Reviews by deepee

Holy shit!
I for sure could have happily gone through my life without experiencing this. And if it doesn’t give me some nightmares there may be something psychologically wrong with me.

Enjoyable it wasn’t, but it’s going to get an extra star just for the sheer twistedness of it!

Life tip: please keep your distance from the people who are give this album five stars and say they love it. They worry me.

Warning: Zero joy found within.
This guy needs a jolt of caffeine or something. My Gawd it felt like these songs dragged on forever.

I will never understand why many singer-songwriters in the late 1960’s, early 1970s decided to use Ren Faire voices. It is an instant turnoff. Further points deducted if you bring in flutes. I started off pretty much resigned that this was going to be a two star album. But the more I listened to it the more I wanted it to end, so I may not even give it that many.

Great energy! Distinctive sound. Tracks start to sound a bit interchangeable by the end. New find for me, will probably come back to it.
3.5

Where has this album been hiding all my life? I really like it. And for some reason this is NOT what I thought the band XTC sounded like. I thought they were a punk band? And here they are sounding more like the Beatles. I need to do a deeper dive. But this album is interesting/pretty/creative, especially the first half. Loses steam slightly towards the end.
Good find!

Got this romantic album on Valentine’s Day. Maybe not a coincidence? Very pretty, low key. I would have liked some grit, which is really not present. There’s nothing really to object to, which I guess is what I object to!

This is so 60’s. Just very typical psychedelic rock that you would expect in the background of any 60s TV show. Nothing earthshattering.

I had to listen to this a few times to “get it”. It didn’t help that they start the album with an evil noise for the first 33 seconds. WHY??
Once that is over there is wildly inventive music and some good beats, but it is challenging at first listen. And in the case of the track Sentimental Journey, it is challenging every time.
But man some of the other tracks I know I’ll want to listen to again!

A three star rating from me usually means the album is very middle of the road. This album is anything but that! But it has some high highs and low lows, so this is where we end up.

This album is so disjointed. Different style songs . I’m not sure what he was going for. Solsbury Hill is the hit and by far the stand out track. Then there’s a song called Excuse Me that sounds like Randy Newman.
His best was definitely ahead of him.

I was surprised at the date of this one as I associate there Cocteau Twins with the 80’s.
This was alot of… nothing. Airiness with no energy. Very difficult to tell one track from the next. It didn’t hurt to listen to it so I’ll give it two stars, but if it were up to me I wouldn’t include this album on this list at all.

This is one of the most obvious 5 star albums of all. Pure genius. Turn out the lights and get lost in this one.

Her voice has always been like nails on a chalkboard to me, I can’t stand the rhythms she chooses, this was almost physically painful for me to get through. Also, as much as I was trying not to listen too closely was she singing about being a slave on several tracks? WTF

I remember the radio hits, but never paid attention to Oasis otherwise. This album is excellent! They sound very influenced by the Beatles, but dare I say I would rather listen to this than many Beatles albums.
Catchy beats, good energy. They always sound like themselves , but there’s enough variety or movement to keep it interesting. I may be a new Oasis fan.

Prog rock. I hate it. Pretty sure I heard flutes in one track. I hate flutes.
Ren faire feel on parts.

I won’t one star this, because it clearly took talent. It just is full of things I personally don’t care for.

First time listening to her. Nice voice, reminds me of Natalie Merchant? To me awhile to figure that out.
The problem isn’t her voice, just that none of the songs seem to go anywhere. Very flat. And then the songs also don’t build on each other. It's not atmospheric enough for floating along to, but never picks up enough energy to get things moving. Meh.

Some real classics on here. Her vocal tics can grate after awhile but she wasn’t afraid to go in hard!

I don’t know why I find this band’s music so annoying. Objectively there is some variety, but subjectively I want them to shut up. My emotional reaction to this is the same as to toddlers whining.

This starts out so strong, but loses steam halfway through. By the last few songs I was very ready for it to be over, which I wasn’t expecting. The sameness got to me.

Old school lounge music. She’s got a very rich tone. I just have little interest in this style of music.

What a pleasant surprise! I only knew the post-MTV ZZ Top music, which I find very generic. This album is MUCH bluesier than the one in this list from the 80s, which I just had assigned to me earlier this week. This band really went backwards musically over time. They became a shtick.

This album almost feels schizophrenic the way goes from super mellow folk music to electric psychedelic rock. I do appreciate their willingness to experiment and not be pigeonholed. It was a bit long, I would have cut a few of the folk tunes, but I do appreciate this album’s creativity.