Great album. Good playing seems like he was inspired and not chasing any trends on this album
Nods to his past while also looking forward. The music on The Stars are out tonight looks back to Moonage Daydream and China Girl while still being modern.
There is a vulnerability in his writing that maybe he was hinting at his end. It’s easy to read into the lyrics now after his passing.
Great playing. Good songs. A little overproduced with the weird sound effects in the songs. It seems like they are trying to hard to be more than just being a great band. A lot dad songs but I’m okay with that.
I also think this album is a victim of the time it came out. Radiohead was in full experimental mode so that really pushes people to do more.
This first piece was not for me but it seemed as I got past the first one the next two pieces were more to my liking. The playing is brilliant. Just beautiful music that is soulful and heartfelt. This is one of my favorite albums I have listened to so far. A cohesive brilliance harmony and melodies are evoking emotions in me that I can’t explain. A really good album. I could listen to it again.
I hear the prog rock. It’s okay. There are so many different things I hear as I listen to I hear some Bowie as I listen some Elton John and it all kind of works. I knew the name Supertramp more than I knew the music. Is it my favorite? No. Is it good? yes. I’m not going to add it to my playlist though. I’m glad I heard it.
If you only thought of The Red Hot Chili Peppers as Rap Rock or just funk it would a mistake. They hit their full power on this album writing beautiful songs and catchy songs. It seems like they were reaching for stardom they wanted to achieve and they arrived. Give it Away, Under the Bridge, Suck My Kiss, Breaking the Girl as main songs. But Keidis sang more which helped move away from the days of The Uplift Mofo Party Plan.
Zombie is an amazing record. Music is just so well done. You really get drawn in. Then come the lyrics. You really focus on the words because the groove is so good. This music caused a raid on his compound and a riot at a concert. Such power.
So if I would have guessed I would never thought that this is the same band who would write Come on, Eileen. The music is good. Not sure if I like the lyrics. I really am not a fan of the singing and he really is overselling the singing I guess according to wiki like Bryan Ferry because a band member didn’t like his original singing voice. I’m not a fan of this. But it was good to listen to.
Willie Colon and Ruben Blades created a masterpiece of an album. When I heard the opening of Plastico I thought they were dabbling in disco a bit before the salsa groove kicked in fully. Baldes’ lyrics speaking a sort of social commentary on material wealth. This is still relevant today. Most of these songs are timeless and just beautiful written. The music is played well arranged perfectly. I can see why this album is listed as the top on so many lists. It’s just so good.
A good album. Not sure if any one track stands out on the album. To me the album could be put on in the background and not really disturb the vibe of a party. Not sure if you can really dance to this but you can really hear the early 90s production in the music. Nothing wrong with as these some good times for me. But all the songs kind of sound like everything that was being released at the time. Nothing hits me on this albums like their earlier hits but that’s okay because bands are allowed to evolve. My October Symphony was good. I actually enjoyed the music on that one. So Hard picked up the bpms a bit. I read that the music would grow on me. I think I could see that and also that they were influenced by Depeche Mode. I can hear that as while. Not a bad album. I enjoyed it overall.
A really good album with a band who was finding their sound. I am glad I heard this album because I had only heard the bigger albums. I’m a fan of this album. It’s great. I think A Forest is goth paranoia at its finest
An interesting album because it was the first released after Richey Edwards went missing. I remember watching either a true crime thing about his disappearance or maybe a documentary. That is a sad story for another day but this is about the music. This is probably the second time I tried to listen to their music. The first was after having watched the documentary. I’m not sure I enjoyed it then or I should say it was not memorable to me. The music was like any other Britpop band that was around at the time. Maybe a little better lyrics but maybe not as I still listen to A Different Class today and I probably wouldn’t listen to this again. I listened three times today and nothing stuck with me. It could be the singer’s voice. If it doesn’t resonate with me then I won’t listen again. The music is good. I can say that but I guess I just can’t get into it.
My second time hearing this album fully through. It’s decent and I can understand the genius that goes into putting warmth into synthesizers. They gave them a feel. It wasn’t as robotic as it came off. Kraftwerk would be instrumental in early hip hop especially for Plant Rock. Afrika Bambaata found their music sampled and created an anthem that would be a staple in the electro genre. But on this album as I got to the Man-Machine. I was sitting racking my brain because I knew another hip hop group had used it in a very early song and turns out it was Rockin’ It from the Fearless Four. Kraftwerk are an important group. This album though was decent. I did not find it mind-blowing. But Kraftwerk and hip hop go hand in hand.
