Reviews by deepee

Why did so many folk singers in the 60’s decide that singing as pretentiously as possible was a good thing? The style of music often reminds me of a Ren faire. Not one I ever want to listen to again.

It’s a 2.5 star album for me. I don’t mind listening to it, but it sounds like it could be from the 50’s not 1981. There is fun in it but not enough creativity to round up.

The little kid chats about love in between the songs were cute. It’s not a good omen when I remember them more than the actual music. I mean, it’s good, it’s fine. But it doesn’t distinguish itself from lots of other R&B music. I listened to it this morning and tonight I’m looking at the song titles and can’t remember what they sound like.

There are 8 songs on this album. A few of them are sublime. See the Sky About to Rain is the standout for me. Moving Pictures is also very lovely.. Overall I enjoyed 7 out of the 8 songs.. But he had to go ruin things smack dab in the middle by singing with that horrible falsetto on the song “For the Turnstiles”. It’s a shame because it took me out of my enjoyment for a bit. But overall a very good album.

Interesting pick!
I’m old enough to know many Beach Boys songs but I didn’t know a single one on this album.
Not as peppy as some of their earlier stuff, shows maturity. Easy to listen to in the moment but honestly very forgettable, because I’ve listened to parts of it 2-3 times today and I keep forgetting what it sounds like

I usually am a sucker for rockabilly, and this is full of that rhythm. But the lack of melody really is bothersome.

Prog rock. Does it take talent? Yes. Do the songs drag on way too long? Also yes. YES.

This is not my preferred music genre. But it wasn’t that hard to listen to. It’s really only the vocal growling/yelling aspect of metal that turns me off.

Sometimes I just don’t feel like working to understand. He basically writes poetry then puts the poem to music. So many poems in the world that I kind of know I should grasp the meaning, but I don’t quite. That’s this album: I know the lyrics are special but I’m not in the mood to work for it, and it’s not musical enough for me to want to come back to it later.

Never heard of this band before. I like the energy. Enjoyed the first song very much but unfortunately the rest didn’t live up to my expectations after that one.

This has a few too many outstanding songs to give it an average score. But the ones that aren’t outstanding are very average!

The title song in this album is transcendent to me. One of my top 10 songs. So right there the album is deserving a high rating.
But I’m also going to give it the 5 stars that Madonna’s debut album deserves, but can’t get because it was somehow not included on this list! Like A Virgin should also be here. Meanwhile other Madonna albums that are definitely inferior are included. This is the best on the list, and is getting all the love that Madonna deserves. Hopefully future editions of this book will reconsider the Madonna choices.

I think it’s supposed to be poppy, kind of cheerful. Whatever, I don’t like these harmonies or this little style

I do like their vibe so it’s not hard to listen to this album. But there’s certainly isn’t much variety to it. 3.5 if I could. Bittersweet Symphony really is a great tune but nothing else on this album is half as good.

I like Aerosmith. I don’t LOVE Aerosmith. I would like to give it 3.5 stars. Because I think it deserves more than 3 stars. But 4 stars seems to be pushing it.

I’m no Scrooge… this album on Christmas morning was an excellent start to the day!

Doesn’t get more middle of the road than this one! It’s fine. It is not spectacular.

Bluesy genius guitar player.

I’m not a metal fan generally. But this wasn’t bad at all! No frills. Straightforward rock without the painful screaming, both vocally and on the guitar, that metal sometimes has.

Too electronic to get an authentic emo feel. Too emo to get a good electronic dance groove.
Near miss.