I thought Elvis Costello was olderschool than this, this sounds like Weezer. 78, huh!
Amazing amazing voice, great songwriting, wanted to give it 4 stars for being great, but generally it's not for me - for my taste, too downbeat and sad, so something I'll usually avoid putting on, either by myself or with fam or friends.
+ cool, chill, groove
- too much talking. My hip-hop problem: it's too distracting for me to do anything else while listening to super words-forward music
-- .... especially once it got onto the orgy track, and then 'buddy' after that, and... etc.
Dug the grooves, it's great. In songs like "This is a Recording", I'm good and not distracted and really dig it. But then the interstitial skits especially, but also many of the songs, they're a Weird Al level of 'bits', and I find it hard to listen to. And then it gets back to sick grooves. I'm reminded of Tool albums with the interstitial filler tracks which are neat for the vibe, but I find them annoying and distracting and usually end up skipping them, so find those albums to be the rare ones I struggle to listen straight through. This feels like one of those. ("This is a recording!")
"I can hold two pieces of doo-doo in my hand!" ... yeah, hard to have on in the background while I work, or hanging out with folks, or party, or etc. Maybe fun while driving, or it being the thing everyone's laughing about, but not just 'in the background'. I get how it could be good for hang vibes, it grooves, we chill, and then there's a funny bit. But still, bit-heavy music is hard for me.
- The Robots: mm mostly distracting, kinda annoying "WE ARE THE ROBOTS."
- Spacelab: neat. Bit of a FFVII moment for me: I suspect I had to be there. In context of these being new sounds, it must've been crazy. Hearing it for the first time today, sounds like faffing with knobs.
- Metropolis: Cool. Arpeggio reminds me of Daft Punk Tron soundtrack, probably an intentional reference from DP.
Overall, not something I expect to come back to, but glad to have heard it. This breaks my thinking that nothing here will be under 3 stars, or "good, great even, but not for me" -- here I introduce 2 stars, being "even as someone who likes music in this genre, I don't want to put this on."
Dig it, know 3 songs well, all good
Still dig it
Fuck yeah.
Nice. Don’t love the voice.
Wild, cool
Historically important but not something I’d listen to despite liking metal. Not thrash.
Good and fun and party and nostalgic.
Too repetitive and monotone for me.
My first 5/5! Amazing, historic, and I would actually put it on in most contexts. Amaze.
Fine good not for me
Chill, cool
Eh
Neato
Eh, listened to two versions and nothing grabbed me. Fine and fun but not hearing anything special. Maybe had to be there at the time, but I’ve never heard of this band and apparently they had one hit, so not seeing a lot of historical points. Not bad, but eh.
Weird and experimental, didn’t love the spoken parts, didn’t mind long drones. Not something I expect to come back to, and for me is missing the 3 star mark of “great but not for me” - as far as I can hear, nothing particularly great. Interesting story around the album.
Eh, folk, kinda forgettable
Yeah wow. Wild, but way more enjoyable than I expected. Proggier than the Miles Davis, not something I’d be so quick to put on with others, but definitely I’ll be listening more.
Fun, I liked QOTSA already, but still don’t find this album all that interesting.
Rad, classic. Personally probably a 3, but points for impact
Neat but didn’t grab me
I loved it back then, and enjoyed it again now. Points for impact: after this I went to the 2025 Sleep Token album and yep, wouldn’t have that without this.
Yup great, I’ll come back to it muchly. Weird but not off putting. Clever, interesting.
I was digging it up until the big talking track (by the time I get to Phoenix… Jesus it’s 18 minutes long)
Totally a 4 star for me if I take out the last track, which is nearly half the runtime.
Rating a day late: I was going to give it 3, but I keep coming back and listening to those opening 3 tracks and love it. Almost considering it could have been a 5 without that talking track.
First listen: 3 stars: neat, enjoyed, but nothing stood out to me and I was ready to listen to something else at the end.
Nice but didn’t stick after a few listens. Didn’t blow my mind like the other jazz on here.
Cool vibes in a number of songs (Machin-chose my top song; got 'Doesnt Matter' stuck in my head). Nice production, good voice. Considered a 4 as I do think I'll come back to it, but didn't feel right musically giving it 4.
Nice but didn’t stick after a few listens. Didn’t blow my mind like the other jazz on here.
Dig it! Nothing mind blowing though, little surprised to find it here
Enjoyed it a lot, weirdly reminded me of Mastodon if they were lighter. Stoner rock. Interesting little blues bits. Def coming back to it. Technically by my rubric that makes it 4 stars, but it's lightly held,