A good album. I remember listening to this so much when it came out. This reminds of Washington state because that’s where I bought it. Good music. Great video.
A brilliant album that captures a a soul singer at the height of his powers. Sam Cooke was masterful. He could sing the pop tunes like Cupid and Twisting the Night the Night Away but where this live album shines is it catches the emotions of the soul in songs like Somebody Have Mercy and Nothing Can Change this Love. You get the raw emotion. You also hear the crowd getting involved. This makes the recording seem more like an experience instead of just a record. Sam Cooke’s voice was perfect on this album.
Good album with good music. Interesting music styles.
A Gen X classic. Probably not my favorite Pearl Jam album but listening to this today reminded me of how good they were coming out from the very beginning. Yes, Stone and Jeff had Green River and Mother Love Bone to learn to write songs. They put it all together adding Mike McCready to the mix with Eddie on vocals. It all just worked. It sounded old and new at the same time. Just an amazing album. No skips on this album. I forgot how good it was until I listened today.
Not sure if I can really say I liked much about this album. Messages in a Bottle is good and Walking on the Moon is as well. The rest is just kind decent playing with bad lyrics.
I remember buying this album back when I was in Okinawa. I had heard My Name is and thought that this would actually be a great album. What I will say is that I was underwhelmed then. Yes Eminem can rhyme and rap but the album was just a bunch of shock and no substance. It got old real fast. Also it wasn’t entertaining. I was never a big fan and made through the album once or twice back then and never listened again. The topics were horrible. As I came back to the States he became a huge star and everyone was a fan. I just couldn’t listen. Listening today. I feel asleep twice with how boring his schtick is. His whining. His talk and content just is stupid. Is it a joke yes. Is it funny anymore? No. I don’t think his punchlines were always funny then. Some of his features back then were memorable but this album is way too long and not good.
Such a great debut album. The playing was so good. The lyrics were so good. The singles were so good. Just a great album. Criminal still sounds fresh.
Jimmy Page is such a great guitar player. His skill is fully on display on this album. I have never been a fan of their music but I know they are good. This album was a bit overlong. It could have done without the last few songs I believe. Kashmir is a huge song. But you could tell Jimmy Page wanted to play other stuff. There was a country style tune. But I know he played skiffle so it only makes sense. Page being a session player really shows his versatility when it comes to this album. I think this is a good album overall.
Here is an album that I never heard but have only heard the first song and remember it from the doots at the end. It’s memorable. CSN are known to have created to have established the califoysou d and I watched a documentary about Laurel Canyon where many of these songs were written I guess. Now they can all sing beautifully and play amazing music. The songs were just kind of okay. I was not blown away by any of it. I’m sure it was good when it came out. I guess the subject matter wasn’t for me.
Love is the reason I’m doing this. This is the third album that I’m genuinely blown away by. Is it a masterpiece? No but I find the music infectious. I could listen to this over and over again. Arthur Lee and band can write some killer songs. Orange Skies is pure pop bliss. Que Vida is as well. 7 and 7 is then comes in and rocks your socks off. Just an amazing album. I love Love.
I’m listening to this and I’m thinking it’s not bad. The rain and crashing waves over Leb’ Wohl was okay. Just kind of an interesting album. I can imagine this being mind-blowing in 1975. I do hear the bands they influenced especially J Spaceman and Spiritualized so I guess it’s not as bad as I thought. The first thing I thought of when I heard Hero David Bowie so maybe I do like this more than I realized.
Listening to this album and Brown Sugar plays. I remember the controversy around the lyrics as a kid. I heard them and I just shook my head. It’s just a cringy song. The music is okay but it’s whatever. Sure I have listened to many suspect things in my life but I have also gone back and realized it was terrible. Wild Horses is good. The album is really good. The album just rocks. There’s no denying that.
When I saw this album this morning I was transported to February 1987 to Fair Park Theater in Dallas where I saw the Beastie Boys play on the License to Ill tour. I was 12 years old. I was on the 2nd row from the stage and Murphy’s Law plays. They were a hardcore band from NYC that’s still around but then the next group gets on stage. A group of black dudes some with Mohawks and they were playing and it was the most mind blowing experience a 12 year old kid could have. They had a few songs at the time. They played their very first single “Party at Ground Zero”. It was amazing. I became a fan that day.
