Jazz. First song is really fun. Good sample opportunities. Insane that it was from the 70s, futuristic sound even for now. Second song is a lot more emotional, very 80s. Long songs. Third song is pretty “generic”. Lack of cohesion in some parts, but then others are well put together. Back half is much better. Car horn in the 4th song is crazy work. Pretty good song tho. Rumba mama?? ??. Palladium gets the album back on track, similar to first 2 songs with a lot of cohesion. Juggler was fine but couldn’t tell the did between palladium. Having sounds like it’s from the god father 2, specially the Cuba scene. Overall pretty good but not life changing.
Interesting. First song is good, didn’t want to like it but catchy. Different sound then what I’m used to. Second song is good too tbh. Again didn’t want to like it but it’s good music. At least one stretch of 3 good songs in a row to me means a good album, first 3 songs for that billing. Not sure abt Halloween. Good music bad lyrics. Childish. Transition into next song is really cool, monitor is good. Night shift was fine, kinda generic. In on sin in my heart. Great background track. Lyrics through the album are just eh. Music picks it up tho. Will never listen to head cut again. Not really good or bad, just fine. I want to like voodoo dolly but it’s over produced. Way too much guitar going on. If every song was like the first 3, it’s a solid 3.5 pushing 4 stars. Underwhelmed with the back half. Songs I will listen to again, 3.18 total score
First song was pretty good, really quick and would’ve liked more. Very 70s, type of music you’d hear on 70s on 7. So much love is fun, want to sing along. Good baseline/guitars. Son of a preacher man:banger. Had heard this before. Guitar riff is sick. Don’t like the vibe change from song 3 to 4, but song 4 was really good. Back to the ballad on song 5, no skips yet. Guitar, lyrics and singing voice are so good in every single song. Only notes for the middle is that I kind of wish some of the songs were longer. Love the background strings in the windmills of your mind, also cool song title. Mans if make believe was too short, that was a sound I wanted to keep listening to. No way way down gets the album back on track, once again just a well written song with good music behind it. Cohesive last song, very 70s, not the best on the album but not the worst. Ultimately I was very pleasantly surprised. 3.86/5
First song was classic Fleetwood Mac, second is NOT. with that being said I like both. Think about me is fun, I like this one too. Save me a place is mid. Don’t like the guitar. Production is really good on Sara, but not a fan of what they did with the vocals. More weird sound decisions on what makes you think you’re the one (drums are overpowering)a, but catchy tune. Storms is really really good. That’s all for everyone is catchy, but also over produced. A lot going on but still a fun song. Not sure abt the xylophone. Not that funny is pretty good, not much more to say than that. Next two songs I liked, but nothing earth shattering. Angel is oddly normal compared to the rest of the album. Another one where I find myself nodding my along to. That’s enough for me was fine. I like brown eyes a lot, would listen to this song again. Production is funky on on I know I’m not wrong, but it’s a really fun song. Honey hi is forgettable. I like beautiful child a lot, very emotional, good lyrics and good background track. 10 seconds into walk a thin a line and I’m not a fan, again way too much drums it’s hurting my head. The chorus is catchy but production ruins it. Risk is really good, classic Fleetwood Mac. Production again is funky but I think they make it work with this one. Never forget is good not great, probably won’t listen to again. Overall I enjoyed the album, more good than bad ultimately. Probably would listen to the album as a whole again. Don’t really understand the hate, 3.4 stars
Never heard of artist or band coming in, so limited expectations. First song is the type of song you’d hear on an early 2000s sports video game, reminds me of childhood. EDM before EDM. Good opener. I don’t even know what genre this is but I think I like it. Second song is good too, they just throw sounds together but it works. Great guitar on both, subtle but great. Diesel power 🔥🔥🔥. Funky shit is good stuff too, it’s like new age jazz. Had no idea they were making music like this in the 90s. Great transition into serial thrilla. Good song not great. Another cool transition into mindfeilds, right of the bat I can tell this is a good song. Beat is sick. Narayan is very interesting, kind of dark but again good music, but a lot of build up of a lack luster beat drop. I think I’ve heard fire starter before? Stadium song, at least the intro. This song is awesome. No more notes needed. The Climatize guitar/bass wow. Whole song in general again is just really good. Biggest critique is that it could’ve closed with a better song. Overall a really good album that I will listen to again. 4.2 stars.
