Really really really good when I could get into it. At times frustratingly dissonant (though I’m not jazz-pilled enough to really be able to appreciate it in its entirety). The titular track is incredible.
Beatles get a ton of hate from kids that reduce their entire discography to a handful of songs. I don’t love them either, but it’s cool to give their early rock stuff a listen. It almost sounds generic, but I know that’s just because of how influential they were.
Honestly I’m enjoying their instrumental more than any of the vocals, I kinda wish I could strip them all out on a handful of these tracks.
Enjoyed Roll over Beethoven. But that’s literally just a Chuck Berry song lol.
this hits for me.
There are a handful of skips on here but when it’s good it’s really good. Love the layering, such a great sound overall. Feels sincere, soft, emotional. I loike it
Mrs. Robinson is ofc the usual highlight, it’s just a victim of being overplayed for 60 years. I hadn’t heard Hazy Shade of Winter or Old Friends before and they are just beautiful and contemplative. Put on yer good time hat and hit play type album for me.
Liked it! A handful of songs I really didn’t care for, but what I liked I loved.
Oddly enough the faster more upbeat songs were not my thing
Was just listening to this album last week after rewatching Perfect Days!
Continuously surprised that VU never went more mainstream, but they definitely get the props they deserve.
Pale Blue Eyes is fantastic, I could take or leave *most* everything else. Some Kinda Love is pretty good. The closing track is really appealing to me even if it’s pretty simple- it’s got that rough-sketchy appeal.
I didn’t really care for the psychedelic Murder Mystery but I did lol when I realized I was hearing Chop Suey in the guitar riff. And the lightning quick “upon the carpet” vocals at the end of that track too.
🌽 🌽 🌽 IT WAS ALL YELLOW 🌽 🌽 🌽
Shiver’s good, like the drums and guitar pattern on it. I like the title track- it’s a nice little interlude. The twangy guitar on high speed is jammin’.
I think my big question I’m chewing on today is “why do I like Radiohead so much and feel the opposite about Coldplay?” Maybe part of it is the overplay. RH feels more vulnerable and sincere, although there were some tracks on here that did feel real to me.
It’s a shame newer Coldplay doesn’t seem to have the same stuff.
Nah not for me.
Wake up is maybe the only song I like here.
Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” album is the first instance I can think of where I brainwashed myself to like an aesthetic because it was someone I respected’s favorite thing.
Female vocalist is really low in the mix when she’s on, and those are the parts of this album I enjoyed the most— so I’m not feeling great about this one :\
🤡
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would.
Human Cannonball rules. The opening track while being a Black Sabbath rip still owns by itself.
Some in between stuff like U.S.S.A. and Pittsburg to Lebanon is cool and atmospheric but I wouldn’t want to listen to them outside the context of the album.
Some skips if I ever came back to listen. Particularly The O-men, which was kinda funny listening to when I realized what the joke was but I already know would get old quick
Oh lol MFDoom samples that opening track “Black Cow”
Great bass lines across this thang, particularly on Home at Last and Peg
Probably closer to a 4
Read a review that said “ Sounds like the soundtrack to a musical I don't want to see.” and I think that’s totally spot on. There’s some cool stuff going on here but overall I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to this. Cabaret type stuff isn’t really my bag.
Some of these songs have that sneaky “spy” quality that make me think they would show up in a Kojima game.
2
Not bad- I *would* listen again but I probably won't go out of my way to.
Vocals aren't particularly strong but that's fine
Probably Kanye’s best thingy.
The production is so good. All of the guests are great, Nicki kills it on Monster. Kanye’s actual vocals and lyrics are the weakest part of this thing.
It’s pretty great from start to finish, probably would only skip “So Apalled” and “Blame Game” if I ever came back to listen— but I probably won’t because the actual experience of listening to this is soured in with how much of a PoS Kanye is. There is so much music in the world to listen to so I’m not really sweating over it.
4/5 closer to a 5
Haven’t listened to these folks. Seems to straddle a bunch of different genres.
I’m not sure if I’m loving it, but it did grow on me. Won’t be listening again.
Yeah this is ‘93
I’m not really getting anything out of this, it just feels generic— like “yup, that’s a band playing music with lyrics”
I guess I feel “whatever” about this (heeheehoohoo)
I fw it
A few tracks overstay their welcome but I’m likely to come around on them.
Queremos Paz Was prob my fav on this.
That Ute Lemper album wishes it could be this suave.
It’s good, I haven’t listened to really any Mayfield. I get the sense I would like his other stuff much more, but this isn’t bad.
My two favs here are Billy Jack and the groove on Hard Times.
I think I got the wrong idea from the first track because the rest of the album was just a down tempo bummer for me afterwards.
I get enough societal dread in my day to day, I’m not sure I need it in my music listening as well.
I loike it I loike it.
