It was fine for a Beatles album. Idk if I love how each song is just one idea for 2 minutes, but when I appreciate that as the genre I like the album a lot more
Faves
Hard days night
And I love her
Can’t buy me love
Love the bass and guitar tones throughout the album. Mostly background but a handful of bangers
Faves
Superstition
Maybe your baby
Tuesday heartbreak
For what I know The Rolling Stones to be capable of I was disappointed by the majority of this album. Lowkey felt like “how many ways can we play the blues in an hour,” and don’t get me wrong I love the blues. I additionally loved the flow between songs - the transitions and theme were a great part of the project
This collection of songs would make great background music but in an album of over an hour I don’t feel like I should only have 3-4 songs that stand out to me, and that’s while I’m looking for a song to stand out. But overall fun listen.
Fav songs
Rocks off - really liked the brass in it
Ventilator Blues - the groove was so freaking good in this one
All down the line
Shine a light - good send off, I feel like this should’ve ended the album
I made the mistake of listening to the 2009 remaster with "evil woman" and not "sleeping village/warning" - once we adjusted for that this shit got way better.
This album is a damn good album head to toe. If I could give decimal values it would be a 4.6, and now I’m faced with the choice of rounding up or truncating. And you know what fuck it i'm gonna do it. 4 of the songs have landed in my regular rotation, and I would say there's not even really a skipper on the album for me.
The drums were so good and that deserves its own paragraph.
Black Sabbath: 2 great grooves with a great transition. This one doesn’t quite make the regular rotation for me because the payoff is kind of late.
The Wizard: I’d never heard this one before but it’s super fun. Here’s a metal song with a harmonica solo. Nails. My 2nd fav on the album
Behind the Wall of Sleep: great intro, great rhythm. The verse melody kind of reminds me of War Pigs which is funny to me.
NIB: the most popular song on the album for a reason. This song is classic Black Sabbath to me, heavy hitting riff with punchy lyrics following that rhythm.
Wicked world: this was one of my fav sabbath songs before this album and it stays my favorite on the album. Tempo changes are awesome, every rhythm is also great
Sleeping Village/Warning - actually the least impressive track to me, but was a very fun journey and I think that the jam was a good finale to the project.
Listening to this on YouTube wasn’t my favorite but I liked this one. I feel like grunge is the word I’d use to describe it. I was a big fan of most of the songs having relatively fluid transitions, and the general vibe was very comforting.
A lot of the songs had a “not so memorable” problem for me that makes this good not great to me. I do think the album started, finished, and middled strong - so I commend mbv for the selection and organization of these tracks.
I am also bummed it’s not on Spotify bc When You Sleep and I Only Said would both definitely make regular rotation for me.
Favs:
HM: Lommer
When you sleep
I only said
Soon
This album was another fine one for me. This is one of the first R&B albums I’ve listened to where I really felt the blues which is cool. Also kind of trailed off but still head nodding the whole time.
Favs
Brown Sugar
Jonz in my Bonz
I had to listen to the shortened version and I leave it at a 3 because my reaction to the music leans me towards 4 or 5, but the fact it’s such a slog to gets for pulls me to a 2. These songs are so damn good. The solos, the jams, the organ, the drum solo. Everything about the album is just great performance after great performance.
If I was at this show I would be losing my god damn mind. But it just doesn’t translate well to an album experience.
Fav songs
Lazy
Child in Time
The Mule
Another damn good album. I’d never listened to much Santana so this was super fun. The Spanish rhythms mixed with rock and roll was a genre that was both familiar and its own in a super fun way. Also another album where the organ is so freaking good. The run from Black Magic Woman to Hope You’re Better Now was just non-stop greatness.
9/10 would’ve been 9.5/10 if the last song was stronger (or even just not there?)
Favs
Oye Como Va
Incident at Neshabur
Mothers Daughter
I appreciate what rush is and this certainly was a rush album, but I was just pretty underwhelmed by every song. Solidly mid
Favs
Twilight Zone (would add to playlist)
Something for nothing (prob wouldn’t)
This was a fine head nodding listen with no real memorable tracks. In light of the allegations Joey showed in the discord it has to drop from truly mid down to a disappointment
This album was really good. I liked the experimental/weird nature of a lot of the songs, and I liked the skits and that the skit played well into the next song. I also liked the consistency of the Slim Shady character throughout the project.
I wish there had been more of a through-line story given the album took breaks for a skit every 2-4 songs, and I don't know that this album had any resounding bangers save "My Name Is."
Every time Eminem works it's a solid piece though. I really enjoyed Guilty Conscience and Bad meets Evil with the spoken exposition, but that also takes them out of songs I'd throw on my playlists.
Favs:
Rock Bottom
Brain Damage
Role Model
I really liked this one as a thematic collection of songs. I think the flow of it left some semblance of a story, but as a whole the songs were good-to-mid. Every time I listen to a Beatles album I’m left with this thought that nobody would care about this today.
The horns were really fun, the bass was really fun, a dramatically better musical performance than the other Beatles album we listened to.
Did Sgt Pepper kill himself in the last song?
Favs:
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Fixing a whole
A day in the life