I waited and waited and finally this album was released. It opens with Freddie’s Dead and I’m in love with this album. It’s perfect. At the time I didn’t know it was a cover but I think they did Curtis Mayfield justice. Ma and Pa a song about works. All these songs work on this album. It was had social commentary with Slow Bus Movin’. Fishbone is a band that can’t be pigeonholed into one category and that’s what made this album perfect.
My first time listening to Bob Dylan. This album was long. The harmonica was overused. The music was good. I was expecting some mind blowing songs. The first was fun. There are good songs here. I don’t think this is for me. I can appreciate the heartbreak and lust on this album.
I bought the original CD based on Natural Blues because The End in Seattle played the song often. I liked the album at the time. But I was sitting here listening to the album thinking about how terrible this album is. The only reason we like it is because we hear it everywhere. It’s bad commercial music.
How are you so out of touch with music that you take the fun from a song like Willie and the Hand Jive. Most of the covers are lifeless. I have refused to listen to Eric Clapton because he is a racist. This album is not good. He is a great guitar player just not on this album. His singing is not good either.
I like this album way more than I should. I like the guitar playing. You can say what you want about being too much but I dig it. 4/5
The beauty in this album is in the instrumentation. Kate Bush was an innovator. She used samples in music and it improved the songs. Just beautiful songs all around.
A good album. You can the innovation in this album even if it might go on a bit long. 3/5
There are many albums that I haven’t heard in this world and this was one of them. I know who Leonard Cohen is because of Hallelujah. This album I could have gone without hearing it. I liked So Long Mariane. That’s it. 2/5.
I like this album. Really good songs.
I did not like this album. It’s not bad but it seemed like something was off in the music. Something was missing. The it factor was missing in this music. You know when a band has it and doesn’t. Even with the bands that were less famous. I was wondering why I had never heard their music because I listen to a lot of late 70s and early 80s punk. It’s just not that good.
I really enjoyed this album. Good music. Great experimentation
What an album. It’s starts with the odd Don’t Go Near the Water. I’m sure it was an honest plea to fight water pollution but they chose toothpaste and soap to attack. Take a load off your feet was another odd song. Just odd lyrics. The reworking of a blues song to create the protest song Student Protest Time. When I started listening I thought okay this is a pro-protest song but then by the end I was left unsure. Also some of the do-dos were a bit too happy for such heavy subject matter. But I liked Til I Die and Surf’s Up. There was something about both those song that grabbed me. The lyrics were good too. I also liked Disney Girls.
This is the first time I listened to a full REM album. Drive starts the album and as it started playing I knew this song but I didn’t know why. I liked this song. It’s really good. I love Everybody Hurts and Man on the Moon. I knew them from watching too much MTV back when they still kind of showed videos. MTV loved REM. Try Not to Breathe was another standout on this album. I liked most of it.
I didn’t like this album. It seemed like bad early new wave by a band who couldn’t agree on their sound. Echo and the Bunnymen did it better.
I don’t know. Lorde’s music isn’t my favorite. As I listened the music seemed overproduced. Each song had some music switch. It got boring after the third or fourth song. She and Jack Antonoff wrote some decent songs but not for me.
Not very good. The best song was the first one. Got bored after the first few songs. I guess they didn’t write their songs but added flourishes. It didn’t help.
It’s the Beatles. The songs are good. They are good. The hits are good but I don’t care for the rest of it. The lyrics are dated. I think they are better as they get into later albums.
A classic album. It changed music for me. I started listening to more rock oriented music because of this album. The hits are great but the deep tracks are just as good.
Just a beautiful album by an artist who figured out her sound. Starting with Chain of Fools. Such a great song to begin with. A great soul album with that shows Aretha’s vocal ability. The other hit was You Make Feel Like a Natural Woman. So there are songs sung by people that are their songs. This is Aretha ‘s song. Very few can do it justice
Wonderful Rainbow from Lightning Bolt is really the second album in the 49 albums that I have listened to so far that I have said that I needed to hear this before I died. This album is amazing. I’m not sure why. It first started with a bunch of noise but if you listen to it, you realize that it’s actually good. It’s intense and a bit much to take in but sometimes music should be a bit much.
My second REM album so far. I like this one better. Stand is goofy. I watched a lot of MTV and they loved REM. So I knew the hits. Stand and Orange Crush. Today I learned a little more about orange crush and it has more meaning to me than it did. The World Leader Pretend seems fitting now for where we are. I like this album much more than I thought I would.
