reminds me of being on the dock with my parents and their friends but doesn’t do anything for me beyond that tbqh
i hate to be the downer here but i found this album repetitive as heck… but the flute was a nice touch i was grooving hard to that. this album makes me feel like i should be in an austin powers movie and not in a good way. unfortunately not my vibe but i appreciate the heritage it holds.
i listened to this before daniel told me it was inspired by the demons so that’s really awkward i’ll give it one star in solidarity
i can’t get over the fact that he’s a quasiwitness it’s a mental block his lyrics disturb me but i really like this for what it is
i get it i do theyre iconic but his voice just sounds so quebecer i cant
i love this play this 10000x over i feel like im retired in florida on a beach
this is quite possibly the most boring 48 minutes of music i’ve ever heard. there’s zero difference from one song to the next. i put this on at the gym hoping it would hype me up … instead i feel like disassociating while staring at a blank wall
i actually really liked this!!! if all hardcore had stayed like this i would genuinely enjoy hardcore
obviously this record is crazy insane but i gave it a proper chance and was honestly really impressed with his insane storytelling about war and the effects on the men who come home from it. that being said, i think tom waits is a pseudonym for a collective of artists, each one writing a different track on the record. my guesses are as follows:
track one: evil pingu
track two: lizard wearing a fedora
track three: schizophrenic clown
track four: tom waits before the other 14 killed him to use his identity
track five: bubba from forrest gump
track six: fat bastard from austin powers
track seven: the same guy who wrote the usa’s national anthem after suffering from ptsd
track eight: a sucker on the vine (autobiographical content assumed)
track nine: fred (frank’s disassociated other personality speaking about his actions to create a distance from reality and self)
track ten: a house fly that can play the xylophone
track eleven: the local jazz bar guy (this one kinda slapped guys ngl)
track twelve: a sailor
track thirteen: the mountain goat from hoodwinked
track fourteen: the guy behind the meat counter who has a glass eye and always seems to be holding a knife
track fifteen: a woman who wants you to pay $300 for a sound bath session in the woods
didn’t realize shine was a 5 million minute long song so that was news to me! this is a really good album. classic and high quality. not something that i’m absolutely desperate to listen to again but i do really appreciate it.
GUYS I RETROACTIVELY AM GIVING THIS A 5 IM SORRY I DIDNT BEFORE I MADE A MISTAKE OK!!
just no. why did they even make this? i would’ve given this a 1 if not for zilch!! that minute and six seconds cut through the other hour of monotonous jangly guitar. if i want to listen to fun sixties music id just listen to the beach boys.
i was really excited because i like some run songs… this album just felt boring. obviously groundbreaking but i think their later work was more fun. will not be circling back.
brb gotta go tell liz toner i gave it a 5 so she can sleep tonight.
i don’t like this at all. it’s not that it’s bad, it’s just not good.
this is the opening act for a band i’m really excited to see and then it kinda kills my vibe as i stand there like O_O and she’s tweaking out on stage
this made me feel like i was there when he was chain smoking the joints that inspired these songs and probably also smoked them with him because it felt like a trip. the hey hey my my hey hey gimmick is the best part of this for me. without those songs bookending the record i would kinda hate this?
i like this a lot!!!!! finally something i actually like and don’t just “appreciate for what it is”!!!!! i’m a deerhunter fan now. this sparked a new joy. i fully added this album to my library. wow. i’m full of renewed zeal to listen to the next album with an open heart.
i liked this so much i went on a dire straights binge after this. i was grooving with my hands in the air like a drugged up loser at a rave but i was vibing
so let me be clear. i tried to like this album when i was in highschool. i was growing into my indie alt phase and i wanted to be “quirky” and “different” and “like oasis” so i listened to this album while walking my dog multiple times. it never grew on me. i just don’t really like it. do i know most of the songs, yeah i do. but do i like the album, no i don't. it just feels like the beatles told the gallagher brothers what to do to be a successful boy band and they followed their advice but only 75% so it just kinda flops for me. it’s just.. mid. but champagne supernova slaps.
