Easy listenin'
Lost me on the TV dinners song
Think I have a soft spot for this genre. Surprised I'd never heard of this band.
Smelled a little funky but tasted fresh
This was bigger than my puny brain could understand.
Hell to the yeah.
Ericka said: "this sounds like background music from a 70's action movie" and then I couldn't unhear it.
This sounded just like I'd expect an album named "Cream" from 1967 to sound. Unfortunately those expectations don't align with my taste.
This was excellent. Feel like you have to listen to it with headphones. It was like a really bad trip but in a good way.
Starship Enterprise nightclub music. That said, I sort of enjoy parts.
Enjoyment
Desperado goes to the circus. I'm here for it.
This was fairly groovy. Think "Skeletons" was my favorite.
Wanted to like this, but just weren't my jam.
Haven't had time to digest the lyrics. Averaging sound (2) with suspected lyrics score (4-5) [6.5 / 2 = 3.25]
Different, ok
Uplifting and different
A bit too zwonky for me : (
Frenetically awesome and real diverse in its sound. Mind opener for sure.
Pretty groovy mm-bop du-wop sheebop. Enjoyed it. But didn't open any windows to an entirely new world for me.
I just cannot
I enjoyed this (especially "Liability").
Joy
Two bangers in a row. This was awesome. -.25 for the album name; +.26 for the album cover.
I have always kinda liked 'La Cienega Just Smiled'. Still the most I could give it is a 3
Don't cry because it happened, smile because it's over
This was groovy.
I liked this more than their Eliminator album. The songs sounded more differenter from each other (review copied from my other group).
Industrial reggae? I actually enjoyed this quite a bit.
I imagine some people really like this and I completely respect that. For me it felt sort of like an angry static background music.
Didn't have my favorite songs of hers but for some reason I'm a little enchanted by her music.
This was an amazing journey turned up loud I didn't want to end.
Summer breeze makes me feel fiiine
This seems like it should have stood out to me but did not.
Would have given 4 if it had "About Today".
I maybe should have appreciated this up to at least a 3. But it's a 2 for me.
Sorry. Although I do enjoy Mr. Tambourine Man's Mr. Tambourine Man-ness.
I am now a Jeff Buckley fan. So talented, ethereal, different. Corpus Christi Carol - wow.
Good madlad muzac.
3 for the unabashed boldness.
Felt like just noise with occasional, far off in the distance reverberations that originated from snippets of music. Surprisingly this is not the most jarring thing I've listened to.
Bagooonta bimg-bom dazintz - tsk - tsk - za (mild saxaphone solo) into fade out to another groovily comforting song oom bom ga zbling a doo-wop a shblib-ba.
3-4 songs where I first thought "Hey, I know this" then a couple mins later thought "dang, this is really good." Still, I struggle to lift my ceiling on this age/type of muzac.
This album is from the future, when robots take their first crack after conquering humans at making music.
Well done, entertaining. ++ for song where he demos all the diff instruments. ++ for long version Exorcist song turning peaceful at the end which messed with my brain. ++ for jovial Hobbit drinking song at the end. -- for the werewolf song. 4
I recognized none of these songs. Maybe it's just me, or maybe this is far from their best album? Makes me feel maybe the list is too diluted. It was fairly low in background so maybe this is harsh. Maybe I said a particular word too much in this review. Maybe I didn't.
Liquid dancing with Techno Viking at the Grizzly Rose.
Enjoyable. Liked this the most of the Beatles offshoots I've heard so far.
Engaging background music. Yes, that's a paradox, but I don't think Radiohead would mind.
It was alright. I'm torn between 2 and 3. Still got respect for Bob Dylan but this album just wasn't my thang. 2
That's right. Harness your rage. Soon we will take the streets, much like the warriors of Double Dragon, and beat down neighborhood thugs and save the world. Or whatever the endgame of that video game is. Probably saving a girl.
This is was steely okay. Don't love or hate. An alright burger with no pickles or special sauce.
I'd enjoy listening to this band in a low-key bar in Fort Collins having a couple beers. Outside that, it's pleasant to hear but does not grip me.
Can't explain why but enjoyed this quite a bit in the background. A little nervous giving good rating without listening for and understanding any lyrics. But hey, worst case I endorsed summoning a righteous demon upon the Earth or something.
Best 3 I've ever heard.
