Reviews by deepee

Eh. Some of the backing tracks got me moving, but her rap style is pretty bland. 2.5 at best but I’ll be nice and round up.

I should love this. I enjoy rock, Irish music, bluegrass. But the dudes manage to drag out every song for so damn long! The endless repetitive riff at the end of We Will Not Be Lovers is downright obnoxious.
I was ready to give it only two stars on first listen, but on repeated listening there are a few songs that I like enough to bump it up to three, despite some clunkers.

I’m not a prog rock fan at all. This isn’t as annoying as some. The middle eastern vibe of “The Talking Drum” was cool. Goes in the two star category with most jazz: I know it takes talent but I don’t want to listen to it.

This is one that will sneak up on you. Nothing flashy, but some solid songs, strong lyrics. His voice is pretty middle of the road -the writing carries this album, and I would love to hear other artists takes on these songs.
Second half is better than the first which was a pleasant surprise.

Wow, such great guitar playing.
Accompanied by such inane lyrics. What a shame. Does this guy have an instrumental album?

Great tunes, reminds me of the Talking Heads, except Eno sometimes added extra layers which I imagine were trying to be experimental, but sometimes obscured the best part of the music instead of added to it.

Excellent blues rock! Don’t know why something is stopping me from giving it a five. Maybe the vocals? 4.5 I guess.

I can never bring myself to give a jazz album one star, because I know it’s my lack of understanding that is the problem. But over four hundred albums in, this was one of the most difficult to make myself listen to the whole way through. Dullllll. 1.5

I can only take so much of his limited singing range. This exceeded my patience by a good half hour. Nobody needs a Bob Dylan double album. On the bright side, I am a sucker for the harmonica.

Come on now. She’s gotta have something better than this! These songs are dreck.

Honestly it took two go-rounds to really listen to this. And then suddenly I realized that it is gorgeous. It’s not in your face, so you can have it playing in the background and dismiss it as better than average smooth R&B. But when you sit with it, the genius is undeniable. One beautiful song after another. So few misses even though it’s a long double album.
This isn’t necessarily my favorite genre but i can’t deny this one. I look forward to sitting in the sun with this one this summer.

This one is going to take more than one listen to absorb. I tended to prefer the ones where Nico took the lead on the vocals. Which are so sweet compared to the Lou Reed songs. It’s a fairly schizophrenic album.
Sometimes the lyrics are so out there that it almost feels pretentious (The Black Angel’s Death Song, I’m looking at you). But then there’s I’m Waiting for the Man which is very immediate. And Heroin which doesn’t try to hide a thing.
Lots to think about. Not boring. But not really anything that is something that would make me happy to listen to. I can only imagine going back to this if I’m in a pretty low mood and just want to sit in a little funk.

I know she’s revered as a natural treasure. Doesn’t matter. I’ve never enjoyed more than maybe one or two of her songs. This is the second album of hers I’ve had on this list. I hated the first and don’t like this one. Snoozy and borderline pretentious. I said what I said!

Hasn’t listened to this one in ages. There are some big hits, but also some average stuff mixed in. Didn’t hold up as well as I might have predicted, but at this point I’m also far from the target age for this. If I put myself back in that time and age I can feel the thrill of it. At this point for me it’s a 3.5, but I can remember when it meant more than that.

REM have a vibe all their own. I could always take them or leave them, apart from some beautiful tracks on Automatic for the People. Michael Stipe’s droning vocals don’t inspire much in me. Strictly mid-level for me.

First 20 minutes, nothing short of painful.
After that there were some tracks where I could detect some rhythm, and tap my toes.
I maybe gained some kind of education from this? Idk, definitely isn’t anything I would include in a “must listen” book. But it’s different from the dozens of Brit pop albums, so there’s that. 1.5 stars

Who knew Rod had the raspy voice of a 85 year old all the way back in 1970? Pretty standard rock album. Easy to listen too but no real standout.

This is so aggravating! Starts off with some good music. Then before I knew it, it turns out this is a concept album full of spoken word fairy tale and its accompanying songs. Turns into almost kids music/ that 60s ren faire mood at times. But the instrumental work is excellent so it’s very frustrating. Based on the instrumental tracks, and the track Afterglow, I know they could make a five star album.

Wikipedia says this is their only concept album. I’m going to check out their other stuff. I suspect Small Faces is going to join Beyoncé on my personal list of artists where the wrong album was included in this book.

Love the energy on this one. it’s uniquely them. Definitely creative. But it ends up feeling a bit long. Maybe it’s a lack of melodic vocal range? Still, hard to resist the joy of that guitar.

Such great fun youthful energy. The spirit of early rock and roll. A little bit rockabilly, a little bit doo-wop . The slower songs are not my favorites, but I do think to be fair the context of how new rock was needs to be taken into account. What a gorgeous voice! Sad we didn’t have this talent with us longer.