Reviews by gingerninja155

Getting down with your bad self and dancing to this is album like a madman is not a recommendation, it is a legal requirement when you begin. It starts off with an absolute banger right out of the gate with “Shining Star” and then slows down ever so slightly the rest of the way. Besides the first song, “Happy Feelin’” is also a favorite of mine. This is some Grade A funk right here. You’re a shining star, right on!! Have Mercy!! The Funky 70’s catchphrases are all here, and they truly add to the experience considerably.

Another absolutely killer debut album. Dire Straits is one of those bands that I’ve never actively seeked out, but always end up adding their music to my playlist when they pop up. This is consistently good from start to finish, but the only song that truly blows me away is “Sultans of Swing”, which of course I had heard a ton of times already before. Don’t get me wrong though, this album still absolutely kicks ass, and the singer/guitarist is so unique that I could probably recognize any Dire Straits song as soon as it starts, which is extremely impressive. 1 more Dire Straits album to go, very curious to see how they evolved over time, so I’ll for sure remember this album until then.

You know, I didn’t really expect to like this one as much as I did, but it’s quite good. I don’t like the weird whispering thing she does on the first song, but after that, the album actually gets pretty good. It’s a little overproduced, but Lana has an incredible voice regardless. This album is extraordinarily relaxing and vibey. I actually thoroughly enjoyed “Tulsa Jesus Freak” and “Dark But Just A Game” the most. Put this down as one of the albums that genuinely surprised me with how good I found it. Little fun fact, as of writing this, this album is one of just 2 that came out the same year as the last revision of the book that this site pulls from.

This website is going to Stockholm Syndrome me into liking Jazz, I swear. It saw Jazz listed as one of my bottom 3 genres and then gave me some pretty good albums for 2 days in a row. Not a lot to say about this one other than that it’s good. Easy to follow, and very soothing on the ears. Not something I would ever actively seek out, and picking a favorite song for a Jazz album just sounds like a gargantuan task, but overall it’s pretty good. Was able to groove to it for the entire day. Apparently Miles Davis is considered by many to be the best Jazz artist of all time. He's got a few albums on here, including the highest rated Jazz album on the site. This is the first one of his that I've rolled so far though. So, yeah. I’m actually starting to feel it now. You win this round, Jazz. I’m bestowing my highest honor for this genre of music, a 3.

So, good Jazz DOES exist!! I’ve rolled a couple Jazz albums so far and really just did not care for them, so when I saw this album was over 2 hours long, I about screamed. However, it turns out that Jazz actually can be good, it just has to come in the form of Big Band. This was a super cool little time capsule as well. I liked the introductions given to everyone, and some of the live segments like “Riot Prevention” actually got a genuine chuckle out of me. My favorite song on this album was “Diminuendo In Blue - Live” as it’s fast paced and smooth all the way through, with plenty of fun mood shifts.

I’ve got a list that I’ll bring up a few times during this journey. It’s a list of my Top 10 favorite songs of all time. “The Chain” is on it. I rolled that album on Monday. I bring the list up today because Machine Head has “Highway Star”. It starts with it as a matter of fact. Not only do I love that song, but I love this album. It’s previously been on a separate list of my personal favorite albums, and will continue to be praised extensively by me today. For the second time already, welcome back to the 5 star club, Deep Purple. I’ve already talked about how much I love this band, so I’ll save a bit of excess gushing. It all just works for me. It rocks. Every song. End of story. I’m almost 80 days in, and I can PROMISE you that I’m not going to have a week as consistently good as this one was for the rest of this experience. Wow!!!!

Oh, hey, these are the guys that made “Galvanize”. I hear that song everywhere. If I’ve said it once, I’ll say it 1000 times, Electronica is never going to be unenjoyable for me to listen to. This is a little basic, nothing spectacularly out of the ordinary, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Sick beats to rock your head to and make the work day go by super fast, as is usual for the genre. However, I’m going to give this one a 3 because I don’t think any favorites easily jumped out at me. Nothing that made me really say, “Damn, that kicked ass.” Nevertheless, still an enjoyable experience. It’s like a 3.4.

