Reviews by bt1001quest

Dr. Dre kills it, the raps are pretty good, and there's a couple really killer songs. Only problems here are its length and the repetitive nature of the lyrics

Really really great folk album that showcases 4 great songwriters putting together a great mixture of some of their strongest stuff. There's like 7 classics in a row on this thing. The finale track is kind of a bad ending, though.

Absorbing music that absolutely achieves its goal of sounding like a "dream" from the shimmering guitars to her inscrutable lyrics. Every song is great!

Pretty consistently entertaining. Production still sounds really cool and her flow (seemingly a mix of Indian subcontinent Filmi vocal style and Missy Elliott-esque street swagger) is perfect. Liked it a lot and would probably still enjoy a second time!

Neil Young's "drunken hour" album. A couple of really nice singer-songwriter tunes and some tasty Nils Lofgren slide guitar, but not much to chew on overall.

A couple of her greatest tracks reside on this record, but the sound is a bit unfocused overall here. Am I supposed to feel sorrow? Angry? Braggadocious ambivalence? I like Fiona's style when it's more well-defined.

I cannot stand the vocal diction ("____-ah" on every single word), and in combination with the obnoxiously-mixed low end, make this one of the worst things I've heard while doing this. A few moments where I was not hating what I was hearing does not make it any less terrible overall.

"Buffalo Stance" is a very very cool track, treading this line between being dated (80s rap flow and record scratches) and timeless (house instrumental and keytar samples on the hook). I really love it. Same goes for its following track, "Manchild" which instantaneously springs to mind images of an underground 90s grotto club with its massive sound. Ultimately I really enjoy the vibe the album strikes in spite of some clunker tracks. She carries a great energy that is really boosted by the Massive Attack instrumentals.

Really don't understand why Quadrophenia is not on the list but this is, when it's largely a dry-run of the "rock opera"/broadway-esque sound they continued to pursue on that record. Its successor has an easier to follow story, better lyrics, instrumental parts, and more memorable motifs throughout. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of big swings here and some aspects are done quite well, but it does not fully earn its length and was surpassed by a record largely of the same vein and style so I don't consider it essential Who.

Pure 80s fun but I'm not sold on its inclusion on this list. Several iconic songs but also several more deserving of being called forgettable and/or filler.

His vocals sometimes border on being too Robert Plant, the songwriting often leans a little bit too much on Paul McCartney worship- (I audibly said "c'mon now" at how McCartney-ish "We're Going to Be Friends" is). But I cannot deny some really great tracks appear here: "Fell in Love With a Girl," "The Union Forever," and "Offend in Every Way" being my favorites.

Good to know this was what he was up to in the offseason before winning three straight NBA championships

Love Ray Charles but didn't find this anything more than "nice." The arrangements are good, but not great, the songs good, not great. I think Ray's a compilation guy, unfortunately. Still a good listening experience, but I'm looking for his great stuff.

Surprisingly excellent. Le Tigre proves you've gotta be melodically interesting and prioritize that to successfully deliver an overt political message in your music. Love the atmosphere on quite a few of these tracks. The guitar sound, while repeated quite a bit, gives the band an incredibly easy-to-pick-out sound. Vocal style of each member works, too. "Deceptacon" is the big one, but I also am very impartial to "Eau d'Bedroom Dancing" and "Hot Topic."

I was today years old when I found out that Nick Cave did the song Harry and Hermoine slow dance to in the seventh film.

If NC had picked a lane and lessened the length by about 25-30 minutes, this could have been great. I liked the more listener-friendly style he had put himself into here on the majority of it. And then there's some "weird for the sake of being weird" songs that do nothing for me and just end up taking time.

“Papa” destroys everything else on this record that ends up being quite mediocre all things considered.

Thank you to Milwaukee Ballet company for dancing to "the World is Yours" and introducing that song to me in 5th grade

I recognized his unique vocal stylings from his collaborations on movie scores with Hans Zimmer and Peter Gabriel. Let me be clear that I absolutely love world music and consume it weekly, so it is absolutely sad for me to say that this album did not work for me. I don't really find his performances elevate the material and the repetition gets a bit sparse midway through the track list. I prefer West African music with a bit more liveliness or danceability. I personally recommend checking out Youssou N'Dour, Diogal, or Doudou N'Diaye Rose if you are seeking out great Senegalese music!

Ah that Leonard Cohen... never met a note he could hit.

I think this album would be great if basically anyone else had been singing it. I have to give it some credit because the songs are written quite well and the instrumentation is good but I cannot get over the monotone "wa-wa"-ing from Len.

Who hasn't heard "Take Me Out" at this point? I would venture a guess it's the most iconic rock track of the 2000s besides "Seven Nation Army." That track plus many others highlight this band's really huge strength- THE RIFFS. So many memorable ones all over this record. The production really accentuates them, too, which makes me really happy while listening. The vibes here are so infectious for a pretty perfectly paced 38 minutes.