Post No Wave movement heavy influenced documentary of music.Raw and alive.Creative & experimental enough but gives you the idea it's their first album which it isn't.
I heard this album from start to finish without getting bored.Nice transitions of bpms,rhythms,styles,guitars, electronic woos and Thom Yorke's vocals that has so many layers.Overall It soothed my soul.A masterpiece to me."You can try the best you can,the best you can is good enough". It's like a mantra to my head ever since.
Absolutely fantastic album.Unique and fresh.Most of the songs are amazing!
Sweet Blues & Soul the Memphis way!This album makes you love everybody!
This album is definately creative and mixed excellently. From the beggining you know where you getting into. Piggy its autobiographical probably,March of the pings is starting super noisy then it has a dancable bridge and ends up in piano!Heresy is my thing from the album but i can see some Kurt Cobain in some breakdowns. DDD=Dark,Distorted & Disturbing(in a good creative way). 3/5 for me cause some tracks were really difficult for me to listen.
Besides the obvious hit Alright i really liked only one more song: She's so loose.
Dreamy laidback harmonies.No trophy is a pleasant reggae treat.Binnel Bay has exotic elements like a mini trip in Hawaii.Sunshine is a jazzy soul anthem almost instrumental until the end.Lying in the snow really stands out in this album for me,its a masterpiece.60's martini aesthetics in most songs.
School,Dreamer,Rudy and my personal favourite Crime of the century to name a few from this amazing album,They still have the prog elements that i love in this 3rd gem.
Back in the dayz i was really into Dnb.This album was the first that i bought and it really blew me away until this very day.The soundscapes along with the drum programming and the lush vocals is what made this album really timeless like its title and emblematic.Inner city life is a hymn.
Death thrash metal alright but in this album i think i can hear some industrial edges(samples,fx NIN style),bit more experimental and with some tribal drumming like in track Altered state.I also hear some Ministry influences.. Hardcore punk is in there as well especially in tracks like Subtraction and Desperate cry.Although i'm not that much of thrash metalhead i really enjoy this!! Personal pick: Under Siege.
Eagles is maybe one of the few country American rock bands that you can listen to non-stop!Glen Frey has a voice that really soothes your soul!They are so good that in Take it easy for example (that i really love) can play the badjo almost like an arp giving so much energy to the song!So many good songs in this album..Witchy woman,Chug all night,Take the devil,Early bird..A masterpiece.
A magical album from a tremendous country artist.Those popular songs get the willie nelson treatment and a superb production.Georgia on my mind is as dreamy as you wanted and needed.Unchained melody though is an untouchable original win all the way i think it does it justice.Moonlight in Vermont almost gives me those Sinatra vibes,fantastic.
Another one straight outta Compton.. Autobiographical about his teenage years in the dangerous streets of Compton,this second album first time in a major label has so many famous guest appearances and so many famous producers that the result is real gem. Personal picks: Bitch don't kill my vibe, Backseat freestyle which reminded me of those freestyle mixtapes back in the dayz,raw and unfiltered you know.., The art of peer pressure has a more sophisticated sampling and a nice dramatic turn reminding me of oldschool rap probably my fave out of the album, Money trees which stands out has a nice vibe and a Halle Berry reference, Poetic justice has an 80's flava and beautiful female backing vocals, Good kid has a dramatic and nostalgic 60's sampling sound with a distictive killer bass sound while m.A.A.d city depicts the anxiety,madness,the danger of the gun and drugs paranoia in the streets, Swimming pools(drank) is an amazing moody track with an awesome production making you almost a witness in the situation with a shooting in the end, Singing about me,i'm dying of thirst gave me good old Fugees vibes(12:03 minutes mind you). If you were really into oldschool rap like me you so gonna enjoy this!
Alternative rocker John Grant of Czar fame going solo with a folk band was the best thing that he ever did. Marz song is beautiful and melancholic and one of the best in the album with lyrics naming most of the candies globally . Sigourney Weaver is also an amazing song with absolutely fantastic and creative lyrics for one of these dayz when you feel weird in this world. It's easier it's also an amazing track talking to an ex lover with warmth and hope. Outer space is also a dreamy song (that i loved) when you feel you don't belong somewhere in this world. Caramel starts off well with piano and when ''my love'' lyrics begin got me instantly.He says his love is like a caramel and we melt along.This guy is obsessed with sweets in the whole album,titles and lyrics. In Leopard and lamb the violin is out of this world. ''I want to change the world but i can't change my underwear'',that's how Queen of Denmark opens..It really shows the self wondering character of the whole album and the self mocking lyrics as well. Nice alternative change with Supernatural Defibrillator. Last song What Time? has dramatic el.guitar stabs,echoes of random hours repeating and fx ending acoustically making it the best outro for this album.
Swing along with this masterpiece! Ray Charles's genius lies in his ability to sing big band songs and string-backed ballads.Beautiful big band energetic arrangements along with nostalgic,dreamy string ones!What can go wrong?Jazzy magic.I give it a 4/5 cause i'm not really into jazz(yet).
60's lover rock with orchestral parts and Sweet inspirations as backing vocals along with the superb fragile and angelic voice of Dusty Springfield seemed to have it all in an album but according to the sales back then took quite a long time to be appreciated as so many albums in this world.It soothes your soul from the beggining to the very end. Romantic and dreamy.Perfection. Personal picks if i may:Just a little lovin',Don't forget about me,The windmills of your mind,In the land of make believe,I can't make it alone and of course Son of a preacher man which was the hit of the album.
Definately creative lyrics and interesting production it's like a sneak peak in SZA's diary but i struggled from 21 songs to find some gems. Personal picks: The weekend,Supermodel,Normal girl, 20 something,Drew Barrimore(my fave,i wish the whole album was like that),Prom is a breath of fresh air-my second fave
What can someone say about this group and this album which influenced so many,that everybody knows its songs and danced to death to it...Top quality pop.Their songs are still considered hard and complex to play or cover but their genius lies that are so easy to listen and connect to,so i will try to name a few of this album beyond the obvious: My love,my life has those dreamy,angelic harmonies although it talks about breaking up,like a friendly pat in your shoulder that everything is gonna be alright. Dum dum diddle has some Mamma Mia vibes in the refrain. Knowing me,knowing you was the third single out of this album but it's my favourite sorry.That nostalgia in the couples is unbeatable! That's me is my least favourite but boy how creative to have a badjo in it! Why it have to be me?Forget about the synths and the disco vibes,you get an American bar anthem all the way. Tiger has strong drumming making it epic! Arrival has a very familiar melody playing it like a bagpipe or perhaps it's really one in it.Epic. Fernando is a bonus track that starts as a gentle march.You can hear and feel the Andes influence in the orcherstation.Like a sweet lullaby with a disco twist..This song was a bonus in two countries,i remember one of them was Australia. Happy Hawaii(also a bonus track) starts off with ocean waves and it's a praise for Honolulu.Good stuff.
