4.5 - super cool album, favorite is by far “I Want You” - new appreciation for all the styles that the Beatles had. Each track had me wondering what the next would sound like. Loved the B side.
3/5 - RHCP just not for me, I like their popular stuff but not everything
So cool. Hard to put a genre on this one, could hear a singer on a cruise ship hitting a bunch of the early stuff. Son of a preacher man is of course a banger. Some cool stuff on the second half of the album. Windmills of Your Mind a sneaky good song
Crazy. Didn't get a full listen to each track, but what a legend. Long ass album, great to have on in the clinic.
What a banger album! One after the other, how do you pick a winner? I'm biased but this will be a 5/5 for me
4.5/5. Another crazy album! Clearly influenced or influencers. Beatles influenced heavily initially. Octavarium by DT in there somewhere. It’s so original yet so familiar. Loved Touch Sensitive, but then No Sympathy blew me away - Bon Jovi into Battles. And then run, Christian run stole the show. Super cool album.
Craaaazy album. Tour of west africa, south america, central america. hilarious DJ interludes, I enjoyed. Fav is between Punk It Up and Jive my Baby, the latter probably just beating it out. 4/5.
I mean, an unreal album, really. Such a quintessential oasis sound, with a couple of well known bangers. Brit-pop at its finest. How can you not pick wonderwall as your top pick? You can, you pick Champagne Supernova. 4.5/5 album, brilliant.
Trippy. Super folksy, some eastern influence in Once I Had a Sweetheart, but otherwise didn't really enjoy. Hated Lyke-Wake, a lot of them were way too folky, 2/5.
Cool! Good exposure to blonde, one way or another I knew, the others I didn’t. Feels classic but also fresh like they were on the frontiers of new wave with synthesizer use. Fade Away and Radiate - super cool, could be a Queen song with a Police outro. Pretty Baby - wow! Oldies vibe with some proggy chord progressions to place it in the 70s. Fun. I know but I don’t know, Yes proggyness, with Sex Pistols vocals and composure. 11:59 the smiths! Will anything happen, post-punk fun. Sunday girl ABBA. The pinnacle with Heart of Glass - just sounds like Blondie cause it is. I’m gonna love you too very themesong-ey, finishing up with a pop punk new wave closer. 4.5/5
Old school jazz. The first song feels like a test, constant change in tempo and speed, gotta be patient. Last one was my fav, but not too much to tell them apart. Enjoyed!
Cool album. Anchored by sweet dreams, but some dreamy poppy floaty stuff. 3.5/5
Post-hardcore. Feels like something you’d hear in Tony Hawk Proskater 4. Post-hardcore, punk, whatever you’d call it. Underground, small dark gigs, wet, smoky, grungy. Never heard of them before, but an interesting listen! 3/5
Folk punk, maritime rock, some interesting vibes here. Definitely feels folksy, maritime pub rock. “Country” probably the pick of the lot, but an album that definitely grew on me as I went along. 3/5.
Great album. A couple of classics, a couple of covers. Has that oldy, warm, comforting voice, the compositions are soft, ballady. You've Got A Friend takes the cake for me. 4/5!
Dang theres some funky stuff in here! Loved the opening track, then got treated to some old school grooves, felt like i was listening to a sample database, funky hip hop grooves, with lots of soul and attitude. impossible not to dance and bob the head. Holdin' on had a cool feel to it, then african dance was a vibing track, really impressive flute. Same beat into dance, with some cool narration. Feel free! What a banger. STANK FACE from the bass on Happiness Dub. But then ewwwww Back To Life. Banger album all around! 4.5/5
Yeeeeesh. Stank face went on early and never really went anywhere. The 60s? Really? Walk On By is sooooo good, how have I never heard this? I guess I recognize a lot from being sampled in other tunes. Soulful suspension in time listening to hyperbolic, groovy. Walk on By has to be the track, 4/5.
Talk about a library of killer electronic tracks. Something for everyone in here, definitely recognized a few. A great thing to put on when you're getting stuff done, chores and outdoor work. Thoroughly enjoyed, Porcelin probably my favorite. 4/5!
