Reviews by korb

It is with begrudging hesitation that I give this one 3 stars. I really, really, don't like it ... but ... it is flawlessly produced and the album and the duo has clearly been influential.

It is an album that I had only known through ironic mockery, and I think that is where it will remain for me.

I could do without the song about bludgeoning a Knoxville Girl to death. How in the world did that seem like something they needed to commit to a record, let alone write a song about.

I couldn't tolerate the nasally warbling much past the half-way point of 'Somebody Stop the Music'; a song whose name I only now realize is perfectly suited for my review.

For my own tastes, it's a two-star album. It wins back one star for being damn near flawless. It wins back another star for being undeniably influential.

I just can't do it. The album looks and sounds purpose built to sexualize her and given what we know now about her entrapment, I just can't get passed it.

It remains hard for me to listen to this album and not just feel like its talent abused and ultimately wasted.

If this is the future of R&B, I'm here for it.

The gold standard of thrash metal.

I think this sort of thing is why punk was made, so I can't dislike it entirely.

Good music with utter lyrical nonsense.

An album with spacious production and eclectic arrangements that ultimately falls flat due to being highly repetitive.

Terrible

It makes me wonder what the world would be like if we could opt out of our normal minds from time to time. What would we see? How would we feel differently? Would we consider ourselves or others differently?

I'm glad to see some music here from someone who is not in a neurotypical frame of mind.

An interesting project that ultimately sounds incomplete.

On its own and out of context, this album could blend in with numerous others at this point. Thing is, nothing like this existed at that point. That's wild to think about, given how many mirror image and derivate albums came after it.

A simple enough formula that reminded me of Japandroids, who I hadn't heard in a long time, so I went back to the 2012 release of Celebration Rock ... that's a great album; one that I think everyone should hear before they die.

I honestly don't care about all of the critiques about when and if Metallica sold out. This was a profound influence on my musical tastes when I was young, so it gets a bonus start for that!

This album marks the point where Radiohead completely jumped off the pop rails and flew into a musical realm almost entirely of their own.

It's like talking to someone who is operating on a much higher order of thought. You can't help but smirk because you know what they are saying is profound, but it's just inaccessible enough to where you feel a bit left out.

I believe my kids would like me to say, "Slappin bops, all bangers."

Me, I'm enveloped by the craftsmanship of the album. The fusion of electronic sequencing, cuts, breaks, samples, and melodies are a real work of devotion to an artform. You can get up and dance to it, or you can vibe with it while you're focusing. I'd heard 'Frontier Psychiatrist' and I'm glad this list brought me to the album and the album that it came from.

Kudos for the Nick Drake facsimile circa Bryter Layter. It has a stilted awkwardness to it thought, which prevents me from resting in it.