Oh HELL YES, what a starter! Basically every song on this album is a hit, I completely forgot these were all on the same album. Now, this isn't my favorite Skynyrd album, I think my favorite is probably Street Survivors, but its impossible to argue the strength of this album. This is one of the greatest debut albums of all time.
Great jazz piano album. I think I prefer Dave Brubeck or Vince Guaraldi, but this was good. I was surprised by the bass playing.
I mean, what am I supposed to say? This is a classic. The thing is, this is a great album, but I find myself coming back to The Wall and Meddle more than this. I actually really do like this album, I don't think there's a bad song on it. But if I want to listen to a prog rock album from this era, I would rather pick Selling England by the Pound. If I wanted to listen to a Pink Floyd album, I'd rather listen to The Wall. Time is a 5/5. Money is a 5/5. Us and Them is a 5/5. The rest is simply good.
Man, this one is rough. Overall disc 1 of this album is like a 4 or a 5, but the second disc is all over the place. Every song is either something crazy and groundbreaking, or its forgettable and...bad. And like every song it alternates. Like I'm sorry, I dont enjoy listening to "experimental" music. And maybe there's some cultutral context I'm missing, like maybe this album was really important when it came out, but I don't think its aged as well as something like Revolver or Rubber Soul. Overall, I like just over half of the songs on this album, and 10 or 11 of them are on disc 1. So the question I have to ask myself is do the great songs make up for the bad ones...
Not my favorite Sabbath album, that would probably be Master of Reality, but the debut is undeniably good. Ozzy's vocals and theatrics are so good on this.
I was waiting for this to be a masterpiece, but it lost me in the second half. Fight Test was great, and I'd already heard Do You Realize before, the rest was just alright.
By the start of the second track, I wrote down on a piece of paper "PLEASE GOD BE GOOD". It was a little prayer I felt that I had to say. I was so let down by The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi and the Beatles' White Album this week, I really needed a win. I'm a big fan of Arcade Fire and Black Country New Road. A British Art Pop/Baroque Pop album with theatrical vocals? This should be right up my alley.
I love this album. The only complaint I have is the lyrics are repetitive. But, I was so enthralled by the orchestrations and Neil's vocals that I needed to hear more, so I went to listen to some other Divine Comedy and...wow. Just wow. Its not going to be a band I listen to all the time, but it scratches an itch. Its like Jethro Tull but more contemporary. Its like Arcade Fire but more clean. And there's so much to the Divine Comedy discography, I can't wait to consume it.
I think this album is probably only a 4 for me, objectively, but wow did I love it. I can't wait to hear the rest of The Divine Comedy discography!
Great album. Not the biggest fan of Nirvana, but its easy to see why this album is so beloved. Their covers are great. Their original arrangements are great. The vibe is great. Its not an album I'll come back too all the time, but its great.
So this is supposed to be a modern classic for French House? I don't think its any better than Daft Punk's albums. There are certainly good songs on this album, I really liked D.A.N.C.E, Phantom pt 2, and One Minute to Midnight, but the rest was just okay dance music. I think it'd worth a listen for the good songs, but I can't give this more than a 3.
I couldn't finish listening to this. What i heard was good, but i just hate 80s dance pop. I'm a much bigger fan of New Wave. I don't even hate Madonna, there's just so much more interesting stuff I could be listening to.
Its alright. Not a genre I'll probably return too, but it was a relaxing listen.
I remember listening to Lazarus and Black Star when this album first came out. I thought they were good, but not as good as the 1970s progressive rock I had been obsessed with in college. Now that I've had the chance to listen to this album all the way through, well...I don't want to just jump on the 5/5 bandwagon, but this has been thr most consistently good Bowie album I've ever heard. I don't think its as good as Ziggy Stardust, but its better than Lodger, better than Let's Dance, better than Young Americans, it might be better than Scary Monsters and Super Creeps. I need to give that album another listen....Man, this was such a good listen though. Its good ambient music, its good focus music, its interesting, for its time it still feels groundbreaking. Dang it, it is a 5.
Really? This is on the 1001 albums list? It doesn't have a good first impression. What would you even call this, rap? Spoken word? And it has early 2000s production written all over it, and not in a good way.
Maybe this album goes hard in the club? But I'm not really a club person. And if I wanted club bangers from this era, I'd prefer Rihanna or 50 Cent.
I guess Amazon is good. And Hombre is okay. I like U.R.A.Q.T. in theory, but the song structure feels all wrong. I'd actually heard Galang before, its okay. But overall, this album isn't for me. actually I don't even know who its for, do people actually enjoy this style of music?
Its weird hearing piano on a Black Sabbath album. And a lot of acoustic guitars. I see why this album is on the list. It shows the growth of Sabbath as a band. I still think they're at their best on Master of Reality or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, but this was a great reminder of the range this band was capable of. Also refreshing that not every song is 6 minutes long. I don't mind that so much with Sabbath, but hearing all these nice, condensed 3 minute songs was a nice change. Its like a whole album of Paranoids, kind of.
I guess this was alright, but theres so many other albums from this era I would sooner recommend. For early 70s rock/blues/rockabilly it was fine, not a fan of the lead singer, too weird and out there. Idk, maybe I'm not a fan of this style of music. I'm surprised to hear Mick Jagger thought this album was better than Sticky Fingers. Whiskey Woman is great. I think you can skip the rest of this album though.
There isn't anything that needs to be said about this album. The production is insane for 1971. The three long songs are perfection, and Long Distance Runaround and The Fish together make great companion pieces.
...Alright, I guess there is one thing that needs to be said: do the short indulgences from the individual band members enhance the experience or detract from it? For me, Cans and Brahms and Five Per Cent For Nothing have always been whatever inclusions, Cans doesn't work as an epliogue to Roundabout, Five Per Cent doesn't work as an intro to Long Distance runaround. And I've always hated We Have Heaven. The Fish and Mood For A Day at least stand on their own as good listenable material within the context of the tracklist. I have to wonder, if those three Side 1 indulgences had been cut, would this album be regarded as even better than Close To The Edge? But as it is, it feels like The Yes Album, but with untrimmed fat. I prefer The Yes Album to this. But come one, its still at least a 4/5.
I'm probably overrating this one, but i love Big Band music, and there wasn't a bad song on this album. This is one I want to go out and find on vinyl just to have something to put on. Its not Heavy Weather, its not Kind Of Blue, its just good Big Band Jazz music. Is that so wrong?
