Reviews by djx127

RemedyBasement Jaxx

Rated 6/10

This is probably great if you're a big fan of this type of music. I'm not the biggest fan but it's not bad.

Eminem is a good rapper and this album has some really good songs about economic hopelessness but also so many of the lyrics have aged atrociously. It was tough to listen at times.

IllmaticNas

Rated 8/10

I understand why this is considered one of the greatest albums of all time. I am also campaigning for the ability to give half stars. 4.5/5

I got back-to-back Neil Young albums. Hell yeah.

Is this one of the greatest albums ever made? Yes.

FuneralArcade Fire

Rated 10/10

I listened to this album a bunch ~8 years ago but I haven't listened in its entirety since so I was interested to see how it would hold up. Not quite the same effect as 8 years ago but I still think this is such a great album.

It's not a 5 but damn close. I also think the sides should be flipped. End the album with We Will Fall.

I remember liking this more in high school. It's still a good album and Pyramids remains fantastic but this time around it didn't hit as hard. 3.5/5

Signing OffUB40

Rated 8/10

The kind of album I started this challenge for. Something I'd never heard of and probably never would have but turns out to be a really good listening experience.

Is this their best album (besides Led Zep IV)? Zeppelin was probably my favorite band in high school but, before this challenge, it had been a while since I listened to their albums in full. I remember liking this album but not putting it in the top tier of their albums. That has changed with the re-listen. Fantastic album. In the Light probably my favorite track. I think side four is probably the weakest but it is still a lot of fun.

Joan BaezJoan Baez

Rated 8/10

I didn't expect this challenge to attract so many people with bad taste. What do you mean an average of 2.96? Get better ears y'all

There was some recent discourse on Twitter about how some bands (like the Cure or Smiths) are "singles bands" which is a totally ridiculous notion. Mainly because Queen is the real singles band. There's like 3 good songs here surrounded by a bunch of middling to bad ones

I don't get why the ratings are so low. The album is a little long but it's also really good, especially the Philip Glass and Scott Walker written songs. This is the closest they'll ever get me to care about Divine Comedy though.