Reviews by abitfishy

Never really messed with Jam Band music before, my previous experience is The Allman Brothers at Fillmore East and the Jam side of All Things Must Pass. I thought those two were - to be frank - a lot better than this. This on the other hand felt a bit underwhelming. Maybe it's because people over-hype the Grateful Dead or maybe because it's just better when you're there in-person rather than at home listening to it, so it doesn't translate as well. Whatever way it is, this album didn't interest me that much.

Highlight Song/s: The Eleven

I love the positivity that radiates from this album. I can imagine the leaves rustling and the birds chirping, with the sun brighter than ever and hoping every minute lasts. I also like the way they incorporate sampling into the album.

Highlight Song/s: Only Love Can Break You and Wilson

A Tribe Called Quest's masterpiece, it has the characteristics that the Tribe are know for, such as intelligent lyrics, positiveness, wittiness, jazziness. The Low End Theory is definitely one of most important albums ever made, regardless what ever genre preference you might have - even if you primarily listen to something completely different like metal or electronic - you should still give it a listen, it's just one of those seminal albums every one should listen to.

Below are some lines that really resonated with me, either because of the tone or delivery or the meaning of it:
"Float like gravity, never had a cavity" (from Buggin' Out)
"Progressions can't be made if we're separate forever" and "My people have been oppressed too long, no more will we be down" (from Verses from the Abstract
"Ain't no one your equal, especially on the industry side" (from Show Business)
"We know the job is done, when we hear a lot of cheers" (from Vibes and Stuff)
"Now here's a funky introduction of nice I am, tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram" and "Industry rule #4080, record company people are shadyyy" (from Check the Rhime)
"Always sweet-scented, if it's business, she meant it" (Everything Is Far)
"I'm all that and then some; short, dark, and handsome,"Don't ever try and test the waters little kid, yo mister Busta Rhymes tell 'em what I did" (from Scenario)

This album is a example in favour of the proverb "less is more." It really is an extremely great example.

My second Beatles album - it seems like I got their hippie albums first - my first Beatles album I got generated was Revolver back at album no. 6! This album is crazy good, it fits the definition of the saying 'all killer no filler.' The album is overall quite whimsical which seems to be the case for those first-wave psychedelic albums.

I love how welcoming the title track is ("We hope you enjoy the show") and then it sends off with a great transition to one of the best songs ever made "With A Little Help From My Friends."
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" is probably the epitome of this album and the hippie-era in general, referencing drugs, sounding innocent, playful, etc.
"Getting Better" references issues John Lennon had such as, being violent - especially towards women - even if he was far from perfect, it says a lot to face the issues head on.
"Fixing A Hole" and "She's Leaving Home" sound like movie musicals, just really lovely.
The song "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!" is extremely radical considering where the four guys were at just 2 years prior. hell, even compared to the songs that they made that came after this.
"Within You Without You" has George continue with Indian-themed songs, I believe it being just about the halfway mark is great song placement, no sooner, no later.
The next one is a song that Paul wrote when he was only 14! ("When I'm Sixty Four") That song is a good contender for my favourite song of all time, it's just THAT good, everything about it.
"Lovely Rita" has one of my favourite piano and singing parts, I believe this song is so underrated I wish people would give this song a chance.
"Good Morning Good Morning" the album could've really done without this song, I would only ever listen to it if I'm listening to Sgt Pepper, never outside of it. The reprise of the title track is a lot my explosive then the non-reprise version wish the first track had more oomph to it more than it already does.
"A Day In The Life" starts with the crowd applause from the reprise of the title track, then it picks up steam with the piano leading the charge, the song has these cinematic-like orchestral section which is just so great. I also think Ringo's drumming is EXCEPTIONAL on this song, then it all accumulates into the final ringing chord. It the song and also the album ends with this hidden track-like section (before it was cool to do so.)

Some music journalists and publications consider this the best rock album ever, which I thought was ludicrous when I listened to it for the first time, but that title the album holds is completely valid; even it isn't my personal favourite rock album.

The Good, the bad & the Queen is a supergroup consisting of members from Blur, The Clash, The Verve and The Africa 70', which is PRETTY eclectic might I say and stacked. The album cover gives off a great feeling and many emotions. One example would be it gives off a very old-timey feel with a familiar voiced man that compliments the feel when people lived life slow. This album isn't too crazy,

It's alright but It's not an album I would seek out again.

Highlight Song/s: History Song

Juju is an album that always entrances me by the time the intro of "Spellbound" hits. If I were to describe the album and how It makes me feel: Well to start off, the drums hypnotise the listener with a mesmerising tribal-like rhythm, the melodies are quite new wave-y that is accompanied with this darkness that forebodes the album, the lyrics are quite good (and disturbing) especially on "Arabian Knights" and "Night Shift and some songs are a bit of a call-back to - my favourite album of theirs - The Scream such as "Halloween" and "Monitor."

