Reviews by jorrell89

It’s ok, but even with a couple of catchy songs it somehow dragged a little even at only 37 mins. I’ve always maintained that the first couple of Kings of Leon albums are good. But this isn’t as good as I thought it was. So maybe it was just the first one?

Side note: I can’t understand a thing he’s saying. Like this is Sigur Ros but for the southern United States.

Always enjoy listening to this. Although it’s not actually an album I go back and listen to in full very often. I think if I was nit picking I’d say the balance of skits to songs is a little off and it does run a little long. But none of that stops it from being one of the all time great albums.

Grunge is such a weird genre in retrospect. Really nirvana was a complete outlier and this is more like the typical grunge sound. I enjoyed listening to it. But not so engaging that I imagine I’ll come back and listen again.

Weird one. If someone told me this was their favourite album I’d totally get it. But it’s really not for me. Get why it’s on the list though.

Heeee haw

Just too country for me.

Really feels like this is two different albums. I like the back half much more than the first.

I like electronic music. I like ambient electronic music. But every time I see a 90s electronic album I've not heard of on this list my heart sinks because it's almost certainly going to be absolute rubbish. This one continues that trend.

When people ask me what kind of music I like I tend to say "all sorts" I think it's probably a rubbish answer, because people like to pick sides and saying I like a bit of everything makes it sound like I'm just not into music rather than being really into music.

I think the exception to that might be nu-metal, I think there's the odd song i could listen to and enjoy in a kind of guilty pleasure kind of way. But a whole album is just too much, and this album certainly hasn't changed my mind.

So now I'm going to answer what type of music do you like with "not nu-metal" maybe that's better.

The dilemma here is do I just give all the Radiohead albums 5 stars. To show that I’m not just a complete fan boy I’ll give this 4 as the album I go back to least (other than pablo honey obviously). But know that it’s a very high 4 stars….

Not one I would have listened to without this list. And tests my scoring system of 4 stars for enjoyed it and will be listening to it again. Because I’m still not sure it’s my thing. But it feels like objectively a great record.

What a cool album. Really enjoyed the sound and vibe of this one. Not heard of it before either!

Enjoyed this one. The tone shifts on this album caught me off guard a couple of guard a couple of times. It can go from super dark on one track to cheerful on the next. But it works.

Undeniably the energy on the album is great. It feels radical even if it’s undermined by the by subsequent revelation that John Lydon is an idiot.

I don’t think I’ll go back to it again but I did enjoy it.

A bit of a nothing album

Often when I listen to albums and I’m not into them I give it two stars. Because I imagine someone else will like it. When I can’t think of who the album is for that’s when it gets 1.

Good but starting to blend in with some of the other albums like this now.

Can you imagine being as cool as Marvin Gaye is in the 70’s? I can’t. But it’s fun to pretend for a while when you listen to the album.

I can’t fully explain why this didn’t work to me when other albums from new order and other stuff from this genre/time period do. It all strayed a bit too far into that weird artificial midi sound space.

This album feels like completely unfiltered Brian Wilson. And that’s a good thing

Reviews saying there’s no filler songs on here are nuts. Despite that and the fact it’s 40 mins too long. It’s still a four stars for me. Probably a version of this that would end up in my favourite albums of all time.