First Listen - They are good at what they did but the songs felt a bit similar. It's an album, it is supposed to sound a bit similar; but I think they overdid a Touch Too Much. Every song sounds like a variation of the last one to the point were it's not bad. It's just a bit frustrating because I wish the songs sounded a bit more different. It is still a very good album.
Second listen - It is only the baselines and the drums that are similar, they are very similar but it is only the baselines and drums. I actually like how the album progresses and in Auf Chase (which is no where near my favorite song on this album) they use a keyboard for only that song. I really like how the Album is not first half carried and is good throughout. I really like that they threw in Michael randomly because of how different it sounds. Still a bit too similar for my liking though.
Highlights - Take me out, Jacqueline, The Dark of the Matinee, and Michael.
I will end up listening to this album every once in a while.
3 stars
P.S. My first of 1001 albums!
1st Listen - It is very cinematic, ambient, and sometimes even industrial. The album is very sad, melancholy, and sometimes angry. It's very dissonant and only uses a higher distortion in the choruses. The album is very good throughout and is not first half carried and I even think it represents a journey of some sort. Every song is different just enough.
2nd listen - There are a few riffs throughout every song and each riff is different from each other and fits each song perfectly. I like the chorus singing chords in the chorus because I supports the main vocals very well. I love how the drums create an awesome buildup in some songs because of how well it fits with the chorus. The verses are very cool as well with the awesome acoustic guitar that has really good melodies that complement the vocals so well.
Highlights - Fake Plastic Trees, Just, and Black Star
Honorable mentions - (Nice Dream) and My Iron Lung
4.5/5 stars
This was fun to listen to, not much to say except that I don't like the vocal filter.
7/10
I love this and hate it at the same time. I'm coming to Kim as I'm writing and I've listened to it a time separate from this so I know how terrible it is. Cannot get past how offensive these lyrics are. They are offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and misogynist. I am not fond of how he talks about killing and beating his wife. He even talks about rape a few times. I tried so hard not to like the album but I cannot help but tap my foot to it, which obviously means that this is a great album. I think that he gets how sad he was at the time because when I listen to ts, I feel deep in depression.
no highlights because I can't bear to.
7/10 cuz I can't bear to give a rating any higher.
P.S. Eminem is still a bully white boy who can't get get bullied for race or gender very easily.
Don't have much to say except that I think I don't wanna be a soldier mama had elements of or partially inspired industrial music.
Very generic
Highlight - Imagine
No honorable mentions
3/10 stars
I was doing other things while listening to this and I did not even realize that the song changed. It does what it does well: chill background music for while your doing things. I would not say elevator music because I think it's too good for that. Elevator music is usually low quality, this is not low quality. I think it's the perfect album to put on as background noise. Not into this type of music but if it does what it does perfectly than it's five stars. Nitpicking here, I hate the reused assets of The Girl from Ipanema and Corcavado.
No highlight or runner ups cuz it's background music
9/10 Stars
The first song is literally just noise with I WANT TO DIE being screamed over and over again. Religion is something, I am Atheist and I can speak for myself that Religion does not speak for all of us, I like to stay open minded with other peoples' religions. This feels like he is just screaming that all religions suck no matter what. Singer would have been great as backup vocals for Suicidal Tendencies. Somehow drums are the only enjoyable part so far. Im not going to listen to the bonus track bro. The shorter the song on this album, the better, the faster I get it done. Songs are generic at best and loud, nonsensical noise at worst.
Highlight - Attack
1/5 stars
Very generic. I've heard so many bands do this exact type of thing. I guess impressive vocal range. I don't even think what it does does it well, it's the slightest bit above average at best. at worst, it's generic garbage. The instrumental choruses are the best (they're okay) parts. wanted the album to end since Sparks. All the songs are like the exact same.
Highlight - Don't Panic because it was an actually original song un-like the rest of the song which are just Shiver 8 more times.
3/10 (giving it 2/5 so people don't hate me)
Good album, fun listen, bit too pop-y for me nut still good. The choruses and solos were the best part of every song. That being said, YOU CAN'T REALLY BE WRONG WHEN YOU HAVE HENDRIX AND CLAPTON ON THE SAME ALBUM. Like holy shit this guy had a lot of support.