I appreciate the album. I just don’t think I enjoyed the album. Good playing. The music was good. It just was not anything mind blowing and just kind of blended into the background.
I listened to this twice today. Once early this after I saw the new record would be another REM album. My REM fatigue is high because this is three in 10 days. Initially I listened with bias. But Radio Free Europe is good. I read about it that you couldn’t understand Michael Stipe and his lyrics. I didn’t mind it. I actually loved this album. The music is really good and I can understand why people are fans. If I can make a comparison it’s like who people are fans of the Smiths or the Cure. I understand the fandom. They are good musicians and songwriters. So even though I got 3 REM albums in 10 days I think I became a fan and may listen to them more often.
I was not a fan of this album. It seemed as if they were trying too hard to be edgy. I’m not sure what she was like before this album but the last song was fine but I didn’t need to hear it. It was fun and I’m sure at the time was a bit shocking. But it had been done better by other artists in the early 70s like Betty Davis. The rest was just bland new wave.
It’s a good pop album with lots of filler. I mean lots of songs are on here. Sure they are decent but they kind of fade into the background. I can understand why people like it. The hits were big. Mr Blue Sky is great. I like that song. I have heard it often. But the rest is kind of just like good pop rock. I enjoyed it.
I haven’t listened to this album in 20 years. I remember reading about it being the California album for Courtney Love and Hole. She desired fame and celebrity. But if you separate the celebrity from the artist and you listen to the music you realize that she had talent and the album is good. Northern Star, Celebrity Skin, Awful are all good songs. This is a good album.
My first time I ever listened to Roxy Music. It was a good album musically and you can understand why Brian Eno left the group. I loved the heaviness of the music. I did not care for Bryan Ferry’s singing. I would it was a good album and I’m glad I heard it.
I loved this record so much. Sly wrote such good songs. Just knew how to compose songs that would get stuck in your head. Stand! Everyday People sing a Simple Song are Perfect. The rest are just as good.
It’s my first time listening all the way through. Listened to both the Bowie and Iggy mixes. I preferred the Iggy mix because it seemed more raw. This early punk seems aggressive because of the addition of James Williamson. His guitar playing is so great on this album if gives the power needed to get emotion that Iggy I think desired when he was writing his lyrics. Such a great album.
Man Sex Funk is such a ridiculous term. The lyrics didn’t age well and when I was listening to the first song I thought he heard War and figured he could do the same thing but it lacks soul. It lacks rhythm from the singer. Tim Buckley is terrible but the band isn’t. On some songs when he isn’t trying to hard it seems okay but this album is shit. The music isn’t bad but he is shit.
This music wasn’t for me. I don’t think it was bad. I just don’t think it’s good.
I listened to this entire album. I read where people said they expanded their sound to Spanish and Turkish sounds. I heard the one song where he was singing in Spanish a bit and carrying on. But mostly it all sounded the same. An Irish folk tune sped up a little with a guy who could be a punk singer. Are the songs good? Sure but it got old. I’m sure the live show was one hell of a party though. I think I liked it but I wouldn’t listen again. It’s not for me.
A goood album. Just not for me. Sounds like other albums that came out during this time.
I never really listened to Rage Against the Machine because I never felt that music could really be the catalyst that changes the world. The music and lyrics are good. I appreciate them. I went to school at a service academy and they were popular there. It seems like the wrong place for them to be popular. But it makes sense when people don’t listen to the lyrics and want just a little bit of rebellion while they are following orders or being part of said machine. Can’t blame good music.
Good music. I reo this album from my childhood. It was good to reminisce. The hits were still great. DLR was still a good front man even though I think Van Halen grew bigger with Sammy Hagar. EVH and the band were amazing on this album but it’s not overly amazing.
Such a brilliant and challenging album. Improvised and the electric elements are outstanding. Genius to think he guided them by just given some quick guidance and letting the players explore the sounds and where the mind and soul would take them. Just amazing
A good album. I liked many of the songs. It did seem to go on too long because the latter part of the album seemed weaker. I enjoyed it. I’m not sure if I ever would listen again.
I’m not sure how I feel about this album. I enjoyed it but I think the album can challenge you because it seems like there isn’t a destination and just a journey. It’s a decent journey. The people play extremely well and know where they’re going it’s just not exciting along the way.
