Reviews by dobrien2399

Quite good, drags just a little.

Its alright, not sure I really needed to hear the whole album.

Truly a tremendous voice, but the music is not really for me. An undeniable show of talent buoying some pretty, boring music overall. Send My Love is a banger though.

Trite, boring, reasonably well produced, but totally uninteresting. I'm from Jersey, but maybe I'm just too young to understand The Boss's deep and meaningful reflections on 9/11. 2000s Country rock slop. Nonsensical to me to place this on a pedestal with his actual classics. He looooves to repeat corny inspirational sounding lyrics like a million times for a chorus. Worth listening to only for context on how stupid culture got at that time; guess you just had to be there. And its too long.

My initial reaction on first listen was pretty negative, but I gave it a second shot because I liked the back half. Glad I did, quite enjoyable.

This really seems like something I should like, but it doesn't come together for me. First track is good, but its also the best and promises something not really delivered by the rest of the album.

Totally unremarkable, not one song worth recognizing. Mercifully short.

RIP Dolly, a truly unique and admirable person. I was not so familiar with her music, so this is exactly what I wanted to listen to today.

Smooth, pleasant, groovy, pretty boring. It's fine.

At first blush, I assumed I would be bored by this album. Its a bit quieter and softer than I typically prefer, but it really sounds incredible. Absolutely surprised by how much this gripped me. Easy to see how someone might pass this by, it really does not go out of its way to impress you, but its so well put together. I feel like some "essential" albums can feel like a chore; this goes down so smooth.

A promising, if thin, debut for Tom Petty. Breakdown and American Girl are obvious standouts among what isn't really enough material for a truly good album.

It's fine, if a little boring to me. I'm far from a historian of the genre, but it seems like it was probably ahead of its time. With the benefit of decades, I'm not sure I'd choose to listen to it again over other albums, but its still cool to hear this transitionary sound.

The best moments on this are incredible, driving, and energetic, but it gets just a little too spacey for my taste. A high high 4, but not quite enough for a 5.

I'm trying to piece together my opinions on grunge as I go through this, because it has had some of my most and least favorite records on the list. Nirvana, shocking no one, is good it turns out. Heavier and darker than Nevermind, this album still manages to never feel muddy or dull, which other albums have fallen afoul of for me. The guitar melodies are stellar, and Kurt's vocals never once annoyed me, which is untrue of most other grunge artists.

I've had two Smiths albums so far and liked both. I am very from an expert, but it feels like whatever instinct led to those being interesting to listen to and not just pure bummers is fully missing. Morrisey's music, and evidently the man himself, are dull and depressed here.

I like their later hits that I've heard, but they're trying a bit too hard to do a Stevie Wonder impression here. It's a decent impression, so the music is fine, but there's very little original here.

Why the hell does he sound like that? Songs are great, singer not so much. It sounds like he's doing a rude caricature of a British accent.

Paint It Black is genuinely great. Stereo mixing is very of its time, a little hard to listen to. Under my thumb kind of sucks and is gross and the rest of the album is pretty bad. Pretty shocked how much the rest of this album is just completely dwarfed by Paint It Black. I might not like the Rolling Stones, 0/2 so far.

Very easy to listen to, tight harmonies, good straightforward melodies. Nothing blowing me away here but pretty easy to place this on a progression from 50s rock to what would follow in the 60s.

I think it's important to be able to talk about your feelings, especially negative ones. I don't think it's always wise to do so in an extremely public piece of art. This album stinks. There is a glimmer of something compelling in the second to last track, but even that song is bad overall.