I know "Stairway to Heaven" is the song everyone points out as Led Zeppelin's masterpiece, but "When the Levee Breaks" is what really stands out on this album for me. "Rock and Roll" is really good, too. Great record start to finish, though.
Good record. Some fun guitar sounds there, and John Fogarty's voice is iconic. Ending on "Keep on Chooglin'" is a choice - a fifth of the record's 34-minute runtime is that song. Lots of good stuff in here for such a short album.
Listen, I've listened to this record a thousand times. I can review it without another listen. But I did anyway! It remains a banger. Not a single bad track (though certainly some are better than others). Are GNR doing anything particularly special or original in this? No, not really, but they're playing some heavy blues rock exceedingly well, and I'll probably give this another thousand listens before I die.
This is certainly not he first time I've listened to this record, but it's always a good listen. I don't keep this on regular rotation, but I probably should. There's a reason it's on every "greatest hip hop records" list. Lauryn Hill's voice and flow are phenomenal and the beats backing her up are great. It overstays its welcome just a bit, though. Cutting her cover of "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" to be a single b-side or something might have benefited this some, if nothing else.
Another record I've listened to a lot, though it's been awhile, so it was nice to revisit. It starts out absolutely banging on the intro to "Bone Machine" and gives you a pretty great idea of where it's going. There's a good reason Pixies have influenced dozens of other bands. And 13 songs, 34 minutes? Hard to beat a record that gets you in and out that quick
I have a hard time with this one. I can't pretend I'm versed enough in jazz to really know how to talk about it. It's lovely music, though, which is about all I can really say.
I wasn't sure what to expect here, as I'm not typically a country listener, but it's really good! Nanci's voice is great, and the backing music does exactly what I needed. Standout tracks for me were "Banks of the Pontchartrain" and "Fly By Night". I might have to come back to this in the future.
I don't want to say this is bad, exactly, but yikes it did nothing for me. It's the sort of thing I'd expect to be played at a reasonable volume in a mid-tier restaurant. Forgettable background music, is what I mean. I won't be coming back to it, that's for sure.
I was excited to see this come up. I've certainly listened to Muddy Waters, but mostly within playlists, not a full album. And I was right to be. It's a great album! Excellent blues riffs. Loved it.
I've probably listened to this at some point, but beyond "Sunshine of Your Love" nothing is familiar. And it's....not very good beyond that? A couple other decent songs, but nothing I really care to listen to again.
Yeah, it's ridiculously misogynistic, homophobic, and profane, but goddamn is it good. You can feel their anger and rage at the lives they've lived up to that point.
Well, "21st Century Schizoid Man" is good. The rest? Well, it hasn't changed my opinion of prog much.
I had no idea to expect from this, but I really enjoyed it! Just some great vibes throughout. Fun beats and samples, some nice turntable work here and there. Really good album. Minus side was it's apparently not streaming anywhere other than YouTube, but that worked well enough.
My earliest memory of this was going to try to buy it at release from Best Buy. Their weekly Sunday circular showed it out that week, so I had my parents drive me there with whatever little money I had scrounged up to buy it. Well, new release day was Tuesday or Wednesday at that point, so they didn't have it. Never ended up buying it, for whatever reason, and it would be years before I actually listened to it in full. It's a good album. Not great, and I don't think we'd be talking about it too much today if it was from someone other than The Drummer from Nirvana right after Kurt killed himself. Dave shows a lot of range as both a guitarist (musician as a whole, really), and a vocalist, neither of which I would have expected at the time. I won't pretend I was super tapped into music in middle school, though. Solid record, and worth a spin now and then, but nothing particularly ground breaking.
It's a great album, but not Dre's best. Yes, it's misogynistic and homophobic. No, the language is not something you'd want blasting in your office. Yeah, Snoop is carrying a lot of the actual rap load, but that ain't a bad thing.
Nice record. The jamming's fun, and very chill. Can't complain about this at all, though I doubt it's something I'll come back to very much.
Ah here's a CD I used to have blasting in my car for years after release. I haven't listened to it in awhile, and some of it still holds up, but not all. Good record overall with some bangers, but it kind of peters out towards the end. Apple Music only has the "complete recordings", but I stopped at the end of the original release since that's what I was bopping to in 1999.
Well, I liked what I was able to listen to. There's four tracks that aren't available anywhere I can find. Anyway, I can't say the rapping is particularly good - he's mostly just talking over a beat. But what he's talking about remains relevant today in most cases. Good record, but not great.