Kick open the saloon door, knock the dust off a glass, drink down some whiskey. Reflect on the family you left at home while chasing the life of a drifting cattle man. This isn't Western music per se, but gives me those feels.
Listened to this in isolation a long run. It was, a lot. Eminem is amazing but I felt the sicko skits in this one were kinda overdone. I found myself craving -- I think -- some of his later stuff that has deeper themes.
I've never heard this album, but yet it feels so familiar. Kudos somehow, Rolling Stones.
Damn it, dis is groovy. I'll give it a 3 or 4 tomorrow based off how much pleasant residual funk remains in my system.
I am sorry, this did not group me an iota until the last 3rd of the last song. Though if you cross your eyes and stare at the album cover it's kinda fun to make shapes.
Despite "American Girl" flexing its preternatural strength to lift the album up, I just didn't get into it. I think I'll like his later albums more. *Checks list* -- oh. I guess I'm that guy who gives the only Tom Petty album on the list a 2. : \
The Two
Did this need to be the 2nd David Bowie album from 1977 to make the list? I would sacrifice 4 of these for a Blink 182 or 2 for another Tom Petty. I'm not mad at you, David. I'm mad at the situation.
I finished this album and honestly did not even realize I was listening to it. That's not really a bad thing; it evoked pleasant background emotions.... 3.49.
Nightclub in the Amazon Rainforest. Chase scene from a Predator movie. Apocalypse Now at the disco. How does one rate such things.
Sunglasses in a vampire nightclub. This album makes me feel good and also cool.
Groovy, unique sound. I can see why they're sort of iconic. 'Meh' for me.
I don't love Red Hot Chili Peppers. But I happily listened twice in a row. So, surely a 4.
This is a kaleidoscope of groove and good energy. No wonder it's #20 overall.
Good but not sensational. Enjoyed but not enamored with. For me it rocked but did not gggrrrrrrrRRRRRRRWRWAAAAAACK!
Bobby punk-faring pirates. It's like a cruise ship full of talented musicians shipwrecked on an island and had nothing to do but eat coconuts and produce music. Twelve years later, you have this very interesting but nearly impossible to relate to work of endearing, erratic energy.
I sort of like the reticent punk singer feel. Listened to this in the background and found myself quietly grooving in a good mood. I'm gonna lean in and give it a 4.
I mean it's Foo Fighters. You knew I couldn't go lower than 3. But then I don't know if I'll ever find myself reaching 4 let alone 5 for them. They have great sound but I rarely feel like, inspired by their songs.
Great storytelling. Unique. Plus I have a lot of nostalgic memories of this. 4 thumbs up.
This was sensational, horrid, bombastic, fluid, funky, spunky, rhythmic, retro, Voltron, laser, hip-hop, drop dat beat but don't drop the boom box. 3
Not exactly my taste but I respect what they've done here. I didn't know they wrote Summertime Blues.
A bit too zany 70/80's for me.
(Copied from my other group.)
Nice to listen to. I couldn't really get further than that.
HELLO, 1966
Nice culture-shock inducing snapshot of music back then. It's so distinct. Not my style, but I do suspect people had some really fun times in '66 in a wooded clearing having a little party listening to this with tight tie-dye shirts and frayed jeans.
This album cover so perfectly fits the album. It feels impossible to put in a box. Every time you try, it re-shapes into a different thing. It feels like a lot of music was the sound you'd hear while traveling through a warp device in Star Trek. And I'm here for it. I enjoyed the whole thing; it felt unique and interesting.
Their songs start so strong. Then the singing and other things happen. It's like a cheese grater that takes in a good block of cheese then outputs eel guts.
(Copied from my other group.)
2
Man, what the hell
I am perfectly happy with whatever on God's Green Earth they are doing here.
I shouldn't be surprised given Jay-Z hype but here I am. It started good but not amazing, then in the middle (around "Never Change" and "Song Cry") it hit so hard for me. It sort of slowed down from there, but the tide remained just above 5.
Somewhere between 2 and 3. I'll go 3 because it's a sunny morning.
I feel like this needs a bit more concerted attention than I gave to properly review. But I'm American so I'll throw a 3 at it anyway.
Started out like a groovy interstellar jazz trip. Ended with a strange song of echoing flatulence noises.
