Reviews by deepee

I didn’t enjoy it as much as their debut album. But even not great ska is still fun.

Harmless enough album of what I would call television cowboy songs. I’m not sure why it’s considered high-priority to hear this, but.. ok now I have.

Quelle heure est-il? Il est l’heure d’écouter la musique sympa de De La Soul!

Anybody who makes a good song about haircuts and dandruff is okay with me!

Social commentary with a good beat.

Very good blues rock. Missing a little something to make it 5 star great.

The ladies can clearly sing, but I just find this style of music lackluster. The Switch is the one track that has a little more oomph, which I appreciated.

Like the rhythms. Good instrumentally. The lyrics are not good and vocals nothing special. I do like the energy of much of it. Maybe and Drill Sargeant are my two favorite tracks.

First song comes on and I think, alright, not bad, maybe three stars. Then every song on the entire album sounds the same. So so so monotonous. Maybe I will add the word so 20 more times so you can share my pain.

It’s funky, it’s political, it’s groundbreaking. It stands the test of time. A few meandering tracks are holding me back from giving it five stars. Although in the place of the music world and its influence, it may deserve them…

lol this is such a time capsule for those of us that lived through it. That it starts with a drum machine beat is classic.
This is the Day is so poppy I couldn’t help but smile. It is youthful optimism in musical form.

The only other track that stood out to me was Uncertain Smile, which has some killer keyboards. However, I am impressed by some of the ambition shown on this album. The songs all sound different from each other, which this project has led me to appreciate. For that reason, despite some very average vocals and honestly some tracks that miss the mark, I’m going to raise it from 3 stars to 4 (knowing it’s really a 3.5)

Idk. It feels almost fake, these songs are so stereotypical. Very basic guitar work especially for an album called Guitar Town. His voice is nothing special. I actually was expecting to like this a bit from what I had heard about him, but I’m not feeling this at all.
I just got to a song called Fearless Heart and it reminds me strongly of Springsteen’s music. I don’t like his stuff much either. But yeah, this guy sounds alot like him, (and Bruce was all over the airwaves in 1986) but with a country twang thrown in.

Not my preferred genre, and to be honest at first her voice didn’t appeal to me. But on second listen I started to appreciate the time she took to get the emotions across, and this album grew on me. Very talented song interpretation.

They have very melancholy sound to them. When I listen to Big Star I always find their music lovely, but somehow I never search them out. I sort of forget about them. I would give them 3.5 stars, but my good friend Peter really liked them and he passed away way too young, so in his honor I will probably round up.

I don’t know what he’s trying to accomplish with this one. It feels like vocally he’s trying to go for a tough guy vibe throughout. The instrumentals are just kind of average. Not great.

A little bit folky, a little bit psychedelic, a whole lot of good music.

Spiritualized is one of the major gifts from this project to me. This is the second album of theirs that I’ve listened to from the list. They were both super interesting. This one has some gorgeous tracks and some that are very challenging. I had never even heard of this band and now they rank very high. Cinematic. A feast for my ears. Apparently they are space rock? Far out.

There are a couple of true gems on this album (Doll Parts, Violet) and some that feel a bit like generic anger. But female anger needs space to be expressed and this sounds like freedom in that way. So while not perfect, this album always hold a special place in my heart.

I usually dislike folk music. But this was better than most. They had some good harmonies, avoided the ren faire sound that I can’t stand. Lyrics were interesting. I was pleasantly surprised not to hate it.

This one is quirky, almost a bit eerie, but it did pull me into its vibe. Interesting find! Good for a low key mood.

There are some great riffs on this album. My main critique is that they will often stay on one for much longer than is interesting. Despite that it is overall very enjoyable.

This is a fairly generic pop rock album. It was pleasant enough, but I don’t expect to remember any of the songs a week from now.