Reviews by angrybizkitz

New WaveThe Auteurs

Rated 4/10

Bland. Nothing I want to come back to. They really feel like Sgt peppers Beatles with less acid and less talent. Why is this one in the list?

FuneralArcade Fire

Rated 8/10

I liked this one. The mixing of French into a couple of the songs was a good nod to their heritage and origins. The theming between the songs flowed well.

Soul MiningThe The

Rated 6/10

I wanted to like it, but towards the end it turned from new wave funkiness to just dark ramblings. And it felt like it wanted to sound like the Talking Heads.

ParachutesColdplay

Rated 4/10

So, so bland. There are times that Chris Martin sounds like Dave Matthews, and then he sounds like a 10-year-old whose balls haven't dropped yet. The falsetto in every bloody song is damned annoying. I hope I never have to listen to another full Coldplay album again. So bland.

I'm not a big hip-hop/gangsta rap fan.
The beats are really good, foot tapping head bobbing beats.
Lots of usage of old kung-fu movie samples, which is to be expected from a Wu-Tang alum.
Interesting exploration of faith and religion in here.
I might check out more of GZA.
My Rating: 3/5

It was interesting. I already had "White Rabbit" from here favorited on Spotify, and I picked up another. It was standard 60's rock. I could listen to it again, but I doubt I will.

My Rating: 3/5

The songwriting is really good, but I do not like the whole hippy-dippy vibe of all of it. I get that was the thing in the 70's, but it's horribly dated.

I had never listened to a Bowie album before. From reading other reviews, this should not have been my first. There was nothing special about this album. The music was good, and I could tell he's very talented, but nothing grabbed me and made me want to listen to it again.

Can we try again? Basic 60's pop, sounding more like the Beatles than a real band. Just.... no. Sorry.

My Rating: 2/5 It was bearable, but barely so.

My Rating: 3/5
It was a decent album for what it was. 60's rock. Nothing special to write home about. I favorited My Back Pages, because it struck a chord with me. Maybe a bit of nostalgia, I don't know.

Why was this on the list? Maybe because they influenced a lot of hair metal bands? The music was not incredible. There's nothing I'm coming back to on this album, but now I can say I've heard New York Dolls. This album was a new York 2. It would have been a three in other cities, but... New York has higher criteria.

BadMichael Jackson

Rated 6/10

Lots of nostalgia for this album. It's a lot poppier than I remember. Thriller felt like pop-rock, but this feels like super light bubblegum pop. The couple of big hits from album are good, but I could have not listened to the rest of the album and been happy.

My rating: 3/5.

They're like a darked version of The Cure, with less pop payoff. If you're into proto-goth synthwave, this is the album for you. I felt like I was lied to, with the name of the band not matching the sound of the band. Very few female voices.

The ClashThe Clash

Rated 2/10

Annunciation would be lost on them. I get they're doing their own thing and trying to be revolutionary, but each song sounds the same, and the lyrics are all muddled.

I don't normally like live albums at all.
I wish they hadn't censored him.
Compared to the Folsom Prison album, it's pretty similar in vibe.
Really fun album, especially if you're a Johnny Cash fan.
Man, I wish I could have seen him in concert.

My Rating: 5/5. You really do need to listen to the whole album in order, you can't just shuffle it.