Before listening notes: I had heard rumblings of someone having a legendary performance at a prison, thought it was Elvis but looks like it was Johnny cash. Looking at the track list I know some of these songs so high hopes. Right off the bat you can tell it’s OLD, but the recording of the first song is actually pretty good. Great opener, fits the situation as well which you have to appreciate. Find myself nodding along, good lyrics. Fun guitar solo too. Guitar is really good on wreck, but not as catchy as wanted man. Still a good song. I like the ad libs between songs, his voice is so buttery. I walk the line is a classic, it’s insane this is with 0 auto tune or anything of the like. I wish it was longer. Darlin companion is very 60s. Will never listen to again but not neccasarily bad. He’s a great songwriter/story teller. Starkville is fun. San Quentin is another fun one, but I’m starting to think a lot of these song sound pretty similar. Not a bad thing because it’s a good sound. I wish all of the songs were longer. I kind of love the back to back. Boy named sue is an all time classic. Great recording. No notes. Seems like a lot of thought went into the tracklist, peace in the valley fits with the theme so well. Not the best song not the worst, but needed. NEED more Folsom prison blues. Underwhelming ending because I really want more. Really fun album. 3.92
Big opener, I think Ive heard it before. Guitar riff is sweet. Very fun song. Almost similar to jazz; lots of sounds thrown together but it works through 2 songs. Cross eyed Mary is a really good song, good guitar and bass. Find myself nodding along. Flute solo into guitar solo is awesome. Cheap day return is a change up. Good filler I guess, I’m sure there’s some deeper meaning that I’m unaware of. Back on track with mother goose, really fun. Good song writing, good production. Intro of the electric guitare towards the end is great. Wondring aloud was fine, similar to cheap day return. Love the beginning of up to me. This is another awesome song. The flute is such a huge part across the whole album, very cool for what I would consider a rock album. Wish up to me was longer. The way they incorporate the electric guitar on my god is so good, and back to the flute. Really, really good. It just doesn’t stop, I don’t understand how someone has the lung capacity for that. Hymn 43 is pretty good, nothing special necessarily. Slipstream is a good segue song. Love locomotive breath going all music to start, great intro and great beat drop. More flute, love that once again. This is a really good song. Wins up is pretty good, not the best not the worst. Really good production. Ultimately I think it wrapped up the non bonus track album up well. Kick your fingers is good, definitely fits the the vibe of the rest of the album. Good flute again. Not the best not the worst. Not sure exactly what is different abt it, but I like the wind up quad version better. Really good album, multiple adds to the playlist. 4.04 stars
Heard of van morrison, never listened to an album. First song is fine, not life changing. More poppy than what I was expecting. As I listen more I’m liking more. Have heard moon dance, banger. Immediate add to the playlist. The jazz fusion in both of the first 2 songs is really cool. Good songwriting too. Songwriting is good on crazy love, song itself is fine. Too soft rock ish for my taste. Chorus is catchy not much more to it. Caravan is better but still not life changing I’d say. Fun song/chorus. Great singing voice. I like into the mystic, production is really good. Songwriting too. Sax solo at the end is really good too. Come running is an interesting change of pace. Fine song. I like these dreams of you better, but still not life changing. Another cool sax solo. I like brand new day, catchy not much more to it. I like the background vocals a lot. Everyone is a fun song, cool background track. Glad tiding is a good song, feel like I’ve heard it before but I have. Great way to end the album, wish more songs were like that one. Ultimately the album was fine, probably won’t ever listen to again. 2.5 stars
Never heard of the band or album, no expectations. First song starts off good it’s fun. Songwriting isn’t special but I like the production a lot. Really cool intro too. A little long but cool nonetheless the less. Red eyes is fun too, this band is more abt music than catchy choruses which I can respect. Find myself tapping my foot along to the beat. Suffering is super emotional, piano and keyboard riffs are sick. Don’t usually like sad songs but this one is doing something to me. First 3 songs all good. I like an ocean as well but not as much as the rest, good not great song. Better songwriting, not as good production. Disappearing is another good one, this album is super cohesive. Eyes to the wind is another one that’s not the best of all time but just a good song. The haunting idle is interesting. Good music, cool bridge song but a little too long. I like burning too, another emotional but fun song. Lost in the dream has some Bob Dylan vibes with the harmonica. Again good not great. In reverse is a really good closer. There’s no one song that I’d say is a commercial hit, but the album as a whole is a really good easy listen. 3.2 stars
Never heard of album or singer. First song, Extremly British. Very 70s as well. Fun song I guess. Very Irish too with the flutes. Not my style. Calvary cross is MUCH better. Love the production. Withered and died is fine to borderline bad. All I have to say abt that. I want to see the bright lights is much better. Love the horn/guitar work. And good songwriting. Beatles vibes. “Drunkards” is good, fine music and songwriting but I like the harmonizing a lot. Good guitar solo too. Not a fan of hallelujah, did not last the test of time. Friend for me is fine nothing special. Little beggar girl is catchy at least, but again just too old. Father Time beat the shit out of Thsi album. End of the rainbow is mid. The great Valerie is probably the best song in the album, but still just good at best. This album as a whole was fine to not good. Worst I’ve listened to so far. 1.8 stars
