I and IV, and I think I stand by that opinion. But this is a great album, despite how weird Hats Off to (Roy) Harper is. I'm tempted to give this 5*, but I think I'm going to leave it at a high 4*.
Never heard of her before, so I went in with no expectations. I feel like I should have liked the album more than I did, so I'll have to come back to it at some point in the future. 3*
I'm not much of hip hop person, but this was pretty good. 3*
I kind of expected more from this album. It was good, but not great. 3*
Not really my cup of tea, but wouldn't be bad as background music. Wolfman Jack was pretty good, but the rest wasn't for me. 2*
Not bad vibing music, but not something I'd go out of my way to listen to. I debated between 2 and 3* for this one, because it was actually pretty good for what it was, but as I doubt I'll ever listen to it again I'm going to go with 2*.
Not bad, but not something I'd really want to listen to again.
Good album, but not great. Relaxing. 3*
Started off strong. Pretty good album for instrumental music, which I'm not typically into. Solid 3*.
The original was unavailable, so I listened to the "Director's Cut." I went in with pretty low expectations, and honestly this album was kind of interesting. It seemed to almost alternate between songs that I thought were really solid and songs that I wanted to turn off. I was debating what to give this, and honestly I think there are enough good songs to merit 3*.
Starts off and ends with fantastic songs, but I was hoping for more from the middle of the album. The country version of Honky Tonk Woman was quite interesting, especially as that's how the song was originally written and the rest was fine, but not great. Debated between high 3 and low 4, but going to go with 4*.
A solid album, and worth listening to, but not many great songs.
Not a bad album, but it's just not for me.
Fantastic album. Worth my first 5* rating
I felt like I should have liked this album more than I did. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it.
Not bad, was jamming until the last song. 3*
Better than I expected, but still probably 2*.