Heheheheheh ahhahahahahha booty!!!! BOoOoOtyyyy!!!
Not his best but still really good. Strong tracklist at the beginning.
Peter Griffin be like: Hey Lois *cool Chinese flute intro*
Really good shit. Kinda corny instrumentation. The first song is the best.
Damn good ass shit brotha
Kinda buns twin but it was fun.
eh its okay
eh
eh pretty cool i guess
Exactly what a cover album should be
Really not for me. Only liked two of the songs. He has a good voice though.
Ooh very nice but not as good as like OK Computer
FUNKY AS FUCK
GOOD ASS JAZZ
Just all around great music
Great live album, really fun atmosphere. Shame to hear he died a bit after this.
good liked it
Tough as fuck!!!
Eh kinda mid Fragile is the better album.
It's not particularly special in any way but I guess it went on to inspire a lot of other mfs so it's probably cool.
catchy but basic
Tough as fuck!!!
Surprisingly fun and amazing album. Really good to listen to.
Pretty good but nothing like their other albums.
Great jazz album.
Loved it’s a national treasure. Not as good as What’s Goin On though.
I like it very good music please give me more and less stranger things buns trash! She is good when she isn't netflix's favorite artist.
Weird music but good for that
One of the greatest Jazz albums of all time hell yeah
Classic album through and through
Almost perfect album bro its great but also the more punky songs are annoying ah hell
Weird as hell but the first half is great.
Genuinely one of the best folk albums of all time and it’s surprising because it’s so simple!
All time classic. Some songs feel a bit too long but that doesn’t take anything away from the overall album. It’s great.
John Barleycorn you serve ZERO purpose. You should kill yourself NOW.
It’s a weird album this is very piano and organ heavy but on the other side it’s got a jazzy sax that I appreciate a lot. It’s a prog folk album that has a great set of drums on it and a good flow through the songs. That’s kinda it it’s just a good collection of songs nothing like mind blowing just some good shit. I will add that I dig the piano on here heavy though like it’s always consistently providing a good backing to whatever song they need it on so good job well used piano there twin.
For a debut this album feels really weird because it’s already so formed and experimental. It’s got both simple instrumentation but also a wide range of different genres and feelings all covered by lyrics that talk about drug abuse, loneliness, and isolation. At least I think that’s what it’s about idk I listened to it pretty much twice but I didn’t have the lyrics up to my eyes or anything so I might have missed or added something. It’s good shit though I appreciated this one a lot. It’s a little off for this list though. We’ve got alt rock albums like this but not a single Ween album? No Mollusk no Chocolate and Cheese? That’s their problem not mine. Would have a lot more 100s if they added those to be fair. Anyways, on the types of songs they have. There’s a song that really sounded like a James Bond intro parody (Your Luckiest Day in Hell), a sort of twisted pop ballad (Beautiful Freak), some hip hop type vocals mixed with pianos (Susan’s House) and even some gospel influence (Flower). They crammed a good bit into this one so you won’t feel bored or anything. Although on the other hand like I said the instrumentation is pretty simple so don’t expect like a crazy masterpiece or anything. It’s just a pretty artistic good little album.
89/90
Paul Simon is just one of the greatest folk songwriters you can't deny that you really can't. He can write longform songs with pages of lyrics that feel like a whole journey but it's only been 4 minutes or so. And on the other side he makes songs with music that's so good, catchy, and fulfilling to listen to that you won't get bored while listening to them. Of course he does that a lot more on Graceland, his absolute masterpiece from his entire career, INCLUDING Simon and Garfunkel, but this album is still a great example of that, albeit much quieter and more subdued. Liked every song on this album and you are just a folk hater or something if you didn't. Look at yourself in the mirror, really look get a good look at yourself. Now look behind you, do you see Paul Simon there? No? Bend down a bit he is kinda short. Do you see him now? Look at how sad you made him. He made this album just for you and you did this to him come on man. NOT COOL.
86/100
“Yeah dude check out this rock album me and the boys threw together in my basement. Formal music training? No clue what that is twin. Just hold my beer.”
