Every song is 4 minutes too long
The first half of the album is beyond played out. A great listen but only for a rare occasion.
Had no idea what to expect from this. Wouldn’t have guessed the most mid new wave effort with more than a hint of pretentiousness.
traditional blues lyrics used women, the devil, trains, etc. as allegories so they could complain about slavery, racism, and oppression without saying the quiet part out loud. Not that I think women should be used as a metaphor for slavery, but it was a different time!
It does make modern white dudes covering/stealing the songs even more sus though.
I don't have the receipts, but there are some really good essays out there that take a deep dive on the subject if you want to get your nerd on.
That being said I enjoy some good horny blues.
Some beautiful melodies but they got so lost in the groove it became a whole new song and when they realized it they made no effort to work back to the original piece and would just abruptly slam back into it.
Why is this album on this list? There’s 2 hits and they aren’t even that good. Songs that just go on and on doing nothing. Up to this point in his career there wasn’t too many defining tracks but they were coming soon! It’s hard to say you like prince but don’t like the bits where he’s finding himself. Which also is weird because he knew what he was but this feels like he hadn’t quite leaned in. And maybe prince is best when he’s being the most prince he can be which sadly isn’t this album.
How do you rate an album in a language you don’t understand? Musically I enjoy some songs more than others. It’s a perfectly fine background soundtrack but hard to give it a fair shake when I don’t know what they’re singing about. It’s a shame I can’t fully appreciate this legendary group.
God save Donald Duck
Being rather unfamiliar with the kinks this album felt like it was a response to the Beatles. However it came about I rather enjoyed it.
So you’re either so full of yourself claiming your music is going to become classics or it’s a greatest hits album and in that case why would that be on this type of list? Either way I made it halfway through and wasn’t familiar with a single song. So much for being classics. And then I heard back to life start. Wow something I’ve heard before. But not enough to keep me willing to listen.
Merry Christmas from a freak!
Songs are great though
Not as enjoyable as the last kinks album. Each song sounded more samey and none stood out to me.
3 is the magic number. 3 songs of note, 3 members in the group, 3 out of 5.
It sounds like they realized they couldn’t compete with the black keys and muse and decided to try to hang with the Indy Canadian bands and realized they couldn’t do that either. So they said ok let’s make a song for a melancholy spring morning and slightly alter it for a whole album. While it’s fine in the background it in no way deserves any attention.
I enjoyed the instrumentation but this really felt like it was included because of who she knew and how she got there. Not because the music was any advancement or achievement. Unless most depressing was a criteria for this list. The most enjoyable moment was when wrap your troubles in dreams started and I discovered danger doom sampled that for their song korn dogz.
As described, more of the specials but nothin special
A bad album from a good band. And not just bad compared to their prior work. This is just all over the place trying different styles and not even sounding good in their own style.
Was stoked for some Peter Gabriel. Having only listened to the hits before this was a weird experience. Was also just a weird album. Thought the first song was nine inch nails.
I was a fan until I learned about her involvement in project beast note. I was on edge all day looking for Stromboli. Thankfully I wasn’t involved with any of that but it still always stresses me out.
There’s times when I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think maybe I do like steely Dan. And then there’s times I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think mane I don’t like steely Dan. Maybe that’s what pretzel logic means.
There’s times when I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think maybe I do like steely Dan. And then there’s times I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think mane I don’t like steely Dan. Maybe that’s what pretzel logic means.
My wife would divorce me if I gave this anything other than a 5
A little known fact was the us government was planning to use this album as part of the Waco siege until they discovered David Koresh was a fan.
Whoever thought combing rush and the greatful dead was so very wrong.
This is not a 1 because it’s bad, but because it isn’t anything. Why is this included on this list? No part of this stuck out to me for any reason. This was my first time hearing frank and I’ve only ever heard one person mention him before. I somehow wasn’t exposed to any hype or promotion and I can see why, there’s just nothing about this album. There was a couple of times where I forgot there was music on. Is that what’s about this? Is this what you put on when you want music to be playing but don’t want to hear anything?
Pretty solid album. Gets a little extra love for sounding like it belongs on a Mario kart game and being the father of x games commentator Sal masekela
As a young kid I would take this cd from my dad and rock out. Since then I’ve only heard a few songs about a million times in passing as they’re pretty hard to dodge. In general I don’t much care for classic rock but this album is still a fantastic listen!
There’s a couple of good songs here that make a good case for why the Beatles were so popular, but half of the album is just absolutely terrible covers.
The voice sounded familiar but she wasn’t the artist I thought it sounded like. Interesting combination of singer songwriter style with some funk. A pleasant listen.
If someone told me I should listen to this band and described them as devo, prince, and Bowie I would be excited. But I was only excited when it finally ended.
I keep asking myself how did this album end up on this list. In this case not because it’s bad but because it’s a more fringe genre and group. Definitely a style I enjoy but it didn’t stand out to me.
I was having issues with my headphones so this sounded just like I remembered, very staticy.
You can make fun of these guys, mostly for their fashion, but they used to make some pretty dang good music!
I enjoy a gimmick, but I don’t think covering songs only using different instruments is a gimmick. Definitely if the song was reinterpreted into a different style but merely swapping instruments is not enough to land any album into a pantheon of greatest albums. I’m sure this was a groundbreaking idea in the 70s but people probably only listened to it twice. First when someone showed it to them and then when they showed it to someone else.
I prefer her more poppy work.
This didn’t even register as anything.
I don’t know how to chooglin’ but if I did I would keep on
This has got to be the worst version of blue moon
I think you need to be in a very specific mood to listen to this. I don’t think it breaks any ground or does anything exceptional in this style. It certainly didn’t invent or popularize it so why is it here? Every song reminded me of drunk kid catholic by bright eyes which I feel is an objectively better composition than this entire album. Good grief I need something with a tempo after this.
I always find myself saying, “I didn’t know this was steely Dan, maybe I do like them.” And then I hear the rest of the album and realize I don’t really like them that much.
I just can’t get into the dead. Either they’re too jammy or like this album it’s very straight forward songs without much jam. And this album is more down tempo. Would have thought when they play different I would enjoy it but I just don’t.
Never been a fan of a couple of these songs but the rest of the world disagrees with me. But I do really like most of the album
This was a much better and listenable album than Mellon collie. Songs still went on for too long but still not quite my thing
There are some fantastic songs but this album feels very bloated.
I could slowly feel myself losing my mind. It felt like watching the adult swim classic too many cooks. This felt very punk.
Nothing clever to say about this one. Just that it rules
This was too jazzy and yet not jazzy enough. Definitely wasn’t expecting the fantastic Alice I wonderland!
This plays like it’s the sound track to the off broadway musical called nepo baby. He at least has a genuine and deep affection for the arts but at this point in his career did not have the talent to match. How could an album from anyone of his pedigree not be included in such a list…
They wish so bad they were David Bowie. And it hurts to even mention his name when talking about them because they are so far beneath him. They learned one of his songs and then made a whole album to sound just like that one song and it got old real fast.
Much different from other tracks I’ve heard by them. Did not enjoy one bit.
There’s no denying the first 3 tracks of this album. But everything after that was pretty unremarkable.
This is why I never listen to Bowie albums. You get 1-2 good songs and the rest is unremarkable.
I enjoy talking heads but I don’t think in any way they are required listening. I feel like this album is only special because it’s their debut and was somewhat different from other acts at the time mostly just their unwillingness to be anything but themselves.
Well we’ve got the studio time, might as well use it…
These all ran together. Her voice got very grating after 10 minutes
