hey man what's happenin?? woah insane choppy transitions from Love Song to the title track. I've heard this band touted as an important early punk band but never listened to them before. I'm instantly hearing the influence on some of the punk bands I loved when I was 13/14. Suicide Machines, Bouncing Souls, Rancid.. a lot of that early 2000's kinda ska-punk vibe (even tho this isn't ska at all) I Just Can't Be Happy - sick drum rolls around 3min mark - I could so this going into a postpunk breakdown sort of thing Melody Lee - fuck ya, fave song so far Anti Pope - this would have been 13 yr old Wills absolute shit. Still pretty sick tbh EXCEPT WHEN THE BONGO COMES IN wtf These Hands - when did this become a Doors album?? Get me out of here Was kinda distracted for most of the 2nd half of the album. Closing track is pretty cool though. The drummers name is Rat Scabies.

Writing these notes from memory the day after: Damn those drums/evrything on One Hundred Years is so sick. Perfect. By the time I got to track 4 my thought was "ok I get it", started to feel a one note.. Closer track was wild. But the spaces created throughout are so so good, the crazy drum sounds, Robert Smiths vocal delivery is so emotional (if a little repetitive). There were some genuinely scary moments. I liked it! 7/10

Never intentionally listened to Stevie Wonder before so stoked for this. Is it called Innervisions because he's blind? That's pretty good. I've definitely heard Too High before. So playful, great track, tones are perfect (little phasers on everything, incl vocals) Wasn't expecting this shift into track 2. I'm less into this tonally, though the guitars parts are nice. Lots of vision metaphors here - this song doesn't seem to go anyway, makes me feel like I'm stuck which could very well be the point. OK HERE WE GO I def have heard Living For The City before too. These verses are so so good. I'm a sucker for a mid-track skit too haha Golden Lady is sick too - those key changes going up and up during the fade out Higher Ground - is this a Chili Peppers cover? If you don't love a clavinet through a wah pedal this song ain't for you. Never really noticed the bass hammer on/pull offs before, so sick. Took me a sec to realize it's a bass synth actually Also kinda stopped actively listening/writing notes as I got doing some work, but got pulled back in by the closing track chorus hook. Good album with some absolute classic songs/sounds!!

I loved this record! Solid as heck 70's punk. Released Jan 1st 1970 so I feel like this would have felt pretty wild in it's day. It's not even 70's punk, it's 60's punk tbf The thing I liked most about this one was hearing little bits of influence on other music/our collective idea of what punk is (proto punk?). LA Blues is wild and definitely partially lifted by Jack Black for his character in School of Rock

Okay I listened to this is 3 parts as I was running errands today (Nov 13). As such I'm doing notes from memory. This album is hilarious and idk I think it's only partially intentional. I love this era of hip hop but I was asking myself is this an important record in the history of hip hop? I don't know much about it but crazy if true! Humpty Dance is actually sick, that bassline is so cool, never heard something like that before. Love this dudes voice. Underwater Rimes into Gutfest '89 is what kinda lost me. The rest of the record felt like a novelty. The mobster verse in Underwater Rimes had me cackling in the car tho. 1-2 seeee.. well I'm a deep sea gangsta, underwater pranksta, kissin all the girl fish, dissin all the ??? Freaks of the Industry I actually kinda liked too haha, I'm into these story-songs, a friend bragging to another friend, like "this is what I did...", Pharcyde is my reference here. A couple nice piano moments scattered throughout! Track 11 is when we learn that this is an insane concept record (read wiki)????? Packet Man had me laughing in the grocery store.

2.5 Stars Love Vigilantes is an incredible song, love it so much. I'm also really familiar with the Iron & Wine version so that helps (originally thought it was written by Iron & Wine)... There were a few other cool moments on the record. But mostly I was thinking that this album is definitely not what I think of when I think "New Order". Idk if my conception of what New Order is is just skewed and not really accurate or what, but I feel like Substance and PC&L have more of the big New Order songs. Maybe I just don't know this band as well as I thought I did lol.

