Production: 10/10 Lyrics: Hit or miss. I get it: Eazy-E is like the spiritual heart of the group, but he's not a good rapper. Ice Cube is regularly excellent. The themes and overall thesis is unfortunately still relevant. It's also unfortunate that there are regularly word choices which have not aged well. But yeah, there's a reason why this album is on this list. 10/10
One word review: restraint It's amazing how sparse everything is on this album.
Wilco just doesn't really do much for me. They're not bad, but I don't feel compelled to listen to them repeatedly. This album is just sort of thoroughly "meh" for me.
Producing this to sound like it was recorded live was a brilliant choice, and made me look it up to confirm it. Quite enjoyable. The band feels both tight and loose.
YES! Not sure if 1001albumsgenerator is aware of news, but this came up the day after Ozzy Osbourne passed away.
Classic album for sure, but I just don't like Metallica all that much. And it's mostly Lars' playing. He's just not the drummer they need, and not as good as he thinks he is. It's frustrating.
Sure, there's a lot of stuff here that hasn't aged well, but it doesn't mean Eminem isn't a talented lyricist.
YES
From a lyrical and songwriting standpoint, this is great. But the way that the songs are rendered on the recording feels a bit hokey and dated. I feel like this album could really take off if some other artist covered it though. Like a pop-punk version of this album would probably be killer.
Challenging and groundbreaking.
I am not aware of this artist, so I'm going into this completely blind. Unfortunately, I'm just not feeling this.
Um, ... meh?
This was better than I anticipated.
YES.
Mmmm... boom-bap
_Very_ Patsy Cline.
Man, just classic
Sonic Youth just aren't my thing. I like other noise projects, but somehow Sonic Youth just doesn't strike me. It's just kind of frustrating how they always sound like they don't know how to tune their instruments nor even really play them properly at all, even after all these years.
I just don't like Slipknot
Not bad, but "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing." Another one of those cases where I enjoy the songwriting, but don't really like the way the songs are rendered. It's cool that they have a distinct style, but I wish there was more variety here.
Quite interesting. I probably don't listen to enough Nina Simone.
John Prine isn't the greatest singer in the world, but it gives this album a bit of realness to it which works really well for it.
Again, I don't dislike Pet Shop Boys at a songwriting level, but the overall style just doesn't grab me. I suppose I enjoyed the "Very" album a little more than this one, but it's kind of close.
Simply great
Enjoyable and it's on this list because it set the groundwork for the alternative/grunge genres which would follow.
No thanks.
Serious prog, but still fun somehow.
I don't know. Meh? Why is this album on this list?
YES.