Cooooool new wave stuff. Drops of Bowie, the Cure, the Smiths, the Doors, the Clash. Each track pretty different, haunting vocals, lots of different sounds and instruments and styles, sounds like the alternative 80s. The Cutter probably the best example, most accessible, but I enjoyed the journey that the title track takes you on. More experimental, psychedelic, western, eastern, marauding yet in no rush to go anywhere. Cool track. And then Heads will roll! So freaking cool sounding song. Ripeness feels like The Clash. The Doors run through the whole thing. Looooove the intro to Higher Hell, a beautiful but gloomy track adorned by flashes of instrumental color, fills, riffs, etc. which builds and builds into overlapping waves of vocals. Gods will be Gods - driving, cool acoustic strumming bits, speeding up as it goes along until the climax, then a slow descent, building back up. Fun. All ends with Fuel, a dreamy, spacey but murky and vibey track like walking through a decommissioned underwater amusement park. Overall loved the album, 4.5/5! How to pick a favorite? Gonna go with Fuel.
okay, enjoyed this more than i thought i would. still not my style, at all. folky, country, beautiful harmonies. Dolly and crew have really great voices. i dont love the sound of the songs, or the content. Telling Me Lies if I had to pick one out. 2.5/5!
Really cool find here. Don’t know much about these guys but I think there’s something for everyone here. Singer/songwriter vibe, lots of acoustic guitar, some other string accompaniment. Pleasant! Pull Together is the fave - 4/5
Really enjoying the vibe. Song 2 is the well known one, but some good sounds, a little Oasis/U2-ey. Really unique sound, think I enjoyed Death of a Party the most. 3.5/5.
Cool. Haunting vocals, hypnotizing guitar, singer songwriting at its finest. interesting compositions, vocals, all songs pretty different. Not a whole lot separating them for me, suppose famous blue raincoat takes it. 3/5.
Here we go! Looking at the tracklist, lots I didn’t recognize, and makes sense. Few non-traditional non-radio songs in here, quite a diverse offering. Epic intro with some smooth transitions making it feel like a rock opera, You’re My Best Friend highlights the opening half. Sweet Lady was a pleasant surprise, heavier, 3/4 time with some buildup points and speedy parts. Seaside Rendezvous felt very queen, very theatrical, silly, colourful and bouncy. Prophet’s Song - cool, still very theatrical/musical, but a darker scene and conflict. Middle echoey call/return bit was a bit offputting, but enjoyed the ending. Love of my Life - enjoyed it even more in the context of the album, beautiful song, my pick of the lot. Good Company - cool sounds, ukelele, guitar, SpongeBob intro song vibes, surprising fun find. We all know what happens next, what more needs to be said? Can’t not put this as the best. 3.5/5
Brilliant! 4.5. Lots to enjoy here, really felt like something special, can only imagine how it felt in 1971. Cool story behind the title track as well. Loved What's Going On, but also a big fan of Mercy Mercy Me (picking that one!!), Right On and Inner City Blues. Brilliant!
sooooulful blues. Not my shtick, but i was stank facing and bobbing the head throughout. Very cool. Mannish Boy was the pick of course, bad to the bone!!! 3.5/5
wow, really different. Started off strong with a strong poppy rock track. then got weird. really interesting songs, starts poppy and then gets weird. Beatles and Paul Simon at times, then Queen shows up. Not sure how to classify this, but its a bit off kilt for me. 2.5/5.
Okay this really grew on me. Started off a little weird, then this is what she’s like evolved and was long and was the turning point mid song. Frankie goes to Hollywood. Knowledge of beauty was a great track, one of those things fantastic. Then I was hooked. Ended up enjoying, 3.5/5.
Beautiful album. So smiths. A surprising array of musicality in here alongside the classic vocals. Loved most of them, well I wonder just vibed so hard. 4.5/5
A head bopping album! Elements of faithless, the killers, fresh electronica that doesn’t go too hard and clubby. Great opening track, very different feel with other voices. I used to - verrrry cool, then the guitar comes in and wraps it all up like a rotating burrito. Change yr mind - funky outta nowhere! Naaaasty bass. How do you sleep? Mike oldfield helps, I think I hear some tubular bells in the background. Ready for war. Amazing track that builds and builds! Tonite more upbeat, disco beats, cool vocals. Little too one pace and one dimensional for me. Call the police - arcade fire, Radiohead, cool track. Title track: fire as well. Loved the outro track, put me into a calming trance. Great way to finish, great album! 4/5. Best song for me was how do you sleep?
Cool, nice chance to listen to more of Talking Heads. Probably something in here for everyone. Recognized Once in a Lifetime, and Listening Wind from the Peter Gabriel version on So. Overload slows it down, puts you in a trance, Brian Eno influence? Overall cool, 3/5 not blown away by any means.