His vocal is so fucking good Where am I? Never heard strings or an arrangement like this before Like sonically extremely clean Omg these synths (Rags to Riches). Dolly Parton reference (“coat of many colours”) Absolutely insane that this is their debut album Stay is a banger, those guitars! Man I wish I could sing like this guy (Easter Parade) Heatwave - how the hell are they doing the fluttery synths in the background?? They have such a cool way of weaving amazing hooks into songs (Heatwave) I think the thing this album suffers from is over-use of reverb.. and it’s bright af. Fully puts it in the mid 80’s for eternity and bright ass verbs just are not my thing. Otherwise a perfect album? I’ve heard Hats a bit but will need to listen for sure, and VERY curious what their 2004 album sounds like. Autoplay went right into Hats and it’s a seamless transition album to album.. stoked.

I think, like my feelings on New Order, maybe my perception of what Springsteen is was just based off one or two hits. I know super high energy all the time is his thing, but I found it a bit tiring? Like, sick playing/arrangements and the dude can sing like nobody's business.. but I found it tough to sink into his world (i think) because things started to sound like noise to me

hehehe-haw Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' is groovy as hell. Love all the layers of percussion intertwining, so much energy there, pretty amazing Track 1. Vocal is mixed too low imho though ;p Ohh Baby Be Mine chord pad synth is soooo good. Leads are sick too but are so period specific. I really love this vocal performance- feels so raw and honest like he's pushing past his limits into like James Brown terrority. WOAH insane mode(?) shift?? MUCH less into Track 3... the doggone girl is mine yip shes mine :D. PM and MJ fighting over a girl is a ridiculous concept for a song and they definitely should have left this one off. We're really going from that into three of the most famous songs of all time? Apparently The Girl is Mine was the LEAD SINGLE for the album (picked for crossover accessibility to white radio stations thanks to PM) - wild stuff. "Are the wolves howling necessary for the studio version?" is what I would have asked in the session so it's probably good I wasn't there. Thriller is a good song if not campy as hell (actually most of this album is campy in retrospect. Was it campy at the time I wonder?) Billie Jean is all all-timer but why is the shaker so fucking loud in my right ear (but it's actually a really good sounding shaker rezpekt). Love the janky ad libs vocals. Human Nature - Ballads like this normally aren't my vibe, but there's a lot to like here. Drum groove is super cool, and some really interesting vocal delays that stutter and pitch up and down in a very modern way. Shakers too loud. Never heard PYT before but it's very dope, so many interesting layers. super pitched up vocals, crazy synth sounds.. Lady - loveee the slow attack/porta on those synth pads so much. But again, I have a tough time getting into schmaltzy/sentimental ballads like this. And one of the biggest albums of all time just kinda slowly fades out...

tbh I kinda worshipped Eminem from the ages of 10-12, then 15-17 (3 years in-between was all punk with a bit of crossover). What to say that hasn't already been said... There are MANY bangers on this album. Eminem is truly one of the greatest, it's not an understatement in the slightest. Nostalgia is def coming into play for me here but idk, the dude can write a rap haha. Also the production sounds like 1000000 dollars. Idk if this is a controversial or common opinion but Stan might be a 10/10 song. Do I like it? No. But it's extremely well written. Eminem basically is a voice actor and this is a radio drama. The imagery is impossibly strong, the sound design is actually really great (the scribbling foley throughout verse 1,2 and 4), the way verse 2 opens up spatially to create a sense of unease, and verse 3 puts us in Stans car with the tight "car" reverb.. like it's really fucking well done. Other thoughts - I think Marshall has anger issues he hasn't addressed. Kim is a way more fucked up song than Stan. Didn't he get sued over that one? If not, he should have. The vocal performance is really fucking good though. Album took a bit of a weird turn at Remember Me I felt, this song feels a little out of place to me Ken Kaniff skit is crazyyyy. Em is so fucking homoerotic and so homophobic (hand in hand, I guess). I forgot how many times the f-slur is dropped in this music. I think I kinda forgot how much of a shock factor he was. Honestly not sure what to rate this. Am I docking points just because he's... the way he is??

I get fatigued by bright mixes with tons of reverb. 3 I guess? Feel pretty middle of the road about this but I didn't dislike it