Blistering speed, biting power chords, and pop hooks that endure. Criticism of this album, by and large, misses the point. If you think this installment is lazy or boring, please consider these kids were stoned out of their minds when they made it.
Starlight is a good song but I couldn't sit thru all the rock opera. 🙉
A little bit too much party going on here. Great artwork, and vocal performances are wonderful. I would much rather listen to the Cure or Depeche Mode.
Bad reviews say it sucks. Good reviews say it's best enjoyed tuning out. That's all you need to know.
Recommended if you like Los Campesinos!, Dismemberment Plan, Bright Eyes... I gave it a 3 because it's a relatively unremarkable, but inoffensive bit of indie rock. It's a well-crafted set of songs, but it's about 20 minutes too long.
Lovely if a bit sleepy
Cringe
They never made a dud.
Important voice in indie music
RHCP are an amazing trio (Anthony Kiedis is a figment of our imagination). Californication is the only good album this band ever made
Minor Threat made Hardcore.
Ian MacKaye goes on to form Embrace, inventing Emo.
Emo activates Gerard Way to get into Music.
Gerard Way starts My Chemical Romance after witnessing 9/11.
Inspired by MCR, Stephanie Meyer writes the Twilight series.
Twilight is adapted to film.
Kristen Stewart invites Ellen to..............
It's good.
Pleasant memories of my parents. Love the hippie dippie acid rock of the 60s
Tom Waits decides to freak it---not a 5 like Rain Dogs, but worth a listen!
Timeless perfect 10
You can't deny the influence of this record!
Too many filler tracks to be a 5. That said, It's still a masterpiece. The inner Beatles tension is felt by some of the heavier tracks, which in some cases fell inspired by Hendrix, but that's just me. I think John outshines Paul on this album. Best Ringo track with Don't Pass Me By, and George's incredible While My Guitar Gently Weeps, whilst being unknowingly cucked by Eric Clapton.
Nothing, and I mean nothing can top the tone of a precision bass with flat wound strings.
So mid it's insulting
Best White Stripes album hands down. 4/5 cuz Jack don't know how to close an album
There are like two dozen producers, songwriters and engineers on this album. Far too many for it to be this mid.
In the rear view, Springsteen and Bowie. Straight ahead, Radiohead, The Killers and Arcade Fire.
HOLY SHIT THEY COVERED VAN MORRISON? Sweet Thing is an all timer and it works!
This one is so dark. It was fun to listen to because I know more about The Cure's hits and I don't think I'd heard any of these songs since I was a kid!
Bowie is an alien god. But he's not an infallible alien god because Golden Years is his worst radio hit. It's the only blemish on an otherwise perfect album.
Chuck D is so real good lord. Most based rap album of its generation. It's an hour but not one wasted minute.
Coincidence that Back in Black was released the same year as Michelle Remembers...? I think not.
This album feels like the gayest devil you can imagine licking your ear and saying, "Welcome to the 1980s."
If you think this album is for idiots or you're sick of hearing these songs on the radio, try this: Listen for the influence from CCR, Vanilla Fudge and Neil Young. Ah that's better.
Gorgeous and vibey. Perfect listening for a quiet rainy day.
How rare to produce an album that could have been dropped any year!
1977's Marquee Moon could have been released in the 1980s as peers of Pixies, or in the 90s as peers of Pavement, or the 2000s as peers of the strokes, or the 2010s as peers of Car Seat Headrest, or the 2020s as peers of Geese.
Better than I expected but wouldn't go back to
"Fatboy slim? More like white boy retarded!" - Chris Rock
There is something un-enduring about this record.
Solid offering of the 1960s. A bit derivative of its predecessors. By 1967 the influence of the Beatles, Donovan and Simon & Garfunkel were so evident in these recordings that it's a little over wrought.
The best is yet to come though! Soon after this, David Crosby will form CSNY and Graham Parsons will have his body snatched from LAX and burned in the desert.
Great band, bit lengthy
I'm am idiot for snoozing on this my whole life!
Devo really said "fuck it let's start the 1980s!"
RHCP are the greatest trio in rock history.
Unlike any live recording you're bound to hear. Sharper than hell. Johnny has such warmth not associated with him
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself spend the rest of your creative capital on a 2hr13min live album.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
DO I REMIND YOU OF TROUBLED TROUBADOUR DAVID CROSBY?