Highlights: Love the One You're With, Church (Pt. of Someone), and To a Flame
Honorable mentions: Do for the Others and We are Not Helpless
Solid 7/10, would listen again
For this review, I'm going to ignore the "heavy inspiration" (stealing).
Pt. one of 2: It's pretty good, has some ten star moments (like 70% are in Kashmir). The riff in Kashmir is so iconic and influential (and I love it). It really, really tiring to hear Robert Plant moaning over and over again. It's so tiring that I turned the album off because I could not stand it any longer. Specifically In My Time of Dying was the one that made me turn it off. One song however, cannot save the whole 40 minutes of this.
Highlight: Kashmir
3/10
Pt. 2 of 2: I like the second part, in fact, I think that it's better than the first part. I am a sucker for atmospheric music that hits really hard after the atmospheric part. And the beginning of the second disk caters to just that. In the Light is f-ing awesome. Ten Years Gone is super cool. In both songs, when the riff for each song comes in, it hits so damn hard I can't help but enjoy it. I hear many people gush over The Wanton Song and I'm just like "Yeah the riffs are cool but they sound the exact same as so much other AC/DC. And frankly, I think that people like The Wanton Song because they like AC/DC." I mean no hate to AC/DC, but if you want more songs like The Wanton Song, JUST LISTEN TO AC/DC. However I do like The Wanton Song, just not as much as other people Enough ranting about The Wanton Song. It's overall a great disk and it doesn't really go anywhere to below a bit above average.
8/10 stars
Highlights: In The Light, Ten Years Gone, Sick Again
Whole Album
It's still too long though lol.
5/10
Would recommend second disk and Kashmir.
I did expect this to almost be a contender for a five star album. But WOW, this was amazing.
Never heard Brit-pop before so I don't have a reference.
This was one of the first Brit-pop albums to ever come out. At a time where everything was about being tough and strong, this went against the standard at the time. This album was so cinematic and emotional and epic. You can hear in that love and sadness in the beautiful vocals. The guitar and song-writing is epic and suspenseful. The album has all great songs with no filler ones, not to mention that the album is perfect length. All of the songs were just the perfect amount different with the flow of the songs. I cried almost three times during the album. That being said, no large bands list them as an influence, even if they did help popularize Brit-pop.
Highlights: All the Songs
9.5/10
This was a great album, there was maybe 1 filler song and that was maybe the outro song. It's a really nice listen that is suited perfectly for a rainy day. His voice is so soothing that it will lower anyone's heart rate and/or cortisol. It's masterful songwriting (Coming from a musician) and so emotion invoking. I however, cannot relate to any of these songs. This is because I am underage and never had a job. I have not lost my dad and I have not had to navigate the world yet. It is still an amazing listen.
Highlights: All of them
9.5/10
I f-ing love the beats in this album and... I WISH IT WOULD HAVE STAYED FUCKING INSTRUMENTAL. When the singer sung low notes, it was okay, it was all good. BUT 80% OF THE TIME IT WAS OFF-KEY FALSETTOS THAT MADE MY EARS BLEED. The beats cannot save the whole album bro.
When I'm sleepy had an okay hook so that's the highlight if you can call it that. (I would call the one song that as okay)
3/10 (cuz the beats are fire)
This is very good and a fun listen. I really love the duets here Richard goes really low and Linda sings on top of it. Guitar is really good backing for the vocals. I feel like folk rock is mostly just generic bullshit but when it hits it hits pretty good. This hits really good and when I say the album is a fun listen, I use it as another word for good. The album is mostly melancholy for sad. In The Little Beggar Girl, I felt a few Bluegrass elements which is pretty fun.