I never heard of this band and i so regret it! Amazing debut album so underrated with punk energy,fluid emotional shifts & rhythmic changes,dark & dramatic edges,unbelievable expressionistic(sometimes almost bjork-ish) vocals(that sometimes gave me some chills) and sharp lyrics that makes it superb and creative from start to finish! I swear i had some Blondie vibes in some songs!10/10.
Perfect,crystal clear production with sardonic lyrics and with such balanced elements that nothing can't go wrong even keeping it's fun factor and it's their debut album!Great band,great album that i, of course own as a vinyl! Most favourite songs: Just what i needed(top favourite),Don't cha stop,You're all i've got tonight(because of the synth in the refrain),Bye bye love,Moving in stereo(for it's creativity) and of course All mixed up(second top favourite. i mean,what a song especially at the end with the synth arps and the sax). Least favourite: I'm in touch with your world.
Welcome to the 90's sound with this incredible band! Deee-lite is the best creative group combining guest artists as Bootsy Colins,Maceo Parker Q-Tip(from a Tribe called Quest),rhythms,samples like the one from 1934 cult film ''black Cat, club attitude, 60's funk grooves, soul vocals, slap bass and wah-wah guitars,trumpets, jazzy and latin piano, fx and almost everything in between!What a band again! The only band actually depicting in sound all their influences and actually naming all of them in the album,so multi-layered and multi-dimensional! With one word: Eclectic. Favourite Songs: Good Beat,What is love(clubbish to death like a trip to Mars with some acid elements).World Clique for the lyrics and the Hacienda vibes, E.S.P for it's genius sampling and rhyming-a very hypnotic club song and the infectious Groove is the heart of course cause there's nothing else like this 'till this very day!,
Funky and groovy as hell!Absolute fun and bliss to my ears!RnB/hIP-hoP never was sexier and boogie-r than in this album!Clever underground naming of songs definatelly ads to the loose fun/funk factor and maybe ispired others like Underworld's Dubnobasswithmyheadman album titling? i mean there is a little something for all in this album,see Who says a Funk band can't play Rock which says it all! 4 stars for me for some of the long plays except for the live Maggot Brain take which is one of the best phychedelic rock tracks i've ever heard and never wanted to end but it does with the crowd chanting ''think it ain't illegal yet''prologuing next song!
Epic debut album from Cyndi Lauper after her band failure. Pop rock,synth pop and new wave in 1983! I wanna say here that besides her distinctive and unique(almost punkish with incredible range)voice,Cyndi is also an amazing musician playing the dulcimer and guitar though not a lead guitarist in her albums. What can you say about an album that contains Girls just wanna have fun and Time after Time(my all time favourite-dreamy song with killer lyrics and that longing feeling and superb use of hihats from start to finish-what)? Full of great energy, nostalgic synths,gated snares,arpeggiated bass and fantastic guitars! Tracks i love beyond the obvious: When you were mine,All through the night(that synth arp kills me though the lead synth nearly destroys the song). This is for 4 stars though because her expressionism and creativity in her voice might gets too much in the rest of the songs.
As i age,i see myself liking more and more and appreciating folk rock especially from that late 60's-70's era. It's this warmth.. This playlist really opens and expands my ears(that i thought there were already there). With that said i really enjoyed this album. Favourite songs: Carried away, Cathedral(has unexpected swifts and a fantastic atmosphere my top favourite), Dark star it's just magical and hypnotic with amazing keys and bongos, Just a song before i go instantly got me with it's amazing lyrics and last song of the album I Give You Give Blind not only slows down but it's fluid with great messages and energy! it's a 3 stars for me cause at times it is too slow for me and the way one of the lead singers sings in some songs really ruins the atmosphere.
Here's the thing:When a band is at their 6th album they want to experiment or show their influences at that time or do a ''concept '' album which in latter case it will either take off or fail. In this case as it is not clear if it actually is one,you don't know how to rate this correctly. I'm in my 25th album ratings or so right now and nothing confused me and troubled me more than this ''concept'' album.I mean even the Bee Gees got confused about the final direction of this. There's definately a strong Beatles influence in here and if you hear this album as a non Bee Gees one and skip the concept factor is pretty good. There are many wrongs though that just ruin the whole atmophere from time to time,like the poor lyrics and Gibbs's falsettos,but overall i enjoyed this although i felt it was two albums in one. Songs that were pleasant to my ears more: Edison(weird for the album cohesion but still good), Melody fair is like hearing a Beatles bonus track cover but also very good, Suddenly, Lamplight, Sound of love(especially towards the end), Seven Seas symphony is an epic instrumental like a score for a movie-very well done with choir in it and everything), I laugh in your face. Never say never again is also a good song but i felt like they are mocking The Beatles sorry, So with that said it's a 3/5 for me.
Glam/hard rock at it's best and here in this album more straight-forward that the previous more progressive ones resulting to a more commercial break-through sound. All songs are amazing but my personal picks are: Brighton Rock(the guitar solos here is just wow), Tenement Funster though it's a Roger Taylor song, the delivery of the band gives justice to his vision, Flick of the Wrist following is a masterpiece,agressive where you need it with amazing lyrics as with all Freddie Mercury songs, In the lap of the Gods makes you wonder about the operatic high range of a voice,so beautiful but the Revisited one made me sing along with the crowd ''wo wo la la la wo-wo wo la la-wah wah ooh'' introducing their final big arena sound, Misfire is only 1:50 long but managed somehow to get me good-it's the guitars, She Makes me is a Brian May song,more of a slow burner,an ode to a woman with nice vibes that they change a bit towards the end getting more darker with police samples and heavy breathing. Extraordinary album.
It's 94 and Britpop certaintly had it's momentum,but though i really liked Britpop bands i was more into Oasis,Verve stuff never really a Blur fan. So i never really heard an entire album only the hits from the radio. Listening to this i liked the following songs excluding the singles: Tracy Jacks(the repetition annoyed me at first but as it progressed it was really nice), End of a century,Badhead,Far out(second favourite),To the end is a moody,60's influenced dreamy number very different to the others,very beautiful, London Loves is great fun with nice guitars but the end could be shorter, Trouble in the Message center is more agressive my top favourite out of this album left me wondering why this wasn't a single, Clover over Dover which i don't know what this means but i really loved it's sound, This is a Low is a hypnotic song with such beautiful tones and guitar playing. Overall is a good album of a great era and a great band that their singles didn't do justice to what they were capable of.
I have to say that i struggled to find some songs out of this album to really like,so barely i'll name a few: All the pictures in the wall Has my fire really gone out? 5th Season Shadow of the sun(7:36!) Hung up. it's a 2/5 for me cause songs could be shorter,yes even the 3:00 min or so ones and the instrumentals were unnessesary.
