Reviews by hoagieclue

Cool album, production interesting throughout.

The music itself is cool, but I’m just not a fan of the throaty vocals

Just not for me. This twee hipster late aughts alternative just doesn’t click for me.

Pretty good prog rock, but far from a favorite.

Very solid debut, spacey sounds that have lots of room to spread their legs.

Musically it was pretty good, Past Gone Mad was especially fun. It’s a shame that the vocals really ruin it for me, just cannot see myself willingly listening to this guy sing.

Very solid soul album, second half is a bit stronger than the first

Cool rock album, nothing too memorable but inoffensive

This album (or the big singles at least) were inescapable when it came out 12 years ago. While I’m definitely far outside the target demographic, I can appreciate this album for what it is. Out of the Woods and Bad Blood were easily the most grating, didn’t care for them. Style is catchy as hell, unironically something I’ve found myself listening to a time or two over the years. Production is cool, watered down synth pop engineered to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Not groundbreaking, but I don’t think it really needs to be tbh.

Taylor Swift’s songwriting is very hit or miss for me. There are some songs with catchy hooks or interesting verses, but all too often you get absolute roses are red, violets are blue shlock that just kills any chance of me ever revisiting this album in full.

Elvis Costello just isn’t for me, but of all his albums from 1001, this is probably the one I’d pick as the one I disliked the least. Doesn’t overstay its welcome, enjoyed the music itself, just don’t care for Costello’s voice

Very solid big band jazz

Hard pass for me. Not a fan of the vocals, and the production didn't really grab me all that much either

Despite showing its age a bit, really solid hip hop

Great blues album

Exceptional debut, so glad it’s finally on streaming so more people can discover the magic of de la

Just not my cup of tea

Phenomenal breakup album

Just not a fan of this vein of country

Cool, but not my favorite flavor of indie rock

Not my cup of tea.