Big Brother & Holding Company went from semi-obscurity to becoming bonafide stars with the addition of a young woman who was raised on blues greats and found comfort in singing folk in Janis Joplin. Her voice fit perfectly on this album. This album followed their performance at the Monterrey Pop Festival which was quite possibly one on the best festivals ever. They drop this album with fake crowd noise and it’s amazing. Janis’ voice fits the playing so well. The band play amazing and switch between rock and blues throughout. This would be their last album together but at least that made magic here. I had always kind of avoided Janis Joplin because of her voice. Today I listened and understood that her voice was important to the songs and made them that much better.
A good album with great playing. Good singing that will get stuck in your head. It’s not the best thing I heard but I’m glad I heard it
Bad Brains I Against I is such a great album. The talent of the players in the band is crazy evident to go from hardcore to heavy metal to reggae. But even with that being said H. R. Is the key. His lyrics and voice are amazing to create this great album.
I see people saying this is their best album. It’s okay music. I can see that they were trying to get back to blues roots. It was decent I just don’t think their music is for me. This also went on too long. I guess if you like it then it wouldn’t be.
Very good album. There is pain and anger and politics. It’s an album that needs multiple listens I think to fully digest. The lyrics are strong point here. So crazy sad. A person who was using his ability to write as an outlet. I think I really like this album.
Well shit. That was a listen. There were many styles of music here and it think it all worked well. It could get monotonous in spots but at least the music was interesting. Now the lyrics are wild but I will say that at the core of this album was a pop heart. Sweet songs were sweet. You can add all the fuzz and whatnot to the album. You hadsome pretty good songs. I read a review from pitchfork about the album but it really didn’t talk about the album. It talked about the fourth album a couple of eps and like the first song. They gave the album a 10 in retrospect. I mention this because I think this is 4.5/5 or maybe 4. Not sure which way I would lean. I would have to spend more the 24 hours with the album.
I really enjoyed the vibe of this album. It’s a cool weird vibe. The cabaret singer. It reminded of old school lounge singers. Yes Alison cut her teeth in trip hop but this album isn’t in that area. The music is a different vibe. I read people saying that portishead did it better but I would disagree to a certain point. I think Goldfrapp has a stronger voice with deeper characteristics while Beth’s voice is more unique. I don’t think this record is trying to be like anybody and for a debut it is a strong effort.
A good album with solid hits somebody to Love White Rabbit, My Best and Today. I think the rest of the album is good and you can get into it but the highlight is definitely Grace Slick’s singing. It drives this album forward. This is what’s most memorable.
A good album. Not sure what I expected. It was my first time listening to the Kinks. I enjoyed it. It was a good album. Not sure I would go out of my way to listen again. I thought it was good and you could hear others who have been influenced by them.
When the MCs came to live out the name/ and to perform/ some had to snort cocaine/ to act insane
When these lyrics hit you knew this was going to be a different album. It came out in the Winter on 1995 and this was a winter album the lyrics were cold. They are deep and just abstract enough. If you knew the Genius’ history he had a record deal previously and released an album called Words from the Genius in 1991. It was not promoted very well and had a song called Pass the Bone they had a video for. He would later get dropped. From that experience he and RZA would take what they learned and take over hip hop. This album was part of that takeover. This forced a change in the music. People wanted to be like WuTang but did not have the lyrics to be able to even come near them. Those three years that followed Enter the 36 Chambers were some of the best especially for one group. Anything they released was a classic.
Such a beautifullly written album. Songs are sad and her longing to be loved in some of the songs show the emotion she can evoke. Other songs clearly express the influence that Laurel Canyon had on her writing. So many amazing people were in that area and it helped her write an amazing album. It’s fun sad and everything that a classic album should be.
A good album anchored by Sunshine Superman and Season of the Witch. I enjoyed but I wouldn’t listen again.
This is the Ziggy in America album. Alladin Sane is a crazy song with piano that just loses all sense on melody towards the end. This could be seen as Bowie being tired of the Ziggy persona. While it helped breakthrough finally it was exhausting to be this over the top character. Panic in Detroit is a great song on here as he is touring America. Cracked Actor could be another nod to him being just over the act. I just watched the Ziggy Stardust movie and him killing off the character with Rock n Roll Suicide was fitting. He could find new music and not be pigeonholed in one style. This was the beginning of that moment.
Big Beat was a moment in time and this album is one of the best of the genre. It’s good but long. It had some moments but not enough to keep the party going.
