Reviews by happynapper45

1989Taylor Swift

Rated 4/10

I’ve heard a good chunk of these before but this is my first Taylor album. Sorry to say but I’ll remain firmly in the hate train. I get the appeal but she is just not for me, and I really struggle with pinpointing my lack of enjoyment. Maybe because she’s so overexposed, but it just feels like the most lifeless and corporate pop music you could create. As an outsider it just feels like her entire identity is her brand, and there’s no real person being expressed in these songs. Maybe I’m just a hater but lord knows she doesn’t need my listens to continue her success

The quick songs and rawness to the recordings are an interesting choice but it’s hard not to think I’m listening to the demos of a project in the works. I’m torn between liking the stylistic choice and feeling like this could’ve been more with a little polish (2.5/5)

Ray of LightMadonna

Rated 6/10

Madonna is an oddity to me. A monolith in music that has no shape or form in my mind. Nothing in this album is bad, nothing in this album is barely above alright to good, and nothing in this album will last with me. I still do not understand Madonna and I don’t know if more albums will solve this riddle (2.5/5)

C’est ChicChic

Rated 4/10

Fun and bouncy melodies but holy shit is it repetitive. I was curious to see what more there was to Le Freak after hearing it in movies all my life… but it’s mostly that 10 second loop for 5 minutes lol. I guess the royalty checks are fat at least (2.5/5)

SuicideSuicide

Rated 4/10

DO NOT play Girl in public! I guess that’s what I get for listening to a band called Suicide at work. More melodramatic than dark as I expected from the name, and the music loops are kinda grating

The first Neil Young album I got I said I wasn’t a Neil Young guy but liked it, last album I got I said I was becoming a bigger fan, and after this one I guess I am a Neil Young guy now (3.5/5)

DirtySonic Youth

Rated 6/10

I heard a song of theirs on rockband and really didn’t like it, so I dreaded this listen, but honestly not bad. I’ll land on solid though