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.
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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!
My favorite Beatles album - just nudging out Abbey Road. Paul’s songs are some of his best - Eleanor Rigby, Here, There and Everywhere, Got to Get You Into My Life. Not a bad song on the album. I really like the closing song - Tomorrow Never Knows.
A little disappointed in this album. It started off with vocals which was a surprise but kind of a mess. Eventually it progressed into the ambient music but it was not as good as his later stuff.
Zeppelin is one of those bands that people consider rock and roll gods that always left me cold. The first couple of songs were OK, but starting with You Shook Me, the album degenerated into a series of long, monotonous boring songs. I think the only way to enjoy this album is be stoned.
There is a mystique about Nick Drake that, based on this album, I don’t get. The all-acoustic album was fine but I didn’t find anything memorable about any of the songs. Compared to other singer/songwriters of the era - James Taylor, Joni Michell, even Gordon Lightfoot, he doesn’t stack up.
I’ll deal with the most significant issue first. Tom Verlaine can’t sing. That alone is downgrading this album from 4 to 3 stars for me. It’s a shame because other than the singing, I think this is an excellent album. It really compares well with the debut albums of other NYC–based bands from the era : Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads. I particularly like the guitar work on the album. Verlaine should have stuck to playing the guitar and gotten someone else to sing. I wonder how big this band could’ve been with a good singer.
Dinosaur Jr. is one of those criticly-acclaimed bands that I never got. I bought a used CD of Where You Been in the 90s since it appeared on Top 10 album lists. I listened to it once and never again.
I’m really tired of albums like this appearing on a list of all-time great albums. It seems the author of this list is picking intentionally obscure artists like this and the Triffids. There is so much great music out there, that’s it’s annoying to sit through these albums. The album is uneven - some songs were OK but many were amateurish.
Another obscure band that nobody has ever heard of. Having said that, I thought this was a pretty good album with a rockabilly feel on most of the tracks. The vocals are really bad on the first track but got better for the rest of the album. Overall, I found it to be a good listen.
If you’re going to put an Eagles album on the list, this not the one I would include. Hotel California, The Long Run, Hell Freezes Over, etc. are all better albums. Other than the three hits, every other song was pleasant but not really memorable, with the exception of Most of Us Are Sad, which I really liked.
This is not my kind of music, but there were some songs on this album that I really liked – BOB, XPlosions, Hilble Mumble. The music was interesting on those songs. However, many songs were vulgar and turned me off. I also got tired of the album and stopped after “only“ 20 songs. An album that had potential but shot itself in the foot.
This is a solid album that I had never heard before. None of the songs really stuck with me but they were pleasant to listen to. My problem is that the author of this list insists on being intentionally obscure. I can think of 10 Bowie albums I would put on the list ahead of this one - starting with Lodger, Scary Monsters and Heroes. I don’t know if they will be on the list but they certainly deserve to be over this album.
Another group I had never heard of, although I know Husker Du and Hunan Sexual Response which were the former bands of a couple of members. I enjoyed the album. All of the songs were pretty good, with If I Can’t Change Your Mind the standout. This is an album I will be listening to again.
A masterpiece! The Last Resort is my favorite Eagles song and Hotel California is in the top 5. New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane, Wasted Time - all great. I’ve always liked the Joe Walsh song Pretty Maids All in a Row as well. 5 stars!
Springsteen took a lot of heat from the record company following up his monster hit album Born in the U.S.A. with this album of just him singing with an acoustic guitar. It was a courageous decision and an absolute masterpiece. It’s such a poignant personal album. So many great songs, especially Atlantic City, Johnny 99, Highway Patrolman, Reason to Believe. I love this album.
I loved this album. Stan Getz is in top form and the songs are just so cool. What a vibe. My only criticism is that, other than in the first song, Charlie Byrd’s guitar got lost in the mix sometimes - even on solos.