What an interesting album to just come out of thin air and be almost complete peak through and through. It was made by Tom Scholz who is the guy I mentioned in that dumb fake quote up there. After being a rock fan during college he decided to just write some songs then built his own studio to record them. This guy worked for Polaroid like imagine the guy who makes your cameras in your factory going from doing that to having one of the fastest selling debut rock albums of all time. Imagine being his manager that would be crazy you would probably go from thinking the guy is under you to seeing him as a god. Anyways it’s really good rock music. Usually I don’t dig these classic rock albums, Led Zeppelin IV being a good example. I only liked a couple songs off of that album despite everyone else thinking it’s like the greatest thing ever made. This album fucks though it cuts its great. I guess this is kind of an inspiration to all the lofi artists out there though. This album was pretty much all done at home, similar to Tod Rundgren’s early 70s albums. Big inspirational shit here just good classic rock the solos are great the lyrics are good at least compared to usual rock lyrics and yeah just listen to it bro.
79/100
Damn this album FUCKS like it's raw as hell this is as like falling over each other and smashing your instruments as punk can probably get while still being pretty listenable. Some songs are on the more catchy side which I appreciate to break the album up a bit. Like I Just Can't Be Happy Today has a good new wave synth backing that is pretty good compared to the intensity of the songs that came before it. When I saw this I was like FUCK I don't wanna listen to an album by a band I've never heard of today I want to hear some good shit. I don't know why I was being so stingy though this is peak as hell I gotta be more open to new experiences. Anyways yeah it's good it's punk but not like that catchy funky Clash punk or the Sex Pistols punk that sounds like shit. More like a hardcore rock punk which is what we like to see.
70/100
Who said that white boys couldn’t be funky? This is new wave with all the fixings. You got really funky and upbeat drumming, corny as hell guitar parts, and lyrics that don’t mean anything to anybody. It even has a ton of sax all over the place that lowkey makes it a joy to listen to. It’s a really fun album but it’s also like corporate music this is the young man’s Sports. I just thought about Patrick Bateman listening to this like damn that’s good music. I liked it a lot though enough to give it at the least a 70 but it kinda falls off a bit past the first couple of tracks. Despite apparently being pretty based not a lot of people have rated this one. I actually found it because of Favorite Shirts a couple years ago and dug that song a lot. Now not so much. Music types change I guess. Anyways it’s fun give it a listen there’s not a single song on here that you wouldn’t have a good time “bumpin” in your dad’s stereo system.
75/100 Sometimes debut albums will just be like this man it’ll just be an album that really doesn’t do anything for you like none of this appeals much to me at all or sounds all that cool (although I did dig Zürich & Here a lot). It’s rock with detuned and distorted guitars that try to fill in for the band not having a bassist for a while and I don’t really know what else to say. It’s got cool song titles like they look like they belong to a much greater set of tunes but instead they’re on this pavement album right here. I tried putting this on in many different situations at work, like I tried reading with it, working outside with it, probably even fell asleep with it on at one point because it was a bit boring at parts and I just wasn’t crazy about it. But hey guys don’t worry, it’s an “influential” album which doesn’t mean that it has to be really likable or anything. It just lends a helping hand to the bands that would come up and make better albums inspired by it. I’m glad for these guys though they sound like they had a blast making it and that’s all that matters right?
92/100
One of the last things I would usually consider myself is a dance punk fan but damn bro this album might have changed that. I never thought I would like dance music at all actually. I used to be really into disco but we won't talk about that era. Anyways this is my first LCD Soundsystem album after trying to get into them a couple years ago when someone said they were like talking heads. This is the farthest thing from that ever actually but I don't think they were referring to this album. It's nonstop bangers I saved the whole fuckin thing and am currently relistening to it as I write this review. What an absolute beast of an electronic album it never stops hitting and hitting you don't get a break here. Some people I've seen have said that leads the album to get repetitive easily, which in the case of others like it I could see due to the 7-8 minute runtime on some of these songs. HOWEVER, that is not the case here. These songs are always fun, always catchy, and always a joy to be bumping your head to. This is the kind of music I want to be listening to, tracks and albums from genres I never would've considered, but now am happy to be listening to. Great stuff all around, and I will definitely be listening to more from them. Also feel the need to mention the closer, as it is a piano ballad that is nothing like the rest of the album, but because I fuck with piano so much I love that shit. Seems like lots of other people do too considering the 50 mil listens on spotify and 95 on here. It's in my top 3 on the album alongside All My Friends and the opener Get Innocuous! Really cool album yeah I dig this man
88/100
God what a peaceful album this is. I’m at work right now on a cloudy day at a marina gas dock listening to this album while sitting next to the water. Perfectly done bossa nova although it does get kinda samey. Maybe that’s because I don’t speak the language lmao so I can’t hear any lyrical differences. Some songs have sax which it’s always amazing to hear it, and others have a nice accompanying piano. This album is loved by many and for good reason. It can put you at peace in an instant. Just great stuff all around, and I love it.
