This may be dad rock, but I enjoyed it. Walk of Life is a tune, and I enjoyed Money for Nothing too.
Think most of the heavy lifting is done by the first half of the album though, it drops off markedly in the latter end.
Fun album to get started with!
First half was a party - loved it.
Second half a bit more mixed, but still enjoyed it overall.
Have bounced off some of Prince's stuff in the past, so pleasantly surprised, and thought this was great.
Listened to the 1990 CD re-issue version, which has the full original tracklist (including DMSR). Apparently the remastered versions are victims of the loudness wars, so worth finding an original release if possible.
Some good stuff on here, knew more than I expected going in. Potentially a bit on the longer side than I would really like, but enough hits kept me going through it.
Love Nina Simone and her voice, and Lilac Wine is just beautiful.
It lost me a bit towards the end, and finding out afterwards that this album was pieced together from studio off-cuts explains that, but overall I enjoyed this enough that I will be keeping it around.
A bit of a surprise package this one. Hadn't actually properly listened to a Beck album before, I didn't really know what I was in for, but enjoyed most of this!
Start and finish tracks are obvious classics. Middle is ok, a bit Dylan-esque (which isn't a good thing), but more enjoyable than anything Dylan has ever put out. Solid middle of the road 3 of 5.
This one didn’t really grab me. Torn Curtain as the closer was the only track that properly stood out, and sort of gave me a The Eagles vibe.
Going back to a few tracks, there are some nice riffs here and there, but overall it just never clicked for me. The track lengths didn’t help either. Not necessarily a bad album, just not my thing.
I actually didn't mind listening to this - as a one off. A bit too much going on and the overall length of the album (at just over an hour) is a bit much for repeated listens of this style of electronica, which isn't really my thing. I'm glad I experienced it, but this isn't going in my library.
I liked the start of this but got a bit repetitive as it went on. Glad to have heard it but not one for keeping around.
Didn't get into this right away, but ended up loving it!
Really vibed with Here Comes Your Man, Crackity Jones, and La La Love You, in particular.
The screaming on Mannish Boy almost put me off the whole thing, and I wasn't sure if this was just going to be one of those “important genre-defining but not necessarily for me” albums.
That the album then goes and does something a bit more interesting than just playing the basic blues, really won me over, and I quite enjoyed my time overall.
Highlights: Bus Driver, Jealous Hearted Man, and I Can’t Be Satisfied
Muddy Waters has a proper set of pipes on him too.
Biggest issue with this album is how long it is, if they ended it with Under the Bridge, I would have actually quite enjoyed it!
Sir Psycho Sexy can fuck off though - that and the 1+ hr running time makes this a 2 for me.
I did also enjoy Breaking the Girl, Give It Away, and the title track; and the bass from Flea is pretty sick throughout. Wouldn't want to listen through the whole thing again, though.
This has some of the worst excesses of prog rock on it, especially in some of the first few tracks, but I actually overall enjoyed this...?
I am a bit of a sucker for prog-rock anyway, but I found the concept of this as an adaption really interesting, and Nut Rocker ends it on a high.
Like I get why some people hate this, but I will gladly listen to it again!
Eh, I can kinda see why this is on here, but I didn't find it that interesting, and nothing could convince to put an album with such an ugly album cover in my collection.
Standing in the Shower… Thinking - lowlight of the album - what even was that about?
Overall enjoyed it, although found Side A to be more memorable.
A suprisingly stacked album (as long as you don't bother with the re-issue and its bonus tracks). I absolutely loved this - maybe I just love disco? Such fun!
He's the Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, Thinking of You, and We Are Family are proper bangers.
A proper dirge of an album, with only 'Up on Cripple Creek' really doing anything for me. Properly struggled pushing through the tedium of finishing this one, resulting in my first 1 rating of the project to date (at album #17).
I hope to never hear anything from 'The Band' (lol what a bad name) again.
Enjoyed some of this but it really started to drag. 18 tracks is too many really
Lot of nostalgia going into this one. Pretty stacked album but drops off a bit in the second half.
