Reviews by fruktsupp

This was never really my taste, but I was in high school when it came out, so I remember how huge and influential it was. My most distinctive memory of this album is being on a road trip to Mexico in 1995. We were with family friends, riding with the two older daughters (maybe 17 years old) of my parent's friends, while the adults were in a different car. The girls were driving/riding in the front, and my buddy in I were in the back of their Jeep. My buddy and I didn't have drivers licenses yet. The girls brought just this CD, so we pretty much sat in the back and listened to it on repeat for about 3 hours each way, with them belting it out, and me not fully understanding the lyrics yet.

Bruce has never really been my taste in music, but there's no denying the talent or how influential his early work was.

Kind of fun at first, but it got a bit tiresome after a while.

This one never really grabbed me. Something about her singing voice isn't my thing. She's obviously talented, so it's probably just a taste thing on my end.

Fun, creative album.

I never listened to this, other than Red Eyes, when it was new. Sleepy at times, but overall pretty solid. Very clear Springsteen influence.

Classic. Lou Reed produced by Bowie is special.

This one probably shouldn't be on this list. I'm a big fan of 80s synth pop, so this should have been in my wheelhouse. However, it seems below average for the era, and hasn't really aged well. No wonder they were worried about a lawsuit from Steve McQueen's estate.

Pretty interesting, almost atmospheric guitar.

Really fun sound. Really sad to hear what happened after this album was released.

Bowie is a genius. However, this isn't really my taste for what makes him great. Too much jam band/acid jazz going on. That said, there are some interesting moments and top notch musicians here, so it's not bad either.

La Grange is a classic. The rest of this is just ok.

The era and genre is a sweet spot for me.

Enjoyable throughout. Neat to hear an all female group on this list.

Pretty fun album. Creative use of rhythm and electronic elements.

This sound is pretty common now, but back when it was released, I remember how different this sounded from what was popular at the time. Recall that 1998 was the same year that Gettin Jiggy Wit It and Tubthumping were two of the top songs. This was a fresh breeze, in comparison.

Smoke on the water is one of the first riffs every guitar player learns, so that's fun. Otherwise, not really my thing.

It’s fine, but pretty unremarkable. They would have been a good opening band for the Doors.

I had never heard this album, but I enjoy Megadeath. Just a good, fun, loud album.

This band has a really fun sound. As other reviewers have noted, I remember how different this sound was in the landscape of pop in 2004. Maybe doesn't sound that remarkable today, but it was a breath of fresh, and fun, air in its day.