- silly Billy Ned Flanders
I would have loved this as a kid. I went through a lengthy protest and folk music phase and overlooked this one.
Signs of inspo to Iron & Wine and Fleet Foxes which gives me a little grace for how pretentious David Crosby comes across.
Sad Dads forever
Murmur sounds great but there are no standout bangers. Minimalist production choices make it an anomaly for the mid 1980s, but Stipe has yet to develop his melodic chops.
The Doors being considered one of the greats is a psyop.
Eternal.
This album ushered in the indie sleaze era. This is the pinnacle of my formative years as i was 15 when this came out.
Meet me in the bathroom!
Six albums in a decade is very prolific. This installment feels less thoughtful than its preceding records, but very enjoyable nonetheless.
I'll never tire of that signature bass tone, slathered in chorus. Peter Hook 🐐
Wish it was more "snotty"
"Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes everybody liked. They left that to the Bee Gees." - Wayne Campbell
The edge on these tunes would have decapitated a small Victorian boy. This album is, as the kids say, TOUGH.
If we'd simply listened to CCR we might not be in a fascist hellscape today.
This should blow your mind at 20 years old, but eventually you gotta grow up.
Genuinely awesome voice but instrumentals leave some to be desired.
This tapped into some weird unexplored drunken angry Irishman side of me I didn't know existed.
It's a good time
Surprising that this record is from 1975 because it feels distinctly 1960s to me. How did this come out the same year as Rumours? Did Dylan return to acoustic because guitar rock was so "in" at the time?
Genre defining piece. Timeless. Detractors can suck it.
Genre defining piece. Timeless. Detractors can suck it.
There's an inverse correlation between Metallica's quality of songwriting and the quality of production.
As production increases, songwriting decreases. That's Metallica.
Anyway, this is the best album featuring Jason Newsted, stepping into the monster shoes of Cliff Burton.
"One" is an all-timer metal song, even if the rest of the songs are just decent.
That gets it a 4 in my book.
The singles are phenomenal! They remind me of growing up in my parents house.
I used to hate Ramones for being repetitive and just uninteresting compared to the hardcore stuff I was listening to as a teenager.
Repetition is fine when you've perfected the formula and set up generations of future punks for success.
How is it possible that Elvis Costello is English and David Byrne is American? I could never figure that one out.
It took me years to convince Spotify that I don't want to hear Roadrunner.
If you don't like this, Television and The Stooges did the same thing but better.
There are 4 Springsteen albums I'd reach for before Nebraska, but that's more of a statement of how important his voice is to the beleaguered American.
The Boss needed to do this record.
Hell yeah. Such tight grooves, you don't even feel it. You're too busy dancing to care.
If you're a man and you think this is too weird, then I have to assume you have never had good pussy.
Calling this album "She's So Unusual" is like working with that one woman in the office who thinks she's "alternative" because she loves Harry Potter and thinks Linkin Park is emo.
The one thing that made the Bee Gees interesting is completely absent here.
This sounds better than all the thrash albums by Metallica. If only Dave could un-morph out of a sock sniffing goblin, he'd be unstoppable.
Notably decent record. I appreciate REM's influence and songwriting. I wouldn't deny the greatness of this record, I'm just not sold on every song.
🤷♀️
I was hoping for Anal Cunt but this will do...I guess... 🙄
This is a great snapshot of the 90s. I recommend this album to vibe with on the home speaker system, or while flirting with the too-cool-for-you girl hanging out at the record store, who might actually be a time traveler from 30 years ago. DON'T FUCK IT UP.
Not the TV on the Radio album I would advise you start with. Genuinely miss the days where a band like this could just get picked up by a record label who wanted to take the chance because I assure you the best I'd yet to come! Thank you Touch and Go records for taking the chance on these guys. I think the investment paid off.
You know what? I'm done sticking up for Dylan. His country and western contemporaries were representing this style of music far better than he was, but Dylan gets laurels about being a generational talent and poet.
Title track is the best song on this album.
If I was to educate an alien 👽 about humanity, I would show the little gray fucker this record.
Maybe they would like the glorp
POLYCULE TAKEOVER RECORD ACCUSING ME OF WEAPONIZING MY TRAUMA TO GET OUT OF DOING THY DISHES (I'm doing cocaine)
Meh.
Meh.
I had a huge Tom Waits phase when I was 18 or so. This is a very nostalgic album for me.
