Reviews by brndnnll

This is my favorite Talking Heads record, not their best, but my favorite. I love every single song and everything about this album, it's the album that got me in to them, and I love listening to this. Also "Sugar on my Tongue" is one of the strongest non-album extra tracks that exists from any album.

British electronic group from the 80s? Classic stuff for this list. Never heard of this, it was fine, not for me. Too much of it on this list. At least it predates the CD era when these albums got way too long.

Chicago is a ridiculous band, but their earlier stuff is a lot sweeter and more out there than what they ended up becoming for the rest of their existence. I always liked this album even though it's over the top and obviously way too long. But some great stuff on it for sure.

Totally unfamiliar with this and thought it was an excellent record. Just a great place and time artifact for the post punk, dub, art pop scene from the time. Weird and angular in all the right ways. Loved this.

I know many people who love Living Colour and I have never really listened to them. Somewhat surprised at how many of these songs I recognized. Super fun record, cool to finally check it out.

I have never listened to this band, but I know a fair number of people who LOVE this band. This was pretty run of the mill mid-2000s meh for me. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing all that intriguing or interesting about it.

This was, very predictably, excellent. One of the best to ever do it. A lovely way to ease in to the day.

Had no idea what to expect with this, but this was a lot weirder and more interesting than most of the stuff on this list. Very cool album to check out. This is the type of thing I was hoping to see more of when I entered in to this venture.

An absolutely gorgeous and lovely samba record. Timeless.

Ghostface is one of the best to ever do it. This is an excellent record all around.

Man what a slog. I have no idea who many Metallica albums are on this list, but I assume it's at least 3ish. Metallica has some great albums, some good albums, and some horrible albums. This thing is it's own thing entirely. I remember this happening 25 years ago and thinking it was a dumb idea then and after sitting through 2+ hours of this now, I can confidently confirm that. There is no reason for them to have ever done this, an ill conceived idea for novelty that no one ever asked for. I can't believe this is on this list. There is nothing significant or essential about this at all. Just stick with their great albums and not this incredible misguided misstep.

You know, I was very in to this album when it came out and listened to it a bunch, saw them live on that tour, and then just stopped listening to it and never checked out any subsequent releases. I was expecting that I'd be pretty meh on it, which I was, but it's also just a good record. The sound is a bit too one note for me, but in general it's super solid.

I had never listened to this record all the way though. It feels timeless and present at the same time. It’s a great collection of eclectic songs that all seem to fit together very well. Excellent all around.

I get that blues records making it over to England were a big deal and this was the interpretative result, and fully understand their significance, but man blues based guitar driven music from the 60s is just so boring to me. Not for me at all.

I had never heard of The Thrills, and within 2 seconds of this playing I knew I was not going to like it. It's just pretty standard early 2000s sunny So-Cal Indie Pop but made by Irish folks. Could not be any less interesting.

I was stoked when this came up. John Lee Hooker is a legend and a true OG of Delta Blues. I was super disappointed to find this album was from 1989 and not from the 60s, and even more disappointed to find that almost every other track featured a collaboration with a popular artist at the time. This is a poor representation of a great musician. This is overly produced and each song sounds way to heavily influenced by the sound of the featured artist. Just give me the straight stuff from the 60s.

I had never heard of this, but it looks like it won the Mercury Prize so it just HAS to be included. All in all this was fine but really not at all for me. I could see how British critics in 2005 loved this album though.

This was just a super solid classic cosmic country rock album. Really enjoyed this!

Had never heard of Miriam, but this record was a breath of fresh air. Just lovely all around. Great inclusion.

You know, this was fine. Paul Simon is great if not just slightly problematic in what feels like cultural appropriation on his records. More so on Graceland than this for sure. But in general a bunch of great songs. “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” always hits.