First listen took a little while to readjust to this type of music, you don't hear it a lot anymore. Everything's very polished. Second listen showed an interesting album that still feels real and authentic even 60 years on.
Okay so. This is fun to listen to. I'm having a strange issue where I'm sort of hearing things backwards through time where having heard *Bitches Brew* and some of Miles' later stuff these feels so tame and like I keep waiting for it to explode open and do something else. I keep having to remind myself this is from 1957. Very cool, as advertised. Could easily see myself putting this on when I want to write or just need to have something in my ears. Cannot stress enough how strong of an opener "Move" is. From the first thirty seconds Miles tells us exactly what he's going to give us; 32 minutes of swanky and technically impressive playing. Other highlights include "Venus de Milo," "Godchild," and "Rouge," which feels like a nice closing credits number for the whole thing.
Okay so. This is fun to listen to. I'm having a strange issue where I'm sort of hearing things backwards through time where having heard *Bitches Brew* and some of Miles' later stuff these feels so tame and like I keep waiting for it to explode open and do something else. I keep having to remind myself this is from 1957. Very cool, as advertised. Could easily see myself putting this on when I want to write or just need to have something in my ears. Cannot stress enough how strong of an opener "Move" is. From the first thirty seconds Miles tells us exactly what he's going to give us; 32 minutes of swanky and technically impressive playing. Other highlights include "Venus de Milo," "Godchild," and "Rouge," which feels like a nice closing credits number for the whole thing.
Incredible from front to back, not a single second wasted on the record. Most people who've listened to rock radio in the last 30 years are acutely aware of "Paranoid Android," "Karma Police," and "No Surprises," but it can't be stated enough that "Airbag" is an astounding album opener. Sets the melancholic tone while stating up front that this is still a rock band. Couldn't get enough of it, listened like five or six times over 24 hours.
I don't think I've ever sat down with this full album before. I feel like everyone knows "Blister in the Sun," but I was surprised to recognize a second song off this album; there's a cover of "Gone Daddy Gone" that plays on the radio at my job and I thought it was kind of a good song. Now I hear it here in it's original context and know it's a certified classic. The whole album does an amazing job of matching the sonic atmosphere of going over to a friend's dorm and him and his band are doing a goof-off session, except instead of something you'd laugh at for a minute and then be bored of, you get some really fun and catch song writing. I had the same kind of feeling from Freewheelin' Bob Dylan at first, and I think its just me readjusting to garage and or low production records. This feels like they recorded demos at full fidelity but as a compliment instead of an insult; really raw and catchy and fun to listen to even when the lyrics are kinda goofy. Tragically none of the members are actually femmes so 0/10.
The Pretenders for millennials. 10/10
Heartbreaking album from an incredible artist. What more can you say than that?
Okay man. Sure. That can be an album.
Good pop all around. And doesn't contain Temporary Secretary so it's already miles above some of Paul's other work.
Really vibey and cool to put on in the background. And a good introduction to the UK Garage sound
I really liked like 2/3rds of this record. Really cool lo fi rock sound, really good harmonies and stuff. I already like the way he sings so it wasn't a big deal for me, but some of these songs just feel out of tune and even though it's intentional I just could not enjoy it.
What could you possibly say that hasn't been said before? An absolute juggernaut of dnb.
May be an issue of hearing this forward in time, but this sounds like C tier Beatles material. The story of the band is crazy but the music just isn't there.
I don't know if I would come back to a lot of these, but there's some really good stuff here. I was really only familiar with his big hits before this album.
I don't know if I would listen to it again, but I think I liked it?
No shot the dudes that died in the plane crash would have voted for Trump but they're dead and the survivors seem more normal so unironically a good ass album. Wall to wall classics.
What is there to possibly even say about Abbey Road that hasn't been said? Absolute juggernaut album. Every individual song is an instant classic, and ending out with a medley of sketched out ideas that stay interesting all the way through was a genius move. You could listen to this 100 times and still be engrossed in it the whole way through.
A new Adele album is an event for a reason. Incredible music all the way through. Maybe not my thing but I definitely get it.
Groundbreaking shoegaze record, which means literally everything in the indie scene to come after it has been touched by it in someway. "Only Shallow" and "When You Sleep" are obvious highlights but the whole thing is just a really good album to put on and sit with.
Not my favorite Zeppelin album. 1 and 4 are way better. Still solid, some ideas go on for a little too long though.
Really good folk from an artist I wasn't super familiar with. Solid tunes throughout. Interesting to hear perspectives from the other side of the pond. Really really like "Ideology"
I'm a big fan of Zep and I think this one is probably non-essential. Kashmir carries this record, frankly, and 8 minutes out of an 80 minute double album is kind of frustrating. I never wanted to turn it off or skip to a different song, but I can't think of anything in particular I'd want to come back to for a fourth listen.
