Do I even need to write anything down? It’s Kid A. Like. Dude. EIIRP is one of the best openers of all time. One of the best needle drops man. And the whole album is so weird and great. Yowza. This is awesome.
Crunchy guitar tone is sick. First Rollins album. Some of the songs are fun, some of them are intentionally horrible to listen to. Not my bag but I kinda get it.
Do I even need to write anything down? It’s Kid A. Like. Dude. EIIRP is one of the best openers of all time. One of the best needle drops man. And the whole album is so weird and great. Yowza. This is awesome.
Stage Two heavy metal- in that transition from bands like Sabbath and Zeppelin and Deep Purple to bands like Metallica et al. More thrashy/punky. Judas Priest. Kinda sounds like a more metal Thin Lizzy? Not the primary vocalist. Also the only album with this particular guitarist.
Very proggy, British-folk rock. The flute is amazing, I just can’t hear it without thinking of Ron Burgundy. A couple of real bangers and some nice acoustic pieces that bridge the gaps. I can see why people would get into this. Seems like it would reward repeated listenings.
OG rock and roll. Cleaner than a bar of soap. Super influential at the time, apparently, but today it just seems dated. The amazing thing is this is Buddy Holly’s only album and it has four seminal rock and roll songs. That’s an incredible output. What he could’ve done if he had lived past 21!
The pixies! Way ahead of their time. Rock misfits. It’s funny this album was on the docket for me, since I’ve listened to the other main Pixies albums many times and still enjoy them- but I’ve never heard this one. And I have to say- I don’t love it. The songs sound very samey. They are mostly in a minor key, which feels darker and more menacing- which is fine- it just wore on me after 7 or 8 songs with the same rhythmic ideas all in a minor key. Velouria, Digging for Fire, Havalina, were standouts. Ringo wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles, Bossanova isn’t even the best Pixies album. Of the 90s!