I've always loved this album. Walks the line between being catchy and being ominously menacing really well.
Pleasant listen but ultimately I don't think it was too memorable
Great album. Feels ahead of its time, and also simply better than a lot of the alt rock bands that copied this sound. Billy Corgan vocals are good (even if he sadly turned out to be kind of a jackass)
Foundational, indispensable
Very enjoyable, 70s funk isn't a genre I've spent a lot of time in but I could see myself returning to this.
For some reason I really disliked the piano in this album-- the choice to make some of the songs so piano-forward (at the expense of the bass and electronics which were more interesting) seemed inexplicable to me.
On the other hand, I really liked the "Comfortably Numb" cover, felt like a unique, interesting take on the song. And the more bass-forward "Tits on the Radio" was fun.
Undeniably a very talented vocalist. I think it's justified being on this list so I'm giving it 4 stars despite the fact that it isn't the kind of music I'm that interested in
great album. sick. whenever I go to grindcore shows I'm always mesmerized by the drums, this (genre-defining) album is no exception.
Incredible album. Effortlessly minimalist in the best possible way. Rewards close listening, but also very enjoyable to have on in the background while doing work. Love the textures of the synthesizers.
Spacelab and Metropolis were especially standout tracks.
Haven't ever listened to Crosby, Still and Nash before-- for some reason, in my head I had an expectation of more "rock". Enjoyed it though, kind of reminded me of Simon and Garfunkel but with slightly less interesting vocals.
Usually not a huge fan of 70s punk, despite the fact that it's an important genre as far as influences go-- the majority of it I just don't find interesting. This album was a pleasant surprise. The saxophone is a really fun addition, even though "punk album with a saxophone" sounds terrible on paper.
Really do not enjoy listening to David Bowie. Not saying that it's objectively bad, but that kind of 70s pop rock is really not for me.
But the second half of the record was a nice surprise-- the ambient / instrumental tracks (I guess the parts of the album that Brian Eno did) are great.
If I was rating them separately, the first half would be 2 stars and the second half 4.
Not terrible but not super memorable. Last song had a lot of angst.
This is kind of a funny album. Parts of it sound like the soundtrack to a Disney movie, and then the instrumentals on some songs, like Skin and Nothing Really Matters, sound like the soundtrack to a 90s cyberpunk video game. And while most of the lyrics seemed very bland and nondescript, we have the very metal "And I smelled her burning flesh / Her rotting bones / Her decay" on Mer Girl.
I've been aware of this album as one that people really love but I've never actually listened to it before. Dug it
Alt rock is never going to be the same once they hear this
Feel like this album is doing some interesting things for the time it was written, but I had trouble not zoning out while listening
Really had fun with this one. Why haven't I listened to Pet Shop Boys before? Love the drum machines, love the synth tones, love the vocal melodies. Feels like an alternate reality version of New Order-- less goth (although there's still a hint, if you know where to look for it), more pop.
This album is very self-aware, and for me it just by a hair makes that into a virtue rather than a vice. Especially with the song Shopping-- if you turn up the ironic detachment at all it would get obnoxious. But in fact, it's charming.
The biggest highlights were Rent and King's Cross, but every song was enjoyable.
"To fall in love is so uncool."
There's nothing really objectionable here, but also nothing that grabs me. 70s British punk just isn't my thing. The bass is probably the most interesting part of the record, and the vocals the least, but both of those are marginal.
5/10
To me this sounds like an album you would have listened to at a pool party as a middle schooler.
It does seem ahead of its time though. I would have guessed 2002, not 1992.
4/10
This is tough to review. I've never been a great lover of the Beatles, and I probably won't listen to this again any time soon, but at the same time the importance is undeniable, it was completely revolutionary for its time.
I think this album is at its best when it is abstractly psychedelic, and at its worst when it leans into the vaudeville, circus band influences, which I think sometimes strike me as "theater kid". (Of course, admittedly, this is looking back at the album through the lens of all of its poor imitators.)
8/10
I do not enjoy these vocals. I found the music legitimately fun and interesting though.
5/10
Not my favorite Black Sabbath album, but probably their most popular / catchiest. It slaps.
9/10
A true classic of proto-shoegaze. A shimmering dream of an album.
10/10
One of my Holy Trinity of early 90s dream-pop / shoegaze (along with Loveless by My Bloody Valentine and Souvlaki by Slowdive). Untouchable, totally revolutionized the idea of vocals as just another instrument. You don't try to pay attention to the lyrics; they just swirl around you amidst the guitars and synthesizers. 10/10
I am a certified Guns N' Roses hater. Really don't like anything about them. I have to give them points for succeeding at what they set out to do on this album -- writing music that boils down classic rock into its most palatable, radio-friendly, inoffensive (that is, while playing to the stereotype of "offensive rock musician") version of itself -- even if I personally am completely uninterested in it.
2/10
Great album, really important historically since it sits right at the hinge point where goth emerged from the post-punk scene.
8/10
Didn't finish because it's a really long album and all the songs sounded kind of the same to me.
4/10
I'm not a classic rock guy and the songs on this album have been played to death on the radio, but I thought there were a few good riffs.
6/10