They’re not all winners but the highlights are great. A few like Big Eyes that I had never heard with jammin’ riffs. Much prefer this version of Surrender over the studio version imo.
There are parts of this album I really really like- largely the atmospheric and ambient bits like the end of the first song or all of ”The Haunting Idle.” I just don’t care for these Springsteen-esque vocals very much. The world needs more ambient guitar.
God I friggin hate Bruce.
MAMBO
I’m kinda just glad I rolled something that wasn’t another old rock record.
Don’t really have much to say about this, it was refreshing, I enjoyed. Probably won’t ever come back to it.
Heavy metal floor pedal man
Having Iron Maiden in my Ace Combat playlist just associates this sound with launching semi-autonomous air-to-air guided missiles in my brain.
Had a nice listen with my good time hat on. This isn’t my favorite Iron Maiden album but it’s good. Easy breezy, doesn’t overstay its welcome at 37 minutes. Phantom of the Opera and Transylvania back-to-back are the highlights of this thing for sure. Any time I started to get bored there was a tone shift or song change that hooked me back in.
Probably closer to a 4 for me.
I come back to this album like once a year and always find myself humming something from it for a week after. It’s probably my favorite live album there’s just such a nice quality and I love that all of the in-between chatter is kept in, it feels intimate and makes for a wonderful cover-to-cover listen. Not a single skip here for me.
Honestly the run of Meat Puppets covers in this are the highlight, the actual Nirvana songs are cherries on top. If you listen to nothing else, check out Plateau, Oh Me, and Lake of Fire on this thing.
“We Are Family” has been ruined by hundreds of advertisements and workplace radio rotations.
The rest of the album, while not bad, isn’t something I’m racing to listen to again. Some good funk grooves and soul though.
It grew on me a bit while listening, probably closer to a 4?
They’re from Philly :)
BOOBA
It grew on me. Pretty dissonant and unpleasant at first and then I realized there’s a lot of humor here. Some decent music too.
I hate Tony’s theme but are you really a fan if you *like* Tony’s theme?
“It achieved success only in the Netherlands, where Rock critics also voted it album of the year.” Excuse me?
I’m just whelmed here. Thanks Gene.
Based Cash, reminds me of the only few good times I had with my gramps— and I hated that chain smoking, binge drinking bastard.
Sure the audio here ain’t great, and maybe the live performance isn’t the best, but you don’t tune into this one for either of those things.
Closer to a 5 for me.
Please don’t make me listen to any more shmaltz. I had my fill with Ute Lemper.
43 minutes has never felt more like an eternity, I had to shut this down halfway through.
My grandma would love this though.
Delightful and exactly what I use this list for. I know *of* Fatboy Slim but it’s not like he’s on my mind when I’m wondering what I should listen to.
Chunky fat beats, I’m here for it.
I’m a hater. “SEX. I HAVE SEX,” is what listening to this feels like. Instrumentation is fine, good even— but I can’t get past this dude and his dumb tone/lyrics.
Actually way more enjoyable than I was expecting. I don’t hate La grange as much in its context. Good! Don’t care as much for the slower songs on this thing.
Pleasant! Not a huge fan of the vocals but they’re suitable.
This isn’t a bad album, maybe just not entirely for me. I think the more I listened the less I enjoyed.
Closer to a 4.
It's Cat Stevens. I didn't hate it as much as I was expecting.
I really don’t have anything to say.
Oh hell yes I LOVE me some Talking Heads.
Byrne is just classic as always. Tina Weymouth kills this thing on Bass and is actually audible in the mix.
Psycho Killer is ofc the undisputed star on this thing but I really like the playful “Don’t Worry About the Government,” and the funky guitar riffs on “New Feeling”
This isn’t my favorite TH album but it’s still worthy of a 5 IMO. No skips, the thing is a breezy 40 minutes anyways which is a plus from me. Mayyyybe closer to a 4.5.
I really am just not the target audience here.
There are some genuinely beautiful moments and instrumentation on here but at the end of the day I don’t really want to come back to this. The toybox falsetto aesthetic just isn’t my thing. Glad this exists though.
Barnyard and Vega-tables should have just been scrapped. Maybe I’m just not versed in the background of this album but they feel so tonally clashing. Maybe that’s the point and I’m just dumb but I don’t enjoy the sound enough to dig deeper here.
Hey! I just listened to this for the first time a month ago after doing a deep dive on trip hop.
Love the head bobbing Aftermath. Whispering flute, twangy guitar, echoing vocals, just a great overall vibe.
Hell Around The Corner is good, using that same
Isaac Hayes sample that Portishead uses.
I think the bleakness on this may be appealing to some, it’s not especially my bag. If I was in the mood for some Trip Hop I’d reach for Massive Attack or Portishead before ever getting to Tricky unfortunately. I’m glad I listened to this album but I probably won’t be coming back for another spin.
