Reviews by brndnnll

Not knowing a ton about the specifics of Sonic Youth, it's wild to read about the context of this album, and just think about how gross and disgusting the major label machine was in 1992. Butch Vig production in full. This album seems like the polished post-Nevermind version of this band that DGC was hoping to cash in on. But that doesn't detract from how good this band and this record. It's cohesive and punching and direct in all the right ways. A great album.

Everything about this album is just a great time. Great songs, super vivid, catchy. Just a super solid album front to back.

Raw, industrial, experimental, and noisy. EN and this album made such a mark when they came on the scene. How I wish I could have seen one of their shows back in the 1980s. Very cool that they are represented on this list.

Extremely driving and menacing gothic rock. A very long double record.

Never really got in to this band. They seem kind of like a poor man's Akron/Family to me. It was fine for sure, and I probably would have been more in to this if I had actually heard it closer to when it came out.

I genuinely have a hard time thinking of a more uninteresting and boring band than RHCP. Everything about them is bland and blah. I cannot fathom how anyone could put this on and unironically enjoy it.

The quintessential Kraftwerk album. I listened to this three times today. An absolute classic.

Quintessential thrash album. 50 minutes of speed and chaos. This was great to listen to after slamming espresso and dealing with a bunch of stressful stuff at work.

I have no reference point for this band. I guess they are Britpop adjacent? I don't know, this album was fine, it is like radio polished mass appeal background music that feels like it was probably alternative to the most popular when it came out. Very middle of the road and inoffensive. It was fine for sure, nothing to write home about.

An absolute classic. Always fun to listen to.

Pretty seminal feminist punk record from the 90s Olympia scene. Succinct and on point.

You can hardly even tell that this is Randy Marsh.

SY at it's undeniable best. Everything you want on this record. A true classic.

Bob Marley, poet and a prophet.

I mean another classic record I suppose. Solid 4. Not much to say about it.

Another trip hop record. Not my favorite by any means, but not the worst. Just kind of meh background music. Too much of this on this list.

Some British trip hop from the early 90s. Not too many things I could be less interested in. This is fine, probably a "you had to be there" type thing. But man it feels pretty inessential.

An obvious classic record. Always a great listen, timeless and beyond reproach.

I was able to find a cobbled together playlist of the original track listing on Spotify. This album was fine, it's not for me, and I don't need to wade to deeply in to this. It feels more like a "needed to be there" thing.

Very middle of the road indie psych dance record from the 2010s. It was fine, nothing wrong with it, nothing great about it.

This album is sweet. Bee Gees are better and more interesting than I thought for sure. Long and ambitious concept album with just excellent songs and parts all over it. Great album.