Reviews by ellesnayr

A couple songs didn’t age all that well. Specifically, Little Sister, and She Knows Me Too Well. Although, I don’t know the context of the songs. Maybe Knows Me was meant to be a critique of that type of guy by showing the hypocrisy of his world view. If that’s the case it’s way ahead of its time, but I don’t think it is the case.
Anyways, the rest of the album is great! Lots of good tunes on here, Help Me Rhonda is the stand out. One bonus point, the Ramones did a cover of Do you wanna dance that is a rare instance of the cover being better than the original.

“I got a letter from the government the other day. I opened and read it, it said they were suckers.” Is the greatest line in the history of lyrics. And more relevant now than it was back then.

This is one of the best hip hop albums of all time. It’s long, but unlike some of PE’s albums this one does not feel bloated. Everything on here works and feels necessary.

They might as well have just repackaged this album when they put out their first greatest hits. It’s nothing but gold on here!

Man I’m just not really into house music. I like a few tracks but overall it’s kind of boring. This album was not an exception. Every song was too long and I get it, they’re long on purpose for like raves or whatever. I love electronic music just not this.

As always, plus one for horns, and boy were there horns! This is an example of a one hit wonder band that should’ve been bigger. I knew Love Plus One from an 80s compilation cd my parents had and I always liked that song but I never checked out anything else from these guys. This was a great album with a unique sound.

I’m sure for most people there’s at least one well respected musician that they just don’t get. For me that is Prince. I could not stand this album. His production always sounds cheesy to me, and his voice is annoying.

Aside from the album title this was fantastic! Maseru is the standout track for me.

This was good. Tiny Dancer and Levon are all timers for sure. The rest of the songs are all pretty solid, but except Indian Sunset, that one wasn’t great.

For how much people talk about dark star on this album I just don’t get it. It was easily the weakest track on this album. It sounded like they were recording in separate rooms but the microphones were outside the rooms. It was clunky and not cohesive. So I was not looking forward to the rest of the album. But right after that is a three song run that really jammed and was a lot of fun. Those three songs are all I’d really return to on this album, but I would gladly listen to them again. The rest of the album is fine but a little too bluesy for my taste. I’m still interested in checking out more of the Dead, I’d probably just pick something from a little later in their tenure.

This had more ballads than I remember, probably the weakest of their big three albums (lightning, puppets, justice). Still a solid album with one of the best title tracks in all of rock music.

Terrific album. It flows so well, and it leaves you wanting more. Anvil Everything is the standout track.

This came out when I was in high school and it was huge. And for good reason, this is a fantastic album. Glamorous Indie Rock n Roll is a sleeper jam on here, it’s a great closer. And one of the best songs on an album full of hits.

The second half of this album where they lean more trip hop was actually pretty solid. After the first half I was ready to slam this album, it was uninteresting and middle of the road. I still think without the gimmick this would have been a minor album that was mostly forgotten save for Clint Eastwood.

Based on this album I think the Insane Clown Posse was heavily influenced by Cypress Hill and that’s not a compliment.

This was interesting. Never listened to them before, I’d be open to listening to more.

I think she wrote a book of short stories but needed an album so she just kind of sang the stories. These songs are meandering. It’s good storytelling but it did not need to be set to music.

I gave up. I just can’t stand this band.

In my review for Led Zeppelin IV I stated that Led Zeppelin did not miss on their first four albums. I forgot about 3. This one was a slump in the first four albums. There’s a few great songs on here, the rest are b-sides at best.

Loretta Lynn is a national treasure. This was a fantastic album.

I liked this more than I thought I would. I’d say about half of this album is solid. The other half isn’t great.