Forgettable. Makes me want to say something nice about the white stripes. I know this is really a “hater” review, but for top 1000? I would’ve taken something that sounds worse if it were at least interesting to listen to.
Jammin bluesy guitar tones but yeeesh the sleaziness of this thing. I get that it’s supposed to be tongue in cheek and all but idk man, you just know the people who are giving this a 5 are beer slingin’ misogynists.
As another review said “these dudes are diabolically horny”
Why are you making me listen to TB again.
Some good songs, but a lot of what feels like filler for an album that’s only 30~ minutes.
I fw Marley. Some all-timer tracks here, although I probably prefer the live versions.
Right when it started to get old, it ended. Perfect.
I liked this a lot more than I was expecting on first blush. Was rolling my eyes when I heard what sounded to be Fred Rogers singing country after swallowing Kermit whole.
It grew on me quite a bit though, some of the lyrics are good and it’s got some variety in sound which I appreciate.
It’s still country, but at least it’s not stadium country.
Closer to a 4.
I forgot how good this album was. Really great crisp production all around, love some of the bass lines here.
Props to how goofy some of these tracks are. Using the zipscramble sfx in the first song and the cheery weirdness of 101 FM.
Mostly I’m happy with the brevity. It’s tight, doesn’t overstay its welcome. Makes for easy replay.
I rolled my eyes when I saw another Beatles album come up but I liked this one quite a bit more than revolver. It feels like there’s less fluff (except for Ringos dumb kids song).
Was impressed by a lot of the instrumentation on songs I had never heard or only heard in passing. Guitar riffs on The End for instance.
I would listen again.
Jammin. Goes on for so fucking long though. I can only jam for 1-2 songs max man.
Fuck Eric Clapton tho fr fr.
I wouldn’t want to listen again.
2.
Just not my thing I think
This was a weird one.
Wide range of 2000’s nu metal peeps these dudes influenced it seems. Definitely ahead of its time while still having some weird growths. I found myself rocking out half the time and half cringing. Not a huge fan of their new vocalist, but sometimes I like him— weird!
Anyways the RHCP beef is hilarious and I see the connection. Fuck peppers though. At the very least you’ve got to give it to FNM for being a unique sound, even if it’s a sound you don’t like.
3.5
Insane samples. Surprising, raw, funny as fuck, this thing hits.
Not perfect, a few songs didn’t age great, maybe one too many “yes yes y’all” type vocal fills. 4.5 tho, really good time for me.
If this caught me on a better day I might enjoy it more. Shoegaze is sometimes my jam and sometimes not. Overall I’m just surprised to hear this is one of the best the genre has to offer? It’s not bad, just, that’s it??
I had a really bad day at work and this was really nice to drive and think with on the way home. Little traffic, pre-storm wind and smell. Hits just right.
This is the type of shit I’m here for dude this album slapped. Who knew up-tempo trip hop would be exactly my jam.
Crazy cool instrumentals, great vocals, I literally have nothing to complain about.
(Maybeee you could drop “Fix Me Now”)
This sound is a lot more punky/rocky than I was expecting having not listened to any of AM outside “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” Which I would blow my brains out if I have to hear one more fucking time. It’s still pop rock and disorganized, but I actually like it? A dud or two but great sound, cool bass lines, I would listen again for sure.
Funky guitar at the end of the”Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong…” is good :^)
Voice is a little too monotone but that’s part of the appeal. Love the lyrics.
I can kind of see why people like this but there’s just something about his vocals I really don’t care for. It’s weird because there are times where I really enjoy them and times where I’m just reminded about how little I care for Dylan.
For instance I think a cover of “I Want You” with a softer female vocalist would be an amazing song.
Flip flopped between a 2 and a 3 for me.
Love this harder Queen sound. The flawless transition of Procession into Father To Son makes for a fantastic intro to this album.
When it’s good it’s too cloying, when it’s bad I find my finger subconsciously drifting towards the skip button when the song starts to fade out.
Hadn’t listened to this one. I like Kid A (the part 1 of this) a bit better but maybe that’s just because I’ve listened to it a lot. This is probably objectively a 5 but it’s a 4 rn for me thank you thank you.
A year before Nirvana’s bleach also from Seattle, I see what happened here. Great stuff, I love the guitar tone and drums. Great build ups all across this thing, In’ ‘n’ out of grace’s intro is fantastic.
Finding cool gems like this is what keeps me coming back to the list.
Really enjoyed my time here, especially with the harder tracks like the run of “Lose It,” “Lenny,” and “Strange Ones,” some great bass lines in there.
Didn’t enjoy myself with the slower, more poppy tracks like “Alright,” and the run from “We’re Not Supposed To,” “Time,” and “Sofa (of My Lethargy)”.
Closer to a 4,5
