Reviews by de_baron

Kind of Leonard Cohen-y, but not much special. A bit boring.
And my god, what an awful album cover.

Of course the acapella singers are very talented. But honestly, an entire album of this music gets boring quickly.

I’ve tried several times, but I can’t bring myself to give this 5 stars. It’s a great album, of course, and there are many bangers on here. But this album also has On The Run (I hate that song).
But the production is awesome, and the overall sound is incredible.

I listened to this album while doing some chores. It made doing them more enjoyable.

Finally some Bowie! And what an album. This isn’t even my favourite of his, but man, this is so good.
Five Years, Soul Love, Moonage Daydream and Starman to start the album with?! Awesome opening. Although It Ain’t Easy is the only “meh” song on here, the album quickly recovers itself with Lady Stardust and Star. Hang On To Yourself is great as well and the title track has an amazing guitar riff.
After Suffragette City we get to Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide. Man, what a song, and what a way to close off this album. Probably my favourite song off the album.

Absolutely perfect glam rock.

Did not like this at all. Very repetitive and all the guitar solos sound the same. Lyrics like “Dig that steam, giant butt / Makes me scream, I get nuh-nuh-nothing” on Drop Dead Legs are awful, and the lyrics overall are pretty bland.

Boring and bland. Nothing particularly stood out to me (except for Calvary’s middle section) and everything was a bit too long.

This is such a weird album. Like many other reviews before have said, it goes from celebrating female empowerment on one song to bashing and slut shaming women on the other (most clearly in Nasty Girl).
The beats were okay but nothing to write home about. Moreover, this album is LONG. The first three songs are somewhat enjoyable but after that it just turns into repetitive and annoying slop.

I did not expect how much I would enjoy this record. When it started off I was not feeling this at all, but from Despair (which sounded like it could be on Bowie's Low or Heroes) onward it really changed and it turned into a very chill and interesting album.
While I am normally not really into synth pop, I like what they’ve done with this album and it also sounds pretty great. And seeing that this is from 1979, it appears very much ahead of its time. So props to that I guess.

I mean, what more can I say about this? Definitely my favourite Beatles album. Absolute peak.

Nope, didn’t really like this. There was so much going on but it all felt very incoherent. They try too much to really succeed in anything.
Some songs were just outright annoying, like Hotel and Clockwork Creep.

GROOVY! Really doesn’t sound like over an hour at all, this went by so quick. It’s like a 3.5, but I’ll be rounding down.

Such a shame that this isn't (in full) on Spotify: now I had to listen to it on youtube with ads in between :((
This might be one of the funkiest things I've ever heard. Such rich musical arrangements and I was grooving along the whole time.

This being one of the lowest rated albums overall on this site, I braced myself for the worst.
But you know what? This isn’t even that bad. And at times, I even enjoyed it. Especially Sweat Loaf, Graveyard (the second one) and 22 Going On 23. I found myself laughing at The O-Men and Kuntz: those songs are just ridiculous.
This was certainly and experience, but probably not something I’ll return to.

A bit too long and not really an album for me, but I’ve heard worse on this list. Liberation and Dreaming of the Queen were a bop. Go West was fun as well.

Not bad but didn’t really hit me. I guess I wasn’t really in the mood for this.

NOTE: I only listened to the original tracklist of 10 songs. I skipped all the bonus tracks.

I don’t know what to think about this album. It was certainly an interesting combination of genres and influences, but at times I felt like the sounds were distorted or weird just for the sake of it and it was very all over the place.
But, I must give him this, he’s a very unique artist - this album sounded like it came from a completely different person than the last one I listened to.

I think the first half of this album is pretty awesome but this unfortunately changes from Under African Skies onwards. These songs aren’t nearly as strong in my opinion, with That Was Your Mother being my least favourite. Still, there is nothing bad at all on here, so it’s a solid 4 stars.
Favourite tracks: Graceland, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, You Can Call Me Al

This album really surprised me. I am not the biggest fan of folk music and I was expecting a difficult and boring listen.
I was wrong. Scarborough Fair / Canticle is so beautiful and I loved Homeward Bound and The 59th Street Bridge Song as well. The songs are all short and sweet songs, and the harmonies and occasional strings are incredible.

Man I love Stevie Wonder. Most of the songs are instantly catchy and so funky. However, I just wish some songs would be a bit faster: I'm a bigger fan of uptempo Stevie than ballad Stevie.
Favourite tracks: Maybe Your Baby, Superstition, I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)