Reviews by jkegz

3/5 - That kid crying for mommy was a tough listen. This album definitely makes you feel something; I have to give it that. It's kind of like one of those movies that you're sure one viewing is enough, but you still respect the art.

4/5 - I greatly prefer guitar-riff Cream to wispy, dreamy Cream. SWLABR, Sunshine of Your Love, Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses all win the day here for me. World of Pain, not so much.

5/5 - Even if I'm not gonna be listening to Aretha every week, the quality of her voice and the musicianship is so high, it's hard to not give this anything but a 5. A pleasure to listen to the whole way through.

5/5 - If I favorite 3 songs while listening to an album for the first time, it should probably be a 5. Maybe I'll downgrade later, but this is my favorite Eno yet.

3/5 - Fun, solid Afrobeat album. I could enjoy this once a month or so.

4/5 - Glad I finally got to listen to this. Had always heard of King Crimson, but never spent any time with it. Different than Jethro Tull, but gives me the same vibes of "music from somewhere else." 21st Century Schizoid Man is solid.

1/5 - I get that this is probably a forerunner to industrial music that came later, but I'm not interested.

2/5 - This is some sad-ass Sad Bastard music. Not for me, but it does sound pretty good.

3/5 - A bit lightweight for anything more than a 3, but I definitely enjoyed it. First 2 songs were A-OK.

3/5 - First 4 songs are great. I guess I wanted the EP.

5/5 - Timeless sound that still pulls me in. The Edge's + Lanois + Eno is a beautiful thing. Listening closely, there's still something new here for me.

3/5 - Solid blues performance. Enjoyed the live recording.

2/5 - I'm gonna put those oversized shades on and get my teeth cleaned now.

2/5 - This started off OK, but, as an album, I can't get to yes on this.

2/5 - Instrumentation on this is sexy-cool in a good way. I gather the lyrics are sexy-icky in a bad way. Good for a one-time listen.

2/5 - The drum machine sound on every song here is so fucking annoying. I can't get past it, even if some of the hits are alright.

2/5 - I don't mind their hits much, but I just can't do a whole album of PSB. Monotonous beats, same vocal tone, same synth, song after song.

3/5 - This was quite a trip, since I knew nothing of this band except for Relax, which is classic. The Born to Run cover was pretty great, because he was all in on the vocals, but I guess he's all in on just about everything on this album. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I enjoyed this more than most 80s stuff I haven't heard before.

2/5 - This was pleasant for awhile, until I felt like I was at at a live show where I would definitely not stay for the encore.

5/5 - Really easy 5 for me. One banger after another. Love Chrissie's style. The groove is so good. If I saw a band in a bar today that sounded like The Pretenders on this debut, I'd be blown away.