Reviews by georgehart1122

Darkness Darkness and Smug is a solid 1-2. The middle is pretty meh with the exceptional line "If the world was peanut butter/We'd be sticking by each other".

Pretty cool swing and lyrical delivery. Nice acoustic stylings in a straight ahead, not presumptuous manner.

kind of a col mix of Bowie and Talking Heads. Breakfast Time sucks. Yea I am not into this by Flesh Of My Flesh.

Feels wacky having this be the second album after Herbie Hancock's Headhunters today. This guy is smooth and with a silky upper register. Til The Cops Come Knockin' is a song that drips.

4 songs for Herbie Hancock to lay it down. Chameleon is a solid funky groove all the way through and changes its stripes at set intervals. Watermelon Man is cool. Vein Melter also very cool.

Oh god damnit. His version of Girl From Ipanema is not terrible but there are other versions that i enjoy way better. The orchestration on the track is good. I still think Frank Sinatra is hilariously overrated because he is at best a 2nd rate vocal talent. However, his voice on this record is tempered by the softness of the orchestration. This modulation to a less forceful vocal texture makes his voice more palatable, at least to me. Also a change-up to a bossa nova record allows for a different viewing of the same voice. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars and Meditation almost sound the same, though the latter has more of Frank's "upper register" which basically is just the sound of peanut butter melting on a string section. I Concentrate On You fucking sucks. Once I Loved also fucking sucks. Bossa Nova is a great music genre I will have to look more into and I still hate Frank Sinatra.

Heard It Through The Grapevine is given an upbeat cover and I don't hate it! meh on the whole album.

Cinnamon Girl and Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere are a goo pair of openers, by Down By The River is 9 minutes about nothing. Again I don't get why so many people have a hard on for this sound. Cowgirl In The Sand is 10 minutes of bullshit.

Wouldn't It Be Nice is a great masterclass in harmony. I'm Waiting For Today has a couple weird lyrics but is a solid song. Let's Go Away For A While is a song? God Only Knows is a killer song. Caroline, No is another cool track. Definetly worth a respin. Weird album though.

BLUUUUEEEEESSSSSS RROOOOOOCCCCCCKKKK. Bad Company is at its best when they stretch out their songwriting chops and get a little more ballady. And hey if blues rock is up your alley then these guys are what you want. if not, boy you are in for a long time. Crazy thing is they were english, even though I associate them with the Southern Rock sub genre. This is an album for divorced uncles.

Goddamn I love Matthew Bellamey's voice. His falsetto is so clean, I hate it! Starlight is great. Supermassive Black Hole is entertaining. Soldier's Poem is very Queen-esque. Knights of Cydonia is just so good. Gosh this album was such ear candy I can't help giving it a high ranking even if it doesn't converge on some grand ideal.

I'm feeling the groove on Mr. Self Destruct and then on Piggy. Closer is an awesome genre bending single. Hurt is a banger.

Avalanche is great guitar work with dumb vocals. "The crumbs of love" yes indeed, Lenny. "Like the shy one at an orgy". Another classic line, Lenny. Diamonds In The Mine sounds like he is going nuts.

Honky tonkin guitar from the 80s. if thats your vibe then boy howdy do we have an album for you. Its well produced, and Steve's voice has a charm, I just dont like this hyper prodcued country sound.

Keep The Car Running is a good tune. My big thing with Arcade Fire is that I am not up for trying to parse their lyrics and dig into what they are trying to say. There is a fair amount of depth in their instrumentation. Honestly, this album seems like some great elaborate attack that completely missed me.

Brilliant Corners is one of the odd ball tunes. Its so spikey and angular, especially in 1957. I love this album just like I love all of Monk's music.

Dreamer is a cool song. Thoughts Of You follows up and is also really stretches its dyanmic muscles. Decent album but im not really into the Wilson brothers mystique

Come As You Are is heightened by it being acoustic. The Man Who Sold The World takes on a whole new meaning when Kurt sings it. Something In The Way is a good cut. Never knew Lake Of Fire was a cover, specifically this version coming from a live album.

This album is disturbing and glam. The title track has the extended free jazz solo that sounds like razor blades falling down a bunch of stairs. Panic In Detroit is probably my favorite song on the album. No, it's Cracked Actor. No, Let's Spend The Night Together is it. No, it's Jean Genie! this album goes to some fabulously depraved places with a vaudeville sensibility. Almost to say "Come See The Freak Show, Watch The Descent From The Bottom Up!"

This is really upbeat for a Smiths record. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others is a certified banger!