The singles are of course tried and true classics. In terms of album-only cuts, its a mixed bag, as some songs didn't stick out to me. Overall, not a bad time/first album, though i'd cut it down a bit as it felt like a bit of a drag at points.
Highlights-The singles, Holier Than Thou, Don't Tread On Me(guilty pleasure), and Through The Never.
It's catchy, but I don't really see myself coming back to it much.
First 2xLP of the project! I terms of which disc is better, it's easily disc 1, as disc 2 kinda didn't have a lot that jumped out at me, at least from what I've heard so far. Not bad, but could've been cut down into a strong 1xLP.
Highlights-Rocks Off, Rip This Joint, Shake Your Hips, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Torn and Frayed, Let It Loose, and Stop Breaking Down.
It starts real strong, but then peters out and begins to blend together. Not a bad blend though, and I could see this one growing on me.
Highlights-Zebra, Silver Soul, and Lover of Mine.
Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would, since my last experiences with this band were lukewarm. It's not the greatest thing in the world, but definitely isn't one to avoid. Only thing preventing it from being a 4 or higher is that some songs didn't hit as hard as others.
Highlights-Rikki, East St. Louis, Through With Buzz, With A Gun, and Charlie Freak.
Best R E.M. album I've heard so far, real good energy throughout. Only issue is the production, but it didn't bother me much.
Highlights-Pop Song 89, Get Up, Stand, Turn You Inside-Out, and Hairshirt.
I dunno man, this just felt way too meatheaded and cheesy. By the time Hagar mentions bringing his "pencil" on Hot For Teacher, I just mentally nope out for the rest of the album. I can't say it doesn't deserve its placement in the book, as this was a juggernaut and probably inspired a lot of music like it, though I wouldn't really consider that a good thing.
Highlights-Jump, Panama, Drop Dead Legs, and I'll Wait.
Also the title track reminded me of Live and Learn by Crush 40, not a bad thing, just thought I'd point it out.
It was fine, I'm not the biggest country fan, especially not this more clean kind, so it didn't do much for me. Good voice tho.
Second time listening to a Joni Mitchell album. Was enjoyable, great lyricist and vocalist
Highlights-Coyote, Amelia, Furry Sings The Blues, A Strange Boy, Hejira, ans Song For Sharron.
Was a fun time, lot's of danceable stuff on here. Even the long songs weren't drags, so overall pretty good.
Highlights-Little Red Corvette, Delirious, D.M.S.R., Automatic, and All the Critics Love U in New York.
Some solid post-punk, stayed mostly interesting from song to song. Glad to have found out about these guys.
Highlights-Songs About Chocolate and Girls, There Goes Norman, Hypnotised, Under the Boardwalk, The Way Girls Talk, Wednesday Week, Nine Times out of Ten, and Girls That Don't Talk
Joplin's vocals are good, but most of this one didn't grab me.
Highlights-Combination of the Two, I Need a Man to Love, and Piece of My Heart.
Twas fine. Some standouts, but mostly just went along. Cool cover tho.
Highlights-Billy Jack and Blue Monday People.
Great voice backed with some pretty good arrangements, def a great one that only lulls every now and then. The title threw me off tho, titled like a live album.
Highlights-Just a Little Lovin', Don't Forget About Me, and The Windmills of Your Mind.
The beats were great, but Madonna's vocals don't really do much with them, to me at least. Many songs were also stretched too long imo.
Highlight-Ray of Light and Candy Perfume Girl
Inoffensive to a fault. Pretty much just washed over me aside from two songs. Can you believe this won Album of the Year at the grammy's in 1990? Must've been a slow period.
Highlights-Love Letter and I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again.
Both retro and futuristic in the best ways, listened to both German and English versions.
Highlights-Spacelab, The Model, and Neon Lights
Real dark. The music is consistently engaging while the majority of the lyrics are great and harrowing at their peak, though some have aged horribly.
Highlights-Yes, Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart, Of Walking Abortion, She is Suffering, 4st 7lb, Faster, and Die in the Summertime.
I'm honestly surprised to the response this record gets on here, I thought it was a delight! Barrett is a great songwriter and most of the songs here kept me engaged.