Brilliant! Fun danceable tunes, feels classic and so comfortable. Hard not to feel the influence of this everywhere with latino dance music. 4/5
Here we go, this is way more creative than I would have expected! Some cool stuff, I'm sure lyrically its going hard but I can't listen to the words of songs. Couple I recognize for sure, fav might've been These Walls. 3/5.
Really a pretty album. Not quite what I was expecting, not the most singer/songwriter album you could imagine, there's some character to it. Without You takes the cake, even though Coconut is pretty fun. Pretty fine album all around. 3.5/5.
Very interesting. Loved the opening track then got a little weird for me. Not quite sure how to describe this, but had some elements of tears for fears, frankie goes to hollywood. I like the background gospelly stuff but not all the spoken word stuff? Get Ready for Love was the top track. 3/5
Opening track is so cool. Feels like Radiohead. Paranoid android I get some PT vibes, minus the vocals. What a cool song, so many vibe changes, chords, kinda proggy, banger. Subterranean alien, so cool, wavey and psychedelic. Exit music - dark, melancholic, optimistic. Builds and builds, chills! Let down - a bit more forgettable, kinda poppy with some math rock elements. Karma Police the classic - enjoyed it even more in the context of the album. Fitter happier a weird interlude. Electioneering also interesting, cowbell. Climbing up the walls another forgettable one. No surprises another chill rock classic, mellow as it gets. Lucky also really good - this subtle western vibe, sneaky and mysterious, then kinda gospels?? Really cool. Closes out with the tourist, a slow and pretty song. Enjoyed it more than I was expecting, a solid 4.25/5
So old school. Definitely an album from a time, looking at roots for sure. Not exactly my thing, but I was head bumping through all of it. Rebel Without a Pause. Solid 3/5.
how to call this one.. pop rock for sure, but a lot of creativity to be sure. Could easily be the beatles, billy joel, etc. Overall kinda boring? Sure it was influential. Maybe I'm Amazed the winner, ofc. 3/5.
I've been sleeping on Oasis. Few here that I knew, the sound is just so fresh even today. Bet these guys rocked hard live. Really really enjoyed, 4.5/5
Well damn. Obviously a classic with having heard just about every track. Had no idea the album STARTED with enter sandman. What an intro, can only imagine metal heads listening to this on release. They’re the masters of putting together simplicity and making it sound heavy and hard. Sad but true is a strong follow up to sandman, holier than though a little faster and heavier, feels much more like classic baby thrash metal, most like their earlier stuff. Classic vocals. Loved the outro, bass going ham into a heavy riff. Unforgiven is such a cool slow down. An epic piece. Wherever I may roam takes its time building speed back up, then we’re back heavy. Bass drum, snare, repeat. Don’t tread on me goes a little pantera, but falls short. Through the never is more penetrating and marauding, good enough for your first mosh pit I’d imagine. Nothing else matters.. ballad, and really a beautiful song. Ups and downs, a gentle ride, feels like a passage through time in a way. Melancholy, reflective, feels like a lullaby. even though idk what the lyrics are saying. Of wolf and men, does NOT warm you back up slowly. Heavy intro, another shout out to earlier Metallica with more modern vocals. Not a great song imo. God that failed, cool intro but then feels like the most generic Metallica song you could come up with. Bass, snare, bass, snare. My friend of misery started out with so much promise, but then a little boring, vocals not doing it for me either. Went on waaaay too long as well. Album closes out with a little speed again after an awkward little marching bang intro. Man this album really is buoyed by a few bangers for me, 3.75/5.
Crazy! I've only ever known radio OutKast, but this goes hard! Fits right in there with Dre and Snoop and the like, didn't think of them like that at all. Hard to say no to Ms. Jackson, but then was gonna go with So fresh so clean, then miss badu came out! Forgot about that banger, 100% the pick. A few other fantastic songs tho, really enjoyed Slum Beautiful and Stankonia. 4.25/5.
An absolute mega banger. Shine on you crazy diamonds part 1-5 is just a voyage, it’s incredible. Welcome to the machine gets synths and more intense. Have a cigar gets funky, such a fun song. Wish you were here - the perfect song. It’s so good. Chills and all. Closes out with the remainder of shine - soooo groovy, so many layers of keys and guitar, turns into a ride cymbal groove and just goes so hard, crazy guitar solo, such a journey. 5/5 album!
Storytelling. It’s pretty, some beautiful moments but it’s just a bit of a drag. That’s on me, not Joni. I was raised on heavier stuff. Picking out Car in the Hill, 2.5/5.
