Reviews by brndnnll

Unfinished demos of home studio pop songs. Don't really get why this is here. It was interesting I guess insofar as very polished pop music can be.

I am no Tom Petty fan. That being said, this is a lot better than I was expecting, and better than anything I know of that he did with his Heartbreakers. Recognized more songs on this than I was expecting. Definitely way too long.

This album is just around an hour long, but it truly felt twice that time listening to it and hoping for it to end.

An underrated Queen album for sure. It plays second fiddle to A Night at the Opera, which is probably a better cohesive album. But is also one that I think is poorly mixed and bothers me when I listen to it. This album's high points are incredible, and the I think the ballads are pretty great as well. Teo Torriatte is one my favorite songs of all time. An excellent album closer. I hadn't listened to this for a while, and listened to it on repeat all day today and absolutely loved it.

A truly excellent jazz recording and record.

This made zero impression on me. Seems like it's probably fine, but not for me.

This seems like a classic reggae album. Reading about it now, I didn't realize there were two such drastically different version of this album. Unsurprisingly the streamers have the second US version of this to listen to which is what I listened to. It does seem like this is the more widely reviewed and included on best lists version of the album, but I always would prefer to listen to the original. Definitely having a tough time finding it anywhere, so I guess the second US version will have to do.

This was a cool art rock folk album from 1970s Argentina. Really enjoyed something like this getting added to the list, more esoteric international records please.

This feels like late 2000s / early 2010s so badly. I had no idea that this is what Girl Talk did. This was enjoyable in the sense that it reminded me of being into this kind of mashup trick as a novelty 15+years ago and the whole "I know that song" feeling that happened every 20 seconds. I get why this appeals to people for sure.

Had never heard of this band. Seems like they are super into Bowie.

Blues based rock and roll of the stoner variety. Pretty meh.

Wild to me that the whole Mac DeMarco thing was back in 2012. Had no idea it was that long ago, but yeah just starting this record and hearing that guitar tone--super dated, and it feels like 2012. This was kind of a trip to listen to after all these years. Fine for sure.

Is this a goof? This is objectively horrible.

Been aware of Pedro the Lion forever but never really checked it out. I did not realize he and this project were Christian? I kind of always assumed it was kind of twee and cute indie rock, which is kind of is, but it's also a lot heavier than I was expecting. Cool guitar tone. This was fine for sure.

This was a really tough listen over 47 minutes. Late 90s / Early 2000s pop punk is super rough.

I had never heard of Alex Harvey until an album showed up on the original list. Based on that I was not expecting another one to show up at any point. Very much like the album on the original list: fun, it kind of straddles the all too familiar line between glam and punk which makes sense for the context of this album at the time. A quick hitter and very enjoyable.

One of those bands that I have always been meaning to check out more. Very pleasant post-rock. Not quite as intense and epic as I prefer. More melodic and pretty approachable. A very pleasant listen on a Sunday morning.

Oingo Boingo is a pretty singular band and in small doses is a lot of fun for sure. Was stoked that this came up, easily their best record.

This is probably borderline should be on the actual list. Kind of surprised it isn't, but the actual list also is super problematic. Fun record, exactly what I was expecting. Warren Zevon is a very Excitable Boy.

Wholly unremarkable and not for me.