I like The Black Keys, I like their style and many songs of theirs I would recommend to others, so I was looking forward to dive into their discography.
Unfortunately, besides a couple of songs, this album is not one of those I'd recommend.
It's not that it's bad; it just feels like half of the album is missing: after "Howlin' for You" it gets forgettable, it gets repetitive, it loses the punch the first songs built up.
Don't get me wrong, overall the album is not bad. It's definitely more of a background though: an enjoyable one, but still a background.
I'm not the biggest fan of either the genre or the artist, I had to listen to the album twice to start enjoying it.
Definitely deserves its spot on the list, that's for sure.
But still, it didn't make me see the magic others see in Kanye.
Album that, apart from the title track, suffers from the "you listened to one song, you listened to them all" syndrome.
Enjoyable but anonymous, it's 2.5 stars at best.
Album definitely too deep for a single listen, it feels like I was not able to fully appreciate it. Will be more thoroughly revisited in the future, maybe when other Kate Bush albums come up.
I was really looking forward to listen to this album, when it popped up aaand... kind of a bummer.
It feels wrong though: gotta go with a 3 and a promise to myself that I'll revisit it.
Skipped through it, not a genre I'm fan of.
I acknowledge the potential and I promise to myself that I'll revisit this record sometime in the future.
Not my cup of tea, but I promise I'll revisit this album.
It feels like this album deserves more - I'll surely revisit it.
Over the past few years, every time I looked at Fleetwood Mac I always thought that they were overrated: I could not understand why Rumours was so widely praised, why Dreams had a decillion listens on every streaming platform and I could not see the magic everyone seemed to find in this album and this band.
However, I recently gave this album the shot it deserved, and really sat through listening to it.
And still, I feel like I partially can't understand - but at least I added a 5-star album to my collection and a vinyl to my wishlist.
3.5: definitely not bad, it's just not a genre of music I'd listen to all day.
Not bad.
Took me a couple of full listens to start appreciating the genre and the album.
I sit and wonder why I never heard of Steely Dan before.
A fine record, would definitely buy its vinyl.
A solid album, but I was expecting more.
