Reviews by deepee

Not a metal fan. The symphony helps, mellows things out a bit. In other words, I liked this better than other Metallica albums I’ve listened to, because it sounds slightly less like Metallica.

Nah man. There is nothing special about this.

This wasn’t bad. Not great enough that I think I’ll ever go back to it, but I appreciate their creativity, they don’t sound like everybody else. There are lots of different ideas on here.

New Order is so much cooler in my memory than they are on this album. Low energy dance music, very repetitive. It has their trademark drum machine sound, but this isn’t their best and I don’t feel it made my life better having listened to it.

They’re the greatest band in the world, and this is one of their best.

Well it’s not great musically, it makes light of assault by medical providers, and it’s freaking odd. I would give it one star but it definitely made me listen to see what he was going to say next. It takes stones to release something this bizarrely nasty. I fully understand the “why is this on the list?” reaction to some albums. In this one’s case I think the answer is you have to hear it to believe somebody made this- and other people apparently bought it!

This album succeeded in having so many things that I dislike! Flute, bad singing, folky Renaissance faire genre… I really really didn’t like this. So much that I’m angry the author for having this on the list. For real, this crap and no solo Linda Ronstadt?? Shameful.

Tom Waits, the guy I’ve always heard of and said “yeah, I’ll have to check him out some day”. So now I have…

I chuckled for a bit, but ya know, after a few minutes something else got my attention. It’s hard to focus on a guy getting off on his own word play for over an hour. It wasn’t over my head, just tiresome. The part where he admits to masturbation was highly relevant.

Never heard of these guys, and the album cover made me think it would suck.
But No, I was happily surprised! This album had me smiling!

This is very fun summertime drive the pickup truck to the dive bar rock. Nothing complicated about it. Rack up the pool balls, grab the cue stick for some air guitar, enjoy that beer and let’s go!

Classic Rock. Bang your head.

I only knew their singles. Which are definitely the best tracks. Despite some not great tunes I would say It’s a better than average album. 3.5 which i will likely round up for its originality.

I mean… it’s too inoffensive to give this only one star but it’s really not interesting.
When the only accomplishment mentioned in Wikipedia is that you’re on this list, you shouldn’t be on this list.

I’m not necessarily a punk fan but I did enjoy this one! Good energy.

A little harsh for my taste, I need more melody. But I could appreciate it. Probably need to give it another listen sometime to catch the subtleties.

Long time fan, gets me moving. Let’s go!

It took me awhile to warm up to this one. I want to like it, but something isn’t quite hitting for me. The instrumentals are a level or two above the vocals. The style is interesting enough that I will probably check out some of his other albums. If you are a fan of Dave Matthews you will probably love this because Dave rips him off hard.

The album linked in Spotify is NOT the original release so PLEASE ignore that painful version of HELP. It wasn’t in the original US version and it is godawful.
Once you eliminate that, it’s a fine album. That lady had soul and a great set of pipes!

I’m not getting much of anything from this one, though I do love a good big drum machine sound. I suspect this isn’t their best album. Probably deserves a 2.5.

No thank you!
Talks too much, yodels not particularly well.
Couldn’t wait for it to be over.
Clearly was an influence of Dylan’s, whose early music is also annoying, so that tracks.
This was a true struggle to get through. Short songs never felt so long.

Back when Radiohead cared about melody. I miss those days. There are some beautiful moments. Fake Plastic Trees is a highlight for me.
Toward the end is a song, Sulk, which gives a preview into the direction they are heading. This song loses this album a star.