Highlights-Terrapin, No Good Trying, Dark Globe, Here I Go, Octopus, and Golden Hair
This type of country might be more my speed. Very calm record, like the vibe and Nelson's voice. He really makes these songs his own.
Highlights-Stardust, Georgia on My Mind, Blue Skies, September Song, On The Sunny Side of the Street, Moonlight in Vermont, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, and Someone to Watch Over Me.
This one is way better than I remember it being, mostly killer material with minimal filler. Really catchy too. NYCP not being on the main version is a travesty tho.
Highlights-Is This It, The Modern Age, Barely Legal, Someday, Last Nite, Hard To Explain, New York City Cops, Take It or Leave It
The instrumentals were mostly good, in direct contrast the lyrics were mostly crap. Seriously, Speech, the frontman, thinks so highly of himself compared to his contemporaries, that it's obnoxious. I'm glad these guys have been left in the dust.
Highlights-Man's Final Frontier and Mama's Always On Stage
An odd one for sure, but I enjoyed my time with it. Pretty good mix of reggae and post punk.
Highlights-Instant Hit, So Tough, Spend, FM, Newtown, and Typical Girls.
Not bad, probably the best metal album I've gotten so far. The second half is way more consistent than the first, but that wasn't bad either.
Highlights-The Prisoner, The Number Of The Beast, and Run To The Hills.
Definitely better than I thought it was when I first heard it last year. It has a nice bluesy vibe like Morrison Hotel did. Probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite Doors album.
Highlights-The Changeling, Love Her Madly, Been Down So Long, Cars Hiss By My Window, and Crawling King Snake.
Very unique sound for the time, to my knowledge at least. Good mix of electo and alternative. The first half is better than the second, but half 2 isn't bad at all.
Highlights-Supervixen, Queer, Only Happy When It Rains, As Heaven is Wide, Not My Idea, Stupid Girl, and Milk.
Fine country, not really psych tho.
Pretty good, great beats and solid vocals, does drag a bit at points tho.
Highlights-Doves in the Wind, Drew Berrymore, Prom, and The Weekend.
It was mostly fine, don't think i'm a fan of their longer songs, as I didn't like Animals either.
Highlights-Have A Cigar and Wish You Were Here.
First side is mostly solid rock, side 2 peters out tho with two overlong songs. Could've been better, could've been worse.
Highlights-Lust for Life, Some Weird Sin, The Passenger, and Success.
Pretty good, tho it sags a bit in the middle.
Highlights-Tical, Biscuits, Bring The Pain, and Mr. Sandman.
Peaked with the first song imo, but the rest was still pretty decent, also has an iconic title track.
Highlights-He's The Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music, and One More Time.
A beaut, stunning voice and stellar lyrics(both written and not written by Buckley) make this the best one I've gotten so far.
Highlights-Mojo Pin, Grace, Last Goodbye, Lilac Wine, So Real, Hallelujah, Lover, You Should've Come Over, Eternal Life, and Dream Brother.
While this was probably groundbreaking on release, this one just felt ok to me.
Highlights-Tomorrow's World, Bloodsport, and Primitive.
The title track was great but the rest of the album felt way longer than it actually was.
Highlight-Sunshine Superman
Decent swamp rock, tho some songs didn't really stick with me.
Highlights-Born on the Bayou, Bootleg, Graveyard Train, and Proud Mary.
Fitting title, as this one is a departure in tone compared to Beck's previous work(not counting Mutations). Now how does it fare against choppy waters? Strongly, I'd say. There's a bit of a dip with Round the Bend and Already Dead, but those aren't even bad. Overall, very solid showing from Beck, second favorite of his behind Odelay.
Highlights-The Golden Age, Paper Tiger, Guess I'm Doing Fine, Lonesome Tears, Lost Cause, End of the Day, Sunday Sun, and Little One.
Highs were real high, but it felt too bloated for my taste and the middle is a drag.
Highlights-What Up Gangsta, Patiently Waiting, Many Men(Wish Death), High All the Time, Heat, P.I.M.P., Poor Lil' Rich, 21 Questions, and Gotta Make It To Heaven.
Neat experimentation, just kinda washed over me tho.
Absolute masterpiece, the best album they ever made, bar none.
Highlights-Airbag, Paranoid Android, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Exit Music (For A Film), Let Down, Karma Police, Climbing Up The Walls, No Surprises, Lucky, and The Tourist.
