Reviews by kingboyd13

Love her vocals, the issue is the whole album is a little maudlin and samey. Which is a big shame. I think some of her later output is a lot more punchy in the lyrics and music. For this though it’s a serviceable if bland pop country album.

Sure whatever

Truly a landmark album. Here we see the birth of prog rock. We have a single track, 21st Century Schizoid Man, that is innovative in both sound and scope. And then every other song is a boring slog featuring the ramblings of a lead singer who has nothing to say. A triumph in sucking and being boring

All I know about the Chemical Brothers is that Jez from Peep Show really liked them and tried to emulate them. And honestly I have trouble distinguishing his shitty music from what’s in offer here. It’s not BAD, but what am I supposed to do with this? It’s hard to think of when I’d ever listen to this unless I found myself in a street race in 1999. Or playing a PS1 game.

Jesus. I’d love to see the justification for this in the book. Like. Is it just so they can be like DAMN THIS GINGER HAS PIPES. This sucks lol

Hey! Guess what! I like New Wave. And this is like. PEAK new wave. I love it.

Will this be the first Bob Dylan album to not get 3 stars??? Yep! 2 stars this time! It’s so boring. Who cares if the lyrics are great if the music is unlistenable. I’m sorry but there’s a difference between a songwriter and a poet. Bro is the latter more than the former. Because he’s fucking bad at writing hooks.

This is…really great haha. It’s one of the albums on here that I’m really glad is on here. I didn’t even realize the point of it until the third track, where everything is vocal. It’s neat. I don’t think I’d ever listen to it for fun? Haha it’s a little intense. And I wouldn’t necessarily call it pretty. But I do like it a lot!

Some of you piss me off. You’re the same people giving the same generic I like all music except rap and country. Shut the fuck up. Why are you even here. Expand your mind to good fun country! Classic country! I loved this album.

This is fun! I wouldn’t say it’s perfect or anything like that, but it’s a solid enjoyable dance album.

Classic old country, whether or not someone likes this really depends on their tolerance for old ass guitar music. I liked it at least.

Aw! This is cute that we get this on Christmas! This album is an album of two halves. One is songs you’ve heard before, particularly the Ronettes. The other is songs you’ve NEVER HEARD BEFORE, and they’re not great? And then silent night starts with Phil being like HEY THANKS. It’s still a good classic.

An album that says a lot but doesn’t say it in a memorable or interesting way. So why bother with it.

What the hell is going on with the animations on Spotify for this album. There’s like a T. Rex on God is Love? Like what? Anyway. This is fine. It doesn’t really click with me? It’s fine. The hits are good. But it’s a little preachy in a way that doesn’t accomplish anything. Yeah sure love and all that woo.

1990s world music that uses any kind of synthesizer all sounds the same. Bad. And cheap. I think they must be using the same library or something. What am I supposed to say about this? I’m glad there’s music on this list from Algeria. But like. I have no context for this? It sounds fine. Perfectly fine music. Just next to impossible to find online.

Classic, I think Jolene is the overall more solid album.

I remember when people were telling me about how Carrie and Lowell was one of the most beautiful albums of all time. And on this album about his mom he talks about jerking off. And that’s when I decided that the soft ass album was not for me.

Sufjan Stevens is the absolute worse voice to tell me an in depth history of Illinois because I love the ideas here! I love that the song about genociding the natives is this ironic triumphant symphony. I love a song about the white city at the world’s fair, John Wayne Gacy, all sorts of great subject matter here.

BUT! BUT!!! We gotta make it so twee and ironic. Teehee, all the titles are like 30 words long! Isn’t that cute? Listen to these woodwinds! My voice is breathy and annoying. It’s one of THE most frustrating albums I’ve ever listened to because there are parts I really like! All let down by ol’ captain asthmatic’s gasps for air. FUCK.

Only a weird fucking Christian artist could be like teehee I’m just like John Wayne Gacy! I’ve done some bad things! Secrets under my floor boards! Like my man, nah, you’re good. Just because you stole a Twix bar once doesn’t mean you’re a serial killer.

If I wanted sad vaguely Christian folky indie I have the Mountain Goats for that tyvm. And fuck, they also have an album about Illinois.

Ehhh. So I like the songs that I’ve heard before but every other song is so repetitive and like…boilerplate. Why wasn’t there 2001 album chosen. This is just so blegh. A lot of the electronic albums feel like that on this list.

They sure do talk about shooting people a lot. Despite them…definitely never shooting anyone. Hey why wasn’t there outrage about this and instead only when gangster rappers did it.

You’re allowed to say this has aged really badly folks. The Boys get better with age. This is so obnoxious in a way that absolutely would have hooked the kids. This is the 80s Limp Bizkit and most of you are too scared to admit that.

Also it’s been a while, time to break out the “This classic artist just admitted to being a pedophile” penalty! I get it’s PROBABLY (hopefully) meant to call out Jimmy Page. But like. That’s the grounds for comparison. He doesn’t say I’m like Jimmy Page EXCEPT I like girls of age, no no, he says that’s a point of comparison. You lose a star. Hey look you can compare that to Kid Rock! It’s almost like it’s THE SAME THING YOU'RE ALL SO DUMB.

Fuck you 1 star. No Sleep is good all the rest sucks. I gave Ill Communication 4 stars, this is fucking embarrassing. It sounds like shit.

Fun fact the whole reason I started this is because of this album. I was like damn I’ve never listened to a single Rolling Stones album and then I saw it was on the 1001 list and I was like shit I haven’t listened to a LOT of albums. Well here I am, 250 albums later. Anyway you don’t fucking care you don’t know me.

I still don’t know how I should take Brown Sugar. Like. I’m not mad that Mick Jagger has a thing for black women. But why’s it gotta be about slavery in the start. And then young girl is VERY MUCH CLOSE to losing them a star.

There’s some gold on here. There’s also some terrible British rock band thinks they can do the blues on here which is always fucking dreadful. Unlistenable.