Reviews by blakestewart

Love The Clash. Currently it is 2/21/25 and this kind of energy is precisely that I need in my heart.

A little goes a long way. Don't get me wrong. They're all good songs. It just is so achingly arch in places.

Weirdo punk stuff. I like it. Feels like a proto Mr. Bungle. Not what I expected? I've heard the name once or twice but that's about it. Pretty solid.

It's Dire Straits. Those guys make delicious music. This was a little less mature than later efforts but still so enjoyable.

Decently engaging. Not much else to say?

I don't care for iron maiden. I know they were progenitors in a lot of ways but it has never appealed to me. I like a lot of classic metal but not this.

Great music but not for me.

It's one of the greatest albums for me personally. Some of this is due, not to the album, as much as the stories around it. I am aware that critically that shouldn't have an impact. However, the fact that such an album would come out of the progeny of Tim Buckley and that he would tragically die a few short years later helps to contextualize it. Jeff did his own thing. Jeff had every right to the fame his solo project was gathering. We will never know if we would hear this music without his father. We'll never know if we would have heard more had he not simply walked into the Mississippi river. These facts cannot help but be factored and so I cannot help but allow them into my critical analysis of this album in its place in history. His voice is damn near alien and his lyrics, while heavy-handed, are absolutely beautiful. What a shame and what a gift.

I mean. It's Aretha. It's pretty great.

Easy to enjoy. Fun. I'll definitely listen to his again.

Peppy in a way I wasn't expecting.

Just Fine. The part I liked was that it felt very talking heads.

Quite gentile. Not really my bag but well done and beautifully made.

Kind of dark and helmet-ish in some ways. Certainly something I would normally like but it didn't really stand out to me.

A little odd as this is a part of my "first thing in the morning" routine but it is a wonderful album. I'm not sure who had the more tragic end of life between him and Sam Cooke. On the subject of the music, well, its sublime. The lyrics are a little cheesy but that both to be expected of the genre and he does them credit in his cadence and voice.

Surprisingly fun and maybe a bit perfect for my day. Always been a fan of melodic political punk. Bad Religion, NOFX, etc. this felt similar if a bit more insane. I didn't mind it. I've heard, like everyone, plenty of tracks from this album but never eaten it whole. It was a delectable and irreverant treat.

Just found it to be way too schmaltzy. Like, it wasn't bad but I fail to engage with it on any level? I usually assume that's a me problem with albums and artists at this level of renown...here I don't think so.

I enjoy the earnestness with which the singer does his thing. The music is good. I can never tell if they're lampooning the Elvis/Vegas/Tony Bennett thing or if they're serious?

Precisely what's on the label.

Fun and light. Just what was required for my Sunday. Maybe a bit pop for my usual taste but, while I was going bonkers playing Enter The Dungeon, it was a lovely counterpoint.