Reviews by de_baron

I understand how this can be someone’s favourite (Beatles) album. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Blackbird, and Helter Skelter are some of the best Beatles songs. Back In The U.S.S.R., Glass Onion, I Will, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey and Savoy Truffle are great songs as well.
But a big portion of this album doesn’t come close to that level. The obvious ones are Wild Honey Pie and Revolution 9, but songs like The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It in the Road and Good Night don’t do much for me either.
It’s not like these lesser songs make it an unpleasant experience, but it does drag down the score a bit. It’s cool to see so many ideas, but not all of them stick the landing in my opinion.

Awesome sound and a dark, eerie and tense atmosphere, as was to be expected looking at the genres. I thought the vocals were really good and I loved the guitar throughout, which was sometimes jangly and other times distorted and blasting great riffs.

Favourite songs: Arabian Knights, Monitor, Night Shift, Voodoo Dolly

I looove Doolittle, and gave Bossanova 4 stars, but I think this is my least favourite Pixies album on this list. "Where Is My Mind" and "Gigantic" are the clear standouts, but the other songs on this album are not on the same level. I think manic would be a good description of this album.

Suuuper catchy all the way through. Such a fun and playful album, it really made me want to dance. I thought I didn't know anything from this album (or this band) but of course I instantly recognized "Lovefool" when it came on. There are some songs on here that I didn't really care for (Heartbreaker, Iron Man, Great Divide) but overall a really good album.

I didn't find anything on here to really blow me away, but this album is definitely not bad. Maybe some songs are a bit boring and bland but I liked her voice.
Favourite songs: Cracking, Neighborhood Girls

One of my favourite albums of all time. Each song is distinct but fits into the overall dark, mysterious ambience of the album. The sampling and scratching is so nicely done and it’s such a groovy album.

So soothing, very cool sounds. Good for studying or sleeping, but also for more intense listening it’s very good and interesting.
I would say that Brian Eno has better (ambient) albums, but this is still among his best for me so far.

Definitely unique, with some really really great beats and sounds going on and the production sounds awesome. The main problem for me is that I just don’t really like M.I.A.’s vocals on here, they become a bit annoying after a while.

From the cover I thought this would be a hiphop album, but it is a sort of punk-ish metal album. Anyways, it didn’t do much for me. It is a short album, but it still managed to bore me.

I actually liked this more than the previous album, Orbital 2 or the Brown Album. Once again, my main drawback here is the length of the album.
My favourite track on here was “Kein Trink Wasser”, which was sort of krautrock-infused and reminded me a bit of Kraftwerk.

I liked this more than I expected (as I’m not the biggest techno fan), and many of these tracks were pretty good head boppers, but this is just way too long. It started off really strong, but already before the bonus tracks started I was pretty done with this album.

One of my favourites of all time. Despite being over an hour long and being (mostly) instrumental, it doesn’t feel long or boring at all, something that rarely happens to me (but maybe it’s also because I have a weak spot for sample-based music).
The songs have the same dark and cold vibe, but are distinct enough to keep it interesting. Many samples come and go throughout the tracks, but they stick to a certain theme. I love the big drums on here.

Favourites: Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt, Changeling, Midnight In A Perfect World

This was alright, nothing too special. I still enjoyed it though. For some reason, the short instrumental tracks were some of the more interesting parts of this album.

Nothing on here was bad per se, it’s just the length that holds this back for me. I don’t see myself returning to this album as a whole, but I might put on a song or two in the right setting (“Lush 3-1” and “Lush 3-2” were probably my favourites)

I liked this quite a bit. So different than what I knew from The Stranglers, which was only the song Golden Brown. Very psychedelic, awesome organ sounds, and production wise, this seems ahead of its time for 1977.
Still, nothing in particular really stood out to me above the rest and the album did drag a bit towards the end for me, which is weird considering it is not that long.

There are some absolute heights on here (2+2=5, There There, Myxomatosis, A Wolf At The Door) but also some pretty boring and bad songs (We Suck Young Blood, The Gloaming, A Punch Up At A Wedding). That, combined with the pretty lengthy runtime, makes for a Radiohead album that is not nearly as good as the run of albums before this. Luckily, they found their strengths back in the album that came after this.

I usually get a bit tired from 80s production and think it sounds a bit cheesy and annoying, but I think that The The does it absolutely right (from what I’ve heard so far; this album and its predecessor). Pretty different in sound from “Soul Mining”, but a great album again. I loved the feature of Neneh Cherry on this.

You know what? This isn't even that bad! Definitely the best Elvis Costello I've heard so far. I was pleasantly surprised. I like how he expands a bit on his usual new wave-y style and incorporates some other elements as well, and his voice is a lot less annoying than on other albums I've heard from him. I just think the album is a bit too long/too bloated.

Just a really banging album with great riffs. The entire band seems at their peak

I mean, this is alright. I’m not a Coldplay fan, but I think it’s mostly their later stuff I can’t stand. This was never really annoying or bad or anything, though everything does sound pretty samey. The songs are way more slower and subdued than I expected but that was okay I guess.