Reviews by dburke

YES

I'm quite familiar with this album. When Coldplay first came out, I admit I didn't like it. I found I could enjoy "Trouble" but still had a tough time getting their overall thing. When their second album came out, I enjoyed that quite a bit more. I checked that out, and found it to be solid, and upon revisiting this album, I was able to see it in a different light and came to enjoy it on a similar level. But then they released their third album. It's got one or two good songs, but otherwise blah. And the "blah" has only intensified since then. So, it has become disheartening to listen to the first two Coldplay albums, knowing what has happened since then. These first two albums are absolutely worth being on this list and a clear distinction should be made between them and the albums thereafter.

First time listening to this album.

I chose to listen to the 2+ hour version of this. This was quite enjoyable.

This artist is completely new to me.

I don't like the singer's voice. The music is strange but interesting at times. I think if this were all instrumental, I might rate it higher.

I've never listened to this album start-to-finish, but am well-aware of the hits from this one.

This is a solid collection of songs by The Who. The tracks that are lesser-known than the singles are also pretty good.

This is my first time listening to Animal Collective.

These songs all sort of blurred together, and I didn't really enjoy it.

This is my first time sitting down to listen to a Bjork album start-to-finish.

I didn't hate this, but it's also not quite at the level of being enjoyable. I do, however, respect this album. It's very much Bjork doing Bjork things.

I'm pretty sure I've heard all of this album before, but I can't recall the last time I would have listened to it start-to-finish.

Here's my thing with Led Zeppelin: A lot of my formative years were spent listening to classic rock radio in the late 80s through the 90s. And Led Zeppelin was such a consistent staple of those radio stations, that I just got tired of them. So I've been mostly on a pretty strict "No-Zep" diet for quite a while.

In addition, as a guitarist, I love Jimmy Page as a riff-writer, but I hate his playing. He's very sloppy. And with something like "Bron-Yr-Aur" it's painfully obvious that a better guitarist would have practiced that more to eliminate all the clipped notes in it. His playing is frequently frustrating to listen to.

So, this is fun to re-visit this album. But I don't think this one is their best.

This is my first time listening to this album.

This is some classic early 80s hardcore punk. I enjoyed this, but I would definitely categorize it as an "acquired taste."

This is my first time listening to this album.

This is enjoyable, though some of the production choices make it seem pretty dated and 80s. I'm not sure I need to add this to my library, but I _am_ glad I listened to this.

YES

YES

There's just so much joy in this recording.

I've heard of Julian Cope but I haven't ever listened to his music.

I'm just not feeling this one. A lot of it just feels very amateurish.

I'm not sure I've ever heard of this group.

This kind of sounds like it's straight out of a creepy David Lynch movie. And if that's your jam, you might really enjoy this. It's not my jam, so I didn't really enjoy it. It's not terrible, but not very good. Also, these songs all generally feel longer than they should be.

YES

YES.

The only song on this album I even _consider_ skipping is "Meeting Across the River." The rest are all killers.

I don't think I've heard any of the tracks from this album before.

Jamiroquai are the sort of thing that I feel like I should enjoy more than I do. Maybe they're just a little too disco-ey for me or something? I don't know I just have a tough time getting into them. I have seen videos of them playing live before, and they seem to be more Stevie Wonder-ey in that context, and this album does have a bit more of that flavor. This is album is good, but not great.

I'm quite familiar with this album. It's not my favorite Beatles album, but it's darn good.

I'm familiar with quite a few of these songs on this album, but this is my first time listening to the album start-to-finish.

Bob Dylan is a great songwriter who should not be allowed to perform his own compositions. That was my opinion on him prior to listening to this album, and it only reinforces my opinion after listening to the album.

I've definitely heard this whole album before, but not since I was a kid, and the non-hits are memories that aren't exactly clear.

Obviously this one's got a majority of Bon Jovi's biggest and greatest hits. Being able to sit down and listen to this with a more critical ear, the songs are solid, but Jon Bon Jovi kind of oversings things a bit. It's a little tiring. I always loved Richie Sambora though, both as a lead guitarist and background singer. The songs where he's ripping on either of those are hard to deny. And there's definitely something to be said about Tico Torres' drumming. It makes for a good primer for anthemic rock drums.