This was a rainbow of beautiful guitar noises. Tempo felt a little slow, but then maybe not. I'll bet this is a real nice listen on a crisp sound system.
If on a great, spirited journey I'd quite enjoy this. Perhaps questing through a meadow with the Fellowship. Or on a sunburnt morn aboard a dory crossing the Mediterranean. But as background music while clacking a keyboard with the blinds drawn in an office, not so much.
From my other group I'd given this a 4 with no explanation. So apparently it must have been "good and enjoyable but not great and worth words" to me.
Is this like, the forerunner to all punk? I'd like to crack a cheap beer with these guys in a London alley. But then go home after one cuz I'm sure I don't want to party as hard as they could.
3
I am completely down with this. I want to go for a walk somewhere cold, folourn, and beautiful. Tiger Mountain Peasant Song was especially... something.
Nice in the background but didn't jump at me. 3
I don't know what this is. It's like he grabbed a fist full of random seeds, planted them in different types of soil, and watered some with water while others with Gatorade and others with radioactive liquid waste. The result is a disconcerting variety of song-like creatures that somehow all beckon me closer with their siren sounds and goofy lyrics.
Mmm-blippity-blop o-kay. This album feels made for great background coffee shop music. You'll need 2-3 coffees to get through it, though; it felt too long. 3
I was super sloppy listening to this. Disjointed, halfway listening, getting up, sitting down, so on. Yet it still pulled me in a few times. I was never astonished, but also never disgruntled, and at times interested. This is weird Ronnie-speak for a 3.
"There is a Light That Never Goes Out" is inescapably interesting. But many of the others escaped my interest. Unfortunately for instance the last song, right after that one -- "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" -- what the hell was that. But I've actually come to like the Smiths more through this than I thought I would.
I've always only sorta like Soundgarden. They're good but never grip me. Unfortunately -- sorry Ted, please don't maul me -- this reenforced my 'eh, ok' opinion.
This album felt like a puddle of bleak indecipherability.
This is the music you would hear attending a jazz concert held inside an aquarium.
Pretty good, pretty good. Didn't have the Elvis songs I know and like the most but there are still two other albums.
This album is a jewel. If you put your ear close to it, you're transported to an effervescent golden stream. You ride atop it, through twisting turns and currents, seeking the gates of a place that's been waiting for you.
It has moments a little jazz n'tzz-n'tzzy, but the moment you notice, it's ahead of you and changes to something unpredictable, milky exotic and unique.
I just re-read the album title. It fits my feelings well. In other words I really liked this.
Sultans is obvi the highlight. The rest I found alright. At least rumor is we have at least one more Dire Straits album with hopefully some of their other great songs I like.
I think there is probably a bit more here I am not seeing. But it's dark and a little bleak and hard to see. According to Gemini a single candle in a cave only lights 3-5 feet. This album has the candle, but only lights enough area in the darkness to make it a 2 for me.
So pure. Really nice singing.
(Copied from my other group.)
I am unable to relate. But I imagine within the pop (?) genre this is probably pretty good.
J5 is cool. Ahem, I mean, "J5 is rockin' on the radioooo"
Makes me want to have a good beer from a small glass.
I don't know what this album is going on about but I sort of enjoy its innocent confusion and how it erratically changes my moods. Was gonna give it a 3 but then remembered this fucker might have bumped Blink 182 off the list so bitterly rating it a 2.
Dire Straits on a dozen downers.
This is timelessly good. He seems like he was so unique. Didn't have any of my favorites though so "I did it my way" and gave it a 3.
My Doorbell felt different, like how he riffed the singing. The Denial Twist had really cool drum, um, symbol stuff.
Update at end of album. Wow, all of this felt fresh and originally creative to me. I thought they were "just another rock band that sings 'Seven Nation Army'", but actually, I felt they have a unique singing against unique instruments and each song is different.
Congrats White Stripes, you converted me.
I'm totally OK with giving this a 3.
This is good rumbling in the background music. Though by the end my face was starting to look like the guy's on the album cover. Dunno if I'll ever leave the 2-3 zone for this peppy but low emotion range older punk (?) music.
This is not my grape jam but feels totally fit to be on the list.
I enjoy this band's rolling jukebox sound more than most rock of this era. Can see why they were influential.
Beck is cool and different. But only 3-level cool and different for me personally.
(Review copied from my other group.)
