Reviews by cunningtarantula

I've listened to this in the past. It's a good one but I'm curious how it'll feel on a relisten years later.

It's good but I'm not likely to return to this but would never complain if it were on

Van Morrison is fine, it's just not for me.

This album is fine. But there's a flat feeling to it. And Chrissie Hynde's vocal range is a bit limited. It's fun to know and it makes sense that Nick Lowe produced this. While I know the hits, I'm not likely to return to this.

I enjoyed this. I get why they're considered at the peak of shoe gaze. I just don't know how much I love shoe gaze in general

I have no idea if this is good or not. I listened to less than 30 seconds. Extremely not my jam. Is it important? Probably, maybe. But I'm not gonna find out. I wish I could be more open minded about this but it's not where my head is right now.

I liked this. I really liked Monitor and Sin in My Heart. Great overall, it's actually a 3.5 for me but decided to round up instead of rounding down.

This is fine but the album feels really inconsistent. There's no overarching theme, it feels like a bunch of random ideas that got turned into songs. It's not bad but I don't think it's particularly very good. It feels like they were musical tourists and just pulled from everywhere they were visiting. Song 2 is so high school coded for me. It's the only song that feels 'polished.' Anyway, I'm not likely to revisit this.

I enjoyed this, definitely got some punk vibes. It's closer to a 3.75 than a 4 but we're all having fun here so I've rounded it up

Besides Sunshine Superman and Season of the Witch, this is just kinda snoozy, overplayed and/or dated.

This is a solid 3.5 for me, great stuff!

I was unfamiliar with this artist and this album. On the whole, I really enjoyed it. Will relisten.

Never heard of these guys but this shit is great. It's dated but still fresh. A pleasant surprise.

I really hate the song Monday, Monday. I like Straight Shooter. Didn't realize that the Ramones cover of Do You Wanna Dance was of these moms and dads. California Banananing. It's just so old sounding. I can appreciate that what it's doing at the time is really good. But like, I'm never gonna spin this on my own without a prompting. Listened to the whole thing, only 35 mins, but it felt longer.

Good old fashioned classic 1970s British punk rock. Good enough for me

This was more enjoyable than I thought it would be. But it's sometimes noisy but not in the best kind of way. Would probably relisten

One of the best metal albums of all time

I had to look this up on Rate Your Music. It says, that for genres it's Chamber Pop, Baroque Pop, Art Pop, and Cabaret. If that's what it is, I'm pretty sure I don't like these styles. For descriptors, it says that it's humorous, sexual, sarcastic, male vocalist, quirky, romantic, love, bittersweet, passionate, orchestral, lush, poetic, epic, satirical, playful, energetic, melodic, breakup, theatrical, lonely, self-hatred, hedonistic. Again, I don't think I like this style. Maybe I'm not cultured? That's fine.

In my husband's words, this is what a nice hotel lobby sounds like

Was unfamiliar with this. Can see a direct line from this to a lot of "alternative" music (whatever that means) that came later. It's actually 3.5 stars for me but decided to round down.

A little show tuny but not bad!