Reviews by gregorsmith

Thanks, I didn't *want* to cry today...

CSN yesterday, Byrds today, 1001AG must think I need David Crosby in my life now....

The folk supergroup playing great songs in 3 part harmony. You'd have to have a heart three sizes t small to hate on this.

Not quite as bombastic as the follow up album, part of this is surprisingly trippy/tranquil compared to his usual big beat style.

Top tier reggae, so much anger bubbling under those vibes.

One of those hidden gems I never would have found with out this list. It makes up for the over indulgence of those drippy british indie bands we usually get.

Rich, vibrant, with stellar production. Just gorgeous throughout.

As someone who used to live in Grangemouth, Cocteau Twins are the biggest thing ever to come out of that town apart from refined petrochemicals and the M9 motorway in either direction....

The opening track hooked me, the whole album was just joyfully smooth flows, samples, and production.

Now I'll admit, I didn't mind that "Wake Up Boo!" song when it came out, and that was my only exposure to Boo Radleys in any detail outwith "To Kill A Mockingbird", but, as usual, I digress....

Nothing redeemable here, generic indie shoegaze synths and horns nonsense.

It's a compilation but not a greatest hits, so I'm not sure how I feel about that, but damn it has manic energy in spades. Short, punchy, everything you'd want in a introduction.

I'm starting to really love all the "Afro-" genres this list has introduced me to, so add Afro-Cuban Jazz to the list. Massively up tempo beats that never end, a weird frenetic energy in the rhythm sections and the horns, my god the horns....

Sub Mid 90s rave music, US version at least had "Move Any Mountain" but this one did not.

I feel like you have to like that artist to appreciate live albums, and while Thin Lizzy is in the "alright" bin for me, 76 minutes of live (or live enough) is a stretch.

Sleaze in musical form, so much sleaze that I needed to take a shower afterwards.

Fairly generic post punk bollocks, nothing earth shattering, just here.

Two forces of nature (Michael and Quincy Jones (RIP)) collide to change the trajectory of modern music was we know it. Overshadowed by Thriller, but rarely bettered.

"Detroit Rock City" is a bop, basic rock but a bop, the rest is bargain basement drivel.

There's a lot of good on this album ("Tighten Up", "Long Gone", "Next Girl", "Ten Cent Pistol", "Howlin' For You") that remains in my rotation, but there's a lot of mid stuff too. Sure they moved away from their basement recordings and got Danger Mouse to produce the shit of of these songs so they're never gonna sound like the cheap ass days of yore but you know what? I like the Black Keys, and I like this.

Tom waits for no man, Tom does his own thing, Tom doesn't always strike gold but you miss 100% of the shots you don't make....

Very of its time and time hasn't been kind to it overall, but everyone should listen to Rob Harvilla talk about the troll life of Fiddy on his 2000s edition of 60 Songs that Explain the 90's pod, its a trip.