Well fuck. I wrote a long, almost thoughtful review for this one and when I had to refresh the page it got lost. Fuck it, now you get two stars because I'm petty like that.

One of those bands I'd heard about but never heard. Everything I heard about them sounded like they aren't my thing. Listening to this confirms they are not my thing.

A classic, stone cold. The smoldering 6/8 burn is strong with this one.

Not a fan of Black Keys. I'll try to give it a listen. Welp, still very meh. I don't see the appeal to these guys at all.

The heavy riffing songs are the epitome of swamp music. That opening drum groove on "I Ain't The One" really sets it all up. I'd be surprised if that hasn't been sampled for a bunch of hip hop songs. I never need to hear "Free Bird" or "Simple Man" ever again. Those have lost all their punch due to being overplayed, and Free Bird just being a straight up punch line.

This is one of those albums that is like air. It's such an integral part of the musical landscape that I can't imagine what pop music would be without it. That said these songs are also so ubiquitous that I rarely seek them out on their own. Wait a little bit and if you're listening to the right radio stations you'll hear one of them.

Well fuck. I wrote a long, almost thoughtful review for this one and when I had to refresh the page it got lost. Fuck it, now you get two stars because I'm petty like that.

Very mopey and weepy. I'm glad I didn't discover this when I was a sullen teenager full of imaginary heartbreak. I skipped a lot of these songs, too slow and boring. I was going to give it two stars benefit of the doubt for being a product of its time, then I realized that "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" was the only song I listened to all the way through. I'm okay to never hear any of these songs again. Glad the BeeGees left this behind for the more energetic tunes in the mid '70s.

This aged better than I thought it would back in the day. Could say more about my thought process back then. Super solid grooves. My one gripe is that it's too long. Everyone was trying to fill the 70 minute capacity of the cd and I get worn out before it's over. Could've been two albums.

I've known about "That Lady" for decades, feel really foolish for sleeping on the rest of this album. Their choices of covers and the arrangements just kick ass. I gotta go buy it and add it to my library. These songs need to be in my regular rotation.

Everyone knows "LaGrange" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago". The real killers on this album are "Master of Sparks" and "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers". One of the very first albums I bought with my own money (5 or so years after it came out) because of LaGrange and I had no idea what I was in for!

Definitely an album that is of its time. The style isn't really my thing but the playing and production are top notch. Great guitar/bass interplay and a locked in drum beat are hard to resist. The themes they're singing about are still way too relevant today. The level of cognitive dissonance of right wingers listening to this and interpreting it as a paean to corporate bootlicking is off the charts. This band had something righteous to say and those tools took that message 180° in the opposite direction.

I didn't listen to this back when it came out but I remember there was a lot of hype and praise around it. I was pretty ready to not like it and was pleasantly surprised when I enjoyed this one. It started to feel pretty same-y to me so the different voices on "Get Out of My House" and instrumentation on "Fit But You Know It" were really welcome change-ups. I'd listen to this again, maybe more in chunks than the whole thing though.

Dug it, a lot. Haven't listened to it in years and it kinda took me by surprise as I'd felt like I'd had my fill of Radiohead. Reminded me of why they're such a great band.

Starting off great. Recognized "Ponta De Lança Africano" from a mixtape given to me in the '90s. This bodes well. Apparently Rod Stewart yoinked the melody for "Do You Think I'm Sexy?" from "Taj Mahal". And no Rod, I don't. This record grooves hard! I also appreciate that most of the songs are in the 3-4 minute range. It's going on my cookout/picnic playlist for sure.

Being a 'young punk' in the late '70s I was stupidly dismissive of anything with a synth and programmed beats as 'new wave fluff'. Listening to this decades later with more accepting ears I'm realizing how much I missed by being a young proto-hipster snob. This album is kicking ass. The bass is killing it from beginning to end. Social inequality themes are still all too topical.

A+ record. Been listening to these songs since the early '80s and they still sound as fresh as back in the day. Say no more.