Reviews by bob

The Good: All the lads did get a haircut before the album cover was shot.
The Bad: The autumn leaves probably screwed with their karma.
The Ugly: 2 members are either really cold, or 4 members are really hot…

There´s the ´80s we all love, and then there´s the ´80s that only a few people recall. I belong to the first group, and that group couldn´t be bothered by a inventive bandname, nor an un-explainable album name.

However, I did enjoy the jazzy aspect of this here new-wave which was copied by several bands afterwards to much greater success.
Thus, 3* even if they only deserve 2

The Good:Recorded in the Windy City.
The Bad: It has nothing to do with the Windy City.
The Ugly: An album that lasts about 40 minutes too long…

Wilco… wasn´t into them when they were current, and currently couldn´t be bothered.
Annoying vocals, instrumentations okay, overall an album that can be skipped…

2* because I´m nice like that...

The Good: non-grunge in the ´90s era.
The Bad: it isn´t grunge in the ´90s era.
The Ugly: trying to figure out if Dog Man Star is a reference to the album cover, and if so…

Don´t really know what to think about this album. I like certain numbers, then just kind of wonder what the hell they were thinking with other ones. Personally I believe this should have been released years earlier for it to be viewed as avant-garde… now it´s neither avant, and obviously there was no garde as you can see by the album cover.

3*

The Good: The Best Live Double Album according to the experts at NME
The Bad: It isn’t all live…
The Ugly: I’m not a massive Thin Lizzy fan…

Boy oh boy, this one I had to sit through… and hope for time to go flying by.

Undeniable that there are some toe tappers on the album, so it wasn’t all wasted time.
Still, I could have done with a “normal” live album, instead of two...

The Good: songs are short.
The Bad: early Feargal Sharkey.
The Ugly: Feargal Sharkey.

So yeah, short songs are good, and pop punk just isn't.
But I did enjoy it once I realized I was listening to good ol' Feargal, whom most people only know for that '80s smash A Good Heart.

Gonna give this 2 1/2*

The Good: something different for a change.
The Bad: tunes tend to last a little too long for my taste.
The Ugly: I felt like having a drink and a cigar...

I purchased this album when it came out as a birthday gift to my best friend, and she just looked puzzled at me at the time. Due to this I never listened to this album, which I now regret as it is more than lovely.

It is smooth, and raw, and exciting, and boring all at the same time.
Thoroughly enjoyed the ride, and have already listened to it 3 times today.

Solid 4*

The Good: awesome cover album.
The Bad: Willie could have mixed it up a little more.
The Ugly: not enough outlaw on this here record.

Loved it. Period.

The Good: actual fun rock to listen to.
The Bad: too much forced usage of feedback.
The Ugly: at times too poppy.

Really enjoyed the album, but could not shake the feeling that they are trying harder instead of actually being... You know what I mean?

3 1/2* which will translate to 4

The Good: The Queen of odd!
The Bad: sometimes odd is meant to be good.
The Ugly: it took "Stranger Things" to bring this to the masses...

During my college days a good buddy of mine handed me a mixed-tape, cause that is what one did back in the days when we still used tapes...
Anyway, the song Cloudbusting was on it, and I recall really appreciating the tune, however, as one would need to purchase an album for 1 song, I never did. So, this was a great trip down memory lane for me, and more interestingly was that I really enjoyed the LP.

4*

The Good: MnM knows how to weave language
The Bad: just weaving won't make a great suit
The Ugly: out-dated on certain songs

Still, MnM is able to start telling a story and keep you listening, and in the case of a song like "Stan" can keep you coming back for more and more...
Of all the hip-hop, till now, my favorite album.

3*

The Good: the medical reference to the album
The Bad: the white blood cells are incapable of doing their job.
The Ugly: again I need to wonder why certain albums are included in this list....

A wasn't a huge fan of the White Stripes when they emerged on the scene, and after listening to this album I can understand why I am still NOT a fan.
So many indie bands that are million times better.

Don't get me wrong, you can have this album playing in the background and you'd not notice... which is good and bad. Still, not to my liking.
2*

The Good: There were actually several songs where I thoroughly enjoyed the beat.
The Bad: Please tell me all about social (in)justice.
The Ugly: Forced.

I don't have any issues with people wanting to express their viewpoints on this that and the other thing... but I am sick and tired of having to listen to the same (c)rap since the '80s pointing fingers to all but the own damn community--sorry, this is supposed to be about music, not about politics, but this, for me, is a political album and I am tired of politics.