Not outwardly repulsive but it just slides off my brain. I don't feel anything listening to this. The vanilla oatmeal of British music.
had me nodding along and wanting to grab an instrument to join in the entire time. Banger after banger.
Dancing Queen and Money Money Money??? Album is carried. So good!
Really cool blue eyed soul music. Definitely going in regular rotation.
I don't really like Kiedis' singing voice. Really fun album though. I feel like everyone knows the singles from this one. Cannot understate how strong of a starter "Around the World" is as well
Cohen is such a strong songwriter and hearing him here, where his voice is so weathered and sad sounding, really fits his whole songwriting. Like, of course! Of course this is the guy who wrote "Hallelujah"! and he's in his bag here too. Listenable all the way through. I definitely understand if someone doesn't like the way his voice feels like a blue note against the other background singers here though. One hell of a swan song to go out on, rest in peace Leonard.
Its fine. I don't have much to say about it. It didn't blow my mind at all.
Very classic sounding early soul record. Sounds kinda unoriginal but that's likely just me hearing it backwards in time. Could put this on and really vibe with it.
Before starting this, I made a topsters top 100 list of albums that meant a lot to me and Nevermind was my #1 so this was an incredibly easy 5
Killer set from a soul legend himself. Really sets the tone for what a live show of his would actually be like which is incredible.
That sure is Elvis. Didn't hate it, didn't blow my mind or anything.
Really good album from one of country's preeminent female vocalists.
Ough. Ouugggghhh. Lads, you've done it again. Banger after banger. Really fuckin good album.
Really cool album. Feels like a whole album of 90s house remixes of folk music. Super interesting and really engaging the whole way through
Peak Hendrix. Really good listen all the way through
She's so good, dude, on god. Obviously I'd heard all the big radio singles before when the album came out but oh, man, everything here is so good.
Janis is such a powerful singer. I can never get enough of her voice, and this era of blue eye soul is my exact kind of vibe. I love this album so much.
Really solid album from the dad rock legends themselves.
I should have anticipated a knock out performance from name recognition alone but oh man dude. Fucking incredible album. What a cool band. What a killer set of songs and lyrics. Just the whole thing impressed me from top to bottom. I'm always gonna be a mark for punk/post-punk shit but I was not ready for this one.
My favorite U2 album by far, the one that helps me closest understand why they used to get lumped in with the punk rock scene. Sunday Bloody Sunday is probably my favorite song from them, the rest of the album doesn't quite reach the same height but its not disappointing by any means.
Good punk music, not my favorite though. Felt like they were outta ideas and if I didn't focus on the music each song was kinda indistinguishable from the next.
That's a pretty good live show dude. Obviously the Allman Brothers are gonna rip live, it's just nice to get confirmation of it.
The only thing keeping it from being a 5 was the fact that the production was just dripping in reverb. Felt like I was watching a really cool house show in an empty indoor pool. Otherwise just super strong songwriting, catchy, quick, not a single note wasted.
Really cool, loved how prevalent the basses were. The guy's voice fits so well against the wall of bass. It's going in my rotation for sure.
Carried by Take Five but really good album. Very smooth and swanky.
Homophobic slur jumpscare but also this album fucks severely
Good, but it kinda drags sometimes. Not much else to say. LCD is usually pretty reliable stuff to put on.
Good, but it kinda drags sometimes. Not much else to say. LCD is usually pretty reliable stuff to put on.
I will keep banging on and on about how a good opener can make or break your entire album and opening with Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is such a powerful statement and I think it lands it. Rest of the album is a good mix of classics and I really liked the deep cuts too.
Its fine. I like his voice, but everything feels slower than it should have been. The writing flips back and forth between really evocative and interesting and completely first draft, over the course of the same song. I didn't hate it but I don't think I'll be coming back to it.
Grew up with this album because my dad is a weird conservative hippie. It's fine. Not amazing, not boring.
Iove Marvin's voice but he seems a little bit not himself here. Not sure if that makes sense without hearing the album.
Really cool and interesting hip hop. Every rapper has their own voice but still sound really cohesive as a group, and the beat work underneath is super slick and easy to vibe with
My mom would love this album, and I mean that as both praise and damnation
Really cool and fun album from the legend himself. Not every album can be Ziggy Stardust but I really enjoyed this one
War is my favorite U2 album but you cannot understate how massive this album was. Juggernaut of production and pure music on display from the lads here. One of the greatest ever
Really cool introduction to a pioneering rock band (even if they're just cribbing most of it from black artists)
Listenable, nothing egregious. The street sounds and recordings gave it a feel evocative of the movie Heavy Traffic. Maybe an issue of hearing it backwards through time, but it just wasn't extremely engaging as other DJ producer albums like Endtroducing.
Really cool and interesting. I had heard of Pavement before but never sat down to listen to them. Was consistently engaged and enjoying what I was hearing.