Blues from Mali are very interesting.Ali Farka Toure's last swan song is a very good album. Let's see it song by song: Erdi starts off with a lot of reverb,bit noisy and with Ali Farka Toure talking it feels more like an intro song, Yer Bounda Fara reminded me of a traditional chinese song for some reason,sounded almost like a ritual, Beto has a sax in it and a repetition in lyrics like a mantra but the female vocals compliments it,and sort of completes it, Savane has a great guitar (among other instruments) through the whole song,french vocals and an almost reggae-ish rhythm,bit long though, Soya has african vocals with a nice rhythm, Penda Yoro (Yoro is a small village in Mali) has a more blues feel that the previous ones very rhythmic and very well played, Machengoidi sounds more like a traditional song, Ledi coumbe wasn't interesting at all. Hanana, again reminded me of Chinese traditional music in a weird way, Soko Yhinka song was a joy to my ears mixing traditional rhythms along with bluesy guitar and great vocals,very hypnotic probably my favourite, Gambari Didi has the King of the Desert Blues reffering to himself and talking throughout the whole song,my least favourite, Banga has a more Arabic, sound of the desert feel with hypnotic repetitions like the music of the Sufis, N'Jarou is a bluesy song with some Soul-funk undertones. Overall it's a great album,i really enjoyed this and heard it without forwarding no song (like i did with the previous Paul Weller one) but i wish i had more knowlwdge to rate this more properly so it's a 4/5 to me.
The Smiths sound is so tight,Johnny Marr's guitar and the rest of the crew but Morrisey's vocals could be better but then again this was their second studio album and in 85 ',punkish vocals gave you a sort of freedom to express more,sometimes in purpose (production shoutout) and i wish this was the case here. So, listening carefully I loved the following songs more: The Headmaster Ritual has a lot of ooh lalalalalala iey in it but it's FIRE, Nowhere Fast has an aligory,i mean the song is full of energy but the lyrics are sad almost suicidal and at the end that worked for me weirdly enough, (i had to listen to this twice to appreciate it but i think it worth it), Well I Wonder has a more dreamy feel with beautiful guitar,bass and drums,very melodic and even Morrissey's vocals really works here adding to the atmosphere,bliss,my favourite,ON REPEAT, That Joke isn't Funny Anymore is a dark,pessimistic song and i liked it for that,maybe too much,definately one of my favourites.ON REPEAT too, Barbarism Starts at Home has that fantastic funky disco rhythm and bass/guitar but it could have been half it's time(6:50!) but on second thought it probably was an attempt to those long extended disco funk numbers so it could maybe be played by djs in clubs but definately not in the radio stations. *I want the one I can't have could be a favourite but the vocals ruined this one for me, *RusholmeRuffians was my least favourite,it bored me to death, *Meat is Murder is a heavy requiem that adds to the concept and is the inspiration on this album and i find creative the cow sampling, i get it,i'm an animal lover myself but i won't go there,to the Vegetarian talk, this was too much for me. So with that said it's a 4/5 to me.
Great songs but most of them covers and not all from black people as we would assume with the 50s racism situation that branched into music too. So Blue Suede Shoes we all remember from Elvis is actually a Carl Perkins song.Fair delivery though,Elvis gave it more energy and the vocals are very close to the original (with a touch of reverb), Counting on you is a slow lullaby with some pam pam pam pam choir in the background,quite good actually, I got a woman is also a cover from the superb Ray Charles and frankly i prefer the original,the line ''she gives me money when i'm in need''is just unbeatable ,2:55 minutes and leaves you hanging from Ray's lips throughout the whole song, too much reverb in Elvis's voice on this one, One sided love Affair though an original,Elvis rambling delivery and heavy accent really ruins it, I love you because was originally a country song by Leon Payne with a string band,what a surprise..BUT in this case Elvis wins, Just Because was a bit boring to me, Tutti Frutti it's a sin even touching this.Little Richard was even playing backwards in the piano while singing,no comparison, Trying to get to you was originally writen by Rose Marie McCoy and Charles Singleton.So yes,you guessed it again it's a cover but this one i really enjoyed it as the original was a stripped guitar/vocal song, I'm gonna sit right down and cry(over you) was a Roy Hamilton original(even covered from the Beatles) but Elvis gave it justice by covering it as a more speed-up energetic number,very clever choice cause this fits like a glove into his voice, I'll never let you go( Little Darlin') is a cover again from Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders in which Elvis reminds me of the Beatles,very humble here and dreamy,nice version, Blue Moon(Take 9/m) is also a cover(boy i.m struggling for some original recordings here) from the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's original(even covered from Sinatra)with a history behind it as the dreamy melody of the song was first conceived for a movie in 1933 and to be sung by Gene Harlow but never was recorded,the same in 1934 for another movie with different lyrics and performer but again didn't happened until it was featured in a movie(I think Manhattan Melodrama) again around that time with different lyrics and a title:''Bad in every Man'',but a gangster shoot outside it's opening forced the creators to re-write it again but this time as a more romantic commercial song ending up with the dreamy ''Blue Moon we all know firstly performed by Ted Fiorito. I think Elvis really nailed it with respect,with an almost whispery,soft,humble and tender delivery and picky almost muted guitar,fantastic, Money Honey was first recorded and released by Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters(oh i have a thing for the Drifters,so good)but i really enjoyed it by Elvis(maybe it was the careful use of reverb on this one). So,after all this analysis i'll give it a 3/5 cause it's Elvis after all but his debut album is mostly a cover album.
This is a legendary hip-hop album.It's an 94' East Coast Boom Bap hardcore NY hip-hop actually. Nas is a natural rhymer,and the whole album is a passionate reflection of Queens street war zone. From the beggining with the Genesis intro you can hear the quality of this album, NY state of mind is a repetitive,monotonous track flooded by Nas's lyricism and i can say he rhymes like a male Lauryn Hill, Life is A Bitch has an excellent sampling including some jazzy trumpets,great atmophere,bliss, The world is Yours has a jazzy sampling,flawess rhyming,back male vocals,i really enjoyed it, Halftime is amazing,the soul funk bass sampling,fluttering trumpets,female vocal and the lyrics,wow, Memory Lane(Sittin' in da Park) has a haunting vocal sample that gave me the goosebumps,so good,the scratching,the lyrics all works out perfectly here like a Swiss watch, One Love is again a more monotonous marimba like sampled track but Nas raps like his life is dependending on it.Least favourite but still good, One time 4 your mind again pushes the weight in Nas with his tight rhyming,the production is minimal, Represent is like a rhyming battle in the streets with his homies,raw and to the point, It ain't hard To Tell got me from the beggining with its famous samples(M.Jackson's Human Nature,Kool and the Gang's N.T hook/riff, and Stanley Clarkes's Slow Dance drums),Nas is again unmistakable here so instantly became my favourite,ON REPEAT. Excellent album,i was bopping my head in most songs,but it's a 4/5 to me for the monotonous ones.
