from what i'd heard of Janis Joplin before i wasn't a huge fan of her rough vocals. but her raw blues voice is so so good. once i just allowed myself to listen and get used to it. she's really powerful here, and i found myself liking a few songs. she's like...the female counterpart of Robert Plant to me lol
favorite track: Cry Baby :) nearly gave me chills
Simon & Garfunkel always feels like a warm hug to me. i had never actually listened to this album fully before, turns out it was just what i needed today. not my absolute favorite of theirs but a very nice listen, and i still liked it a lot.
favorite track: Scarborough Fair / Canticle. it's so magical
every now and then i'll venture into hip hop from the late 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, but it's never usually my cup of tea. this was decent fun, and Flava Flav was entertaining, lol. it's just i can imagine my dad enjoying this more than i did.
a lot of hip hop generally sounds the same to me; political messages (though relevant, feel repetitive) mixed with good beats. and that's the point! i know that's what the foundation of this genre is built on, but for now, this was a bit of a miss for me
favorite track: Rebel Without A Pause. i can definitely see myself coming back to this one however.
this website has been giving me a lot of Paul Simon lately and i'm not complaining!
first time listening to one of his solo album's, and it has that same nostalgia of Simon & Garfunkel's music that makes you miss your childhood summers. i guess what i'm mostly missing from this though is Garfunkel's harmonies...? so i think i prefer the duo. but Simon will always be a wonderful writer, solo or not.
favorite track: Peace Like a River. the guitar and steady drumming in this particular song really stuck to me
i'm not one to listen to live albums much, let alone Thin Lizzy (aside from listening to their Jailbreak album for the first time the other day), but WOW was i blown away. their energy is pure electricity here. Thin Lizzy is an absolute BEAST at these live shows!!
this has honestly convinced me to listen to them more.
favorite track(s): all sounded amazing played live, but my favorites were Still In Love With You and Sha-La-La. they just hit different. and that drum solo, oh my GOD
my favorite Queen album. this just gave me an excuse to listen to it again. it's still so special to me.
A Night At The Opera is the perfect mix of extravagant operatic melodies, sweet friendship and romance (including Roger's strange relationship with his car), beautiful stories, Freddie Mercury's iconic vocals, Brian May's singing guitar, Roger Taylor's sharp drumming, John Deacon's underrated baselines, and back and forth between more serious tones to plain old fun.
like going from the lonely, longing folksy '39 to the cheesiness of Sweet Lady. or the goofy summer romp of Seaside Rendezvous, followed by the vast, religious tale of The Prophet's Song. pretty much sums up Queen!
and of course, how could we ever forget Bohemian Rhapsody!! every song on The Opera slowly leads up to the big grand finale, down to the last crash of cymbals.
finally, ending on God Save The Queen. not only a little play on words, it also always reminded me of the addition of "Your Majesty" on the Beatles' Abbey Road, a short farewell after what was thought to be The End of the album. with both cases involving a Queen of some sort. that's the Queetles for you
favorite track(s): I'm In Love With My Car, yes it's a guilty pleasure, but Roger's best song imo. '39, i love when Brian sings lead. The Prophet's Song has some of the greatest harmonies of Queen. and Bohemian Rhapsody will always be one of my favorite songs of all time. i love this album <3333 :')
pretty solid throughout. Peter Frampton is one of those 70s musicians you always hear about but never actually know any songs from, lol. nothing stood out to me as much, nothing too life-changing. but this was still an enjoyable listen! i'm starting to realize that listening to live albums is kind of fun (if they're performing live good enough)
favorite track: All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side). loved the audience's energy in that one especially
i can recognize it as being peak for the times, but i often have a hard time getting into most 90s grunge rock. i've been trying to like it more but grunge is never completely my thing unfortunately, with the exception of some of Nirvana and a little bit of Soundgarden in my playlist. i'm just not too crazy about Layne Staley's vocals.
i just didn't feel a strong connection here. or maybe i just need to listen to a different Alice In Chains album
favorite track: Rain When I Die. i really liked the flow of this one
first Elvis Costello album on this list and i'm kind of scared for when i eventually have to listen to all of them, because apparently this website loves Elvis Costello (so i've heard)
pretty generic songs with generic writing, but overall just a decent jam. that's all i can really say about it, it was sort of just background noise to me. this album would be more at home in the 70s i think, it feels like it doesn't fit in the 80s?
favorite track(s): Tokyo Storm Warning. idk it was just fun! 6 mins of something relatively catchy but that's about it. I Want You isn't bad either
only Dion song i had listened prior to this was The Wanderer from 1961. i love that song! it's fantastic! that didn't mean i had high hopes for this album that came out over ten years after (Ten Years After reference???) that particular song, as i had no idea what 70s era Dion would sound like, but i was optimistic.
i discovered i don't like it all that much.
i think this was just overly sappy for me lol...every song sounded very much the same with lovey dovey lyrics and a lot of saxophone🎷🎷🎷
also i listen to anything i don't own physically on spotify, so i listened to Born To Be With You on there. turns out i'm stupid because on spotify it pairs this album with Dion's other album, Streetheart. it wasn't until after i listened to the hour+ long pairing of the two that i realized i wasted my time...and turns out i ended up liking Streetheart a bit more. so yeah Born To Be With You kind of sucks.
favorite track: i guess the title track, Born to Be with You i thought was okay. after that my attention was gone
actually really great! never heard of Richard or Linda Thompson before but i absolutely enjoyed their sound!! the last albums i've gotten i wasn't crazy about the singers' vocals, but i ended up loving both Thompson's voices. currently it's winter as i'm typing this (almost spring but it's cold and there's still snow everywhere) and wow this made me miss summer. folk rock always sounds like summer to me, and I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight is the perfect example of that. very nostalgic and makes me want to lay under a warm sun. kind of gives me that same feeling of Wings, then again it might just be because it's a husband and wife duo lol
favorite track(s): The Great Valerio. the vocals on this one were really beautiful, and it was a lovely ending to the album. the title track I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight is a good classic jam as well.
