Parts of the album were beautiful, while other parts did little for me, sometimes within the same song; “A Sailor’s Life” was gorgeous for the first 3-4 minutes, but the additional 7-8 minutes of instrumental lost what I loved and felt excessive.

This came out when I was in high school. What fun to revisit it. Joyous, quirky, and unique. I didn’t even remember Fishin’ 4 Religion and that might have been my favorite track this time through.

Very solid. 8/10

Talking Heads can be a lot of fun, they can also feel pretty repetitive. I feel I should love this album more than I do, but 7/10

The album is uneven, but the highlights are so high. When Grace Slick sings, this album soars. 8.5/10

The first album on this list where I let it play a second time through straight. I knew Time of the Season but couldn’t have told you who sang it before today. Really enjoyed the album 8/10

Perfectly fine.

There’s certainly talent in blending all these voices together. But I couldn’t get into it. 5/10

Some of these tracks would be cool background to a gathering or behind poetry, but as a stand alone album, it doesn’t feel worthy of a straight listen, let alone an inclusion on this list. But I would have given two stars until the second to last track came on and was just absolutely grating. 2/10