Reviews by anoriginalcliche

This feels like buying one of those giant bags of jasmine rice at costco but for gershwin

Incredibly cool album. Far more than a Bowie/kraftwerk acolyte — the rhythm section adds a propulsive post punk/art punk aesthetic that elevates this from having a floating down the autobahn quality into its own thing. And unlike all the new wave synth albums that followed it, it doesn’t feel tethered to that scene. It would have sounded equally as cool released in 2006 amidst wolf parade and tapes n tapes.

I’m gonna moan now. mmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMM.

This album has had staying power for a lot of people, but I was soft on it then and softer on it now. Her voice is thin to the point of emptiness and becomes grating the more she layers it to cover for that, the production is slick but lacks the impact and spirit of its influences such as Jai Paul, Erykah Badu, D’Angelo etc. This is propped up at least in part by a parasocial cult or Knowles celebrity, I feel.

My name is Weird Al Yankovic and this is the music I fuck to.

This includes a lot of their best stuff and also four or five songs that I can’t stand

Gorgeous, gorgeous stuff

Clearly a master, but this particular recording didn’t blow my mind.

An album exploring the disconnect between his desperate need for emotional intimacy and emotional unavailability. Some of his best songs and some throwaways, almost all produced and sequenced in such a way as to make the each track feel disconnected from the next

Too much jig music

When asked why they read, literary critics often have described it a search for the sublime — the transcendence of form. Secular theophany. Music rarely reaches those heights, but it’s reached that here.

Lots of interesting noises here

i wore a big fur coat and then dropped it at the “coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male” part to reveal a beautiful gown and everybody clapped

Postmodern masterpiece

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Wasn’t clicking, I’ll go back to it

So effortlessly good, such a natural blend of styles and skills, you can easily take it for granted. I’m tempted to rate this lower as a result, but I cant bring myself to

10/10 drummer. Guitarist v good too. Cut Sting out of this and it might get a five.

Very influential album. Before this came out gossip girl originally said “oo gossip girl” but then they added the xx after hearing Intro

man this dude must have been super charismatic