Highlight Song/s: Spellbound, Into The Light, Arabian Knight and Night Shift

Highlight Song/s: Young Americans and Somebody up There Likes Me

This is a album that I always meant to listen to at least once and I hadn't done that until this point in time. Bowie completely shifting from guitar-based rock music to soul and funk music just cause he can and proving in the process he isn't a one-trick pony!

This album has quite luscious arrangements. I particularly like the backing vocals as my favourite 'THING,' this album gives you. A fair chunk of all the songs are anthemic starting with the explosive intro of the song Young Americans. And it seems once the chorus hits in any of the songs, it tends to be extremely long. Which I'm ambivalent about. I think the cover of the Beatles song Across The Universe is pretty cool, both of the versions are good in their own way; also Lennon plays guitar on that track, which is cool!

This album is pretty good, definitely not as good as Station to Station (the next and similar-styled album.) I believe the opener and closer songs on the album are quite strong, it helps pull the album together and make it feel cohesive.

Highlight Song/s: Glass Museum

This is quite a texture-rich album, great vibe to it. Such as The Taut and Tame reminds me of something off of Seventeen Seconds (The Cure.) Other than that It is just quite underwhelming for me; just doesn't strike a chord. I can see why someone might like this album.

Highlight Song/s: Coat of Many Colors and The Way I See You

One of the most majestic voices EVER! This album is nothing too crazy or radical but every album doesn't have to be that.

Highlight Song/s; Kicks and I'm Not Your Stepping Stone

A brief and simply nice garage rock album with beatles-esque melodies, it has this wildness to it that I like. The riffs are solid, given the time period. All I Really Need Is You sounds a bit middle-eastern The song, Louie, go home sounds a bit like Day Tripper (Beatles) or Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison) or BOTH. Melody for an Unknown Girl is QUITE a departure from the 10 songs before it.
I quite like the album cover, it gives a nice warm feeling.

I always thought they named the band after the historical American figure Paul Revere who warned the colonialists that the British are coming, But no! (per se) But instead they are named after a founding member and leader of the band whose birth name is literally "Paul Revere Dick." I'm like okay... The dressing up in the American Revolutionary War-era outfits definitely gave the band a a bit of character.

Highlight Song/s: How Many Mics, Fu-Gee-La and The Mask

This album has SUCH a dark atmosphere to it, it doesn't feel welcoming. The choruses on this album are quite good, to me hip-hop choruses don't tend to be too great. Well this album breaks up the pattern. The lyrics are quite intricate and the flow is considerably good whilst at the same time is quite lazy-sounding.

This was a difficult listen, R&B is one of few genres that I don't have many hours spent listened to. Soulful singing with hip-hop-styled beats sounds fine to me on paper but when I ACTUALLY listen to it, it just doesn't do it for me.

Highlight Song/s: Percy's Song

This album has a sweet vibe to it. The album cover is great, I reckon it fits the time period quite well. The singer has a nice voice. It's just a bit lacking for my taste.

This album is very whimsical-sounding, it's kind of nice but at the same time when the entire album is like this, it gets stale. I am just really under whelmed by this album. It has nice pop melodies and all, but I can't get into it. My second Rolling Stones album (Let It Bleed was first), still not impressed.

Highlight Song/s: Sunken Waltz, Not Even Stevie Nicks and Across the Wire

Now this is some music to ride horses to. Trotting in the prairie at nighttime whilst seeing tumbleweeds roll on by. Now to the actual review. This is a solid combination of indie music and western music, this album gives off great vibes; the horns in particular contribute a lot to the vibes. Just kinda wish the album cover was more reflective of the sound, even if having a wild west-like album cover would be cheesy.

Highlight Song/s: Sherane, The Art Of Peer Pressure, good kid and Swimming Pools

Haven't heard too many songs by Kendrick Lamar before. Having heard Money Trees and Swimming Pools in my Grand Theft Auto V play-through (ended less than a week ago as of review.) and I ended liking both of them, ESPECIALLY Swimming Pools. As well as the hit HUMBLE; so not TOO much of Kendrick.

I also been meaning to listen to this in the past month (just like my previous album, Violent Femmes S/T) or so, but I just haven't found enough time to devote 70 minutes to, especially when the time I listen to an album is taken up by the generator's album a day.

As a result of not listening to too much of Kendrick I haven't been exposed to his lyrics. But he is SUCH an amazing songwriter, so so introspective; the lyrics are just top-notch. I really like the usage of spoken word on this album, the way it is used is to tell a story which as I said, I appreciate it.