benny and the jets to me is one of the best and most iconic songs of all time. top 20 for sure. also, “opportunity awaits me like a rat in a drain” ??? why have i not been talking about elton john more??????? why am i not an eltonite???? this is amazing stuff.. and we’ll just ignore the lesbo song
i guess i have no morals because i looked at the cover and went meh and then listened to it while i cleaned the house and honestly pretty decent house music. not my exact taste it’s a bit quirky but still not bad.
i’m not even a huge beatles fan and this is a great record. so many amazing hits and i had a lot of fun listening to the less popular songs too. it just feels full and big and performancey and i like that it feels like something that’s bigger than me idk if that makes sense but :)
ok one or two of these songs is like yahoo yay fun samba chacha!! a whole album of this made me tense and nervous and not happy anymore :( so idk it’s like one of these songs would get a 3-4 but the whole record made me upsetty so it’s a 2-3 :/
so once again if i wanted to listen to this kinda music i’d just listen to the beach boys… not enjoyable but whatever it’s not offensive
definitely not my favourite of ella’s work (bit too folklore story time for me) but her voice is transcendent. somehow it is both light and airy yet rich and dense. she knows how to sing about love like no one else <3
i couldn’t bring myself to listen to this today i would’ve sl*t my wr*sts because nebraska is not for the sunshine. having said that, i did a springsteen deep dive last fall and i loved nebraska very very much and those memories will guide my ratings
this is how i found out we’re going to be friends is by the white stripes. i’m confused and kind of thrown off balance by this revelation. it doesn’t compute with what i know and love about the early 2000s indie film industry but i guess ya live and ya learn.
this is an easy 4.. maybe even a 5 if i listen to it again in the sun.
momma always told me the rhcp were demonic. anyways, solid album!
influential, yes, but the absolute gratuitous profanity always bothers me.
no. annoying and whiny and no. felt like i was in a whole of white trash activities. sorry courtney, u just didn’t love this one. gets a bonus star for being an alt girl album tho i rock with that.
this was good! not enough to turn me into a doors fan or even to get me to explore their discography but i had an overall positive impression and i even did a little dance a few times so that’s nice.
you have to have a sense of whimsy to enjoy this album. it’s fun, exploratory, and goofy. if you hate on it you might hate life. lighten up.
felt kinda mid about this one. strong start but i didn’t even make it though the whole album. but bitter sweet symphony is beautiful so for that alone it gets marks.
this isn’t bad at all but maybe i’m just not in the right mood for guitar shredding. let me be clear, i like it. it’s just not for every day listening in my opinion and i kinda figured that would be my take going into listening to this record. i wish i’d been more pleasantly surprised but that’s ok. life is full of mild disappointments!
wow they really just didn’t have to make this … and yet they did! what correlation do any of these songs have to each other? they’re not even distant cousins… i’m so confused. musically there’s a lot of talent but i just don’t know what i’m meant to be feeling when i listen to this and that kinda frustrated me.
i have trouble understanding how an album can be considered influential if none of the songs go together and create an album experience. there are some good songs on this album, but as a whole, this feels incomplete and scattered. cool album art tho!
slightly scared to admit this is the first time i’ve listened to nirvana on purpose and i loved it. beautiful and haunting and full of talent. listening to it gave me chills, which isn’t the usual nirvana reaction. i think in this format i could appreciate the songwriting and cohesion of the band, but i doubt i’d feel as emotionally invested on a regular nirvana record.
this is beautiful song writing and insane harmonica-ing. i loved it. the emotion is raw while being comical. idiot wind might be my new all time favourite song. this is my dylawakening.
really quality stuff. her voice is beautiful, makes me feel empowered. one star off tho bc i cannot ever see myself coming back to it unfortunately but i respect it immensely.
i’m bored :/ uninspiring and mediocre. only high point was quiet and even then i would say it was a slight bump up rather than a spike. it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good.
