Rated 8/10
The second Vampire Weekend album I've encountered on the post-list. This one is leaps and bounds better than the first one I reviewed (Modern Vampires in the City).
Favourite songs: Mary Boone, Ice Cream Piano, Capricorn, Gen-X Cops, The Surfer, Pravda
Least favourite songs: Hope
4/5
Rated 10/10
00's skate punk/pop punk. I feel like I wasn't as aware of this album as I was it's predecessors, "Half Hour of Power", "All Killer No Filler", and "Does This Look Infected?". The crazy thing is this album is right up my alley. Sounds very similar to another Canadian band, Billy Talent. I listened to a ton of Billy Talent in the early 00's, as well as those first 3 Sum 41 albums, but this one avoided my eye for some reason. I'm glad to have been introduced to it, even though it's 22 years later (fuck I'm old). Thanks OP for the recommendation! Glad to add it to the regular rotation.
Favourite songs: The Bitter End, No Reason, Angels With Dirty Faces, 88, Welcome to Hell, Open Your Eyes, Pieces, Some Say, I'm Not the One
Least favourite songs: Slipping Away
5/5
Rated 4/10
Ffs..... Not more shoegaze....
Ever wonder what it would sound like if vocals were recorded in a cave (more mumbled than sang), and then was way overtopped by fuzz and distortion that has been turned up to 11, thereby rendering the vocals useless and the constant drone of music making you feel like you're trying to listen to music underwater? This is the album for you. This sounds exactly like My Bloody Valentine or The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Another fascinating thing that only those who like shoegaze would enjoy.... You have to have a forensics license to find the original "Complete Recordings" album. The Complete Recordings were never the complete recordings... They just called it that. But the rub is that 11 years later, they added 6 additional songs to the original list, and re-released it with an entirely different name.... It's now longer, and known as their self titled album. Who overwrites an albums existence as opposed to just releasing a deluxe edition or extended cut?
Fuck shoegaze.
Favourite songs: Throw Aggi Off the Bridge, Drown, Lazy Heart
Least favourite songs: idk, it all kinda ran together.... Pack You Up maybe??
2/5
I will admit, the style grew on me as the album went on, but still not something I'd ever listen to again.
Rated 10/10
Favourite songs: Breakfast in America, The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, Take the Long Way Home
Least favourite songs: Casual Conversations
5/5
Rated 6/10
I understand why this exists, but it is way out of my realm. This is Teenie Bop Pop. That checks out, as Rachel used to be in another pop group, S Club 7. These songs are mostly earworms, but I wonder how much staying power they really have? I feel like it may be something teenage girls would really love for a few years, then forget about as they grow older... But I think it will always have an audience of teenage girls to listen to it. It may not be revolutionary, or current, but it is catchy in its own right...
Favourite songs: I Said Never Again (But Here We Are), Negotiate With Love, Every Little Thing, Funny How, So Good, Nothing Good About This Goodbye
Least favourite songs: Some Girls, Je M'Apelle
3/5
Rated 8/10
Favourite songs: Hotter Colder, Bullet Proof, Solid Grease, Easy on the Thieves, Moonshine Freeze, By My Demon Eye, Two Pence Piece
Least favourite songs: All Written Out in Numbers
4/5
Favourite songs: Life Goes On: Life Goes On, Life Goes On: And On, Copycat: Copycat
Least favourite songs: Life Goes On: On
2/5
Rated 4/10
Favourite songs: Demoliendo Hoteles, Promesas Sobre El Bidet, Rap Del Exilio
Least favourite songs: Cancion Para Mi Muerte
2/5
Rated 10/10
Fuck Yes!!!!
Favourite songs: Rainbow in the Dark, Straight Through the Heart, Holy Diver, Shame on the Night, Stand Up and Shout, Don't Talk to Strangers, Gypsy
Least favourite songs: none. Absolute perfection from the king of metal himself!!!
5/5
Rated 10/10
Favourite songs: On Demon Wings, Prowler, Midnight Walker, Black City Skyline, Street Tattoo, Dead End Angels
Least favourite songs: none. This is one of the best albums I've heard on the post list, and one I wouldn't have discovered on my own. Thanks OP!
5/5
Rated 8/10
Favourite songs: Sometimes, What Have You Done, War TV, Lullaby, Erratic Cinematic, Diamonds in the Mud
Least favourite songs: none...
