I don't know much about jazz, but when I think of jazz music, this is exactly what I hear. I don't know that I've heard this before, but it felt like I had. Feels like a pinnacle of the form.
Not something I'll frequent, but would be great background music while working. Track 2 was likely the weakest.
Anything making fun of monarchs and people in power is good with me. Title track was awesome. Track 2 is a little slow and almost folksy in it's composition.
I'd personally focus a little more on the punky side of this music, but I also understand that Morrissey is like, an idol of post-punk. There's a lot of indie influences in this, and I don't love indie. But I can see (hear?) that this was likely groundbreaking forty years ago. Lyrically though, this is right up my alley. It's political and it's depressed. Interestingly, I liked the second side a lot more than the first. Wikipedia indicates that's where all the singles came from anyways. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out was excellent.
Excited to listen to this. Message In A Bottle is one of the greatest songs ever written.
Did not know the title track (track 2) but Copeland's drums rule.
Onto track 5. This album rules. I enjoy the songs I knew from The Police but this is groovy. A little punky, a little new-wavey, definitely some reggae in it (track 6 especially) my favorite of the three albums so far. One I would legitimately listen to on some regularity, and I'm just starting side two. Side two wasn't quite as strong and I thought No Time This Time was a weird song to end with. The Bed's Too Big Without You was a single for a reason. Still a really great album.
First one that came over the weekend, then we had the historic Spokane fire where Izze described it like we're the butthole between two butt cheeks that are on fire.
Not my thing. At all. I do like the horns in song 2 and it's quite catchy. Song 4 says it's in Garden State and Seven Pounds, and it does seem familiar. I can see the quality of this record and the musicianship, it's just not my thing. Very easy listening at least, but it's all kind of samey. Almost similar to some pop-punk and punk records where there's not a lot of major variety, just minor variety between the songs.
Oh boy. I fucking hate Kanye the person, and I've never been impressed by the music of his I've heard. Here we go...
1 - Dark Fantasy. I like the bounces around musically, like the choral vocals that are probably sampled elsewhere like most rap songs. Jesusfuck I do not like rap... was actually really into this until Kanye started rapping.
2 - Gorgeous. Applicable to the beat, not the vocals. FISH STICKS! What a fucking dipshit. Also fuck this guy. KYS you Nazi freak. Why am I listening to this.
3 - Power. I recognize this one. Very famous song, famous lyric. Don't like the ending, just the popular chorus and the King Crimson bit with the 21st century and drum fill.
Is this guy's entire schtick just slapping a bunch of other people's music together and rapping over it? Because that's how this has felt. I know that's very heavily what rap is, but I don't get why this or Kanye are considered special. I know this is my old-man-yells-at-cloud moment but while I recognize the production value of this record, I don't understand what makes it special at all. I am not likely to comment much more on the songs.
BUT HEY I KNOW ALL OF THE LIGHTS, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SAMPLES! Monster sucked. A lot.
I couldn't get further than "So Appalled". Wiki says that's further than halfway.
2 stars only because this dipshit thought he dunked on South Park in this album and only made the Fishsticks episode funnier that he is legitimately so stupid he never figured it out.
First album from a band I've seen live! I'm not a huge Pixies guy (and live, they blasted through a bunch of songs and didn't interact with the crowd at all, kinda weird) but Where Is My Mind? is one of the most known songs of all time. (And this album was name dropped in Here It Goes Again by OK GO.)
Each song flies so fast I haven't taken individual notes but this is right in my wheelhouse. Could see this becoming a favorite. Broken Face fucking rules.
I don't love the vocals of Black Francis (never have) but the song structures are absolutely my thing. The constant quiet/loud is a little jarring, but it works really well here. Would listen to this again.
60's pop! Interesting. I like some historical pop but I've legitimately never heard of her. This is exactly why I wanted to go through these albums.
It's pretty catchy, but nothing is standing out to me as "OH MY GOD." I can respect the musicianship, and totally understand why there's a lot of musicians (Elton John primarily) that call her a massive influence.
First album that I've listened to previously before this project! Not to get onto my soapbox, but this shouldn't be considered in the greatest bands ever. Greatest supergroup sure, but Jimmy Page was already a successful musician (as this band was once "New Yardbirds".)
Anyways - classic, classic album from a legendary band. Good Times Bad Times and Communication Breakdown are all-time songs IMO. Not a lot to say here. Exceptional from front to back.
Not a big folk guy, but this is EXACTLY what I think of when I think of folk music. I don't think I know enough about Cat Stevens (or whatever his name is now) to judge him but I know he's quite controversial.
Musically this is quite good; folk isn't my thing but it's catchy. Not sure I'd listen to this a lot.
I don't know that I've actually listened to this entire album front to back, but I recognize almost every song. All-time classic. The first album where they wrote every song! Really need to see the movie...
Anyways, the harmonies and pop stylings of this album really capture Beatlemania to me. 60+ years later it still hits, just as catchy as it was. Title track and Can't Buy Me Love are legendary Beatles tracks.
Something completely new to me! I don't know that I've ever even heard of Supergrass. This sounds like something I would have enjoyed discovering in my youth. Very pop-punky. It's also very British, but I don't know fully how to explain that.
Going to guess there's at least two other Zeppelin albums that will be here, possibly three.
I don't know that I know this one as intimately as Led Zeppelin I, but Black Dog and Rock and Roll have always been favorites (and Stairway is maybe overrated...) but this always has been and always will be an excellent, world-class album. Again, not a ton to say here.
Punk rock! Another great day lol. I don't know this band at all, although I recognize the name. The saxophone constantly showing up is really cool. I dig the hell out of this album. Let's Submerge immediately stood out as something that could have been written by a contemporary pop-punk or ska band.
Minus the constant saxophone, it's like someone heard the Sex Pistols and said "we can do that but better". Not sure if I'd qualify it that way (regardless of how fake SP might have actually been, that album is a classic) but that's what this comes off as. Really good shit regardless.
Catchy, but this isn't for me at all. Don't know that I've ever listed to Afrobeat before. I respect that this criticizes the Nigerian government (and may have gotten Kuti's mother murdered and his commune destroyed) but I won't likely come back to this. Each track being over 12 minutes long is real difficult for my punk rock heart to accept lol.
Pretty classic album. I haven't listened to it front-to-back before, but am familiar with multiple songs from it. It's musically very solid but it's not quite my thing. Kinda latin, kinda jazzy, kinda progressive. Really good stuff, but I feel like I probably should be blazed on the couch listening to this on vinyl to really appreciate it the way it needs.