CCR in this album are fearless,you can hear so many influences in each song and boy do they deliver all of them so good! The songs that really made it to my heart mostly are: Ramble Table is one of the best Rock songs i've ever listened especially when it shifts by slowing down at 1:53 and 'till 5:32 where they speed up again ,one of my favourites of all times,the most interesting 7:11 i've ever listened! Who'll stop the Rain,great song, I heard it Through the Grapevine cover( after Glady's Knight first original and Marvin Gaye's treatment) is amazing,showing their Motown influences,John Fogerty's deliver is absolutely fantastic,the heavy bass and drums and the guitar makes this a timeless version with respect, Long as i can see the Light.Fogerty's vocals here can show his ''black'' influences,what a voice! Great album but overall it's a 4/5 for me.
One of the most important hip-hop/rap albums not only for it's scratching artistry and back 2 back rhyming but also for bridging rap with rock. Of course It's Tricky contains samples of "My Sharona" by The Knack and "Mickey" by Toni Basil so there's already Rock elements there,you can see it comin', My Adidas has amazing drums and is always a reminder that back then and even now Adidas shoes and wear are still a hip-hop brand! Walk This Way is a genre-bender.How open-minded these two bands were and still are to come up with such a collaboration,this powerful fresh version, Is it live has James Brown and LL Cool J samples in it,The bongos and cowbells mixing shows some wizadry but it feels empty in comparison with the previous ones, Raising hell is quite interesting because of blending again Run Dmc's hip hop with live Aerosmith guitar solos,my fourth favourite along with the three hits, You be illin' has a Kurtis Blow sample,quite good song, Dumb girl had something hypnotic that i really liked although they seem to have serious issues with that girl! Overall is a good album and for the 4 songs that i liked i will give it a 4/5
Be careful and hear the right album cause i found firstly one with a lot of live versions so i had to find the right studio one. Favourite tracks: Junk Bond Trader,Everything Reminds of Her,Everything means Nothing to me,L.A, Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?,ColorBars,Happiness/The Gondola Man,Can't make A Sound(especially towards the end), It's a 4/5 to me.
Not too many knows that The Thrills are actually an Irish Indie band,and i am not really into Indie at least not this one. Too much of an American accent for me at times and too much of a badjo for me at times and too much jetlag from the visiting all those places. Memorable mention to: Don't steal our sun,deckchairs and cigarettes,one horse town.
Being obviously a music genius,Kanye West lost his sanity somewhere on the road.This album is incredibly creative and every song different,huge thing for a rap album and from a guy that nowadays thinks his girlfriend is a naked installation for the world to excibit.So let's break it down song by song. In Dark Fantasy has a genius sample "can we get much higher?" line from the song "In High Places" by Mike Oldfield, In Gorgeous he sampled Enoch Light and the Glittering Guitars's "You Showed Me". It has this amazing guitar carpet and a hypnotic feeling, In Power he samples King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man," Continent Number 6's "Afromerica," and Cold Grits' "It's Your Thing," with the King Crimson sample being the most prominent in this iconic production,and by adding some mic techniques effects in his voicings gives this what else a dynamic,a POWER, All of The Lights violin and piano intro is out of this world,in the explicit main song he samples "Bam Bam" by Sister Nancy and "Do What You Gotta Do" by Nina Simone,it also has some Jungle drumming and Rihanna's blissful vocals,fantastic,one of my favourites, Monster has amazing drum sampling and some tight rhyming and also contains samples of "On the Bus" from the movie Napoleon Dynamite and "The Hoe's in Church" by LaWanda Page,Nicki Minaj is also a ''monster'' rhymer on this one!Also a favourite,my head was up and down in the entire song!Distorted vocals towards the end along with the melody is also a treat, So Appaled contains samples of "You Are - I Am" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins, "Can't Knock the Hustle" by Jay-Z ,A dramatic orchestral distillment,absolutely hypnotic and fantastic,f**king ridiculous line might have taken it too far though, In Devil In A New Dress has a blissful 60' soul carpet with Smokey Robinson's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"sample, Runaway starts with a one note (and then some) piano and progresses geniously with these piano notes and with a drumming pattern sampled from the song "Expo 83" by The Backyard Heavies,very interesting and wonderful, Hell of A Life starts powerfully with an agressive distorted electronic bass and has beautiful synth arps adding to the dramatic character of the song,here he sampled Black Sabbath's "Iron Man"respectfully, In the Blame Game we got a dreamy,sad and nostalgic feeling,very soothing,here he samples Aphex Twin's "Avril 14th",the sample is a "plaintive keyboard instrumental" from the 2001 Aphex Twin album Drukqs,a pleasant surprise for me as it was for all his entire album sampling from songs/tracks that i already know and love!Unnessesary p*ssy talking in the end though, Lost In The World has a strong ''Woods'' sample by Bon Iver,very well blended though here,energetic and a nice addition,some creative tribal rhythms with bpm changing at the end and preaching adds to the song, Who will survive in America was my least favourite,too commercial for me,it has a sample from Gil Scott-Heron's "Comment #1 which is a bridge,it flows directly from the preceding song, "Lost in the World," which also samples this. A very all-rounded album with amazing production and cameos,never a dull moment in this one,i so enjoyed the sampling which portrays Kanye's influences from all genres.
I really enjoyed Cosmo's Factory more. Memorable mention to; Born on the Bayou,Proud Mary & Keep on Chooglin'.
Alison's Goldfrapp half of the duo has an amazing voice and their influences contains folk,cabaret,pop and of course electronic elements where Alison is the queen with her synths.The result is a dramatic almost cabaret sound with sophisticated coctail music elegance,orchestral James Bond like strings kits and an Aphex Twin fx mood in songs bits.Most of the times you think you can almost hear a Theremin.This album could have been easily a soundtrack to a futuristic film noir if there is such a thing. Songs i enjoyed: Lovely Head is like an experimental 60's song,nostalgic and beautiful, Pilots is quite eerie almost operatic and dreamy with a twist,just a bit, In Deer Stop you need to have patience until the end to see how she tweaks her voice into something magical,to the very end though, In Felt Mountain the high notes along with the more electronic build is amazing reminded me of Balearic sounds ''it's a fine day''song vibes and 60's synth experimentalism,one of my favourites, --Oompa Radar really creeped me out,the weirdest thing ever,starts like a futuristic waltz,has a March turn,ends up like something it could have been played in American Horror series the ones with the circus weirdos,my least favourite-- Utopia is a more powerful electronic bliss,also a favourite,used to play a remix of it back in my Dj days, Overall it's not that good.no surprises there but yet it's sophisticated.At the end i will give it a 2.5, so 3/5 to me.
