I love this album. It’s actually in frequent rotation along with Wish You Were Here. I love this period of Floyd. It helps that my dad also loved this period of Floyd as did my husband’s parents. What you hear as a kid affects you. This album had a big effect on my future musical inclinations, and when we rediscovered it, well, it was magic. So it has to be 5 stars. It’s in the category of desert island 5 star albums. I don’t just appreciate it, I listen to it a lot and would be sad if I couldn’t hear it again.
I’ve actually heard this album before! I have no memory of it. It’s saved in my library, that’s how I know it’s gotten a listen. So maybe this time I’ll remember…
Oh no. Frank Zappa reminds me of your neurodivergent 12 year old cousin showing off his multi- instrumentality. It’s like “oh wow Frank, that’s amazing…. You can stop now…. Please stop. Please. Please stop. Yeah you need to stop now.” I want to give him a 3 for effort, but since I wanted to kill him by the end, he gets a 2.
Love Curtis.
Yeah, this is a great album. It really is. I think I have to give it a 5. The album, not the movie. And that says so much.
Oh Bowie. Required listening. He really is amazing, but in real life I skip him.
Yeah. As I expected. I’m always torn when I listen to this period of Bowie. It’s a lot like Bob Dylan. Yeah, admittedly an important album. Yeah, it’s good, I get it. Do I want to listen to it? No. But I will give it 4 stars, because it deserves it, damn it. Even if Bowie was coked out of his mind and has no memory of anything he did. And the Boolean rating? Could I have died without hearing this album? No, no I guess not. I’m glad I heard it. Again. Even though it felt like work. Its influence is undeniable and it actually grooves and has wonderful instrumentation. In fact, if Bowie could have just not been a part of it, that would have been best, I think…
Wow - I’m embarrassed to admit how much I liked this. Shows that you have to separate the music from the look of the band. If I judged solely on the manitards this would never have gotten a listen.
4 stars. Boolean rating: yes! Glad I heard it before I died.
Oh god! This is 5!!!! Maybe the best album ever? When I say that I mean an album that works both as a whole - is composed as an album- and still pulls off “hits” - songs that can stand alone and people love. But when you put those hits into the context of the album as a whole, they’re meaning changes, and perhaps they’re popularity is almost a conscious commentary on society. I know most that would agree think TPAB is better. And maybe it is. But this was the album that broke Kendrick open for me. It has compositional elements like What’s Going On- which probably IS the best album ever. I listen to this regularly. It honestly took me time to get into Kendrick, but now… I know he’s the 🐐
So glad to listen to it again. Boolean rating? Yes!!! Oh yes I needed to hear this before I died. So glad I can hear it many times before I go…
Wow - lots of Black Sabbath over the last few days.
So I’m now a full on fan. In a very short time. From 0 to full fan in one week! This didn’t hit me like Paranoid- that was my introduction, but man, this rocks! And they’re amazing at the 180s! Opening with wheels of confusion going to tomorrow’s dream and then changes?!!? Wow! 4 stars. Really 4.5. Boolean rating: yes! Thank you for introducing me to Black Sabbath before I die!
Cool.
Yeah, I have to admit if I was coming to this album cold for the first time it would probably be a 3. It’s funny, but I don’t think I would hear the very cool drum work or appreciate Cornell’s vocals if I didn’t know them already. I don’t think I like the way the guitars are placed in the mix. I think I find them too muddy. But there was a time when this album was everywhere. Crazy. I didn’t really listen to this album at the time. But it didn’t matter. It was everywhere. And Chris did have an amazing voice. And the drum work is there. You just got to listen. 4 stars. RIP Chris Cornell. You were quite a talent. So sad you’re gone. Boolean rating: yes! Glad to hear soundgarden again before I die.
Um… love the left fielders.
Oh, this was a left fielder! Truly. Never heard it before. God it’s weird. Fantastically weird. I’m giving it 4 stars cause this is the kind of album that keeps me coming back. Will I ever listen to this just cause? Probably not!
Boolean rating: yes! Very glad that I did hear it before I die.
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Wow, so I never heard anything about Laura Nyro or this album before. Immediately I was struck by the thought that she’s a soul sister of Carole King, let loose on broadway? I mean there’s a lot here. But I don’t particularly want to listen to it. Right when she has me, she brings in the brass. Or the full orchestra. Not my bag. 3 stars for obvious talent.
Boolean rating: yes, I do suppose I am glad to have heard this before I die.
Yeah, Neil Young. Have to see how I feel today…
I feel like my mom used Bob Dylan and Neil Young to torture me as a teenager. I mean I don’t feel that way, she DID use them to torture me. Now the thing is, I deserved to be tortured. I was a very angry punk rock teen. But the experience lingers. I have since forced myself, through sheer will, to appreciate the artistry of said artists. But the feeling still lingers. The feeling of wanting to crush Neil Young like a squirming bug beneath my shoe. It’s not just his voice. Or the style. I’m a HUGE fan of Jason Molina. But… f* you Neil. Really. 2 stars cause you undeniably are an artist. 2 stars cause you torture me still.
Boolean rating: honesty? No. I could die without hearing Neil Young. I’d just lack that well roundnesses, but I would be happier for it! After all, it’s better to burn out than to fade away.
Sorry, I wrote this before I remembered it had been in Kurt Cobain’s suicide note. But then I thought, no, I would leave it. It’s all part of the conversation. That’s part of what I’m here for.
