Reviews by kingboyd13

Eugh, so first not my genre, second I am a dude, so a lot of this doesn’t necessarily connect in the same way as if I were a woman. That said I can appreciate the idea behind this album. Do I like the execution…not really? There are a few instrumentals I really liked! But then, a lot of the songs were a little too, blah, they didn’t sound different from other R&B I’ve heard and the parts that were different were generally about people I don’t really want to root for or hope they get what they want. If Lost One is inspired by Rashida’s Tale, well I don’t like Rashida based on her tale! Same with Precious! It falls into a trap that concept albums sometimes do which is, why do I care about this person’s story if the person kind of sucks. I dunno. Theres enough good and okay on here to prevent it from being a 1, but I think of so many albums from the past 10 years that are better AND more influential that deserve to be on this list

I like Ice-T, but I know him entirely from Law and Order SVU which, with that in mind, makes this whole album hilarious. Like he’s singing about killing people but to me he’s just the nice man from TV, I don’t doubt he’s a legitimate badass OG, but like I can’t not like him.

Fair warning the Spotify album just straight up is a completely different compilation. Search it out on YouTube. That said uhhhhhh. You ever play the puzzle game Lumines? It felt like music that would be in Lunines. That’s not a bad thing. I think electronic music has such an uphill battle when it comes to reviews and lists like this. You can’t review the lyrics, you are probably not listening to it at a club or a rave, you’re just kinda stuck. Listening to it. Asking is this what I wanna spend 2 hours with? I actually kinda like this drum and bass style though to be honest haha, I think you can blame a lot of games I grew up with on that. 3/5 honestly

Hell yeah. The medley into Twistin the Night Away was the peak, it made me wish I was there dancing along. I loved this so much

lol this album cover is so bad. Hmmmm. This feels like a guy who really liked Van Morrison, but decided to just be annoying in a different way. There's a smugness that permeates the album, like this dude's been told he's the voice of a generation when in reality he only speaks for the most milquetoast segment of people who are juuust interesting enough to step outside their comfort zone but without losing sight of comfort. This sucks basically.

Writing a song about wanting a Sylvia Plath sure is a choice, and not one I'd make but fuck it I guess that sounds profound and was probably done by this weirdo to get girls.

Truly, TRULY thankful the trend of making albums 70+ minutes for no reason other than filling a CD is dead because Christ alive this is unbearably long on top of everything else.

Ren Faire core. It’s pretty good! I can’t think of anything else like this other than like, Celtic music and stuff.

This album is really good until it isn’t. Something about the second half is just draining which is a bummer because that first half is excellent stuff.

A perfectly serviceable classic folk album. It does mean that there are some glaring folk holes in this list. No Dave Van Ronk, no John Renbourne, no Pete Seeger or Woody Guthrie. “Waaah those would be compilations” mother fucker there’s a Hives greatest hits album on this list there’s no consistency. Put the fucking hours long folkways Pete Seeger recordings on here, it’s arguably one of the most important collections ever. Fuck you. 3 stars

Toxicity is the better album overall imo, but honestly SOAD is one of a kind in the best way

Like, cmon an argument can be made that this is a flawless album.

I prefer Midnight Marauders honestly, this album is still a great classic

This album is really stupid, but also very catchy and fun. I dunno I think it’s getting a lot of unwarranted hate, if this was Captain Beefheart or Frank Zappa a bunch of you would love this

I only knew Laura from a reference in an indie punk album, so I kinda assumed she was an underground modern singer songwriter, not knowing this was from the 60s. It’s really good! Catchy, interesting voice, some of the songs are really fun. I think it’s a little too smothered in 1960s styling that’s distracting.

I think this album’s very good. I think the only thing holding it back is it’s missing the really bombastic song I look for with Bowie. In its place is the really wonderful piano in the title track, it’s like free jazz it’s so bad it’s good. It’s just missing something as a whole that other Bowie albums have

This is a pretty okay folk album that I will never remember listening to ever again. Nothing really stands out. It’s good for like. Taking a nap in the sun? And that’s it

I’m so out of my wheelhouse with this one. Freedom is fine but it feels like it never ends. So like, the regular pop ballads kinda blend together and don’t feel great. I dunno I’m just gonna rate this 3 stars. It didn’t really stick with me but it didn’t really repel me.

I remember the first time I told someone I liked a Supergrass song they made fun of me, so I had this idea that they kinda sucked. They are pretty hit or miss for me honestly. There is a sneering Britpop attitude that just kinda sucks. Like damn imagine being this in Oasis’s shadow. Late in the day is, ugh

Well. TPAB is better. I dunno this is one of those concept albums where I don’t really care about the concept that much. I think the biggest flaw is there’s really no FUN songs on here. There’s nothing I’d put on to feel good or to dance. The song that comes closest is, ironically, the song that’s intentionally bad and juvenile. So many songs feel too long, the whole album drags out, why the fuck is there a 10 minute long song on this, it’s exhausting considering the beat never changes and nothing interesting happens with the flow for 6 minutes. It’s just an exhausting album all around in terms of subject matter and musicality. Beyond that I really don’t love the holier than thou posturing of Kendrick?

This rules

Hmm. Mixed feelings on this one. It’s not as good as Can’t Buy a Thrill, too many cornball songs. But Deacon Blues and Peg are unbelievably good songs. Like Deacon Blues might be one of the greatest songs ever written holy shit. But the cornball songs…….