Off The Wall
Michael JacksonThis isn't Michael Jackson's debut album, but it's the debut album of The King Of Pop.
This isn't Michael Jackson's debut album, but it's the debut album of The King Of Pop.
Not much to say other than it's good. Only other Door's album I heard was their debut so this album being slightly on par with their debut kinda surprised me. It's a good listen, a fine album from a fine band, nothing really much to say other than that.
It's a good listen. Honestly half the songs are just okay in my opinion, not bad at all, just okay. But the other half, songs like Rio and Hungry Like A Wolf for example, are so fucking good, you kinda forget the okay half of the album
So weird. So fun. So funky. So odd. So unique. So quirky. So silly. So... Talking Heads. From their least to most critically acclaimed works, Talking Heads has a style that is just so Talking Heads, no other artist/band can ever replicate or duplicate because none of them are as weird, fun, funky, odd, unique, quirky, or silly as these four. And for their second album, they can only go up from here, and they did.
In the last year or so, there's been a discussion about sampling in music, as there was 40 years ago, but it's more of a different discussion. Modern sampling is just not good, not done correctly or properly to the point that people are saying sampling is boring or uncreative. But I disagree. Sampling, to me, works better when it's chopped and screwed, pitched higher or lower, to the point where you just make a whole new beat AND where the sample originates. You look at classic hip-hop and you see how much of funk, soul, gospel, rock, metal, and they work that into their advantage. No other group, in my opinion, did that better than Beastie Boys. No other example of some of the greatest sampling work done in hip hop history is Paul's Boutique.
Everybody wanna make their own Sgt. Pepper but not everybody should make their own Sgt. Pepper. Not saying this album is bad, there's a couple songs I liked, but I don't see myself listening to this again.
I guess this album was okay. It was what I expected, part psychedelic part avante garde part acoustic. Makes you wonder how Pink Floyd would turn out to be if he was still in the group. Maybe still kinda big because Syd is talented, but not "rock gods" big like they are now, but Syd is a legend in his own right, and I hope he knew that before he passed.
The worst song is his Across The Universe cover, but I can look past that because: 1. John Lennon is on the song and I find that pretty cool; 2. This album is just that good that I can look past one decent song. Young Americans was always one of, if not, my all time favorite Bowie song, so why am I just now listening to the album when I got it randomly today? I don't know but I'm kicking myself for not listening to it sooner. I love it. I miss David Bowie so much.
I couldn't finish it. Not because it was bad, I think the singer has a nice voice, but this album is absolutely not for me in any kind of way. I listened to half the album not included the Sweet Jane cover that I've heard multiple times before, which is a great cover in my opinion, and I just couldn't finish the other half. Like I said, not bad, definitely not for, definitely someone more into soft country/folk and I know there's plenty of people like that, but I'm not one of them
Despite it being Cee Lo Green, this album is pretty good. The beats are good, the features are good, Cee Lo's voice is good, but he's a much better singer than rapper in my opinion and also a few songs too long. Much better than I expected, but unfortunately I have to knock down a star because Cee Lo is a piece of shit.
The alternative rock boom of the 1990s would not exist without this album. This album was 20 years too early, but that's okay. We see the the importance of it now, the impact, the power it came from this album. Plus, the songs are good. How can you not give it 5 stars based on all of that?
Good Night is the greatest album closing song of all time
British punk rock in this era is kinda wonky to me. I either find it really good and innovative for it's time or straight up not for me. It was both for this album. The first half I liked, the second half was eh. Not bad, but some songs I liked, most I didn't care for too much.
It's cute, but really only a few songs stick out, but the rest is still alright. It's what I imagine a fairy tale forest to sound kinda like
It's The Wall
I dunno what to say about this album that isn't already been said, but here it goes... In October 2000, 9 months into the new millennium, a band that became one of the biggest in the world changed their sound so drastically and out of nowhere, it someway somehow changed the sound of music forever. From being one of, if not, the first albums to be promoted using the Internet to the feeling of alienation and the fear of the digital age and the future it can and will bring being heard lyrically and instrumentally, the change in Radiohead's sound that was once seen as a mistake to few when it first came out, is now seen by the same few and many others as one of the greatest ideas and moments in music history. Oh to hear this album when it first released...
It sounds like Husker DΓΌ. Is that a compliment? I honestly don't know. The album wasn't bad, but I don't think I'm the demographic for it. Some songs were at best catchy to me, the rest I don't think I'll remember. One thing I like are how short the songs are and the album is. Short and sweet and I think a lot of albums should be like that in this genre
"Is it wrong to understand The fear that dwells inside a man?" Yeah he was in his bag when he wrote that. This album as a whole ks pretty good, some songs feel filler to me but the rest are actually pretty good. I see myself listening to this again and again.
This is just Bruce Springsteen if he was an indie rocker. It's not an insult in the slightest but the drawback is the song lengths. Three 7 minute song, one 9 minute song, three 6 minute songs, and the rest are somehow the normal length of 4 minutes. This album could have easily been like 10-15 minutes shorter by cutting some songs short. But the songs are pretty good so I guess I can't complain too much.
It's really funny to me that a before the songs about existential dread, depression , the effects of long use of drugs, they made a cute little psychedelic album. As psychedelic rock music was on the rise, there was a shit ton of it. Quite the amount of hits obviously, but a lot of misses too. So to stand out like this in that era is a pretty big deal in my opinion, and of course it did, it's not bad at all. Like I said, it's just funny that this is their debut. They had no idea the genius they will create later on.
Breaking News: An album considered one of the greatest ever recorded by a singer-songwriter, who is considered to be one of the greatest singer-songwriters, is pretty fucking good.
I gotta fever and the only prescription is more flute. As much as I heard of this album, I just never listened to it. All I knew is that they're known for their lead singer using a flute and like one or two of their songs. So I am surprised how much I actually enjoyed listening to this. It reminded me of the folk songs of Led Zeppelin but more harder at times while also being more "fairy tale-like?" I dunno how to explain it, but it's good and I'm surprised how good I I think it was.