Reviews by itomenglish

I guess I didn’t know what Red Hot Chili Peppers really sounded like? I’m not quite sure how that happened.

Better than I was expecting

Season: True Summer
Favorite Song: New Church

I just can’t do live albums.

Season: True Fall
Favorite Song: Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Yeah, I guess I would recommend this if my doctors office wanted much cooler hold music. That’s about it. Was this cooler in 1995? Unknown, I was not alive then.

Season: Early Summer
Favorite Song: Black Flute

There’s not much I enjoy more than old timey lover boy music. It can get a little same-y but I had a smile on my face the whole time. And I know a number of these are American standards but he sure does make them sound good. Maybe I’m irreparably Elf-pilled and brainwashed. For what it’s worth, this is my lowest 5 yet.

Season: True Summer Nights
Favorite Song: You Make Me Feel So Young

This was painful, I have nothing redeeming to say. It was just… toothache inducing vocals with synths that I couldn’t care less about. Plus simply too long of an album.
Season: 2012
Favorite Song: Tether

On my currently short list of albums I have never heard before that I like more than average! There are some songs that I would have loved to hear a little more variation on, but I liked it and would listen again!

Season: True Summer
Favorite Song: Kerosene

Oooh newer music! Good lyrics and an awesome first song to get me engaged from the start. This is unique music that feels like the best of the time. Beautiful, soulful, and respectfully referential. What a great listen.

Season: Early Fall
Favorite Song: You Ain’t The Problem

For an electronic album… not too bad. Really, I was going to give it like a 2.7 or something but “Quality Seconds” made me drop the score to a 2.4. I appreciate the minimalism and that’s about it. Better than silence I guess. The cat did not enjoy the noises.

Season: Early Spring
Favorite Song: Forever

Wow! I’ve only ever heard of one of these songs and it was the Lana Del Ray cover of “Season of the Witch” that gets popular every September/October lol. Overall, a big fan. There were a couple songs that were a bit too… religious christmas song sounding and I wasn’t so into that. But the rest of it was fun and great to listen to.

Season: Early Autumn
Favorite Song: Sunshine Superman

I thought this was gonna be a higher ranking for me but honestly... other than the hits off the album, it was just ok.

It was good for reggae... I just don't have a regular place for reggae in my life.

Well it sure was 2007 huh. To me, there are a lot of bands that sound like this and frankly sound better. I didn’t know any of these songs going in and I do not feel the need to hear them again. It was fine.

Season: True Autumn
Favorite Song: Windowsill

(Disclaimer: I’m the problem.) Here’s the deal. Queen is big and iconic. They mimic a lot of art rock sounds but make them new and fresh. And as a result they inspired many artists in different genres. And unfortunately, to me, they sound like a lot of current megachurch, christian music. Which is not their fault. But so off-putting to me that I can’t really stomach it.

I go into this as someone who has not heard anything from Willie Nelson before but I know a good number of these songs by their original artist. I think covers are hard because it’s a direct comparison to the originator. That being said, I really liked this album. Enough that multiple songs could make regular rotation. I’m not much into country but I do have a healthy level of nostalgic response to summer camp style songs and I will say, a lot of these covers hit me in that spot. Multiple songs in the re-listen category, but a couple songs that were just too country for me.

Season: Early Winter
Favorite Song: Stardust

Great album but not my favorite Pixies album. A high 3.

Season: Early Winter
Favorite Song: Allison

This one may be on the lower end of 5 for me but still a 5. It started really hitting me that we’re listening to like… 1000+ albums and so if I find 150 albums to be 5s, that’s fine. So although this is not my most favorite Bowie album, it’s for sure a re-listen. It reminds me of when I first got my car and would play Bowie whenever my parents were in it because I didn’t have any other playlists that felt appropriate to play with them around. Which was mostly funny because they listened to tons of much more explicit music around me. Anyways, my older sister was a big fan of NASA stuff and Bowie always makes me think of being a kid and watching rocket launches. Nostalgia album.

Season: Start of School (Early Autumn)
Favorite Song: Across The Universe

Ok. I think that R.E.M. is difficult to rate because 1. the nostalgia 2. the amount that R.E.M. influenced a ton of the 90’s punk and pop punk that I enjoy. Here’s the deal… I just didn’t love it as an album. It wasn’t bad, there were songs I liked. But I’m not an album person and listening to Green reminded me why. Some of these songs would be awesome in a playlist but I just… wasn’t into the combination.

Season: Late Summer
Favorite Song: World Leader Pretend

I’m into it! Indie punk rock is very much in my interests. Not all the songs were great, but there were some that I would listen to again. A high 3 in my book.

Season: Late Spring
Favorite Song: Date With The Night