Goated album. Didn’t realize how many of Aerosmiths greatest hits came from this.

Literally the GOAT

This is an interesting one - California Dreamin' is one of the all timers - but I think that the issue here is that the rest of the album just doesn't hold up to it in a consequential way. Quite frankly, I imagine that this is a product of its time - if I had the sensibilities of the a person living in the 60s, I might find this album to be more transformative. I'm sure that during the time period, this was quite revolutionary. In 2025 however, it feels a little middle of the road. Ultimately, I think some albums transcend time, but this ain't that.

I love the Foo Fighters, this is an easy 5/5.

I think this album was pretty solid, but nothing special. The last two songs were a massive tonal shift and feel like they represent some early murmurings of the alt downtrodden sad music that would become more mainstream in the mid 2000s.

I think this was alright. I’m glad I was exposed to it and it’s clear this was an influential honky tonk album. But I found many of the songs to be relatively similar, and I didn’t really feel like any particular tracks stood out to me.

Honestly I think that being exposed to Mariah Carey once she had her larger than life public facing persona is a disservice. This album is fantastic, deeply “down to earth” and shows me not only her insane vocal range but some of the earlier works she produced in her career. “Whenever you call” was a particular highlight.

This is undoubtedly one of the best albums of all time. Thriller contains some of the biggest hits in pop music that have transcended time at an extremely concentrated level. There isn’t much to say that hasn’t been talked to death with this album, but it’s a banger.

This was pretty much alright. I didn’t think of it in any particular direction. I’m sure that when it came out it was particularly transformative but I just think that there’s music that hits the same vibe but better.

There’s something to be said about the fact that I thought this came out BEFORE two of Billy Joel’s major albums. There was some merit there in the fact I was under the impression this may have been influential to that. Unfortunately for Paul Simon, this is not the proto-Billy Joel inspo album. It’s fine, but largely uninspired and missing the kind of charm and songwriting that makes Simon & Garfunkel great. Thankfully, the next Paul Simon album swings heavy in the other direction - go listen to that instead.

This was absolutely fine. It really ramps up in the back half and the final song is as an artistic decisions is really funny. With that said, I can’t really say it stuck with me much past that.

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This album was too situational and specific to broadly classify as a “great album”. It felt like most of the music could he enjoyed in the background - but to truly appreciate the album it almost feels like you have to be on acid or smoking a ton of grass. Angel Sigh was a particular highlight though.