Not a very good Doors album. I think I can only take them in low doses too. He's very melancholy and his change in tempo and singing style mid song is jolting. Aside from the first track, Roadhouse Blues, I don't think there is anything good here.
While the titular track is immediately recognizable and I was initially very excited for this album, my initial excitement quickly waned once I realized with the exception of Mo' Onions, all the tracks on this album are just instrumental covers of popular songs.
Maybe if I heard this before Ok Computer is love it. But with that context it's just... Ok.
Life in a Glass House saves the album. But it's still not great.
It's ok. It's an album of covers
Who is anyone kidding, this is 10 out of 5 stars. And the crazy thing is this probably isn't even their best album. A joy to listen to. And as eponymous as the titular track is for Floyd and this album, it's not even my favorite on here by a long about. I'm not sure what is, but Mother and Good Bye Bluesky are up there.
Honestly, the album is great in a vacuum. I am not sure its the best album of all time as NME ranked it, but its good. The production it is incredible, and iconic. Johnny Marr is fantastic on guitar. On repeat listenings the vocal stylings of Morrissey grow on you, no matter how pretentious he is.
*outside of a vacuum and in the context of the pretentious hipsters I went to college with, its a hard listen.
Is it worth hearing before you die? I don't know. Wiki cites the fact that several great musicians have studied this album as inspiration for their live performances, but that doesn't make something inherently great for general audiences. Is it important? Sure. Am I confused why its on this list? Yeah. I have tried to review albums, and not the list itself, but I am a week in and i've gotten 2 albums that are all covers and this.
This is the reason why I am using this list. Before today, even though I knew Hanoi Rocks existed, I can't say that I have ever heard any of their music.
As far as the album, I am not sure there's much here, i'd want to come back to. I am in the middle of my second listen to it, and nothing is standing out to me. It's good background music, but it's hard to say that there are any ear worms here.
This is the first album on the list so far that I have found to be a challenging listen. The first track finishes... weird. Shameika is discordant at times. By the time we get to Rack of His the album has found it's footing, and I even found the first tracks more enjoyable on a second listening.
I am not sure what to rate this, so I am glad to have time to reflect between listening and rating. At the end of the day I enjoyed it, and glad I listened to it, which is the point of going through this list. To discover things I had never heard.
Its Sabbath. Fantastic debut album. I don't think they have found their voice here completely, it's not Paranoid, but what is?
I have listened to this album more times than I can count. Tom Morello is one of my favorite guitarists, certainly of the 90's on. I don't think there is a bad song on this album. I can easily listen to it through and through, no skips. I was shocked to find out there were only 4 songs on this released as singles (40% of the album) and I feel like Take the Power Back and Know Your Enemy should have been released as singles too, at a minimum.
Not my bag. Pink Moon is about the only song here that resonates with me.
I certainly enjoyed listening to it. I don't know that there is a stand out track for me or that I will be revisiting the album. But I enjoyed it.
Do you want Jazz Flute? Cause this is how you get Jazz Flute. Also someone else left a review saying
Hobbit Rock made by actual Hobbits
I agree with their assessment, but not the 2 stars they left. Jethro Tull is awesome.