Below is one or more things that I liked about the songs on the album.
[Track 1/12] Love the build-up of tension in Sherane
[Track 2/12] The verse flow in Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe is impeccable, it definitely gives the impression of a message he needs to convey urgently.
[Track 3/12] I really like the Backseat Freestyle of the Jamaican patois-sounding sample, wish it was used more in the song, it sounds epic.
[Track 4/12] The first minute is so serene on the track The Art of Peer Pressure, sounds like something straight off of Be (by Common.)
[Track 5/12] Really like the chorus of Money Trees.
[Track 6/12] I like like like, the soulful female singing, really lovely.
[Track 7/12] The very middle-eastern-sounding melody, the frantic chorus, and the lovely post-chorus section are some of my favourite parts of the entire album so far.
[Track 8/12] I have been quoting (probably wrong words, but similar sounds) the main part of song without ever knowing the song name, it is alas after all this time, m.A.A.d city. So my favourite parts is probably the beat, the menacing melody and the "Man down..." part.
[Track 9/12] Everything about the song Swimming Pools, is PERFECT. Every aspect, every everything.
[Track 10/12] Really like the relaxing beat on Sing About Me, I also enjoyed the second half of the song quite a lot (after the mid-song spoken word section.)
[Track 11/12] The beat and the chorus are my favourite parts on Real.
[Track 12/12] Of course a triumphant sound was bound to be used for closer on the album, and I - for the millionth time in this review - LIKE it.

Highlight Song/s: Blister In The Sun, Kiss Off, Add It Up and Good Feeling

This one I've been meaning to have a re-listen recently, well I've listened to this album now for a second time. The first time was when I was sick and my ears were heavily blocked, so I can hear the album a bit better on this second listen. Well the generator blesses the album unto me, so thanks generator!

This punk album consists of heavy emphasis on acoustic instruments compared to electric. The guitars on the album are quite chunky sounding. The lyrics and the delivery of the said lyrics are quite bratty, juvenile, immature. I quite love how they don't take anything too seriously on this album. Another aspect that I quite love is the use of this lazily-delivered spoken word, it's used in and around the album but it adds a lot.

Some things that I've thought about but don't fit elsewhere, so I'm gonna leave them here:
-Gordan Gano has a great sense of melody, and this album is the evidence.
-The main riff of Promise sounds like Jumping Someone Else's Train by The Cure

This album is filled with amazing lines, but below are among my favourites:
"Big hands I know you're the one" (from Blister In The Sun)
"I hope you know this will go down on your permanent record" (from Kiss Off)
"Why can't I just get one kiss?" (from Add It Up)
"Ba-ba-bow-da-da-da" (from Promise)
"Good feeling, won't you stay with me just a little longer?" (from Good Feeling)

Highlight Song/s: Plainsong, Pictures Of You, Closedown, Lovesong and Lullaby

Disintegration, Disintegration. Easily one of the best albums ever made, any one that says otherwise is spreading straight heresy. The album is very busy instrumentally, beautifully layered guitars. It also has very long intros, which is something they did particularly quite a lot early on in with their Gothic trilogy albums. The tone overall on the album is quite frosty, I really like cold-sounding albums; just my favourite!

Honest to god I have no clue what's happening on the album cover but it gives me, good, cold, mystical vibes.

The atmosphere is second-to-none. Robert Smith has said that a lot of the inspiration (especially the atmosphere) for the album is from Treasure by the Cocteau Twins; you can definitely hear the influence.
The album incorporates a lot of repetitiveness and droning, unlike some repetitive albums, it doesn't knock down the rating. The repetitiveness completely entrances the listener. This album really does put a spell on me.

Below this line is the highlight songs of this album and why I think they're a highlight:
-Plainsong and Closedown sound like the time of the year where it's the most wonderful.
* Closedown has great sounding percussion tone and rhythm
-Pictures Of You, one of the best songs ever made! That long build-up is very much worth the wait.
-I've always liked the synthesiser in Lovesong alongside the un-hurried vocals.
-Lullaby has one of favourite motifs ever! (the part where the chorus would've went.) The whisper vocals are a nice change of pace compared to the songs prior. The bass is grooves quite hard.

Easy 5/5 album, Robert Smith really did outdo himself on this one. All while he was in the process of trying to kill The Cure.

The Darkness's debut album was really weird for me. You have this He-man-styled singing with screaming and power metal vocals on the side. The vocals were just all over the place, it just gives the album no direction. Unlike the vocals, I liked majority of the backing tracks. ESPECIALLY Love on the Rock with No Ice; solid groove metal-like song.

And now about my least favourite song on the album:
Black Shuck is so obnoxious. It's trying to be 3 different things at the same time, going nowhere fast in the process.

Highlight Song/s: Live Good and Jordan River

This album is nothing too different from the reggae albums that I've heard before, though the main difference for me is 1. the voice of Burning Spear, his singing is quite good and that, 2. this is some very luscious-sounding reggae, the horns are just superb.