70/100
Man what even was this album I listened through it but nothing was all that memorable to me. It felt at times both like you could tell it was a changed version of the old band that once was Joy Division, but also that they had changed like too much into this dance music style and man I really didn't like it all that much. It felt a bit like Depeche Mode but not as dark or technically good. I don't know I've heard New Order before and I really appreciated their music that came out before this but I didn't dig this album much but looking at my friends reviews on here it seems im both not the only one, but also that I'm being kind with my rating so hey look at that I'm doing good here. Listen to their other albums this is pretty much a skip, but hey if you're into dance music go crazy I guess
90/100
Wowowoowow man this is some cool ass shit right here. Fantasy type shit, political commentary type shit, jazzy rock type shit. I like it. Relistened for my 1001 albums and its still peak but I get the critiques people could have where they just stop making music for a second in Moonchild and bang around on one of everything in the studio for like 8 minutes. Outside of that yeah it's a classic and I really can't explain it better than anyone else already has. Very fantasy like though which I appreciate
88/100
So Kate, I uh, I heard you shaved your bush. Now why would you go and do a thing like that?
Another Kate Bush album from this list and it’s got the song everyone it’s got her “Creep” that every artist ends up getting. That one that’s just a bit more loved for no real reason other than yay Netflix. Fortunately for her though this song is actually great like usually whenever those songs blow up they aren’t actually that deep just pop hits but it’s a long song and really entrancing if you give it time. I have a lot of appreciation for her now like now that I’ve heard a couple of these albums she was kinda goated as hell she was doing both good Art Pop music but also filling it with weird as hell sounds and lush vocals. Also it’s tagged as Prog Pop which I’m assuming comes from the length & depth of some of these songs which I guess makes sense. It’s a good album really appreciative of what’s here people were SET in the 80s as if they didn’t already have good music before that.
97/100
Yeah there's no doubt in my mind this is one of the greatest and most influential albums ever. HOWEVER this also has some stinkers on it like bro come on why did you make Doctor Robert I like the mid section of that song but the rest of it is skippable as hell brotha. Also Idk I didn't like She Said She Said and Good Day Sunshine that much either. Also why is Yellow Submarine only an 82 are you like joking or what that is so peak give my boy RINGO some more love (as long as you're over 16 please)
91/100
A couple nights ago I was indulging in some nefarious beverages and as I was slinking back upstairs I ended up hearing this album coming from my grandmas room through her TV. She was blasting the fucking thing at full volume and practically sending herself through the wall with how much instrumentation was swirling around her. An almost perfect folk masterpiece of an album, and a great way to end the collaboration between Paul Simon and the guy who’s lying about what his name is. I could understand some people saying that maybe parts of this are a little bit uninspired and I’d agree in the case of Keep The Customer Satisfied and some of the stuff near the end. I thought it was almost perfect folk fantasy feeling stuff near the beginning but Customer bummed me out a bit. The great songs are great. The Boxer, Bridge Over Troubled Water, El Condor Pasa, really good peaceful songs instrumentally but also really emotional and powerful. I can see why they’re so revered but if you want me to be fair Graceland still solos this album. Graceland solos a lot of albums though. Also what did Garfunkel do here again did he just sing or what? Did he do his own harmonies or was he told what to do? I’m not a hater his voice is cool but if you’re putting him next to PAUL SIMON as an equal like you’re crazy. Anyways it’s a classic album it has its faults but it’s still catchy at times and heartbreaking at others. Catch it when you can.
90/100
Isaac Hayes is one of those singers that like I recognize his name but that doesn’t mean I know anything about his music or why he’s so so revered. There’s a long list of those guys which I’ve just started chipping into so that I can become at least a little bit cultured. That and this 1001 albums generator keeps recommending me peak so of course I’m gonna find myself here at some point. Anyways this is a soul album during the peak era of good soul albums, the late 60s and early 70s. At least all of the really good ones I know are from around then. It’s 4 different songs all of which being pretty long which the shortest being One Woman At 5 minutes and the longest By The Time I Get To Phoenix at 18 minutes 40 seconds. Despite having really long runtimes these songs are lush and filled out enough to carry you through them without you getting tired out or bored. They’re very passionate, emotional, and gripping. Funky at times, orchestral and powerful at others, Hot Buttered Soul is a really sick album and a great addition to this list. Although if I were to bring up a problem the really long spoken word parts of Phoenix could’ve been shortened I mean I appreciate the story and everything but compared to the rest of this album I expect a lot grander of an ending.
