Iron Maiden
Iron MaidenHighlight of the album: Phantom of the Opera Transylvania Iron Maiden
Highlight of the album: Phantom of the Opera Transylvania Iron Maiden
Highlight Song/s: Hand In My Pocket Alanis sounds at times a Mishmash of Billy Corgan and Dolores (The Cranberries)
Highlight Song/s: Mama Said Sweet 60s Pop
Highlight Song/s. Taxman Love You To Here, There And Everywhere And Your Bird Can Sing For No One
Highlight Song/s: 5/4 New Genius (Brother) Double Bass The backing track for all of the songs are so colourful and unique. It's like a forest, you can totally lose yourself in it. The backing track also reminds me of Shoegaze and Dream pop, with so many things to discover on one track.
This album wasn't on Spotify so I listened to it on Youtube, though I only found 11 out of 13. I do believe the rating wouldn't have changed had I listened those two songs. Other than that I really liked the bass in the first song and their use of noise throughout the album.
Pretty lovely singing and the backing tracks are quite exciting. I just didn't like that It was 3 hours long, which was pretty grueling. Had it been less than an hour I would've definitely rated it higher.
Highlight Song/s: Wah-Wah, Isn't it a Pity and all of Apple Jam My first solo Beatles album. it's a very long album which makes it harder to re-listen to and staying engaged with it. Lots of the songs sound very folky which I kind of like and the backing tracks sound very busy (of course it's produced by Phil Spector.) George's vocals sound really nice in this (sky is blue, what's new.) The song Art of Dying sounds very reminiscent of While My Guitar Gently Weeps which I really like.
Listened to on Youtube, as the album is absolutely butchered besides the bonus tracks.
Highlight Song/s: The Heathen, Waiting In Vain and Three Little Birds This is my first experience with Reggae apart from listening to Jamaican radio stations in Grand Theft Auto IV and San Andreas (which I really liked.) The backstory of this album is really interesting, where Bob Marley relocated to London after nearly getting assassinated and made the appropriately named album 'Exodus'. The lyrics on the album are amazing (and sweet in the second half.)
Highlight Song/s: Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside), Cupid Come and Sueisfine This is one of my favourite albums of all time - probably Top 10 but not certain. It is a pretty eclectic album with the Dream pop songs (Lose My Breath and No More Sorry,) the punk-esque (Sueisfine and When You Wake) and the really noisy ones (Cupid Come, Feed Me, Several Girls and All I Need.) Their combination of noise and pop is nothing short of marvelous. How they use the voice as an instrument is pretty unique. I love how that most of the songs are so blissful yet so grating to the ears. They have such an original sound.
Highlight Song/s: In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed I'm not into Jam Band stuff, but I thought this was kind of alright.
Highlight Song/s: Dreams Burn Down, Decay and Vapour Trail This album has such a surreal sound. I love the vibe that the album cover gives off. It's fun listening to Shoegaze and closing your eyes and imagining yourself in some other place (like near an ocean in this instance.) You can totally lose yourself in the wall of noise that's in most of the songs.
Listened to on YouTube as it's not on Spotify for me. I also could only find 7 out of the 13 songs which sucks a bit. But other than that I like the really unique sound of this album.
I am always a fan when artists do different stuff for different sides/halves of the album. Such as Low (by David Bowie) where the first half is these repetitive rock/pop songs and the second half is ambient, anyways enough David Bowie. Pretty cool how Neil Young does solo acoustic for the first half and then Electric with a backing band in the second half. This is my first impression of Neil Young (apart from listening to Heart of Gold) and I would say it was a good impression.
Highlight Song/s: My Love, My Life and Money, Money, Money This might possibly be the best Pop album ever.
Highlight Song/s: Transylvania Blues I truly don't like this term; but it fits the most. This hipster rock album (band?) is incredibly bland, I feel like I'm being lulled to sleep on 9 out of the 10 tracks. The only redeeming part of the album is Transylvania Blues (maybe because there is no singing from off brand Bob Dylan.) This 35 minute album felt so long, even longer than that 3 hour Jazz album by Ella Fitzgerald that's on the list.
Highlight Song/s: War, Tomb of the Boom, Last Call, She Lives in My Lap and My Favorite Things This album is quite long; it being 135 minutes long. It was a bit difficult to get through. I like how the album is structured with the intros of both discs and the interludes with all of it being spread among the rap tracks. My favourite of all probably is the first 3 tracks of disc 2 with the jazzy instrumentation, even if one of them is a interlude. Now some things I don't like. Disc 1 had too many soul choruses, I was pretty over it by the end of the first disc. The track 'Reset' had what sounds like someone eating a bag of chips which bothered me a lot, which was kind of surprising. I don't think this is a bad album, I believe it's just that I really don't think the OutKasts are for me.
Highlight Song/s: Don't Go Near The Water and Long Promised Road I got this album on the day Brian Wilson died; I thought that was kind of funny(not him dying per se,) but the mopey album cover and the album name alongside the sad news of his death. But then I found out shortly after it was scripted (which my opinion on was mixed.) Anyways this is my second Beach Boys album, last time was Pet Sounds (not a fan of) back in August apart from that I just listened to their hits like Good Vibrations, Surfin' U.S.A and I Get Around. So It's good to listen to them properly again. I like the melancholy on this album, it sounds like its the end of an era; very bittersweet. The fact that this album is when Brian Wilson was stepping back from a leadership role, makes it a bit heartbreaking. Godspeed Brian.
Highlight Song/s: Why Did She Have To Leave and I Need Your Lovin' I am relatively new to Motown music, so it's been a little hard to get into. But It gets better and better every time I listen to a new Motown album. The second half is definitely a lot better than the first and it really does redeem the album. So soothing, Amazing vocals, Great basslines, good horn sections and really melodic. Good Album.
Highlight Song/s: New Slaves and Bound 2 I haven't listened to Kanye at all, so this is from completely fresh ears. The production is absolutely amazing, my god. I'm really unsure if I like the rapping style he has, but it's catchy in some parts. It really is a shame how much talent was lost; way before he started spreading hate.
This album has such a surreal sound to it, I like it. The backing tracks for all the songs are so lovely and unique; on the other hand, the vocals are quite difficult to get into. Perhaps a re-listen to it or listening through their other albums will help.
Not a fan on how they use the brass instruments, with all the squeaky, wheezing and high pitched sounds that come from it. I know brass instruments are essential to Jazz, but I definitely prefer how they use it in Getz/Gilberto; where it's more low-key.
Not a fan of this one. All the songs sound like one big song, just split up. The backing tracks are pretty colourful but other than that, lots of the album is just a blur to me.
The lead singer's style of singing is pretty difficult to get into, but I really appreciate the frantic aspect about it. The backing track matches the vocals quite well; just pure frenzy, which fits the garage/punk attitude of the singing.
This sounds incredibly bland, no song in particular stands out. Lyrics across the album include the themes of Women, Love, Beer and Jesus; which they don't do anything special with. Even some albums by others that have Jesus or Love or Women as a theme, just do It better; though the lyrics about the beer might've inspired the horrid pop-country. It sounds catchy at times, but It didn't make the album a good one.
Highlight Song/s: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, Expecting, Aluminum and I Can't Wait This is some pretty nifty garage music, I was expecting this to be a bit bad; but no, definitely not bad. This album has some cool riffs and I like how they use the noise (like you'd hear on noise rock songs,) on some of the tracks. The drums always have this catchy rhythm going on. All in all, it's a good one.