Reviews by dburke

Completely unaware of this one. It's alright, but just kinda meh.

I haven't listened to this album in a while. Solid album from the Stones.

I was marginally aware of Robbie Williams in the early aughts, so this album was mostly unknown to me... until I saw the movie "Better Man." The music is enjoyable, but not great. For a former boyband member to be making this change to a solo career, it's an interesting move to go to maximalist rock-pop.

Simply classic

YES

An album made by musicians who are all top-tier on their instruments, wailing away and creating fantastic music.

COME ON! COME ON! COME ON! LET'S GO SPACE TRUCKIN'!

Yes, some of the lyrics and themes are dated, but this is still pretty good.

I was totally unaware of this group. I was pleasantly surprised by this. I'll likely be listening to this again.

Ugh. I really can't stand Dave Mustaine's singing or lyrics.

Otis is so great. I don't listen to his stuff enough.

I was aware of Spiritualized in name only. As an introduction to them, this album is pretty neat. I'll probably listen to this again.

I don't like Smashing Pumpkins, mostly because of Billy Corgan's awful singing. There are a few songs on here that I like, and where I can kind of overlook Billy's voice. So, I guess this likely ranks as my favorite Smashing Pumpkins album, but that belies the general sense of loathing I feel for Smashing Pumpkins.

R.E.M. just doesn't do it for me.

I'd never listened to this entire album before. The only track I was aware of is "Seven Seas of Rhye."

My issue with Queen is that you basically already know all of their best songs. There aren't any hidden gems on their albums. So, given that this album doesn't really have many greatest hits, it's just kind of meh.

When our family got our first CD player for our stereo, this was one of the first CDs we had. So it's a walk down memory lane to listen to this again. I haven't heard it in a long time after it being a somewhat regular rotation record. I don't hate this album, but coming back to it once every decade or so is likely enough for me.

Courtney Love is not a talented musician, and that fact is highlighted on this album. It's hard to listen to her sing.

YES

This is my favorite Beatles album

I don't hate this, but I also just don't get the appeal of Blur. In the whole britpop battle of Blur vs. Oasis, consider me totally team Oasis.

And I think I finally figured out my issue with Damon Albarn: when he goes into falsetto, he sounds almost indistinguishable from Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel. And now I can't un-hear it.

I'd never heard of this artist before. It's not terrible. I always find it hard to listen to British rappers trying to sound tough. Their accent just doesn't seem to fit right. The beats are pretty solid though.

When this album first came out, I admit I didn't get it. I did enjoy "Come as You Are" and "In Bloom" but not a whole lot, and not much else on the album. Then, "In Utero" came out and I really liked that. For a long time, I didn't bother coming back to this album, but I now really enjoy it.

blurgh. Rating this with 1 star is 1 star too many.