The songs range from Circus Screamers, to Funeral Dirges, to Americana-infused rock and roll.
Goin Out West and I Don't Wanna Grow Up are my favorite songs.
There was a period of 15 years where Beck just couldn't miss. I think Guero might be his best (after Sea Change).
Two words: hell yes
Top 3 Nu Metal Albums of all time OF COURSE!
Incredible how good they sound even so rough around the edges. The musicianship is astounding.
Runs about 10 minutes too long.
Somewhere between Minutemen and Dinosaur Jr is a criminally under appreciated indie band.
A must listen for any lover of classic college radio.
Nothing i can say that every 5 review hasn't already so I'll simply justify my 4.
Visions is a horrible ballad. To my ears, at least. I hate that fusion keyboard and on the nose social commentary.
One turd amongst perfection.
I've been put into Mdou Moctar and Tinariwen, and I'm really excited to be able to put Songhoy Blues on for others!
Nothing wrong with this album. But there's a reason why we talk about Erykah, Amy, and Lauryn and not Ms. Dynamite.
I don't want Ogden's nut anywhere near my face.
I haven't listened to this album in 20 years and I'm rendered to tears.
What more can be said?
I'd like to thank Marvin Gaye for spiritually creating Christopher Cross and Michael McDonald 🙏
Oracular Spectacular exists on a plane that no longer exists. It's 2007. The worst thing going for us is the war in Iraq.
Ahead of us: a financial crisis we will never fully recover from, followed by creeping and then overt fascism replacing our politics.
I can hear the hope in their voices, and feel the shadows of my own, now shattered dreams.
Gonna stick to the hits
I'm glad she's on the list.
I like it when he glorps it
The 90s did not start with grunge. They started on 1988 with Sonic Youth and Pixies.
And if you don't believe me, that was David Bowie, not me.
Shiver for me.
I played this CD 💿 to the point of utter destruction. Shout out to Sony discman for giving little me so much joy.
Six of the 14 songs on this album are covers and we, of a certain age, owe a huge debt of gratitude to Kurt Cobain for educating us about The Vaselines, David Bowie, Meat Puppets, and of course Leadbelly.
Bonus if you watched this on TV and "the look" changed your fucking brain chemistry.
SAY HIS NAME: Noel Redding
SAY HIS NAME: Mitch Mitchell
"Mom, can we have New Order?"
"We have New Order at home."
Yeah I guess you could say I popped a bonheur listening to this
🛸
🌎
Uber for David?
Trick question dickhead, Lemme IS God
I call this the Norm MacDonald album
🤖
HEE HEE
Let me tell you something about Jack White. In my Midwestern hometown, he visits from time to time. He still plays the small venue that helped get White Stripes off the ground. In fact, he donated a large sum of money to help that venue install a wheelchair ramp permanently. On top of that, he donated $15k to a gofundme for a bartender who served him once before she was severely injured in a hit and run. He's a real one and doesn't put it on blast.
All that said, I think GBMS ranks 4th or 5th in the White Stripes discography. It's got timeless bangers on it, but not quite enough Ball and Biscuit vibes that I crave. We get a bit of that on Instinct Blues but it's limited. Elephant really is the best in the bunch.
This dude fucks chicks in DK Mode.
Every song feels like the end credits to any Disney movie between Oliver and Company and Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Which is neither a dig nor a compliment.
Pepsi would have made the same album if Coke broke up
I've seen the Flaming Lips like five times and each time was similar yet distinct and memorable.
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots has the sweetest singalongs in their catalog, including the title track, Fight Test, and Do You Realize?? Some of my favorite memories are seeing them in my 20s and singing along with everyone around me. I am hyper vigilant and easily annoyed by concert crowds, but with them? Never crossed my mind.
There's no one like them. A singularity. Also the only good thing to come out of Oklahoma. I'll fight you on that.
Also, if you liked this album, you might like Soft Bulletin and Clouds Taste Metallic even more.
Allman Brothers Band were great live, but they just sound better on record!
Mad at myself for sleeping on this!
Imagine being a teen girl in the 60s hearing John Lennon singing "Please Mr. Postman"...
It's well known that The Beatles didn't get very interesting until Rubber Soul. But nothing is more boring than a jabroni ass Custer who professes their dislike of the Beatles.
