Reviews by galway_rat

If I had one bad thing to say, it’s that a couple songs are almost- dare I say- annoying. But as my first Gorillaz album (and the 1st one) I was left wanting more.
Favourites: 5/4, Clint Eastwood, Tomorrow…, Slow Country

Didn’t care for all of it, but I did enjoy how Manu Chao weaves through different genres & languages

Oh look, another 70’s album I love that I now have to listen to again with a critical, unbiased ear. Take your 5 stars Stevie

Hard to rate- Angel Sigh, Symphony Space + Sway were among my favourite moments, other tracks weren’t as interesting to me.
100th album

I liked this more than I thought I would; there’s forays into jazz & rock-and-roll; it sounds ‘of its time’ in the best way

30/06/22

Okay, this took some time to get into. The shouted refrain of “Bring da Motherfuckin’ Ruckus” is kinda a stress test at the beginning of the album for me, but the album hits a stride from Tracks 6-9 that’s hard not to like.
S/o to the fuzzy bass on the final track as well, “7th Chamber- Pt. 2”.
Like many albums, my opinion is still forming after the first listen (could I name all members of the clan? No).
06/22/22

Thought it was a good but not great debut by Costello
Favourite song was “Watching the Detectives”
23/06/22

Dave the Butcher sounds like a 60s bootleg

Town With No Cheer sounds like the game Phoenix Wright when your client is in jail.

In the Neighbourhood is just pretty

Overall a bit disjointed, but I enjoyed myself

Tonight, Neighbourhood Threat, L4L & The Passenger suggest Iggy Pop is better than I thought

June 14/22

Mm- Human music!

June 11/ 2022

2nd listen-
Time, Family Affair, the opening & closing tracks, stand out to me.
Wish I didn’t relate as much to the, uh, retreat-into-oneself-in-the-face-of-societal-unrest themes

3.5
I really liked Speed King, Child in Time, the distorted white noise-like organs in Living Wreck; also sometimes dragged in ways Machine Head didn’t

I know I can’t change it after I rate it, but on first listen it didn’t leave much of an impression. Want to give it a 2nd try down the line, I was vibin’ to the raga rock at the end of the album

(75th album on 27/05/22) Was about to type I've never heard such a concise debut album, then I learned this is Dylan's 2nd album. -_- still, "Hard Rain", "Don't Think Twice", even "Talkin' World War III"- a real classic

Delicious

I’m pretty familiar with 3/8 tracks but the others did not disappoint

At first I got frustrated with the repetitive, strident nature of some of the tracks, but the back half was more enjoyable I suppose

May 2022, but edited in January 2025

HL: title track, "Like a Rolling Stone", "Desolation Row", "Ballad of a Thin Man", "Queen Jane Approximately"

There's a growing collection of albums I promoted from a 4 to a 5 after the fact, but I wanted to add this begrudging personal note about Highway 61 from a recent visit: "It's a 5, if Time Out of Mind is a 4"
In May 2022, this was the only Dylan I had heard in full, and I thought it somewhat overrated. Now that I've heard 6 albums from this guy (not counting Traveling Wilburys), I get how OP it is among Dylan albums and, indeed, the genre of folk rock.
I still prefer Blonde on Blonde, bloated tracklist and all

Favourite might be War on War;
have heard this album before but enough time passed that it felt like a new experience

3 1/2, could be more… can definitely hear elements from today’s (well 2010’s) indie/alternative scene.

I listened to Sarah Vaughan’s “At Mister Kelly’s” in the morning, and this album late at night. I just do as the random album generator guides, and I conclude this is a morning album. Pleasant, instrumental, a spicy solo every now and then. Would drink a mimosa to “Desafinado”. Would fry eggs to “Samba Dees Days”