Reviews by deepee

It’s house music. Pretty soulless, but you could get lost in it in the right situation. Good Beat is arguably a better song than Groove is in the Heart. None of the other tracks were memorable to me.

Nothing stands out on this album. It feels plodding. My life is not improved for listening to it. I almost forgot it was on as it was playing.

This is the kind of music that tempts me to skip an album. But I didn’t! Listened to the whole Ren faire type thing. I’m happy for the people that like this. I will never understand how this strike got SO popular in the late 1960s. Drugs make you want to go back in time?

For real, the inclusion of this album makes me need to read how the author of the list made his choices. Everybody must listen to elevator music before they die? I suppose it is a genre…

Straightforward party rock. Nothing too deep but I liked their energy!

I mean, Marvin’s voice is smooth and sexy as always, but this is one long, drawn out, low-energy album. It’s pretty painful to sit and really focus on it for the entire album. Definitely background music, for while you’re (getting) busy.

I know other people love them. But I don’t. And this is early on where they really don’t stray from the formula. So it’s alot of the same.

Oh shoot, just saw we all got The Beach Boys today because Brian Wilson died. Sorry my man, RIP.

Jazz. Old school. Technically hit all the notes, didn’t feel very emotionally connected. Not my jam.

Sounds like a lullabye version of Kate Bush in the 1980s. Hard to believe this was made in the 21st century and for some reason determined to be noteworthy. Would be a sweet little album to fall asleep to.

This Is one of those albums where I know I’m supposed to like it, but I just don’t.
Kind of like most Jazz albums, I acknowledge its creativity, and the talent it took to make it. It’s just not for me.

Hard to believe this is from 1988. Sounds like bland music from the mid-70s, not very well executed. Not great vocals, inane lyrics, derivative music.
There are many different reasons for me to disagree that an album should be on this list. It’s the not good ones that are also not innovative that annoy me the most.

Honestly? Meh.

Straight up rock. Can hear punk on the way. The last track veered off too far into atonality and lost it half a star.

I listened to this one several times. It is much more accessible than the previous Bjork album I was assigned. There are some moments of beauty. I didn’t mind it playing in the background for atmosphere. Just didn’t click with me in any meaningful way where I would search it out to listen to again.

I am a Madonna stan and it hurts me that this album was selected for this project. Do yourself a favor, skip this and listen to her debut instead (which absolutely SHOULD be on the list!) and then give her the five stars she deserves for single-handedly changing the music scene for female artists.

Told my son this was my album of the day.
His response: “it’s not musical genius but I bet we listened to it about a billion times”.
Head:4 stars. Heart: 5 freaking stars!

Listen I know that electronic music can have a soul. Jean-Michel Jarre’s Equinoxe album is a top 10 for me (you should check it out, so moving). But this? Sounds like tinny 1980s arcade game background music.
Their Autobahn album is MUCH better.

I mean, it’s soundtrack background music mostly. It’s good, it’s got some funk, it’s smooth and calming at some points. Over an hour of it is more than I need. Feeling pretty conflicted on what to rate this. I get that it’s pretty unique, but I can’t imagine when I’m going to want to sit and listen to it again.

There are a few pretty good bluesy tracks on this album that I really enjoyed. Then there were some schmaltzier tunes towards the end that will lower its score. Overall though I was pleasantly surprised.

There’s something about the lead singer’s voice that I don’t like much. Music is alright.