Reviews by aroomacanvas

Love Public Enemy. This album is so raw and heavy. More intense and immediate feeling than some of their stuff which I love.

I've always thought these guys were comically overrated, even before the whole Sex on Fire thing. They just do nothing interesting, and the dude's over the top accent is so grating.

This album is just gorgeous. I’m not an expert on soul by any stretch but this one just makes you feel things. Always into a good concept album as well.

Always happy to see some electronic stuff here. Underworld are fantastic. Intelligent proggy stuff that knows how to use ambient sections to make the heavy parts hit harder.

I've always thought that this album was overrated. I think I can appreciate it more now than I have in the past, but my qualms are still there. It's mostly the mixing. The drums just sound so tiny and everything bleeds together. It really kills the impact of the album. Attempting to ignore that, the songwriting is really solid though. Catchy, clever and tight pop rock. I get the appeal, I just wish it was that tiny bit better.

Holy shit this is freaking gorgeous. The synths are so freaking lush. I needed this in my life.

There's a reason they're called Yes - because YES I love this band. They do prog like no one else really does it. Super unique with more classic rock influence. The harmonies are amazing as well.

Once again a thoroughly decent album that somehow ended up on a list of the best albums ever. Also he drops a hard R which uhhhhh I get the context but Iunno about that one still...

IDM with deep themes? That's like catnip to me. Love this so much.

Boring classic rock without even the classic aspect? I've never even heard of them. I am ready for the boomers to go away so music like this is forgotten.

Honestly I dig this a lot more than I anticipated. Some really fantastic guitar playing and the vocals are catchy and bluesy. I'd definitely listen again.

Ugh. I looooooved this album. Musically I still think it's absolutely on point. I just can't with Kanye any more though. Fascist pig. Sucks.

Love house music so much. I remember hearing some of these back when it dropped but I just wasn't ready for it at the time. Really enjoyed revisiting it though .What an upbeat, catchy album.

I've never been able to get into these guys in spite of trying many times. Too britpop-y for my tastes. It's nothing unbearable but also nothing really gripping to me. It's way too long too.

I've heard so much about GBV but haven't listened much at all. I can really see the appeal after hearing this though. The songs are stripped to the absolute bare minimum - no studio embellishments, not one second of padding or note that isn't strictly necessary. Just catchy, lofi hooks. I dig it.

So happy to see some ska representation on this list. This album is super cool. It definitely has a lot of ska, but also ventures far into a lot of other territory. I dig how dark it is too. Definitely something I need to pick up on wax eventually.

I prefer their stuff that came right after this but you can really hear the template for it here, and the transition from their earlier material. Definitely a solid album.

50's country... not really my bag. It seems good for what it is though. The harmonies are nice. I just can't really connect with it.

Can’t say much about this that hasn’t already been said 1000 times. A true classic in every sense.

Very interesting album. Instrumentally it's a mix of jazz and lounge rock but then throwing rap on top of it really makes for a weird combination that works way better than it should. Sounds very New York for sure.