Instrumentals very nice. Simone has a very powerful voice. This feels like a good album to play when doing work and can tune back in whenever. Imagine making your way to a bar in Arizona, after walking a long and dusty road. The locals all look up at you in a glance, and then return to their dalliances. This album is playing in the bar when this scene happens.
One of my favorites, I love the bass and drums in the whole album. Before I got this generated, I was already listening to it. Almost like it was predetermined.. spooky!
I thought this one was "What's Going On?", so I spent the whole day thinking of the other album of his, only to realize upon arriving home that I had the wrong one queued. This record is really smooth, buttery, and feels really sexual. I'm only really familiar with the title track as of now.
I liked Peace of Mind, I didn't know that's what the song was before it played. I've heard a lot of these tracks but the artist and song title were never connected. This seems like some pretty decent "run of the mill" mid '70s radio pop rock that fills the air well and doesn't overstay its welcome.
This is another that I think is just nice. It's not really anything offensive but it didn't blow me away and make me want to replay it immediately. The musicianship is there, but this one just didn't really capture me.
I don't know what to think of what I listened to, other than I definitely will need to revisit it many times. I liked a lot of the beats and sampling choices, the thing that stood out the most was the repeated motifs throughout, and the sampling of Twin Peaks in the final song. I liked this. I want to listen to it more.
Edit: I changed the rating. Upon many relistens, this album is near perfect. Each song could be singled out as a masterclass in sampling and instrumental hip-hop.
This was fine. Seemed like pretty typical '70s boomer rock that was an enjoyable experience but nothing out of it was all too memorable.
Blur and Gorillaz don't really tick any boxes for rock music that I like. Everything they make just seems to pretentious and "better than you", it really turns me off. Song 2 is one that just screams "heh, we're so much better than you ignorant Americans", that attitude, being very charming and very British, is good in the right circumstances. Blur does it poorly. Strange News From Another Star ended really cool, same with Movin' On, I liked the progression it went through. Side B is definitely better than A; I think Blur actually decided to make less self-indulgent pieces towards the end.
I actually liked this quite a lot. The '60s and '70s inspiration combined with modern production techniques made this a really cool experience. Big Sur was a standout, but everything on this album was enjoyable. Reminds me a lot of Broken Social Scene or early Arcade Fire.
This was sent to me by my bio-dad a few years ago. I remember hearing it the first time and I didn't have a strong opinion, but I liked that it's one of the first concept albums ever. I thought a re-listen would stir more emotion out of me, but to be honest, this is just.. fine.
Upon hearing it again, I have heard the song That's Entertainment. I like it. This whole album is just a new wavey post punk moshposh of songs. Nothing of it is really grabbing me.
Post-punk revival, this is a genre I like quite a lot. The Strokes are one of my favorite groups. I have always liked Take Me Out, I recognize This Fire, and Matinee was nice. Auf Achse is kind of... droning? This album has a lot of lull periods (Jacqueline, Auf,) that kind of dampens the energy I expect from post-punk. A little disappointing actually, I was excited for this record when I saw it in my queue.
Jangly and kind of dorky. Her voice kind of reminds me of a British Gwen Stefani (learned later that this is an American band signed to 4AD.. would've never guessed had I not looked into them more!). This isn't like a lot of other 4AD releases that I've heard before, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be something I'd like to revisit frequently. Just a shame it's not anywhere conveniently located. (I had to use YouTube to play the album.. nowhere on any streaming. Shame..) I really like a lot of the progressions they do in the songs, and the dnb throughout the whole thing really clicks and is a solid unit. Really enjoyed this so far.
I have never listened to a Tom Waits song before, let alone an entire album. I like a lot of the instrumentation choices and styles that he explores throughout the runtime, but he's got the weirdest, gravelly, "3 packs of cigarettes a day" voice that really throws me off. I think maybe another album of his might suit me more. I honestly don't think I dislike this, but this is one of those "filter" albums where I don't quite "get it" yet. Extra note here: I really liked Downtown Train.
If it hadn't been for this website, I would've never listened to this magnificent piece. It feels like true human spirit played through a classically trained grand pianist. Reading into the backstory, I think the shitty piano really adds to the whole experience. I had a really bad piano growing up, and hearing this same "tinny timbre" shoots me back to riffing on it when I was a boy. Maybe that's why this is hitting me so hard..
Another my bio-dad had sent me. I thought I liked it more than I did. There was a lot of parts (toward the middle) that dragged and, while they were doing things that sounded interesting, they weren't interesting..? I still like the first 1/3 and last 1/3 quite a lot.
I didn't care for this that much. I like some of Costello's other songs and This Years Model (I think that's the name) but his crooning over cartoonish instrumentals was a bit too unappealing.
New Wavey, fun rock music. I don't think I'll revisit this after listening, but it wasn't an unenjoyable time. I made sure to listen to the re-release album and not the 2.5 hour original one. You'll Have To Go Sideways was entirely instrumental but I found it to be one of the best on the album.
It's DSotM, it's a 5. I'm not going to put my own preferences in front of this album (Animals and WYWH are both better.) People like to underrate On the Run since it's kind of a weird trance interlude between two heavy hitters, but I really like what the band does in it. Time's alarm clock jumpscare always gets a kick out of me whenever it plays publicly too. :) Fantastic album.
Another of my favorites. Easy 5 for me, the whole album front to back is sonically interesting and geeky. Metronomic Underground is one of the best long-form songs I've ever heard, and it has a trance that just connects.
