Reviews by angrybizkitz

Nope. Still don't like Tim Buckley. This album is alright, if you like him. The lyrics are interesting.

Ok, this is weird.
It sounds like a more modern version of Sgt. Pepper era Beatles.
The instrumentation is interesting, but the vocals just throw me off.
I'm not hooked by any of it. Nothing is pulling me in to make me want to listen to it again.
"Greenman" and "Your Dictionary" had some decent lyrics, but nothing that made me want to listen to them again.

My Rating: 1/5

This is not for me. It's kinda like a mashup of Enya and Bjork and something else. Maybe Linda Rhondstat? I dunno. I want to like it, but it's just a little too off-putting for me. She has an interesting quaver to her voice, but it's not enough hook me.

Sorry Kate. You're cute, and you have an awesome voice, but it's not for me.

My Rating: 2/5

No. Just no. It's over-the-top brit pop, it's silly, and there are references that just aren't relatable outside the isles. And they're not even proper british, they're irish. I just can't any more.

I still don't dig on Bruce.

It's not as bad as his later hits where he's straining to get the music out. It's just him talking about how hard life is in Jersey, but it's hard everywhere, man.

Very dark album. Being his last album, he has something like a five note range. The songs are haunting and chanted, more than sung. It's not bad, just... not my thing.

I liked this more than I normally like Bruce, which is not at all. It sounded closer to Johnny Cash than his normal work, which sounds like he's recorded everything while he's on the john. I like that it was stripped down to just him and his guitar, instead of a full band. That being said, I won't listen to it again.

Meh. It's an 80's pop album. This guy was a one-hit wonder, and I don't know why he's on the list. There wasn't anything special about the album. His straining to hit higher registers got annoying.

It's alright for a soundtrack, but I don't think they should have broken the "No Soundtracks" rule for this. There are much better soundtracks out there that are more historically significant to music than this one. It's not bad music, I just don't think it belongs on the list.

That being said....

This is garbage. There's nothing danceable or poppy on this. It's Avant Garde rock jazz noodling, but then it had like new age/ambient bits to it as well. Not what I expected from David Bowie, and it's no wonder why I had never heard of it.

Also, David Bowie has too many entries on the list.

I didn't get it.

Pre punk pop? I wasn't impressed.

Man, this is a different one.
Have you ever had someone sing to you? Not at you, like a busker. Not like at a concert, that's for everyone. TO YOU. Like they're sitting with you in your bedroom, and they tell you they had been working on this song for a couple of weeks, and they want to know what you think about it. But, magically, accompanying instruments start playing in the other room. That's what this is. It's incredibly intimate. And you're a little sadder when it's over, and that's okay. It's beautiful and delicate and melancholy and deep, all at once. And I'm a better person for having heard it.

My Rating: 5/5

I wouldn't say it's banger after banger, but it's a good album. You can definitely see where a lot of other acts took inspiration from CCR and John Fogerty to build their own sound.

Got to hear a few of the CCR standbys as well as some other songs that were good.

My Rating: 3/5

Not digging this. I don't like his delivery, the music itself is a little jazzier than I like. It's not folky, it's just weird.

Meh.
I can understand how this was a blueprint for Indie rockers all around, but I didn't really like it much.

Interesting. I thought Bob Dylan only sounded like he does in the opening track, and never have it a second thought. He's good. I can see why so many people like him so much. Solid.

My rating: 4/5, looking forward to other entries of his on the list.

It was ok. I'm not a rap guy, but it's LL Cool J, and his stuff is mostly reachable. a couple of hits I remembered from the '90's, the cereal song was funny.

Ok, good album, but I probably won't listen to it again. It was weird to hear rod Stewart hotel like a wolf in the middle of a song.

It was... Interesting. Tom Waits has an interesting soulful wail to his voice. It's not something I would normally listen to, but I'm more likely to check out his other work now.