5.5/10 i liked most of them and would be fine to listen to casually but i don't think any were particularly memorable they sort of blended into one for me but the good ones were pretty good, probably a nice driving album, tolerate his voice bit more now
4/10 = was not particularly a huge fan of the screechy singing style but when he packed it in and sang a little better i liked that, enjoyed the drumming a lot though pretty impressive, overall was not majorly wowed
6.5ish/10 but felt bad giving it just a 3 = much preferred this to the last couple, think the backing and harmonies worked really well and the whole album worked well together, can hear slight 60/70s influence which i think worked really well and i liked the messages in the songs too, not sure if i would seek out to listen again but wouldn't be mad if i did
5.5/10 = kind of sucks for me that i can never fully get into her vocals because i love most of the instrumentals and the storytelling gothic elements but the vocals always just gets slightly under my skin maybe it just hasn't clicked for me yet, like i watched a hungarian film last week and the instrumental was so insanely good that i looked it up and it was a sample from hello earth but i just can't enjoy the whole song lol
4.9/10 = it was a good listen but i feel like after a while they all blended together a little and i wouldn't really be able to remember any specifics except a few, still good for a debut though
5/10 = feel like a scrooge because i know he's one of the greats and the guitar was very good i'll give him that but none necessarily stood out to me like crazy i probably need to relisten
7.5/10 = maybe i'm biased because my dad loves super furry animals and gruff rhys so it reminds me of my childhood a lot but i do love this album, juxtaposed with u is one of my fav songs i always play it at pres and in the car etc its just so unanimously liked when i play it, but i wasnt as familiar with the others so was nice to hear them again, very fitting with the sunny weather too, def think super furry animals are quite underrated in terms of britpop-esque bands
5/10 = i'm ngl i was in a hater mood at first but i finished it and actually didn't mind and would probably relisten, very rahhh usa but i liked the build ups and his voice to an extent especially the descending harmonies
I LOVE JEFF BUCKLEY I LOVE JEFF BUCKLEY THIS WAS MY SHIT IN YEAR 3 ANF IT'S MY SHIT NOW 9.2/10 sorry i know in my heart its a 10 but there are a few skips like i dont loveeee lilac wine or hallelujah and i would have to be in quite a specific mood to listen to them, butttttt the rest genuinely make that not count. i don't listen as much as i used to in high school bc i played it to death but i can obviously still appreciate it, even though it annoyed me deeply when it was tiktokified it was clearly for a reason, and in a non glazing way i have to give it so high because he truly influenced so much other stuff that i love, eg. thom york and in rainbows radiohead, and cocteau twins elizabeth fraser, and massive attack too just off the top of my head, still pisses me off that my mum can't remember being barrier for him at glastonbury get it together girl
5/10 = i do like crowded house despite the fact my dad absolutely beefs with them and huffs and puffs when it comes on shuffle but felt quite whelmed by this, they get their sound across well but it just kind of bored me by the end
2/10 = not for me sorry to the brummels, again if i liked bob dylan i would probably like this a lot more but i dont particularly love his voice so i didn't really like their attempt at his style, some nice instrumentals and riffs but nothing i would feel compelled to come back to, tried reheating maxwell's silver hammer nachos and burnt them
like a 5/10 = didn't think it particularly worked together as a whole album bc there wasn't really any cohesion whatsoever but i did like listening to it on the bus, most likely wouldn't listen again but didn't dislike as much as i thought
maybe 7.8/10 = i do love bjork and i do glaze her often and i actually hadn't listened to this album before or even particularly heard of it but i did enjoy it quite a lot, i think she's always good at making an entire album flow and the instrumentals are always 10/10 but i didn't have any stand out songs, will probs listen again soon
7.99/10 = oh my god banger after banger in this album selection for me yippee, i have this album on my i-pod so it used to be in my sleep rotation super heavily especially during high school so i know each song really well and it really brings me back to like year 9/10 vividly, i also loveeee pj harvey deeply and when i saw her live i teared up when she sang songs from this lol, sometimes i find her voice a little shrill on some and i wouldn't choose to listen to it much on my phone anymore now and i probably would not rate it so highly if i didn't have a prior connection to it, but when it comes on randomly or i sleep to it i love it, i really like how she describes and sings about england and war in this and you can hear all the instrument and singing choices aligning with that the whole time, not my fav album by her but probably the one i know the best, thanks parents for putting me on
3.9ish/10 = not terribleeee but it felt like a bit of a chore to listen to and i just didnt really click with it much, had some nice riffs though
7/10 = tbh very popular and overplayed but popular and overplayed for a reason i think, goes by really quickly and i enjoyed each song and remembered way more than i thought even though its basically the same song over again
5.8/10 = first proper rap album i've got so far so was quite excited to hear something other than bob dylan-esque warbling but lost interest the longer i listened honestly, i liked the instrumentals, samples and production but i kept waiting for the "hit" of the album and i couldn't really differentiate any lol, very 90s too but in a little bit of a parody way
8/10 = actually really enjoyed and would most likely go back to a lot of these, the only one i knew was our house and that was actually one of my least favourites because the rest were so strong, i know them all individually but they really worked as a group and the harmonies and backing instrumentals were so good and memorable and it reminds me of something i would have listened to in college
4.5/10 = felt like it was quite generic but also very manufactured to have a specific sound in a way but with no pay off, probs wont listen again for a while but i imagine my dad will put this on randomly
2/10 = feel a bit harsh but i actually could not deal with this it felt like such a drag, i saw the vision but his flow was so awful to me and felt like there was no pay off to any of the build ups, couldn't work out what the hit was even meant to be, i do appreciate they set up the genre a bit though
8.5/10 = j'adore mc solaar depuis le lycee! i remember in my sixth form my french teacher putting another song from a different album on and we had to translate the lyrics and they're always so clever and double meanings in so much, made me want to get better at my french so i could understand these lyrics a bit better bc i would've given this a 5 probably, he always has such a good flow and i never got bored, c'etait tres genial
