Reviews by happynapper45

I was ready to hate because I’m not a big fan of the hits but the cheesy 80’s drums and guitars won me over a bit. It knows what it is (2.5/5)

Made a whole ass pop Jethro Tull/Yes album and no one told me, tuh

Really liked his voice and digging their sound, the list has made me a fan (3.5/5)

A great Beck album to go to sleep to (2.5/5)

“Hey honkys chill out for a minute” is a great intro. Like he pointed out, Indian music a little hard to analyze as a Westerner with no spiritual connection or really cultural understanding of what I’m hearing. So the simple conclusion I can give is that the little lessons were nice and I like sitar music in general, it’s very soothing. (3.5/5)

Meet the new tango, same as the old tango (2.5/5)

Really light hearted, a little goofy, but very summer of love sounding

Simple but sometimes it really just hits the spot (3.5/5)

A lovely voice even though the vibrato wears me down. This type of folk always feels too hokey for my tastes too. Like something that you would hear fireside on Little House on the Prairie preceded by “sing us a song ma” said by a dusty little kid

Throw it on the “bands that don’t need multiple albums on the list” pile (2.5/5)

I knew Freak on a Leash of course which is alright but I always stayed away from Korn because they were like the band version of a Spencer’s. Also associated them with Limp Biskit which I dislike… oh good Fred Durst is on here.

Honestly I liked the rhythm section, especially how dirty that bass sounds, and the aggressive parts. On a whole though the rapping portions and influences are just terrible. I got excited to hear an actual rapper when Ice Cube came on but good lord that Fred Durst song really lived up to the expectations I had (even if I think it’s intentionally poking fun that song still sucked)

I don’t think Korn will ever really be for me and that’s ok (2.5/5)

Expected it to be even more ambient, but some good shoe-gazey vibes

Very appropriate as they were just inducted into the Rock HoF, however this ranks a little low for me in their discography. It sounds like they’re still piecing it together while having flashes of what they become

Solid background music but not very engaging despite how much I hear about Aphex Twin (2.5/5)

Sounds like interstitial loading screen music for PS2 game about the future. My immediate thought was the .hack game where you go in the computer but I don’t even have a clear memory of that game let alone the music. Anyways it’s fine but not something I would go out of my way to listen to

More bricked than I thought I’d be (2.5/5)

Obviously Bohemian Rhapsody took on another life and You’re My Best Friend has been used in every mid 2000s movie soundtrack but the album cuts rarely work for me. Queen always have weird interstitial songs threaded between monster hits, and the project suffers from that

Always cool listening to an album that I’ve seen the artwork for years but never knew what it was even called. The music is kinda Sublime-y as the art suggests and very not screamy as the band name suggests. I dig it (3.5/5)

Not surprised this comes out of Zappa’s camp since this is everything I dislike about his music turned to 11.

You can be talented. You can be weird. You can be funny.

Just because you are these things does not make it good music. Insisting it is makes you sound like a pretentious fuck

Hmmm is the best I can offer. It’s solid and I don’t dislike anything specifically, but I’m not sure if anything is going to stick with me. And this was on a relisten of the album before faded into my brain. Maybe next time