Girl from Ipanema is an obvious (if overplayed) classic and overall I did enjoy the timbre of this album, but it's hard to get over the fact that ultimately this is just the same song played 10 times.
I remember listening to this album before, and having been a huge fan of 'Funeral' it doesn't quite hit the same highs. Nevertheless, it is a solid offering, although the mix felt a bit flat in places.
It’s strange how little of the music from this album I’d previously heard before, despite having listened to their anthologies Greatest Hits I to III on repeat growing up. Only ‘Seven Seas of Rhye’ was familiar to me. I guess this means this isn’t a ‘hits heavy’ record as such, but I still enjoyed it overall. Opened my eye to how much of their back catalogue I might not have heard yet!
This is one I’ve listened to before, but not heard in a while. What struck me was the rawness and emotion througout the whole performance, and I liked that they kept in all the bits between Kurt and the band and audience. This would have been a great performance to see live, and I’m glad this record exists of it.
Favourite tracks: Come As You Are, The Man Who Sold the World, Lake of Fire, Where Did You Sleep Last Night (that last one especially, wow - bumps it up to a 5 for me).
I listened to this a lot when I was in my Riotgrrl era (although I don't think it actually counts as such, it was more just lumped in with other records I was into at the time). So any easy one to rate as already familiar with the hits.
Top tracks: Line Up, Connection, SOFT, Stutter
It took me a second listen to properly appreciate this one. Some really good stuff in here, including 'That Lady', 'Listen to the Music', 'Summer Breeze'.
There's a bit of what feels like filler in the middle part of the album, that maybe lets it down a bit, but overall quite enjoyable.
Took me by surprise how much I enjoyed this. Just a really beautfiully sounding album.
Long on my list of favourite ever albums, so this is probably one of the easiest 5's I will ever give on this project. I recognise there is a fair bit of bias and previous experience going into this, but I just absolutely love this album. Listening back now also provides that additional nostalgia of hearing this back in my youth, further cementing that top top rating.
A pleasant surprise. Thought the beginning had a nice shoegazy feel to it. Felt it lost a bit of focus through the middle, but I enjoyed this overall.
Honestly, this didn't do much for me. The occasional nice beep here, fun boop there, aside, I wasn't really grabbed by anything. Indeed it was a wee bit overly repetitive in times.
Cars is the obvious hit, but coming towards the end of the album it still felt like I’d been listening to more or less the same track ten times by then.
According to last.fm, the last time I listened to this album was 17 years ago! I used to have 'Rid of Me' on repeat, and only listened to 'Dry' a handful of times, so despite being familiar with some of PJ Harvey's work, this actually felt like a new experience for me.
Enjoyed that throughout especially the opening run of tracks. Ultimately I think 'Rid of Me' is still the better album, but this comes close.
Not a massive fan of metal so I was a bit unsure of this going in, but I actually came out of this quite liking it!
Scarecrow standout track for me.
Another Queen album! And again, surprisingly little of the tracklist was familiar; feels like there's a rich vein of discovery with their catalogue.
Killer Queen is the obvious early hit (and one of the only tracks I knew going in), and the album starts strong overall. Flick of the Wrist and Now I'm Here (another I already knew) keep the momentum rolling through the middle nicely.
The second half is a bit less memorable, though it finishes powerfully by revisiting In the Lap of the Gods.
It's country music time; will try to keep an open mind!
Generally don't mind country in short bursts, and luckily this isn't a long album.
Time of the Preacher is a nice opening tune, and overall this sounds pleasant enough; it's not bad per se. But it started getting repetitive around track 9, Denver. So I didn't hate this, but equally wouldn't care to listen again.
Knew some of Stevie Wonder's tracks here and there, but hadn't listened to a full album before, so was looking forward to this.
I did enjoy the album, and it's hard not to with big hitters like Superstition and a strong closer in I Believe (When I Fall in Love it Will Be Forever). But I did feel a bit disappointed. Other than those big hits and some other interesting tracks (Maybe Your Baby, Big Brother, Blame it on the Sun), the rest felt a bit like filler.
That said, I'll definitely listen to this again, and maybe it will grow on me more over time.