Finally an album I’ve heard of before today. Start is elite, thinks bout you is one of the best songs of my generation. High school banger ever for how emotional it is. Production lyrics aiming all top notch. Fertilizer is a fun bridge nothing more to it. Sierra Leone is fine, hard to follow up thinks bout you. Great songwriting though. Good subtle base line too. Production and songwriting once again elite on sweet life. Very 2000s with the skits/bridge songs. Not just money works so well. Super rich kids is another banger and a massive part of my childhood. Again just great production and songwriting. I like the chorus to pilot jones, production is pretty good. Ultimately a good not great song. Not really a fan of crack rock, good transition into pyramids tho. Pyramids production🔥🔥. Lyrics great, sweet flow ditch up in the middle. Great song. Guitar outro is amazing. Lost has the best production of any song so far. What a song once again. White was cool enough. Nothing really special. Monks was just fine as well. Coldplay sample on bad religion?? Looks like it’s not credited but opening sounds just like fix you. Good song. Great production. Pink matter🔥🔥. What a feature from 3000. Guitar solo also so sick. Forrest Gump is very interesting. Love the movie quote interpolations. Song itself is fine. Really good album but not his best. Plus some points for significance to me. 3.7 stars
First one I’ve previously listened to end/end and also own the CD. Starts off so hot. Any of the first 3 could be the best on the album, and all have massive significance over future rap. The Dre production and the cube and eazy rhymes are just so good. Fuck tha police has some of the best production that I’ve ever heard in a rap song. And again on gangsta gngsta. Dre/yella were the engines. Lyrics were great too, just another really good song. Starts to slow down with it ain’t ruff good not great song. I really like parental discretion. Piano and bass work so well together. And then the piano solo at the end🔥🔥. Sick sample on 8ball, super similar to boyz n the hood. Ad libs/samples are so ahead of their time. It’s just good song after good song. Something like that is another really good song. Express yourself is another all time classic/all time sample. Another one with massive influence in future rap. No notes on Compton in the house. Great production, great rhymes. I ain’t tha 1 shows exactly why cube had a successful solo career. Dopeman is a classic, no notes needed. Quiet on the set is fine, not life changing. Something 2 dance 2 is a great closer, different from the rest but I think it wraps everything up well. This album is an all time classic and will be played again. Top 100 on Apple for a reason, influential and great music. 4.4 stars, could’ve been 5 with a little more range.
This is a very interesting sound. I think I like the first song a lot. Great guitar. Wish it was longer honestly. Zig zag has Beatles vibes, and love the name. Fun, old school song. Good songwriting. Call on me is pretty good, kind of jazzy/throwing sounds together. Dropout boogie is another fantastic title. Song itself is weird. Not bad but weird. Really cool that they were making these sounds in the 60s. Love the piano. I like “I’m glad” a lot too. Interesting listening to these 60s band and hearing the Beatles influence all over. You could tell me that was Beatles and I’d believe it. Electricity is 🔥🔥. Opening, production lyrics all so good. There’s never been a bad song with yellow brick road in the title, all I gotta say abt that. That’s three great signs in a row, this is a quality album. ABBA zaba is another interesting one, I like the music alot. Kinda just shouting into the mic tho. Sweet solo. Plastic factory is pretty good, nothing special. I like the switch in the middle. When there’s woman sounds like a whole new band/singer. Great range. I like grown so ugly as well, the background tracks have been so good across all songs. Mix of Beatles and Dylan. Autumn’s child is fine but a bit underwhelming as the closer. Doesn’t ruin the album by any means. This was really cohesive and a lot of good songs. Would recommend. 3.4 stars
Really fun opener. Bass line is so sick. How were they doing this production without computers. Guitar on days of the lords🔥. Songwriting is really good too. This is a great song. Can’t get over how good the guitar and bass are. Love the slow fade in on candidate. Rest of the song is just Ok. Back on track with insight. Again, how did they make some of these sounds. Good/catchy lyrics. Really good songs, outro was very cool. Guitar once again on new dawn fades is fire. The layers of instruments work so well. Production is insane on the whole album. She’s lost control is so good too. These guys don’t miss. Shadowplay is a great one again, can’t help but bop along to it. The whole album has 70s influence, but you can tell it’s going towards the 80s pop sound/production. Wilderness is pretty good, good guitar and bass again but not as catchy. Interzonenis very interesting. The harmony is cool, never heard 2 songs in 1 like this. Also very catchy. Ahead of its time, sounds like it’d be from the 90s. I remember nothing is dark in the best way. Makes me want to run through a brick wall. Good closing song, but with how it started I thought I was going to get a little more. Overall this is a really good album. Ahead of its time. More people need to listen to this. 3.8 stars.