I came to The Smiths at the end. They had released Strangeways Here We Come and then Rank. Shortly after they would break up. I would eventually start in earnest listening to their music in the late 90s. That’s when I realized how much I could relate to the lyrics. I bought the whole discography and it’s amazing. The Queen is Dead is probably the highlight of that. The writing. There is wit with one liners. There is some sadness and longing for love. But with all the great lyrics you have the amazing guitar work from Johnny Marr.
This is a decent album some big hits. I liked Monday, Monday and California Dreamin’. I’m not sure if I liked much else. The harmonies are good. I just think it’s soft pop music.
This is a good album. It sounds like many things. Sounds like early trip hop before it was a thing. Sounds like downtempo. It might be a little house. The thing is that it all works on this album. I’m glad I heard this album.
I first heard this album in college. I was failing and depressed but didn’t know I was depressed when I heard this album. When I heard “Nothing Can stop me now because I don’t care anymore” from Piggy I really felt that lyric. I never was a real fan of Nine Inch Nails but when I listened to The Downward Spiral I understood it. I felt it. I understood the spiral down. I would sit in my dorm room thinking of jumping out the window. When I heard “ Ihurt myself today to see I still feel”. I didn’t hurt myself during this time. I did drop out of college not long after. I still continue to struggle with depression. But I figured out better coping mechanisms. Now The Downward Spiral is really a great album because it does a great job of showing a person who is slowly deteriorating and is crying out for help. It’s sad and beautiful. The music is harsh and angry. But life is angry and harsh at times. A great moment in time.
Close to the Edge is a great album. The first song at 18 minutes would seem to be long but keeps your attention until the end. Prog Rock lyrics can be a little nonsensical and I really wasn’t paying attention but the musicianship on this album was top notch. I’m glad I heard it.
Another day here and I get a folk album. I’m familiar with the song American Pie. I tried to listen to the lyrics but I think the chorus overruns them. It’s almost impossible. It doesn’t matter. It’s really a song about stuff that doesn’t fit a world that includes most of the world. The rest of the album is kind of just there. Vincent is an odd song. He decides to write a song about Van Gogh having bipolar disorder but not really. It kind self indulgent. Sure you say he suffered for his sanity. It’s really pointless.
Im not sure what I was listening to. There were so many styles on this album that it was hard to make sense of it. I think they did some decent shoegaze but most of it was just kind of mid. Nothing really stood out. This another one of those albums that I didn’t need to hear before I died.
I was unfamiliar with The Fall prior to listening to the album. It’s a good album. It’s challenging in a way that it’s not straight forward. You get the post-punk/punk and it works. Songs are good and some get stuck in you head. I can understand why it’s on the list.
A good album with good songs.
A decent album. Not sure where one song finished and the next began. Good background music.
An album that seems way before its time. It’s seems like it’s influential in many of the artists that are prevalent now. They probably could have been bigger now because of the “Americana” surge. I enjoyed the music. I think this was their high water mark and I’m glad I heard it.
This album is good. I like Raw Power just a little more. These songs were interesting
English white men doing blues. It’s terrible. Can Clapton play guitar. Sure. Is he one of the greats sure. Does it change that he can’t understand what country blues is. He can’t figure that out. You can play it and you may better at it but you will never feel it.
I tried getting through this but I couldn’t. I like Freedom ‘90 but that’s about it. I think the problem is that the ballads were just not well written in my opinion. He sings well enough. The songs weren’t good and too much production on his voice I think.
Another bluesy rock album by white dudes. At least this one kind of rocks. It was good to hear Aerosmith before they became the cheesy ballad band.
An amazing album amazing voice. When you are the standard that causes other lesser artists to get signed then you definitely deserve 5 stars
An interesting album that has some glam rock touches in my opinion as I noticed a Bowie influence. Not something I would listen to regularly but not bad.
Not a good album. His voice isn’t for me. The playing is good. Some songs taken from black artists lyrics changed to make them suitable for white audiences
It all kind of sounds the same.
A good album that created a genre where other people wanted to emulate their sound. You can hear their influence throughout music. You would think that an album that took 3 years and 29 studios would be a mess and it kind of sounds like a mess. But if you listen you realize that there is beauty there. Another interesting thing is looping. And use of samplers. You can hear it. Shields seemed interested in how hip hop and electronic music was created. That influence affected the outcome of Loveless. Yes it almost bankrupted a record label. It’s also a masterpiece. It also broke up the band. Such an interesting album.
