Reviews by aroomacanvas

I wish I was "def" after listening to them. So boring and dated. I just can't do this classic rock kinda stuff. Never could.

What a great voice. Really solid arrangements too. This album sounds very modern and forward thinking for something that came out in the 60s honestly

I love the wild mix of styles here. Some bossa nova stuff is tough to get into for me, but mixing that with elements of psych rock and pop really makes for a cool experience. I'm really glad to learn about this album. I just hope he doesn't come through the screen out of that picture and murder me...

Her voice is so powerful. I 100% see why she's still revered as one of the all-time greats because it's clear from one note why that is. Her piano playing on here really adds a lot too. It's cool to hear how central it is to the entire songs.

Solid 80s rap. Sounds like a lot of the other albums I love from that era. I'm surprised I haven't heard of it before. I enjoyed how many big recognizable samples there are in it too.

Never really clicked with Lupe Fiasco for some reason. It just feels very... hollow? Not much deeper substance beneath it. It's inoffensive but so safe as to really not have much of depth to say.

I listen to a lot of post-punk and new wave, and it's impossible to do so without respecting the king. This album is just so hugely influential, but also incredible just as an album. Plus the cover is simply iconic.

I appreciate the barebones nature of it and how it reflects his dark mental state at the time. Ultimately it doesn't do a lot to grip me because of that though. I enjoyed it but not something I will likely come back to a ton.

60's psych rock is my poison. The singer adds a lot here. Her voice is kind of whimsical but also grounds the more experimental aspects with a pleasant and poppy sheen. Really interesting story behind them too. I dig it!

One of the few arguably flawless discographies in music. They're all classics.

Everyone (rightfully) hypes up Loveless, but this album also deserves heaps and heaps of praise. Less shoegaze than what came after, it's really fun to see MBV in more of a traditional indie rock sphere. The AA cut of this vinyl is simply incredible as well.

Everyone (rightfully) hypes up Loveless, but this album also deserves heaps and heaps of praise. Less shoegaze than what came after, it's really fun to see MBV in more of a traditional indie rock sphere. The AA cut of this vinyl is simply incredible as well.

Straight to the point, no frills hip-hop executed flawlessly. Sometimes that's all you need. I love the prevalence of jazz samples here, and Guru's rapping is so effortless and smooth.

The Ravi Shankar material I've heard is all consistently great. I get the reasoning for putting in the introduction stuff here, especially considering that this released in 1957, but I do think that it detracts from this album as a listening experience so I doubt I'll listen to it again due to that.

I love this kind of goofy, irreverent indie rock. Throw in some psych and I'm extra sold. SFA are just impossible to not bang your head along to.

Super 80s sounding but in a nostalgic way. Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a bonafide classic track for obvious reasons, but the whole thing is just fun and entrancing in the same way.

Very interesting stuff! The fact that all the instrumentation besides drums is sampled really lends a unique air to it. It sounds like metal, but somehow off in a really neat way. I'm not as huge on the vocals but they aren't unlistenable either.

Probably her best late-career album. I don't think it reaches quite the highs of some of her earlier stuff, but it's certainly close. The arrangements here are just gorgeous as always and it's cool to see her singing about some more grounded topics.

Very interesting mix of styles. It mostly sounds like pop music, but occasionally approaches almost jazz, or samba or something? I really enjoy it honestly. It's unique and feels different than most western stuff, but still very palatable.

A bit too scattered for me. I like several of the songs here, but it's all over the place stylistically which makes it not the best listen as an album. The ska elements are improved from their debut when they do appear.