Reviews by calvin

How is this twice as good as any of the rest of his work? Musically daring, evocative and wildly catchy

Lovely sound, beautiful message, iconic of the genre. Production feels dated now, but all time classics

So many songs I knew but didn't know I knew. A beautiful journey through a poignant landscape. A journey I want to take again

The stories are dated, the transactional dating gross, and the steel guitar whiny, but yes, this is masterful quintessential country and why I don't like the genre.

Storytelling perfection without the worst instrument ever invented the steel guitar. This is country I can enjoy

Janis upgraded recording and songwriting when she left. Not sure I understand the appeal of this album.

Renfest Core

Beautiful voices in incredibly creative melodic and moving synth tech. This is as good as synth gets.

So many different cool musical/recording techniques on such fun upbeat sound, marvelous listen.

A diverse southwestern delight marvelously executed and humanizing

The hooks draw you in, the lyrics keep you

Bob Dylan is a really boring blues singer

Soul intensifies, love sublime

So much noise but somehow so boring

With Dreams, The Chain, Never Going Back Again, and Don't Stop, Rumors is a strong contender for greatest album ever.

Tremendously diverse, Interesting throughout. I understand why no radio singles, but masterful all the same

The musicality is really wonderful, the spitting feels purposeful to the point of clumsy.

Organ Jazz is tremendous. Marvelous album.

Would be my favorite old school lyricist, the jazz influence and the impeccable flow and clarity, but a star off for the misogyny and homophobia, and no, no points back for lamp-shading the hypocrisy.

A little bit of the sonic waffling didn't hit, but the sweeping epic did