Trans Europe Express was sampled/interpolated for the song Plant Rock which became an electro- hiphop masterpiece. That alone means that Kraftwerk were cool. This album is interesting but not amazingly groundbreaking. I enjoyed it overall.
Wow. This album was so good. The music was really good. Tom Waits used all his voices to bring different emotions to the different songs on the album and it was perfect each time. I had only known of Tom Waits prior to this. Listening to this I want go down the rabbit hole because I was mesmerized by his voice. It’s that good.
This is my third favorite Beastie Boys album. I remember when I first heard She’s On It I knew I wanted to be a fan. Their evolution from the party guys to the serious musicians was definitely a crazy turn that I didn’t expect but if you understand anything about the band they were always trying to push boundaries. Originally coming from the hardcore scene the songs like sabotage and tough guy make sense here. The instrumentals were excellent on the album. Many people talked about them using less samples on this album. They still used samples on plenty of the songs as it was part of their DNA. The instrumentals definitely helped break up the tedious nature of the rhymes. Ill Communication was basically a continuation from Check Your Head. I think both albums are equally great. You could swap them in my ranking. This is a classic but I think all Beastie Boys albums are classics.
A good album filled with many good songs.
A good live album. BB King plays and sings the blues well. These songs are amazing. What really drives this album is the backing band and the horns. They are perfect to complement the guitar sounds that King is playing.
This was an okay album. Nothing great about it. The folk rock isn’t great
A great record from the big band jazz era. Count Basie was an amazing band leader as well as a great piano player. This music brings a smile to my face as I listen to its easy listening from the last time that jazz was really popular.
Heroes is the third in the Berlin trilogy and I have to say that I really enjoy this album thoroughly. Heroes is an amazing song but where you have the biggest strength is Robert Fripp being allowed to be Robert Fripp. Heroes is so good on the album. Another aspect that I like is the instrumentals. I find the way they resemble free jazz it kind of breaks up the album a bit. David Bowie always was trying to be innovative and I thought he at his best on this album.
So I was expecting something terrible when I started reading the reviews for this album but as I listened I was pleasantly surprised. Sure the first song isn’t the best and the singer’s falsetto isn’t great. But once you get past those songs I heard what sounded like other albums that were out at that time like the XX. I enjoyed the music and some of the songs were really good. I can understand the praise.
A beautiful voice singing bossa-nova with some updated sounds. It’s really good. I think people don’t actually listen to the whole album but they would find that at some points she sings in English also and not just Portuguese. I really enjoyed the album. I am also glad the guy saved the record. It’s sad that he died while doing it.
A classic album. I haven’t listened since I was a kid. I was reminded as to why Dr Dre was considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. This introduced the world to Snoop Dogg. The hits on the album are crazy good. This album was so importo the West Coast because it made the East Coast pay attention to what was going on there. It was a true game changer. Sure the later songs aren’t great but you could put this on and ride around and just groove to the P-Funk samples and chill. Such a great album.
The is an amazingly beautiful record. It’s so perfectly produced. The first song Black Cow sampled by lord Tariq and Peter Tariq on Deja Vu ( Uptown Baby). Aja is such a beautiful song. I bought this album on vinyl after watching the yacht rock doc. Imagine my disappointment when I found the vinyl to be poorly produced and have numerous issues. But at least I can stream it. The use of 40 session players is crazy to me. But it worked and they found magic in the formula.
I enjoyed this album. I think I might be a Tom Waits fan. This is the second album of his that I really enjoyed.
A great bunch of songs. It goes on a bit long. Great musicians. D Boon was lost too early.
I just don’t understand the idea behind these guys singing these songs. Sure you can love the music. But it should have just stopped there. These aren’t great covers. Sure the Beatles are great but this album isn’t.
Such a great album Nile Rogers and Bernard Summer gave this album life. The hits are undeniable but the rest of the album is just as great.
A decent debut. You can hear the influence of a band like Joy Division on the first song. They would eventually become a better band and the music is definitely good. I think the songs could be better and I’m glad it’s on the list because you see where a band begins.
I was familiar with one song from the album. The rest is good. It’s not what I normally listen to. I think it’s good overall. The music was interesting and the lyrics were standard r&b stuff. I’m not sure if I needed to hear this before I died but it broke up all the sameness of the Brit pop that’s on the list that is not very interesting.
