Reviews by jeffmalbumratings

Tremendous story album with great music. I need the opportunity to spend more time with the lyrics, and unfortunately it’s a little long. But it’s a great listen.

Roller skating rink music. I don't doubt that building this music and putting it together in a coherent way is very challenging, and it certainly has a beat that can carry you. But just not into the sounds, the style, the little laser-beam beats. Mercifully, just 39 minutes long.

Name a better coming-of-age album. (Don't, I'm sure there are many great choices. But this is one of them.)

Dang this is a really good fun album. Poppy but still crunchy it's delightful.

For me this is THE definitive grunge album. More melodic and wide ranging than some of the others, a wider emotional range, and Cornell is the best singer of the genre. One of the easiest 5s I’ve handed out.

What can I say about such an iconic album?

Excellent album and great supporting vocals from Stewart. Beck's guitar work is so unique, and it's awesome on songs like Beck's Bolero. Some screaming blues tracks too, with Stewart on the mic.

Excellent classic country album, I think I liked it more than I thought I might. I understand when folks say it sounds a lot like every other country album, but this is on the list because it's one of the albums that brought the sound to life.

Great album with lots of good stuff, a few parts that could be cut or that just kind of wander along, and some parts that feel more country inspired than others. Overall great songs.

Great album, lots of hits, some classic folk and some more powerful songs as well.

This sounds like Peter Gabriel with ELP as the backing band and John Zorn recording in the next studio over with the door open (complimentary). Some of these songs were really good like Little Red Riding Hood... and some struggled along a bit too ambient for my taste. This is the kind of album though that will increase in rating for me the more I listen to it, for now it's a solid 3-4.

Seems like pretty standard punk of the era. Enjoyed it, but no strong feelings either way, just a good punk album.

This is a mixed bag, kind of like their other albums. Some really good songs and some extra tracks.

Great album, great acoustical guitar and just a good easy listening album.

This gets more hate here than it deserves. It’s a tough listen I’ll give you that and it’s hard to evaluate on a couple casual run throughs. But if you peel back the layers there are some interesting things happening under the noise.

Everything about this album is iconic. Great sound, possibly AC/DCs best, or close to it and the blusey influence on many of the songs is great.

Nice album with some nice cover songs. Seems to get a ton of praise. It’s an enjoyable listen, but it doesn’t seem “essential” to me. Willie is a great songwriter and I enjoy his original albums a bit more.

This was a solid album. I felt more alt-country or southern rock in some spots than grunge, maybe it’s the style of singing or the lyrical content. But there is some range and those aren’t necessarily negatives.

Obviously with this many songs you’re going to have hits and misses. Enough good stuff to keep it interesting, and lol Jackass theme song.

Such an exceptionally well put together concept album. Music is big and sweeping and a masterpiece.