As I understand, it's a classic of it's genre, which would pave the way for future british music, and I can kinda respect that. But it's not music that I usually enjoy and I felt that it kinda droned on, especially in the beginning. Most interesting songs for me were probably Chemical World, Villa Rosie and Resigned, which probably says more about my music taste than the album lol
*looks at album title again* Yep, sure is.
Jokes aside, the songs are very lovely and have a perfect traveling vibe. Big Iron outshines the rest of the album, unfortunately. El Paso and The Hanging Tree are some other nice songs.
I might've enjoyed this album more if I was at any other stage of my life. Instead I just felt kinda annoyed at the lack of energy and how down-in-the-dumps it was. I actually think there are some interesting melodies on this album, but having to listen to Michael Stipe tell me how much life sucks got old halfway through the album.
I don't think Morisette has had much impact in Sweden, because it wasn't a name I recognized at first. Very nice album though! Ironic was the one song I had heard before (of course), but I liked You Oughta Know as well. Will try to listen to this album again when I'm less busy.
I actually really enjoyed this! I love small progression things like these where the artists keep layering beats on top of each other, until it cumulates into the finish. To me, this is perfect background music while I'm doing tasks that require me to be slightly, but not completely focused. Admittedly, I wouldn't want to listen to this all the time, but definitely something I'll throw on while doing basketball statistics or boring paperwork. Favorite songs were Get Innocuous!, Somone Great and Sound of Silver.
It's difficult for me to tate Dylan's music since I don't know enough about the historical context of his songs. Having read a bit about this recording, I think you can definitely tell the shift in tone between the acoustic parts and the electric parts, but I can't tell if it's necessarily for the "better" or if I find the added instruments more interesting. Ultimately it's more of a historical album, and I can respect that. Not a big fan of Dylan as a vocalist though, and I had to hold myself back from laughing while listening to She Belongs to Me.
Feels like the entire album is made up of mixing two songs together and seeing what comes out. I can definitely tell how this would inspire future rock music and I think there's a lot of interesting melodies on the album. But a lot of it was just kinda cacophonous to me and I struggled to keep up. Cool concept album from a historical context, but hard for me to listen to.
I really should listen to Stevie Wonder more often. Incredible album from start to finish.
Songs for every part of the relationship. I actually enjoyed this album more than I expected, but I think it has more to do with how pop music doesn't really sound like this anymore. I did feel some nostalgia for the 2000's though, so I guess it means I'm that old now.
Another album that I feel like I have to rate higher due to historical context. Not that I didn't enjoy it, but I feel like I prefer newer types of electronic music over this. Can't however deny that this paved the way for modern electro.
It's amazing what kinda lyrics you can get away with as long as you have an excellent singing voice and a great orchestra backing you up. Fun songs that make me wanna get up and dance around.
Wasn't super in the mood for Soundgarden today, but Black Hole Sun and Spoonman are bangers any day of the week
I don't know what I expected from this album, but Come To My Aid surprised me and it just went on from there. I kinda liked this album actually, but it was mostly background music for me and nothing I needed to pay attention to, despite some of the lyrics desperately trying to grab my attention. Honestly the album felt fine to me, but I also remember very little about it a day later, so that probably says something about the songs.
Top Ten Ironic Album Names. Feels like I listened to the same song for an hour. I don't mind Coldplay every now and then (I even like Viva La Vida), but this album was incredibly boring.
I feel very experienced. Obviously Hendrix is fantastic on the guitar, but Mitchell's drums and Redding's bass compliment the songs as well. The album either has some of the best rock songs of all time, or it's Hendrix experimenting and seeing what works, which is very fun to listen to. I might be biased since some of these songs has been on my playlist for years, but I think this is an incredible album overall and one I will keep coming back to in the future.
This are some of the most poppy emo lyrics I've ever heard. It's not something I've really thought about before, but I guess sad boy songs have always been a thing.
Anyway, the songs are musically interesting and I like the vocalist's tone, but the lyrics started wearing me down after a while. Not a bad album at all, just not for me. Also my eyes started rolling into the back of my head during Melody for an Unknown Girl.
Starts of on a high note, but gets softer and softer as the album goes on. I like listening to reggae, but it did all kinds start to blend together for me towards the end.
