Not at all what I expected from a James Brown album.
A good album but not one I'll listen to very often
Very bluesy album.
Great opener and closer songs. Those in between are less stellar although some are worth a listen.
It swings, it rocks and it rolls but it's a bit too dated for me.
Soft and minimalistic but not very remarkable. I forgot I was listening to something and started working without thinking about it.
Favorite songs: Intro & Crystalized
As often between R.E.M. and me it's a meeting that could have been but that wasn't. Although 9-9 almost deserve a star of its own.
Favorite songs: Pilgrimage ; Moral Kiosk ; 9-9
There is nothing especially interesting in the Foo Fighters but for some reasons this album works very well : it's raw, it's energetic, it's a blend of college & garage rock at its finest.
Favorite songs: This is a call ; Big Me
There isn't a song that shouldn't be there, which is very nice!
I mainly know Neneh Cherry from her collaboration with Massive Attack. It's a mix of hip-hop and pop but it sounds way too much like the 80's shitty pop sound for me to like it.
Favorite songs: Manchild ; So Here I come
I have an history with this album. At first I hated it with a passion and when I saw them live at Dour it confirmed what I thought : pretentious and getting on my nerves with this psyche rock and those synth waves.
Then some years later a guy told me that this album needs time to get appreciated and indeed it clicked. The choral singing got me and the repetitive synth lines became hypnotic rather than boring. I was hooked and it became an heavy rotation for some times at home.
Favorite songs: My Girls ; Also Frightened ; Summertime Clothes ; Bluish ; Taste ; Lion in a Coma ; Brother Sport
Some strong & memorable songs. I has this modern take on Rythm'n'Blues that make it quite good but it has also those songs where while I recognize the performance in production and singing it just does not make it for me (e.g. Turning Tables ; Don't you remember ; …).
Favorite Songs: Rolling in the Deep
A big band that plays some swing jazz. As I'm not fond of big band usualy I was a bit afraid of what was to come but in the end it's quite enjoyable.
Favorite Songs: After Supper ; Teddy the toad
While I know very well Scorpio Rising, I never took the time to listen to this album. It's a good old DJ / producer album in the trip hop genre like the 90s were able to produce. While it's a nice trip to memory lane, the album is not all that memorable.
Favorite Songs: Dirge ;
A rap classic with some bangers and simple but catchy samples.
Favorite Songs: Bring da Ruckus ; Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber ; C.R.E.A.M. ; Method Man
A quite generic rock album with some great tunes. I'll be happy when I stumble on it at random but I don't think I'll ever actively search for it.
Favorite Songs: Mr. Brightside ; Somebody told me
This album stand out not only because of the incredible flow of Eminem but also because it has this kind of groove that catch everyone's ear.
Favorite Songs: Stan ; The Way I Am ; The Real Slim Shady ; I'm Back
A pop rock album that has its appeal like the vocal harmonies, the overall very clear and crisp sound. It's without a doubt a hallmark of the 70's post hippie rock.
But the thing is that I doubt I'll listen it very often as I like it better when things are a bit rough on the edge.
Favorite Songs: Don't Stop ; Go your own way ; The Chain
A true metal classic. The songs are long and tell you a little story every time and yet never too boring (sometimes it's a bit too much yeah). It's also really energyzing.
Favorite Songs: Master of Puppets ; Welcome Home ; Leper Messiah ; Orion
A funky instrumental album. It's nice to listen to while working. And it has those happy vibes that light up your soul but I prefered the tracks with vocals.
Favorite Songs: Theme from Shaft ;
A strange blend of styles. I liked the jazzy outro of "On Sir Francis Drake".
A strange album where some songs are a blend of almost heavy rock and funk that groove and others are too long.
Over all I find this album has a strange sense of humor, at least I found it quite funny at times … I mean it starts with "Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time and you all knocked it up" after all.
Favorite Songs: Can you Get to That ; Hit it and Quit it
It's OK glam rock, sometimes catchy and some times spacey ballads. I wasn't impressed but it wasn't boring either.
Favorite Songs: Cosmic Dancer ; Get It On
A nice techno album from the early years.
