Vibes. Great whether a "concept album" or not.
My introduction to jam albums. Not a huge fan, but I enjoyed Peaches.
Great album length. Overall can have some slow points, but I enjoyed Monday, Monday, Straight Shooter, I Call Your Name, California Dreamin', and Somebody Groovy.
Each song by itself it enjoyable, but overall repetitive when listening in album form. I feel as if none of the other songs live up to "You Make Me Feel So Young." After a point, it felt like I was listening to the same song 15 times.
Had its ups and downs, but the ups were great starting out with Death On Two Legs. I’m In Love With My Car, You’re My Best Friend, and Bohemian Rhapsody are obviously all classics. Bohemian Rhapsody made me realize when I was young that I was a huge fan of rock opera. That song by itself has probably influenced a large portion of my music taste and love for incredibly long songs with many parts.
It was fine. Unlike everybody else, I wasn't the biggest fan of Pump It Up. Songs felt repetitive. I enjoyed Radio, Radio.
Not on enough chemicals to enjoy. I'm not a fan of whatever genre this is. When clubbing, I enjoy things like house, and that's about as far as my enjoyment of repetitive electronic music goes. I can't really connect with the chaotic beats and electronic noises throughout this album. I know it's some people's cup of tea, but definitely not mine. Let it be known that I enjoy repetition in rock as well, so repetition itself isn't the problem. This is just too techno for me.
I sound old.
I am surprised how much this album grew on me from start to finish.
Great listen all the way through. I'm also a fan of Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry by Jarrett. Only thing that brought me out of the music was the random moaning lmao. I really enjoyed everything. Some people said there was too much repetition, which I didn't find. I'm not sure if the moaning and noises are meant to be part of the piece or not. I enjoyed it being live, but the random noises deducted some points for me.
Not sure what it’s about, but I enjoy its experimental nature. It kind of reminds me of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin although this predates it. The thing I’ve noticed with King Crimson is their shorter songs tend to be bangers and then you have the long progressive / experimental songs. I enjoy some of the longer songs, but I’m always glad to have the shorter bangers to balance everything out. I enjoy the longer songs as well. 3 seems too low for this album, as I appreciate its artistry, so I’m giving it a 4 because I’m biased. I like that the experimental tracks aren’t TOO out there compared to some other artists. These songs still have some form to them and that’s what I like about what I’ve heard from King Crimson
Wasn't sure what to expect when listening. I'm giving it a 3/5 because I was pleasantly surprised about this jam of an album. I couldn't listen to much more because it being in a different language kind of takes away some of the enjoyment for me, but given that it was fighting an uphill battle, it did well.
Lots of similar songs, but the best ones are great. The rest is okay. I wouldn't listen to this as an album form again most likely unless I'm at a very angry, low point in life. Once again: the great songs are great and the others are similar but just worse.
I enjoy The Smith’s overall vibe most of the time. I enjoyed this album, but having heard some of their other songs / albums, I was hoping for at least one iconic song on the level of some of those. I like Morrissey's voice unlike other reviewers. I think it’s fitting for the music and lyrics, I just wouldn’t be able to listen all day to The Smiths because it’s depressing to me over time.
Very dad-rock vibe. I’m not sure whether to give it a 2 or 3 because I just wasn’t that interested and this isn’t something I’d want to listen to again. I enjoy other dad rock bands like GnR, but this was just like GnR but downgraded a lot. I’m leaning more towards 2 just because of the “listen again” factor.
I liked Antagonist
I was debating between 2 and 3 because of the opening track which for the first few seconds I thought I wouldn’t like, then I loved it. After that, the album would be best described as “H&M music.” None of this is something I would want to listen to… ever (other than the first track.) I also somewhat liked Lungs and By The Throat, but I doubt I’d listen to those again.
Huge Jungleland fan. Born to run is also great. I saw someone else describe Springsteen as “aggressive non-stop wordy singing” and I agree completely. I thought some of the production was strange and hard to hear certain parts of the music. For example, in She’s the One, some of the background vocals are REALLY far in the background and I wish we heard more of that. Just the singing bit to develop some sort of melody or something. But overall, I was kinda sad bc I’ve heard Born to Run (song) and Jungleland before and those were the only two I’d add to my playlist. I was hoping something could be on that level, but nothing else really surprised me from the album and it just seemed like other meh (non-hit) Bruce that I’ve heard before. The hits are great, and everything else is meh.
I listened back and also liked Thunder Road
I've heard this before and I only enjoyed the first half up through You Never Give Me Your Money. I then saw a review talking about "The Long One" from this album. Essentially, the second half of the album and onwards (You Never Give Me Your Money and on) is supposed to be one song, split up into many parts. I don't know what it was about that review and learning that information, but it made it seem like the songs have more meaning given that they're apart of a grander scheme of things rather than fluff to get the album time up. I was too harsh on this album in past listenings. This is some of the best collective music I've ever heard. Repurposing half-baked songs and using them to make one collective song is somehow beautiful to me. One long one. On their own, they sound fine, but viewing it all as a cohesive piece has somehow clicked for me.
Just not for me. My dad might like it. I liked the title song, but definitely wouldn't listen to that song unless I needed some insane drive at that moment. Just a stressful listen.
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