Oh hey, an album I've listened to before. I really like Kendrick Lamar, but admittedly it's probably because I've spent most of my 20's hanging out in basketball gym listening to bad trap. Kendrick at least sounds like he's trying to do something with the medium and tries to get unique beats for his albums.
The problem with Kendrick's songs is that you feel like you need to have Genius open on another monitor in order to catch every reference. I think you can enjoy TPAB without it, since that's how I listened to it the first time. But I'm not gonna pretend that some of the songs are more art than rap. Overall I still really enjoyed it, but I won't be surprised if people rank this lower than me.
This is a very cool type of music, but nothing that really sticks to my mind. Admittedly I was pretty busy today and didn't really have time to dedicate to this album, so my feeling on it might be different if I had. But I'll file this under background music while I'm doing less important stuff. Definitely makes me want to check out more Portishead though, they remind me of some of DJ Shadow's stuff (which is unsurprising, they came up during the same wave of music).
A nice jazz album to round out a somewhat stressful week. I think it's funny that, according to the Wikipedia summary, this album's claim to fame is that it was on this list.
Albums like these are what I think of when it comes to instrumental jazz. While I generally prefer faster or harder music, I'll always have a soft spot for jazz. Playing around with instruments and just trying stuff, while still making it sound melodic, is something I think is more common in jazz than any other genre.
...Though it probably says something that I'm talking more about jazz as a genre, rather than this album. Water from an Ancient Well is an excellent listen, but nothing that's gonna stick in my head going forward. This, and Ibrahim in general I think, are definitely going on the list of albums/artists that I'll listen to if I wanna chill.
Oh good, I was worrying that I'd been too nice with my reviews recently. An album where the artists had just found out about the marimba and thought it was the coolest instrument ever, forgetting about all of the other instruments (and their own voices at some points!). Now I have to wonder if I'm too harsh instead!
I haven't really listened to The White Stripes before, so my first proper experience with them being an experimental album is probably not the best. But wow, I did not vibe with this album at all. I understand that the point of the songs is that they're all supposed to be about truth or Rita Hayworth, apparently. I just can't get over the tone and instruments feeling all over the place. If I'm not getting annoyed by the drums being too loud, I'm just confused by, what feels like, random guitars thrown in for the sake of justifying this as rock music. I think loudness can be fun to listen to, but usually not for a whole album and definitely not when it comes in aggressively without any real transition. I dunno, maybe my reaction to the first song soured me on the rest of the album, but I feel like you can represent truth in better ways.
Before listening: Wait, a Queen album with a bunch of songs that I've never heard of before? Guess Queen became more famous after this album, but I kinda assume most Queen songs were equally famous. Also I'm gonna assume this is where Quest got the name Ogre Battle from, lemme just double-check - yep sure did, lol.
After listening: Yeah, this was heavier than I expected from Queen. I liked it! I can see why this album doesn't have as many famous songs, since it's more of a 40 minute long song/symphony. But it was very cool and makes me wonder what else Queen did, that isn't mentioned as often as their more popular songs.
Yep, it's jazz. I would've prefered listening to this live rather than as an album, as it's kinda just the same tone for 38 min. Definitely something I like to have on in the background while doing other stuff. The second half of In a Silent Way is very pleasant.
Probably giving this a higher score than I should just because of Eddie, but his riffs are so good, even if this isn't the best album showcasing his skills. Also I kinda like Panama and have some nostalgia for Hot for Teacher, thanks to Guitar Hero.
Had no expectations outside of recognizing Cave and Costello, but this ruled. Lemper has a fantastic singing voice and the songs were very interesting. It kinda felt like I was listening to the soundtrack of a musical, even if it doesn't seem like that was the purpose of the album. Loved it and wanna listen to more similar music in the future.
I used to be a fan of Slim Shady when I was a kid. Unsurprisingly, I'm not anymore. Eminem has never really been a good lyricist outside of a few songs, and his Slim Shady stuff was almost always just shock value music. Obviously, that was the point: Slim Shady was Eminem needing an outlet for his frustrations with the world. And he's got a good flow to his raps! I just don't actually wanna listen to what he's actually saying.
Very lovely music, though I'm kinda curious if my rating would chnage if I actually understood the language.