You assholes aren't very special. I want to know what you think 1964 was offering that was any better. The whole vibe was square and lane. At least The Beatles were fresh!
Eat my ass.
"Jesus, man, could you change the channel? ... I had a rough night and I hate the f***in' Eagles, man!".
Kinks were like, "What if we were Monty Python?"
Congratulations! You played all the notes.
"I've Seen All Good People" just reminds me of the trailer for Big Fish, so that's the only positive association I have with this album.
I love hearing music from around the world for the first time.
I love Ali Farka Toure, Fela Kuti, and William Onyeabor among other African artists, so Baaba Maal is another I'm glad to add to the list.
Always loved Van.
Faded in The Last Waltz
A crucial voice in his generation.
1974 might be his peak.
He's a little too grumpy now.
Cool new renditions of some of his most timeless classics.
Fender Jazzmaster.
Popular means bland
I had just listened to this the week prior. God, it holds up quite well doesn't it! The mid 2000s was my era! I was 15-20 during these years.
Franz Ferdinand was never at the top of my list because "Take Me Out" was such a huge radio hit. I was more into Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, and Broken Social Scene.
I have learned what a critical piece of that sound Franz Ferdinand contributed. Along with Bloc Party and Modest Mouse, you've got the makings of the perfect early aughts indie Playlist.
The fathers of Y'all-ternative.
If it weren't for Calexico we might not have had Iron & Wine, Kurt Vile and MJ Lenderman today.
The dusty western vibe is what sets them apart.
🤠
Stay outta my way / Or you'll pay / Listen to what I say.
I felt that.
What listeners who are new to this record should understand is that it's the root of so many subgenres of alternative music: Math Rock,Post Rock, and Midwest Emo.
My heart hurts to see this has below a 3 on this list.
But, it makes sense because it is a challenging listen. It purposely plays with dissonance, angular melodies, and strange time signatures.
So if you enjoy Don Caballero, Tortoise, or Mineral, you'll have to consider Slint's role in defining all of their sounds.
Congratulations! You played all the notes. I just don't care!
Okay listen to me. As a teacher, this opening track made me so fucking uncomfortable.
Were boundaries and consent not much of a thing 50 years ago?
That geometry teacher should have been put on administrative leave because some Swedish disco floosie couldn't keep it together!
5 stars!!
When I was a kid in high school I got into the school jazz band. There was a drummer i really admired named Arion. He was brilliant and appeared effortless in his playing.
In our 20s he suffered a drug addiction and met my dad in a 12 step program. He later died of complications from diabetes.
Keith Jarrett was his favorite pianist and this recording blessed me with renewed grief. I feel alive.
I was excited to hear something new by an artist I'd never heard of.
But this ain't it. Frank Zappa said once that we were better off with record execs who didn't know shit about popular music and I can see that this is the consequence of that lol. Not that Zappa was wrong!
MILWAUKEE MY HOME TOWN
Masterpiece plain and simple.
I don't think even your average Black Sabbath fan understands how socially conscious and political this band was.
In 2020 they released a line of BLM merch and the chuds were so mad. Like, it's immediately obvious hearing War Pigs and Hand of Doom that Sabbath had a LOT to say about justice.
Not much else I can say that hasn't already been said.
Deserves her flowers. It's basically a Tom Petty record.
Since starting this, I have discovered that I love Peter Gabriel and I hate Prog.
4 stars because Games Without Frontiers is just not good.
I'm afraid I cannot listen to this album because it makes me do things with my body that are unseemly for a white man of a certain age. This is for your own good.
Raw and gorgeous
The correct way to approach this album is to think of it as homework. Hard it you don't get it, but once you do, you'll feel accomplished.
Not an album I would listen to all the time, but then again I don't listen to Black Flag's Damaged, Bathory, or even Rakim on the regular for the same exact reason.
I had a lot of fun hearing the early thrashy riffs and fast drumming.
Vocals and Lyrics are doing something that had never been done before! A privilege that these recordings were documented!
Got this on vinyl for my 16th birthday. Side A rules.
"Kih-kuh-kuh YUYEEEAHHHH
I'M DOCTOR ROCKZO!
THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN 🤡
I DO COCAAAAINE!"
I swear to god if you think "fun" is a strong defense for dogshit hair metal, then you can't be trusted with anything of critical importance.
You could be listening to Priest or Iron Maiden. Hell, even the thrashers are making records. I hate this so much.
