Reviews by ellesnayr

This rocks and doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. A concise album, all killer no filler.

Ok so Back to Life was the hit off of this I figured out. That song is nothing extraordinary. The rest of this pretty mediocre with some songs bordering on cringe (I’m looking at you Dance, or is it Daahnce?). Needless to say I was not impressed and did not need to hear this before I die.

This one really took a left turn on the last two songs. Like did they just need to fill some space at the end? Anyways, this album was fine but nothing really jumped out at me. It was just an ok album.

This is probably the best of the unplugged series. I haven’t listened to it in years. I was instantly annoyed by Kurt’s comment about how most people don’t own their first record. That dude hated that people liked him. He really wanted to be this underground figure who wasn’t appreciated in his time cause people just didn’t “get it” yet. But people got it and they loved it, and for good reason. There’s a reason people still talk about nirvana the way they do. These are great songs and the covers are almost all better than the originals. And there was some light and funny banter so I shouldn’t be too salty about how whiny Kurt could be. It just annoyed me out the gate, but the rest of the album redeeemed him.

This might be my favorite LCD Soundsystem album. It feels like a perfect transitional album. It still has the silliness and energy of their first album but it’s showing signs of where’s they’ll go on the next one. There’s not a bad track on here. I was going to give it 4 stars because I didn’t think I liked the closer. But honestly, everything works so well on here, I think it’s a 5.

I don’t know enough jazz history to know why this is so highly regarded. I very much enjoy this album, it’s a great album for a rainy day. I just wish I knew more about the context as to why this is one of the best of all time. Again, it sounds good, but in 2025 it sounds like a lot of other jazz albums I’ve heard. Was this style of jazz unheard of at the time? Was this an evolution in sound? That’s what I’d like to find out. For now I will contend with the fact that I don’t know but I still think this is great.

This wasn’t bad. Maggie May and Reason to believe are really good. There were some other decent tracks, and there were some just okay ones. Nothing bad though, I wasn’t expecting to like it as much as I did. I would listen to this again.

I used to listen to this album to fall asleep. Not because it’s boring, it’s just very calming.

I guess I just don’t get Fleetwood Mac. This is just dull music to me. It’s background music for a convenience store. It’s not unpleasant, it’s just bland. I don’t think I’ll ever understand the appeal of this band.

I was really into the stooges years back. I loved this album. I haven’t listened to it in quite a while. We will fall takes up a third of the album and for a 34 minute album is a lot of filler. Everything else on here is great. An influential album for me personally but also to the world. This is raw and energetic, and doesn’t take itself too seriously. The definitive protopunk album.

This was great. I’ve heard the Pretenders, I think I listened to their greatest hits cd in the past. This album was not what I expected based on that. It was way more experimental and unpolished. It had a punk edge to it. You can hear glimpses of their future in songs like the big hit, Glass in Pocket, but this was way more raw and energetic than their hits. Pleasantly surpriser.

This was interesting. Not bad, but nothing I would return to. I wouldn’t be opposed to it, but I wouldn’t choose to throw it on.

I didn’t know I knew every song on this album. What a debut album, it’s a veritable greatest hits. This was a band that knew exactly what they wanted to do and executed it perfectly.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Rammstein was boring and bad?
Well wonder no more! Meet Laibach!

This was better than I expected. I’m not much for blues music, I usually find it boring. I expected this just to be a guy playing guitar and singing. He had a full band with horns and everything, and as always, plus one for horns. That said, even with the extra instruments it was still dull at times.

This is lame butt rock.

I didn’t mind this but it didn’t do anything for me. Blueberry Hill was a cool tune.

I too like to watch things on tv, Lou. However, I have no idea what pancake factor one is.

This album was great. I still can’t stand Perfect Day, I just don’t like it. Every other song on here I enjoyed. I knew a few and found some new ones that I’m adding to the rotation. So yeah if not for perfect day this would be a five star.

This was great! I’ve never listened to Basie before and I wish I’d found him earlier.

The Runners really swung for the fences on this one and I think it paid off.