Reviews by de_baron

This sounds like a collection of noisy interludes. Those are never the highlight of an album, so put 16 of em on a record and no surprise my score.

This album is alright. A lot of the riffs are pretty cool and I like the vocals on here, but it's just too long and repetitive. I could see myself enjoying this in the background during a car ride or something, but as like actively listening, it gets boring pretty quickly.
Also, one of the worst album covers I've ever seen.

I can definitely see why this is such a well known hiphop album and I’ve been meaning to listen to this for some time now. It’s really great, I liked the beats and the cover of Killing Me Softly is just awesome. A bit too long and I could have done without some of the skits, but still great.

Suuuper smooth, Marvin Gaye’s voice is awesome and it makes for a pleasant listening experience, but some of these songs are just a little too “zoetsappig” for me (Google Translate says it’s “mawkishly sentimental” or “mealymouthed” in English but I’m not sure if that is correct 😭)

I really didn’t like this and had a hard time finishing this album. Almost all of the songs on here end before they seem to have begun, and as such this doesn’t really go anywhere. It doesn’t help that this is a genre I totally do not enjoy, and if there is anything special in the lyrics, I didn’t catch it because of the screaming voice.
So yeah, not for me.

Mmm a bit disappointed by this to be honest. It was alright. Definitely very funky and groovy, but also a bit boring, I guess. Not as danceable as Talking Heads. So yeah it failed to grab my attention a bit and even though it is not a long album, it sort of dragged near the end.

Unfortunately I didn't care much for this album. Apart from the big hits, this did't really do much for me. I found the album to be pretty boring and it felt way longer than just 40 minutes.
For me, "Synchronicity II," "Every Breath You Take" and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" were the highlights for me, but the rest not so much. I like the unique and punkish sound of their earlier albums and I think this just lacked that a bit.

This album gets better with every listen. Super dark and cold, but so very cool

I liked this better than I expected to be honest. Sinatra's voice is great, of course, and I liked the atmosphere on here (although sometimes I felt I was listening to the score of an old Disney movie or something haha). However, it is a bit too long, also since a lot of this is really samey, so it sort of dragged near the end. Still a good album though! 3.5 stars, but rounding down

This is just about okay. There were some fine moments (“Back to Life” especially), but overall everything on here sounds so similar. So a pretty boring listen.

Sort of like a jangly Steely Dan? Cool album, and at first I didn’t know what to think of the slower second half. I’ve grown to like it more, but I still wonder why they decided to slow it down so much.

Really fun album! The vocals reminded me a bit of Robert Plant at times and on the faster more energetic tracks it did feel similar to Led Zeppelin, where the more soft folksy tracks reminded me of The Byrds and similar acts. Anyway, a really solid record, with some great songs.

Favourite songs: The Ballad of El Goodo, Thirteen, Give Me Another Chance, Watch The Sunrise

Cool album, and instrumentally there were lots of things going on that I liked, but I’m not sure what I think about the vocals. At times I didn’t mind them but at other moments they could be pretty grating. Anyways, for an album that is an hour long, this flew by pretty quickly, so that’s good. It kept me engaged and like I said I like a lot of what’s going on instrumentally.
3.5 stars.

Favourite songs: Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of), Eriatarka, Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt

Super fun and quirky, very punky new wave. I liked this a lot! Will be returning to this definitely.

From what I understand these are some of the guys from The Minutemen and yeah it sounds like this. This album has the same ragged, sort of clunky sound as “Double Nickles on the Dime” (but I must say, that is the only Minutemen album I know so maybe the rest of their is completely different). However, I liked this a bit less, as this feels a more inconsistent and sort of hurried. It’s all over the place. Sometimes that is good and sometimes a bit less, for example with the two short drum solos on this. But there are some great songs here as well, my favourites being “In My Mind,” “Liberty for Our Friend” and “If’n”.

This is just so so boring. More than an hour of the same guitar riffs and tones, with very flat vocal delivery, and the lyrics aren't anything interesting either. At times it sounds pretty alright, good even, but nothing justifies this album being over an hour long.

Pretty cool, and there is quite a wide array of sounds and styles on this album, but a lot is pretty dull to be honest. It's nice for in the background but other than that not much going for it.

Fun album, with some great riffs throughout. It’s still really catchy, and makes for an enjoyable listen. Not the most original ever, but fun nonetheless.

I thought I was in for generic 80’s pop, but this was great! Really fun and energetic punky new wave. Also I didn’t know “Brass in Pocket”, which I would’ve guessed was called “I’m Special” or something, was by this band. Just very enjoyable, I don’t know what else to add to this.

I didn’t expect much of this album but this is pretty fun hard rock/metal. Definitely anthemic, and sometimes a bit corny, but fun nonetheless. I also didn’t know “Breaking the Law” was by Judas Priest, so that was a nice surprise.
3.5/5