Reviews by deepee

I hadn't heard of this album before. By song two I thought “oh is this the music from some play?”
Because that’s what our sounds like- a second-tier musical your kid’s high school is putting on, that you are struggling to sit through.
Turns out it’s just an artsy pop concept album. A long one.

This just doesn’t do it for me. It might deserve a three because objectively it isn’t bad, but personally I’m at 2.5 at best.

AARP-aged white woman checking in: this album is banging, and the lyrics are important. Five stars all the way.

Fun rhythms. Smooth voice. Songs drag on a little bit longer than necessary. Would give it a 3.5 if I could.

Apparently this is a post-punk album. Which I guess means it sounds like punk but is less fun.
Quite the chore to stick it out for the whole album. Not a fan of scream singing. Even when I’m occasion there works be some instrumental melody, it would eventually evolve into the screaming again. And the air siren was just freaking mean.
According to Wikipedia the band “quietly disbanded” after making this album. Not sure if that is code for “slunk away to find day jobs”.

I’m not much of a rap connoisseur, but I liked the music tracks and found the raps interesting.

The good news is, if you like one song on this album you’re going to like them all. The bad news… 🤣

Does it really matter though if you’re all liquored up and ready to mosh?

File under: nothing objectively wrong, just not doing it for me.

I’m a Hole fan. This is not my favorite Hole album, but Courtney writes insightful lyrics and has an interesting voice both literally and figuratively. At least musically (I’m not a person who has studied her life, but I know it’s messy) she deserves more respect than she seems to get.

I mean… there’s plenty of schmaltz on this album to not like. And then the man goes and adds de lime to de coconut and suddenly you’re back to being 7 years old, laughing at it, and wanting to throw on another star.

Was expecting something a bit edgier. David Bowie’s influence is heavily felt. pretty standard pop music, probably a little bit ahead of the trend at the time. Not a stand out for me.

This album may be the gold standard for five-star albums. One gorgeous song after another. I found myself wondering what it must have been like to be a musician playing on this. They must have known they were creating a masterpiece.
The music is so gorgeous it is blocking out my conscience about his medical views….
Sigh… just sit back and let it stone you.

Well! This one takes you on a ride.
Basically poems, spoken more than sung, with low-key (until it suddenly isn’t) music in the background.
But the poems tell stories that are haunting. Don Aman is the standout track for me in this aspect.
It sneaks up on you .. At the first song I was thinking “oh come on what is this and why did it make the list?”. (The first song is badly placed in my opinion). By the end I was thinking, huh this is really interesting, although I’m not going to go as far as to say enjoyable. Just submit to it, and let yourself sink into the tension. The last two songs really being the whole thing to fruition.
I’m sure it will be polarizing- it sticks to is own style the whole way through, so people are going to love it or hate it I imagine. But it didn’t sound like anything else, that’s for sure.

(PS if you're a filmmaker and are looking for background music for a creepy suspenseful western scene, the song “For Dinner” is here waiting for you.)

So…
Sue me for not giving this one a 5.
I get it, most of us grew up knowing the hits on here, and there are a bunch of them. “Something” truly is a gorgeous song. There are a couple others I really enjoy (Oh Darling, Golden Slumbers). But there are plenty of them on the second half of the album that do nothing for me.
“I Want You” Is particularly annoying and it’s over seven minutes long.
So, close but no cigar from me. I’m sure there will be other Beatles albums on here, they will get another chance.

Pretty run of the mill early 80s sound. Not bad but others did it better.
Needs more cowbell!

I don’t think I’d ever sat and listened to this album in its entirety before. But of a masterpiece isn’t it?
The combination of power and beauty is exquisite.

This album has all the elements that I usually like best in music. Blues-rock combo. There’s just something a little bit too controlled about it. Lack of passion holds it back from a perfect score for me.

It’s rock. I guess it’s metal. Wouldn’t say it’s very heavy. The lead singer’s voice often drones. If there was a genre called sleepy metal, several of the songs would fit that description. Didn’t hear anything special in this one.

Meh.
Sounds like a typical early 80’s garage band. Easy enough to listen to but nothing stood out.

I had never heard of this album or band. What beautiful music! Folky, sometimes with a bluegrass feel, but also a bit psychedelic, sometimes jazzy. I think this is my favorite album that I’ve heard for the first time from this generation. Cool that it is my 100th album!
Very grateful for this find!