I’ve always preferred Springsteen’s slower stuff: tracks like The River, The Streets of Philadelphia, I’m On Fire, all of Nebraska. Outside of the hits I find some of the rockier stuff starts to sound a bit samey. But there’s no denying this album is packed with energy and charisma. It makes me feel like a working class man in the 70s driving around New Jersey in a beaten up old truck. I knew I liked Thunder Road and the title track before listening - Backstreet and Meeting Across the River stand out as other favourites.
Dylan is brilliant. Beautifully crafted songs with lyrics you could pore over for weeks. Maybe the vocal delivery isn’t always the most conventional, but for me it just works. Some of my favourites: Visions of Johanna, I Want You, Stuck Inside of Mobile, Just Like a Woman, Fourth Time Around, Sad-Eyed Lady
This is fun and easy to listen to with great production. I like the touches with all the different audio samples. I think I’ll definitely revisit this.
I liked this album. Well-crafted songs with great harmonies. Favourite tracks: Title track, Do You Remember Walter, Last of the Steam-Powered Trains, Animal Farm, Wicked Annabella, People Take Pictures of Each Other.
I really wanted to love this but I just don’t think it’s for me. Most of the album feels more like psych rock than funk, which is a genre that’s never really appealed to me. I’ve never really understood the love for Maggot Brain either, and the end of the last song is just kinda gross. There are definitely some cool moments here though, I might need to check out some later P-Funk albums to see if that’s more my vibe. Favourite tracks: Can You Get To That, Super Stupid
I love this album. So smooth, so much soul. Favourite tracks: all of them.
Not a huge fan of this. It all ends up sounding kind of the same and drags on too long, not surprising that my favourite tracks ended up being some of the higher energy ones. Might have given three stars if it was about 20 minutes shorter. Favourite tracks: Be-in, Cool as Kim Deal
Energetic, dark, very danceable, cool synth sounds, questionable drum sounds, cool overlapping vocals, great pop hooks. I liked this more than I expected. Favourite tracks: Never Let Me Down Again, Strangelove, Behind The Wheel, Nothing
I didn’t really get this on the first listen. Listening while I was half asleep on a busy bus probably didn’t help. Some interesting moments but nothing really grabbed me, this one will need another listen at some point.
Not for me. I can’t get behind the 80s production choices and none of the songs really stood out to me.
I really like this. Hole deserve to be talked about more when it comes to 90s alternative bands. Really good pop songwriting, and some of the references to Kurt hit me pretty hard. Favourite tracks: Celebrity Skin, Hits So Hard, Malibu, Reasons To Be Beautiful, Northern Star, Petals
Soooo good. A mix of absolute bops and stunningly beautiful slower tracks. Amazing political songwriting backed by a band that’s completely locked in. Favourite tracks: all of them.
