Reviews by florida-metalhead810

This is a pretty good if very dated pop/new wave album. Some of the songs are really good, but the album is more as a time capsule for the 1980s than an all time classic. Either way, I'd take this over yesterday's Ryan Adams album any day of the week.

This is just OK country-tinged rock in the vein of Bruce Springsteen. It's boring and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay toooooooooooooooooo loooooooooooooooong.

Any album with "Dreams", "Go Your Own Way" and "The Chain" on its tracklist is an instant 5. However, it's not just these monolithic tracks doing all the heavy lifting; the rest of the record holds up to these songs to an extent. There's a reason it's tied with Abbey Road for highest rated album at the time of writing.

Random band I haven't heard of making old school country music. It's honestly kinda relaxing, and the songwriting is of acceptable quality, but hardly life changing. Less boring than yesterday's U2 album, though (thank God!)

I hate U2's radio singles with a passion, so I came in expecting to despise this album. I just found it boring. It sounds like a generic pop band from this era, not a stadium selling legacy rock act. Even worse, some of the songs(Peace on Earth, New York) have absolutely terrible lyrics that sound like a 10 year old wrote them.

A very British punk rock album. The songwriting is solid and the instrument playing is good. The heartfelt, mellow nature of "English Rose" contrasts sharply with the rest of the album's energy.

This is a good yacht rock album from one of the 1970s' most famous singers. It's well-produced and easy to listen to, and nothing here is too offensive. However, I didn't really enjoy it a whole lot.

This album is primarily just loud guitar strumming with a decent vocalist on top. It's very noisy, but also somewhat polished and radio ready.

Just an easy listening album. That's really all it is. It's nothing like the Velvet Underground's abrasive, dark rock sound. That said, it's a pretty decent pop album. The song "Macbeth" is significantly louder and more rock oriented than the rest of the album.

Pretty standard 70s rock/punk fare. Obligatory songs about sex, drugs, and rock and roll are present and accounted for. That said, I quite enjoyed it, maybe because I love this style of classic rock. "Turn Blue" aged horrendously(fetishization of African Americans? Really?) as did "Sixteen" (obvious reasons).

Not on Spotify in the US. That said, it's a pretty good rap album. It has all-around chill and funky vibes that provide a stark contrast to most rap.

This is a record from an incredibly controversial artist. Me personally, I'm more ambivalent towards it. It's pretty good, and it's honestly kinda calming, but also very downbeat. It resonates with me in a way few of the British pop albums do.

A rootsy country rock record. It's a shining example of what country used to be before it was corrupted by record execs+the ghost of 2000s butt rock. It has great vocals harmonies and good, rootsy instrumental playing.

I saw this and knew it would be a 5 immediately. The singing is soulful and pretty smooth, but the real star is that guitar. That guitar was revolutionary for its time and still holds up today. So yeah, I guess I'm now experienced. Listen to this gargantuan totem of godly guitar playing and you will be, too.

Just a pretty sad, mopey alternative/indie rock album. I didn't care for anything on it, and it's a little too long. Everything here is ok, but not great.

This is an okay vocal jazz album. Ray's singing is great, but the album feels very dated. I don't like those blaring horns on the first couple of tracks.

This is a pretty good hard rock/grunge album. The singing is famously slurred, and the real standout here is the guitar. This album rocks hard and packs an emotional punch.

This is one of the best new wave albums I've had so far. The vocals are rather standard, but what really sets this apart is the songwriting, which is miles above most new wave albums on the list.

This is a very garagey sounding rock album with lots of distortion and strange song structures. The poor production does a number on the album's enjoyability, which would be aided significantly by a louder mix. That said, it's still a good and interesting album.

This is an ok pop album with some folk mixed in. The voice is good, but it's rather unremarkable. Nothing here is that good, but it's not bad.