Reviews by calvin

I'm very impressed that the book curation team like pop metal! This album rocks so hard, barely a dull moment.

After an album of passable rock with occasionally interesting lyrics (I've been dragged to the Clairmont Lounge) I was surprised how much I liked Ex-Americans

Maybe I'm a philistine, but many Queen albums are served best by listening to the songs on the best of and skipping the rest. This one falls into that category. Really high highs with Good Old Fashion Lover Boy and Somebody to Love, and the rest is fine. Tie Your Mother down is also on their best of, but is not my favorite.

I've never cared for TOOLs vocalist and sometimes thought their albums were a little slow. This one filled that space with... dread? Empowerment? I'm not sure, but there was no wasted space.

Wait, I know Forever Autumn! That's from a 70's Orwell operetta album? Crazy. This whole thing was way better than it had any right to be. Didn't love Nathan getting the big ballad, but it is what it is.

Expressive piano and great story telling. His voice is not my favorite, and few songs were a bit dull

What an album! King Crimson's most approachable work.

Second tier atmospheric postrock

Alternative country you say? Tell me more. We were going so strong until we devolved into honky christian sing-a-long. Oh never mind, those were the ill considered should-have-been-excluded bonus tracks. You know what? I'm petty enough to deduct a point.

In theory I like this genre, in practice nothing here stood out to me.

Would I love this if I didn't already love the movie? I don't think I care.

I'm not sure I understand the appeal. It was neither beautiful nor frenetic nor fun. It was at least somewhat interesting.

Frenetic fun and socially conscious. I am a sucker for British isles dialects talk singing.

Interesting. Definitely had the shape of future music. Feels like they found the edge of their ability.

Beautiful and evocative

Hispanic ska was an unexpected joy

Maybe I'm just not a fan of falsetto, I also don't appreciate Bon Iver as much as others.

Falling set me up for a nice ride and the rest of the album was okay.

Medicore electronics pop staring a violen. Feels very catered to acrobatic live performance, no thanks outside that context

Post punk is so nice, and this was extremely reasonant.