Reviews by dcspool

I preferred the other Gene Clark album we had, more concise and felt a bit more genre-pushing.

A lot of this album was fading into the background, it was the Stand By Me cover that stood out, which isn't a great sign considering how vanilla of a song that is.

Fave Tracks: Ship of the Lord, Winter In

3/5

No strong feelings

3/5

Ok I really love “My Friend”. My feeling with this album is that it’s quite cool, but maybe not 1001 necessary. Oof the strings on “All Thoughts…” though.

Fave Tracks: Jim Cain, My Friend, All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast, Faith/Void

Live albums suck my anus
1 star

I don't think this is really terrible, but its just it feels like any teenage boy with a guitar and an understanding of power chords could have made this.

2.4/5

Very good, nothing particularly great for me. Very 4 star album, and that's kinda how I feel about most of SZA's work, it's never bad but also rarely any transcendent standout tracks.

4/5

Bored

2/5

This is a good 'un. Carry On, obviously. But the rest of the track list is very solid, with different tracks highlighting different members songwriting and vocal chops.

Fave Tracks: Carry On, Almost Cut My Hair, Helpless, Our House, Country Girl

4.5/5

Twee, gross

2.1/5

Good vibe, bit of an incoherent overall experience. I like the expansive jazziness of it in principal, but some tracks don't really land.

Fave Tracks: Love From Room 109 at The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway), Gypsy Woman

3.5/5

Much better than the other two BB albums. Still don't really like the shouty vocals but the beats/production are real nice on this one.

Fave Tracks: To All the Girls, Hey Ladies

3.6/5

Loved the start of this, the production is really beautiful. Lost me a little in the middle but I liked the closer too.

Fave Tracks: Cracking, Freeze Tag, Marlene on the Wall, Neighborhood Girls

3.9/5

Nah, we've probably already got too many Smiths albums on here. Just no need for this.

2/5

Totally unwarranted. Don't you dare give me another Roxy Music album.

2.3/5

Smooth like butter. Tribe are so good at producing catchy beats and charismatic flows with the simplest of ingredients. Engaging with it more consciously I appreciated this album more than ever before.

4.6/5

Overrated. Maybe the best verse on the album was Eminem's. Some tracks like Girls, Girls, Girls haven't aged well. Production is ok if slightly one-dimensional, but it's beginning to feel a bit dated now.

3.3/5

I didn't really want to enjoy this. Of all the rock and indie eras I don't need to hear more of, 90s/00s British indie rock is top of the list. But I have to admit this album wasn't bad. It certainly had some sneaky hooks and nice moments, though overall it did still kinda bore me and wash over.

Fave Tracks: Fuzzy Birds, If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You, For Now and Ever

3/5

It’s not Aja, but the Steely debut has a lot of great qualities and a plethora of earworms. Things I like include the Latin drum groove intro to the album, the anthemic chorus line of Dirty Work, the jazzy breakdowns on Fire in the Hole, everything about Reelin’, the “oh Michael” hook that is kinda corny but just too catchy. It lacks a certain je ne sais quoi to be a 5 for me, but it’s a great album.

Fave Tracks: Do It Again, Dirty Work, Kings, Reelin’ in the Years

4.4/5

I feel this album is a bit overrated. It was mostly pretty good, but a few of the tracks reminded me a lot of other jangle pop and shoegaze artists - which I don’t think is a testimony to The Smiths influence and more that they’re a product of a certain time.

I also think there are some truly amazing Smiths songs - namely This Charming Man and How Soon Is Now - nothing on this album gets to that level.

Fave Tracks: Big Mouth Strikes Again, There is a Light That Never Goes Out

3.6/5

Doesn’t impressa me much tbh. I thought I’d like this a lot, I feel like I should love Rush, but honestly felt this was quite stale and bland. The track about Bangkok was good.

2.8/5