Rated 6/10
Despite this album only being a few years older than the Five Leaves Left album we pulled a month or two ago, he definitely sounds a bit older/more rough around the edges. Becoming a fan of his delivery
Rated 8/10
They scared a lot of people back in the day, but hindsight let’s this album stand it’s ground. Layered instrumentation & memorable grooves.
I’m addicted to the opening song on this record there’s like 3 separate perfect melodies going at once towards the end of it
Rated 4/10
Personal results of this daily listening list:
- developing a genuine aversion for classic rock
- coming to the conclusion that the drugs in the 60’s must’ve HIT to make this type of music culturally enjoyable
Rated 8/10
They’re all so on the same page it’s insane
Rated 8/10
amazing posse rap dynamic and incredibly menacing for the early 90's
This would’ve gotten me torqued if I was a British teen in the 70’s. Not just the messages but the playing is really tight and it has a huge, booming sound for its time
High intensity soul
Rated 6/10
This album is a TRIP.
Was cruising along thinking “huh nice a little Rush meets ska revivalism ok ok” then the song ‘Deep Inside’ comes on.
Then it’s just Music To Ride Your Harley To.
And then socially conscious protest music???
Pulling two heavy tumblr-core albums in a row is huge after all the boomer rock. The highlight of this album for me isnt the atmospheric pads and melodies that everyone knows it for - to me its the way the bass player chooses to play in a more sparse and often repetitive manner. Long repeated one-note hits with quick fill melodies at the end of a verse. Induces the same feeling of the best house music songs of this albums time - hypnotic and blissful
The most disingenuous thing I can do is adjust my rating just because it’s Christmas and this is a Christmas album. Imagine if i just ripped a 1/5 though.
Also he invented the 2014 Forest Hills Drive album closer style with this one, just doing a spoken narrative thank you
Rated 8/10
Really liked this one, I feel like tumblr probably liked it even more though
Rated 8/10
It’s kinda like if My Chemical Romance got inspired by Muse then just went crazy with it. Very thoughtful very technical i just need to listen to it more
Rated 4/10
...I’m hate-listening now. Smite me down, God, end my boomer-rock-induced suffering
Rated 4/10
Alright I’m officially tilted at how many boomer rock albums we’ve pulled.
I would like to use this album to bring to light the 2010 remix of My Generation featuring Slash and Will.i.am., in which he sings about the war in Iraq and the recession
Rated 8/10
Really enjoyed some of the more mellow and experimental songs on here. Lou Reed has unlimited singer/songwriter rizz.
I would just like to point out how the song “Murder Mystery” on here is eerily similar to “Chop Suey” by System of a Down
Peak 50’s crooning
Rated 6/10
He oscillates between being a total cornball to having some really clever bars. Pretty good for 1990! A hard-working 3/5 for me
Rated 4/10
I can’t handle much CCR beyond their greatest hits. Do I love their greatest hits? Yes. Do I strongly affiliate them with early childhood memories of music? Yes. Am I tired of rolling the boomer rock albums? YES.
Rated 10/10
An album that gets better the older (and sleepier) i get. I didn’t understand the point of this album when I first listened maybe a decade ago but now I have more patience and willingness to listen to this beauty. Kinda invented ambient music as we know it
Rated 4/10
God, if you’re listening, please give me something from the 21st century man. This should be a Lady Gaga album
