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
Good psychedelic rock with a warm guitar tone and latin/mexican(?) undertones.
Favorite track (and title): “Incident at Neshabur”
2.75/5
It's the first time in this project that I have what is to me a completely new record.
I like the guitar and the creativity, but I don't like the vocals, especially the backing vocals.
Favorite fun track: "Jeff's boogie".
2.75/5
I can not understand almost any word, but it's a very enjoyable album anyway, with lot of creativity (from classical flute, to garage punk, to buddhist chants).
A bit uneven, and I don't like his voice, but it has interesting moments. I like experimentation, especially in "Small Hours".
2.5/5
Too many english and american singer-songwriters on this list.
Lyrics are pretty banal.
1.5/5
Psychedelic and bluesy. The cover matches the content perfectly.
Best lyrics: "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
Unremarkable. Not too bad, but nothing stand out to me.
I liked the piano on "In the lost and found".
Well written lyrics with a lot of irony.
As the title track, Parklife, was always playing in my favorite beer pub, I can not listen to it without wanting a stout or a porter.
Interesting indie music, simple and creative. Relaxing.
But I don't like the dreamy vocals. Its sounds like two singers chanting or a main singer with annoying backing vocals. This could have been a good instrumental band.
Thanks to this album, which contains a cover of "A Minha Menina", after many years I listened again to Os Mutantes.
Best tracks for me are "Sunshine" and "Zia".
It sounds like a television preacher turned alt rock star, and maybe it was the band's plan. It start ok, but after a while I become tired of the overly expressive/theatrical vocals.
2.75 / 5
Cool, fast, punk music with energic voice and interesting saxophone moments.
I like punk songs like "Identity" and, even more, the direction they explored with "Germ Free Adolescents".
I really don't like the voice of the singer, but the main problem for me are the lyrics: so plain and juvenile.
Another ~2000s american pop rock album from this list.
Almost nothing really bad, just not memorable.
1.75 / 5
Finally an album in this project that is not pop, rock or rap. I wish the creators of the list were more adventourous.
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So glad to rediscover this after many years. I listened to Tortoise a bit when I was a University Student, but not with a lot of attention.
I's a musical journey with lots of different moments and paths that I enjoyied explore.
Interesting sound in some track, atrocious vocals in others (first two in particular). I wish they were an instrumental group and more experimental, less pop.
I liked the male vocals in "Jump n shout".
A very 1990s mix of styles. I liked the opening and the heavier electronic sounds used in soul(-ish) music, not so much the rap and rap-adjacent passages.
Favourites: "Safe from Harm", "Unfinished Sympathy" and "Latey".
3.5 / 5
