Way ahead of its time in terms of sampling and attitude. Knew a lot of the songs off this record independently for better or for worse but never realized they were all crammed onto one album. Front to back is a great listen but any more beastie boys in one sitting would be too much I think.
Not their best work, bridge over troubled water sits better with me. Definitely has some high points but also has some points where I forgot I was listening to music.
A point of contention for me with this album is the skits. A few skits are good every time, most skits are good only one time. I do believe that yellow magic orchestra had it right by making a version with and without skits of some of their albums.
Iconic. Not my taste. Excellent musically. Has a couple of weird synths that dont exactly land well.
Bowieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! This guy is cool as fuck. Heroes is great, Moss Garden is a random unreal deep cut that really stuck out to me idk why. Rest of the album is good.
Thoroughly enjoyed this album, which I otherwise would have overlooked as it sits right in the middle of the more popular white strips records. Nothing stands out as a single to me, but the whole album is tinged with a certain stank that I sorely miss in other post 2000 rock albums.
Solid. And while some of those riffs will be stuck in my head for a while, it does seem like a bit of a one trick pony stylistically and could benefit from some variety.
A country album that fits right in with the best of the era, makes me want to stroll through the wilderness of canada listening to this and some old johnny cash.
Never heard of this before, actually some really fire stuff
I honestly feel like the only time I would want to listen to this as a record is driving around in a clapped out honda civic with the EQ fully bass boosted. It has some slappers but some of the tracks are really repetitive and not presenting anything of value (Dumb Girl for example). Might have been ahead of its time for being from the mid 80s, but it was only ahead of its time by a few years and leaves me feeling like it would have been a dime a dozen by the 90s.
All that being said I have a hard time giving it less than a 3 because I would put a handful of the comparable albums of this era below it, and the 1 star spot is reserved for vanilla ice.
Good stuff but does not stand out from the rest of their discography, other records would be my go to over this. Ill listen to the songs when they come on in my playlist but Im not looking any of them up to play.
Good stuff, will have to add to my playlist rotation
Unreal album to listen to while outdoors on a spring day between 15 and 23 degrees. Or perhaps even a fall day of any temperature above 0.
Did not know this flight tonight was originally Joni Mitchell.
Great album, I've been sleeping on Erykah to be honest, but was really impressed with this album and think Ill continue to explore her discography.
Very solid record, I feel like I would listen to it more if Jeep ads hadn't made it overplayed to me
spectacular. I've always been biased against van morrison because my dad liked his music but I think he was actually just listening to my mom's cds and has no actual music taste whatsoever
Was literally listening to this yesterday. This is a monolith of one of my favourite styles of music which was born in Bakersfield and refined through greats like Johnny Cash, Jim Croce, and Mr Prine. This record is probably the first I would aim to learn on guitar if I had the skill for it.
Kinda mid. I can see the vision before, but it falls into this repetitive vibe and stays there.
Pretty good, I think I crap on AC/DC a bit too much because they were never able to make anything new after the death of Bon Scott. This and some of the previous albums are much better than I give them credit for because all of the later albums just sound like discarded demos from the original three projects that brought them their fame, and it made me just tired of the sound in general.
Solid listen, moderately beachy, starting to change my mind on my hot take that Niel Young is a good songwriter but not a good performer. The instruments and singing on this match the vibe excellently and I think I would classify Niel's voice in the same category as something like Isaac Wood or Geddy Lee where the technical skill lies under a quirk that sounds a bit grating at first.
Started out slow and picked up for two songs somewhere between tattooed love boys and the wait, then became commercialized MTV-Bait pop-punk for the second half (I am aware this came out before MTV so perhaps this was actually part of the protolith of the generic migmatite of pop-"insert genre here" that MTV loved so much).
I'll give them credit for vibes and perhaps pioneership but what they make up for in intent they lack in execution.
Funky, not all that pleasurable to listen to. I think reggae is one of those genres where artists tend to delve too far into the fringe of experimentation until the essence of music is lost, which is being enjoyable to hear. I know this is a hot take but then again, I find a lot of Jimi Hendrix to be closer to noise than music because he spends so much time pushing the limit of what noises a guitar can make. Like yeah it is cool that you can do that, but I dont want to listen to it.
Pretty good, classic Willie, not my absolute favourite though
