I found this album to be repetitive and boring. “Ham ‘n’ Eggs” listing the foods they like to eat was painful. And I wanted them to move it along on “Move it Along” - especially when they started introducing the band after six minutes. “Go Ahead in the Rain” was the best of the bunch for me, but I mainly wanted them to just continue to play the songs they were sampling - All You Need Is Love, Sir Duke, Walk on the Wild Side.
Nirvana is one of the few bands out of the 90s that I am a fan of (Pearl Jam and Barenaked Ladies are the only others that come to mind). However, I like my Nirvana loud and electric. This live unplugged album was too subdued for me. I’m giving it a 3 because it’s Nirvana, but I’ll take Nevermind over this album any day. I did like the Bowie cover and All Apologies.
I know this will come as a shocker but I did not enjoy this album. I actually found the music tracks catchy and fun to listen to. I just can’t stand the misogynistic lyrics and the unrelenting f-bombs. I listened to the complete tracks until I got to track 9 - “For All My…” - the chorus of which finished me off. Can’t tell you anything about the remaining tracks. I was done.
Album Review Notes
I was looking forward to this album. I’ve always loved her song Drop the Pilot and thought she had a really cool voice with that Caribbean accent, but never explored her catalog. Unfortunately, not much stood out to me on this album. It was mainly slow acoustic numbers that all ran together. The one song I really liked was Join the Boys when she picked up the pace.
I was a fan of the first three Van Halen items – although I liked each one a little less than the one before. This is their first album in the MTV era where they focused on hit singles and added heavy keyboards. I never liked the hits – Jump, Panama, Hot for Teacher (ugh - how old were they when they recorded that song?) – but I was thinking I might like the deep tracks that I hadn’t heard before. No such luck, just lots of forgettable lame pop songs. The one song I like was the very last song House of Pain, which would’ve fit in perfectly with the first Van Halen album.
I thought this was a really good blues album. Solid playing from everyone, although I thought the vocals were just OK except for the one song that Clapton sang (Stepping Out). The songs were consistently good, with Hideaway and Key to Love my favorite tracks. The lyrical on Baby Girl were a bit creepy, and I don’t know why you would cover What’d I Say. Nobody can compare to Ray Charles on that.
Hello Old Friend! I wore this CD out when it was released in 1989. Love Bonnie’s bluesy guitar and voice. Not a bad song on the album. Thing Called Love is awesome featuring songwriter John Hiatt as one of the all-star backup singers. (Hiatt sang it when I saw him live in Capistrano last year.) It was great to give the album a listen from end to end again.
For the most part, this is a really good album. I’ve Al sways thought The Girl Is Mine was a stupid song that doesn’t for on the album. And the title track sounds good but I do t like the juvenilelyrics and the cheesy sound effects. However once you hit Beat It, the rest of the album is awesome. Billie Jean, Human Nature and PYT are all great and I think The Lady on My Life is a nice ending to the album.
Solid CCR album. The 3 hits - Green River, Bad Moon Rising, Lodi - definitely stick out as more memorable than the rest of the album, but the other tracks are solid.
What a fun listen! Just about every song is a groove. Nile Rodgers on guitar, Tony Thompson in drums and Bernard Edwards - my all-time favorite bassist. The only track that doesn’t measure up is At Last I Am Free - a 7-minute repetitive ballad. But everything else was a vibe.
I was disappointed in this album. For the most part, Sinatra’s vocal style didn’t fit with the bossa nova music. It made for a forgettable listening experience. The one highlight was I Concentrate On You where the upbeat tempo suited the vocals better. But overall - meh.
I had never heard of this band before which is surprising since I followed music really closely in the 80s. Now I know why. This album sucked. Amateurish songs, weak vocals, totally forgettable.
This album was a very pleasant surprise - ar first. I had never listened to Rufus Wainwright’s music before. The first two songs really grabbed me, especially the orchestrations and countermelodies. The complexity made for an interesting and enjoyable listen. Go or Go Ahead was another highlight for me. However, the further I got into the album, the more tiresome it became. Wainwright’s voice started to grate on me. I think I like this album but in small doses - a couple of tracks at a time.
I don’t know who would ever want to listen to a Neil Young album. He’s one of those songwriters who shouldn’t sing his own songs. When I was listening to After the Gold Rush, I was wishing it was k.d. lang’s version which is so much better.
What a great album. One of those rare albums where there is not a bad song in the bunch. Adele’s voice is in top form - she sings with such raw emotion. Don’t You Remember is one of my favorite songs but how do you pick? Rolling in the Deep, Set Fire to the Rain, Turning Tables, Someone Like You…so many great songs. 5 STARS!
