Reviews by angrybizkitz

If, by committing to this project and getting this far in your life that you're listening and writing reviews for albums, you have not heard THIS ALBUM yet, you need to reevaluate your life choices. Everyone who is enthusiastic about music will have heard and know at the very minimum the hits from this album, if not every single track. I played this album almost every day one summer as I found it in my dad's record collection, and probably wore the vinyl out. It's that good. It never ages. It's a classic for a reason.

My rating: 5/5

Sex, catharsis, and not enough substance.

Heaux Tales feels undercooked for a list that’s supposed to represent the canon. It hasn’t been around long enough to show real influence, and the album itself is slight — 33 minutes with only a handful of actual songs. The tracks we do get are good, but they’re cathartic in a way that feels more like emotional venting than fully formed songwriting.

There’s also a reliance on sexual framing that comes off a little gratuitous. Not because sexuality in music is a problem, but because it feels like the album leans on explicitness as a shortcut to intensity. Jazmine Sullivan has the voice, the skill, and the presence to carry an album without needing to foreground “pussy talk” as the main selling point. She doesn’t need that crutch.

Overall, it’s a strong snapshot of a moment, but not a fully realized statement and definitely not something that feels ready for canonization.

My Rating: 2/5

Good album, but it felt kind of flat. Guru had good flow, but it's all one speed and not a lot of modulation. The beats are awesome.

Definitely does not belong on the list. It's an interesting enough concept that falls apart towards the end, when he starts covering other theme songs. Come on, man. You can do so much better. It's not bad music, it's interesting as background music if you're into that concept thing, but I don't think this is that influential. For a list that says "No Soundtracks", there's a surprising number of soundtracks, so why did we need a soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist?

My Rating: 2/5

Sludgy grunge. I wouldn't call myself an Alice In Chains connoisseur, but they get points for what they did. It's popular and commercial enough to get onto the radio, but not so commercial that they feel formulaic. The big hits are here: "Would?", "Rooster", "Them Bones", and "Down In A Hole", but the rest of the album is good as well. Solid album.

My Rating: 4/5

What in the fresh hell is this????

Imagine you took Tiny Tim, gave him three singing lessons, backed him with Tom Waits' band with actual instruments, and then armed them with a songwriter who took cues from the Talking Heads, Napolean XIV, 10cc, and Robert Wyatt. I get being an artist, but this is not my thing. It shouldn't be your thing either. You can do better.

My Rating: 1/5

Adam Ant. The dude who performs in late 1700 era military uniforms. Man, that's a style, you know? He knows how to write a hook, how to keep a tune moving, and keep it danceable. You may not like every song on the album, but if you listened to it, you know you were grooving in there at some point. Come on, admit it. It's catchy, man.

My Rating: 4/5

It's a jazz quartet. You know what you're getting. But it's not noodly improv jazz. It's very well done and stays on track. Jazz for the audience that musicians can also appreciate.

My Rating: 3/5

Solid rock album, especially seeing that it's a one man show. Plenty to grab you and keep you coming back. It's not riff driven, because Grohl is a drummer and treats the guitar like another rhythm instrument, which makes the guitar stab more than strum. It's good, very good.

My Rating: 4/5

I hated this. I can't get behind the emotion of the songs of I can't understand what he's singing. It's all mumbly and mushy.

Everyone’s heard the intro to this album. If you’re wondering whether the rest of the record sounds like that, the answer is: almost. Musically, it stays in the same lane — the electronica touches are tasteful, the guitar work is clean and minimal, and the whole thing feels like it’s drifting through a dimly lit room.

The real highlight is the vocals. Romy and Oliver harmonize and blend like a friendship bracelet — simple threads woven into something quietly beautiful. Their voices never overpower the music; they just glide through it.

The album is shorter than I expected, and the songs tend to blur together. It’s not always easy to tell where one track ends and the next begins, but that’s part of its charm and part of its limitation. It’s calming, floaty, and pleasant, but it didn’t grab me especially hard.

My rating: 4/5

Wonderful pop album. I wish more of this had been playable on the radio back in the day, but you couldn't have without blunting the edge on the lyrics. She gets a little dirtier that the radio would have allowed. Classic all the way through.

My eating: 4/5

Digital Underground is a re-invention of P-Funk through an 90's lens. Full storytelling, characters, the beats, the samples. You can't open up with a track like that and not sing along. Not a bad moment on the entire album. The world is still looking for a definition of "lupid".

My Rating: 5/5

This man is smooth! I really like the combination of country and soul, but it really doesn't feel like a cohesive album. It feels like a collection of singles, which tracks for albums of that time.

My rating: 3/5

FINALLY!

I don't even need to listen to this one.
DO NOT LISTEN TO THE VERSION STREAMING IT IS SHIT. You want the original 1991 CD version. Go find it at the library, a thrift store, your cousin's CD collection, your neighbors attic, anywhere. Do not trust the platforms. Bonus if you can get the single of "Justified and Ancient" with Tammy Wynette!

This is rave classics all in one album. "Justified and Ancient", "3AM Eternal", "Last Train to Transcentral", "Church of the KLF". ALL BANGERS. It kind of tapers off at the end, but it's all worth it. The highs are all there, and make the lows worth it.

My rating: 5/5 ONLY for the original mix. The currently streaming version is hot garbage.

All bound for Mu-Mu Land!

Deliciously weird.

Poppy, but not quite poppy enough to be bubblegum. Weird and silly, but serious technical musicians here. It's a wink and a nod and let's enough ourselves.

I wasn't a fan of Common before, but I am now. Smooth as silk, beats that keep you going, storytelling that grips, Common delivers it all. He's got a wonderful voice that's pleasant to listen to and doesn't lean on tropes other artists cling to in order to keep you entertained. If only he didn't think he needed to hook his wagon to Kanye, because Common stands just fine on his own.

My Rating: 5/5
But I don't have a PhD in mathematics, so what do I know?

Lovely example of classical Indian Raga. It might not be for everyone, but this is a prime example of why we're here. There's a slide guitar in there, but it disappears into the fabric of the songs. The whole album feels like it should come with a pot of chai, a basket of naan, and a big bowl of lamb curry. Maybe a mango lassi chaser.

My. Rating: 5/5

Interesting dream-pop/trippy album.
Her voice just floats along, not quite ethereal but approachable. The beats are there, carrying you through the album, but not driving you through. It's not quite head-bobbing, but it keeps you around.
If it hadn't been on the list, I'd never go here. I probably won't be back.

My Rating; 3/5

Amazing electro-pop from Britain.

I don't think there's a single real instrument on the album outside of a piano and a heavily filtered guitar. And I doubt the guitar is there. You've got the hits, sure, but the rest of the album is gold. Ending the album on "Pimpf" will get you the original release. After that you've just got B-sides from single releases. They're not bad but are unnecessary.

My rating: 5/5