Nah man this is boring. I thought about giving this a 3 but there’s just way too many people in this genre that prove to me I don’t have to convince myself that this album is good. It is not good. It is boring. And derivative as fuck.
Honestly I fw this. It’s funky and fun and just pretty solid pop soul. Feels like a dude in the music industry too long was just like “fuck it ima do my own thing.” Little long but overall I felt every song brought something worth listening to.
This was my first time ever listening to Pulp and I was very impressed. This might not be a 10/10 but imo it’s def better than a 4/5.
There was so much going on here. Almost every song was a unique journey with verses that were in many cases even more rewarding than their choruses.
So many layers and tones. Big fan of this one. Excited to dig in to more Pulp.
Some decent stuff in here. Also some pretty meh stuff as well. Can definitely see how this paved the way for their later releases.
Elvin Jones put his whole damn pussy into that drum set
Shoutout Nitrous for allowing people to enjoy this pinnacle of mediocrity.
Turns out the bassist for the Sex Pistols was not, in fact, the most important part of the Sex Pistols.
Meh. Decent radio rock I guess. Back half was more interesting. Black Keys has better albums.
I mean I just don’t know that “classic” rock gets any better than this. It’s just fantastic songwriting. If you put this out in 2026 people would still fw it. It’s catchy, and despite being in the absolute tidal wave of Classic Rock, Costello has a unique voice both literally and in his songwriting style. I just think this dude delivered a classic sound with his own twist and i super fuck with it.
This could be an “objective” 5, but for me it’s a 4. There’s some really epic shit on here. And also some shit that’s not really for me. I definitely understand why Prince is heralded as a genius. But I don’t love a lot of the tones and textures on here that aged pretty poorly. That being said there were songs on here I’d never heard that I really loved. While I didn’t connect with the whole album I still consider Prince an indisputable GOAT.
I wanted to round this up to a 3. But it’s just too wandering and forgettable. I like the more experimental moments at the end. It’s not bad. But it’s not good either. Just kinda background jam-blues music. Nothing too memorable here.
I was absolutely delightfully surprised by this.
It was fun, and weird, and all over the place while still being cohesive as an entire album.
In the era of Beatles and Zepp and Pink Floyd etc, I thought it was an awesome change of pace to listen to an incredibly sonically rich project that lyrically and stylistically didn't take itself too seriously.
These dudes were clearly crazy fuckin talented, but still they were just having an awesome time in the studio and chasing wherever inspiration took them. I will for sure be returning to this.
