Reviews by hoagieclue

i just can't take satan oriented death metal seriously. reeks of "i'm 14 and this is edgy"

another great joni mitchell album

not the biggest costello fan. it’s listenable, but nothing special

for as hard as i had to work to find a copy of this to download, it was not worth the listen

decent garage rock album (with some blues sprinkled throughout) but ultimately nothing compelling

an overall enjoyable album, but nothing i feel strongly compelled to revisit

the guy who married his underage cousin opens his live album with a song named "high school confidential" can't make this shit up

for the love of god ENOUGH with the live albums

not for me

When I was in 6th/7th grade, I played trumpet in the school concert band. I really enjoyed it, so I also joined the after school jazz band. I had never heard of Sade until our band director picked “Smooth Operator” as our piece for the Spring Concert. Many years passed without me thinking of Sade or Smooth Operator. One afternoon I was out shopping for records and I found Smooth Operator on a 12 inch single. Immediately took it home and gave it a spin; the song just was just good as I remembered. So naturally I listened to the full album and the rest is history.
I say all of that to say that this album is a smooth-soul/jazz classic and a phenomenal debut album that will always have a special place in my heart.

definitely feels like an extension of nirvana, but does enough to stand on its own as a great grunge/riot grrrl album

A strong debut. Not a fan of how Ozzy sounds on most of these songs tho

One thing the 1001 albums generator has taught me so far is that I'm not too keen on The Rolling Stones

would? is an incredible outro. great album from start to finish with only 2 filler songs imo

It's pretty good as far as live albums go. Feels like a fucking eternity to play through though

pretty decent, liked the singers voice

didn’t like Big Brother and the Holding Company at all so I went into this album thinking I just wasn’t a fan of Janis Joplin as a singer. Could not have been more wrong, she’s got an incredible voice. Production kicks ass too

Sounds incredibly modern, you'd never guess this was from 1971

Really cool acid jazz album.

Pretty decent, didn't overstay its welcome.

A beautifully rich album. IDK wtf they're saying half the time and it somehow doesn't matter in the slightest.