Of course I must admit the album is notable to me due to the intro song, Big Iron and its memetic resurgence in the 2010s. Listening to it now, it brings me to the realization that cowboys are cool. And that's the intention of the album: it collects a lot of the 50s to 60s cowboy media tropes together, telling short form stories of what it's like to be a fictional, idealized white man back in the day. What it's like to be *cool*. And cowboys are cool.
The album makes for easy listening, sitting well in the background. Marty has a really pleasant singing voice.
A lot poppier than I expected. Orange Crush especially is repetitive but with a really strong hook, so no wonder it's a radio hit.
Favorite track: You are the everything, because it's the one that stood out to me with its folk rock ambience.
Not really my thing but a good album regardless. I was offput by the first song's vocal mixing, as Alanis's voice pierces through really strong. Everything after that was really good, both mixing and melody-wise.
Favorite track: You oughta know
I was not familiar with this band before listening to the album. They have an unique sound, that mixes electronica with rock melodies. Vocals distract me from the music and electronic music is often just background noise to me so it's a mixed experience. In the end, nothing in the album really hooked me in.
Really wanky and terrible to listen to. I'm part of the "Bob Dylan's inflection is really annoying to listen to" camp.
The electric side is a touch better because Dylan's boring chord progression and harmonica melodies are not as central. But not by much.
This album probably hits pretty hard when you're high as shit and you're playing with a stereo mixer.
Favorite track: I Heard Her Call My Name
Great album with a lot of soul.
Favorite track: Moondance
excellent record. Great variety with musical layers.
favorite track is Living in the City
Great beats and variety.
Favorite track: Jump 'n' Shout
Favorite track: God Only Knows
Favorite track: Fighter
Great mood to gothic dance to, i.e. shuffle like a zombie in a dark closet.
Favorite track: The Passion of Lovers
New wave icon. Numan defines an unique sound.
Favorite track: Cars
Banger album.
Favorite track: Enjoy the Silence
Didn’t listen, got peer pressured into five.
Nah.
Love the vibes. As an album it's kinda samey but that's more on the artist's sound than anything else. Best albums are something you know you want to get enveloped by for a brief period of time and Portishead does this very well.
It's fine! Just an album of a very specific vibe with inoffensive lyrics. Very pop music for background noise which filled my cooking hour just fine.
Favorite track: Riders On The Storm
Beautiful album.
Favorite track: Strawberry Letter 23
Prog (derogatory), annoying electric organ noise (not laudatory).
Great intro track (Avalanche) then nothing really hit me afterwards.
Really an OK album, that unfortunately feels stuck in a specific rut in music history. All I can think about that Onion bit. You can only be shocking for shock value for a limited period of time.
It’s a pretty good album full of Beatles songs. I don’t particularly care for them but you could do worse playing a record to a mixture of white people of different age groups.
Front to back bangers.
Pleasant and vibey
