First track, Down on the Street, has an incredible guitar hook that propels the entire song along, and when Iggy’s vocals come in I’m entranced with the song’s force and raw power. After that it just surprises me this music allowed disco to ever exist. Also, reminds me of best of The Cult.
I mean, it’s good and full of melodies and harmonies and so forth, but my problem is I usually don’t like The Beach Boys. Ok, but let me qualify that - I don’t really care for the surfing, summer music sorta stuff that garnered them such fame, but I think Pet Sounds is amazing. I mean, the guys can sing, but most of the songs on this album sound the same!
Fun album with some of my favorite Stone’s songs. By far, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” is a true work of art.
Decent album with a few solid tracks. I like the Eels, but I don’t think this album is really a favorite of mine.
Started strong and gnarly then went too psychedelic for my tastes, but it ended up with some bluesy numbers.
Oh Eddie, your horrifying face that gazed back at me from record store walls for much of childhood. Even when I got into music the parentals didn’t approve of, I never explored your music. I did love and fantasize about the insane album covers and what could possibly be going on in the music to have such an audacious cover? Well, apart from “Number of the Beast” and “Trooper, this is my first full exploration. And I gotta say it’s quality metal. I don’t like this singer as much as Dickinson’s operatic screams, but the guitar riffs, lyrics and drums take me on some crazy journeys. Notable tracks: Prowler, Running Free, Phantom of the Opera, and Iron Maiden.
This goes to show ya, kids, give it another listen. I was not phased by this album on the first listen, but now on my second listen each song nestles in against the crescent moon in a magical way. These are not entirely bold or new renditions, but they are pure, well-executed interpretations. That being said, no one except Rosemary Clooney can truly sing Black Coffee.
Straight edge is the antidote to toxic masculinity. Post-hardcore or post-punk or whatever you want to call it but if you aren’t hooked after the cut from Repeater to Brendan #1, get out of the pit! I am probably a bigger fan of 13 Songs, but this album kills, too! I just want to crank it and jump into a mosh pit. Notable bangers: Repeater, Brendan #1, Sieve-Fisted Find, Greed, Two Beats Off, and Reprovisional.
Irish Burt Bacharach? Sometimes I think the problem is not knowing how to categorize the music in my head. Orchestral crashes, syrupy almost schmaltzy singing. Imaginative and often outlandish lyrics. What do I do with this? It took me a second listen to start to appreciate. I do love the over-the-topness of If…. “If you were a horse, I would clean the crap out of your stable, and never once complain.” That’s just hysterical.
It’s hard to hate a very good album by a band I really hate. But here we are.
It’s one of the best. One of my all time favorites.
Love me some Dusty Springfield, and thankfully Pulp Fiction breathed some life into her catalogue of music. But even before that, back in 1987 she sang on the previous album on this list (coincidence?) with The Pet Shop Boys’ Actually in the song “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” Her voice is like just so smooth. Even on the middling tracks, her voice is warm honey. She is up there with Rosemary Clooney, Peggy Lee and Patsy Cline. Still love Dusty in Memphis more, but this is a quality album. P.S. I definitely thought of Dumb and Dumber with “Mockingbird.”
I’m just an unfrozen caveman lawyer…this kind of music scares me.
The Wall fell and U2 responded to the historical moment with a better more poignant album than middling Rattle and Ho Hum. A fun album with some great songs and writing.
Talented musicians performing songs I just don’t like at all.
I’m 52 years old and this is the first time I’ve ever listened to this album or any track on this album. That’s a travesty. This is poetry. Like most people I guess, Born in the USA was my intro to Bruce and I don’t think I fully knew about the album Nebraska until now. This reminds me of Woody Guthrie, Wilco and Flannery O’Connor all rolled into one. These are not chart toppers, but they are real.
Such a fun album by the late bow-tie wearing senator and author from Illinois!
This album is the reason the Scottish invented the word “shite.”
I came. I listened. I got a headache.
This album is delightful. Jorge Ben’s music is unique and this album is just a great blend of his Brazilian style and African beats and singing. I think if any of his music is added to a soundtrack for any popular movie he would gain a bigger following in the States.
What a gorgeous album, crisply produced and the most accessible of their albums. It’s probably why it launched them more internationally than being Paul Simon’s background singers. I believe I’ve even seen them live, and I don’t get to many concerts.
This is a pleasant album. I really should like it more, and after a second listen I do like it more than the first listen, but it doesn’t really grab me either. The lyrics are great. The music is solid. Maybe I’m just not a big fan of this brand of Americana or country, I don’t know. I love Emmylou Harris, so you would think I would like this, right?
Amazing voice. Smooth and silky, and while I often love the energy in live albums, I don’t like it here. I just want more of Cooke’s vocals - that’s it. Not all the background noises and so forth. But oh my, he just roars!
This has got to be one of the greatest live albums of all time. Cash’s dialogue with the inmates, band and his wife just adds to the flavor. Every song is solid and well done. One of my favorites.
Great album. Just a fun and often unpredictable listen.
What the heck? I feel like this was probably the most popular or wide reaching Ministry album, but far from the best. If they have The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste on this, then maybe I can get let it go. I remember the day I bought it on cassette and blared it in my car on the short drive home from the Sam Goody store. But that’s not this album! Focus, Jason! I was less into this album but it definitely has its moments. I would Land of Rape and Honey and TMIATTTT before this album any day.
I can safely say I’ve never heard of this band. How have I never heard of this band? They are really fun!