Reviews by de_baron

Okay, I liked this a lot more than Bad. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough is a great opener and incredibly funky, and overall this album was musically much better than Bad.
But I don't know what it is - after a while Michael Jackson just does not click with me anymore (it's probably his annoying hee-hees and oh-ahs) and the whole album gets a lot less enjoyable.

Overall: the first half was pretty good, but the second half was quite a drag.
Favourite song: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

This certainly is an album that doesn’t get boring. Even the long ass instrumentals stayed interesting to listen to.
But interesting is as far as I’ll go. There were some parts that just didn’t click with me and a lot was too chaotic, and I don’t think I’ll relisten to this again (I won’t put this on for fun, at least).
However, this sounds way ahead of its time. So props to that I guess.
3/5

I guess this was fine. Just a lot of synths. A LOT. And a bit too much for my liking. And after a few songs, that drum sound gets annoying as well. "I Am The Law" is definitely my least favourite track on here.
One thing I liked about this album is that it has a bit of a darker sound than the synth-pop albums I am used to and it still remains dancy. So that was interesting to hear.
The first and the last track are my favourites; all the stuff between them is not really my taste.

Very boring 60s pop rock. Nothing interesting (except for Zilch) and gets annoying very fast.
Also, I hate the cover.

"I have often asked myself the reason for the sadness
In a world where tears are just a lullaby
If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness
Maybe not, oh, but we can only try"
Just one of the many lyrics I like from this record. Love her voice and the chill instrumentation on this (especially the piano). This brings up images of a slightly warm and sunny autumn morning, where the city is busy for the first time again as people want to catch some of those sweet rays of sunshine.
I feel like this is the perfect way to do folk music, Very beautiful and definitely one worth revisiting.

Super soulful pop album that sounds both very retro and modern. Love her voice and many many great tracks throughout.
Favourite songs: Rehab, Back To Black, Love Is A Losing Game, He Can Only Hold Her

This shit slaps. Only knew Walk On The Wild Side and Perfect Day, but the others are great as well.

Loud harmonica

Musically I did not really hate this. The vocals are the thing I have the biggest problems with. The monotonous, bored delivery becomes annoying very fast. I could stand it for a little while but a few songs in, listening to the voice became really frustrating.
This is just annoying, repetitive, boring and did not have to be that long.
Favourite song: Shiver (probably the only melodic vocal moment on the album)

I know that the former Beatles never reached the same musical heights individually as they did as a band. But I did not expect it to be this bad. I like the song Imagine from time to time but the rest was truly a bore at best.
I absolutely hate It’s So Hard. I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama goes on way too long. And why do all the vocals have these weird effects?
Disappointed, to say the least.

Is saw someone here say that this is what the northern lights would sound like if they made music and I could not agree more. The rich soundscapes take you to another place, and because of the Icelandic vocals it almost sounds alien-like (because I don’t understand Icelandic).
I felt like the album grew on me while listening to it (usually the opposite happens) and I enjoyed the latter half more than the first half, with Olsen Olsen being the best of the album for me.
Just a bit long and probably not fitting to listen to on every occasion. I feel like this is more for cold winter nights in your bed than for warm and sunny summer afternoons.

I know this is a legendary album but honestly, I don’t see myself returning to it anytime soon. The title track is a banger though (of course).

A bit forgettable and boring, but it had some cool moments. Didn’t love the vocals.

This is the first “world music” (maybe not really world music - still, the first non-English) album that this generator gives me. Whether they are good or not, I love the inclusion of these albums on this site, because otherwise I probably would have never found them and listened to them. Something about broadening musical horizons.
With my limited knowledge of Spanish I tried to deconstruct and understand some of the lyrics, but the truth is that they are not necessary to enjoy this album. The music is super funky and immediately catchy: it feels as though you are in the middle of a carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro.
Listening to this on one of the first truly warm and sunny days here makes this even more enjoyable. All in all, very pleasantly surprised!

I read that this was the favourite American singer of The Beatles, and their influence on Nilsson is certainly apparent. Many of the songs sound very Beatlesque, while the harmonies remind me a lot of The Beach Boys.
I love the opener and I liked the harmonies on The Moonbeam Song, but besides that, the album did not do much for me. His most famous song, Without You, is probably my least favourite from this after Coconut.
Half of this is okay to great, the other half is bad. But the bad parts are worse than the good parts are good.
2/5

Actually enjoyed this way more than I anticipated. I had to get used to her vocals at first, but other than that, this is just a really enjoyable synth-poppy new wave album.

Favourite tracks: Time After Time, Witness

Cool beats and I liked the politcal activist lyrics (although I am sure I missed most of it). The only downside for me is that I did not always like the hypeman vocals.

Favourite tracks: Night Of The Living Baseheads, Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos, Rebel Without A Pause

I feel very conflicted about this album. Musically, I liked a lot of this. The vocals, however, just sound wrong at times; it’s like he does not want to be there.

I feel like this would be like a 3,5/5 but I’ll round down because 4 stars is too much for this.

I feel about this album much the same as the previous I listened to: there is nothing that I hate, but there is also nothing that particularly stands out to me. I definitely liked the more slow, stripped down songs the back.
A nice listen, but probably not something I’ll return to soon.
Favourite tracks: I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself, In The Cold Cold Night

Nothing I absolutely hated (anpart from Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit), nothing I particularly loved (okay, maybe the outros to Theresa’s Sound World). A lot of these songs sound longer than they actually are.
Favourite songs: Theresa’s Sound World, Sugar Kane, Chapel Hill