Reviews by daniel

This album is fabulous. There is so much fun in here as well as great songs, such a catchy atmosphere and a very theatrical sense. Simply, an album that is not ground-braking, nor excellent, but that is very solid and such a great listening experience. It's fun, it's very enjoyable, it's bluesy and dramatic at some points... I mean, it's a fantastic experience to listen to this one. I've loved this.

Well... I mean, it's not that horrible... well, yes, it is. I've tried many times to listen to it more open-minded, but I feel like I've forced myself to like something that I can't find the least interesting or good. Yes, there are some nice ideas in here, but all sounds very dated and uninteresting. And, to be honest, I prefer this kind of hip-hop than more current things, but it's very bland, very insipid, and, honestly, a waste of time. I can understand the appeal, but I can't find it; this is not for me at all, it's been such a horrible time and listening experience.

This album is extraordinary, so fantastically enchanting and wonderful. Jimi Hendrix is, for sure, a genius and a great guitarist, and this record perfectly portrays his abilities. The psychedelic sounds match so well the bluesy and jazz moments that surround the album's eclectic sounds. I love the experimentation here, it functions pretty well, sounds fresh and makes of this album a very enjoyable and interesting one. So, I've loved it, it has been a very pleasant and even funny listening.

This album is raw, obscure and paused, but in a very good way. There is a great balance between more lively and beautiful tracks and the experimental (sometimes even ambient-based) side. I've enjoyed it a lot, it's a very sad-sounding album (many lyrics are too), but there is something so beautiful around it that it makes of this album a very eclectic and sincere one. And it's been truly a journey to listen to this album, it starts with more upbeat songs and then it flows until it becomes dark and nostalgic. It's great. Surely, an album that demonstrates Bowie's most experimental but also human side.

This album is nice, very easy-listening (maybe too much for my liking). The songs are not outstanding, although, just some tracks that have interesting ideas, maybe not that much developed, but that make them something else than an average glam metal song, which, to be fair, is not a genre that attracts me much – but let's be openminded. So, well, it's been an enjoyable record, a funny one, not much interesting for me to really like it, but I have to admit that it's nice.

This album is wonderfully surprising. Not because I doubt of Dylan's capacity to make great music (who, for sure, is such a great artist – even if he is not always much of my like), but because of how enjoyable and interesting it is, added to how eclectic and pleasant it feels. It's a sweet and funny album at both times with some fantastic songs. I've loved listening to it, how it flows through different sounds, more paused ones and other very uplifting ones, with such cohesiveness and subtlety. For sure, it's one album worth listening to, one lovely one.

This album is great. Oh, I didn't think I would enjoy it that much, mainly because the beginning is not that strong for me – of course, I has "Heroes", but the other songs are just some other nice ones, which I don't find much outstanding, so I was wondering if the sole masterpiece of the record would be the title track... but, oh, I was so wrong! It starts to grow and grow, also becoming something very different than the beginning, more experimental and ambient-based, but so beautiful. I've loved listening to this album, and, even if I'm not loving some of the first tracks (mainly because I would expect something else from Bowie), it has been a delight, such a great experience, and truly an album that grows, that is actually fantastic.

This album is very enjoyable, and truly a surprise. At the beginning I thought it was really nice, but not something I would highlight and, at the end, my vision of it changed to actually feel like it is a very interesting record. I love the different sounds, sonic experiences and influences this album has, they really make it something special and, even though it's not that much of a very original record (in the sense of making something ground-breaking), it is one that combines different elements in a great and very well-done way, and the deliver is fantastic too. So, I'm very surprised and glad to have listened to this album.

Really good album, I feel like this one is way a very classic-sounding record but, still, one that has such great songs. I've enjoyed a lot listening to this one, very 60's country... a delight, truly a delight. So, I've loved it. So so much. Maybe it's not the most innovative thing I've ever listened to (of course), but it's a very pleasant listening, one that flows really well, also one that is very solid. All the songs are great. So, what else do I have to say? Sometimes it's also very nice to listen to albums like this one. And I certainly find this one a highlight.

