Reviews by apollo

Honestly, I don't think that Garbage is the right title for this album, I think that a much better name for this album would be Pure Gold because that's exactly what this album is. I don't think i was expecting a whole lot from this album, just maybe a 3 star worthy rock album but this album blew all my expectations away from it's first song. The guitars are the right balance of heavy and melodic and Manson's vocals seriously added a lot to this album too as well as all the cool production quirks. Also, every song on this album is a banger and there is not even a bit of garbage which is ironic since it's the band's name. I've got nothing left to say, this album is just amazing.
Best Song: As Heaven Is Wide
Worst Song: Queer

Another day, another Wu-tang clan album. Fishscale is my second album by a member in this hip-hop group the first being Liquid Swords by GZA and unfortunately, this album doesn't hit the highs that one hit. The production, like the last album, was actually pretty good for the most part with some pretty funky beats and samples that were well put together even if they weren't as interesting as Liquid Swords'. The main thing that holds this one back though is the lyrics which are often the same format of racial slurs and sexual references. There are some smart lyrics but there are way more dumb ones which make the 60 minute runtime seem a little long. This album is not bad but not up to the standard of the other Wu-tang clan member album i have looked at.
Best Song: Be Easy
Worst Song: Whip You With A Strap

I didn't have very high expectations when it came to reviewing Chris but i can safely say I'm pleasantly surprised at how solid this album turned out. First things first, this album is really weird and sounds like an 80s new wave album, except it was released 30 years late. However, this album did still manage to sound good and all the synths managed to sound melodic and unique. The album did feel a little long despite what it's 44 minute runtime states but i remained pretty interested for the most part. This is a pretty solid album that just happened to release at the wrong time.
Best Song: The stranger
Worst Song: Feel so good

Oh come on! Did i take psychedelic drugs without realizing it again? No? Well in that case, this album is genuinely one of the most bizarre albums i have ever listened to. Every song had some kind of different sound to it and used very different sounding samples to make their beats. While some of the songs are so weird that they fail to really hit, other songs however, do hit and are incredibly groovy and fun to listen to and you can just tell that these guys enjoyed making this album. However, i do feel that this album is another album to add to the list of hit or miss hip hop albums from the 1980s.
Best Song: Eye Know
Worst Song: Can U Keep a Secret

The Holy Bible was a really good album. The first few songs weren't exactly the greatest to me, either that or i just wasn't in the groove yet. But it was by track 4 that it really started to grow on me. The tracks could either be fast, frenetic and fun, or they could be much more villainous with some pretty haunting melodies especially with those bass lines. I still do not think that any of the songs from this album are bad either, sure the first 3 might have been a little forgettable but they still were good. Geez, why do so many britpop albums go this hard?
Best Song: The Intense Humming of Evil
Worst Song: Yes

Chirping Crickets just doesn't really do it for me. I think that this album just has songs that just sound overly similar and while they sound pleasant, they definitely aren't super unique or original. The album did go by at quite a brisk pace though which allows me to cut it a little more slack since it never was able to get super annoying or repetitive. This album does lack a decent bit of the passion that Here's Little Richard and Live At The Star Club, Hamburg did though. It also turns out that I'm Looking For Someone To Love ripped off Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock so that's something i don't think is cool. This album may have been fine for the time but now, i don't think it holds up very well.
Best Song: You've Got Love
Worst Song: I'm Looking For Someone To Love

My Generation is a pretty good album. This album seems to take a lot of inspiration from The Beatles just like a lot of the other psychedelic rock bands from this time period did but this album sounds quite a bit better than all of the Beatles albums i have currently listened to since this sound just happens to click with me a decent bit more. I also like this more than the other Who album i did due to just having less iffy songs on it's track list. The recording quality is a bit off but other than that, this album is a solid one even if it isn't doing anything that revolutionary.
Best Song: My Generation
Worst Song: The Good's Gone

Man oh man was i excited to get to this one. Hybrid Theory is my favorite album of all time and after this listen, i have stuck with that opinion. You really can't go wrong with songs like Papercut, One Step Closer, With You, Points Of Authority, Crawling, Runaway, By Myself, In The End, A Place For My Head, Forgotten, Cure For The Itch and Pushing Me Away. That sounds like a lot of songs huh? Well, that's because i listed every song off the album, they are all amazing with sublime instrumentals, incredible vocals from Mike and Chester and lyrics that may sound like typical teenage angst at first but are actually really mature once you look deeper into them. This is probably gonna be the last time i will say this is the best album i have done on this project because i don't think there is an album better than this one.
Best Song: In The End
Worst Song: Cure For The Itch
(Side note: I wish Meteora was here too but i am still happy this one is on this list, also rest in peace Chester)

Skylarking is a fine album. The album honestly does feel like a new wave album even though that genre was not listed in this album's list of genres. The songs here are generally all pretty well done with some decent melodies throughout all of them. The sound of them did sound a little bit jarring at first but i got more used to it as the album progressed. My main issue is the seamless song transitions which would sound fine if done through an actual record/cassette/CD player but when I'm here listening to them on YouTube through the album's official playlist, it becomes fairly awkward. This album is a pretty decent addition to the library.
Best Song: Season Cycle
Worst Song: Grass

