I knew the title song and Train in Vain for ages, and liked them a lot. However, I hadn't listened to the whole album from start to finish until now.
It's like jolly punk-rock. I liked it, but it's not what I would associate with punk-rock (this has no bearing on the rating, who cares about genres tbh).
My first impression was that this album is just fire driving songs. I like it, but I can't really set my mind on what I'm listening to exactly. It's like rock, but kind of folk-y and mellow.
It's Judas Priest, what's not to like? The song "Grinder" might not have aged well, though. Energetic, but if I listen to it back-to-back, it gets a little same.
No ZzZz's here.
Melodic poetry reading.
Initially reminded me of Nick Cave.
Not for me generally, but I liked the feel of some of the later songs in the album.
I have listened to the Who before and my thoughts have not changed. Old gold!
I found myself in Skyrim.
This is not something I would seek to listen to myself. But it seems kind of cheerful and uplifting, if you're into this sort of music. I'm not, though.
It all sounds like the same song all over again.
I wouldn't turn this off if it were playing at a chill evening with friends and we're drinking wine, but you wouldn't hear me saying "Hey, we should put on some Leonard Cohen".
Perfect for the gym.
A few songs in, I was going to give this album a 3 out of 5, as in, it's cool, I kinda like it, but it's nothing special. By the time I was done with it Ms Carole King had convinced me that at the very least this is a 4, arguably a 5.
The songs resonated with me, and the storytelling is great and overall it just made me feel good. My daily 15-minute walk to grab some lunch disappeared, as I had not even noticed that I had already arrived at my destination in the blink of an eye. 4/5.
It's long and (to me) boring. There are parts of some songs that are interesting, but then Peter Gabriel starts singing, and it throws me off again.
I don’t have anything to say about this album, honestly. It’s not bad, it did not really register in my memory.
2.5/5
I can appreciate the music, and I can think of times and places where I would put this on; it's a vibe. But it's not really "my thing" generally. More like, I enjoyed the upbeat songs because of the mood I was in, especially I love your lovin' ways, and then the change of pace of other songs turned me off.
I have always liked this album. Listened to it again, and business as usual, liked it.
Love the guitar, but I know I like Neil's later music more.
It's alright, I think, but I understand why I had not heard this before.
Pablo Picasso and Hospital stood out, but the rest were mostly kind of same same. In contrast to many other non-5/5 reviews, I don't actually mind the lyrics/singing style.
First Elton's album I have listened to from beginning to end and it's great. Hard to follow-up a banger like Tiny dancer though, but the rest is still great.
Indian sunset made me want to listen to Tupac again.
It's an album and it has songs on it. 2.5/5
<3 4.5/5
There’s some cool vibey guitar riffs that I enjoyed, but other than that this wasn’t for me really. 2.5/5
What the fuck
Pretty cool album. Has that surf vibe.
I had never heard of this band let alone this album. But it is exactly what I like. Listened to it while snowboarding. Excellent.
An excellent album. And that is notwithstanding listening to it on a balcony overlooking a ski town, sipping beers apres ski.
I love the Rolling Stones, but that being said, I love them for their later albums, not this one. It's not bad, though, obviously.
Summer BBQ with the boys drinking beers in the sun - The Soundtrack.
It’s fun and uplifting. The sax parts are awesome!
Fallout soundtrack to my ears.
Hell no. This is what my taxi driver listens to.
Why is this an album I must hear?
Jazzy and funky, as advertised. It's aaaight, but not my jam.
I think this is jazz for people who can't stand what jazz usually sounds like.
This album embodies the '90s rap beats and storytelling. Great listen.
This one’s a bit too whiney for me.
This was a very good vibes album. Some song names I’m expected to not say out loud though.
I couldn’t decide between 4 and 5, not even sure why. I vibe with this.
This confirms I am not a fan of progrock, but at least it's not as boring as Genesis. Still, not for me.
Dirt roads, pickup trucks, the homestead, nostalgia, good ol' country.