I love Brian Eno, especially in conjuction with David Byrne or John Cale. Side A of this album is really great, but I sputter out in the second half. Not that it's bad, they just feel so different.
Sounds like I'm 18 again!
Sounds like I'm 18 again!
Could not tell if it was a bit
Great songs, such a vibe
I'm gonna need a minute about this Hey Joe thing..
Incredible voice, I just am not moved.
This shit was so fucking annoying!!!! 😃👍
During this era of indie music there was a score of maximalist artists doing interesting things that seem to exist only in its time. Justice and Ratatat were among them.
There were some certified bops on this. Honestly so pleasantly surprised! Had a great time with this one and you will too! If you're a little gay
Silver Jews may be my favorite, but Pavement cannot be denied 🙌
Definitely vibes
Listen. We all think The Wall is a flawless, sprawling opera about the birth of a fascist, and maybe even more prescient today than in 1979, but I, for one, don't think it's worth 80 minutes. It's not bad, and earned it's spot on this list, but it is an icon of my least favorite production style: 1980s prog. It's like slow Rush.
Here's the thing: Make a 13 year old listen to it. They will immediately understand what it's trying to do. If you are blown away 25 years later, you have not grown enough.
Snoop was cool once
Dude this is so NYC and it's cool as hell. And weird!! You rarely get both. Mad respect for his sharp tongue and and willingness not to take himself so seriously you are scared, but not so silly it's annoying.
This album walked so Madvillainy could run.
If mental illness is near genius, this is the other thing.
The least talented rat in the whole pack of rodents.
I had heard Peaches en Regalia a hundred times but hadn't realized it was from 1969. What an absolute unit of a collection of songs.
I love Zappa, but my only critique (and not worthy of anything less than a 5) is that Willie the Pimp reads as pretty gross and racist. But that bass riff just can't be fucked with.
Hell yeah.
I first heard of Pulp with the release of their 2025 album "More" and enjoyed it! But I didn't look deeper into their discography. Really glad i landed here today.
Question: why would a band in 1995 produce a record that sounds like a record from 1985?
The Cure on SSRIs, Bowie on less coke.
No one will remember this album for being great. I'm going to be harsh with it because I am familiar and the exact intended audience for it. I was 23 when this came out and believed then, that it was alright. I would mix up Django Django with Alt-J a lot. Remember them?
Still, it's a good, artful relic of the 2010s and they deserved their chance on the big stage. A little too weird for the radio and not innovative enough to be considered among the greats.
It's way cooler than any of the stomp clap hey of their peers, but I'd say if you want to experience this style of music in its purest form, maybe go Lauren to Beta Band. 7/10
One of the most slept on Radiohead albums. Dark, brooding, and contains their greatest song ever: There There.
Reading others' reviews about how Radiohead sounds unnecessarily challenging: If you don't get Radiohead, hate to break it to you, but you're not gonna get much in the way of experimental music. There are some songs on HttT that are understandable skips like the glacial We Suck Young Blood and maybe even Sit Down Stand Up but the glitches, changing time signatures, and chamber piano are endlessly interesting to me.
Another stupid take is to say Radiohead fans are insufferable. (The call is coming from inside the house) You're thinking of Pitchfork bro. Blind worship. If a fan of this band were truly in a cult, they'd say Pablo Honey and The King of Limbs are on equal footing with any other record of theirs. And that's just not true. Radiohead are not gods.
So I'm giving it a 4.5 because it's not perfect, but a five on this site because people don't seem to get the assignment. Judge it on its merits rather than its fanbase.
Very chill and vibey. Really appreciate the dub influence. Never heard of this before and I'm glad i did!
❌️ great singing
❌️ great musicianship
✅️ groundbreaking indie record
Behind Black Magic Woman and Oye Como Va is a master class in rhythmic hypnosis.
If it ain't Lola vs Powerman and the Moneyground, pt 1 I don't fuckin care
Two words: scooped mids
I've avoided Pantera as long as I've associated them with bigotry. And so I agreed to listen to Vulgar Display of Power. It just sounds like ...And Justice for All but better.
Turns out I liked it. Groove Metal is a serious vibe.
Clapton did to the blues what vegans did to meat. They wanted it bad enough to invent a worse version of it.
Duh
The best thing about this recording is the Nashville Teens.
Is that a band, or a group of people JLL was fuckin?
