Favorites: The Stranger, She's Always a Woman
Really nice, solid album with several classics. Some were new to me, like The Stranger, but I've liked She's Always a Woman since I was a child. I don't see myself actively replaying this album, but it was a good listen.
My first and second times listening to this album were entirely different experiences. On my second listen, I enjoyed and appreciated this album WAY more than the first time. I will likely keep this album in rotation.
This was a smooth listen. Soulful songs about loving yourself, loving others, creating happiness, and believing in your beauty. I listened to it twice while buzzing my hair and it felt very meditative.
Solid guitar, easy to headbang to, really got my heartbeat going. This didn't resonate deeply with me, nor was I blown away, but I had a decent time.
This was an easy listen. Solid jams. Really unique vocals, chaotic yet perfectly rhythmic.
This was a nice listen, and I especially enjoyed the first few tracks. I'm not super familiar with Bob Dylan already, but this was pleasant to me. I would consider relistening to this one.
Unremarkable. Honestly, irritating. I mainly was bored and wanted it to end. The same exact rhythm/chant occupied the tail end of several tracks and I groaned every time. Maybe this just isn't for me, but I really could have died without listening to this.
Short & sweet album, which is funny considering the two 10 minute long tracks. I enjoyed it. Wars of Armageddon was odd, and I'd skip it in the future.
Overall, underwhelming. I didn't love or find most of it interesting. Ready, Able was a really good track, but one track can't save the album for me. I will listen to that one again, but I could leave the rest of this album behind.
This one was pretty good. I especially liked The Changeling.
3, but a high 3. I enjoy New Age, and this was pretty good!
Really good! Narrative, melodic, satisfying lyricism, and great guitar riffs. Will definitely revisit this one.
Really really good. Almost my first 5. Joni's voice is like honey to me, I loved the storytelling and down to earth human experiences and emotions in the lyricism. I'm excited to hear more from Joni.
Low 3. Not entirely interesting, a little perplexing? I liked a couple tracks the second time around, but overall I don't want to listen to this much.
It was good. No entirely to my taste present day, but glad I listened!
Pretty good. Might revisit eventually, but not right away.
I can see how this was influential. It wasn't bad. Some parts I didn't like, but most of it was easy listening. I won't listen again, mainly because I just don't want to listen to Kanye.
This was a nice album! The vocals were pleasant, and this was a smooth listen. I'll have to give it another try, since I was a bit distracted while I was going through it, but I still feel it earns a 4.
God this fucking sucked. Appropriative and annoying. The only decent elements of this did not even originally come from McLaren. Obatala is a nice track but now that I've learned about Malcom McLaren, it can not save this rating and I feel none the wiser.
I hated this. I made myself listen through the entire album for the sake of gaining knowledge, of being able to thoroughly participate in the argument of whether something like this has objective artistic value. It was hard to get through, disturbed me, left me grimacing and covering my own neck, feeling more miserable today than if I hadn't listened to it. I've decided there is simply no need to have to engage with any dissertation trying to justify a 5 star review because of the culture of 2000, or his upbringing, or the vulgar contemplations of fame and influence, or the idea that offensively subversive = thought-provoking = inherently good. I'm not wasting my fucking time. This sucked and felt bad to listen to and I feel bad. There is no value to me in constant homophobia, rape, throat slitting, the fucking disgusting ICP blowjob skit, acknowledging the violent influence of his work while saying it ain't his problem and you can suck his dick about it, everything about Kim. Awful. I'm sparing my sanity by disengaging myself from any discussion of this album once I hit send on this review. I don't want to think about this anymore. Fuck this. I'm good.
Really good! I knew I couldn't go wrong with Queen. I love The March Of The Black Queen. This is a good album. I can't help but feel like I didn't do it justice by listening to it with my earbuds, and this would be much more entrancing with proper speakers.