After listening to In A Silent Way, it is a pretty decent jazz album and a pretty decent step above the last Miles Davis album i looked at. This one, like i already said, seems to take a different approach from Birth Of The Cool (The previous Miles Davis album i did). While that previous album had a bunch of different songs which sounded generally similar to each other, this one had two songs split up into 3 sections each with the third one being a continuation of the first. I do like this style more since it allows the songs to be stand out much more from each other and the songs in general feel pretty darn relaxing. This album isn't exactly anything amazing but its still a pretty solid effort.
Best Song: In A Silent Way / It's About That Time
Worst Song: Shhh / Peaceful
(Side note: Honestly, i don't even know why i'm picking a best and worst song for this album since there is just two songs but i guess i can just say i liked the second song more than the first one)

I don't think i was expecting this much out of Blur, i was just expecting a good album just like the previous album i did by them but this was more than just a good album, it was great! The instrumentals were actually really great here especially the guitars because those could be the right amount of both rough and refined. While there were some songs where they mostly sounded like noise, the noise just somehow managed to blend well together and click with me to the point that it didn't really hamper my enjoyment of this album. It might not be perfect but it is a really great album that's more than worthy of a 4.5
Best Song: You're so Great
Worst Song: Theme from Retro

Sunshine Superman was an album that was quite a bit better than i was expecting. At first, i was kinda expecting a rather mediocre psychedelic folk rock album but this one did quite a few things to get itself into my good graces. The music on this album was pretty good and could frequently change it's mood to sound either more upbeat and catchy to more mellow and somber. The vocals and the music were also pretty decent here too. This album isn't really anything super special but for what it does, it does a pretty fine job.
Best Song: Sunshine Superman
Worst Song: Three King Fishers

Aqualung was actually a really great album. This generally felt like a super cool and original album for the time. The guitars were great and had some very inventive and cool sounding riffs that rival stuff like Jeff Beck's riffs and the flute sections were also great too as they could also be really creative with how that instrument was used throughout the tracks especially the hard stop which felt like it could replicate a drum. I do think this album occasionally suffers from the issue of making songs end to early as to where they can't really sink in but that was a rare issue and does not stop this album from being as great as it is.
Best Song: Cross-Eyed Mary
Worst Song: Slipstream

We have a another movie soundtrack and this time, one that actually exists with Virgin Suicides. I have never actually seen this movie (mostly because I'm not really into watching movies, video games and obviously music have been my preferred media) but from reading the films plot synopsis and listening to this score, It seems to fit this kind of film really well and it sounds pretty good to boot. In fact, i like this one more than the last Air album i looked at since this one just sounds far more interesting and is just more memorable. Some of the songs are just kinda background noise but i can understand that mostly since this was made to be listened to alongside a movie. This album is pretty good for what it is.
Best Song: Empty House
Worst Song: Dark Messages

We have a another movie soundtrack and this time, one that actually exists with Virgin Suicides. I have never actually seen this movie (mostly because I'm not really into watching movies, video games and obviously music have been my preferred media) but from reading the films plot synopsis and listening to this score, It seems to fit this kind of film really well and it sounds pretty good to boot. In fact, i like this one more than the last Air album i looked at since this one just sounds far more interesting and is just more memorable. Some of the songs are just kinda background noise but i can understand that mostly since this was made to be listened to alongside a movie. This album is pretty good for what it is.
Best Song: Empty House
Worst Song: Dark Messages

Franz Ferdinand was most definitely a fun one. It is one of those albums that takes a little bit of time for it to get going but when it does, it really does. I was just shocked seeing just how many of these songs were bangers and have some super catchy rhythms. It was mainly the singles that stuck out to me but many of the regular album tracks still had that fast, fun vibe that i liked about the singles. And there isn't one bad song, sure, the first two songs weren't amazing but they weren't bad, the rest were absolute bangers though and just show how great this album really is.
Best Song: Take Me Out
Worst Song: Jacqueline

2112 was an absolute beast of an album. It was always hard, heavy, fast and melodic throughout all 6 of it's songs (the first track is three tracks combined into one, just so you know). The vocals and lyrics were very great parts of the album but for me, it was the music that stole the show with it being everything i described above. And there isn't a single song that's not great because the greatness carried over from each and every song all the way to the very end. In fact, i don't think there really is a flaw i can even mention, this album is genuinely excellent.
Best Song: Tears
Worst Song: The Twilight Zone

Crosby, Stills & Nash is a pretty good album. A lot of the time while i was listening to this album, I felt like these guys had a very similar vocals to the ones of Simon & Garfunkel (they really did influence a lot, huh). In fact, this album really did feel like a Simon & Garfunkel album just with more country influences that those guys ever really had. The vocals, music and lyrics were all pretty solid here and there isn't even a single bad song on this album. This album was generally a pretty solid run but i do think that this group would be at their best when Neil Young got involved.
Best Song: Wooden Ships
Worst Song: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

Bossanova was an album that came so unbelievably close to being a 5 star album but it just barely missed the mark. The majority of this album consisted of nothing but pure, full on bliss. The guitars were heavy enough to easily make it an album that you can easily rock out to while the melodies were prolific enough to make the album always move me no matter what it tried. My only issue is that some of the songs were not as great as they could be and should have either been cut or improved. If that slight blunder was fixed, then i would have easily given this album 5 stars but as it stands, it sits at a very high 4 stars
Best Song: Velouria
Worst Song: Is She Weird

Frank is an album that i really like, even more than Amy Winehouse's second album and that album was great too. While Back To Black was more serious in nature, Frank was definitely more humorous, snarky, and it really just seemed like Amy had a lot of fun creating this album which gives me some of the same vibes as a lot of the rock and roll artists from the 50s and 60s. And in general the music, Amy's vocals, and the lyrics were all seriously great. My only real flaw with this album is the double tracks which are not handled as well as they could be handled but other than that, this album is great.
Best Song: In My Bed
Worst Song: Amy Amy Amy