Reviews by beamer4444

I don't know if its a good sign when the Wikipedia articles main takeaway from the album is that it was not commercially successful, nor was it critically successful either.

This would be a 3 star album for me if it was only Linda singing. I'm sorry Richard, but you bring this down to 2 stars.

I like all the parts where he isn't singing. Can I get an instrumental version of this album?

Listening to this album for the first time in 2024 is a lot like finally watching that YouTube video your friend has always been talking about. You know all of the words because they've been said to you over and over again. By the time you watch the video you're not sure if you actually like it or if you've just heard "Snape, Snape, Severus Snape" so many time that you just recognize it.

I'll don't think I'll ever be able to truly review this album based on my impressions alone. I still enjoyed it, but I'm not sure if that's just because I recognize most of the songs being played everywhere I go. I wish I could experience this for the first time in 1991.

Also, who was like "Just throw the naked baby in the pool and I'll take a photo as our cover art"?

This album came at the perfect time. I had all of my wife's extended family over at my house and I was able to put this on as background music for everyone. I definitely prefer piano heavy jazz music over a horn, but this was really enjoyable. Right place at the right time with the right album.

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. I'm always skeptical of 80s rap, but this was really enjoyable. It wasn't too corny and I really liked the beats. It probably would have been a 4 if it wasn't so long.

Some solid knee slappin, boot stompin, tobacco spittin county! If this album was an hour long, I would probably give it a 2. I didn't really get tired of it with it only being 35 minutes though. An albums length can really add or subtract a star for me.

"Black Dog"
"Rock and Roll"
"Stairway to Heaven"
"When the Levee Breaks"

Each of these songs would have made this a successful album on their own. Having all four on one record has cemented this as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. The hits are well spaced out, and the lesser songs don't bring it down. I was teetering on a 4 or 5, but the album length of 42 minutes falls right in that perfect duration earning it at least one bonus star.

My dad used to play a lot of R.E.M. songs on his guitar when I was growing up. I never realized all those songs were from the same band. I loved them so much when my dad played them, but I really don't like the actual version. I guess I like R.E.M.'s song writing, but hate their sound.

If I'm listening to the Bee Gees I want to be listen to Disco! I recognized "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" and I think it's a solid song. The rest of the album was pretty boring though, and not in the let's put it on as background music kinda boring either. Overall it's not bad, but I was a little let down by it.

I'm not sure how this album is great or influential. It just drones on and on. I would much rather listen to MGK's My Bloody Valentine.

This album is great if you're a movie producer about to make a Sci-Fi space movie and you can't afford Hans Zimmer. Just purchase the rights to "Djed" and chop it up as background music for the entire film.

I should really like this album more than I do. I like the sound of it, but the structure is just all over the place. It meanders and winds with no direction. A third of the way through "Glass Museum" the song just stops so the guitarist (at least what it sounds like) can tune his guitar. Next time I hope they actually write their songs before getting in the studio and start randomly playing.

The first half of this album rocks! I knew I liked "Gimme All Your Lovin" and "Sharp Dressed Man", but I didn't realize that I knew "Legs" as well. Those first 6 songs are really solid. After "Legs" the album falls off pretty hard though. Definitely can't be a 5 star with the back half of the album, but I'll gladly give it a 4.

If I'm going to listen to metal, I want it to be Metallica. I'm still not crazy about the genre, but it wasn't hard to listen to. The songs mostly sounded the same. I guess that's good if you like Metallica, but it got pretty repetitive for me. Music like this just reminds me of a highschool weight room.

This was a tough one to come into because I felt obligated to give it a high score especially with the recent resurgence in "Fast Car". I'm glad to say that I really enjoyed it!

Chapman has an awesome voice and is tackling some seriously deep subject matter with racism, unjust responsibilities, and domestic abuse. This is why I love debut albums like this because they come from real world experiences and a place of relatability, unlike later albums once an artist is successful.

I'm not going to say this album is perfect. It trails off a bit on the back half, but it's short enough that this isn't really an issue. This is another album that would be a 9/10 if we were on that scale.

I really liked the feel and sound of this album. It's upbeat tempos with the singers low voice make it feel sad without being depressing. Like there's still a bit of hope to keep going towards. It falls right in that 2010's alternative sound that I love.

Fuck you Morrissey. We've got Obama.

If I was in Morrissey's gang, I would also want to be the first one to die.

This album would be found on r/im14andthisisdeep.

I'm not the biggest ZZ Top fan, but you have to respect the ripping guitar throughout this album. I felt cool just walking around with this playing.

The first half of this album was all over the place, but it did have its high moments. It's the back half of this album that really got me. It began to sort of all flow together and I didn't realize that I'd listened to 30 minutes of it so quickly. It put me in a good Zen mode while I was sweeping. Definitely some standout songs but generally have it on as a background album

I really liked this album... for the first 25 minutes. I guess it's easy to stretch out songs like this when you're just constantly looping everything.

I got distracted and stopped listening after writing that first part. I picked up the second half of the album while working on a spreadsheet. That's what you need to do to enjoy this album! Breaking it up really helped, and half focusing on something else is the way to go. Couldn't do it all at once, but still enjoyable.

We play both kinds of music here, Country and Western!