Reviews by beamer4444

This album is not unpleasant to listen to. It's just super boring. I don't know how to rate this because it's not as bad or offensive as some other 1 star albums (looking at you Kollaps), but if someone were to put this on I would just ask "Why?".

I love the Kings of Leon sound. "Use Somebody" was a top 25 song for me at one point. "Use Somebody" and "Sex on Fire" are undisputed highlights of this album, and if you like those you will probably like the rest of the album. There's not a whole lot of variation, so if you don't like those, you probably won't like this album.

Radiohead is a major blind spot in my musical knowledge. I've always heard that OK Computer is one of the best albums of all time, and I've been looking forward to listening to it since this list started.

After a finally giving it a full listen, I think this might be one of the most overrated albums of all time. That's not to say it's bad, I just don't think it's as good as everyone says. Thom York's voice has a monotone droning to it that i guess defines the albums sound, but for me just puts an annoying blanket across the entire album. There are some big songs on here, but none of them are fun. The whole album has a melancholy sound which isn't bad. It's just hard to get exited for it.

I don't know. Maybe I just need to give it another listen, but right now I'm thinking a high 3 low 4.

Funk yeah. You better be prepared to listen to the Funk, the the whole Funk, and nothing but the Funk.

I hate his voice, I hate the lyrics, and I the length of this album. That being said, I love the actual music. Get a new lead singer and a producer to cut some songs down and you would have a 4 star album.

Darlene Love is doing some heavy lifting on this album! I thought this album would be a bunch of Christmas songs sung by people I don't know. I didn't realize that Darlene Love, and The Ronettes sing my preferred versions of a bunch of Christmas songs. Some major big hitters on here and the other songs are perfectly fine.

Well done on the album generator for giving this out on Christmas day.

I mean i guess it's a good representation of Indian music. Not really my thing. Also, it was really hard to find this album as it's shown in the list.

I started off listening to this album. Not enjoying it at all. Found it pretty boring and repetitive. I was thinking of giving it a 2, however, by the time I got to "cross-eyed cat" I was really jamming along with it. I started out at 2. I ended at a 4. I guess I'll split the difference with the 3.

I've actually heard of this band prior to starting the list. I was studying at the library in college when I first heard "Red Eyes". I was listening to a random local radio station based out of Portland Oregon on the iHeartRadio website when it came on.

I liked it at the time, but never really followed up with the band. They're sound is right up my alley especially at the time. Perfect music to listen to while studying. I'm glad I did a full album, and I'll keep them in the rotation.

The War On Drugs has the most mid 2010's sound, and I discovered them in the most mid 2010's way.

I've heard the name Sinead O'Connor, but I've never listened to her music before. Some of the songs on here are really strong, and others are really unpleasant to listen to (I Am Stretched on Your Grave).

Why does "Nothing Compares 2 U" have so many listens?! Did I miss something? Almost a half a billion listens on YouTube Music. Was it in a movie or something?

When I first got into record collecting everyone my parents age was always eager to give me their old records and talk about the ones they loved. My father-in-law had a large collection at one point, but it had slowly dwindled down to just a handful by the time he was giving them to me. In that small handful was The Stranger by Billy Joel. He told me about how much he loved it, and how he always made his daughters listen to it. He was one of eight kids in a large Italian family, and this record just spoke to him. Obviously I knew Billy Joel's big hits, and some of them were on here, but I had never listened to a full album before. I was amazed at how great it was! I loved every bit of it, and recognized more than I thought I would. I knew it was a great album, but I hadn't even experienced the best part yet.

We hosted Easter at our house a couple of months after he gave me that record. My wife's family tradition is always making homemade sauce, meatballs, and cavatelli pasta on Easter. Knowing how much this record ment to him, I put it on for my father-in-law while everyone was cooking. I will forever have the core memory in my head of seeing my wife, her dad, and both of her sisters making homemade pasta and singing along to this album. Two generations, a parent and a child, bonding over recipes that had been passed down from their relatives. Listen to songs that they will be pass down to theirs. It was a beautiful moment to witness and learn that something as small as a song can help pass on memories and emotions that span generations. Their family slowly sees less of each other as time goes on, but they always know that they will be together on Easter making pasta and singing "Only The Good Die Young".

I can't wait to listen to this album and make homemade pasta with my daughter.

I liked this! I'm not sure why it's on this list, but I liked it. This feels like an album that a kid would find at a flee market, listen to over and over, fall in love with, and then have no one to talk about it with.

I've had a chance to listen to a bunch of Jazz on this list. I've learned over that time that I prefer a smaller group focusing on piano rather that a full band. I've also learned that I prefer a crisp clear recording rather than a live show for Jazz.

Obviously Duke Ellington is one of the greatest of all time, but I was mostly bored with this album. A lot of the focus felt like it was on the horns, and some of the other instruments were washed out in the recording. I guess it's cool that I can now pick different Jazz styles that I like, but Mr. Ellington's is not for me.

Matt 1.0 first introduced this album to me. It was on in the background while we were having a conversation. The conversation was constantly interrupted as I stopped part way into a song to ask "wait, is this?..." and Matt would respond with a "Yep!".

This is a perfect way to do an album of cover songs. Willie really makes each of these his own. It's not perfect, but you can't help to love recognizing a song 40 seconds in. Right before the first chorus is about to start. A great album, and I'm glad I know about it.

I need a fire burnin, a homemade smoker cookin, and a jug with three X's on it to properly enjoy this album.

My thought process while listening to this album:

Yep, I still don't like industrial metal.
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Maybe I can tolerate it for a song or two, but 45 minutes is way too much.
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You know what, I kinda like some of these songs.
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Hell yeah, turn the music up and let's fucking go!
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Ok, I'm starting to cool down on a few of these songs. Let's see if it picks back up.
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Yeah, 45 minutes is too long to listen to metal. Maybe I can tolerate another song or two.
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Yep, I still don't like industrial metal.

High 2, low 3.

Yeah...... no.

~~~~WARNING~~~~
Do not listen to while driving or operating heavy machinery!!!

I was listening to this album for the first time on a rainy morning drive to work. I did not realize the danger that I had put myself into. As the ambient Icelandic sounds of Agaetis Byrjun washed over me, I began to zone out. My thoughts drifted in the rain. I was becoming one with the world around me. It was only once my subconscious fought through the wall of dreamy synth and foreign words that I realize I had been slowly drifting into the other lane and was about to collide with another car. I quickly snapped back to attention and corrected my mistake, but I didn't dare change the music. The only thing keeping me from the reality of another week of work were these mesmerizing songs.

They have come to me, these songs. They shall be an heirloom of my kingdom. All those who follow in my bloodline shall be bound to their fate for I will risk no hurt to these songs. They are.... precious to me, though I buy them with great pain.

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Solid album all around. "Respect" is probably in the top 10 songs of all time. I have nothing really negative to say about this album. If a couple more songs were more recognizable I probably would have given a 5.

I can count one one hand the number of Bob Dylan songs that I like, however, there are dozens of songs that I like that were written by Bob Dylan. I almost always prefer a cover of a Dylan song rather than the original.

This album was pretty mild for me. "Mr. Tambourine Man" is a classic, but I'm not really crazy about it. I'm excited for other Bob Dylan albums, but this one doesn't nail it.