Would have been 3*

The Good: Solid Punk!
The Bad: It's Punk!
The Ugly: Punk is meant to be ugly...

The Clash are iconic, which is a good thing. Meant to be heard live, which is a shame as that will not be possible until they invent a time-travel-machine.

I am [underscore][bod]NOT[/underscore][/bold] a punk fan in general, but I really enjoyed listening to a bunch of friends getting together to just express their sentiments. If you compare this to "modern" punk, the American Idiots, then this far outshines the other unmentionable album.

So, I am conflicted on what score to give this... kind of want to give it a 4*, but I will shoot middle of the road instead.

The Good: we've got boobs on the album cover
The Bad: it was the only thing that got my attention
The Ugly: noise

I know that The Pixies are revered by one-a-many persons. Heralded as the founders of Grunge (though I thought that dubious title fell on Mr. Young) and adored at festivals, they never caught my attention as I find this music to be nothing but noise and some this and that.

Sure, there are tunes that resemble good music, but the overall gist of this album for me is to look at the cover and ponder all that could have been...

The Good: Rock 'n Roll
The Bad: only 37 odd minutes
The Ugly: album cover...

I remember buying this album in the early '90s, because I owned the album Pump and wanted to listen to some more Aerosmith, and recalled how, in the '80s Run DMC had introduced a whole new crowd to this band thanks to Walk This Way.
I remember listening to the album, well, technically speaking it was a cassette as back then most cars did not have CD players yet and nobody ever had a record player in their car.... I digress... listening to this album and it was NOT what I had hoped for, as this is more raw, and Pump is polished, and modern Rock, and this is old man rock....

Yet, I fist pumped the air today when I saw that I had this album to listen to as just the other day I watched Dazed and Confused and still had Sweet Emotions running through my head.

So do I like the album today? Hell yes. 4*
As for the haters who can't stop calling Tyler a pedophile... and therefore not appreciate this album: your loss.

The Good: the artwork on the album cover
The Bad: that I had to refer to the cover of the album as something good
The Ugly: a catalogue of music which has been abused in series/movies

To be fair, the production is solid, the album contains 5 hits which puts it on a different level than many other, mediocre, productions.
But the hits are too bland, and when this album came out I was not excited... and neither am I now.

3* because of the 5 hits.

The Good: U2 explains to us that you can't leave things behind.
The Bad: If you can't leave things behind, you don't look back.
The Ugly: As U2 doesn't know how to look back, they forgot how to make great RnR and just morphed their efforts into adult-contemporary blandness.

Then again, I am old, thus an adult, and taking the cue from U2, I don't leave things behind, and so I will just continue removing lint from my bellybutton while enjoying the soothing sounds of grown-up U2

3*

The Good: The BEATLES
The Bad: no revolution 2 through 8
The Ugly: too much of this, not enough of that

Yes, "the white album" is viewed by critics as one of, if not THE best album ever recorded. I am not a critic, I just enjoying listening to music and finding out if my head will sway left and right... more importantly, whether or not I will find myself yearning to listen to the album again for the coming days.

For the moment, I have not found myself yearning too much. Though I have to say that Revolution 9 is an AWESOME recording, and will most likely be the tune I pick as selection for my 1001 album playlist.
Though initially I thought I would choose While My Guitar Gently Weeps, I have to say that I was disappointed in the terrible guitar playing--Prince just raised the bar too much with his solo in this version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y

Anyway, yes, great songwriting, and the fab4 are/were great musicians, but this is not my favorite Beatles album.

4* stars due to the classic tunes on here, but it should be 3*

The Good: FUNK
The Bad: FUNK
The Ugly: FUNK

As Flea from the RHCP stated that when you combine fucking with fun you get FUNK... well, after 1 1/2 songs I was done fucking.

Yes, the album has great merit, and the groove is tighter than a virgins clam... but damnit, it's soooooooo repetitive that you just want to start hitting the skip button after 2 minutes instead of sitting out another 6-minute ode to the funk.

3* as I am note stupid

The Good: 2 Bryans.
The Bad: different spellings of the name, resulting in different styles.
The Ugly: different styles are preventing the listener to get into a flow.

Though the above seems negative, I find the album pretty enjoyable to listen to over and over. But it remains difficult to shake off the feeling that, instead of embracing the Glam they eventually would, here they are trying to be too many things at the same time... Do The Strand is classic RM, In Every Dream Home A Heartache is classic LZ IMHO...

Would give it 4*...