Reviews by de_baron

Great album, awesome use of samples. Just a bit long and it lost a bit of my attention towards the end. Anyway, 4 stars.

Great album, so psychedelic, so experimental. If it wasn’t for Yellow Submarine, this would have been a perfect album. Still, easy 5 stars.

I just don’t get The Velvet Underground.

Iconic album art and album as a whole, but one that I never listened to before. It was a fun listen and I liked the samples (the When The Levee Breaks drums opening up the album are awesome), but I think there are definitely better hiphop albums on here. Fight For Your Right is an awesome song of course.

Though this album did not blow me away, it was a great listening experience. Just a tiny bit drunk after a family reunion turned into an evening of drinking, this album grounded me again on the way back. I can definitely see myself returning tot his again.

Meh I don’t know. This did not do much for me, but wasn’t bad either. Twenty Four Hours was a great song tho.

I don’t know why I’ve never listened to a full The Cure album. This is awesome! Very groovy and grand, yet at the same time spacey and lush.

There are some great soulful moments on this record, but sometimes it gets very dull as well. The pacing is just a bit too slow for me.

This wasn’t too bad but some songs are so boring and I’m not a big fan of her vocals. They’re way too breathy and sound so uninteresting.

More than TWO HOURS of country music?? I didn’t mind everything on here, but this is just a way too long runtime.

I mean, what can I say about this album? It might just be my favourite Bowie record. It’s him at his most experimental, a great achievement at the end of such a long career.
I did not consciously experience Bowie’s passing, but I am of course familiar with the context. Therefore, it does not have such a heavy emotional impact on me as some others have mentioned in the reviews, though I always have goosebumps listening to this album.
After the weird, lush opener of the album, we can groove along with the energetic and lyrically graphic ‘Tis A Pity She Was A Whore. Lazarus is a devastating song, but it might be my favourite. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) is fast and groovy like ‘Tis A Pity, with some of the craziest drumming I’ve ever heard. And man, that outro. Girl Loves Me might be my least favourite song on here, but I love the electronic aspects of it. Dollar Days and I Can’t Give Everything Away transition into each other and are the perfect way to end this album: they are sad, they are beautiful, they are an emotional goodbye.
Fastest 5⭐ I’ve ever given. Absolutely love this album. Love love love. RIP BOWIE

Good album. A bit bluesy, a bit folky, a bit of everything to be honest.

There were some great moments on here (I liked Crying and Red Dress very much), but there is also some annoying stuff in here. I also don’t know what to think of the singer’s voice.

I listened to this album before, and I can definitely appreciate the music more this time around. Even though I loved it before, it has gone from a 4 to a 5/5 for me now.
The album starts off super strong with Honey and Find My Baby. Porcelain, which follows, is one of my favourite songs ever. The first half is filled with triphop/dance bangers like these.
The second half is much more ambient and a bit slower, and I like it much more than the first time I listened.
Also, great album cover.

Loved the dynamics and the tension on here. Very raw, very punky, and it reminded me a bit of the Pixies at times.

I’m torn on this album. The beats are awesome and very funky, and the lyrical content is sadly still relevant. However, I’m not a fan of the sexism and misogyny woven throughout.
There are some real bangers on here, but also some tracks that I found to be a bit bland. I’ll rate this 3 stars, which is a shame because I hoped I would like this better.
Sick album cover though.

Uninteresting. I did not like the singer’s voice.

The album was okay, but it’s just not really my genre. Hard Feelings/Loveless was a great song though.

Now that I like Fiona Apple, how long does it take for me to become a manipulative boyfriend?

I mean, it’s alright; at least better than all the shit they made after this. Politik, The Scientist and I guess also Clocks are pretty good songs, but the rest is just a bit boring and dragged out to be honest.