Highest 4 I've got so far. I've listened through this 5 times. It's prompted me to learn a lot more about Dave Grohl & Nirvana. I didn't even know Dave was in Nirvana before this album, I only knew him as Foo Fighters. I like this a lot. It doesn't get a 5 from me for a couple pedantic reasons - 1. I'm not super familiar with a lot of alternative rock from this scene, so I don't have a strong foundation to compare this too. Once I roll a few albums from Nirvana and Radiohead's (etc.) discographies for example, maybe I'll have a better idea. 2. The only track I don't like is For All the Cows. It's just a little annoying to me. That being said, these are nitpicks at the end of the day because I really liked this. If I had a nickel for every time I've really resonated with an album this generator has given me that was produced in an untraditional fashion and/or in a very short timeframe as a way to process a personal loss, I'd have two nickels! (the other being Funeral)
Oh hell yeah. I haven't hear much Zeppelin, but this was fun. Loved the Rock blended with Jazz, Blues, and Folk elements seamlessly. Awesome guitar riffs. Soulful wailing vocals. Didn't immediately blow me out of the park, but I warmed up to it quickly!!
Good! Low to mid 4 for me. The first half starts out strong, but it does drag a bit more in the latter half. It's 70 minutes but feels like it could be 45 or 50. Still good, I love the riffs, love the songwriting, love the vocals.
I wasn't blown away right away, but it's Queen, so still really good & easy to listen to for me at baseline. Some really fun theatrics, the bits of story in the lyricism I tuned into were fun! I think this is one that deserves some more time & attention and could grow on me more, but I definitely can't see this being the strongest album from Queen.
A smooth, soulful 35 minutes. So nice I listened twice. I definitely want to keep this album on hand for relaxing evenings indoors. Really nice vibe. Thank you, Mr. Green
High 3. I wasn't wowed by it, but toward the end I started to hear some interesting moods & experimentation that I liked.
Okay, so this wasn't as challenging as the reviews had it hyped up to be. Honestly I wish it had more cacophonous noise. I feel I have received less cacophonous noise than what was advertised. There were some intriguing bops, like IBM, Dead on Arrival, and AB/7A. I was perplexed and unnerved but could bob to the melody. I didn't like the vocal tracks and found them to be more irritating than unnerving. I feel like it almost worked for Weeping, but I didn't like any of the other ones. Hamburger Lady really accurately mimicked the feeling of my nighttime solitary anxiety attacks, which is something. The entire way through this, especially the latter half, made me feel deep bodily anxiety. Really interesting stuff. I'd revisit IBM, DOA, and AB/7A, but I could leave the rest. Wasn't expecting to get Gristled less than a month into the project, but here we are.
Short, interesting, but I kind of didn't want to listen through a second time. The lifespan concept seems incomplete, so overall the album's composition felt a little messy and unfinished to me. Some nice songs (I really liked A Hazy Shade of Winter), but the album as a whole wasn't my favorite.
This was an interesting album to listen through, but I don't see myself revisiting it. I liked Daniibe, that track was unique and experimental in a nice way, but the other tracks didn't stand out. Not bad to listen to, interesting energy!
This album was decent, but a bit uninteresting for me. I really like the vocals, but overall most of these tracks didn't quite have enough energy to keep me captivated. I didn't entirely love the direction of their sound.
Low 3. I was in a very anxious and fast mindset today, so I was definitely not in the right energy to receive this album. That said, this was much slower than what I expected, and not particularly captivated.
I enjoyed the first half, got a little bored toward the end, but overall this sort of sound is up my alley so I had a chill, slightly stoned night listening to this. Will likely keep it in rotation.
Interesting at first, but definitely got repetitive about halfway through.
This was okay. It had some really interesting beats going on, and a chill vibe. I didn't love the rap, but did like the vocals.
Interesting atmospheric take, but honestly bored me. It bored me but it also made me a little anxious.
Not bad, but a lot of the songs blended for me. I didn't have a lot of time/energy to review this one, but put it on a couple times while I was out. I had a hard time discerning between the beginning and end of the record.
Some fun and silly songs! Likely won't revisit
It was slow, gentle, pleasant. Not soft rock, more like feather rock. It was boring, but not necessarily in a bad way? It was very relaxed, I could imagine sleeping to it. I was standing up during the last track, 200 Bars, and got a little drowsy. Not sure if this was intended to be a sleep album, but it did make me sleepy, which I find pleasant and valuable.
It was okay, not the most interesting, a little boring. Probably not interesting enough for me to revisit.
Pretty good, easy to listen to! Will probably come back to.
This was okay. A little long and samey, not my favorite vocals, but generally unoffensive (other than the gibberish bits in the opening track, that pissed me off for some reason). I recognize and enjoyed a handful of the songs.