Opening song is a banger, all time pop classic. She’s got pipes. Reminds me of childhood even tho it came out 10 years before I was born. Express yourself is another banger. Love song is really interesting. I like the production a lot, not very catchy tho. I like til death do us part, great production again and much catchier. Really good story telling/songwriting. Promise to try is pretty good, really good songwriting, a little too melancholy for my liking. Cherish is another classic that reminds me of both childhood and my retail days. PTSD from the BJs receiving dock. Banger nonetheless. Production is so good on dear Jessie. Good not great song, kinda cheesy? Lyrics. This song was not made for me, simple as that. Really cool transition Into oh father. Another song with great production. This is a good song all around. Keep it together is pretty good, more 80s than the rest. Catchy tho. Madonna is a great song writer. Shines through again on Spanish eyes. Really cool ending with act of contrition. This is worth another listen, I think second time around would get an even better score. After first listen, I give it 4.1 stars
This is a hard album to rate because I don’t have much jazz listening experience to compare against. It is definitely audibly pleasing, but I’m not going to be adding any of the parts to my music. I like part 2 the best, the piano is incredible. Part 4 is next, feels almost emotional and angry. 1 and 3 are fine, nothing too special. Good music to listen to while working. Pretty calming too. Overall pretty average, but best I’ve heard for jazz yet. 3.4 stars.
Heard of Otis Redding only from samples from modern songs. First full album listen. Ole man trouble was good, he can really sing and good background track. Respect is a banger. Honestly I wish it was longer. I love the trumpets on all the songs. Extremly soulful. This is hard to judge because I’ve never listened to anything like it. It’s good music either way. I like changes gonna come a lot too. The way all the instruments work together is so good. Ahead of its time. Down in the valley is the worst song so far, but that’s saying something because I still think I like it a lot. Simply good music. No notes on I’ve been loving too long. Could’ve been longer and maybe better lyrics but great music. More fun with Shake, I like the switch up. My girl is obviously classic, no idea it was Otis. What a goddamn song. Wonderful world is pretty good, hard to follow up the best song on the album. Rock me baby is great songwriting. Not as much of a ballad. Sweet guitar solo in the middle. Satisfaction is another classic. Bangers beginning middle and end. Horns and songwriting are so good on water. Another Extremly well made song. Great way to wrap it up. I wanted more. This is really good music. 4.2 stars
Never heard of album or band. Immediately tell it’s going to be alt-ish. Zebra was fine. Nothing special. Silver soul has a better start. Emotional, but I like it. Pretty poppy. Love a good song to sing fade in. Norway is pretty good, I want to like it more but there’s some parts that I don’t get. Walk in the park is the best song so far. Pretty catchy but not much more to it. Used to be is pretty fun, good song writing and I like the piano. Lover of mine is mid. I actually like better times a lot more than the last few. Emotional and good background music. Really like the guitar. 10 mile stereo is pretty good too, picking up towards the back half of the album. Real love is pretty good too. I like the piano a lot. Really cool outro too. Take care is a really good closer, one of the best songs of the album. Overall, not life changing. Good not great. Probably won’t listen to again. 2.4 stars
Never heard of album or band. Not ready for a 2 hour album but here we go. First song is funky. Sounds almost like electric jazz, sounds thrown together. Apple Music says this is one of the most popular songs, I’m not making it all the way if that’s the case. Lots of different sounds but not much cohesion. Still not even halfway through the song. Needs to be done by now. It’s like one of those painting that looks like it’s just lines and colors in no particular order but for some reason it’s really famous. I was making beats like this as a 13 year old and they were just as bad. Second half are we fucking kidding. Very 90s/goofy. Stupid as alarms and phone rings. I can’t believe how much I hate this song. And they made it 20 mins. After minute 15 sounds like a horror film score. Not sure if the vocals were repeated enough (sarcasm). With all of this being said I like the outro minus the vocals. I like saint angel better, actually works together but should’ve ended after 3.5 minutes. I like state of mind, that piano is really good. First one that actually sounds like a real song. Pharrell vibes. Doesn’t even credit the vocalist which is the best part of the song, that’s crazy. 