Reviews by dcspool

MARVIN
4.1/5

This is a good one Fiona

4/5

Good representation, nice and shpongley. I don't think a particulary good album for those sound of mind though.

3/5

A bit more interesting than I was expecting, but still basically just There She Goes and some also rans.

3.2/5

I used to think I was a Prince fan, but I’ve been severely turned off by 1999 and now this. There is no doubt Prince is a phenomenal singer and musician, and a hugely influential icon of sexual liberation. But as a bandleader and album curator I’m becoming very skeptical.

This album is bloated. Almost all tracks outstay their welcome, with monotonous drum beats and circling riffs. It’s jam band funk, but it’s drastically inferior to Parliament/Funkadelic etc.

The most interesting tracks generally tend to be that way due to Prince’s lyrical content - most notably If I Was Your Girlfriend, which would be too creepy coming from anyone else’s mouth; and the title track lamenting drug addiction.

So basically this is not a bad album, but another overrated one, and for me lacking a standout bop like 1999.

Fave Track: The Cross

2.7/5

Enjoyed this a lot more than most of the other old country that I've had recently. Still don't think I'd dive back into it freely.

3.5/5

Loud and relatively obnoxious.

2.8/5

Not really feeling the country that I've had lately.

2.6/5

This is the first Tom Waits album (out of 5 so far) that I'm giving over a 3. And just barely. I thought it was conceptually quite interesting, but I still don't find his songwriting musically compelling or his voice tolerable.

3.1/5

So boring. This was a bit like The Good The Bad and the Queen. On paper just average rather than bad, but its so insultingly average that it makes it bad.

1.9/5

Pleasant

3.7/5

First half is loaded with bangers. Baby One More Time still works. Second half is a bit weak. The song about emails is so funny and dated.

3.5/5

2.3/5

Respect it, don't really love it.

3.4/5

First 4 track here were a hoot. Most of the first disc is a hoot. This is a 4.7 star disc.

Fave Tracks: Days of Graduation, Ronnie and Neil, Dead, Drunk and Naked, Birmingham, The Three Great Alabama Icons

Into the second disc. This keeps blowing me away, without really doing anything special or novel, each track just hits the southern rock sweet spot. Total ronseal. The second half of the second disc gets slightly weaker, or at least it starts to get a bit stale.

Fave Tracks: Let There Be Rock, Road Cases, Women Without Whiskey, Plastic Flowers on the Highway, Angels and Fuselage

4.7/5

Meeehhh I love Fairytale of New York in December but this just doesn't do anything for me.

2/5

Its pretty nice and all, good representation yadi yada, but doesnt really excite me.

3.2/5

At first this was very meh, but in the second half there were some tracks that were a bit more interesting.

2.9/5

These guys are the World's second best Black C,NR tribute band. Good Morning, Captain is so so good, a unique masterpiece. It has a haunting vibe that I can't think of anything else quite like.

Fave Tracks: Breadcrumb Trail, Nosferatu Man, Washer, Good Morning Captain

4.5/5

This was pretty fun. I liked it.

3.8/5