Reviews by aroomacanvas

Thelonious Monk is fantastic. This album feels so ahead of it's time for coming out in the 1950s. Love the sax work on it in particular.

It’s fine honestly. Overhated at this point just because it got so undeservedly popular. Nothing spectacular but also nothing terrible.

Iconic album. I love big beat and Fatboy Slim is one of the greats of the genre. Few people have so perfectly mastered the art of riding the line between humorous and heartfelt as well as he has. On top of that, the songs are just bops.

I love me a good 2000s era chamber pop album. I somehow never got into him like I did several of his contemporaries, but this album is really great. Lots of lush arrangements and beautiful songwriting.

I'm a newbie with Indian classical music, but I love what I've heard so far. This album is absolutely gorgeous.

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Like the other 500 Elvis Costello albums on this list, it's plenty enjoyable. Just not something you "must hear" at all to me. It's fairly standard, if well-made, pop rock.

Well it's certainly interesting. Definitely out of my comfort zone. Her voice is really powerful. The instrumentation feels a bit empty and flat but works for accentuating her vocals.

This album goes so freaking hard. The strings add so much to their songs and make them even more epic. One of my favorite live albums ever.

Absolutely gorgeous album. This is the one that got me into Beach House. Unfortunately, they were the absolute worst live band I have ever seen. That's definitely colored my perception of them unfortunately. In spite of that, I still really appreciate this album.

Hmm not sure about this one. It's weird but I'm not sure in a good way? It just seems like a smorgasbord of random influences without its own voice. It's not bad or anything, I'm just not really getting the point of it.

Not sure what I was expecting from the cover and title but it definitely wasn't country. It's interesting though. On the best tracks, it mixes in enough pop sensibilities to keep me interested.

Wow I'm not sure how I've never heard of these guys. Reminds me heavily of stuff like The Unicorns and of Montreal which is my JAM. This is super funky and fun. I want the vinyl.

Killer album. It simply rocks, but they also hit a pretty wide variety of influences and styles within the framework of alternative. The production elevates it as well.

It's just never going to be my thing honestly, but I don't hate it either. The production is cool honestly.

This is the kind of drum & bass I love. Thoughtful, emotive and melancholy almost but still driving and upbeat. So many bangers across this mix.

Love this album and Nick Cave. I still think albums this recent shouldn't be included here though. Setting that aside, this album is so gorgeous and haunting. One of his better albums for sure.

Really great example of krautrock, which is a genre I really dig. I can hear their influence all over the place. Love the guitar here especially, it's so angular and funky.

Maybe my favorite Gabriel solo album. It hits the exact right mix of his ear for poppy catchiness with his experimentation. So many fantastic sounds on this album.

Enjoyable modern RnB album. It suffers from the same issue that a lot of the recent additions to this list do - I just don't think there's been enough time to really codify this into the music canon. Time will tell.