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Amy WinehouseExcellent on vinyl. Very consistent all through the album. Amy's voice is a throw back dream. The pace was great for me; not super slow.
Excellent on vinyl. Very consistent all through the album. Amy's voice is a throw back dream. The pace was great for me; not super slow.
So, the best of indie pop? This is terrible. Michael Stipe's voice, while technically good, is worse than a prepubecent teens. Grating is an understatement. The music - every song - is now one of the 8 default settings on a Casio keyboard. I award it no stars, and may God have mercy on its soul.
Look, they have like 2, super maybe 3, different songs. The most common is really good. The other on is really bad. But the ratio of good to bad is like 10:1. Two duds on this album (the last 2). But the really good aren't great, so in the end, it's a 3.
So, I'm a fool: I had no idea this was a Latin jam record. Love the concept and the execution was phenomenal. Probably a 3.5.
One of, if not the, first grunge albums. Dark and heavy - especially the lyrics. Would be insanely better on vinyl. Still, not even Uncle Niel's best work. 2.5
I don't get the appeal. It pop rock. It's modern Beatles which means it's not innovative like the Beatles. It's also not as good. Oasis is to the Beatles as Greta Van Fleet is to Led Zeppelin, but Oasis is serious.
Motown was amazing. Really, no notes. Just not enough of the hits.
Not my thing.I barely feel qualified to review it
He's got a very nice voice. And points for uniqueness. But it's pretty boring pop, and the lyrics can be cringe or just bad (way more composition issues than content).
There're great. Smooth vocals. Rich soulful sound. But this isn't thier best album. One hit and a popular cover.
Harmonies. Hits. Lyrics. Just a great time.
His solo hits. Blusier than I would have given him credit for. Nothing to complain about. Nothing to rave about.
I mean. They're technically brilliant, and I like and respect their sound. And while it's their breakthrough album, this one just isn't very good. The only acceptable 20+ minute song is Alice's Restaurant.
Is this good electronica? No clue. Has electronica contributed meaningfully to misic? Hard maybe. Is there a reasonable argument that digital recording has actually damaged music over time? Yup. Is it one of the 1,001 albums that everyone should listen to? Fuck no.
Prince is great guitar player, and that's about all I have to say about him. This is synth crap.
Greatest punk rock album of all time. Boom.
It's because I wrote that I had respect for Bjork, isn't it. That's why I'm being punished with this? The recording is obviously purposefully poor. They seem to think it's a good effect to jump in and out of quality. I see what we're doing with the strings, but at the end of the day this is way too far towards "art" and away from "music."
Nice little modern punk album. 3.5
It's a musical score? This is tough. It's technically brilliant but not terribly enjoyable.
I mean. Again, I get it. I just don't really like it.
First half is great. Acid rock/stoner rock/whatever you want to call it. Second half drags a bit.
Again?