Like a rolling stone and Ballad of a thin man are certified bangers. Queen Jane Approximately sounds very similar to the latter. Am I the only one? The rest is alright.
What's the point of all the skits? It's already very long even without them. I was happy to hear Biggie, but that's about it.
Oh, the harmonies. And the White Winter Hymnal, of course, is astounding.
I like the album cover as well.
Usually, I am not a big fan of music in languages I don't understand. And I did not expect to enjoy this album as much as I did.
No chance I am going to put this on and listen to it casually, but I did really like it.
Hell yeah!
I actually kinda liked the last 18 minute long song the most, even though it got weird in some parts.
It's funny that I don't particularly like Morrisey, but I dig The Smiths. I do know this is not an uncommon opinion. This is however not my most favorite of their albums.
As reggae as you can get. A bit short. I wouldn't mind listening to this more.
You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side and Glamorous Glue are bangers, but the rest of the album sort of fell flat for me.
It's alright, but just because I really like rock. If one doesn't, then this album feels like it has nothing distinct to remember it by. For me, it's a default 3 just because I already enjoy the genre.
Love hurts earns this at least a 3. It's chill and makes me reminisce, as long as I don't listen too much to the lyrics.
This is produced by Kanye and the first word of the first song is "Ye". Coincidence? I think not.
In my mind, when I listen to this, I am watching a street skateboarding video.
Some songs of this are annoying to listen to and some remind me of Guy Ritchie movies.
It's different to most other rap albums I've heard, have to give it that.
Waaaahhhhhhh
This is an instant 5/5. If you rate this anything else, you're on a highway to hell yourself.
It's a bit samey, but I generally like it. This is such a bland review and rating on my part, but hey, the album made me do it.
This would probably be cool live, but meh for me
Gonna come back to this one one day and like it more, i bet.
Racial and cultural victim mentality expressed in song.
I enjoyed it.
He's just talking, doing standup, and music happens to be playing in the background, but the two are only loosely related.
Like, perfectly pleasant in a background, low-engagement kind of way. But it doesn't really pull me in. I would ultimately like it or dislike it more depending on the setting I'm in or what I'm doing, so, vibes-based.
But I mean, I’m a zillennial, so anything I say on 50s-60s albums should be taken with a grain of salt as I’m probably not refined enough to fully grasp the importance of this album.
For me, it’s the musical equivalent of a slow head nod and a slight lip pucker like, “yeah, this is alright,” but I’m not going to put this on on my own any time soon."
Short and fun songs, mostly good vibes. Let the sad times roll on is a banger.
It's a pretty generic rock album. Nothing wrong with it per se, but I'm not sure why it's on this list.
I know I don’t like jazz and I knew I won’t like this pretty early on in the album. But I guess since this is not the most jazzy jazz album there is, and it sounds coherent, it wasn’t that bad.
wobbly wiggly freaky ahh music cuh
Perfectly average and slightly boring.
I'm sure that every single album on this list has someone somewhere in the reviews asking the condescending question "why is this on this list". I have the same feeling for this, but I thought on the other hand, why not. It's not that I don't like it just because it's a soundtrack for a movie. That would disqualify a massive part of music. I just plain don't find this evoking any emotion in me.
Frank should indeed be heard before you die.
Listening to this I get a pep in my step and just a little bit more enjoyment from the usually mundane.
I like the idea of an album covering the span of a human lifetime, but from a simple listening POV I would’ve enjoyed it more if all 12 songs were Mrs. Robinsons. And wtf is “Old people talking” hah.
I like the buildup of the story that forms throughout the album. Very dramatic in story and satisfying to listen to music-wise. Brilliant album.
Banger!
Most of the songs on this album are absolutely legendary. This is one of the definitive 90s rap albums.
Never heard of them before. With a few exceptions, not quite what I like, but damn close.
Short and sweet. It's lovely folk rock with some of-the-times references. But it was short enough to be tolerable, any longer and I would have rated it lower to be honest.
This is the first Alanis Morissette album I listen to "cover to cover" even though I have listened to a lot of her songs in playlists one by one. What I realised is that one after another the vocals start to scratch the ears. I like the music generally, but this factor becomes harder and harder to ignore the more I listen.
