Reviews by blakestewart

Delightful. There's something wry and sweet and naive about TC as a songwriter that keeps me hooked into the next line.

Another lovely morrisey album where he is sad and judgemental. I know I shouldn't fall for it but I like his bitchiness.

Rich and odd and funky.

Good if retrospectively unexceptional?

I mean, I guess bjork had to be in a band at some point prior to the becoming bjork we know? I almost wish, in addition to the more experimental stuff she'd made, that she'd kept on with this kind of weirdo Icelandic pop-punk?

I feel like my twenties were haunted by bands emulating this exact album. Not a bad work but not maybe worth a whole wave of music? Victoria is catchy as all get out.

Pretty much a perfect album and I'm not even really a ballad or country fan. Wouldn't change a note.

I quote like old even crankier morrisey.

I understand it's influence but it really is much too trance-inducing for me.

I like talking heads a good bit. At the start of disc 2 I thought to myself "this is a little like talking heads but includes the elements I don't really love". Like a sugar free version. Now, I love Weymouth's bass work for TH and how deeply nerdy TH is but I just felt like, devoid of knowledge of the provenance of this album, that it felt like French disco off-castings. Imagine my surprise.

Felt like a continuous stream of riffiness with admittedly catchy lyrics. Maybe I was not in the mood but I felt like the album was kind of just not all it was cracked up to be?

Gross theatrical glam misogyny with just a hint of pedophilia in the background. Musically it's more complex and interesting than a lot of what was occuring in 1983 but all of that prowess was leveraged to then vomit out more bret Michael's-esque nonsense so what was it all for? I'm not sure if this was a joke or who was supposed to be in on it? I don't think it's me?

I'm kind of a sucker for a concept album. This is a really good one. There are places where it feels like it drags or loses cohesion. But in its high spots it is poetic and beautiful. The arrangements are lovely and hauntingly appropriate.

Great album. Stylistically as perfect as any ever made. It's in its lane the whole way through and Willie is delightful.

Just a bit too much like Phish and bill Callahan had a drony baby for me. That's mean. There is plenty of redemption here: clever lyrics, solid arrangements, and a nice balanced tone...this National album just feels a bit to samey for me.

Bonkers that this albums arrived like twenty years early...maybe thirty? It's interesting and fun and has twists and turns. I like Can.

Somewhere between jangle pop and Indy legend's Slint. Really interesting album. Drags a bit in spots and a plurality of tracks are somewhat forgettable. Still, I enjoyed the feel of the album a lot on a cool rainy day in August. Nice.

Damned fine album of raps and beats.

Fine album if a bit self-indulgent...but then, it made it all the way to this list and there's a lot of that around.

Though charming at first I found her to be a little grating towards the end. The mix felt a tad weak somehow?