A female new Wave band(actually they emerged from the punk scene but they evolved into a pop/punk band to be precise) with an early Belinda Carlisle in it and tight playing couldn't be more than an outstanding album that i actually own.And it might still is the only one pop/punk album that had clear vocals..! From the beginning you can hear what you are getting into and i tell you, you won't regret it for even one second! My most favourite songs(excerpt the whole album) are: Tonite,Lust To Love(Blondie vibes right there),This Town(although the refrain could be better),Fading Fast,Automatic(creative and interesting),You Can't Walk In Your Sleep(If You Can't Sleep). This album review really made my day after 2 previous dissapointing ones.It's a stellar record. 5/5 all the way!
Every single Queen's album is an experience itself and you can understand that from the very beginning with the Procession intro.I wish this could have been a Medieval themed concept album though.Like a fairytale going through the darkness and the light.Alas it has enough fantasy in it,so i'm good. My most favourite songs are: White Queen(a bliss to my ears-the lyrics are like a poem), Some Day One Day,Nevermore,The March of The Black Queen. Not my favourite album of Queen but still brilliant. 4/5.
This is a trip back and a treat for me as i love 80's and Duran Duran,in fact i own this record! In Rio what more can you ask,you can hear everything clear,the synth arp,the slappy groovy bass,the amazing guitar,sax,drums(killer hihats) and Le Bon's sexy voice! My own way has amazing drums especially i love the snare and the whole atmosphere,if it was for another band to play this it might not have sounded so good,in synths in particular but it does!Not my favourite but still brilliant! Lonely In Your Nightmare has an amazing guitar and darker swifts serving the title but the melodies somehow are strange,beautiful and hopeful,not a nightmare at all, Hungry like The Wolf has a distinctive rhythmic synth arp and nice groove, discoid vibe,fantastic, In Hold Back the Rain we got amazing synth sounds and a superb disco rhythm with great drums as well,and arpeggiated bass tjat adds a more dynamic approach to this so you can dance, New Religion intro is absolutely fantastic,as it progresses funky bass and epic pads and guitar where needed makes it perfect,the refrain is amazing,the vocals at the rest of the song though are quite confusing, Last Chance On The Stairway has beautiful synths and pads,great lyrics,great song,with some bongos and sophisticated keys at some point,one of my favourites, What can i say for the Save A Prayer with the modulated synth sound,the atmospheric arp (that so many groups sampled),the amazing lyrics and Le Bon's deliver,the guitar,a masterpiece,an all times favourite, The Chauffeur is more experimental and dark but still fun,my least favourite though. Easy 5/5. I need more of those in the list but in the end i'm here to explore more.
Honestly i don't understand why this pop punk album is on the list. There are so many better groups of that era but as with all albums i took a listen and the following songs had some interest. Teenage Kicks,Wrong Way,Billy's Third,True Confessions, 2/5
T.Rex goes to more poppish Glam Rock fields here and it's an influencial album,very different from the previous folk ones,so it's fairly in this list. Hearing the songs one by one now: Mambo Sun is nice,chunky and hypnotic, Cosmic Dancer,great atmosphere and lyrics, Jeepster has so many different elements that results on something very creative,interesting and unique, In Monolith you can hear a soul choir and a distorted guitar,slow paced like a glam blues song, Lean Woman Blues sounds like a distorted Beatles song,the vocals are not that good, Get It On of course was the single out of this album and you can hear why,it's absolutely fantastic, Planet Queen is a nice,moody,rhytmic song with great drums, Girl is a more stripped song,good but not my thing, The Motivator has great effects in the guitars that really works here,really spaced out,great song, Life's A Gas has great lyrics despite it's title. At the end it has a hidden song, The Rip-Off that even has a sax on it and it is my favourite!! Overall is a great album,i heard it at once and it has so many interesting elements.
A nice surprise when you don't even know the existence of this album! A country pop record, Golden Hour also contains elements of disco, electropop, electronica, and yacht rock.And it is so good from start to finish,great album! Slow Burn is so beautiful,crystal clear divine vocals,amazing lyrics and everything else! Lonely Weekend has blissful,nostalgic melodies and pop stucture,really nice vibe, Butterflies is a great song,happy pop times, Oh,What A World got me from the beginning with the vocoder intro,celestial atmosphere,banjo involved beautifully,just magical, Space Cowboy has -as in all songs- strong lyrics,slightly detuned synth at times and a pop country balad structure, Mother is a heavy piano piece,more like a passage, Love is A Wild Thing,is a country pop song with great acoustic guitar and bass,the banjo played as an arp at times is just heaven,nostalgic synth sounds turns this into a masterpiece, Poppish Happy & Sad is my least favourite but still is very good especially towards the end, Velvet Elvis is super powerful and creative with electronica elements,one of my favourites if not the whole album! Wonder Woman has incredible lyrics and as a song is a bliss to my ears, Disco-infected High Horse is absolutely fantastic,it's amazing how she blends it all and it is really working,wow,my head was up and down the whole time especially at the end where banjo involves, Golden Hour,an another love song that has so beautiful lyrics that generates landscapes in your mind, Rainbow is a heavy piano balad,perfect for the end and perfect for her voice range,with a hopeful message. Wow that's an almost perfect album with all songs great and i didn't even know it. Easy 5/5 and more!
It's the second T.Rex album in my list so far and i discover that his sound it's not my thing except some very few exclusions,i mean i only liked ''Rip Off'' from Electric Warrior.Same here,i only liked''Ballrooms of Mars'' from this particular one. Maybe it was the lack of guitar solos or maybe the repetition of lyrics but i struggled again to find a song out of this album, 2/5
This is one of the most influencial Factory records,an emblematic post-punk record that it's unique nature stays forever in this music universe.A true historical moment in music and its evolution.A really fantastic punk material married with astonishing production techniques,a genius cover about pulsar transmitting waves and Ian Curtis dark lyricism that results to a masterpiece. This record is a favourite as a whole but i will try to name my most favourites. Disorder-A very tight song,the guitar and the drums are magical,Curtis's voice is very direct and solid like a friend telling you his secrets,not a dull moment in this as you constantly hear through ''gaps'' amazing effects,fantastic, New Dawn Fades is an another moody,melancholic song with amazing soaring guitars, hypnotic and beautiful,very melodic, Shadowplay is powerful yet desperate,with the haunting line ''to the center of the city waiting for you'', Interzone is a real treat,very dense and very creative with the voicings gives you no room to think, I Remember Nothing is their ''blackest'' distillment with their signature dark tones atmosphere that creeps you out at times but still in a way you still like it. You have to understand that all these New Wave/punk groups back then were heavily influenced by the German's synth experimentalism and i don't mean Kraftwerk only, -that was the obvious- but names like Claus Schultze that was more into the ''dark side of the moon''(excuse the pun) but you get the idea if you are in the know of that influences. Overall all tracks were not that good but as a result is a great album for it's imperfections that created something unique and ahead of it's time and influenced so many artists till to this very day. 5/5
I heard this album so pleasantly,every song had something to say,something to offer,so,so interesting even the trippy ones.Genius guitar playing by Jimi Henrix in all songs and his songwriting is amazing. Who said bluesy psychedelia is boring? My favourites: Spanish Castle Magic, Wait Until Tommorrow (funky as hell), Little Wing (my favourite), Castles Made Of Sand,such an intimate storytelling song, One Rainy Wish, Bold As Love (what a closing song-i can see why the album was named after this). Easy 5/5.I wish i could give more.That's why it's an experience.
