Reviews by gregorsmith

Classic punk rock, gritty songs by a band that can barely play, you can hear the influence they had on bands in the mid to late 70s and even into the 80s. Your favourite bands favorite band...

The walking contradiction that is Jay Kay, absolutely cribbing on natives and black mans music despite being whiter than milk, and playing lyrical themes against corporate greed and pro environmentalism.... but then he made a shit ton of money and blew it on gas guzzling super cars.

A little bit Arty? A little bit Jazzy? Progy? Glamy? Rocky? All of the above? Very eclectic.

Clearly Roxy Music were just trying to find their footing here, throwing ideas at the wall to see what would stick, weirdly ahead of its time... A bouncy delight overall.

Samba and Bossa Nova tinged Psychedelic Rock? Hell yeah!

Catchy radio song like "Promised You A Miracle" and "Glittering Prize" but, like much of the Simple Minds oeuvre, this just never clicked with me. They have that late 70s/early 80s new wave synthy sounds and just can't shake it. Not bad, just not memorable.

Chill vibes from Beth, breathy ethereal vocals over lush arrangements is the order of the day. Loved this.

Good lord, another dull album, thats 3 in less than a week now. Its really sapping my desire to continue this project... Anyways, this is 8 songs that seemingly never end, mostly forgettable until the last song "Small Hours"... "Big Muff" was interesting, but died by not having one single ounce of distortion pedal on it... (checks notes) Nevermind, it was about a different kind of Muff.

Not bad per se, just really fucking dull...

This was the point I gave up on Kanye West, I wasn't a fan fan but I like his first few albums, and I remember listening to this the day it got released and promptly never listened to it again until today. It remains as abrasive today as it did then and just gives me a tension headache to listen to it.

Beyoncé wants you to know how bad she's been, and will continue to be, and how you better give her some serious deep dicking, but she ain't gonna take your buster ass to Red Lobster yet, that come later... after she does...

In Frampton's World, first you get the guitar, then you get the talk box, then you get the women...

Surprisingly bland, like an open mic night band....

Like mid-60s psychedelic vibes? Sitar and Harpsichord like sounds? Must be "Season Of The Witch" time...

Ah, Pharrell Williams, this is such a capsule to the time people cared about the likes of The Neptunes stepping out from the production desk to become artists in their own right. It's not quite rap, not quite rock, not quite r&b, it's not bad, but I wouldn't listen to it again.

I remember nearly nothing about it, it was just background noise...

Minutemen aptly named because this 43 song quadruple album(!) clocks in at a tight 74 minutes, so each song is barely longer than a minute. And while nothing overstays as welcome, it never feels repetitive. It's a fucking wild album straddling the punk and hardcore scenes while moving beyond them.

A simultaneously underrated and overexposed band who did a shit lot more good stuff than the supremly bouncy "Alright" would suggest. Almost more Punk than Britpop, certainly more so than their contemporaries. Just 100mph in your face fuzzy music here, loved it.

A couple of ok to good songs ("Sunflower" and "Wild Wood") and a whole lot of MOR pre-Britpop style rock. I used to like Weller a lot, but I've honestly barely listened to anything by him in 25 years now, it just makes me think as a young and impressionable teen in the days when this came out, maybe I was too easily dazzled?

Between this and the Tron: Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk, I'm inclined to let French electronic duos score nearly every movie until the universe grows cold in its heat death rattle. Listen, I don't make the rules, but I'm damn sure going abide by them...

Dark yet spunky post punk rock thats not afraid to try and please the establishment with a kickass cover of "Helter Skelter"...