Reviews by brndnnll

Really dreaded listening to this when I saw it pop up. Just that standard guitar based bluesy fare from the 60s that I find so boring and uninteresting. I'll say that this seems like it's on the better end of that kind of music. It's a bit far out and reaching. But still not doing much for me.

This was better than I expected it would be, I just don't have any frame of reference for Janis Joplin. I was really digging the Hammond Organ all over this record.

This album is not great to begin with, and the hurdles of it not being readily available on the streamers doesn't help it's cause. Found this lacking and generally pretty boring. Not sure why it's on this list, though I don't understand why a lot things are on this list.

I was a lot more receptive to this than his first two records on this list, maybe I can dig more the transition in to the 1980s. But this still isn't great but it's fine.

The big three really egregious inclusions on this list from the late 90s are Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit and this Korn album, and barring any unexpected later inclusions, I am finally through all three of those. This is the least egregious but man it's bad, but not in a wholly offensive way like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit is. Still it has no business on this list.

One of the best. I have always loved Q-Tip as a lyricist and his delivery is just so smooth. This is a great record.

Not my favorite album from Fugazi, but it's undeniably great and absolutely essential. Fugazi is maybe the only band that is not bullshit. A beacon to strive towards.

This is a mess. I can't for the life of me understand how something that sounds like this would have ever resonated with enough people at any time to now be considered anywhere close to essential listening. The vocals are so grating, it makes me physically tense. Get this out of here.

Never really dug in to Roxy Music despite being very in to most of Eno's career after Roxy Music. This album is excellent and a nice peak in to the earlier work of genius. Fascinating.

This album is fantastic.

Everything else aside, this is just objectively bad, though well executed music. This genre of music from the late 90s and their albums suck. Way too long in the CD era, including remixed versions of earlier tracks on the album. I was not expecting to hit a fully auto-tuned song, and then have that followed up with a song featuring Eminem. Kid Rock is music for aggrieved straight white men, and it sucks that he is around and is figure with any cultural significance still. I was bummed to even give him the streams to listen to this. Get this off this list ASAP.

Never heard of this and it didn't make much of an impression on me. It was fine, but this is definitely in that area that I don't consider to be essential.

Never listened to this. Coincidentally I was supposed to see Neil Young & Crazy Horse two days ago but they had to cancel because "Health is #1" so this was a nice substitute. Album rocks for sure.

I was not expecting to know and recognize so many of these songs. I have heard a bunch of these countless times, either these versions or covers, I don't know? They just feel like songs that are entrenched in out musical cultural now. Impressed these were all written and on the same album. Great morning listen.

Great record. I love the Island Records albums from Tom Waits. Beyond reproach.

I am not sure if I have come across a more uninspired or more inconsequential album on this list. No reason for it to be included at all. This whole thing is just blah and uninteresting.

Quite the palette cleanser after another awful Bruce Springsteen album yesterday. An album I've listened to hundreds of times in my life is a nice way to balance that out. I have no notes on this, Doolittle is nearly perfect for what Pixies were doing at the time.

You know I did my best, I really did. I had never listened to any Bruce Springsteen before doing this exercise, and I would just always goof on him for all the obvious reasons. My friends have long told me if there's one album of his I might enjoy it would be this one, and maybe if I had gotten this first on this list instead of fifth--which I cannot believe there are that many albums by this dude on this list--I may have enjoyed it more.

Even trying to be objective, his voice just has so much blundering bad association for me. I can't deal. Did not enjoy this at all. I really hope this is the last Bruce Springsteen album on this list.

I had never heard of Jazmine Sullivan which isn't surprising since it's very recent and modern pop music, which is a world I am very not plugged in to. This was honestly great, really enjoyed it all the way through.

This is not what I was expecting out of a Bee Gees record. It showed more depth and range than I was expecting, some tracks even sounding like some hey-day Beatles. I guess I don't know much about the Bee Gees to begin with, but I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.