Better than I remembered. Not my favorite album of hers.
Somewhat overrated. Well executed but the music very much lacks feeling. It’s just “insert jazzy chord here” over and over again.
Hard to say whether this is among Bowie’s best, because he made so many great albums. But this is excellent.
The hits far outshine the fillers on this album, but the filler songs are pretty decent too.
A lot of great songs. Not as consistently great as some of Bowie’s albums.
I don’t think I’ve listened to the UK version of this before, which is missing Paint It Black but has several songs not on the US version. Both are very good but I prefer Paint It Black as the opener.
Great musicians, interesting music, but not a style of jazz that I will go back and listen to often.
Pretty interesting. I’d never heard of this album (or group) before. I like the funk-rock influences. If I could give half stars it would be 3 1/2.
A great listen if you’re in the right mood. Peaceful but lots of creative sounds to focus on. I especially love the horns on some songs, and the droning guitars.
Some great covers including nice duets with Nick Cave and others. Highlights for me are the title track, Hurt, and I Hung My Head. Some of the songs chosen I think are a little bland but they obviously meant something to Mr. Cash.
I’d only heard about half of these songs before. I’ve missed out! This is great all the way through and may become one of my favorite prog rock albums.
Some great songs, but could have easily been cut down to make a better single-disc album.
Probably one of the most consistently good double albums ever.
Really good. Upbeat, funky vibes. I especially liked the horn sections.
Classic Dylan. One of his best.
One of my favorite albums.
My favorite Beatles album since I was a kid. Lyrically, maybe it’s a little heavy on the whimsy but the music and production is excellent. Too bad it was the last album they recorded together, but they went out on a high note.
This is “easy listening” country-pop. It’s neither good pop, nor good country. It’s just inoffensive, forgettable schlock. I don’t understand its appearance on this list, or the accolades this album earned. Was pop music in 1989 that bleak? How did this win album of the year when it had to compete with Full Moon Fever and The Raw & the Cooked (also - Disintegration and Doolittle weren’t even nominated??)
Good overall sound, but nothing stood out to me as particularly memorable. May listen again.
There are some songs on this that stand out immediately as great (if a little weird, especially lyrically), and some that don’t catch your attention on a first listen. But there is so much layering, and so many things going on sonically, that I pick up new details every time I listen. Great album.
I could do without the skits, which I don’t think add much here, and maybe I’d leave a song or two off but most of it is great. They bring a lot of disparate influences together very well. Ms. Jackson is an all-time classic. Easily a contender for best hip hop album ever.
Classic, feel-good 70s rock. Half of these are still, deservedly, radio staples and the rest are pretty good too.
Not sure how this album made the list. It’s decent I guess, even pretty nice sounding at times, but I get the feeling I could listen to it five or ten times and nothing would stick in my head. There’s just nothing particularly interesting or memorable going on.
Like all RHCP albums, I find this has a few standout songs and the rest range from pretty good to boring, averaging out as somewhat decent filler. The highs points on this one are great though.
Has some good to great songs, but many of them are not at all memorable.
A handful of hard-rocking classics and some nice softer folk tunes, but the title song is my personal favorite. To me this is one of Neil’s best albums, including his work with CSNY. The lead guitar playing feels a bit sloppy and out of rhythm at times, but I think that contributes to the loose feel he was after.
Much more creative than a lot of the grunge/alt rock of the time.
Most of the songs range from mediocre to pretty decent, though there were two songs near the end that were so annoying I had to skip. Not a stand-out in terms of quality or writing, and doesn’t bring anything new to the table. Hardly a must-listen.
Does what it does very well. Although I’m not a fan of big band, or most jazz with vocals, everyone on the record seems to be having a good time and it’s a decently uplifting listen. I’m not likely to revisit it, but I understand the appeal.
He’s got a good voice, but to me there’s nothing interesting going on musically. The songs mostly sound very similar and it’s not a style I dig. It also feels inauthentic, like he’s doing a schtick singing about being a cowboy. I know some(or all?) of these are traditional songs, but if he can’t sound genuine then how is the listener supposed to connect with the words?
Classic, one of the defining albums of psychedelic rock. A great listen all the way through.
Some of the arrangements are pretty well done, but the songwriting is bland and unmemorable.
Not close to the same level as Can, but has some really good moments.
Doesn’t match the highs of Homogenic, but it’s a consistently good listen and demonstrates Bjork as one of the most creative musicians of her time in the genre.
Sure, there are some good songs by The Cars that are not on this album. But this may as well be a greatest hits album - most of their best ones are here. A pop/rock masterpiece.
Interesting at times, but a large part of the appeal to me is the historical significance of Kraftwerk to electronic music.most of the songs don’t grab me at all.
I’m not sure what to make of this. A few interesting moments. The lyrics are interesting (no surprise, having been written by Bertolt Brecht). I might appreciate the music more if I were better versed in 20th century opera, but I didn’t find it that enjoyable.
Fairly average 90s folkish-rock. A few standout songs and makes me want to hear the band’s later albums, but I wouldn’t call it essential.
Could this have been cut down to a great single-disc album? Of course. But I think it works better as a double album, and there aren’t any songs I’d be eager to cut, even though I think some are weaker than others (Behind that locked door and Apple Scruffs, for example). The third disc of jams I think of as bonus tracks rather than a proper part of the album.
Many of the songs are near or equal to the quality of George’s contributions to late Beatles albums, and given some (possibly many?) were written while the Beatles were still together, I’m curious what they would have sounded like with the band and, just as importantly, with George Martin producing.
Judging as a solo work, I think it’s easily the best thing ever released by an ex-Beatle, and even outside of that context it’s a classic of 70s rock.
I love Cyndi’s cover of When You Were Mine. Most of the songs on this album are great; the few “lows” are also pretty good. This is close to peak 80s pop.
I din’t think this holds up very well (maybe that’s true of most disco…) Many of the grooves are good, and the overall sound is pleasant as well, but the vocal melodies (and lyrics) are uninteresting, and most of the songs are too long to hold my interest given their relative simplicity.
