Rated 8/10
Great hits from this album. This was very hooky and catchy. U2 has figured out how to eke every dollar out of the radio here. It's a great rock-pop album. Or is it pop-rock? I still don't get the fervent fandom of U2, but whatever.
My Rating: 4/5
Rated 8/10
I am NOT a jazz fan.
However
This is a very good album. Smooth, energetic, foot tapping head bopping jazz. It's only five tracks and runs 43 minutes, so the tracks run a little long. It's wonderful music, great for zoning out.
My rating: 4/5
Rated 10/10
Quite an appropriate album given Ozzy's recent passing.
Man, the roots of metal are STRONG here. Crunchy bass, killer riffs, occult themes, and non-stop rocking. This is required listening for all metal heads. The Wizard, NIB, Wicked World, Sleeping Village. Awesome tracks. You need this in your life today.
My Rating: 5/5
Rated 8/10
Very comfortable album, bringing back memories of my childhood. I probably heard this album numerous times with my dad. For being only 30 minutes, there's a lot of tracks on here, one less than a minute long. Willie sings with a purity of someone who's lived sorrow and loneliness and the range, and the arrangements are so clean they smell of sawdust and beer. Just an honest album, no pretenses.
My Rating: 4/5
I didn't realize this was a double CD before popping it on, and then after listening to it felt it carried on for twice as long as it needed to. The concept was lost on me. The songs didn't seem to tell any story, and as others have said, Billy Corgan rhythmically shouts and moans into the mic rather than singing. The hits are hits because they're catchy, but they're far too seldom for a release of this length. I'm glad I didn't buy this one when it was released, because I had disposable income back then.
Nope, sorry. 1/5
Rated 6/10
Interesting. She sounds like a mashup of Cyndi Lauper and Enya. I wish I had known before I popped it on that it was a partial concept album, because then then last seven tracks might have made sense that they were telling a story. Not a bad album, but I won't be putting it on rotation.
Rated 10/10
Do you remember the backpacking trip through Andorra? No? Neither do I. But I ended up with this CD on my backpack, and every time I listen to it I get glimpses of a sultry curly headed young woman and something about the Madeira a little too strong and the weed a little too smooth. That's what this album is. It's this kind of melting pot that doesn't really exist, in between Spanish and French and reggae and pop. The music in the dive bar.
My rating: 5/5
Rated 10/10
Awesome album. Jim Morrison, lost in his prime, shortly after this album came out. Classic hits on this one. It's a lot more bluesy than I expected.
Rated 10/10
All you emo kids thought you knew sadness. Frankie wears sorrow like it's his favorite overcoat, and sings all about it. This is, by far, the bluest blues album I have ever heard. "Mood Indigo"? "Can't We Be Friends?" "I'll Be Around"? Come on. Emo kids are writing haiku about rain and Frankie pulls this tearjerker of an album off with grace and panache. The sighs between the lyrics punctuate the sadness over lost love and longing like nothing else.
My Rating: 5 tears
Rated 6/10
I don't know what to think of this. It felt like a trancier version of Enya. It would make good background music for brain work, but I don't think I could put it into rotation for much else. It's not bad, just a little weird.
Rated 6/10
If you take the Beatles for what they are, this isn't a bad album. The Beatles are NOT a rock band. They are a boy band. For a mid-60's pop album, it's pretty good. Catchy, hooky, boppable. You can sing along. Everyone knows the hits. Even the non-hits are "good". But it's the Beatles.
My Rating: 3/5. At least there's no sitar.
Rated 4/10
All the songs sound the same, and he sounds like he's just short of breaking into a crying fit on every song. I know it's proto-goth and all, but... I couldn't get into it.
Rated 8/10
Classic Heavy Metal and required listening. It's a bit dated, though.
Rated 6/10
This is the soundtrack to a cyberpunk‑noir film that doesn’t exist, but not the whole soundtrack. In a real movie, you’d get the atmospheric pieces that set mood, and then you’d get the hard-hitting cues for the fights, the club scenes, the chases. Haunted Dancehall gives you only the non-action cues.
You’re left in the neon-soaked grime, sitting in rain and sweat, waiting for something to spark movement. The music is interesting, textured, and evocative, but it never delivers the forward momentum techno promises. It’s all atmosphere, no pacing. All background, no scene.
It’s good for what it is: a mood piece, a world-builder. But I wanted more.
Rating: 3/5
Having never knowingly heard Velvet Underground before, if this is what they normally sound like, I don't want to hear another album. The only reason I can think this album would be influential is if every garage band wannabe hears it and thinks "I can do better than this" and they DO. I get pushing boundaries and letting your art be your art and doing your own thing, but that doesn't mean it has to influence everyone. "The Black Angel's Death Song" has that haunting viola in it, but the hissing detracts from the song. "European Son"? Garbage.
I feel like I could have gone my entire life without listening to this album and been happy.
My Rating: 1/5
Rated 4/10
Interesting lyrical choices, but, oh my lord this album will shock you. He's not hiding anything about what he wants. Musically, it's very glam rock.
Rated 6/10
This was a weird album. He plays with discord like it's his favorite toy. There were a couple of songs that were boppy for me, but as a whole, I could never listen to this album or any song on it and not miss anything in my life.
Rated 8/10
Listened to the 2018 Remaster on Spotify.
Not a big fan of the Pet Shop Boys, obviously I've heard their hits. This is a really good album. Solid, all the way through. Their hits are fairly representative of what this album sounds like, so strap in for an accent to come through. Simply good music. Loved "Being Boring", "My October Symphony", "Only the Wind"
My Rating: 4/5
Rated 10/10
Awesome use of sampling, and yeah, it's loud. But so is NYC and any other major city. This really is a good album, and groundbreaking for hip-hop.
Rated 4/10
You know, after hearing "Bang A Gong", you'd expect them to actually rock. This album has as many teeth to it as a West Virginia family reunion. Just... come on. Have a spine and some edge.
