Great background music. Soothing. Great chill vibe.
Good, soothing voice, he's just speaking in a low mutter. The music all blends together and is not very interesting. Feels like the same song 9 times in a row. I know it's a significant album, but I'd never give it another listen.
This rocked. Flight of the Rat is quintessential rock, and the entire album was deeply enjoyable. Absolutely will listen again, probably soon.
Astounding. The bass is groovy and the entire album just transports me to a calm, ethereal place. This is becoming core study music for me.
I like Anything Goes for nostalgia reasons, so it gets 3 stars instead of 2, because the rest of this is patently uninteresting to me. I like Sinatra's voice, but it feels like background music exclusively.
This just isn't my genre. The album is well-produced, and some of the beats make for pleasant listening, but I have difficulty understanding lyrics. When the only appeal of a song is the lyrical content, it just won't work for me. Additionally, the majority of the songs are so miserable even when I factor in my dislike of the genre. I had to force myself to finish listening to it—it's also so long and really drags.
Ella Fitzgerald has a truly phenomenal voice, and the Gershwins' work is fantastic. The album is disturbingly long, to be sure, and there aren't many standouts, but as a whole it was enjoyable to use as background music.
A great time. Succinct and enjoyable, great guitars, great lyrics, great rhythms.
This was good fun! A strong voice and great rhythms and instrumentation.
Obviously did not understand a word. The energy was upbeat and his voice is great, but it's a little too soft for my tastes.
The lyrics on this album are an absolute riot. The music isn't that interesting, but the voice is great and the lyrics sell it for me.
The lyrics on these songs are simply not good. At all. The instrumentation is fun, though.
This album was a whole bunch of nothing for me. I'm writing this mere minutes after finishing it and don't remember a single song.
Decent background metal. Like the genre, don't much remember the songs.
A surprisingly enjoyable listen—I haven't listened to much electronic music, but I tend to enjoy the genre, and this is a fantastic example of it. It does drag a little long, though; a few of the longer songs could stand to be shorter.
Nice of MJ Cole to name "Rough Out Here" after the experience of trying to listen to this album in one sitting.
Quite enjoyable blues rock.
Solid, enjoyable, great guitar.
Astounding, enthralling, and foundational for modern jazz. An absolute pleasure.
I'm very ambivalent on this one. It has very high highs but a lot of it feels otherwise unnotable. I think I overall enjoyed it more than not, though, and these guys were definitely ahead of their time.
I'd heard about this album for almost my entire life and I'm very glad to have listened to it now. Utterly fantastic alt-rock.
The guitars are great, but I don't find myself drawn to the rest of the music (lyrics, beats, etc).
The slight jazz influence is nice, and many of the beats and samplings are excellent, but I'm not at all a fan of most of the lyrical content.
Insane, cacophanous, and ahead of its time. I loved this album; though the lows are low, the highs are in the clouds. The screaming guitars, experimental instrumentation, unique vocal sound, and constant delivery of unexpected twists made this an instant relisten, and saying I'll come back to it is the highest praise I can give.
Very enjoyable and the right amount of eccentric. You can tell they were truly enjoying what they were doing.
I really liked the flow, and the way this album is more reminiscent of older hip-hop/rap. Most songs are uplifting and empowering. Would have been a 4/5 if not for "One of Them," which is just several minutes of blatant homophobia for no reason.
A fantastic listen, and I will be returning to it. Great guitar work, great drumming.
It's a fine listen, but nothing stood out to me, really.
Fun and engaging! Nothing life-changing but all around a good listen.
Downright surreal. I was wowed by every song.
Phenomenal listen, with the right amount of edge and energy accompanied by fantastic vocals and better instrumentation.
De la Orgee singlehandedly drags the otherwise enjoyable and fun and goofy album down to mediocrity
It felt so close to being good, but ultimately I was effectively just sitting inside of a washing machine for most of the album.
Very groovy, but nothing groundbreaking, in my opinion. Some of these will get listened to again in the future, but not the full album.
Nothing stand-out, but alright enough for background listening.
An absolute fantastic experience. Bob Dylan knows how to write lyrics better than nearly any other artist to whom I have ever listened.
Rather enjoyable for a country album, despite this not being my typical genre of choice. A little generic feeling at times, but I think that's because this album is the foundation for a lot of these musical tropes for singer-songwriter country.
It all blended together to me, though it was nice to listen to.
I found this rather enjoyable. The vocals weren't anything special, but I loved the instrumentation. Definitely drags, though. Also, I'm 99% sure that was just Werewolves of London in there.
This was an absolute blast from the get-go. Nothing drags, it has constant momentum, and the instrumentation is astounding. A few songs in the middle aren't particularly memorable, but all around it was a very strong album.
Decently fun, but never really got into it.
An edgier than expected but nonetheless very enjoyable time.
She has an enthralling voice, and this album is a much more reasonable length than Ella Fitzgerald's Gershwin songbook. The instrumentation feels simple, though.
I love the energy of it, though the genre isn't quite my favorite.
Mostly unmemorable and definitely not my genre, though the female singer has a great voice.
Fine, but not as enjoyable as the other Dexys I've listened to from this list. I do quite like the brass, though.
Absolutely incredible experience and I have saved several of these songs.
Solid soul music with a good vocalist.
Very interesting. It felt indie, and I mean that in a good way.
Fantastic bass work and a truly gritty sound. Made great music to be up all night studying to, but I don't think it would be as good if I wasn't listening to it in a 4:00 AM stupor.
Really like the use of strings in this. It adds a lot of depth.
Basically a compliation of some of ABBA's best.
Very enjoyable blues right off the bat. These guys can groove.
Enjoyable modern indie rock.
David Bowie. That's it. That's the review.
Fine enough, but nothing memorable.
Funny to know the titular track has a sequel, but all in all it's background music to me and nothing more.