This may honestly be the best week of music I’m ever going to have on this site. I had Rumours on Monday, and now this today. This is the second Jack White album I’ve rolled so far, and I’m pretty bummed that I don’t have many left after this one. For some added context, this album is extremely special to me for sentimental reasons. We had it on CD when I was a little kid and listened to it a ton. For many of these songs, I haven’t heard them in a long while, but as I was listening to them today, I was extremely happy and still remembered all of them in their entirety, almost like I was catching up with an old friend. Every single song is good. Not a single dud on the entire album. Picking my favorite song would be a gargantuan task, so once again I won’t even attempt to do so. Previously, I gave the album Get Behind Me Satan a 4 star rating and felt guilty doing so, as Jack White is my favorite artist of all time. To put it simply, this is the easiest 5 star I’ve ever given in my life. At least, it's the easiest so far.

Quick side note before I begin my review. Wikipedia lists this album as a type of Country music called “Y'allternative“, which is one of the best names for a genre of music that I’ve ever heard. Regardless, this site says the album is Rock. I don’t hear any Country in this at all, which is probably why I enjoyed it so much. The day I hear Country music that I actually enjoy, the world may actually end. Ok, goofy stuff out of the way, this album surprised the heck out of me. Judging a book (the album art) by its cover, I thought I would hate it. However, it really hooked me right from the first listen. Everything I care about is accounted for here, great guitar playing, some all out rocking hooks, and a singer with a great voice. It’s a little formulaic, but that’s never going to be a negative to me. “The Shining Hour” and “Fuzzy” are my 2 favorites songs on this one. Would definitely listen again. Way to truly surprise me, Mr. Buffalo.

God, the beginning of “The Chain” just sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it. I could listen to that song 1000 times in a row and still get emotional. As the highest rated album on this website, I was wondering when I’d roll this one, but never expected it to be so soon. The fact that you could ask 100 people what their favorite Fleetwood Mac song is and they’d all have different answers is directly proportional to just how fucking good they are. This album is sex. I’d never actually heard it from top to bottom before but you can be damn sure I’d already heard a grand majority of the songs before today. Do I need to pick my favorites for this one? Absolutely not. Whatever trauma this band was going through somehow ended up producing what truly is one of the best albums of all time. Even the album art is iconic. Bravo!!

Soul music is generally just a good time all the way through, but it’s not always all that memorable. This is one of such cases. On a positive note, I definitely would not skip any of these songs. They’re all objectively good. Love this guys voice, but it does legitimately put me to sleep, and in my opinion nothing really stands out at all. Not a problem, but this was little more than just background noise to me. My favorite song, as I felt it did things in a somewhat unique and different way, is “La-La For You.” I would for sure be excited hearing more of this, so for that reason it’s at least a 3.6, if not slightly higher.

That saxophone though!! Add this to the ever growing list of bands I’ve never heard of before, as well as the “debut album” list. And just for good measure, even the list of UK albums. It’s pretty good, some of the songs are annoying and I would likely skip a few of them, but the saxophone ties everything together and truly adds to the experience. It’s Punk with a sax, which is truly the most Punk thing of all. I love their most popular song “I Am a Poseur”, but my favorite song on the album is actually “Let’s Submerge”, as it does an excellent job of letting every member of the band display their talents and really just lets them all fit together perfectly, like a puzzle. Love the goofy album art as well, tremendously 70’s.

A lot of reviews here are comparing this to the works of Nick Drake, and I can definitely add my name to that list. Never heard of Bert Jansch before, and while I can’t say I’d ever actively seek out his music, it’s not bad. Folk Music in general is not my cup of tea, and yet it’s very rarely going to be something that makes me upset listening to either. Everything here is passable, but none of it is amazing. It’s chill vibes throughout. The best thing I can say about it is that I wouldn’t really skip any of it, which is good, as it makes for an enjoyable experience from top to bottom. I will also add though that his song “Angie” is his best song, so much so that there’s even a live rendition of the same song on this very album. If the rest of the album was even remotely comparable to “Angie”, I’d honestly consider giving this a 5, and that’s no joke.

Really considered just copy and pasting the lyrics to my favorite song on the album, “Houses in Motion.” How much do I love David Byrne and his comically large suit? A lot. I love him a lot. This is the first Talking Heads album I’ve rolled, but it certainly won’t be the last. The only songs I’d actually heard on this album before today were “Once in a Lifetime” and the previously aforementioned “Houses in Motion.” Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to tell you that the entire album, Deluxe included, is an absolute bop. In other words, goes on, and the heat goes on. Goes on, and the heat goes on.