Well,you got to have a jazz trained ear to appreciate this last swan song of the great Billie Holiday as it should and frankly i don't.The strings arrangments are heavenly in contrast with the raw vocal but eventually it works at times. Favourites: For Heaven's Sake, I Get Along Without You Very Well,this one was quite interesting, You've Changed,her vocals are the best in this, So Easy To Remember,i wish that wasn't that long though. Overall is 5/5 for Ellis orchestra but 3/5 for Mrs Holiday sorry.
In this album Stevie Wonder experiments with synths and the result is fantastic. Favourites: Jesus Children Of America (that ''shaft'' boogie sound,so good) All in Love Is Fair,the piano,the singing,perfection, Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing,never ever any other artist has convinced me to groove in a latin rhythm(which i hate)before,genius song,genius harmonies, He's Misstra Know-It-All,what a vibe and beautiful lyrics, Golden Lady has the perfect lyrics and it's so dreamy like the ''love boat''. It's 4/5 to me.
ELO was always a band i wanted to dig in more and the more i listen to, the more i like them,by now i'm a huge fan!I also adore vocoders so..,I can clearly hear their German synth influences in this one,maybe that's why they finished this album in Munich. Favourites(all but mostly): Turn To Stone,Queen choir vibes at some point,amazing song, It's Over,when you know how to use the vocoder properly and blend it perfectly in your thing!Fantastic, Night In The City,their genius sampling reminded me of Kraftwerk Autobahn ones, Believe Me Now blends orchestral parts with vocoder as a passage to next Steppin' Out song,genius, Steppin' Out is an astral Beatles balad sung by David Bowie in Mars,absolutely fantastic, Standing In The Rain is just epic! Mr Blue Sky,another epic song especially towards the end,starts as a solid rock number and ends like a symphony with strong choir elements,magic, Sweet Is The Night, The Whale,how creative this band is,amazing, Birmingham Blues. Overall not a single song sounds the same,it was such a pleasure to my ears,such a creative and interesting album. Easy 5/5
Never heard Anthrax before although i knew it as a name.I'm not into thrash anyway but from what i've heard I do prefer Brazilian Thrash metal(Sepultura) over this one for sure. Some songs that i liked though: I'm The Law, Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.),great guitars, Indians could be a favourite, *One World is a nice agressive song but the singing sounds the same in all songs to me so it kinda ruined it, A.D.I/The Horror Of It All,was unexpectedly quite good,i really enjoyed it all 7:49 minutes of it. Overall is a good album not great but i listened to it with interest. 3/5.
Reggata De Black deliberately can be translated as ''White Reggae'' so you get the idea and the inspiration of the band.It's a favourite album of mine.It's their blending of post punk/reggae and Sting's Carribean influenced voice that's magical. Songs Breakdown: Message In A Bottle is a favourite of mine,the addictive guitar riff,the genius drums,Sting's singing..perfection, Reggata De Black is a great intrumental track,very interesting,written to fill space at live gigs but ended up as a separate track,The Police won a Grammy for this,who knew, It's Alright For You it's full of energy especially at the end, Bring On The Night gets you instantly from the very beginning with the melancholic guitar arpeggio,genius, Deathwish,not my favourite but the rhythm and the guitars are out of this world,hypnotic, Walking On The Moon is the second hit from this album that has such an ambience,a perfect reggae rhythm,really spaced out that fairly serves the title, of course a favourite, On Any Other Day is a fun song but my least favourite, The Bed's Too Big Without You has a nice guitar riff,and Carribean/Reggae vibes,Sting almost sounds like Bob Marley here,sort of, Contact is a darker song,post punk vibes here,one of my favourites also, Does Everybody stare,strong piano here,quite creative.manic repetition of the title though is maybe too much. Overall is a great album without all tracks being great ,but their unique style really drags you along the way. 4/5.
I think i've seen a videoclip of Grizzly Bear somewhere before and i knew the name but never heard this album and surely wasn't prepared for what i would find.First impression was WOW what is this?? I have to say here that i'm very well familiar with the Warp Label that released this gem,but more at the electronic side of it, so this is a real treat and a lesson because i hadn't realised back then that this label was even more versatile that i already knew it was.Bass player and multintrumentalist Chris Taylor is a very talented ''one man band'' here.This album gives you the impression of constant improvisation,randomness but it's not.It's precise and this man knows very well what he is doing,it's all arranged and programmed.Experimental yes,that's why it's a Warp album after all,it pushes boundaries but still totally well performed,recorded and controlled. Opening track Southern Point is a Seventh's heaven along with surgeon's precision rhythm changes,complex and beautiful,strong and imagenary, in Two Weeks the choir management is genius,with a virtuosity that depicts heaven,less complex track but still ace, Watch out for those bursts especially towards the end in Fine For Now, Cheerleader is my favourite with rich and fantastic,dreamy instrumentalism choir heaven, and driving guitar and bass with such controlled pitch and tone,the drums is a huge plus, especially at the end going from standard to almost tribal bongos, Dory starts with swirlish choir harmonies which are glued to the progression with his voice,constant change of tones and rhythm, is like hearing a strange Nirvana song going jazzy,there's a bittersweet distillment that really makes this an another favourite for me, Ready,Able is a masterpiece,starting powerfully,progresses dreamy,changes again and ends up in bliss,my most favourite,i really adore the vocals here as well,ON REPEAT,a song that i never wanted to end,how on earth did i missed out this one? I Live with You reminded me of David Bowie,the choir intergration again is a key element here,more experimental than the others but still amazing, Foreground has a beautiful piano accompanied with an equally beautiful voice with Radiohead tone vibes I could easily rate this 5/5 only for the Ready,Able song.Genius album.