Wasn't as bad as the runtime would suggest, but it was mostly uninteresting, with most songs being stretched out way longer than need be.
Their best imo, the rawest they ever got, even the softer moments shine.
Highlights-Scentless Apprentice, Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Dumb, Very Ape, Milk It, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shift, tourette's, and All Apologies.
Neat folk record from the 2000s, glad it was recommended, probably never would've sought it out otherwise.
Highlights-This is The Way, A Sight To Behold, The Body Breaks, Poughkeepsie, This Beard is for Siobhán, Tit Smoking in the Temple of Artesan Mimicry, and When the Sun Shone On Vetiver.
Some fine classic/swamp rock, could see it growing on me in the future.
Highlights-Hot, Blue And Righteous, La Grange, and Have You Heard?
I liked some portions of some songs, but overall it was overlong with not enough to back it up.
Highlights-Setting Sun and Don't Stop The Rock.
Real good psych record, drags a little in the second half, but those aren't awful and the momentum is regained with This Will Be Our Year.
Highlights-Care of Cell 44, Maybe After He's Gone, Beechwood Park, Brief Candles, This Will Be Our Year, Butcher's Tale, and Friends of Mine.
Neat, don't really have much else to say about it rn tbh.
I listened to both UK/US versions, and honestly the US one was better, trimmed some fat. Under My Thumb is on both tho so net negative either way. Overall it wasn't bad, but a good amount was just eh. The standouts were good tho, I will admit that.
Highlights-Mother's Little Helper(UK), Paint it Black(USA), Stupid Girl(guilty pleasure), Lady Jane, Doncha Bother Me, Think, Goin' Home.
Probably my favorite of Eno's so far. Just very chill imo. The second half wasn't as good as the first but still not bad at all.
Definitely wasn't bad and I see the appeal but this one didn't grip me fully I'm afraid.
First Dylan record from the generator, and one im somewhat disappointed with. You see, there's 2 different versions of this album, the released album in 74'/the one in the book, and the original New York Sessions version. And sorry to say, but the original recordings tower over the re-recordings immensely.
I dunno the new vibe just doesn't work with most of these songs for me. The only ones I can think of that do work are Tangled Up In Blue and Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts. The others feel like they were watered down and don't carry any of the same weight as they did before, If You See Her, Say Hello especially.
For the unchanged songs, those are good, except for the fact they're sped up a little. Did they think slower songs were too much for people to handle?
In terms of the songs on their own merits, most are pretty good, even if I dislike how most sound. The only one I'm low on is Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts as that one drags on too long, this goes for both versions.
Overall, the album could've been stellar if they hadn't fucked with it. Its definitely not awful, but it should have been left as it was. Im in the minority on this, a lot of people prefer the finished/released version, more power to them. Id recommend listening to both versions and seeing which you prefer, I know which one I do.
Highlights-Tangled Up in Blue, Simple Twist of Fate, Shelter from The Storm, and Buckets of Rain.
Not bad, some pretty good moments but mostly in one ear and out the other.
Highlights-Drop The Pressure, Destroy Rock & Roll, and Musclecar Reform Reprise.
Been a bit since I've given these guys a listen, and this was a solid return with a mostly solid tracklist(tho Letter To The New York Post weighs it down).
Favorite Tracks-Lost At Birth, Can't Truss It, I Don't Wanna Be Yo..., How To Kill A Radio Consultant, By The Time I Get To Arizona, Move!, 1 Million Bottlebags, Shut Em Down, and Bring Tha Noise.
Decent trip hop, the stand-outs were real great but everything else was alright.
Highlights-One Love, Be Thankful for What You've Got, Daydreaming, and Hymn Of The Big Wheel.
Possibly my favorite Bowie so far, a real stunner.
Highlights-Five Years, Soul Love, Moonage Daydream, Starman, Lady Stardust, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, and Rock 'n' Roll Suicide.
Fine, kept me busy at least. Don't think I'm a thrash fan tho.
Highlights-A Skeleton in The Closet, Indians, and One World.
Major step down from Happy/Sad, though the last few songs almost saved it.
Highlights-Devil Eyes, Hong Kong Bar, and Make it Right.
