Reviews by brndnnll

I am sure this is great as far as 80s soul go, but I just do not care about it at all, and it did nothing for me.

I definitely wasn't thrilled about this when it came up. Too many live albums on this list, and they generally are pretty mediocre, and they are generally double albums. But this clocks in at less than 38 minutes? That seems wild to me as a live album, and was wondering what made it so great. I also saw that it's 6 tracks, 3 of which are not even original songs by The Who, and kind of rolled my eyes hard.

Anyway the recording and performance on this album absolutely rips. This band is high energy and loud and raw in all the best way. I imagine they were insane to see live. The original songs of theirs sound incredible.

Obviously, subsequent re-releases of this album include the whole live show, not just what was edited and cut for the 38 minute release. I will give it a listen to just hear this artifact. I still don't think live albums should be on this list though.

A classic debut album from one of the all time American greats. A delight to listen to this morning and an easy 5 stars.

There is nothing wrong with this, it's just background boring music. Pretty meh. I'm sure people like it, but man it's bland and doesn't even register. Really do not understand how this is essential.

For some reason this really hit today. Just the right combination of straightforward early 2000s alternative that has enough weirdness and is catchy enough to be interesting and firmly implant ear worms. Listened to this a couple times today. Much better than I was expecting!

I am not in to U2, but was slightly intrigued by an earlier album that supposedly is more post-punk than it's later bland rock music. I guess it was better, but man the production and the sound of this band is just too much for me.

Ha man. Some heady jams for sure. I am guessing this is probably the gold standard for official live releases for Grateful Dead? I have no idea. People love the dead, this was heady, the vocals were a bit rough, it was long, but heady. Solid 3 stars.

I think this is arguably Scott Walker's best record. Just a perfect 33 minutes.

Meh, I don't know this was fine. The White Stripes are cool enough, but could not imagine being super in to them and listening to them a bunch. They have better records than this for sure.

This album is perhaps underrated particularly when held up against the first two records and given the lineup change with Doug Yule replacing John Cale, but this album is every bit as good as the first two. Nearly perfect. An easy 5 stars.

Really lovely and excellent jazz record. Perfect for a lazy Sunday morning. Cool jazz baby...

The final Hüsker Dü album is a banger, a double album hitting all the power pop high notes. Great record.

This record still sound singular all these years later. Not a wasted note is right. Truly almost flawless.

I guess I wasn't aware of this album existing, but everything about this seems so familiar and comforting to me. The recording and production on this is perfect. Easily a 5 star album.

Last of the 3 Hendrix albums on this list for me. Reading about this, I saw that the original International/UK release did not include the hits Purple Hazy and Hey Joe like the later US release included, so I opted to a build a playlist of the original release and listen to that. Hendrix is definitely heady. Great sound and vibe all around.

The title track with that backwards guitar on those drums still sounds wild and far out almost 60 years later. I listened to it probably 20 times.

You know I liked this and thought it was more interesting than I was expecting. There is some weird avant-fusion stuff happening underneath some of these songs, not nearly as out there as I'd like but interesting nonetheless. At the end of the day, it does just kind of feel like folk music to me that doesn't hit super hard, but I enjoyed this.

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Definitely a fun and catchy album, but feels like it has a lot more to it than just danceable vibes.

This feels a generic British album, which means that it is totally at home on this list.

The Theme from Shaft is obviously a classic and a masterpiece. This whole album is just incredibly excellent psychedelic and progressive soul. Really enjoyed listening to this record this morning.

Never been a huge fan of reggae but definitely haven't spent a lot of time with the genre. This was fine, it seems pretty smooth and mellow, just kind of like background music. Which nothing wrong with that, but nothing mind blowing either. Enjoyable enough.