I've never heard Louis Prima before nor i ever knew his name.Big Band swing in the 50's was a dance band and this one had a humour as well. How about the songs now: Just A Gigolo has an amazing rhythm(the piano wow) and it's a fave of mine,I Ain't Got Nobody though it's not a fave at all, (Nothing's Too Good ) For My Baby is a nice jazzy fun song and i liked this because of the intergration of the female fantastic vocals, The Lip has the same piano like in Gigolo i think but in different key,humorous conversation like singing duet makes this enjoyable, Body and Soul is a more ''serious''jazzy instrumental number,constant change of rhythm gives it an interesting twist, Oh Marie has an uptempo beautiful rhythm,i laughed a lot with the so called lyrics,fun, Basin Street Blues gets me a ''my baby just cares for me'' vibe with male vocals/When It's Sleepy Town down South really has too much gibberish in an annoying scale, Jump,Jive An Wail is quite rhythmic and fun,50's proper dancing song,clapping hands and men throwing girls up in the air kinda thing,Swinging your heart out, Tango like introed Buona Sera has Italian lyrics and swinging progression(Do Wap-Do Wap),switches in idyllic Tango rhythm again and ends up swinging again with romance vibes, Instrumental Night Train has some interesting breaks and instruments interactions that i really enjoyed, Humorous I'll Be Glad When You're Dead has hilarious lyrics(some raviolli mentioning and meatballs) and fun improvisations from the band. Overall it's a fun jazzy/Big Band swing 50's album that was really easy to review as the songs were short and humorous.
Before crucifing the crooner here due to the selection of covers in this album i might defend her by noticing two-three things.Firstly how brave and empowering for women in the 60's must this album have been and probably still is as some of the originals sung by men were absolutely nailed by Dusty Springfield and shows up her voice range which is the second thing that impressed me here.Lastly few singers internationally can sing covers and the whole project is enjoyable to ears and without making constantly comparisons and in this album is exactly that case.Well,my opinion but i really enjoyed listening to this and i usually hate cover albums. 5/5
Woody Guthrie's vision came to life by the right people. California Stars is a classic by now,a favourite of mine, Way over Yonder In The Minor Key is one of my favourites as well,very beautiful, Stellar performance of Natalie Merchand i think in Birds And Ships, Hoodoo Voodoo is absolutely fantastic, She Came Along To Me,another great song,thank god for Wilco(again), At My Window Sad And Lonely,the lyrics shine here so bright,divine badjo arp strokes,fantastic, Ingrid Bergman,a starstruck little love song, I Guess I Planted,another song i really enjoyed, One By One,fading in with me longing,i knew from the start this one will be on repeat,my top favourite song,i never wanted it t end, Eisler On The Go is like a very beautiful poem,delivered with sensitivity, Another Man's Done Gone is a short piano ballad,a very emotional piece. I will give it a 4/5 cause this project was definately a challenge and it gave justice to Woody Guthrie's vision.That was way more interesting than i thought!
Arcade Fire is a band i love already so i will only try to rate my favourites out of this emotional album-if not all-. We Used To Wait,the intro,the lyrics,contagious refrain,the vocals,the guitars,absolutely fantastic, Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), abba vibes,the synths are out of this world,magic, The Suburbs,obviously but make sure you hear the symphonic (continued,extended) one as well, Ready To Start,the synth kills me, Month Of May is so powerful-non stop, Modern Man,genius rhythm so interesting,Police vibes, Empty Room,i mean the intro..so good!Epic and emotional, Suburban war,the twists in this,wow, Speaking In Tongues ft.David Byrne is one of the bonus and absolutely fantastic,very hypnotic. I don't usually rate deluxe versions but this one was so damn good i just couldn't resist so i highly recommend to do so as well. 5/5.Remember this one won a Grammy and a Brit award that year for a reason.
Long progressive structures in a thrash Metal album can be exhausting.I love Metallica but being the bass mixed low here can result to dryness and always feeling that there's something missing,in contrast to the ambitious,very well played overpowered drums that takes your attention more than it should.The guitars are out of this world but the vocals average (...and anger for all). Funny thing is that i'm hearing the remastered version and still the bass is not enough,at least to me. Favourites: ...And Justice For All, Eye Of The Beholder,genius fade in,interesting drumming with changes of tempos,the guitars again saves the song, One,the best song of this album starts off magically,my favourite,drumming at some point of progression probably immitates shooting-genius-, To Live Is To Die,the guitars shine here from start to finish,my top favourite,i love this even more than One,it's ironic how slower tempos works perfectly with this band,in higher tempos they get lost in monotony at times and in this album in particular. 4/5 because you can't just overlap the insanigly good guitars and drumming(although bit louder mixed than it should).
I found out in the 90's that actually Genesis started off as a progressive rock band and as i really love progressive rock by now i really wanted to hear all of their albums,so thank you list for this one.I also most of my life i'm an electronic music lover so the synth sounds in this album was really a bonus treat.This was the last album featuring Peter Gabriel who basically had the concept idea of a Puortorican man i'm guessing named John and his inner self adventures.I have to say here that except few songs i never felt that concept.Although tracks are strongly glued with one element or another,i felt more like there were triads of songs with same theme.I liked the whole album(yes even the most peculiar ones)but the following really got me.I have to also highlight the virtuosity of the guitar playing,Phill Collins drumming and Peter Gabriel's delivery throughout the album. Favourites: Fly On A Windshield,the synths here gives depth and cosmic quality,the burst in 1:19 is amazing,great guitars as well, Broadway Melody Of 1974 has such a beautiful ending, Cuckoo Cocoon is dreamy,magic flute playing, In The Cage,so weirdly strange and beautiful,Gabriel's delivery is awesome,space synth takes you to another dimension,change of tempo gives it tension,i love how it ends as well, Back In NYC,i'm a synth lover and it totally worked for me as the arp stucked in my head but i know most people will get annoyed by it here, Hairless Heart is an instrumental spaced out piece,one of my favourites,took me to another galaxies, Counting Out Time,some sillyness involved but as it is said when you do music you basically stretch time and that's what i received, Carpet Crawlers,great singing here,great atmosphere,the lyrics just amazing(the carpet crawlers keep their colours),one of my favourites as well, The Chamber Of 32 Doors,great song,i can feel the despair in Gabriel's voice, in cohision with the Chamber,Lilywhite Lilith feels like it continues the story,at both songs you get a Hotel California sort of vibe, Eerie and otherworldly intro of instrumental The Waiting Room maybe completes the story of the two previous ones,progresses in almost creepy and cosmic vibes, The Lamia starts off with melodramatic piano but switches as a medieval storytelling piece,i really loved this one as well, Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats,eerie instrumental piece with epic choir,creates a landscape,could have been used easily in a movie, The Colony Of Slippermen has a a lot of sonic obscurity especially in the first 2 minutes or so but it progresses in an epic spaced out adventure, Obscurity continues with Ravine that has strong Theremin vibes, In The Rapids. What a ride this album was and i enjoyed every single minute! 5/5
Astor Piazolla the virtuoso of bandoneon kind of invented the ''Nuevo Tango'' and gave tango a breath of fresh air with jazz and classical elements.He influenced and created this sub genre if you like,causing the spring of new artists like Bajofondo and Gotan Project.This is a live album and it is recorded in Montreaux Festival,probably referring to the jazz one that is very famous around the world.The tracks are like something you could hear in movies,melodramatic ones or in a 50's coctail party.I have to say though that i don't like at all bandoneon,accordion or Tango in general and also violins that sound bit gypsy to me,so this was challenging for me. Vibraphonissimo has interesting textures,but it has too much vibraphone for me,it sounds like something you could hear though in a film noir mystery movie, Nuevo Tango has tension that kept my interest throughout, Laura's Dream is an amazing intricate composition as well, Operation Tango's tensions gets me a longing feeling to hear what's next to come all the time,very good,interesting background playing and changes of keys,tempos,the piano gets more obvious towards the end and that makes it epic. At times the vibraphone gets too loud in an annoying scale but then i remember that it's a live recording.Also there are certain resemblances to french accordion music that bores me to death.Despite all that i must aknowledge the virtuosity of all elements here and the discipline.Most of the times you forget this is a live recording that's why i will give it a 3/5.
