Probably not unoriginal, but it sure sounds it. Even the deep cuts I've heard in the music they've inspired.

Supreme talent, but doesn't get away from it saying....very little.

Sorry jazz, it's just not me - music should take you places, and this doesn't.

Yep, this is more like it - instrumentation and soul. And so much better than just being the son of a preacher, man.

As ever, made so much more with a bit of context. Ah, Jamaican influence, early punk! So much more than the hits, and a real time capsule. Shame the vocals grate mine lugholes.

So hard to hear fresh, and separate it from the conversations of America - it's use at rallies etc. But I can see why it's been coopted - it feels biiiiiig, approachable.....American. Odd - considering how much I love Sam's Town - but that doesn't sit well with me. Perhaps the 80s bombast, the prototypical American stories, but there wasn't enough ambiguity, mystery for me to get excited, or want to listen again.

Some lovely dark vibes; a true standout!

With the exception of a bit of movement at the end, felt very loungey, with scarce excitement - is this country adjacent nonsense what a whole swathe of America listens to? An hour of my life I'll never get back.

Sorry, a few groovy beats don't absolve this album be a quite a tortuous listen of misogyny and violence. Perhaps...have tuneage without this - how hard can it be? Made much better by imagining literal dogs bow-wowing.