Reviews by jmdunn

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The National is the Bdatpes of Future Islamds

A masterpiece of alternative rock that pushes every edge of the genre. There is never a dull moment here, just hit after hit. I love how it switches from heavy emotional stress to dreamy ballads and back like it’s nothing. At times it feels like this album loses itself in its own grandiosity

Like all of their pre rubber soul stuff this one ultimately falls flat for me as an album. Some real high points here, and it’s really crazy that they were like 22 years old writing these songs. But a Beatles pop album will never be very compelling to me

Easily my favorite Pink Floyd album that I’ve heard, and nobody home is among my favorite songs ever. At times it can drag, as any concept album

This was a very solid album. The highs are super high, like 4-5 star range, but some bad tracks bring down the rating a bit

Thought it might be ok, then he started rapping on the first track and it never left that spot

Pretty good. She’s a great singer who has a knack for dressing up complex musical/lyrical topics in a fun pop song

Did not enjoy this music. Very Reddit sounding. Some ok songs though

Another excellent album from Stevie wonder, who seemingly does not miss. Tempted to give this one a 5. Crazy he was only 23 years old

Reheating smiths nachos

Listslop not worth revisiting

Very smart jazz

Extremely great. Perfect voice and the songs match her vibe entirely. I may have a bias as I associate these songs particularly with my grandmother. It doesn’t get 5 stars because it’s more of a compilation than an album

Extremely interesting throughout. It’s crazy how much of this album impacted pop music today. Like charli was raised on it. Not exactly my favorite style

I’m kind of a weeaboo for brazil

Really great music that did not work as songs. Idk maybe I wasn’t in the mood since I normally love Jimi

Extremely bland, manufactured eurotrash bubblegum pop. Every song sounds the same, and all of it bad. Would be one star except Why did it have to be me? and Fernando were both good. Ain’t all sunshine and rainbows pal.

I think that this album reveals some of the major limitations of this project. If I was blindly listening to it, not thinking of it in the context of the project and my preexisting relationships with these songs and Nirvana’s other work, it would certainly be a 5. However, I spend the whole listen thinking of how this is not Nevermind or Unplugged. Not thinking about if those albums are better than this one, but how they’re somehow more perfect. And then the imperfections of In Utero (which, in isolation, is a perfect album) become louder and more pronounced.

Really great, not really a dull moment or a skip. Very beautiful voice