Nope
I’m not a folk person, but damn it, if it has sad songs in it, I will like it. This was very nice, I did not expect to like it.
I sometimes find it hard to put into words why I really like an album. The feeling and emotion are hard to describe. I just really enjoyed this and will definitely come back to it a lot.
One alone deserved a high rating, such a GOATed song.
The rest of the album is solid imho, just good ol' thrash metal.
It's very sweet. I'm not particularly fond of sweets.
Surprisingly less dreary than his last album, which was the first one I listened to. But still, it did not do it for me.
If you’ve heard Anarchy in the UK then you’ve heard the album.
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!
I forced myself to listen to this to the end. Sounds like an 1980s soap opera soundtrack.
I liked it in the beginning because it was powerful, but a few songs in it started to feel like very generic rock.
Janis' voice pulls the score up for me. I don't like the synth parts, but holy shit, when the piano drop hits and she screams her lungs out, hell yeah.
I don't know, I didn't really understand this album. Come on Eileen is of course the only song most people have ever heard. And rest wasn't really something I thought I have been missing out on.
I found it interesting that from beginning to end the album is kind of vibey, but there is no song that I would want to listen to on it’s own without the rest of the album around it.
This is why I'm doing this. I had never heard of the band or the album, but it was great throughout. Feels way ahead of it's time and not at all from 1979.
Nothing wrong with that, nothing at all. I won't pretend like this is something I listen to daily though.
This was an endurance test. This one is long and goofy asf. Disc 2 alone would've been better.
Indifference I guess is as bad as hate. This did nothing for me. I did not dislike it as hard as Genesis, so it's a 1,5/5, but it does make me think that progressive rock in general is just not for me.
This seemed generic folky country. Didn’t get me neither sad nor longing for dirt roads and old tomes
It's quite alright. Flows nicely throughout. Just like with many other hip-hop albums, I'm not a big fan of long talking parts or sketches in between, or, as in this case, intros or outros.
Why tf does this have a full-blown 14min interview at the end, lmao? Otherwise, okayish album. One of those that I will maybe hear one day can won't be able to remember who performs this.
Awesome!
I don't know. I won't remember anything about this album.
I actually liked it. I would turn this on for a longer drive in the summer out of the city (heh, heh).
Nothing wrong with this, but nothing great about it either. I could not listen to this more than this album though. Even this was perhaps one or two songs too many for me.
I would agree that live albums are a bit meh unless it's by your favourite artist. But I see why this is on the list. It's pretty good on it's own.
Absolutely fucking epic!!11
I dont know what to make of this. It’s objectively a cool album, but I subjectively did not enjoy it too much. I know that doesnt make sense, but it do be like that sometimes.
I expected it to be less talk-y and more sing-y than it was, but in hindsight, I guess it makes sense for the time in his life when it was recorded.
A lot of it sounds like "a 70s rock song", but that doesn't mean it's not a great album. Probably on this list more of because his later greatness.
I don’t know what to say about this album.
This and a walk in the city on a sunny day.
The lyrics flow nicely, gotta give it that. And for a debut album it’s very impressive how highly regarded this is. That said I probably can’t fully appreciate it. This is a 3.5/5 rounded up.
This was significantly better than the first Cohen album I got, which ironically was his last album. And that one was insufferable. I actually enjoyed this one.
Absolutely insane how many great CCR songs are in one single album here. Impossible to hate this.
Younger Cop: And was there anything of value in the car?
The Dude: Oh, uh, yeah, uh... a tape deck, some Creedence tapes, and there was a, uh... uh, my briefcase.
Younger Cop: [expectant pause] In the briefcase?
The Dude: Uh, uh, papers, um, just papers, uh, you know, uh, my papers, business papers.
Younger Cop: And what do you do, sir?
The Dude: I'm unemployed.
The Dude: Do you find them much, these, stolen cars?
Younger Cop: Sometimes. Wouldn't hold out much hope for the tape deck though.