Probably high 3 if not low 4. Great flow, great beats, great riffs! It went a bit long, and I didn't like the horny tracks, but the other songs were great.
It was okay! I feel like it could have been better. Something about U2 songs has always bothered me because the vocals somehow feel distant from the instrumental. It's a distracting and kind of dulling effect on me.
Okay! Not my favorite. I'm realizing I have a trend of not liking when musicians make random noises in the middle of songs, and that carries through here. The energy just wasn't my favorite, and also was a little too horny for what I want to hear these days. I will say I was jamming the whole way through regardless!
This was good, though many of the songs blended together a little too much. I appreciate this but probably wouldn't revisit super often.
Nice. Norah has lovely vocals. The mixes of jazz and folk and country influences are interesting. This is a smooth album and i could see it being an ideal soundtrack for evening projects and relaxation.
Fairly good. I like Jack White's vocals a lot. Some of these songs blended together a little, and I felt the latter segment majorly trailing off, but still good.
Nice album, opens really strong. This did get a bit samey and blend together for me.
I was pleasantly surprised and liked this a lot! I hadn't heard of Prine before, as I'm not generally huge on country/folk, but reading the wiki and seeing his writing praised highly by Bob Dylan had me intrigued. This album was really interesting to focus and listen to the stories in the lyrics, I wasn't bored for a moment.
This was great, I enjoyed this a lot. Two separate solo albums combined in one is super ambitious, but I think it's awesome that OutKast pulled it off. A lot of bangers on these albums. I love Big Boi's flow.
I had to. The fact that Dreams and The Chain are on the same album is honestly enough. This got stuck in my head, I replayed it a bunch. Even the songs I didn't love the most still get stuck in my head. This was my first time hearing Gold Dust Woman and it's also awesome.
It was just alright. I feel like ive been unexpectedly bored by the metal albums ive rolled so far. I did like some of the funk elements in here.
I put Dr Octagon at 1 star this week, and LL Cool J's flow is significantly worse than Kool Keith's. I think it's only fair I rate them similarly. This was corny and Cool J kind of can't rap. Cringe lyrics. I wanted to stop listening a couple times.
Pretty good, I would listen again. I was worried I would be bored based on the first track, but it moved to a more lively and less mellow sound.
Nice. Calm, harmonious folk rock. This wasn't what I expected going in, but I would put this on again for sure.
Other than one or two tracks, honestly pretty boring, and at some parts annoying.
Finally a metal album that didn't bore me. I vibed with this!
I wasn't wowed by this, honestly. I hope I enjoy future Beatles albums more. It wasn't bad by any means, just not compelling to me and I didn't love the vocals.
A little bit boring, vocals a bit whiney and samey, but not bad. Not as much punch as I might have hoped for.
Fine. Just fine. Not remarkable at all. I think I'm not a big fan of Iggy Pop. I don't really get it.
A bit repetitive, nice vocals, but mostly boring instrumental.
This was good! I wouldn't listen again, because this isn't the type of music I keep in rotation, but I appreciate it for what it is.
I liked it. I'd put it on again. Low-ish 4.
First half of the album (so the first track) was cool! The second half didnt wow me.
Fine. I did get bored halfway through.
Good! Nice lyrics, smooth composition, it didn't move me to my core but it was a good rap record.
Yeah, this was awesome to me. Dramatic. Interesting. I didn't quite get it the first listen, but the final track made it all click for me somehow and might be my favorite, and when I listened over I'd like it more and more. It has to get a 5 from me. This was really deeply artistic and unconventional and uninhibited and just stands out for me.
Noisy, anxious, moody, atmospheric, sometimes claustrophobic. I felt like I was lying in my bed at dusk, headachey and slightly dissociating after an emotional meltdown earlier in the day. But I'm known to enjoy music I resonate with / that makes me feel anxiety in new and fascinating ways compared to what I typically do. So I enjoyed this.
Listened last night. Already forgot it existed by the morning.
I'd never heard of Dusty Springfield but this was nice. Some very recognizable songs on here. Really lovely voice. I would listen again
Same exact effect as Funeral. The first time through I wasn't wowed, and the second time through it clicked in the right way. I'm not sure why! This one is good though.
