Rated 8/10
This is good. I like Iggy Pop a lot more after the 1001 journey. Never knew China Girl was a co-write with Bowie and came out on this album first. This is a really quality album.
Fave Tracks: Nightclubbing, China Girl, Mass Production
4.3/5
Rated 8/10
Yeah sure why not.
Fave Tracks: Definitive Gaze, Shot on Both Sides
3.6/5
Rated 8/10
I really do like a lot ADfL and Kevin Carter. Something so sinister about Kevin Carter in particular.
I think this album is pretty good. But I think the problem is that the best tracks are the ones that are the biggest pop songs. Maybe that's not a problem, I don't know. It just feels like one of those albums where I would always prefer to listen to one of the singles than one of the other tracks, even though those tracks are all decent. The last track is an exception, this is really great.
Fave Tracks: A Design for Life, Kevin Carter, Australia, No Surface All Feeling
3.8/5
Rated 6/10
I feel so totally meh about this. It just washed right over me.
3/5
Rated 6/10
3/5
Rated 8/10
The energy on Goo is awesome. It’s got a rebellious quality that feels so genuine and unique, despite surface level sharing many aspects with their punk and post-hardcore peers. The second half fades a bit for me, or doesn’t add enough new energy though.
Fave Tracks: Tunic (Song for Karen), Kool Thing
3.5/5
Rated 6/10
I didn’t really vibe with this. It was definitely grunge. Too grunge.
2.6/5
Rated 6/10
This is nice but did we have to have The Girl from Ipanema 5 times !?
3.3/5
Rated 8/10
Pretty fun this. Not really anything super groundbreaking but I enjoyed it.
3.7/5
Rated 6/10
This did very little for me, just background music, but didn’t hate it.
2.9/5
Rated 8/10
This album is fine, has a lot of solid tracks but I find it quite uninspiring.
3.6/5
Rated 6/10
Fever Ray is a fun inclusion, I certainly think it’s a pretty unique sound. I’ve always liked When I Grow Up, but the rest of the album doesn’t add that much for me.
3.4/5
Rated 8/10
I wrote a long review for this and it didn’t save. Shame. This album is all over the place in some good and bad ways. Some great songs, including ones I hadn’t heard before so that’s nice.
3.8/5
Rated 10/10
I love when the little jangly guitar comes in towards the end of Kamera.
I dunno why I haven’t dived into this album before, it actually lives up to the hype. It’s like a Pavement album but with less bullshit. And I think that’s good.
Fave Tracks: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Kamera, Jesus etc, Ashes of American Flags, Heavy Metal Drummer, Pot Kettle Black, Poor Places
4.8/5
Rated 8/10
Can't believe I liked this album. Pleasant.
4/5
Rated 10/10
Great album (better than any Beatles album maybe....?). Only knock is the whole Apple Jam section is kinda superfluous, but I think we can cut the record off after Side D and agree its great.
4.5/5
Rated 8/10
This is good. Never really liked Black Sabbath but I guess I just had some preconceptions based on what I thought about Ozzy.
Fave Tracks: War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, Iron Man
4.4/5
Rated 4/10
This didn’t really do much for me
2.5/5
Rated 6/10
Decent album, not sure how it got here though.
I definitely had this Negative Space track play listed previously but know nothing about them.
3.3/5
Rated 8/10
It’s pretty haunting when he signs “Look up here, I’m in heaven”.
Ok I get it, this album is good. It’s weird to consider it a Bowie classic considering there aren’t really any hits, but it’s a very maturely crafted album, with a beautiful sonic pallet throughout.
Fave Tracks: Blackstar, Lazarus, Girl Loves Me, I Can’t Give Everything Away
4.5/5
