Not the type of music I willingly listen to. My father does though, so I do know some of the songs from the album. It was alright, but I probably wouldn't listen to it again.
I'd already heard the 1st two songs on multiple occasions and enjoyed them, so I had some pretty high expectations coming into my listening session. The rest of the album didn't quite hit the highs of the songs "Band on the Run" or "Jet", but I still enjoyed it, particularly Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five. I'd definitely revisit some of the songs on this album.
I enjoyed it a lot. I would have to be in a specific mood for it, but I would definitely revisit this album.
I really didn't like this album. The first three songs were fine, I mean, Imagine is a classic for a reason. Jealous Guy had great instrumentation and was by far the highlight of the album for me. It was mostly downhill from there for me, excluding Oh My Love. One particular low light for me was I Don't Want To Be A Solider Mama. That song just dragged on and on and is the worst song I've heard in a while. The album felt like it was a lot longer than it actually was.
I enjoyed this. It's one of those albums where I wouldn't really listen to just one song. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The instrumentation and harmonies were great. A downfall of it is that the only place you can listen to it online, at least as of now, is YouTube. I did get an ad in the middle of Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad The Doo Doo Chasers because of how long it is (which is a bit too long, in my opinion).
This was hit or miss for me. I really enjoyed the folk songs on it, but didn't really like the more rocky songs.
I don't really listen to that much hip hop, so I didn't really know what to expect. Some of the songs were really catchy, although I probably wouldn't listen to the album again. I just couldn't get into it. That being said I enjoyed the song Light Another a lot.
I hated this. I don't know if it was partially bad timing for me to get this album, because I did have a headache the day that it was my album to listen to. Upon 9th And Fairchild was hell to get through because of that. That being said I also don't enjoy this type of music in general, so the headache factor probably only played a very small part in my dislike of this album, but it's still something to keep in mind. Wish I Was Skinny was a highlight for me, at least it was until I got to the last couple of seconds of it. A similar thing can be said for Thinking of Ways. For a lot of the songs there's a good song in there somewhere, but then a guitar screech will come in (and I do mean screech) or some weird effect and it just ruins the whole thing.
I was honestly expecting to enjoy this more than I actually did. I mean, Every Breath You Take is basically inescapable if you listen to a station that plays any 80s music. While I don't necessarily love that song, I also don't mind it. King of Pain is a much better song and also one that I've heard on the radio every so often, as well as the other singles. The problem is those songs just don't reflect what the rest of the album sounds like. One of the best examples of this is Mother, which is an absolutely god awful song. I was really tempted to give the album one star, but the singles made it get bumped up to two stars.
I just really don't like rock music that much, some of the songs were fine especially when they had more of an acoustic sound to them. Disarm, Sweet Sweet, and Luna were by far the best examples of that.
I don't have much to say about this other than I didn't enjoy this. The album would have been slightly better if the songs weren't so long. Doctor Please was especially a slog to get through.
This was weird, but not bad. I really appreciated that most of the songs were short because I imagine if they were any longer it would have made me enjoy this a lot less. The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny is a great example of that.
I'd heard of The National before this, but had never heard any of their songs before. Honestly, while listening to the first song, I was anticipating not to like this album. I thought that the instrumentation was fine, but I didn't really like the singers voice. After hearing the rest of the album I decided that it wasn't that I didn't like his voice, it was just how his voice sounded on the first song that I didn't like. I loved the rest of the album.
I am in fact, California dreamin' on such a winter's day. I liked this album. It's a good listen for when you just want something more chilled out. That's not what I'm always in the mood for, but when I am, I probably would listen to this again. However, after California Dreamin' the album did start to get a bit boring. I just didn't like the last 5 songs that much. I mean they were fine, but when they're compared to the first half of the album, they just aren't as good.
I don't really have much to say about this album. I didn't really like it other than the song Gimme Danger. A lot of the other songs just sounded like the same song over and over again.
Some of the slower songs on the album were okay I guess, but I really couldn't get into the rockier ones, especially You Shook Me. I hated that one. I felt like it was kind of pointless for some of the songs to be as long as they were.
Based on the first three songs, I really thought that I wasn't going to like the album. However, when I got to Tracy's Flaw I did start enjoying the songs, at least until I got to Good Things Don't Always Come To You. While there are only a handful of songs I really liked, for a lot of them there were moments in them that I did like. The only song that I truly disliked was On My Hotel TV.
This was alright, but I can't really picture myself listening to it again. I don't really know what else to say.
I'd heard snippets of some of these songs before, so I had somewhat of an idea of what this was going to sound like. Honestly, I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would.
This was the first time I'd heard a Prince album in full, but of course I knew several of his songs. I knew going into it that he liked to experiment, so I wasn't really sure what I was getting into with this. It was alright. I liked Disc 2 significantly more than Disc 1.
This was alright. Lauren Hill has a beautiful voice and a lot of the songs were pretty catchy.
