Sep 05 2025
Bubble And Scrape
SebadohFirst song was just fine. Pretty generic indie rock. No song above a 3, three or 4 songs I goat out didn't like.
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First song was just fine. Pretty generic indie rock. No song above a 3, three or 4 songs I goat out didn't like.
First song was just fine. Pretty generic indie rock. No song above a 3, three or 4 songs I goat out didn't like.
Really enjoyed this. Never really listened to Radiohead before. Particularly enjoyed No Surprises.
Not listened to much James Brown outside of I Feel Good. This album is a great listen, but I wish it was made up of studio versions of the songs, instead of a live performance. Brown and the band perform excellently, but I'm not a big fan of listening to live performances if I'm not/was not at the event myself. It's why I don't watch Glastonbury on TV - for me, the crowd cheering takes away from the performance when you're not in the crowd. Short album overall, only 31 minutes. The second and third from last songs are 16 minutes on their own, making up over half the run time, but musically, Brown was very talented and I now want to hear more of his repertoire.
Good voice, but album not quite my cup of tea overall. On Spotify the second half of the album is just mono versions of the first half.
I'm finding it really difficult deciding whether to give a 3 or 4. Immigrant Song is a brilliant opener, and though the album is certainly a good listen overall, nothing on else on the album comes close to touching track one - and I don't think that's coming from my previous bias of being way more familiar with Immigrant Song than the rest of the album. I definitely enjoyed Led Zeppelin III more than Dusty in Memphis, which I gave a 3, but as an entire album, I thought Radiohead - Okay Computer was a better overall listen than this, so scored it a 4. Is the strength of one song enough to push it up to a 4 is my question? Will listen to again. Think I will bump up to a 4 because I do like this album and Immigrant Song is just brilliant even if the overall album is maybe a 3 for me.
Musically, Radiohead are very good. This album was decent, just didn't quite hit as much as Okay Computer which I got last week.