Country is a vibe at the best of times. Today wasn't a country vibe for me, so instead I had to listen to an uncomfortable amount of songs that were about how much the singer hates lying women. I can recognize that it is good country, but this is definitely "turn your brain off and don't listen too deeply"-music, which kinda sucks. Might've given this a higher rating if I was traveling somewhere.
Not really my taste. Most interesting track for me was The Fly, but then Bono's vocals comes in and kinda ruins it for me. I actually like One as a song, but I'm more used to the Mary J Blige version, which I remember being overplayed on Swedish radio when I was younger (to the point that I felt like something was missing from this). Overall, the album isn't really bad, but I felt like I was zoning out during parts of it.
Genuinely fantastic jazz that is a joy to listen to. Though I'm not sure how I feel about the different takes of the songs following the first one: since the start of the songs are so similar, it kinda feels like you're listening to the same song again. Gloria's Take is the worst of it, and it might've made a better album experience if the second takes were set in the second half. But overall, I really liked it. Wish I had more chances to go and listen to live jazz.
I started out really enjoying this, but the more it went on, the more tired I grew of the sappy feeling songs. It's kinda funny that the song I enjoyed the most is Intro, but maybe it set my expectations for something else. Moodboard music I guess.
This is more my vibe. I don't have enough musical knowledge to explain why I prefer this, but I guess it's that it sounds interesting while also being upbeat? Personally, I think that when you focus on the instruments, you end up making more interesting phrases. Or maybe I've always been better at listening to the instruments than to the vocals
YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand, I like the instrumental portions, which were quite fun and even surprising in some parts. On the other hand, I kinda just get annoyed by the lyrics. Like, they feel too simple, but also kinda comes off as pretentious, and I'm not completely sure why. Glad to hear he hates Westboro Baptist Church though, or other similar dipshit catholics.
As someone who mostly knows Steely Dan from Do It Again, the rest of the album was a tonal whiplash for me. Not a bad one really, jist wasn't prepared for the rest of the album to sound so chill? Anyway I probably enjoyed this more than I should.
Eh. Run DMC made rap mainstream, which was a good thing overall, but a lot of this album felt like padding. There are some great songs like It's Tricky and Walk This Way, but also cringe like My Adidas and Dumb Girl. I laughed at You Be Illin' rather than with it, and Hit It Run had some annoying beatboxing. Overall I wasn't impressed outside of the first third of the album, which is a shame since I wanted to like this.
Yeah, sorry, I disliked this a lot. There were like 2 songs that I somewhat enjoyed, but the rest of the album made me want to turn it off. I appreciate trying shit out, but most of this was kinda grating on my ears.
I definitely enjoyed this a lot more than the experimental album.
This had more groove to it, so I enjoyed it more than their debut album. Ultimately you'll never get me to really like an album where the songs are mostly about love and feelings, but I'm happy that they found the percussion tracks this time around.
While this isn't to my taste, I do think these songs are very beautiful. I might rank it higher if I wasn't basing it on mostly personal preference.
Well, should've expected that Kanye would show up at some point. I've always tried to keep songs separate from the musician, but Kanye kept being such a fucking asshole that I couldn't take it anymore and removed all of his songs from my playlists. Which is a shame, because listening back to this album reminded me how much I really liked his music. Hopefully he's finally getting the name he needs, but knowing Kanye's previous attempts, it's fully possible that he'll decide to double down again.
Funny that we get this right after a Kanye album. I enjoy listening to gangsta rap for the vibes and good beats, but I'm not gonna pretend most of this isn't just lyrical machismo. That's the whole point, obviously, but I get kinda sick of the grandstanding when I'm actually listening to the lyrics.
This just felt cacophonous to me. Maybe I'd appreciate it more if I was sitting in a bar, completely wasted. Which is annoying, because seeing critics rate it so high makes me feel like I'm missing something? Maybe it's the difference between casual and active/professional listening.
This was made by a Swede, so I have to give it a high ranking.
Nah, I actually liked the album before checking the Wiki for more information.
I've already listened to some of the songs from here, but never sat down and listened to the full album. I really like the start and the end, particularly I Am The Resurrection and Fool's Gold, though I can admit that the middle kinda loses me a bit.
