Reviews by brndnnll

I was unfamiliar and my first impression was that this would be precious indie rock, but as the record went on it reminded me more of something closer to Pinback or múm. I enjoyed this quite a bit.

I listened to this album a ton when it came out for a year or so and haven’t listened to it much since then. I’m not sure it holds up as well as I remember it, but I still really love it. Not Daft Punk’s best but probably my personal favorite.

Had never heard of this artist and didn’t have any real expectations. Seems like chamber pop that wants to live in its vibe/moon, but that vibe/mood just felt mostly empty.

This is overly long and a bit all over the place. Good musicianship for sure, but I’d hardly call this essential.

There were a lot of R.E.M. albums on the original list. Arguably too many. I don’t think we needed more. This was fine I guess.

I know this main seem ridiculous but I firmly believe there is a lack of excellent jazz records on the original list. Mingus is one of the best and this is probably his best work. Loved listening to this on this lazy afternoon.

A very long but very enjoyable record. I had never heard of this band and probably would have liked this much less if it were in a language I understood. Beautiful arrangements and just excellent songs. Really enjoyed this.

Very tender bedroom pop folk music. Pretty for sure.

I don’t know anything about Nascent and this just seemed like pop electronica music to me. I’m sure it’s great for what it is but this is just not interesting at all.

I never really got into The Cranberries. Zombie was a huge hit when I was of the age where I was first starting to listen to the radio to try to find my own music that I liked, and I think it was probably the first song that gave me that now all too familiar feeling of being overplayed. But that’s a silly thing to hold against them 30+ years later. This album is excellent. It’s beautiful and layered. Dolores O'Riordan was truly an amazing talent and artist.

Tame Impala never clicked for me. I saw them at a small venue on a whim in 2010 before they got huge and just kind of thought they were fine. They reminded me of a knockoff Dungen. This album was totally what I expected, it was fine and just kind of blended into itself as background filler. Still don’t really get the mass appeal.

I have never seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In general I don’t think soundtracks and scores should be on these lists because they are part of a much larger piece of art and it’s impossible to listen to them without the full context of seeing the film. This seemed fun for sure, and I probably would like it more hearing it along with watching the movie. Tough inclusion.

The audacity to put a nearly 2.5 hour DJ mix tape on this list. Just absolutely not.

This was fine, pretty middle of the road, early 2000s indie rock. Better than I was expecting, but would not ever think about or listen to again.

I was not thrilled to get this at all. I don't care for DMB, and particularly was not stoked to get an album with a 70 minute run time. As expected this was pretty awful.

This was pretty much what I expected from a live 1970s jazz fusion record. It was smooth and wanky. It was fine, but not for me at all.

Obviously this had some big time hits on it at the time which I am very familiar with, but hadn't listened to this as a whole album. It was okay, pretty dated. Too long, but that's a consequence of being a product of the CD era. Would not listen again but I get it's an important piece of pop culture. Too bad about Gwen Stefani's shift over the past few years.

For me personally this is about as bad at it gets. The grating over emotive voice. Reading about this band, they are considered "emo revival," which is something I don't think needed any reviving at any point.

This was fine, way too long for sure. The whole neo soul, R&B thing is just not for me.

This was certainly good and I certainly appreciate the user selecting “The Best of…” instead of the full box set. But an album this is not.