4 minutes too long once again. I like the baseline a lot. First minute of this is a bad was good, then it just gets weird. Sea of tears is kind of fun. Don’t need the guitar. Would like lyrics. Base at 340 is a great addition. Should’ve ended at 430. All of these songs are Extremly long for no reason. Especially considering there’s a lack of cohesion so you could just split them into two songs with a cool fade bridge from one to the next. There are some really good 30 sec-1min parts of all of these songs, but that means nothing when their 12 minutes long. Nah the seventh seal sounds like “futuristic” video game background music. Drums are pretty good. Back half sucks. Over produced. Beeps are annoying/way too loud. Bass line on sense of rage is sick, interested to see how it gets ruined. Called it, don’t know why they switched it up. Excess Beeps are much needed (not). This doesn’t seem like music that you could dance too. Still life is more of the same. Just not my style but I’m going to tough it out. Good working music because there’s nothing to get distracted by. Similar to the one minute thing I mentioned earlier, a lot of these songs have good elements just too much in top of it. Great vocals on angel. They need more of that. Back half is awesome. This is the best song on the album by FAR. Adrift sounds like an intro song, should’ve put it at the start. More of the same. Not really a fan. Whole album is the type of song that you’d play around your boys and they’d all say “what is his shit?” But in the worst way. None of these songs go together in the way I’d hope from a cohesive album. Maybe in cohesiveness is the theme and I’m not smart enough to get that. With that being said anyone who tries to tell you this is good is lying to themselves and probably sniffs their own farts. Is this what Europeans listened to in the 90s while America had jay z and mj and prince and Whitney Houston etc? They were missing out if so. Up until now I don’t have any worse than a two stars. This is getting a .5 just so it shows up as 1 star but I would not recommend to anyone. Half the time and I’d call it an average music production. It’s two hours of nothingness that my ears won’t get back. I hope this is number 1001 of the 1001 most influential. I can’t believe there’s still 4 songs left. Drums are super fast on kemistry. Did this type of music create the need for Molly or did Molly create this music? Either way both are bad for you. Cool outro on kemistry. First minute seconds of you and me 🔥🔥🔥. Next 5 is more overproduced bullshit. Piano is good. Admittedly I haven’t listened to much electronic, but comparing this to something like skrillex or avicii makes it sound like trash non sense. Inner city life baby boy edition is good. Actually sounds like a real song. Wish I didn’t have to wait an hour and half for it. Sick bass line. Normal length too. Rabbits version is worse. Didn’t need that. Like I said before, this album is getting a .5. I want my 2 hours back. Don’t waste your time.
Heard of band not the album. View from the afternoon is a really good start. Great guitar, catchy lyrics. Very British. Cool switch up in the middle. Find myself nodding along. Dance floor is super catchy. Very early 200s pop rock. Great song writing. Honestly wish it was longer. Love the guitar riff on fake tales. This song is really good. Love how it continues to build up as the song goes along. Again, wish it was longer. Not as much of a fan of dancing shoes, a little cheesy lyrics wise. Good guitar solo. “You probably” is fun. Good not great. The song writing throughout the album is really good, I love the story telling. You know nothing is so fun. Song you want to sing along to. Riot van is more of the same in the best way. Red light has the best guitar of any song so far. Not sure how I feel abt the tuning on the vocals but song is really good. More really good song writing on Mardy bum. Don’t know what that means though. Perhaps is pretty good, nothing special. Sweet outro. When the sun goes down is another fun song. Catchy chorus. Awesome bass line on Ritz. Simple guitar but works so well. Songwriting is great as it has been the whole album. Such a good song. Another great bass line on certain romance. Great music, more great songwriting. 5.5 minute outro rocks. Guitar solo in the middle is good as well. This album just kept getting better as I listened to more, and the same can be said for the last song. Banger, great way to close it out. Will have to to listen again soon. 3.7 stars, could end up going up on second listen.
