Reviews by angrybizkitz

This album sounds like a dude was listening to the Ramones or Violent Femmes with his girlfriend after sex, she says "I wanna travel the world, we can do better than these guys" and they tried it and failed. It sounds like he's vomiting the lyrics because they taste bad in his mouth. I didn't think I've heard anything more repulsive. Well... Maybe a couple since starting the project. This is one of the worst. Thank God they only cut one album.

My rating: 0/5.

This was weird. Grungy, but not too grungy. Rocky, but not too much. The singer's voice is good, but not enough to pull me in to want to pay attention

Automatically, -1 because it's the Beatles, the most overrated band in the world.

-1 for all the stupid animal references that don't make sense, except for Black Bird, which is really a good song that I somehow hadn't heard before.

-1 for going for too long. This did not need to be a double LP, especially since y'all went to a TM session and still couldn't get your mess straight.

+1 for having SOME non-boy band tunes.
-1 for Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.
-1 for stupid skiffle songs.
Bloody "number 9... number 9... number 9....". Are you kidding me with this "song"?

My Rating: 1/5. I hate the Beatles.

Look, I could have gone my entire life without hearing this album. It's alright, just not hooky enough for me to want to listen to it again. Nothing to grab me. Beetlebum was interesting. M.O.R. was good. Song 2 brought back memories. Outside of that, nothing notable.

My Rating: 2/5

Sounded a bit like The Doors, if you took out all the things that make The Doors good and left behind the rickety organ. It's supposedly some bridge between garage punk and new-wave punk. They still sound like garbage. Half the songs sound like they're mumbled through cardboard and bad mikes. It's lyrically dense and somewhat atonal and muddled. The lead needs some lessons on annunciation and elocution. Pass

My Rating: 2/5

This was a sneaky album. I, foolishly, thought I was getting Beck. Oh no. No no no. This is so much better. And... You get Rod Stewart as a bonus! Rod Stewart touches something and it goes mega. The Scot has magic to him. It's not fair.

My rating: 5/5

I don't even need to listen to this to rate it. I heard it so many times growing up that it's ingrained.

This album comes on like a freight train and speeds you through with all the swagger and rebellion you'd expect. All the hits you remember. I didn't remember Nighttrain being as good as it is. Everyone thinks of this as Dad Rock, but I think, even with the current kids, this should resonate.

My Rating: 5/5

Layering retro sound clips over modern music is an interesting take. There's not really a notable track on here, but I didn't hate any of it. It's not something I'll put on regular rotation, but I wouldn't fuss if it got played. It's good.

My rating: 3/5

The music is adequately dark and sombre, making the mood all gothy and moody. And then Robert Smith comes in with his non-singing and completely ruins the mood. And through the whole thing there's no poppy relief to let you out of the mood. So it's all dark and gloomy, and now I want to forget I ever listened to this album.

No. Don't listen to this album

My Rating: 1/5

70's country rock(?). This isn't grabbing me. It's good, it's just not grabbing me. It's incredibly dated. They're very good musicians, able to play different styles, it just doesn't feel like there's anything to differentiate them from other 70's roots rock acts.

My rating: 3/5

How did so few tracks from this album make the radio? How does a band make such an awesome album as their DEBUT? The only track I have any issue with is "I'm In Touch With Your World", and only because after the first three tracks of polished rock, they put this weirdness on here and then get back to the polished rock! Come on! These guys deserve more credit.

My Rating: 5/5

This is like a Borderlands fever dream. You can almost see the midget psychos running around with the more frenzied songs. "All Stripped Down" sounds like something you might hear coming out of a burlesque show. "Jesus Gonna Be Here", shouted from the top of a mountain by a wild preacher in a dust coated robe. "Murder in the Red Barn" sung by three loonies on a hill on an out of tune banjo with three strings, while there's a dilapidated red barn in the valley below which houses Red Barn Randy, the next miniboss in your questline. All in all, a very good album of very cacophonous music, which shouldn't be good but is.

My Rating: 5/5

Nope, can't do it.

This sounds like two kids who got a copy of "the dummies guide to music production", gave it a scan, said to themselves "cool, we can do proto -industrial jazz ", and then broke all roles in the book. I've heard better lyrics at freshman night at the student union beat poetry reading circle. Why is this shit on the list? This is utter garbage. I finally found an album that makes me WANT to listen to Kid Rock. Dear God.

My rating. -10/5.

A live album that doesn't sound live.

I really like The Who. When I saw "Live" I was expecting a noisy concert album, and this isn't it. "A Quick One, While He's Away" was amazing, but I would never expect that to be played on the radio. It's a wonderful little gem. The different medleys work.

My Rating: 4/5

It sounded like underproduced Jesus Jones. Light, punchy bass. Lots of 80's synth. Like, I could have dropped any of these songs into an 80's teen movie and it would have felt in place. Nothing stuck, nothing hooked me. I seem to remember "Perfect Way" playing on the radio, or maybe in a movie I saw, but it was just the faintest of memory. The whole thing felt a little like "We wanna be classy jazz players, but we got into a record contract and we have to produce this pop crap." It's all very formulaic, like it's meant to be played on the radio, but //not quite good enough// to hook the kids.

My Rating: 2/5. It's listenable, but I'm not coming back voluntarily.

Common lays down stories and trials and tribulation with a smoothness and vibe that can't be matched. Luring you in with smooth beats and a steady voice, not brash and in your face like other rappers. Jazz and soul influenced, steady gentle backbeats. It works.

My Rating: 4/5

This was a different album for me. I'd never heard of Fred Neil. His cover of Everybody's Talkin' felt thicker and more resonant than Nilsson's original. The whole album seems to dance between folk and country and jazzy blues. The last track "Cynicrustpetefredjohn Raga" is a weird Indian sounding thing that was good but felt like it was just a flex on his talent. It didn't feel like it belonged with the rest of the album, and felt like it was filler to pad out the album.

My Rating: 3/5

Classic Dylan.
There are a few of good more popular songs on here, and most I'd never heard before. His lyrics are amazing. His singing style grates on me. Sometimes singing, sometimes "rapping". Meh. Not a Dylan fan.

My rating: 2/5

Classic 70's rock. I think the remaster went on a little long, but solid.

I love the melodies here, but the songs keep me thinking of country. It's not quite slipping in that groove, though. It's not bad, but it's not slotting in my head.