Reviews by cunningtarantula

This had an almost Cuban feeling at times.

I know this is more of his ballad-type stuff but I really dug this. The fella has got a set of pipes on 'im.

This was good. There's even a few songs I could see my adding to playlists. But this is not 1001 material (sorry Carly, I suspect you might love this)

Iron Maiden felt really lame to me as a teenager, just super dated and what old dudes listened to. Now that I'm an older dude, I get it and I love them.

I honestly think this is on the list for to recency bias.

I went through this period in my early 20s where everyone I knew was into Neil Young so I bought this album. I get it, it's really good, but it never clicked for me the way it clicked for other people.

This was good but it's pretty low key, not a ton of rock 'n' rolls vibes.

This record was not made for me. The vocals and the way they're mixed are grating. I guess musically it's fine enough but honestly... it's like it's doing something and nothing at the same time.

I'm back talking about dirtbags again today. When this came out, I was in high school and only the real dirtbags were listening to this. I heard this album so much then and built up this negative association. I liked Roots Bloody Roots but beyond that, the album had become inaccessible to me. A few weeks ago, I spun this record and realized it only has a dirtbag veneer.

I saw P. Gabes perform in 2024 and it was so beautiful it moved me to tears. It was a concert for the history books.

When I started junior high, there was this girl in my class, Dawn, who liked this album. It had only come out a few months before and she likely came to it through her older sisters. I just couldn't relate to the music, it was so far removed from where I was and it felt like it had a level of maturity I just relate to.

I thought of Dawn as a 'tough' girl because she was already smoking at 12 years old, this being the late 1900s and all. I kinda thought her listening to this album made her a dirtbag, kinda the way the model on the cover of this looks absolutely feral. Anyway, 30+ years on, this album hits in such a different way and I wish I had been less judgmental of Dawn. Truly a wasted opportunity to bond over Courtney Love at 12 years old.

This was smooth.... really, really smooth.

Dolly meant the world to me and I'm absolutely heartbroken she's left this world. This album is 5 stars, full stop. I will accept no other ratings.

I revisited this once I wasn't so tired and was in a better mood. It's pretty much what I thought it would be. It's good and I can hear it pulling from Joni. I would never complain if someone else threw this one but I can't see me ever spinning it myself.

I'm not in a super open minded place today listening to this. I think there's something going on here that's good but my tired ears just can't hear it.

The vocals are just atrocious. I also get that this is supposed to be weird and it's proto-weird? I don't know, I feel like even weird needs to follow at least some conventions to make it good. Hence why I feel this is proto-weird. Anyway, I kinda hate it. It feels like making fun of hippies is punching down.

My big issue with Bjork is that so often, the music has no beats

I remember one time, nearly 20 years ago, I listened to the entire Van Halen discography in chronological order. Good times.

That's a no for me dawg.

I mean, I get it, she's a great rapper but I find this just so dated.

This album is such a classic for me. I thought it was edgy AF when I was a teen. We both know what song I'm talking about. This album hits so much different now that I'm older. It's a bop