was already familiar with yes (my dad is a white middle aged man) but goddamn this goes crazy whatever they were putting in coke in the early 70s BRING IT BACK nobody is operating on this level anymore roundabout is the obvious standout here, but i really loved the instrumental cans & brahms and the 11-minute final track, heart of the sunrise guitar riffs are always catching you off guard with how funky and smooth they are, and plenty of times i had to rewind to hear it again because it went that hard. loved this down but i don’t think most of the songs are built for everyday listening, the album’s just must better listened to as a whole

you know how things are supposed to find you at a certain time? that’s kind of how this album feels to me. i first listened to “let’s spend the night together” in high school, and i found it through an 8tracks playlist for a fanfiction. i won’t tell you the fanfic pairing (destiel) but coincidentally, i also discovered my favorite band of all time (los campesinos!) on that very same playlist. it kind of made me cry about it in the car just now while listening. crying to “let’s spend the night together” directly after a pilates class on my birthday is pretty on brand i fear. this album altogether kind of the weird theater kid blueprint though. as a former weird theater kid i’m qualified to make this call. he just had to mash the fuck outta those keys every chance he got. and for that, i salute him. standouts: time, watch that man, drive-in saturday the best of the album being the hit is an anomaly these days, but “let’s spend the night together” you’ve really done it girl.

third day on here and i’m getting talking heads so i think that’s a good omen. one of my favorite bands of all time, i love this album for more than just “psycho killer” which really elevates it — it also includes a song from my talking heads top ten: “don’t worry about the government.” i think i’m really fond of talking heads when they’re at their weirdest and nonsensical-ist lyrics wise. letting david byrne in the studio to just make noises in the middle of songs is….. he’s the best to ever do it i fear. i love a good moving away from the mic to scream moment, too. so you can imagine i loved this album DOWNNNN

i only have one thing to say about this album: leonard’s got BARS.

love the sound of it, even if it gets repetitive by the end of the album. fun as hell to bop along to at work

felt elderly listening to anything that had screaming in it, i can't lie. i can't hang like i used to, it reminded me far too much of high school: which seems to be a general consensus on a lot of smashing pumpkins' work. it's a very well put together album, though. a bit lengthy at points, with songs that drag on — but i did, at least, feel like it provided a full album experience to me upon my listen. not in a storyteller way, but it was very intentional in the track listing and order. smashing pumpkins is my 10-years younger cousin's favorite band, and i think that if i was ten years younger i would've loved this quite a bit more? it feels very dated in my mind, but that is probably because i hit my "male manipulator" music phase at a very specific time in my life, and this goes hand in hand with those types of bands, in my opinion. had quite a few bangers, but standouts to me: X.Y.U., Jellybelly, Lily (My One and Only), Tonight, Tonight and 1979. i am always going to like siamese dream better, though. i don't know if that's an unpopular opinion, but it was the album i listened to when i was seventeen, so obviously i'm going to latch onto it more.

plenty of people complaining in the review that this one is weird, but i don't think it really is? it's mostly just an instrumental album that i actually enjoyed at several points... even if a lot of these songs drag on and on and on.... it's very, very, very german from start to finish. i liked the song "Jennifer" the most, as it's one of the only songs with full lyrics, but i also really liked "Piano Piece" and "Giggy Smile" tbh most people probably won't love this one, it's not for people who need more than just music or people who can't appreciate a strange sound or random sound going off for 2-5 minutes, over the track. not something i'll listen to again, but i have to respect the hustle and artistry of it, so.

some of this album bangs, some of it is about balls…. who’s to say what’s more important

i love a 60s britpop moment but this dragged on

more dad rock that my (white dad, 52) loves deeply. i think this album was on like every CD he burned for his 1994 ford fiesta? at least panama was, he loves that shit. i liked it a hell of a lot ngl, but i do really love van halen before hagar better than van halen after. hot for teacher is an insane song in retrospect for me to be bopping along to at, like, age 9. but it's a banger, so i'll allow it. i fear that i am too biased toward this album, highlights are the hits: hot for teacher, panama, and jump (even though the glee cast lowkey did it better), plus i really love drop dead legs and the intro instrumental is great. a short album, but one i listened to twice in a row because it was so fun.

bro really wasn’t lying. he was the soul machine