Reviews by keithb

90s rave darlings transition into a heavier slightly industrial dance sound that would see them not only invented to download ( the heavy metal festival ) but headline it

Kind of like the transformation of Superman into his evil twin in Superman 3

As if they where contaminated with tar

80s pop rock album with haunting strings lyrics. exquisite in places goth meets info pop

Understandable why Mac thinks they’re the best band in the world.

Angry grunge rock .showcasing Chris Cornell great voice. But “played little to straight a bat”to be anything other than average 90's mainstream rock.

Scott 4Scott Walker

Rated 8/10

Dark almost twisted take on being a crooner

Stats off with baroque pop and never lets up with his odd combination of Morricone meet Bacharach

pretty great debut album …if it was released 10 years earlier, but as this was released in the mid-60s it feels dated and more like something from the 50s for the most part

Admittedly Her voice is great but is overall the album is held back by being an album of covers.

Overall I am Not sure this album deserves to be here . And her success is related to the fact she is white , blonde and British - whitewashing the whitewashing

But She almost out shines Gene with here version of “24 hours” - that alone is worth the 3rd star

Lucinda Williams does a hell if a good impression of Sheryl Crow after 20 years on the country circuit

Down the Louisiana highway
Across Lake Pontchartrain is a singer with a voice of concrete and barbed wire

Tight country from a fierce woman

accessible jazz meets funk . Great Instrumental album but it doees miss the vocals .

Somehow the bridge between jazz,funk, disco and early hip hop or at least break beats/electro

Not on Spotify- but YouTube helped

Not an easy listen and it does take some understanding, but overall it’s okay . Avant-garde syncopated jazz

Weirdly the worst parts are the overly screechy saxophones. Odd as Zorn is a saxophonist

BeCommon

Rated 8/10

“Be plus”
Modern rap with plenty to like … lots of skill and artistry and storytelling. Over great beats and super clean production.

Back when Kanye changed his name to kuntye

An album cover that is also a metaphor for the content .

Straightforward no nones cover obscuring better older work

BlueJoni Mitchell

Rated 6/10

Some great folk pop songs but I can find the high pitch sections painful

River, Carey, blue are all great folk songs