This album is a collection of beautiful songs that are impaired by the egregiously long run time. Three stars.
(Favorite track: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off.)
Five stars.
(Favorite track: For No One.)
Some songs tend to blend together due to the homogeneous sound of the whole album. However, that didn’t really take away from my enjoyment of the album. Four stars.
(Favorite track: Bad Moon Rising.)
I did not like this album. I can appreciate it lyrically, but sonically the album feels disjointed. Which made for a disappointing listen. Two stars.
(Favorite track: You Can Call Me Al.)
I'm well aware I am not the target audience for this album, and this is not my usual genre. But I did enjoy this album. I don't know that I see myself replaying this album much in the future, but it was a engaging listen. Three stars.
(Favorite track: Welcome to the Terrordome.)
This album is not offensively bad, but it's not good either. The lyrics are uninspired and bland, and there are unnecessarily long instrumental breaks on one too many songs. Overall an extremely boring album. Two stars.
(Favorite track: More Than a Feeling.)
This is a good album. Very refreshing to hear a full album lacking any romantic love songs. Four stars.
(Favorite track: What's Going On.)
It's good. It's Christmas. The weird message from Phil Spector at the end was an unfortunate mistake, and weird. Three stars.
(Favorite track: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).)
I'll never be a fan of cover albums. Even the context of this album's creation did not change much of my opinion. The only highlights were the few original songs. Overall, this left me feeling very bored. Two stars.
(Favorite track: The Man Comes Around.)
I think this album is okay sonically, but boy do I dislike the lyrics. Every song is so vindictive, and I think "breast" was said like four times. Vocally, I get sick of the grungy, spoken word, annoyingly strong British accent schtick by track four. In summary, I was not a fan of this album. Two stars.
(Favorite track: Common People.)
This is an album of it's time. It has that classic 50's sound which I find myself enjoying on occasion. However, an entire album becomes stale pretty quickly. For the most part this is a decent album, but I doubt I'll ever listen to it again. Two stars.
(Favorite track: It's Too Late.)
No song on this album is bad. However, that is all I find myself able to say about it. Nothing really stands out to me. It's good, that's it. Three stars.
(Favorite track: Change Gonna Come.)
The hits on this album really hit. The pre chorus on "Set Fire to the Rain" is so addicting, and there are some great melodies to be had. However, the songs in between are incredibly forgettable. I found myself checking the track list multiple times, waiting for the next song I was familiar with. Three stars.
(Favorite track: Set Fire to the Rain.)
The album is fine, not an offensive listen. It has a few highlights, but other than that it's just noise. A lot of songs overstay their welcome, with weirdly long intros/outros. And there is just too much repetition on this album, some songs have two or three lines repeated over and over. Two stars.
(Favorite track: Clint Eastwood.)
I don't have much to say about this album. It sounds good. Lyrically, almost every song is about the same thing. Which was so tiring it swung back around to comical. Overall, it was unremarkably okay. Three stars.
(Favorite track: Runaway Child, Running Wild.)
Starting with the obvious, this album is way too long. Two hours and fifteen minutes is egregious.
In the first half of the album, no songs stand out to me, and the choruses are lazy and repetitive. The second half of the album is a little better sonically, but the lyrics are definitely not. One star.
(Favorite track: Hey Ya!.)
I find myself weirdly charmed by the lyrics on this album. Sonically, there aren't really any stand out tracks, but the album as a whole is solid. Three stars.
(Favorite track: Bonny.)
The whole album has a very monotonous sound. Two or three songs in, I didn't mind, but by the end of the album it was extremely grating. Lyrically there are a few impressive lines, but there are also a lot of nonsense lines. Overall, it was an okay listen. Three stars.
(Favorite track: I Remember Me.)
I knew going into this album I probably was not going to like it. This genre has never interested me, so I was expecting the worst. However, it was actually not that offensive of a listen.
I still didn't like it though.
To me every song sounds too similar, and every song does the same thing.
The whole thing comes off as very performative to me,
"What's the edgiest thing to sing about while playing the most overstimulating guitar riff?". "Ooo 666!"
I'm sure in 1982 this album actually felt daring and cool, but in 2026 it just feels like they're trying too hard.
Overall the album is fine; monotonous, overstimulating, and a little cringy at times. Two stars.
(Favorite track: 22 Acacia Avenue.)
I can see why this album is on the list. I don't think I've heard a pop album quite like it.
At the same time, I didn't really like it.
It's too long, and the songs eventually start to all sound the same. Something that really bothered me was how many songs are guilty of using the same drum beat for the entire song, which gets very annoying. Two stars.
(Favorite track: Makes Me Wanna Pray.)
I went into this album with high expectations,
and maybe they were a little too high.
I do like some of the songs on this album, but there is also a lot of filler.
I enjoyed the upbeat tone of this album, which I don't hear much from this genre. I also think the game show concept is fun.
Overall, for me its a mixed bag. Three stars.
(Favorite track: The Magic Number.)
I have no idea why this album was included on the list.
Every song is somehow simultaneously both boring and overstimulating.
The lyrics are dull nonsense throughout the entire track list, and the vocals aren't much better.
Overall, this album not memorable, it's not innovative, and I didn't like it. Two stars.
(Favorite track: Natalie's Party.)
After the first two songs I was very optimistic for the rest of the album, but it was disappointing.
It's just so boring.
So I think the lesson I've learned here is that the Eagles are fine in small increments, good even. However, any more than that and it all sounds like boring nothing noise. Three stars.
(Favorite track: Take It Easy.)
