I listened to it a lot when I was 10~12. Now i find it a bit juvenile (the lyrics). I had a nostalgic listen.
I still like the sound of "Paradise City".
Very funny album with a cohese, uniform sound from start to finish.
The singer has an interesting accent.
Interesting voice with some good musical moments. The lyrics are sometimes too plain and the album as a whole is a bit too on the pop-soul music side for my taste.
1.5/5
I remember listening to them in middle school an playing some of the easier parts on guitar.
From the band name onwards it seems that anger is the main and only emotion of the album, a feeling only partly interrupted by Tom Morello's masterful solos.
3 1/2 stars
I liked "The Corner", sound and rhymes, even if for me the lyrics' meaning where hard to understand fully with all the slang words. The rest is too pophipop for me.
Great discovery for me, as I knew only the title track "Let's stay together".
I listened to it in a sunny winter morning while making coffee. Very relaxing. It gets a little too syrupy in the second half, but Green's masterful soul voice and the good arrangements let me listen to the whole album in one sitting.
4.5/5
Although I can understand why it was and still is a popular album, on my first listen today it did not impress me. The lirycs felt a bit too plain, almost naive. I enjoyed "Smackwater Jack", a song with a more comical athmosphere, or the subtle "(You Make Me Feel...".
I like the cat in the foreground of the cover.
1.5/5
I have listened to "Shot by Both Sides" many times, but never to the whole album. "Definitive Gaze" and "My Tulpa" where great discoveries, two energetic and inventive songs with great bass lines. The rest of the album has good moments but, for me, it is not on par with the first three songs.
3.75/5
At first, I was not impressed. Then I listened to it again with good headphones and I could appreciate more the harmonies between different instruments.
I like the campy title "The Love Gangster": I wish it was coved by Soft Cell.
3/5
Too juvenile (sometimes childish) humour and a few not great verses, but it has also crafty samples and good production.
The first track, "Rhymin & Stealin", sounds like a manifesto.
3.75/5
Very 1990s-usa-indie-rock sound. I liked the harsh guitars (the introductions of "Rockets are red" or "Get Down"), not so much the raspy vocals.
2.25/5
I think that a studio production is not ideal for this kind of band. I liked the Peel session and the early live concerts they did a lot more than this album.
I usually do not listen to country but this album fascinated me. Very bare instrumentation and melancholic voice.
I had limited time today to listen to it carefully, but In the future I'll return to it paying closer attention to the lyrics.
3.75/5
Good singer, but not my preference for music. I can understand his appeal.
I really liked "Everyone".
2.75/5
Beautiful acoustic and intimate music. I like the minimalistic approach.
The cover is pretty ugly and not right for this kind of album.
Once i embraced the kitsch nature of the album (cover, music, lyrics) it was a fun listen.
1.75/5
Good to listen to with headphones on during a rainy day.
I had preferred a little more experimentation tough.
It has good riffs, but I found it a bit boring. "God's Cop" was my favorite track.
Funny and clever at the same time, with some good nonsense. I wish more rap was like this.
I really like the uniqueness of her late-career voice. Is perfect for these kind of standard.
Like many collaborations between orchestra and pop-jazz from the era, I find the arrangement a bit syrupy.
3.75/5
I liked the first two tracks, then the reverb, tremolo and the aetherial vocals became a bit too repetitive.
2.75/5
Beautiful energic voice,complemeneted by backing vocals and superb brass ensemble. I liked a lot of songs in this album, especially "Come back baby" and "Since you...".
3.75/5