Older Cop: Or the Creedence.
As many others probably, I knew The Weight, going into this, and it was in my liked songs on Spotify for a long time. But the rest of the album was not enough for me personally. But this makes sense, because to my ear, that song stands out from the rest.
This is what's playing in my local dimly lit speakeasy.
Generic sad boy guitar
This has Voodoo Child and All Along the Watchtower, which both alone already warrant a high rating. But having listened to quite a bit of Hendrix this does not feel like a coherent and well flowing album. Feels like his other ones are better.
This is a prime example of when, just because I recognise more than one song, I get a knee-jerk reaction to rate it higher than I would normally think appropriate. Not this time Cars.
The name fits. Goddamn, this is saucy. This is what you put on when you feel zesty after dinner.
One of those albums where I feel guilty for not rating it 5. I love Elton’s music in general, and a few songs from this I enjoyed a lot. That said, that positive feeling got watered down by the length of it. I guess I’m a very casual Elton fan then.
What is there to say, except that this is an excellent album. I have listened to it countless times and was very excited to see it pop up and hear it once more.
Tom Hansen would love this.
I feel myself aging listening to this.
But it makes me want to lay on my back on the bed in a late evening at home, alone, head absent of thought, just kinda existing for no reason.
K-Rose San Andreas Radio
A lot of nature references and comparisons.
I felt confused listening to this. What do you mean by "like childrens' umbilical"?
I only consider the first two Coldplay albums good. This is the first. Later it all became just generic. No shame to admit, this is a great album (in spite of the bandwagon Coldplay critique). I especially enjoy the last 4 songs.
I liked the title song. But just based off of this, I guess I'm not a big Bowie fan.
There are quite a few other I'd rather listen to on the beach, even from that time.
I enjoy SOME Neil Young songs, but I guess a full album is too much for me.
I will remember the last name but I will not remember the album. I just don’t get it. Aside from a few songs what’s the big deal with Bowie.
Idk man, same shi typa thing all threw-out
Showed hints of the vibe I wanted it to have, but never quite got there. It's an interesting combo between electronic music and vocals. Just not quite for me I guess.
Annoying. I feel like people pretend to like this to appear sophisticated.
Gypsy woman almost pulls this down from a 2 to a 1.
Meh britpop or whatever equal genre this is. 1.5/5
After listening to this even I miss Adele’s boyfriend.
Jam-packed with your local radio station's favourite cheesy 80s pop hits.
This is an excellent example of how such a long album can be so great that time just flies by. I didn't want it to end.
Slightly annoying surf rockabilly bullshit
Nope, boring and weird
I don't know, instantly forgettable for me.
Solid! Throwback to my childhood. Grateful that it's on this list,, and I listened to it again after many years.
This was beautiful!
Generic girly-voice guitar/piano teenage lovesongs
This was anoying to listen to
I was surprised how boring this album is, aside from two songs.
I know a few Steely Dan songs that I like, but this album had none, and, for me, it's generally just unbothering background music.
The "Drink Scotch whiskey all night long. And die behind the wheel." was a funny gem though.
It's the Everybody's talkin' and Teach your children for me
It's reggae. It's the same song all over again, with different lyrics.
This would go crazy in the elevator of my office building and at the noname cafe on its first floor.
The Girl from Ipanema had somehow reached me through memes. I was surprised this is how old it is.
One of those albums which remind me why I am doing this. Glad to have found this. Get On Our Own and Autonomy are bangers.
The skits are annoying bullshit. As long as we're talking only about the parts where he isn't fucking, I like the album. But now with a grown-up mind, lyrics that all revolve around shooting dudes and fucking bitches just seem boring and unimaginative. Rhymes and flow is on point of course. This is probably the most generous 4 I've given so far. In honesty, I should rate this as 3.
Too bluesy for my taste, but it's a great album objectively.
Ends with Riders on the Storm, though, that's a treat.
Let's cool in the pool :D Did he record all the parts himself? It's like Mr. Holger here decided to just play whatever random shit comes to mind and then just smash all the audiotracks together.