What noise does an Icelandic dog make? Björk Björk. Anyway, this is day 3 in a row of having wildly different female artists, and all 3 of them have been tremendously enjoyable. This is the first of 5 Björk albums I’ve rolled, and it’s a great start. She just sounds very unique and friendly, and anything even remotely electronic is typically going to get high praise from me. I think this is the third day in a row stating that a unique album is pretty refreshing compared to the mediocre or generic kind of sound some albums provide, and this is definitely very unique. My favorite songs on this album are “Human Behavior”, “There Is More to Life Than This”, and “Play Dead.” Curious to hear the evolution of her musical style over time. I am entirely unfamiliar with Björk, and I’ve heard her later albums are quite different than this one. Luckily I started with her first solo album here. Björk Björk.

This was a pretty good album. As usual, it took me a few listens through to really appreciate what it's going for, but when it clicked, I grew to appreciate the weirdness. This is proto-punk, and is very unique for what it is. Patti has a very good voice, and while the only song that I think stood out to a notable extent was the opener, "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo", this was a very unique listening experience as a whole, one that I'm glad I partook in. It might have been a cover, but I have to say, I really liked that song, especially when she finally gets to the part where she's singing the titular name. The more weird albums I roll, the more I grow to appreciate music in general. So thank you, Patti, for opening up my mind to this strange but great album. This is another artist and genre I've grown to appreciate a lot thanks to this site, so thank you to the site owner as well, for putting this cool site together.

I really can’t imagine why this album is so low rated on this site. It’s pretty consistently great from front to back. Wikipedia suggests that Aimee Mann often writes songs about underdogs, and I think that’s an apt depiction of this album. It’s very up-lifting. It makes me happy, and her soothing voice is very pleasant to listen to. However, she also just absolutely rocks as well occasionally, like in my favorite 2 songs on the album “I Should’ve Known”, and “Say Anything.” This isn’t boring at all, some of the other reviewers are out of their minds if they truly believe that “Say Anything” isn’t a fantastic song. Plus, the guitar riffs in songs like “Stupid Things” are just incredible. Great album, hopefully a solid 4 star review will balance out the negativity surrounding this one a bit. :-)

Stuck between giving this one a 1 or a 2. The first song, “American Gothic” is so comical that it actually made me laugh. It paints the woman as a shoe hungry villain, and the worst part is that I I think they expect you to take it seriously. For that reason it’s my favorite song on the album. Everything else is just forgettable, boring, bland and bad. This is listed as Country, I wasn’t aware Country could sound like this, but I do not like it. I’m having a generational run on bad music, surely a banger is coming my way soon. You know what, I only made it through once before I wanted to turn it off. It’s a 1 out of 5.

This album really grew on me throughout the course of the day. As a whole, when listening to the album completely from top to bottom, it's very good as a full listen, but listening to just a song by itself doesn't really do it justice. Initially, I hated the singer's voice, but around the 5th (seriously) complete listen through, I kind of ended up loving it. Surprisingly that's happened a lot during the course of this challenge. For that reason, I'm glad I stuck with it, because this album really is pretty good. I heard it compared to "Fake Grunge" and I couldn't agree more. At times it sounds like they're just trying to mimic or mock what Grunge is supposed to sound like, for better or for worse. My favorite songs here are "Stop Breathin", "Range Life", and my actual favorite "Fillmore Jive". Curiously, my least favorite song was the hit single "Cut Your Hair", as I found it pretty annoying. Interesting little album they got here, I'm excited to see if I like the first one any more or less, It's supposed to be fairly different from this one.

Another artist I’ve never heard of before. First things first, this guys voice is absolutely incredible. It’s just unbelievably smooth. The backup vocalists? Also incredible. My biggest problem with this album as a whole is simply that nothing stands out, and it’s very similar the entire way through. That isn’t a big problem, I just don’t particularly love it enough to give it anything past a 3. Objectively this guy is a fantastic singer, and I can easily appreciate that. Personal enjoyment though, it’s just ok. Would I listen to it again? No, but that’s also ok. Not really my thing, but I’m very glad I listened to it in general. Favorite song? I also have no idea. Let’s go with “You’re Good for Me.”