They're a tight rocking band. As far as early Kings of Leon go, this feels a lot less memorable and lasting than Aha Heartbreak though.
Wanted to give this five stars. Clearly an amazing work. A little too rambling and lengthy for my taste.
This band is much better than Incubus, despite not having a guy who just does turntable scratching.
The ultimate 3 star band. Why do people treat Oasis reuniting like a second coming when Third Eye Blind has been kicking it non stop this whole time?
It was implied to me that if I did not rate this five stars, I would be kicked out of the group. Fortunately, it is in fact a five star album.
A masterpiece. Although my least favorite of the three album run of Lightning - Puppets - Justice - it's still OBVIOUSLY a five star album. So much unparalleled riffage in a five year period from a group of drunk guys in their 20s. Still can't wrap my mind around that. Their last great album.
Impressive album, all I knew was Common People, which is a banger. Yet I reserve 4 stars and above for an album that I would willingly put on its entirety in the future, and I'm struggling to think of a future scenario in which I would put on an hour of (what I think is?) snarky British pop taking very deep jabs at people I know nothing about.
So 70s rock critics trashed Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd albums but thought this was the shit? Da fuq. Would say its a snoozer but hard to snooze when he's yelling atonally like that.
Shit Sandwich. (Sorry. I won't repeat this.)
Listen man, I GET IT. Okay, maybe I don't. But I do think there should be more songs about metrocards.
Not as epic as their very-shortly-thereafter follow-up album, but all the parts of a legendary band are there, and mind blowing that they apparently recorded and mixed all of this in 2 days.
Sentimentality, Knopfler's singular guitar stylings, some fretless bass, and my West-Wing-influenced love for the title song help this album rise above the slog of some of these songs to a generous four star rating.
I know it's a little cheesy and boring at times, but I'm a little cheesy and boring at times.
Well, that was intense. It felt like a marathon to get through it, but as I listened I could imagine myself coming back to this album through life, and it feels singular in its atmosphere and its purpose. I even had a dream about it, which has not happened with any Kings of Leons albums.
A $2.99 used rack classic.
Confirming that if I haven't become a Smiths fan by this point in my life, it probably just ain't gonna happen. I enjoy the "hits" but otherwise Morrissey can save that drama for his mama.
I love that Judas Priest exists as a band. Distinct sound, epic look, killer guitars. But it all feels a little on the silly side of metal compared to Sabbath, Metallica, Maiden, etc. And lets face it those bands are not exactly unsilly.
The guitars and bass are damn impressive. The whole package not so much to me. But glad this exists.
The first couple songs were CD 101 (Columbus Ohio's once amazing and now defunct alternative radio station for which I am very indebted for my musical tastes) classics in the 90s. The rest of the album feels pretty boring to me.
It was a solid, solid album. Glad to be familiar with Paul Weller a bit. I feel like a bit of an ass giving this 3 stars and, say, Nick of Time 4 stars, but for these straight ahead guitar-based pop/rock songs, I just don't think I'd come back to this without some earlier life connection to it. Good on the UK for making Paul Weller a beloved star.
My Ramones era was mostly dominated by the various compilation albums - Mania and All the Stuff and More albums - which included every song on this album. It's big and dumb and I love it. In 1992 the Ramones were on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno playing Censorshit (I think). Around that time, I wanted to go see them in concert with Motorhead at the Newport Music Hall which was only a 1500 person club - amazing in retrospect when you think of how legendary those bands have become since then. My grandmother was for some reason watching the Tonight Show with me and after she saw the Ramones, she said "I'll pay you not to go see them." Good memory. I did not see them, because no chaperone type figure was interested in taking me to Ramones and Motorhead. All of our loss.
So I know this is blasphemy and will assure my blacklisting from the hepcat record club, but this...sucks. Some interesting early electronic sounds but tuneless and can't deal with an extremely morose "singer" who makes Bob Dylan sound like Luther Vandross. The 70s seemed like a rough time to be into alternative rock.