So people actually paid for and went to a 30-minute concert?
We complain that ticket prices for live events have inflated, but this makes me think that the runtimes have, too. Nice.
More to the point, this was a chill listen, but there's something about listening to live concert recordings that I don't quite enjoy.
In what way is this a rock album? As soon as it was over I immediately could not remember what any of the songs sounded like. It is susprisingly bland.
All danceable, all summery and all giving the itch for daydrinking, but also all sound the same.
Clearly, this is a well-liked album, and I can recognise why. But staying true to how I rate albums here, this is not, for me personally, the masterpiece many have deemed it. For me, it's alright, albeit a little too long.
3/5 only because of the sick solos by Hendrix and Clapton. The rest of it is very forgettable.
Could’ve easily lives without ever hearing this.
Spent 57 minutes with a sneering grimace on my faces and reactivated with every new song.
What a gem! This is why I do this: to discover artists and albums like this that I had not and maybe would not have.
Layla is a certified banger. I was also happy to find Have you Ever Lover A Woman with its bluesy solos, pretty good stuff.
The downsides are that it's a bit long with some songs feeling like they're dragging and the Little Wing cover just no doing it for me, just gave me blueballs to go listen to the real deal.
I spent 45 minutes wondering if I had accidentally put on the soundtrack to an HR onboarding video. Every song feels determined to be important, yet somehow ends up sounding like polished beige wallpaper.
Every song takes itself so seriously that I started feeling guilty for not wearing a turtleneck while listening.
I kept waiting for the moment where it would finally click. It never did.
I don't know what's happened to me, but this is not as great as I remember when I first listened to it when I was younger. 3.5/5. Not quite 3, not quite 4 either.
Finally! An album from my favourite band of all time. As soon as I saw this pop up, the rating was already clear and etched into my mind. Brilliant album!
The album art is absolute bullshit; it couldn't look more 2000s if it tried. It's not particularly great music, but it's enjoyable and isn't that the point in the end?
It's hard to rate this objectively after hearing most of these songs a thousand times before. I don't know anymore whether I like this because it's great or just so recognisable.
Great album, what else is there to say that has not yet been said?
Honestly I was expecting this to be better. The first half of the album is very generic and only picks up from Supersonic onwards.
Wtf? Without exaggeration, I truly do not understand why this is an album one MUST hear.
Never knew of this. I feel foolish. This is great. Repeat.
Good ol' toetapping storytelling ditties, not bad, a little same same towards the end.
Bossa nova that I would put on at my brownstone duplex to appear cultural when the guests arrive.
Time flew by listening, and I really got into a flow state with this. Absolutely loved "One Love".
Sounds like a dude whos tired or anoyed of having to sing.
This was not velvet, and should stay underground.
Dragged on for a while. In Da Club, Many Men and P.I.M.P. are the bangers here obviously, and with the exception of Lifes On The Line the rest is kinda forgettable.
Elephant occupied a significant part of the air for me during the last years of high school. It takes me back to those days, happy and sad, they had it all, but I am back. One of my all times.
Seems like the kind of music people pretend to like. Too strange for my taste.
This has a lot of unexpecteds. The album cover (love it, obviously), was unexpected after seeing the name of it. Then the sound of it didn't really register, especially since it was from 1974. It's pretty cool. If I could, I would give it a 3.5 just based on my own way of rating things here, but since I have to choose, I have to bump it up to a 4.
Quite generic and forgettable. Not to say it's bad, just bland.
Music for smashing, that's about it. Otherwise, it's pretty boring stuff.
The guitar is nice, but I got tired of Bruce halfway through.
What's the big deal?
This never caught fire, hehe. Sounds the same from song to song, and as any other reggae album.
Turned ethnic quickly. Cornershop is also a fitting name for the album, because this must be the thing playing in the indian 7-11 when I'm buying cigarettes at 3am.
Boring and whiny, albeit brilliant voice.
One of those albums where when I'm done listening, I think to myself: "This must have been the beginning of or influence of something better later on".
