Reviews by kingboyd13

Jeez. This is fine, but I don’t need Black Sabbath singing white mans blues about baby mama drama.

Every time I listen to an Elvis Costello album after armed forces I get my hopes up and then they come crashing down as the most boring songs ever play. Blegh

This sure is…fine.

Sometimes this album sounds really good, and other times it’s an absolute disaster. I tend to like it more than I dislike it though. It’s a 3.5 but a really good 3.5

I hate this dudes voice so much

I like this more than their other record on here. This has the better hits and better production.

The highlights of this album really shine and are defining songs of the era. The deep cuts uhhhhhh are pretty middling. They all sound the same, same guitar tones, same lyrical ideas. Nothing really shines on them.

Absolutely needs to be on this list. But uh. I basically agree 100% with the top review it’s weirdly inconsistent in its message. Be sexually liberated but only in the way we find acceptable. Be independent and strong and also DESPERATELY want a man. Parts of this album sound like a million bucks and then others sound like a teenagers first demo. Weird.

Hey guys what if we tried sounding like Pavement! Oh you mean like great instrumentals and rocking production and lyrics that are fun and interesting? No I mean we should sound like a terrible Pavement cover band that sings about other parts of California. And we should sound really cheap. And bad. Okay.

I think a good idea is if an album from the early 2000s is on this list that you’ve never heard of it’s a good bet you can just skip it they all sound the fucking same

Sorry everyone, I love this so much. I’m the exact kind of sappy romantic this was meant for. That line about the horse IS dumb that’s what makes it great. It’s so bombastic and over the top and dumb. It’s like falling in love. It’s wonderful

I remember 2007. It fucking sucked. It was such a terrible year. The recession kicked off, everyone was miserable. The good feelings of the end of history were once and for all dead and buried. Look at a list of cultural products from 2007. There’s basically nothing there. It’s like Ratatouille and that’s it. And Jesus like 300 and Transformers are hideously dated nightmares reflective of the time. Ugly stupid movies. And music? Rock is dead at this point. You’ve got what? Kings of Leon? An okay Arctic Monkeys album? Hip hop was in the dirty south doldrums, with dime a dozen acts all chasing to be the next flash in the pan ringtone artist.

And then there’s this album I’ve literally never listened to until today. And this is very clearly a cultural hinge point. This is the moment when the Bush era ends and we go to something new. It’s an album of fear and ennui and a desire for something new and better. It’s a call to action with no motivation. It’s the sound of youth in revolt that can’t find its way out the door. A burgeoning movement. The sound of burgeoning social media and the step towards an all encompassing tech culture. It’s indie pop without the pretension. Every album released after this has this one’s DNA in it.

Something about this just made me hate it. I think it was on Motorcrash when my jaw literally dropped because I was baffled at what the hell I was listening to. This album is the most European album I’ve ever heard. It’s more European than albums on this list that are sung in French. It’s so bad. I hate it. I don’t know why.

Ya like jazz?

There’s a reason Running Up That Hill managed to be a hit again in the 2010s, it sounds so good. Kate Bush has such a crazy good voice.

What a triumph. An album that made me feel so gross I had to stop listening. Marvel at the experience of being in some French pervert’s tonsils. Be upset as you remember your French numbers and hear quinze and yep, this is just straight up an album about being a pedo.

I like to imagine the brain trust that came up with this list sitting around asking what to put on the list. “We can’t put another shitty 90s British album on here” and some guy in the back goes, “Zut alors! How could we forget the French pedophile album!” And the room claps because this counts as one of the 1% of international albums.

All popular music from this time period sounds like shit. It’s the production and instrumentation. It just sounds dated and awful. Voice is generally nice

If anything it needs more flute

One of the greatest albums of all time. Just an unbelievable mix of nasty experimental noise, funky riffs, beautiful poppy tunes. At times it’s terrifying, other times playful and inviting. And at all times it’s engaging, exciting, interesting. I really can’t heap enough praise on it. It really takes their previous work and hones and perfects it. If Surfer Rosa is a 10/10, Doolittle might as well be 11

When this album is good it’s excellent. Can easily see why it’s so highly regarded. BUT, the boring low points are such a slog.

Sorta messy and fun. I think the problem with something so noisy is it’s hard to find a melody that’s memorable. I LIKE a lot of the songs on this but none of them really hooked me.