I know half the songs from this because in junior high school, I had the Beatles red double disc. It's hilarious that on Drive my Car they actually say, beep beep 😅 The song Norwegian Wood reminds me of my ma. Nowhere man reminds me of Dad Overall, pretty good, 4.0/5.0 stars

This album feels like a relic of the past. It's got the sound of 60s sweeping arrangements. she has a sort of honeyed voice. her vocals are super forward in the mix. It's not my usual jam, I'm not really into vocal drive singer highlighted music, but I get why this is considered a classic. I get why this is an important album and the woman can sing but it sounds like it's 55 years old, which of course it is. The recording is just too dated to me. It's great, it's just not for me

I know this one and I know it well. It was the first Boss album I got into in 2006 when I first met Andrew. It broadened my musical tastes and got me to branch out a bit more. Badlands might be one of my favourite songs of all time. I know that many people say this album is dark, gritty, raw and intense. And while I agree, I also think it's hopeful. The songs are about having hope for the future even when things are dark. Perseverance, belief in oneself, hope for a better future... this is the stuff that can keep a person moving forward. 5/5

Neon bible?! How about Neon Babble. I get it, the music is sonically pretty decent and I can see how it was influential in creating the stomp/clap music like Mumford and Sons... or more like Blandford and Sons! God I'm right some funny. But the lyrics are just unbelievably cringe. Like, embarrassingly bad. I only made it to Black Wave/Vibrations before I just couldn't do it anymore. It really started with track 4, Intervention. The lyrics sound like an untalented 15 year old asshole was trying to be clever but should have just continued to jerk off in his jerk sock instead of trying to lyrically come all over the listener with this absolute drivel. I would give this 0 because of how bad the lyrics are but that's not an option and truthfully, the music itself isn't half bad. Would not recommend, would not listen again. Regret having spent this much time listening to and thinking about this. Two thumbs down

Yassss, kween. Excited for some jazz. This jazz is busier than I'm used to listening to. I also have no basis to know or understand if/how this album is good or important. All I really know about jazz is if I like it or not. I actually know track 1, Move. I have no idea how but I somehow do. Track 3, Moon Dreams, feels like it's from a noir film, I kinda love it. Track 5, Budo, is great. It's busy but still familiar to other jazz I listen to. Track 7, Godchild is great, feels very classically jazz, so good to listen to whilst working. Oh man, track 8, Boplicity is soooo good.

I first heard this album in 2002, pushing 25 years ago now. It felt huge to me at the time. I really enjoyed it, even if it wasn't my favourite Zeppelin album. I don't often return to it so this is definitely a fun relisten. I mean, what else to say, it's seminal, and completely foundational for modern rock and eventually metal. 5 stars

I get it. It's really good, especially for 1989. I don't love how many interludes there are, but those are easily skipped. Apparently, it was a massive commercial success that produced seven top-five singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and is the only album in history to have number-one hits in three different calendar years (1989–1991). I always associated Janet Jackson with cousin Mary, which lets me sit in comfortable, warm memories.

Love late 70s British punk and this one is great. The album artwork is fantastic. It's aggressive and raw in the best way possible. The incorporation of horns is unexpected in this era but it works incredibly well. Poly Styrene is an incredible front woman.

I get why people would like this. The singer is good and it's well recorded. There were moments I enjoyed but this is just not for me.

Classic. I've been familiar with this album for more than 25 years now. On a careful relisten, I'm just realizing how standout the bass lines actually are.

On first blush, I absolutely thought I knew nothing of this artist. But... that first song, Apache, I know from the Fresh Prince. Also, it's great that they covered In A Gadda da Vida. I think this is really well recorded and unexpectedly fun. I'm not likely to return to this very often but I'm glad to have added it to my knowledge base!

This is fun background music. The fourth track, green onions, I unknowingly know quite well from popular culture so it's fun to now know and have this reference. The cover of Twist and Shout is also a lot of fun. Really overall quite enjoyed this, fun background music, nothing too abrasive or offensive.

I know only a few Santana songs and as far as I'm aware, I'm not at all familiar with this. I don't normally go for guitar rock, which I believe this album to be the case. So as a surprise to myself, I actually do know tracks 2 and 3, Black Magic Woman and Oye Como Va. I like the song Hope You're Feeling Better, it's got kind of funky rock beat. This album is really well recorded. It's pretty clean sounding, which isn't usually what I look for but it's good. Santana is obviously a very good guitar player. So overall, I get why people like this but in the end, it's just not something I'm likely to return to based on personal musical preferences alone.