4/5
Rated 10/10
Favourite songs: Old Old Fashioned, The Modern Leper, Keep Yourself Warm, Good Arms vs Bad Arms, Head Rolls Off, The Twist
Least favourite songs: Bright Pink Bookmark
5/5
Rated 10/10
Absolutely phenomenal storytelling. I've known about Chris for years, but was only familiar with Don't Pay the Ferryman and A Spaceman Came Travelling. For some reason, I never explored his catalog any further than that. I'm glad this album was featured so I could listen to more of his stuff. I will be checking out even more of his stuff going forward. Thanks for the recommendation OP.
The mention of Chris De Burgh's name immediately made me think of a Trailer Park Boys episode where one of the main characters, Bubbles, was stealing shopping carts from the local mall. Gary, the head mall cop catches him in the act (not the first time) and is yelling at him about constantly getting phone calls from his superiors about stolen shopping carts. The exchange goes something like this:
Gary: You're not the one who gets the calls from head office night and day asking about stolen shopping carts!! You're not the one who waits to go to a Chris de Burgh concert for 3 and a half years, so I can go in and miss the encore of Don't Pay the Ferrymen because I'm on the phone in the foyer talking about stolen shopping carts!! I'm the one who gets those calls Bubbles! Not you, me! And you know what, I don't want to get those calls anymore...
Bubbles: Well why don't you fuckin turn your cell phone off Gary?
Gary: Don't fuck with me Bubbles!
Favourite songs: Spanish Train, Patricia the Stripper, A Spaceman Came Travelling, I'm Going Home, The Tower, This Song for You, Lonely Sky
Least favourite songs: The Painter
5/5
Rated 8/10
Favourite songs: I Am Koresh, Something's Goin' Down in Waco, John the Revelator, Ballad of the A.T.F., A Single Thrown Grenade, The Road From Houston to Waco
Least favourite songs: The Siege
4/5
Rated 4/10
Not nearly as strong as the other Tame Impala record that I've listened to on this generator (Currents).
Favourite songs: Elephant, Mind Mischief, Keep On Lying
Least favourite songs: Be Above It, She Just Won't Believe Me, Sun's Coming Up
2/5
Rated 6/10
Favourite songs: My Happiness, Waiting for the Sun, Like a Dog, The Metre
Least favourite songs: Odyssey #5
3/5
Rated 8/10
These guys had that song that went huge in 2012 called We Are Young. That song is not on this album. This is their debut album, and I'm not familiar with any of these songs, at least by song title. This reminds me of Panic! At The Disco or 3OH!3.
People draw similarities to Queen or ELO. I can see that to a degree. Especially in the vocal harmonies achieved by the band, but not nearly as powerful as Freddie Mercury.
Favourite songs: Take Your Time (Coming Home), Benson Hedges, All the Pretty Girls, Barlights, Be Calm, I Wanna Be the One, Light a Roman Candle With Me
Least favourite songs: none. This album is great! I'm glad OP brought this album to my attention. Good stuff
4/5
Rated 10/10
Indie rock that heralds back to Iggy Pop or David Bowie. These guys definately studied the Bowie Playbook. You can definately hear that these guys must have been influenced heavily by him. Once i got used to their eccentricities, I really enjoyed this album. Thanks OP for the recommendation. I never would have discovered this without this generator. This is the stuff I love to find on here.
Favourite songs: Going Soft, Camel Crew, Long Hot Summer, Kutcher, Fishing, Here It Comes Again, Lander, Here's the Thing, The Races, Born Sugar, Stations of the Cross
Least favourite songs: none. This album is great!
5/5
Rated 10/10
This is the good modern country. Not that absolute garbage bro country or country pop. This is a call back to the roots of the genre to some degree. In the same vein as Reckless Kelly, Tyler Childers, or Whiskey Myers. A breath of fresh air. Beauty of an album. Thanks OP for the suggestion. Criminally low amounts of country music on this list.
Favourite songs: Kansas City Southern, 7 & 7, Every Girl, Long Hot Summer Day, Down on Washington, Whole Damn Town, Shreveport, 1968, Evangeline, Diamonds & Gasoline
Least favourite songs: None. This album is fantastic!
5/5
Rated 4/10
Now try doing it without autotune.....betcha can't..... This is overproduced and gross.....
Favourite songs: Blinding Lights, Save Your Tears, Scared to Live
Least favourite songs: most of this album....
2/5
