Reviews by jkegz

4/5 - Doesn't really move the world of music forward in any way, but it's listenable as hell. I enjoyed the whole retro thing.

3/5 - My mom has always been a huge Tina fan, so that has something to do with making this an easier listen than it otherwise might be. She's a legend who fought through a lot with an amazing voice. 3 is about my ceiling for anything with this intense level of 80s production, but I still mostly enjoyed this.

3/5 - I like that one song Motorhead wrote, which is basically every Motorhead song.

4/5 - Flavor Flav is annoying as fuck, and the sound is really dated, but it's hard to deny the impact. This was a more enjoyable listen than I was expecting.

5/5 - To be fair, if I listened to all 942,000 Aretha Franklin albums, I don't know which ones would be the real standouts, but if you're going to pick this one for me, I can't say it's anything other than a 5. If you need evidence she's the queen, here you go.

5/5 - If someone made a list of 1,001 albums to hear before you die, and this wasn't on it, you'd throw the list out. It's not up for debate.

2/5 - If this were released at any other time than when we felt like shit that Bowie died, we would have been more honest that it's pretty weak.

2/5 - This felt like it could be created by a band that plays at an adult-oriented Showbiz Pizza.

2/5 - Our House is awesome. The rest of this is madness.

5/5 - This is so damn good. Hardly a wasted track.

5/5 - This never stops moving. Absolutely love it front to back. Messy and engaging.

4/5 - Now this brings me back to the early 2000s. So Fresh, So Clean, Ms. Jackson, B.O.B. are the standouts here, but it's all damn fun.

3/5 - Not really my style of pop here, but the kids like it.

2/5 - After a handful of songs, I'm just kinda done.

4/5 - Needs a remaster/remix, but pretty great overall for a debut. Dress was my favorite.

2/5 - I was very prepared to give this a 1, but I listened again, and it grew on me. This style of pop is very much not my thing, but I can see the quality here if it your thing. Therefore, a 2.

4/5 - Weird and wonderful dance-punk. Talking Heads albums grow on me because there's always something new to find. They're like that person you meet who comes on really strong and off-putting with too much energy, and then you sit down and talk and listen to what they have to say, and you realize they just never figured out how to approach people, but there's some seriously cool shit in their head.

4/5 - Other than "All I Know," which got some airplay, I totally missed this album the first time around. I need to give it a few more listens, but I loved the vocals on the first play through. I don't know it's a must-hear album, but good stuff.

3/5 - Irish music begs to be listened to with other people, whether it's a live performance or not. I'm more of a greatest hits fan of Irish music, in general, so my ceiling here is about a 3.

3/5 - 1, 2, 3, let's soul.