How do you turn a 3 minute song into a 21 minute song? Pad it out with 85% self indulgent drivel. I thought the album would never end and was so exhausted by the end of it I stopped listening to music altogether.
Amazing talent but pure junk food, cheese pizza with extra cheese.
Immigrant Song is a strong opener from which it fizzles out and never recovers. If I wanted twangy mandolins and folksy ballads I wouldn't be listening to Led Zeppelin.
Such an upbeat mellow mood
If I had to name 1001 albums I'd probably be clutching at straws, too. But not this straw; never this straw. Is doing the opposite of making enjoyable music creative genius? Or is it just choosing to make mistakes everyone else is aware of and avoided?
Even if I was listening full blast with headphones and my eyes shut this would still be background music. It's fine just not something I'd listen to again
An imperfect album only because one song is more perfect than the others, but if this doesn't get a 5 I'm not sure anything will! Love how you can hear their influences and who they influenced, despite having a clear and recognisable sound, even with so much variety on the album.
It's Aretha. It feels like someone took half of a best-of and added some filler but let's face it, it wasn't written as an album, it's just recording a bunch of songs. But who else could record a disparate collection of covers and make it sound like a best-of?
Amazing but not something I'd listen to again.
Thought it was alright at the time but 10 minutes later I certainly couldn't humm a single track. Generally forgettable angst-rock
Grew on me the more I played it, but its way too long. The middle segment turns into one long drone before Régine takes over the vocals and saves us with the most energetic, dynamic and unique track on the album. After a couple of listens I put on arcade fire radio and loved everything I heard, so their influence is obvious, perhaps I just don't like Win's nasal whine.