Reviews by apollo

Honestly, i thought Revolver was pretty good. It didn't exactly do anything all too special or original but for the things it does do, it does them pretty well. I was never all too familiar with The Beatles discography but i have heard some covers of some of their songs prior to doing this project which include Eleanor Rigby (the Letters From The Fire cover to be specific) and i do like the song's original incarnation. The other songs here all managed to sound pretty good here too. I don't know if i can say much else about this album so I'll say it's a good album and my favorite Beatles album so far (Yes, even beating out Abbey Road).
Best Song: Eleanor Rigby
Worst Song: Love You To

Cosmo's Factory was an album i liked a bit more than i thought i would have. I already listened to Bayou Country prior to this and i was expecting something similar to that album where it is good but not very great but this album though did manage to be great. I felt that the music and vocals were much more memorable and did more interesting things than Bayou Country did. I especially have a soft spot for I Heard It Through The Grapevine as that song just managed to be way more dark sounding that i thought it would be. This album managed to be a pretty pleasant surprise to me.
Best Song: I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Worst Song: Ooby Dooby

Bluesbreakers is one of those albums that has good ideas and is generally good to listen to but ultimately suffers from it's poor production quality. A majority of the songs here did sound really good and used instruments that generally complimented the low production quality but some songs (I'm looking at you, Another Man) are just ruined by the poor production with the track i mentioned in particular having a terrible sounding harmonica which can't even keep it's volume consistent, and even that's not consistent as the harmonica in some later tracks sounds slightly better but not good enough to be considered good. I know this album is from 1966 so i shouldn't expect crystal clear quality (i think that would ruin some of the songs too) but there were other albums released that same year with better sound quality. But as it stands, this album is decent, it just suffers from it's poor production quality.
Best Song: Key To love
Worst Song: Another Man

Honestly, S.F. Sorrow was actually a really good album and quite a bit better than i was expecting. From what i have heard, The Who allegedly was influenced by this album when they made Tommy (Something which Pete Townshend denies). I can see how that album could have been influenced by this one considering that the two hit fairly similar music beats however i like this album more due to it having less iffy songs and being generally produced better. I was going into this album not expecting to like it very much but now that i listened to it, i do like it very much.
Best Song: Baron Saturday
Worst Song: Death

Is it just me or have the Radiohead albums i have been doing lately been getting really relaxing. Just like In Rainbows, OK Computer is a really relaxing one with more of a focus on guitars and other instruments as opposed to the electronic sounds from In Rainbows. And i have to say, this style does sound really good and is executed very well here. I also like how the typical Radiohead weirdness actually got it's start here when it came to the music by incorporating quite a bit more electronic sounds. There are Radiohead albums i like more than this one but this is still a really good album.
Best Song: Electioneering
Worst Song: Let Down

Wow, Songs In The Key Of Life was an album that i absolutely loved. Stevie Wonder was always capable of greatness throughout his career but this is where he truly brought out his A game. Sure, it was a long one at an hour and 25 minutes but it was an hour and 25 minutes of some of the most sublime soul music out there that always managed to stand out from each other despite the long length yet still heavily being products from this album. I also do find it interesting that the original version of Coolio's \"Gangster's Paradise\" came from this album, a place i was not expecting at all. Sure, this album does have problems but none of them are enough for me to give this album any lower than 5 stars.
Best Song: Sir Duke
Worst Song: Love's In Need Of Love Today

Heavy Weather was a pretty good album. This album apparently is a fusion of jazz and rock (i have heard other albums on this project like that) but i feel that for this one, the jazz elements take center stage and make the rock elements fell like a bit of an afterthought and it stays that way for the whole album (except for that one track that sounds like street drumming). My only issue with this album is the fact that one of the songs did get a little too quiet for no good reason but other than that, this album was a good listen and definitely better than the average jazz album.
Best Song: The Juggler
Worst Song: Harlequin

My god, The Fat Of The Land was such an awesome album. Never have i heard an electronic album be so of it's time and timeless and versatile at the same time. Not only that but every song was extraordinarily catchy, dark in all the right places while remaining so cool, and always interesting and just blowing me away with how unique every song here is. And did i mention that this album is so versatile as it can fit in so many situations from working out, to having a fun dance party, to even racing in cars. Even the long songs didn't bug me in the slightest as they were all still bangers. This is an absolutely incredible album that i have virtually zero complaints with.
Best Song: Fuel My Fire
Worst Song: Diesel Power
Side note: If i were to make a racing game, Fuel My Fire would absolutely be in it's soundtrack (if i were to have the rights)

My god, The Fat Of The Land was such an awesome album. Never have i heard an electronic album be so of it's time and timeless and versatile at the same time. Not only that but every song was extraordinarily catchy, dark in all the right places while remaining so cool, and always interesting and just blowing me away with how unique every song here is. And did i mention that this album is so versatile as it can fit in so many situations from working out, to having a fun dance party, to even racing in cars. Even the long songs didn't bug me in the slightest as they were all still bangers. This is an absolutely incredible album that i have virtually zero complaints with.
Best Song: Fuel My Fire
Worst Song: Diesel Power
Side note: If i were to make a racing game, Fuel My Fire would absolutely be in it's soundtrack (if i were to have the rights)

I really enjoyed Toys In The Attic. I honestly never made the connection of Aerosmith having blues elements in their music but i find that they mesh so well with the traditional hard rock they are known for. I also thought every song here was at least good if not great and they also managed to be very different from each other despite being relatively the same genre. I honestly don't know if i can think of any flaws that this album has since this album did everything it tried to do right. This is one great album in my opinion and is well deserving of a spot on this list.
Best Song: Sweet Emotion
Worst Song: Uncle Salty

