Raspy and soulful. Pretty freaking great.
That cover is metal. But if anything, this is Theater Kid metal. Look, its done well, and I had a chuckle or two with the lyrics, but this rock opera kinda sound just isn't my vibe.
Enjoyable. She always has that unique vocal style.
This is how Springsteen should sound, stripped down to the basics.
I feel like disco may get a bad rap. While the lyrics aren't particularly interesting, the music is pretty great with some unexpected chord progressions. Not bad.
I like Beck and his kind of offbeat and absurd take on styles. THIS is not that at all, and yet, I still really like this album. Straightforward and wonderfully rich sounding, musically feels like a lazy summer afternoon. Maybe a sad summer afternoon, when you take the lyrics into account.
Upbeat and fun, which was great. That said, I think I enjoyed the second half of the album a bit more, which is a bit more midtempo and varied.
Very cinematic, which I should have expected given David Lynch used some of his stuff. It's a pretty varied album of jazz, electronica, creepiness, and more, but it all feels like it belongs together.
Its been 30 years since I've listened to this album. My friend was a huge hip hop fan and of course had this and listened to it a lot. I guess my opinion on it hasn't changed too much upon relisten. It's got some great beats, sure, but many of them feel a little too similar to know which track is playing. It's a nice enough listen, and yet it's never compelled me to want to buy it.
Upbeat with a late 80s/early 90s dancey sound, with quite a few samples. I get the feeling that this may have some historical signifigance, particularly with the sampling aspect, but the album as a whole is just okay.
No drone rock like "Heroin", no long freak outs like "Sister Ray". Maybe with the exception of "The Murder Mystery", a pretty straightforward album; not quite what I was expecting. But still great, and ahead of its time.
What a fun and bizarre record. 35 minutes of pop rock turned on its head. Not an everyday listen, but a good one.
I'm not a huge country fan. There's a few exceptions, but the majority of it just doesn't really speak to me. This is one of those exceptions. It's simple, and not overdone like a lot of the Nudie suit wearing types of artists. And Willie's voice is just awesome on top of that. Give me more of this.
I was expecting to like this album a little bit more. It's fine, quite listenable, but nothing I'm amazed about. It's possible that the nature of listening to an album a day may take away from the time needed to appreciate this more. It might be a 4 in the future, but it's a 3 for now.
An absolutely rip-roaring live set. Jerry's playing on the fast songs is almost out of control fast, like he's about to launch into the stratosphere. The only thing preventing me from giving it a 5 is the similarity of some of the songs, but this is pretty great.
God, what a great album. Not a bad track on it. Beth Gibbons voice is shy and light, but still versatile and often heartbreaking, and the vibe of the music is just perfectly cool and hip...in that 90s way, yes, but also with a nostalgic sense, too. Songs meant to be in fictional Bond movies.
Ah, Fela...you cant go wrong with Fela Kuti. This was one of the albums I originally looked into myself when I got the book many years ago, and this was the first Fela Kuti album I got. This isn't even his best album, and it's still an absolute banger. 4.5/5.