Highlights: When I Get to the Border, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, and Down Where the Drunkards Roll
Honorable Mentions: The Cavalry Cross and We Sing Hallelujah
8/10
OMG this is so good.The guitar solos are melodic and impressive. The singer has such impressive vocal range with such an epic voice. The riffs are fast and unrelenting will still giving space for everybody to shine. Every last bit of this album (song 3-end) is so perfect while inspiring so much metal that is to come. The lyrics are so meaningful and creative speaking about a range of different things. They talk about everything from sci-fi (The Prisoner) to prostitutes (22, Acacia Avenue).
Highlights: The Number of the Beast and Hallowed Be Thy Name
Honorable Mention: 22, Acacia Avenue
Great album 9/10
Well, this was good, wasn't great. Roadrunner was pretty good, nowhere near the best song on the album though. After Roadrunner, THE ALBUM SUCKED UNTIL HOSPITAL. FOR THAT ENTIRE TIME WISH THE ALBUM DID NOT EXIST. But then Hospital came on and everything was good again like 4 stars but that period between Roadrunner and Hospital makes it a 3.
Highlights: Hospital, Someone I Care About, and Modern World
Honorable mentions: Dance With Me and Roadrunner
6/10
Musically, this album is a masterpiece. It is just that none of the lyrics hit home because I wasn't here when this album came out. That being said, I will probably listen to this when I need to cry. Marvin Gaye has maybe the best voice in music history and he uses it so f-ing well. Even with that though, I still love the sax solo in Mercy Mercy Me and the flute in Right On. I also love that this album is not first half carried and that it has many of its hits throughout. The songs did feel kind of similar though so I don't think I can give it a five even if it win like 80 million awards. And it's also a little bit too short.
Highlights: Mercy Mercy Me and Right On
Honorable Mention: What's Going On
7/10 stars
I am mad because Relight the flame's snare sounds do similar to St. Anger's snare. Man, THE FIRST SONG WAS SO GOOD WHY DID YOU RUIN THE REST OF THE ALBUM. When I saw dub in the key words, I got excited because I like dub and dubstep. This is a disgrace to dub. All of the albums song are so similar and terrible, by the end of the second song, I wanted the album to end. The Erzulie was also pretty good though. Usually like dub, but this just isn't for me.
Highlights: Visions of You and Erzulie
2/10
It's a nice listen but now that I've listened to other folk rock, I can firmly say that it's a little generic. I don't have too much to say about this album other that it was a good listen. Yeah the guy was a piece of shit, but he made some ok music.
Highlight: Damn Sam
6/10
At first I read some of the most popular reviews and I was like "Is this guy a rapist, like what else could you be saying here no means yes applies" Then I turned on random reviews and learned it is a concept album about a guy and the singer was criticizing him for his actions. Other than that, I don't think the album tells its story very ell and I think it could be better if it was about a different topic and it wasn't a concept album. The songs themselves are very good but it's hard to not be good when you have some of the most skilled up and coming musicians behind you. Nice listen though, nice pop.
Highlights: Something for the Weekend and The Frog Princess
Honorable mention: Through a Long and Sleepless Night
7/10
I don't got much to say. Really great stoner rock with good hooks and cool riffs.
Highlights: all of them
8/10
Holy crap this album is amazing. I fucking love the (basically) drop on Shake Your Rump. This is some of (if not the) BEST FLOW EVER. Love how many samples there are, this is truly the golden age of hip-hop. The ending song "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" is like if Dream Theater Made a Hip-Hop song. I don't think that the yelling is not very tiring because it's not yelling, they're from New York. THAT'S HOW THEY TALK. I love the riff/melody in Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun. Plus with how iconic this album is and how many awards it has won. How many hip-hop groups have been indirectly or directly influenced by this album. I cannot help but love this album with all my heart.
Highlights: Shake Your Rump, Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun, and B-Boy Bouillabaisse
Honorable Mentions: Egg Man and Johnny Ryall
10/10
"Dude this album is groovy" I say in my rainbow tie dye and bead necklace
Good album, don't got too much to say except everything after EBYT is wildly different. also I hated Mother.
7/10
This review is from a Dream Theater fan
The opening 50 seconds is the worst 50 seconds ever, Then it gets really good hen the bassist presses all 80 distortion pedals
Peak: whole album