This is a perfect example of music being a universal language. I have no idea what Milton Nascimento or Lô Borges are singing about, but I loved this. While I didn't understand exactly what they were singing about I could get an idea based solely on the emotion in their voices. The instrumentation and Milton Nascimento's voice is just a chef's kiss. Lô Borges's solo songs on the album were also good, but I didn't enjoy them quite as much as Nascimento's.
This was disappointing for me. Based on the name of the album I was expecting late 80s/ early 90s house music, which is one of my favorite genres. I mean the album did have a bit of those elements in it here and there, it just wasn't what I thought it would sound like so it was a bit of a let down. It wasn't bad by any means, but I just couldn't get into it.
My brother had a phase where he was obsessed with Elvis's music, so I knew a lot of his most popular songs just because of that. I enjoyed them at the time and I did enjoy some of the songs on the album. It's kind of interesting to me that he was considered the "King of Rock and Roll" because, at least on this album, I hear more of a country influence on a lot of the songs than I do a Rock and Roll one.
This was nice background music.
When I first started listening to this I thought it was just okay. Around halfway through it, I started to enjoy it more and by the end of it I was really starting to like it. I think that if I'd listen to it again, I'd probably enjoy it more right from the get go.
I really liked this but Music (the song) is one of the most annoying songs I've ever heard. Madonna's cover of American Pie also isn't that great.
This was pretty forgettable besides the songs that were released as singles and Take the Devil. It was by no means bad just forgettable.
I thought that the songs were pretty catchy and in the moment I enjoyed them, but it was pretty much in one ear and out the other. I couldn't really tell you what any of the songs actually sounded like after maybe a minute after listening to them.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. It was alright. I didn't hate it, but I can't really see myself listening to it again. Although I thought it was fine I was also starting to get bored towards the end.
I feel conflicted about this. There were some songs that I really loved, but the majority of them I just couldn't get into. I think giving this album two stars is too low, but giving it three stars is too high.
There wasn't really anything that memorable about it though, actually it was fairly boring. But overall it was alright I guess. I've definitely heard worse but it was a chore to get through it because of how bored I was listening to it.
I think this is the first album I've listened to for this project where I had to take breaks to listen to something that I actually like. That said some of the songs were okay and I could see why someone would like this. It just wasn't for me.
I was honestly kind of stalling when it came to listening to this. I ended up liking it a lot. The production on it is fantastic and the songs are super catchy. It's kind of funny that one of the songs has Drake on it.
It's been a very long time since I've heard this album, and it did bring back good memories. I kind of forgot how good it actually is. However, some songs are more memorable than others
This was kind of a weird album. About half of the songs I really loved, but the other half I hated. I think the track that stood out to me the most was Long Promised Road and I can see why it was released as the first single from the album.
I legitimately felt annoyed listening to this. There were bits here and there that were okay, but only for a few seconds at a time. The longer it went on, the more annoying it got. I feel like albums like this are really only meant for people who are already fans.
The instrumentation was catchy on some of the songs, but I really didn't like the lead singer's voice. I just felt sort of meh about the album.
I had fairly high hopes for this album. While I'd only heard R.E.M's most popular songs, I liked all of the ones I have heard. I'd say that the album met my expectations. It was good, but I didn't absolutely love it.
Some of the songs were okay, but the only songs I would actually choose to listen to are Easily and Porcelain. The songs that weren't okay were just outright terrible.
I liked this for the most part. Although I absolutely hated Bad Liquor. It just felt so out of place. California felt like an album that was ahead of its time. If you would have told me that it was released in the early or mid 90's, I wouldn't have been surprised. But, that could just be because of my lack of knowledge when it comes to indie rock.
This album made me realize that I think trumpets can be annoying. This was fine for what it was, but a lot of the songs were just longer than was necessary. I can just personally handle jazz in small doses.
I liked this, actually I thought that I'd like it more than I did. Somebody to Love was by far my favorite song on the album. Comin' Back to Me and Go To Her were other ones that I liked, but the rest of the album was just fine. I didn't hate any of them, I just didn't really love any of them either.
I'd only ever heard two Bob Dylan songs before this, at least that I know of, and one of them I loved (I actually didn't even know it was him for the longest time). The other one I thought was fine. However, I can't say that I really liked any of these. The instrumentation was fine, but once Dylan started singing it went downhill for me. He just sounds so smug and I found it incredibly annoying.
This was alright, but nothing spectacular. I finally understand why people call Coldplay sellouts, so at least there's that.
I liked this, but I especially loved Pitche Mi. The instrumentation of that song was just beautiful. It was almost hypnotic and was the highlight of the album for me.
I don't quite understand the appeal of this. The first couple of songs were okay, but then by the end it was just grating to listen to.
I loved this and I don't exactly know why. I think it might be because it sounds like these songs could be part of a musical, which I love musicals. However, when I was listening to it I was doing some other stuff and when I looked back to see what song I was on, I was only on song four. I truly thought that I was way farther into the album. The album felt a lot longer than it actually was, which I didn't mind since I did like the songs.
