Nostalgic
Song that makes me laugh and cry when it rains on a cloudless day
Like a nonstop horn band whacking the crap out of their instruments. If the feeling of turning in an essay at the last minute had a sound, it’d be this album.
Magnificent final opus
Catchy and different
Super catchy and a little wild
Super catchy and a little wild
Super catchy and a little wild
Super catchy and a little wild
Super catchy and a little wild
I was expecting a punk album, but got something with more funk in it. Loved the attitude coming through each song. The rhythms were always unexpected. Don’t think I’ve ever heard skewer rhymed with sewer before but first for everything.
Sounded like a voguing soundtrack with a guy talking over it. Danced while making soup
What a near perfect album. Most songs are about being cheated on. What makes this stand out is you get the person who cheated on you to sing back-up
Wow, I’ve never listened to a CCR album all the way through before. The music was so raw and folksy. Can’t understand any of the lyrics though haha
“There’s a bathroom on the right”
While fun, this album felt dated. The beats were exciting and the synths were innovative and experimental. However, the lyrics were relatively bland and were sung or chanted in that 80s hip-hop style that’ll make you feel older than that bottle of Tylenol in your grandma’s pantry. If you feel nostalgic and can still bust a move to this album, more power to ya.
Also, thought I heard “Renegades of Funk” sounded familiar and found Rage Against the Machine’s cover. Needless to say, if you want to jam to this song while sounding remotely “cool” go for the RATM version.
This album felt stylistically all over the place. I enjoyed some tracks but felt out of the loop on others. Some really good raps from others featured on some songs as well.
If there was any questions about your grandparents’ sex drive, let this album put them to rest. The pheromones are fuming from my speakers. Love this album. It’s smooth, you can sing and dance to it, and you don’t really want to play it around your parents… Unless you’re Oedipus, I guess.
Weirdly sexual and violent at a lot of random moments, but still very catchy. I’d probably listen to some songs again. Very long album to listen all the way through though.
I don’t know why I haven’t given RHCP’s a serious listen before. Maybe I’ve heard too many parodies of their sound. They really rock. The bass grooves especially stand out. The lyrics felt like they came from lived experiences of California living including the darker sides of crushed dreams.
Super funky. Excellent grooves. Did not expect the n-word so prominently featured. Everyone was hitting their part just right. Impressed by the rhythm and grooves. Some of the choruses got repetitive after a while.
Was unfamiliar with Q-Tip’s work and read that he was part of a Tribe Called Quest. Beats were tightly mixed and rapping was impressive at times. This album was good beginning to end.
Honestly, I am not that into rap music. Some of the rap suggestions we’ve gotten, I can see why they are interesting, musically experimental, or relevant to some part of music history. But this one seemed mean-spirited and self-referential to the point that I didn’t know what they were talking about. Not to mention they each track sounded the same. It’s also so misogynistic(I guess as a given), that I can’t even tolerate much more.
Honestly a very chilling and breathtaking album. Quite a relief after the last few I’ve been suggested. Lyrically wry as it comments on British culture that a lot of early Gen X could relate to. Reminded me of raw teenage angst being sorted out.
Another breath of fresh air. Played like a run of the mill Indie album for most songs though. Some reflective acoustics, some rocking bangers, a few hooks, etc. but then that Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) was like dropping Royal Albert Hall on a mundane city street. Simply great. Outshone everything else lol.
Way too violent in the lyrics for my taste, but I like the instrumentals. Dark imagery throughout all of the ballads and some imaginative ways for folks to die. But all in all not a whole lot to appeal to me.
Just some chill wavy beats. The lead singer croons softly, almost inaudibly over the synths. Highly listenable without demanding any attention to itself. Good background music, but not much to shake a stick at.
Cool songs and some interesting sounds were used, but all in all unremarkable. I doubt I had to hear this before I die.
This one surprised me in how much I liked it. While I’ve heard snippets in the past, what caught me off-guard was how right every musical moment was. Each beat and mix elevated the rapping and vice-versa. The content of course is too druggy, violent, and misogynistic for me to take seriously. In fact, I took none of it seriously and that’s what made it work for me. If you treat this whole album as self-parody, teens having fun with no real world experience, then it makes the musical ingenuity shine through the objectionable content.
I like the Police’s sound for like a song or two, but this was just too much for me. The first couple tracks were great. Message in a bottle is a classic and the second track got really good. After a while though it turns into more of the same for me. Caterwauling singing with syncopated guitar riffs all day long.
A beautiful escape. Loved every moment.
A bit too much of a dad rock band for me. Not a whole lot going on. Maybe fun to listen to, but pretty forgettable. I don’t plan to revisit this album.
Plenty of teenage angst to fuel this album. Reminds me of the Clash at moments, but certainly less sophisticated. Still the English atmospheres and skewering 1970s British culture will always be my jam.
Wow. Kate bush can both make the poppiest and weirdest music depending on her whims. It’s quite bewitching and I’m along for the ride.
One star. Where’s “My Girl?”
lol really this was unexpected. I think that classic Motown sound when I think the Temptations and its cool to see them break beyond that mold into new styles. Here they tried quick pop ballads, grandiose orchestra pieces, and a funky jam of “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” that seemed to never end (not that I’m planning to leave the dance floor). All in all, unexpected and well executed ideas
Fantastic. Curtis Mayfield is a guitar god, songwriting genius with the voice of an angel. A very horny angel, but still. Couldn’t have been better done and really built the world for the Super Fly movie. This music builds atmosphere, enhances story, and augments the action. Can’t get enough of it.
Ooooh this is what country music’s all about. Just some ballads, lonely hearts, outlaw energy, and probs drunk.
Was expecting musique a la crêpe and ended up with fajita fiesta. Still listenable and will play during my next taco night. But not a whole lot of variation between songs. All in all good for a theme, but felt repetitive.
Few albums catch me so off guard that I go “wow!” But this was one of them. Every song hit the right notes. I was impressed and amazed throughout.
Initially I was like, am I going to give to 5 stars in a row. But then I was like, why not. This album was amazing and I loved every moment of it. It was one of the few albums we’ve listened to that she found listenable.
Not to mention that this sent me down a Wikipedia hole on Fela Kuti. I’m a huge sucker for politically provocative musicians. Stick it to the man!
Sad songs and a golden voice. What more can you ask from George Jones. Felt like all of these songs fit in the background of some movie. The old gun at the bar, nursing his old sorrows; maybe lost love; who cares. To quote Nicole Kidman, “Heartbreak feels good in a place like this.”
You’re right, Lenny. I do want it darker. Thank you for delivering. Not too dramatic, understated vocal and instrumental delivery. Symbolic lyrics that leave room for interpretation and a deep bass voice tickles the right part of my brain.
Great combo of coffee house jazz and 80s pop. Theres something for everyone. Want piano instrumentals? They’ve got it. Wanna dance in a club? Sure you can. Like random rapping. ..uh you do you, I guess. Honestly each song was perfect. Couldn’t ask for more.
Excellent New Wave music. I like punk, I like to dance, and this album is a perfect mesh. The guitars are distorted and the singing is raw. Drums though are having a vibe.