Automatic for the people was actually a really solid album. The songs here definitely left quite the impression on me especially the last few songs which could be legitimate tearjerkers at times. The sound of this album isn't really anything too special, different or unique but for what it does sound like, it manages to sound pretty good. The songs here were a bit similar sounding to each other but i didn't find that a huge issue since the style was all still good. This album is one that doesn't break new grounds but still manages to be a solid listen.
Best Song: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
Worst Song: Sweetness Follows

Manassas was a pretty good album. Considering a lot of the people that Stephen Stills worked with, it came as no surprise to hear this album have a country rock sort of sound like the works of those other artists. The songs themselves were pretty all over the place when it came to how good they were seeing as the album was very long. The good songs did overpower the bad ones and the bad ones weren't really that bad, just not really up to snuff with the other songs. I don't really think i can say all too much else about this album so I'll just say it's a pretty good album that's well worth a listen.
Best Song: Right Now
Worst Song: Fallen Eagle

Let's Stay Together is okay at best. It is just another album in the sea of 60s/70s soul albums and while it does sound good in a lot of places, it never really changes things up. I do think that Al's voice was definitely good but not much that i haven't heard in other voices of this kind of music like Marvin Gaye or Stevie Wonder. The few shake-ups in the music were ones i really did appreciate because the rest of the album just blended together so hard that i started zoning out during the album which made me forget a lot of it. This album isn't bad, it's just pretty samey and forgettable and you can do quite a bit better with this kind of music.
Best Song: Judy
Worst Song: It Ain't No Fun To Me

Blue is an absolutely beautiful album from start to finish. I mostly was expecting some of the sound from Court And Spark from which i knew Joni Mitchell for but for some reason, this feels different and better(probably because this album is fresh in my memory) The lyrics are just beautiful and can tell some wonderful stories and of course, they are all amplified by Joni's beautiful voice and the backing music, I honestly do not know if i can really think of that many glaring issues for this album because it really did it's job perfectly. This album may not always be my cup of tea but i still really liked it.
Best Song: This Flight Tonight
Worst Song: California

I honestly really liked Mama's Gun. With it's album art, i thought that this was going to be an album with a ton of Mexican influences but most of the world influences here seemed as if they were Malian or Indian rather than Mexican. I really did like most of the beats here with many of them feeling very jazzy. Erykah's voice though, was the main selling point even if the lyrics she sang were a mixed bag of smart and dumb. I also found the song transitions to also be a mixed bag with them either being cool or me being like \"Just make it one song at this point\". Regardless, this album kept me interested even with a 71 minute runtime and i really can see how many female Hip Hop/R&B artists today got their sound from this album.
Best Song: Orange Moon
Worst Song: Booty

I gotta say, of all the Radiohead albums i have listened to for this project (and in general) In Rainbows has easily got to be the most chill album of them all. Every sound here felt very minimalist and ambient all the way from the guitars to the pianos to the electronic sounds. And i really do like it, it fits into Radiohead's style of music really well and these songs were just perfect for relaxation. It might not be my favorite Radiohead album and the last song did go on for a little longer than it should have but it is still a really good album that i don't regret listening to.
Best Song: All I Need
Worst Song: Videotape

After listening to Aladdin Sane, i did think that David Bowie definitely did have a lot of talent when it came to making music but Low showed that way more. This was just one of those albums that always would do something that i would not have expected and yet, handles it so well that it just clicks so well with me. Nearly every sound here from the regular instruments used in nearly all the tracks, to the more one-off sounds are all handled absolutely amazingly. This album was also just a really beautiful sounding one making me feel like I'm getting one of the greatest views of my life while being at a high surface. This album is a genuinely amazing one that i never expected would be this good.
Best Song: Speed Of Life
Worst Song: Weeping Wall

OH COME ON SERGE GAINSBOURG! Histoire De Melody Nelson would have been a good album with good background music which consisted of interesting guitar playing, some well done basslines and interesting orchestral elements but then you just had to ruin it by making the lyrical material about this 40 year old man falling in love and trying to seduce a 14-15 year old girl. Legit, everything about this subject matter is absolutely disgusting and just sours my taste of this album. The only thing saving this album from a full blown 1 star review is the fact that the lyrics are in French meaning i can't understand them. If the lyrics were in a language i could understand(English and some Spanish), then regardless of how good the music sounds, it would get a 1 but because they are not, this album is getting a 1.5
Best Song: En Melody
Worst Song: L'Hotel particulier

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo is an okay album but is not one i would say does anything all that interesting. From what i have read about this one, it was originally supposed to be a history of 20th century American popular music which would have had country, jazz, and R&B but was just made to be country which is unfortunate because i would have liked the album more if it went with it's original vision. As it stands though, the songs here are pleasant enough and don't seem to do anything egregiously terrible and it moves at a fairly brisk pace which is nice. I think that this album is worthy of a 2.5.
Best Song: Nothing Was Delivered
Worst Song: Blue Canadian Rockies

Okay, so this is a shock, to receive two Elvis Costello albums back to back (One was an attractions album so i guess there is kinda a difference but i still see it as the same) Now with My Aim Is True. And to be honest, it is probably my favorite album that Elvis Costello worked on. It has all the elements from all the attractions albums that i liked but here the guitars are far more prevalent and do sound really good. The melodies here were also great and that Elvis Costello cheesiness is still there but a bit toned back. This album actually turned out to be a really solid one and definitely my favorite Elvis Costello album.
Best Song: Waiting For The End Of The World
Worst Song: Mystery Dance