Reviews by jaileer5

This is so bad, dude. I think the singers sound Irish? So it kind of sounds like hippie Irish folk music - but not the cool hippie shit or the cool Irish folk music. If this was an album of old Irish drinking songs that would be AWESOME! sadly, it's more like music for Americans who pretend they're Irish and go to renaissance fairs and don't wear deodorant.

The last song on the album, The Calvary Cross (live) is terrific. Like, where the hell was this in the original song - or at any other point in the album?! It's so, so good. What a shame there's nothing else like it, id have enjoyed an album full of songs that sound like this.

Ok, so the last song was good enough that I went back and relistened to the album to see what I missed. I think it’s better than I originally thought, but i still stand by what I wrote above…just with a bit less vitriol. The Calvary songs are undoubtedly the highlights.

Not for me. Blue Suede Shoes is fun and campy, but the I Got A Woman cover is a limp facsimile of the original. I Love You Because is sappy and unoriginal, and Just Because gives me old time revival vibes. The Blue Moon cover, however, has a sparse, interesting interpretation that I actually enjoyed. I know it's unfair, but Elvis has such an identifiable singing style, but unfortunately that sound and style has been relentlessly parodied for 50 years and I cannot take him seriously.

When I was a kid, I bought the myth that Elvis was unique, and original, and brought a certain type of rock and roll to the masses. But as I've grown, and discovered that people like Ray Charles, Billy Wright, Little Richard and scores of others were out there doing the same type of music, I fully believe that Elvises level of fame has more to do with his race than his talent.

Also, he was a pedophile.

I often say that I feel like the 60s through the 90s have signature sounds, but the 2000s and 2010s are just kind of mush, but this album has proven me wrong. The mid 2000s absolutely have a sound, and it’s this.

There are about a dozen bands that sound just like this, but I guess you’d say the strokes were the torch-bearers. I don’t know what you call the sound, or if they were the best at it, but they, and this album, are a time capsule to the mid-2000s.

This is not their magnum opus, but it’s still so goddamned good. 4.5 if I could, but I’ve no issues giving this all five stars.

It's pretty OK. It sounds like mid-2000s rock (ala The Strokes, Interpol, The Killers, et al) but with a slightly more upbeat, slightly electro-pop foundation.

I don’t know. I think it’s really good at some parts, and a bit tedious in others. Strangely, there are two songs with the exact same name, but they’re completely different. For me, the first Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road is the highlight of the album.

Overall, I think the album starts a bit slowly, hit its stride on the third song, and finishes strongly. Solid three stars with the slight caveat that you absolutely have to be in the right mode to listen to it.

I've never heard of The Band. Writing this during the first song, a 5+ minute whine-fest, I wish I'd still never heard of them.

Through the third song, this is awful. The vocalist is very bad. I understand why I've never heard of them.

OK, song 5, The Weight. I've heard this song. I think it's just one of those songs that has been in movies or something. I don't know, I just know it sounds familiar.

I'm through song 8. I am definitely considering some of my life choices. Mistakes were made.

OK. Wow. That was painful. 1 star. There is nothing here for me.

I love this album, It's SO good. The smoky, husky voice, the mellow, yet complex melodies, the sad relatability of the lyrics, it's amazing. If I'm being uber critical, I'll say that it does sound a *little* dated. I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could.

Well, I don't really know what I expected, but it wasn't this. I've heard about how "weird" Zappa was for years, but I definitely didn't expect a jazz-adjacent instrumental album. It's not bad, I'll start there. It's "experimental," sure, but not so much so that it's weird. There are horns, there are some odd time signatures thrown in, it all tends to be a bit free flow-y, but it's pretty standard stuff, really. A couple songs kind of give me a bit of a Phish vibe, which is blech, but overall, It's really just fine.

I don't know what this is. It's just noises kind of shoved together.

I wish I liked punk. I have to admit, though, there's something charming about leaning into the cliched absurdity of the ultra short punk song in such a way. 14 songs in 15 minutes is sort of hilarious. And, as a bonus, It's better than the Black Flag album.

Iron Man and War Pigs are such classics, though, and this album was incredibly subversive when it was released. All metal owes this a debt of gratitude, for sure. That said, while I respect it, I found it a little boring. Three stars is just about right.

It was better than I thought it would be, but it sounds very much like what it is: mid-90s grunge. Fortunately, I very much like mid-90s grunge! But it’s not timeless in the way the royalty of the genre tends to be. I think 3.5 stars for this one.

I really liked it. Once again, we need half stars. 3.5 would be my pick here, but I’ll go with 4 stars because I think It’s better than fine.

Lounge music isn't really my thing. The singer has a nice enough voice, I guess, but to my ears it's an album filled with The Girl From Ipanema, and that ain't it.

Some bangers, kinda boring, tooooo long, basic Led Zeppelin template.

The problem with being on the bleeding edge with new technology is that it massively dates you in the future. This album is kind of the equivalent of a 14lb mobile phone shaped like a brick. It’s not that I don’t see the foundation it set (a young Trent Reznor’s mind must have been blown), and I certainly appreciate what’s to come from this genre, but to me, this sounds antiquated as hell.

That’s not to say it doesn’t have its moments! There are a couple catchy songs on the first half, even if they do sound as fresh and relevant as bluegrass, and the second half has some nice ambient songs that are thoughtful and interesting and show that Bowie is not a linear thinker.

It’s about as far from Ziggy Stardust as you can get, and it was an interesting listen. I’ve never heard any of these songs, and I wonder if this is a harbinger of Bowie’s later albums/sound. I read in a comment somewhere that this project allegedly has NINE Bowie records, so we’ll see.

It’s ok. It sounds kind of new wave-y in parts, and sort of in that mid-2000s Strokes/She Wants Revenge/The Hives/Interpol genre. I don’t love the singers voice, but I think the fact that it’s a female singer is the only bit that sets them apart.

I really haven't listened to much Bowie, but through this project I've realized I like him quite a bit. That said, I got Aladdin Sane last week, and that was a dog's album. awful. So I was actually nervous when this popped up today, but I shouldn't have been. I'm not sure if this is considered Bowie's magnum opus, but it should be. Magnificent writing, excellent vocals, and timeless musicality...for the most part.

It starts off very strong through Starman, which is one of the best two songs on the album. It falters a bit in the middle starting with It Ain't Easy, but it ends very strong. If not Starman, Rock n Roll Suicide is the standout track of the album.

Overall, I think the middle portion is a little too corny to give the entire album 5 stars, but this is a stellar album. Easy 4 stars, and another example of why we need half stars.

It’s actually pretty good - another example of why I really wish this project had half stars. Because I liked this more than I liked Aerosmith, which I gave 3 stars, but I don’t think it’s enough to give 4 stars.

Overall, solid electronic dream pop-y music. I actually like it quite a bit, musically, but the singers voice isn’t very good, so that knocks it down a peg for me.