Rated 6/10
Tough listen. Really feels like a suicide note. There are times when the songs work, I do like the dissonance of Isolation. But songs like Colony don’t really feel like music? Like it doesn’t feel like a song to me just sounds.
Rated 8/10
Not as good as some of his other offerings, but there’s a lot to like here. Diamonds in the Mine is crazy good because HE sounds crazy.
Rated 8/10
I thought this would be awful. And it kind of is but in a charming way I actually like a lot.
Rated 4/10
TWO DISCS?!? It’s not nearly as bad as I thought, but it isn’t good either. This suffers from being a 2006 pop album, which is a death sentence. The production sucks. The sound scape sucks. Her voice would be great if the music matched it.
Rated 8/10
It’s pretty good! A couple of duds, but there’s some really catchy ditties on here
Rated 10/10
I know every word to every song so uh. Yeah.
Rated 8/10
Surprisingly good pop country. Not annoying or stupid. It feels cozy and unimposing
Rated 6/10
State of the World might be my most hated genre of song from the 80s. Shits bad! Okay what should we do? SHITS BAD! Okay thanks. It’s front loaded with this vibe of song. The production is equal parts delightful and overbearing. Livin in a World ending with a bunch of children getting murdered and then HARD CUT TO A FUNKY FRESH DANCE SONG IS CRAAAAZY
Rated 8/10
Shockingly good!
Rated 8/10
It’s not as bad as some other prog mostly because it feels self aware and actually knows how to have a good time
Rated 8/10
Unfortunately this album kinda rules. There’s a few duds. Victim of Love is a little meh. But I’ll be god damned if Hotel California isn’t awesome.
Rated 4/10
The irony of a song about being tortured and suffering being 20 minutes long is not lost on me
Rated 2/10
I had the pleasure of being in the White Mountains of New Hampshire this summer and while there I saw a combination restaurant motel that was entirely Grateful Dead themed. I also just the other day saw the beloved Philadelphia Flyers mascot in the same style as the bears that they use.
Imagine my horror, as I learn this massive institution fucking sucks ass. They’re awful. The first song lasts 20 fucking minutes and nothing happens. There’s no hooks or memorable movements, or anything. Just guys fucking around. Why anyone would see this live, baffles me. I’m at least going to work. I’m doing something. But I guess you go to these things to be high and also an idiot so fuck do I know. And then!!! They sing! And they fucking suck at that too. There are high schoolers bungling through bad musicals that sound better. Fuck this band and fuck their inexplicable popularity.
Rated 10/10
Really great pop infused punk. It’s sneering and jaded but also just as playful and catchy.
Rated 8/10
To quote Guybrush Threepwood. Iron Maiden! Excellent.
Rated 6/10
A real mysterious one. I liked it but I don’t think I’ll remember it. One of those times where I liked every song but not enough to save any.
Rated 6/10
She Ogden on my Flake until I Nut Gone on Small Faces. I’m sorry.
I actually think this is okay but it’s so funny reading the description about them being the best band that never crossed over to America, and then you hear the thick Oliver Twist ass accent on Lazy Sunday and it’s like oh okay that’s why they never did.
Rated 2/10
Shockingly shit inclusion. The only reason it’s here is for the single. And since it’s the first song it peaks then and the rest of the album is just. Worse. Significantly worse. There’s maybe one or two tracks that kind of sound interesting. But absolutely drek like Boys Adventures Tale fucking plummets any built up goodwill.
Rated 8/10
Every time one of these boomer staples is good I feel like throwing up.
For the longest time Frank Zappa was a guy I respected but didn’t care for. This is the first album of his I actually enjoyed listening to. It actually has some bangers. There’s some lovely instrumentals in here. Couple of good jokes. It does get a little too Zappa-y at points. There’s a song called Hot Poop I mean cmon. But I did enjoy the whole ride
