Decent Chuck Berry cosplay
This is my first listen for this particular Bowie album. I wasn't particularly impressed with this effort by Bowie. The side A songs didn't really do anything for me personally, like other works by Bowie have. Side B was an interesting foray into an ambient experience with Brian Eno. Interesting in the sense that I was unaware he made ambient soundscapes with Eno at all. The songs themselves however are not.
....Is what my initial impression was of this album honestly. This morning I relistened to the album. Same thoughts about side A of the album...but I enjoyed side B much more this time around. Though Weeping Wall didn't seem like it really fit with the other 4 tracks. Maybe Eno and Bowie should have just done a full length ambient album together.
The first xx record being on this list makes sense. This one? Not so much.
I know it's one of the band member's solo album, but I think Jamie xx's In Colour was much more deserving if you had to pick another record by them.
Hugely important for the culture. Ian is a treasure. The music doesn't resonate with me as much these days, but Fugazi will always hold a special place in my heart. DIY to the bone. Radical commitment to ethical, anti-consumerist practices, prioritizing community and artistic integrity over profit. Seen in their low $5-10 show prices, all-ages venues, no major label deals, self-booking, and no traditional merch, ensuring accessibility and control, rejecting mainstream industry exploitation to build music on principles of empowerment and conscious participation. The perfect punk band imo. 3 stars for my enjoyment. Bump up 1 star because Fugazi are them.
Not my fav Sabbath
The Fall is one of those bands that I've always felt I should like given my tastes, but I just can't get into them for some reason. Bass lines are good, drums are great. Songs are not bad by any means but just lackluster for me I guess.
Man I wish I had actually listened to this on Christmas. Good Christmas album.
Honestly I tried to give this a fair shot, and it was pretty God awful up until Clocks. The back half of the album raised it to a 2 for me. The singing is good but not great. A lot of the chords and arrangements are pretty boring on most songs. It's just easy listening pop "rock" for the masses I guess. I can say this is the first time I've probably listened to a Coldplay album from start to finish. Maybe this is an absolutely insane take, but a lot of this just sounds like Radiohead if they were dull.
Not bad, but not for me.
"A book with 1001 albums chosen by a panel of music critics to be the most important and influential in popular music.". Well. This album certainly was not popular in 2018, nor particularly influential. I could think of several 2018 releases that fit this criteria better. This so called panel of "experts" certainly have some weird ass choices that don't seem to fit their own criteria sometimes. All that being said I do remember hearing a few songs of this album in 2018, but this was my first time actually listening to the album. I did like it, but it's nothing groundbreaking.
Sorry John
Breakdown is *OK*. Then it takes the entire album to get to the one somewhat good song on the album. I say somewhat because it's Tom Petty and it's all pretty bad, but that song doesn't suck quite as much as the rest. Or maybe it's because I heard it on the radio as a kid and nostalgia has tricked me into thinking it's a decent track. Either way I'm not sure why people loved his medicore rock so much back then.
Super bland and uninteresting acoustic pop/rock that the 90s/early 00s was ripe with. Unfortunately this album has nothing interesting to say, and the production is absolutely abysmal. How was this so popular?
I found this album to be super uneven. It started off strong for me, and some songs I really like. Other songs and ideas I thought were horrible. The Linda led songs with her singing are miles better than the Richard songs. Kind of wish she just sang on the whole thing
Raw, fun, punchy hardcore punk. Hugely influential. Helped shape the genre. What's not to like!
This is supposed to be one of the best live albums of all time? Yikes
Music for alcoholic suburban Dads that have 25% Irish heritage. Dad goes down to the local Irish pub every night. No nagging wife or kids. Just pure bliss. Orders a pint of Guinness, puts some Pogues on the jukebox and for those few hours of bliss he's transported to the motherland. "Ahh the good ol days". He thinks to himself while never having been to Ireland nor having any current relatives that live there.