Favorite Songs: Halcyon + On + On
It might be an historical record of a genre that I quite like but I found it boring nevertheless
Favorite Songs: Annalisa
A very bland pop-folk album with some touches of electronica, I didn't noticed it back then and it stayed unremarkable from my pov. In the end I really hoped the album was shorter.
Anyway I have the impression David Gray is the grand father of Ed Sheeran or the like.
Favorite Songs: Please forgive me (I was not yet irritated and it has some catchy tunes).
10/10 for the cover art, it has this minimalistic vibe that I quite like.
But the release in itself it's the beatles when they were still a boys band, my favorite songs were covers of earlier songs and it's telling. Hopefully they got better with the time.
Favorite Songs: All My Loving ; Please Mister Postman ; Money
A really great album, the first two songs directly catch your attention, the chord progression and the drumming on Into the Light is really really good.
A very nice discovery.
Favorite Songs: Spellbound ; Into the Light
Quite boring and sometimes ridiculous (I mean come on "Fall at Your Feet" really sucks and when the choir comes it's really over the top cringe).
It was so lame it successfully disctracted me from work in order to add this to the review.
Favorite Songs: Four Seasons in One Day
It sounds like a good uneventful album : nice voice, good music but nothing that makes me think "wow I needed to ear that before I die".
Favorite Songs: Next Girl
While I like the sound of portuguese in songs, I am not a fan of Bossa Nova.
Favorite Songs: Superbacana
Lots of covers, some great, some less so. Cash's voice is incredible as always.
Favorite songs: The Man Comes Around ; Hurt ; Personal Jesus
What I liked about this album is that even if it's a rap album it's by no way simple loops and samples. There's always something to find when listening to any song.
Favorite songs: Wesley's Theory ; King Kunta ; Hood Politics ; Complexion ; The Blacker the Berry ; Mortal Man
Never heard of The Shamen and understand why, it's by no way in my taste. The shitty electronic sound of the 80's is so prevalent that I would enjoy a trip at the dentist 10_000 times more than listening to this album. Hopefully the second part of the album redeems it a bit.
Favorite songs: Possible Worlds: Deep Psi
A blend of blues rock with harder titles, it's understandable why it's considered a landmark album of rock'n'roll.
Favorite songs: I don't mind ; My Generation ; The Ox
Vocally speaking Björk is doing more thant its part, the rest of the album is meh.
Favorite songs: Birthday
Apart from a best of that I listen to every once in a while, I don't know much about the Talking Heads and yes I should have paid more attention to them. The cohesion on the first songs is very strong with this funky vibe and it hooked me directly.
Favorite songs: Born under punches ; The Great Curve ; Once in a Lifetime ; Listening Wind
This album is so cool and smooth, it's like roaming slowly in a convertible without a care in the world. Perfect for a Monday.
Nice cover art for once.
Favorite Songs: After Hours ; Can I Kick It?
Some nice songs but I'm not incredibly impressed by the record.
Favorite Songs: Darling Nikki ; Purple Rain
It's energetic and cool with great bangers. A pretty solid record.
Favorite Songs: Longview ; Basket Case
It's a record that sounds like a 60's record but sung by the Arctic Monkeys. It's nice but there is no "waow" factor.
Favorite Songs: The Age of Understatement
This album was released a few days or weeks after Cobain's death and I've always found strange that the title of the album was so strangely foreshadowing of what was to come.
Any way, I have memories of listening to this album in a friend's room while discussing all the things teenagers talk about (girls mainly).
Nirvana's influence is all around this album but it stands on its own with great songs and Courtney Love screamings.
Favorite Songs: Violet ; Doll Parts ; Olympia
OK I listened to this, I already knew I didn't like the way he sings. I learned that 38 minutes can feel pretty long too.
Yet another album of the Stones revisiting blues. It's nice and cool but once again it's not exactly my kind of stuff.
Favorite Songs: Shake Your Hips ;
I guess the idea is to depict what long and inescapable suffering is. In this regard the album is a success: I was fed up after two songs.
All kiding aside, this is formulaic speed metal: one bangs heavily, another one makes a guitar solo, there are some screamings and lyrics about the devil and the suffering. Repeat.
