Reviews by bbake42

Decent? Yeah. Essential? No.

The vibes are immaculate. Love the vocals. Love the dreamy haze. I was familiar with this a bit, but this is now a download in my library.

Man…. Elliott means so much to me. And has since he was even alive. Figure 8 isn’t his top album, though I’m sure I’ll see that one later in this, but it’s still an amazing collection of songs.

I’ll get roasted here, but I have to stay true to myself. I’m barely younger than this album. My parents owned it. So I’ve heard it a lot. My hot take is… it’s ok. Crazy to see it rated as like the top ever when there are soooo many more deserving. Is it the backstory? Because the music is fine, but vanilla.

Easy 5 star. Amazing album. One of the best of the 80s.

Yes I know the song Layla. Yes it’s great. But man I usually find Clapton boring. On the other hand Duane Allman is my goat. Glad I finally listened to the whole thing and I liked it a lot. Prefer just the Allmans by a wide margin, but some good stuff here. Would be a 4 but I’m taking away a star for Eric stealing Pattie.

So yeah I’m familiar with Randy. I know Short People and I Love LA and, of course, Toy Story. But never heard more than that that I’m aware of. So here we go…

Three songs in and very strong thumbs up so far. Love the music and love the lyrics even more.

I have paintings of three artists hanging in my office. Marvin is one of those. This is a high mark album in his career. Its style, sound, and lyrical content influenced so many.

I think this is…a little more than decent. I love this project for making me hear the full albums and learn more than just the hits and this happened today. It’s been on my to do list to listen to this full one. The hits are still great. The skits drag the album down. All that said, it was enjoyable. But not on the level of ATCQ or De La Soul and others.

Yeah….no. I was the perfect age for this when it came out. I hated it then. I do so even more now. Essential? Only thing essential about it is it wasted over an hour of my life. Revise this book. Update: the song with Fred Durst is truly the worst song I’ve ever heard.

Funny thing getting this album today. Within a few weeks of it coming out back in the day I bought it on cd. The cd itself had a huge marijuana leaf on it. I knew my parents would not approve and I had to hide it all kinds of ways. Nowadays I’m torn on it. The sound of it is still great to me. The lyrics are 😬 a lot. It’s still a 4 ⭐️ though just because its importance cannot be ignored. And it gave us Snoop.

Meh

One of my top 10 albums ever. The lyrics are so personal to me.

Let me check my calendar…. Nope. It’s not April 1st. So there’s no joke being played. Hmmm. Why’s this album on here. I’ve no idea. I’ve only given out one 1 ⭐️ review but that’s doubling down today. Zzzzzzzz

Now THIS is the U2 I loved and wish everyone knew. Classic album. Great lyrical content. Well done! (Bono, I’m from the future. Two things. Sometimes learn to not be so preachy. And most importantly…stay off of everyone’s iPods.)

Knowing the backstory makes this better.

Has any other album aged poorly and also incredibly at this same time?

What a great discovery today. Never heard of this. After the first song I was not sold one way or the other. But as the album played and just started loving it. Raw and powerful. Like an American version of the early Kinks. Added to my listening collection. Definitely hear its influence in a lot of music I love.

This is so good I can’t believe it’s a live album that was recorded live in 1960…and outside too. I mean the sound is amazing. Muddy is an all timer in popular music. Arguably the top dog of blues. This shows why.

Yes!!! This man is amazing. How good? This album is stellar, but not in the top five of Bowies. 4.5 star but I’ll round up to 5.