I listened to the whole thing and nothing stood out for me. Not one thing. I'll definitely relisten to it more closely but.... I'm not so sure there's much to it. I didn't bother relistening to it. I just can't be bothered. This isn't bad but I didn't find there to be anything interesting.

This is just not for me. Not bad, I'm sure it's good and important. Actually recorded pretty well. High energy for a live show.

So much of this I know through cultural osmosis. Loved it, only minor complaint is that looking back on it 50 years later, the sound is kinda thin. Like it's missing the bass end of things. That being said, Destroyer Resurrected gets it super right.

Some catchy jams. Musically In the Ghetto is good but god damned those lyrics are bad.

This evokes 80s college radio rock, Husker Du, glimmers of the Meat Puppets, and a touch of Swans. I can see how much it influenced Nirvana, not likely the other way around. I loved the sonic sound of this although there weren't a lot of hooks. All around though, I enjoyed this one.

British folk rock is usually really not my thing. But god damn did the beauty of his voice and the quality of the recording unexpectedly pulled me in on the first track, Time Has Told Me. There's a quality to the vocal recording that is at once new and old, familiar and unfamiliar. The third track, Three Hours, sounds like something that would have influenced Bruce Springsteen on Nebraska. I also really enjoyed track 6, 'Cello Song. That drum beat was dope. That piano on track 8, Man in a Shed, is so fun. It's so strange to hear both ease and urgency in a song. It works really well. That last track, Sunday Sun, is good. Really evokes the feeling of what Sundays used to feel like, lazy, laid back.

Banger, no notes

This wasn't bad but I think it was suffering from recency bias. I can tell it's before the advent of truly modern electronic unless it's doing something innovative that my untrained electronic ears just don't detect. I really am not enjoying the song, I Stole Your Car. It definitely invokes the early 90s on the song The Rough and the Quick, like something from dance mix 92 or 93. I feel comfortable giving this 2 stars.

I love it sonically and he can sing but this grows very tiring very quickly

Great live album, full of life and character. He sings like he feels it. The audience is loving it. You almost feel like you're in the room. Would relisten.

I do not like the song It's a Shame about Ray. It's lazy sounding in the worst way possible. And those little harmonizing vocals in the last chorus are not great to my ears. The song Rudderless, there's a discordant thing happening in the verses and I don't think it's working. I literally can't listen to this song. I kinda hate it. Ok, I'm maxed on this. I can't force myself through this. It's really not for me. I knew the cover Mrs. Robinson and that's pretty great but that's about the only thing working for me. Maybe the first two songs weren't bad either. 2 stars and that's a generous 2 stars.

I listened to this years ago and it really didn't click for me then. But, I listened to it in full today and I was really impressed. There are so many styles that she has done so very well. This album is dense, there's a lot to unpack here. Will definitely listen again.

I'm just not gonna listen to this, I know it's bad

Not listening out of principal

Was unfamiliar with this. Can see a direct line from this to a lot of "alternative" music (whatever that means) that came later. It's actually 3.5 stars for me but decided to round down.

I had to look this up on Rate Your Music. It says, that for genres it's Chamber Pop, Baroque Pop Art Pop, and Cabaret. If that's what it is, I'm pretty sure I don't like these styles. For descriptors, it says that it's humorous, sexual, sarcastic, male vocalist, quirky, romantic, love, bittersweet, passionate, orchestral, lush, poetic, epic, satirical, playful, energetic, melodic, breakup, theatrical, lonely, self-hatred, hedonistic. Again, I don't think I like this style. Maybe I'm not cultured? That's fine.

One of the best metal albums of all time

This was more enjoyable than I thought it would be. But it's sometimes noisy but not in the best kind of way. Would probably relisten

Good old fashioned classic 1970s British punk rock. Good enough for me

I really hate the song Monday, Monday. I like Straight Shooter. Didn't realize that the Ramones cover of Do You Wanna Dance was of these moms and dads. California Banananing. It's just so old sounding. I can appreciate that what it's doing at the time is really good. But like, I'm never gonna spin this on my own without a prompting. Listened to the whole thing, only 35 mins, but it felt longer.

Never heard of these guys but this shit is great. It's dated but still fresh. A pleasant surprise.

I was unfamiliar with this artist and this album. On the whole, I really enjoyed it. Will relisten.