Reviews by jkegz

3/5 - I'm rarely excited to hear a song by The Doors. Peace Frog is an exception.

1/5 - This is a straight up 1-star, because I can't stand this guy. Nothing to honor. Nothing to revere here.

3/5 - This is what a blank check of coke sounds like. Schizophrenic and overly long, but has its moments.

1/5 - I don't want to listen to this 1 more minute than is required.

4/5 - Surprised myself how much I enjoyed this one. The whole sound is pretty epic. Would probably be amazing with headphones.

4/5 - This has the blueprints for lots of music to come. I should listen to this more.

2/5 - I could not recall one thing from this. Why is this here?

4/5 - Deceptacon is an all-timer for me. I also like the extremes of The the Empty and Eau D' Bedroom Dancing quite a bit. I think this has aged pretty well given the 1999 release, though oddly some of this like the instrumentation on My My Metrocard sounds like a 60s TV show theme. (Love the Giuliani dig, btw.) Was quite surprised to see this album on the list, but I'll take it.

5/5 - Totally transported to my college dorm room...REM's best mix of production and songwriting. I mistakenly said the other day that this wasn't a masterpiece, but it is. The opening tracks are outstanding, but the last three songs here are as good as any closing three on any album. Try Not to Breathe and Find the River will always be the standouts for me.

2/5 - Wow, is this hard to rate. On the one hand, Eminem's talent and flow are probably the best I've ever heard, but his misogyny and homophobia are total shit. I listened to this a bunch when it came out, and It's an album I think you need to hear, but I really have no more stomach for the crap he has to say, no matter how good he is at saying at. I would given this a 4 or 5 at a different time.

4/5 - This could rise with more listens. I’ve heard the first two songs a ton, but hadn’t heard much of the rest before. Definitely a more grown up sound compared to the debut that I need more time with. Karen O is generally great.

4/5 - Hadn't heard it before and listened a couple times through. Smooth style. The first two tracks were my favorites.

5/5 - Reflective of a time in oughts music and sentiments. Those were the days. It has the hits, but the album cuts are almost uniformly great too. Feels like a Flaming Lips album, but taken to the next level. And Time to Pretend is, of course, an all-time banger.

4/5 - It's hard to get over the amount of hits CCR produced in such a short span of time. I don't feel like they are often mentioned with the greats of this era, but they definitely belong. Fogerty's voice is a like a big bowl of comfort food for me.

3/5 - Well, this is a perfect back-to-back with Frank Sinatra. Could anything possibly be farther from Songs For Swingin' Lovers!? This is anything but professional, and it's not traditionally pleasant. You have no idea what the group of trick-or-treaters on the album cover has in store for you. This isn't "good music" in any normal sense, but it has to get points for swinging for the fences with all the instruments and utterly bizarre lyrics. Will I listen to this again? Almost certainly not. Am I glad it exists? Definitely. I'm sure many people heard this album and decided they too could sing of minotaurs, witches, and amoebae. That counts for something.

3/5 - You know exactly what this is going to sound like before you put it on, and it sounds exactly like that. It's pleasant and professional. Yes, you should hear what Frank Sinatra sounds like before you die, if you somehow have no idea.

5/5 - I practically wore this cassette out in high school and early college. This is a singular album, and nobody has captured the odd mix of angst, hormones, and acoustic punk in the same way that feels honest and not built to sell records. This is from 1983 which is crazy to me.

4.5/5 - Not quite a 5, but I’ll listen to this more than White Light

5/5 - The most classic of classic rock albums? Probably. My nostalgia for the album is endless, but I'd still listen to it any day. From the opening call of Black Dog to the relentless pounding of When the Levee Breaks, this is great.

2/5 - Grime will never be my thing. Fix Up, Look Sharp is a fun song, and I like some other samples, but there won't be a time I'm in the mood for this.