What to tell about Thriller? The bestselling album of all time. One of the most praised albums ever, by Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. And still, I don't get the profound respect some people have for this album. For sure, it's a pretty decent album... more than that, it's really good, a very enjoyable record. But it's not flawless, it's far from being perfect, and it's a very 80s album, for the good and the bad. So, first things first, the album doesn't have a great opener. It kicks off with a very danceable, up-beat track. Sure, it starts building the atmosphere, but it's a song that is not impressive. It's, again, a very 80s song. Also in the way it is unnecessarily enlarged until it becomes pretty repetitive. I understand it was a thing of the 80s, such a common practise, but it's the first flaw I can find in this album. Many songs are enlarged without an actual purpose. Does it imply the songs are bad? No, for sure, but some songs are not that great to really "deserve" to have their choruses repeated twenty times. Billie Jean is an example of a great song in which that repetition does not distract, does not become an issue. But other songs really suffer from that. And another issue I can find is how outstanding some songs are. There is a moment in the album in which even the production seems to change, the funkiness and the ballads stop to open a new section: the greatest hits. And it's something very noticeable. It's great to have those tracks, but they make the rest of the album feel smaller. And that's not something that favours the listening experience. So, it is such a great record, all the songs are pretty nice, and some are really big, actually, even atemporal if you will. But there are, for sure, better parts than others. Anyway, it is such a funny and pretty enjoyable album to listen to.

This album is as good as it has some bad aspects to consider. I mean, it has some pretty nice ideas, some good songs, but it is also a very grunge record at times in the sense that it does not develop much some ideas and becomes pretty cliché into the genre. And, to be honest, I'm not much of a grunge person, it's not a genre that I usually like. And it's not that the genre cannot impress me, but the music has to be actually outstanding or interesting enough to catch me. And, at the beginning, I thought this album would be of my like. However, half of it is the same kind of paused, depressive and shouty music. Not that it's a bad thing, but sure it becomes very bland when several songs have the same kind of sound. On the other hand, some tracks really are highlights. So, overall, this is an album I've enjoyed listening to, but it's not close to being one I would consider to listen much.

This album is not bad, actually. I've liked some tracks, but most of the songs are pretty bland. Sure, this is not Crow at her best, just a mid album that is cute, but just that. Very forgettable, also. I don't understand the appeal of this album, I get it's an enjoyable record, but I haven't found it exciting or interesting in any sense. So, well, I must say I already knew I wasn't going to love it, but some songs are nice. So I'll focus on that.

Now I understand the appeal of this album. I must confess I haven't listened to it before, but it has been such a fabulous experience. The first part of the album is excellent, and the guitars are absolutely brilliant, all over the album, actually. But this album does not lose its interest at any time, it is all the time great, song after song it builds a pretty enjoyable experience... and the last song really closes it in a fantastic way. So, it has been great, from start to end.

This album is so beautiful and enchanting... I mean, it's Nick Cave. But I've found it more than pleasant, I've found this album absolutely haunting and magnificent, with very delicate moments, but also a quite obscure sound, much of Cave's like, that matches so well the atmosphere of the album. I'm completely amazed by this album, truly, listening to it has also felt like a quick dream. It's great.

Welcome back 60's! Sure, this album is great. The songs are all very enjoyable, with a very electrifying performance that adds a lot to them. And listening to it really feels like being at the concert, there is a sound so enchanting that transports you to the place, to the time. At least in a fantasy. So, well, I'm not very impressed (mainly because this kind of music was very popular at that time, so sure I have listened to other similar albums), but I'm very pleased. And for me that's also very important in music, the feelings, the emotions it can transmit.