Not my stuff at all.
It's a great mix of post-grunge pop rock sounds without any songs feeling weak. A very good record in my book.
Favorite Songs: You Oughta Know ; Hand in My Pocket ; You Learn ; Head Over Feet ; Ironic
A nice country album, one the series of "in prison" concerts he did. I always wonder how do those happen. I really liked that he genuinly seems to enjoy its time there.
Favorite songs: I walk to line ; San Quentin ; A boy named Sue ; Ring of Fire
Me not like that. I know that in all generality pop is not my cup of tea. This album just proves it again. It's not irritating yet but there's still 32 minutes to go.
A classical Dinosaur Jr. album mixing simple melody noise rock which is a prefiguration of what is to come. It's more approachable than Sonic Youth and yet sufficiently edgy / sloppy to trigger all the good signals in me.
And as all thing Dinosaur Jr, I really like the vocals of J. Masics it has this laid back / "idgf how I sing" vibe which makes every song a statement to coolness (I recommend the cover of "Show me the way" for an excellent example).
Favorite songs: Freak Scene
A very fresh pop record. I knew very few of the Kinks and I quite enjoyed this release.
Favorite Songs: The Village Green Preservation Society
Simply a classic with so many hits that it' an easy 5.
Favorite Songs: Five Years ; Moonage daydream ; Starman ; Hang on to Yourself ; Ziggy Stardust ; Suffragette City ; Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
I was entering in this album with apprehension since the cover is horrendous and I never heard of Spacemen 3.
And it was quite an astonishment that in fact I liked this album. Come Down Softly to my Soul has this kind of eerie vibe that sounds much more modern than 1989. But it also reminded me of Neu! or other krautrock songs.
It might not be a great album, but it's worth a listen.
Favorite Songs: Come Down Softly to my Sould ;
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
It's a fun punk album. Nothing that would change the face of the world but still pleasant to listen to.
Favorite Songs: I Can't Do Anything
A really great voice for such an asshole. The bass is really great and Marr is good as always.
Favorite Songs: The Headmaster Ritual ; How soon is now? ; Barbarism Begins at Home
An album where you're hooked from the start by the great voice and melodies. Not much fuzz to go around, just a voice, a guitar, some drums and it's enough.
Favorite Songs: Talkin' bout a Revolution ; Fast Car
I was not expecting much from this album and I've been pleasantly surpised. It starts strongly and is a bit more forgettable in the second half but it's still a good record.
Favorite Songs: Girls Just Want to Have Fun ; Time After Time
The first three songs are as ridicule as the cover art. Why would you do something like that in 2003 ? It's probably a kind of parody or something but it lands flat from my pov.
Will it get on my nerves and get a 1 or will it blend in the background and be 2? Time will tell.
A solid start with Cloud Nine and Heard it Through the Grapevine but then while it is still pretty good it becomes less funky and loses a bit of its interest.
Favorite Songs: Cloud Nine ; Heard it Through the Grapevine
Yes the title song has been heard so many times that it can be skipped and still be present in your head. Unfortunately the same can not be said of the remaining songs as it's as standardized rock as it can be. It's peak standardized rock maybe even defining it but it's still too bland.
Favorite Songs: Hotel California
Well it's not unpleasant, the mix of genre is fresh but the album is way too long.
Favorite Songs: Mele H'Bibti ; Derwiche Tourneur ; C'est la nuit
Almost painful to listen to.
Sounds good but I was not in the right mood to listen to folk, I'll try again some day.
Favorite Songs: The Way Young Lovers Do
The groove on this album is what caught me first. Lots of idea that I think would have been better distilled in multiple shorter songs.
Favorite Songs: Chameleon
Nice and uplifting album.
Favorite Songs: Just a gigolo
There are many things that should make me love so much this album yet it didn't clicked.
It's solid, I like it but no I don't love it (and to be honest it's always like that with MBV).
Far from being my preferred Portishead album, it's still something that I will listen with pleasure albeit not very frequently.
The logical conclusion to Kid A and OK Computer. It closed the golden years of radiohead where almost every album was 5*.
