Reviews by izzyjacobs

invented babymaking music

definitely enjoyed the b side more, i was very satisfied by the saucy bass playing on just to keep you satisfied

not lewd or creepy or overly explicit, just a sonic celebration of sex and love and desire, somethin that makes ya wanna wear a silk shirt kneeling in the rain crying begging just for a sniff

yayyyyy
first time listen, more familiar with pavements later & more polished albums but what an impressive first album, i feel like they came out swinging releasing this after only 2 weeks of rehearsing and recording
i love how shitty the drums sound
fame throwa ???? is this jazz?
trigger cut, conduit for sale are bangers
i wish i could shotgun that dirty filthy disgusting guitar tone like a beer
i love when it is clear that a band has a bunch of great players and you can tell through the music but they are making a conscious choice to not take themselves too seriously and make music that is silly and fun. that rules

if you get through the first 3ish songs that are really bad the rest of it is only medium bad! i can't stand u2 man all of it sounds the same, sterile grocery store music (derogatory)

maximum rnb!!!
more fun than most of the stuff the beatles were doing tbh.. the who is another band that i grew up listening to a lot because my mom is a big fan & i would consider myself a "best of" listener, glad to be digging into a few of their albums for this. favs were the ox and i don't mind

2.5 good riffs, a good idea especially
i just really can't stand the husker du guys voice I'm so sorry lock me up

can't wait for tess to give this one a 5/5 on the lezzed out scale
this album is everything to me, perfect to jam to all day on my birthday

weird! first listen i really didn't dig it but i think I'm on my way to liking this , one that i feel like i should like because it has elements that i enjoy but the end product just doesnt hit the way I'd hoped. i love how much of a freak this dude is though and the old man's back again is a great song

this is pretty good, nothin compared to temporary secretary though

really nice album for the weekend, somethin light, sounds Bad in my car for some reason
3.75/5 justice for mama cass

had me for a second there, because like ooooh i love this type of shit, flaming lips wilco pilled elliot smith wannabe singer early 2000s neil young inspired indie folk twee bullshit etc… but as i listened it quickly soured realized yeah this is like those but there’s something about it that just feels kind of way shittier? shallow saccharine artifice but not in a cool way, started to dip into the uncanny valley for me if that makes sense
it’s upsetting because on paper i should love this, the instrumentals are very good but they should just be irish instead of trying to be american it’s way less cool to be american dude. anyway got one listen down and that’s enough for me gonna put on more adventurous (should be on the list instead of this) and go from there for the day

cookie 👹

i only had it in me to listen to this once today so i dont have many thoughts on this album but i liked it fine! doesnt hit for me the way their later stuff does . the album cover is excellent, i would buy the vinyl just for that lol
definitely can hear that eno sound in a few tracks, somebody give this guy a yamaha dx7 already
all i want is you is my favorite for sure

my mom played a lot of ewf for me when i was a kid, this was really fun to listen to today. happy 21st night of september everyone

lots of bangers on this record, was blown away by the absolute shredding on shining star, i don’t know how i never really noticed that before. maybe because the vocals are so catchy. really dig the title track too, the kalimba (?) solo is veryyyy nice tickled my brain. for a 38 minute album it dragged the tiniest bit for me, i feel like it could have done with one less ballad and one more big banger but overall i really enjoyed the range of this album. lots of psych rock feel and some proggy moments?

definitely have been limited to listening to ewf in a ‘best of’ capacity until this point but i’m looking forward to digging into more of their actual releases

i am not ashamed to be a billy joel enjoyer
every single song on this is a banger

blegh why is this on here. i tried but i can’t stand this shit i’m so sorry… got to the guitarist fucking up on smoke on the water and had to call it i just can’t handle this type of live album. highway star was kind of good i guess, idk. my first one star!!!

i feel like i’ve run out of things to say about this record, it’s one of my all time favorites. an album that i will always recommend to people when talking about music, it’s the album i often throw on to just bop around the house to. 5/5 the warm jets are guitars , not piss

never really listened to common before pretty much just knew of him as an actor guy,, but this album was goooood. i don’t think common’s bars are as deep and poetic as he thinks they are most of the time. there’s definitely uuhhhh some bars in here though!

really got me with that fela tribute, aaaand interpolating the water get no enemy horn line on pops rap iii…….

the thing i love most about this album is the collaborators, it’s kind of crazy how many incredible artists he brought together on this album. jill scott’s feature was soooo good, the features overshadow common’s actual performances for me tbh but most of the songs go hard nonetheless. those j dilla /questlove beats hit. groovy stuff. great storytelling, i really loved song for assata especially . really like 4/5 -1 star for the homophobia :( cmon now

i wasn’t ready . i need a break from prog i think. i’ll come back to this one again soon

finally

good road trip album. few complaints, not very much banjo at all, kind of a let down since he’s wielding that banjo so intently on the album cover. feels like false advertising. needed more grace slick lead vox, her songs (somebody to love, white rabbit) are the stone cold bangers of the album. 3/5 of a mile in 10 seconds is the other big standout for me
the rest is pretty meh for me, just sounds a bit like b tier grateful dead tracks..really gorgeous guitar playing throughout that sounds wayyy more interesting in headphones though