Groovy guitars. I feel like to truly appreciate this you need to be driving a convertible on Route 66. Enjoyed it more with a few listens, much groovier and less cheesy than Brothers in Arms
First listen and it wasn’t super special. But listen 3 I was boppin’ and groovin’.
Not as interesting as later Talking Heads but a good start. Basically every song that’s on Stop Making Sense is better on Stop Making Sense. Ditto for American Utopia
The famous iconic songs are indeed famous and iconic. There are some other great tracks here too. There’s also some very ugly misogyny. I could happily go without ever listening to ‘If I ain’t tha 1’ again.
Obviously Ella is iconic and wonderful and many of these songs are stone cold classics. All the same, three hours of this vibe gets a bit samey.
Great voice. Preacher Man is an all-timer. Otherwise not really my scene
I’d dance to this in a bar but I can’t say I’d listen to it more casually.
Crazy eclectic style and plenty of bangers
I’d listen to it in an American bar while drinking bourbon. It’s not going on my regular rotation though.
Good sampling, good energy, stylistically maybe feels a little dated
Honestly Graham is a very underrated guitarist, he makes the oddest sounds into such danceable jams
Title track has a killer solo. Otherwise, I’m sorry but this was *very* bland.
I have so much respect for Bowie as an artist who was always true to himself and constantly evolving. All the same, his music has rarely landed with me personally.
She seems to be doing interesting things but I just don’t really vibe with this kind of ethereal falsetto singing style.
I usually like prog but this was a bit drab
Much more up by street than the usual full-band-mode Springsteen
Damn the cat really swings
In a word, twangly. In two words, very seventies. In the field of ‘Must Die’ works, this ranks above ‘John Tucker Must Die’ and probably ‘Romeo Must Die’ but below ‘Invaders Must Die’.
The songs are pretty neat but after two listens through I’m not really getting ‘this guy was a game-changing seminal songwriter’. Maybe I need a few more spins. I hope something clicks for me cuz I heard there’s like five more Costello albums on this list.
Always interested to discover singers I’d never heard of who in their era sold millions of records and got one put into the library of congress.
As for the songs themselves…they’re fine. Have A Heart was a stand-out. Too Soon To Tell was a low point. All in all, it is very VERY eighties.
Very danceable. Obviously seminal. Sadly, to my ears, the tracks get a bit samey.
Hot take: Led Zeppelin are good. Even if the teenagers at my school circa 2006 who would not consider *anything else* as real music were the most annoying babies on the planet.
This was really great jogging music. In the era it was released this kind of sound must have felt like it came from space.
Surprise surprise, I’m a white dude in my 30’s and I love Radiohead.
Jangly and dancey. Not as good as some of their later records but the juice is there.
It’s nice. I’m just not that into reggae. I gave it the old college try but it’s never been my sound.