This is the second conceptual live album after the Folsom and i find it genius to say the least to select an audience like this for a live.It definately saved the atmosphere of that particular day in 1969 and that makes it timeless.Albums like this comes out in once in a lifetime so i can fully understand why it's on the list.I saw the official release had 10 songs but i found in youtube an 18 songs version so i'll go with that.There is also a video version with some footage which by the way you should also see.Extra respect for Johnny Cash for not playing what he was allowed to in this.Like he would.I mean this guy was fearless,and every single song had a meaning,the tracklist in this version was the best ever made.And for you to know San Quentin was one of the toughest prisons out there so there was real danger!But then again music has no boundaries.And i think JC contributed more with his music and by showing real respect and humanity to make those prisoners weight more to the good side than the system. Still Miss Someone legendary I Walk The Line Darlin' Companion cover with his wife June Carter! I Don't Know Where I'm Bound for it's meaning Starkville City Jail for sharing his experience,the storytelling that totally resonated with the audience, in video version asks the guards for water and after drinking some,he kicks the tin cup,iconic, San Quentin which is a fantastic follow-up from Starkville and the audience felt important enough to be part of the song,The lyrics made the crowd go wild!And extra credit for the second time! Wanted Man,the Dylan cover which was perfect for the situation,he reffers to Dylan as the greatest song-writer,another historic moment, The Boy Named Sue was also a cover that Silverstein wrote about a friend being bullied for his name which by the way wasn't actually Sue,the title itself though can have so many meanings for each person,genius song,i think JC won a Grammy for this performance,i mean you need to have guts to say the word kill and describe violence in a prison!But in the end is a enpowering song, the Dorsey cover (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley along with the female choir was the perfect song to calm down the crowd sweetly,genius move as well Folsom Prison Blues is the perfect song,the perfect connection to the previous album which also resonated as hell with the crowd, Ring Of Fire was also a courageous move since you literally play with fire when you say fire in a prison, He Turned The Water Into Water although it's a biomatic piece it was so acurate since JC was drinking only water and the crowd was allowed to some tea i think and although he was describing a jesus miracle everybody in this room were kinda wishing they could drink something else,wine perhaps? Daddy Sang Bass for his homage to Carl Perkins that i think had recently passed away,and is a joy to the ears, Closing Medley: Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk the Line/Ring of Fire/The Rebel-Johnny Yuma,although i was a bit dissapointed that San Quentin was excluded this time. 5/5.If this is not 5 stars then what is it? Great vibe,great songs! Just realised in the video version that had already selected songs were some songs i didn't listen to,so make sure you do both versions.
Finally a purely electronic album in the list,well actually the second on my list and i've already rated 62! I pretty much own everything from Underworld and what can i say for this great band that i actually heard a track of during the summer of 2025 in a Sasha/Digweed gig?This album is for the clubbheads,you have to have heard progressive trance,D'n'B and techno of that era to fully understand this. Techno is the sound of the clubs in the first place and still is what you hear in most oldschool djs sets. Tracks breakdown now: Juanita:Kiteless:To Dream Of Love, I can definately hear progression. the snare added late and the hihats and i also hear one track intersepting with the two others from time to time,i also hear a very addictive,haunting melody,this is a club track,a progressive techy trance for those who don't understand what this is,going further there are some acid techno abstact minutes and the melody interrupts dominating in a breakdown and more human vocals come in,builds up and goes high in tech energy and ends with sampling vocals in a 'Technologic' fashion.Basically they mixed all three original tracks to their taste so that justifies the long duration, Banstyle / Sappys Curry starts off with a drum 'n' bass beat,very moody and beautiful and with a lot going on in the background (samples,drops,effects) that keeps the interest throughout the track,nice vocals,sparse guitars from time to time,pads dominate at some point making it more emotional, intergrating with beats and heavy reverbed snare changing beautifully the tempo and guitars come back to shine in a hypnotic manner along with the almost whispery vocals,modulated synths strong presence along with exceptional use of hihats create tension leading to a totally experimental piece towards the end,complicated,diverse and genius track, Confusion The Waitress starts off darkly and powerful,nice hypnotic vocals,great techy structure,modulations throughout the track creates edges and tension, Rowla starts off with heavy synth and everything builds pretty much around it,highly dancable and addictive,constantly modulated bass changes the intensity and the keys of the track,reminds me of Laurent Garnier techno creations,those settings are not random and that's art itself,it kinda results in a acidic heaven,high voltage track-hear with caution, Pearl's Girl was the single from this album,lush pads and melodies,drum 'n'bass structure,nasty basslines, pretty much what Orbital were doing back in the days but more aggressive,vocoder vocals here ads to the power of the track,when pads and synths come back in the breakdown and till the end is like a catharsis,100% emotional,magic, Air Towel has definately some Kraftwerk vibes (Tour De France) from the beginning, it's amazing how they make it their own,maybe it's the silly 'lalalala' sample or the good English vocals, Blueski has the repetitive bluesy guitars intro in case you were missing some and pads underneath harmonises beautifully,ends up totally dry, Stagger starts off with heavy sentimental reverbed and delayed piano,the vocals here are amazing,synths and pads ad limbs to the emotional factor,plucky guitar and heavy reverb at both kick(almost boomy) and snare create something totally diffent towards the end,great electronica track proper for closing this album. I really enjoyed this album and i will give it a fair 4/5 only because i liked the previous ones more.