Well... this album is, the least to say, interesting. And I have enjoyed some parts. I don't find very appealing the strong sexual components on Gainsbourg's music, which have become a part of his persona, but surely the way this album dives between a storytelling and cinematic experience is quite a risk that is pretty well delivered in the record. His voice in contrast with Jane Birkin's in this album really fits quite well and accompanies the story which, aside from being scandalous, I just find it as a provocation, so I don't care much about this aspect of the album. The songs are pretty well delivered and the different sections give this album a very fluid sound. Is it something magnificent? I wouldn't say so, but surely it is a very interesting album, mainly in the way it feels like a whole in a very literary sense. So, surprisingly, I've liked this one.

This album is such a delight. Since its first second until the last one; it is so good and delicate, as well as so enjoyable, beautiful, enchanting and such a pleasure that it is a lovely experience to listen to it. I've completely loved this one, so much. And the mastery of the musicians is also something so remarkable that adds to it an extra layer of greatness. It is so well delivered and so well composed that it is a very emotional record.

I am a happy owner of this album, so what else should I say? Well, let's begin with by saying that maybe Cyndi has not the best vocals (yet a very recognisable voice), but surely when she sings everything feels so fine. She knows how to make fun music, and also some pretty nice stuff too. And, it may be the only time I say so but, how can someone hate this album? I mean, you have to be a pretty boring person to not smile neither a bit when listening to this record. It's such a classic, and a very funny album too. It is so crazy at times and with such a range of different genres too that there is so much going on. And it's great! There is a bit of ska, also that amazing little piece called He's So Unusual, the 80's hits, ballads, a playful rock... And still it's all so unique that it could only be a Cyndi Lauper album. So, I must say I've loved this. Re-listening it for a time I have lost the count of, it has been so fun, playful and enjoyable.

It's sad, on the other hand (and not talking about the album at all), that Cyndi doesn't seem to escape from people linking her to Madonna. I want to write about it mainly because I love both, and I think those comparisons are completely out of place. They are both very talented, and they have both made great albums. But their music is completely different. Comparing them just because they are women in the pop music genre that appeared at the same time is not fair when analysing their careers. We can enjoy both of them, or neither, whoever we want to enjoy, without having the need to compare. I guess that way music can be funnier. But, well, that's a little reflection of mine. As far as what concerns the album, again, it's excellent. Such a delight.

This album is the perfect example of why the 80's are not that great decade in music history some people claim to be. It was a time of some experimentation, for sure, but most of the times that experimentation led to what is called New Wave, a genre that can be fun, and even in some songs interesting, but most of the times is just that mixture of sounds and repetitive melodies added to boring vocals. And that's what this album is. It opens with two nice songs, the stronger tracks of this record. They are not the big thing but, at least, make you want to know what is after them. But the rest is just an album going down from bad to worst. It could be fun if it weren't the same thing on and on. Because it becomes pretty bland. And the "experimentation" sounds so dated that is not impressive anymore. Surely, it was a decade of making fun pop music with some instrumental moments for strange sounds (not that it is necessarily a bad thing), and it in some way defined new genres and ways of making music, but it doesn't mean or have to imply that the music (I mean, all the music) is good. So, well, it is enjoyable until it becomes unbearable. And this album is really horrid when you've gone halfway through it. However, I must say, it is better to end the album with the bonus Under the Boardwalk instead of finishing with Booming and Zooming. At least it leaves a better impression of the album once you've finished it all. And I think it says it all, because Under the Boardwalk isn't what I would call a good song. But at least it's better and funnier.

This album is not my thing at all, but it has been fun, at least at some points. Would I listen to it again? Surely not, at least not because I choose to. But it has been a nice listening. This kind of rap mixed with rock (or the rap-rock genre in general) sounds too insipid for me, maybe because I don't like (most of) rap to begin with. But this mixture with nu-metal touches has been at some moments interesting, and this album does not sound bad either. It's pretty pop for me, paradoxically. In this sense, I have mixed feelings because it sounds pretty mainstream and formulaic, and some parts are actually even embarrassing, which is something that pushes me off, but at the same time I can find something that I "kind of" like. So, even if I don't think I will ever voluntarily listen to any song off this record again, it's been a good time listening to it.