As radiohead has always been extremely solid on album it's still the case here : the correct blend of rock and electronic music that very few group where able to master as much as them.
Favorite Songs: it's difficult to chose some songs that stand out more than others
Just some classic rock. I won't remember this much I think.
Favorite Songs: Just What I Needed
Just some fun rock'n'roll with nice variation in the song styles.
Favorite Songs: No Dancing ; Blame it on Cain ;
Yet another T. Rex album that leave me without much sentiment about it. There were some more memorable songs but in the end I don't think I'll ever go back to it.
Another quite fun album. I like this kind of 90's hip hop.
Favorite Songs: People Everyday ; Mr Wendal
OK it's energetic, punk and so on but you need to be in the mood to listen to this. It's not an album that will put you in the mood to actively want to listen to it.
Another day it might have been a 3.5, today it's a 2.5. Grading low.
Of course this album sounds incredibly 70s but it's very coherent and it conveys the feeling of a whole unifying concept which I quite liked.
Too long George, way too long.
Strange album, some songs that I disliked some that I found really good. I doubt I would listen to that again but who knows.
It's a lengthy drum'n'bass album and even if I quite like the genre it doesn't make the cut for me. Maybe another day.
It has groove and great guitar riffs. But it's a bit repetitive. Nevertheless I can listen to this without boring myself which is very nice!
Favorite Songs: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor ; Mardy Bum ; A Certain Romance
I might not have been that focused on this album. First of all I listen to only the first CD of the boxset but I don't think it would have changed anything to go throught all the CDs.
But yes, Ella Fitzgerald has a great voice and Gershwin was a genius.
Favorite Songs: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Some big band songs followed by ballads. Ray Charles has a really great voice but I didn't like the strings it was a bit too much for my taste.
Favorite Songs: Let the Good Time Roll
While I really appreciate the minimalism and the 8bit esthetic (though it wasn't called 8bit in 1977) I am a bit puzzled by the voices. Nevertheless a visionary album.
And also trains are cool.
Favorite Songs: Europe Endless ; Trans Europe Express
I must confess that I only know them through the Velvet Goldmine score. And it fits so well the movie that they deserve half a star just for this memory. It will be 4 because I'm rounding up.
Favorite Songs: 2 H.B. ;
The bass and the dumming alone make this album very good. Add to that the great melodies and it's a very solid album.
Favorite Songs: Drive My Car ; Girl ; In My Life
Another great album, great tunes, great melody it makes people understand why The Smiths are still important.
Favorite Songs: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish ; Girlfriend in a Coma ; Stop Me if You Think You've Heard This One Before
So many great songs. It's difficult to put less than 5 stars on this album.
Favorite Songs: Come Together ; I Want You ; Here Comes the Sun
I don't remember much from this album and I don't want to go back to it to rate it accurately. I think that this statement in itself means it must be a 2.
It's an album from my youth so of course I'm gonna rate it higher than the others. We have a bias towards music we used to listen when we were in our prime.
For me this album popularized electronic music, I knew it existed of course but I didn't care. The Chemical Brothers and a few others made me care and I still vividly remembers some of their shows.
So yes it's probably a 3.5 or 4 but with the "album from my youth" bias I'll give it a solid 4 maybe 5.
I loved the small introduction where he talks directly to us. Because of that I will round up my rating to 2.
What a set up from the Sugarcubes, the voice and singing is still very expressive and incredible. But what makes this album stand out is that she embraced the trip hop wave that has been getting traction and she made it hers. But it's not the only genre she made hers : it's indeniably pop and also dance music. A really groundbreaking album.
And of course there is this long list of flawless tubes.
Favorite Songs: Human Behaviour ; Venus as A Boy ; Like Someone in Love ; One Day ; Violently Happy ; Play Dead
Elevator music. Nice voice, unremarkable but not badly executed music. Totally forgettable.
Favorite Songs: There were different songs?
It's a tie between The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robot for the best Flaming Lips album in my book. It's an album with symphonic ambitions and it works. The tunes are catchy and the lyrics are silly but touching anyway.
Favorite Songs: Race for the Prize ; The Spark that Bled ; Waitin' for a Superman
