Stones, free jazz, Kurt Weill, there's a lot going on here. In 72/73 the genre lines weren't so bright. Thankful for that.
Intimate and warm. A goth AL Green with god and love front and center.
I realize the chooglin' jams are to flesh things out and provide variety, but the short songs are so good. The 6 short classics take up as much time as the two jams.
Heard it a million times as a young'un (born in '64), but songs like "Up around The Bend" still crackle with energy.
I don't understand a lick of Portuguese and this is still a great record..Brazilian and Funk classic.
Calliope pop with all sounds considered. Cheeky, sarcastic fun.
Amazing sounds and textures on the instrumental tracks. A couple of recognizable David Bowie vocal cuts..and yeah I can see why folks were divided at the time of release. If this is what writer's block/kicking addiction sounds like..it is a great record. It isn't one I'd return to often,but a must hear in the Big Bowie Picture.
Not my go to Neil Young record. Old Man still hits, especially since I'm older.Hard to be objective after hearing the hits so many times...Love Neil, but this one is not for me.
Blues, gospel, and jazz...mellower than I remember it. Mr. Smith is so smooth on the organ.
The title cut is an all time tune for me. Joy and Can't Let Go are amazing. An A album and probably a 4.75.
Making an archive come alive..The players of some of the most influential pop music of the 20th century are brought back to share their stories. Brilliant.
Not as experimental as her later stuff..but still 100 per cent Bjork..bouncing from club sounds to torch songs.
Aaah lofi...I always appreciate the crunchy guitar mixing with the jangly.
Less dated than I thought it would be. Turns out the the problems of 1992 haven't gone away. New names, same games.
Godfathers of goth deliver. Bass parts alone make it worth it. Danceable in stretches. Not as gloomy as they say.
Whoa..a 20 minute dream suite about an alien race(I think)..nice. Instrumental sounds are top notch, Mr Lee's vocals..an acquired taste.
Haven’t been intimate with this one for ages, although I did buy the LP the day it was released, back in 1985. I loved New Order, because I loved Joy Division. Low Life continued in the dancefloor direction that would eventually push me away from the band, but in 1985 there were still a few hints of the goth past.
Today I remember fondly my New Order/ JD fandom, but with Unknown Pleasures and Closer a click away it is hard to see putting this record on over those 2 at any time. For the dance floor it's straight to the 12” collections.
Very groovy for 68..not rock. Jazz sounds, r&b vocals, painted from memory lyrics. Dug it.
This is what guitars should sound like. Mali, the real home of the blues!
It is a lot, but the songs are so sharp, ironic, thoughtful, funny,emotional...and the sounds are varied enough. In terms of an exercise in writing unique material on the most wtitten on subject of all time, it is epic.
Folks say it's depressing, but it's just a love story with junkies and sad children and death. Yeah, come to think of it, kinda depressing.
Energy..yes. Warmth..very little.
Miles leads a big band toward bebop..he wasn't ahead of his time, but he was right on time.
Dylan vs. Lanois...Dylan wins, becomes New Dylan.
Broadway style but with enough Jacques Brel to make it interesting.
Save the vocals, I love. Short, sharp rock
Guitars played loud in the service of pop songs. A dying breed in '97. Sounds good to me.
The drums on this record almost ruin it for me. A fun little revenge record.
