Curious that I listened to this album a couple of days ago. Was a real surprise to hear such art-prog / art-rock album from 1974 that I did not know about. Actually an excellent album
I believe I had only once listened to Ministry. Now I know that I've been missing something. This album made me headbang hard. Tracks like Jesus Built My Hotrod and Hero took me by surprise. Can see how this band influenced industrial metal!
Not my style, not my vibe. 50's rock'n'roll is absolutely not my thing.
Although the hystorical value and the referencing importance of the 60's psychedelic and folksy music in many years to come, only a few bands have been able to stand the test of time and able to not sound absolutely dated. This album is a testimony of an era, and it is a very good one in that matter. But at the same time it is outdated and outclassed.
Apart from the title song having appeared on a Simpsons episode, which brought a whole new generation to acknowledge the existence of this album, it had an important impact when it was released, with it's slightly heavy tone, psychedelic and bluesy rock and even some The Doors reminiscenses, with a lot of emphasis on teh keyboards. It does show a band on top of its game at the time this was released. Yet, I have serious doubts that this music still has an impact on the newer generations. I mean, I completely doubt it.
Not their strongest album. On the contrary, it shows a somewhat disconnected band, unable to live to the high standard it had set for itself.
One of the bands that defined the New Wave of British Pop/Rock in the post-punk era. Not my fav album from XTC, still afine effort.
Goodbye album from a very troubled man, unable to deal with the given title of "the voice from a generation". This album is raw, but is also decadent and sleazy. It shows neglect and pain, disguised under the veil of the "band of the decade" banner.
No, nu-metal is not for me
Known best as the vocalist from Steely Dan, this first solo album shows an optimistic musicality, with a jazzy vibe.
Know FM a bit, but had never actually listened to this particular album. Honestly, it sounds a bit uninspired and incomplete, even though it's a massive double album. There is something missing in these compositions...maybe a "soul"?
Interesting concept, that is inginius and creative, yet being a complete collage, it is a paradox, as it is creative in that aspect, while at the same time exposing the incapacity of the band members to, at this point and perhaps on purpose, create without cut and paste. A paradox indeed and an intriguing listen
To me it sounded quite dated. And I keep listening to 70's mumsic like it is a novelty, but this, in my opinion, did not stand the test of time.
To be honest, I can't stand most of the R&B, and especially that from the 70's and 80's. Just not my thing at all.
The Smiths were a very fine band of the post-punk, Brit pop, New Wave of the early 80's and I actually enjoy their sound a whole lot. Meat is Murder is not my fav album from them, but still is one of the most reknowned and capable works of this band.
Wow, I was not expecting this. For someone who spent some great time in the late 80's listening to hardcore and crossover music, getting to discover the very birth of Hardcore is, at the lack of a better word, refreshing. This not only about finally listening to the seminal album of a genre I like, it's also about GI actually being a trully fantastic slab of hardcore punk.
I knew the name of the band. I recognized the cover, yet I had never listened to this. My loss, really. This is good rock/grunge/hard. It has personality, it has flair, it has the hooks and the drums. Overall great!
A big fat NO for me
A nice start of a career, already displaying some of the features that were then remarkeably enhanced in Close to the Edge, Fragile and Relayer. Yet, far from the brilliancy of their next albums. People may call this type of Progressive Rock over pretencious and show-off, well, I prefer to see it as people expressing their musicality and musical savvy in a free and excentric way.
Surprisingly soothing and pleasant. Works formidably as background music when all you need is to relax.
For me, one of the best Rock albums ever recorded. As simple as that
To me this sounds like a mix between the sheer inventiveness of The Talking Heads with the early 80's new wave and post-punk muic aesthetics. Surprisingly good
Mixed feelings. Not at all memorable, and not even something I will want to listen ever again, still it was not a "wasted time listening". It has its moments, and it is a good interpretation/tribute to an aesthetic that, in 2002, was long gone, even though it actually infuses it with some ska and romani-punk approaches. Would give it a 2.5 if there were half points
To be honest, I never did quite get the hype around this project/band. I mean, it's not horrible or anything like that, but it is not absolutely stellar either. It has all the right to exist and I'm sure it'll be greatly appreciated by fans of a music style that is not mine...at all