Reviews by krautwerk

Of course Gearge Michael appeared in my playlists at the time. However, his music was always a little too sweet and too pop for me. So I didn't have particularly high expectations when I was presented with this album as part of this project. But I found the first track surprisingly good. It also sounded familiar to me. I remembered Freedom '90 very well and I liked it again after a long time.
This album and George Michael will not be in my daily stream. But it was nice to listen to this album.
3/5

Ella Fitzgerald has a great voice. Gershwin made great music. After listening to too many musicals in my youth, they now get on my nerves. I also can't listen to Gershwin's music for more than 3 hours. And that also applies to this album. After one and a half CDs, I'd had enough. I probably won't listen to the remaining two and a half CDs. It‘s enough.
3/5

I was quite interested in this album at first. I hadn't heard anything from k.d. lang before. The beginning wasn't thrilling, but I thought it would develop. As the album progressed, I was less and less interested. After the battery on my speaker gave up the ghost during the 5th track, I didn't feel like listening to the rest of the album.
The best thing I can say about the album is that it wasn't annoying. But I didn't have to listen to it either.
I later read a few other comments about the album. In one of them, the track Constant Craving was explicitly mentioned and praised. I then listened to this track specifically, and lo and behold, I already knew it. I probably heard it on the radio in the 90s. I liked it then and now. I won't be listening to the rest of the album, but this track will be on my playlist.
3/5

I liked the album surprisingly well. I thought the first few tracks would be boring. And then the album is also so long. But the longer it went on, the better I liked it. I'll gladly listen to it again.
4/5

I don't usually get on so well with Prince. I always found his persona overly exalted. The music may have been great. It was only exceptionally accessible to me. So my expectations were rather low.
The album has clearly surpassed it. I had completely forgotten the 1999 piece. And I also really liked the other tracks. A very good funky album. It was fun listening to it.
4/5

Marvin Gaye is possibly an outstanding soul musician. I don't get on with his music, although I basically like soul. As with another of his albums from this project, I tried to make friends with this album. And again, it got on my nerves relatively quickly. Apparently I don't like Gaye's voice and the way he sings. That's problematic for a vocal-based album. The sound itself is cool.
After writing the above I just kept the album playing and - hey - I liked it. It won't be part of my daily feed, but it was quite nice overall.
4/5

I'd already heard something about Suede and had fond memories of them. But I couldn't really categorize them anymore. After the comments I read in advance, I was excited. The comparisons with The Cure, The Smiths, Oasis and David Bowie raised my expectations quite high. Unfortunately, I have to agree with some commentators. The sound is reminiscent of the aforementioned musicians. It's just nowhere near as good. Then I'd rather listen to something else. The fact that the album wasn't particularly annoying is the best thing I can say about it.
3/5

The longer I take part in this project, the more I come into contact with country music. In the past, I tended to dismiss this type of music, but now I recognize one or two gems in it. Ryan Adams' Heartbreaker is not one of them. I thought the first song was going to be quite interesting. A little later, however, I was so annoyed by the backing vocals in the chorus that I switched to the next track. This happened several times after that. The best thing about the rest of the album was that it didn't interest me.
1/5

I always had problems with Michael Jackson. There was a lot of hype about him in my day. I always found his attitude a bit annoying. It got really gross and tacky when the subject of his desire to have children came up - barf -, this strange marriage with little Presley, which seemed like a fig leaf to cover his true desires - gag - and this rather creepy Neverland Farm. In the end, Jackson (also optical) almost seemed like a horror clown. The Earth Song was really disgusting, when the multimillionaire dances through the tidy streets of a favela with the objects of his desire and sings about the misery of the world. So I find Michael Jackson disgusting and I could never really get into his music. I always found his sharp cries annoying when he grabbed his balls while dancing. The squealing is also used a lot on this album. I like to switch off the radio from time to time. I really tried to listen to the whole album. At "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" it was over. I couldn't take it anymore. The best thing about the title song "Bad" is the parody "Fat" by Weird Al Yankovic. I really had fun with that. I only just found out that Jackson gave Yankovic permission to produce the parody and use the same setting. I wouldn't have believed him capable of so much humor. But maybe there was something else behind it. I suspect that "Fat" has also boosted sales of "Bad" again. Conclusion: For me, Bad is an unjustly hyped album that I definitely switch off the radio when it is played.
1/5

I first came into contact with Faith no More with the album "Angel Dust". And I thought that album was great. It took me a while to get to The Real Thing. I only got and listened to this album as part of a 4 CD collection. I also think this album is great. However, as I have just checked, I still think "Angel Dust" is better.
4/5

Arrival was the first LP I bought with my pocket money. As a young teenager, I was a fan of ABBA and completely enchanted by the LP. This then cooled off as I became a teenager and changed peer groups after moving to another city. I didn't want to know anything more about ABBA and I was embarrassed by my former fondness.
It was a long time before I rediscovered ABBA. Yes, the music is sweet to the tooth. It is pop. Everyone could be carried away by this music. But it is also really well made. Björn and Benny were/are good and multi-talented musicians. They have a good feel for popular music. And the girls looked so good and could also sing so well.
ABBA is not in my daily feed and never will be. But sometimes it's nice to hear their music again. So "Thank you for the music ..."
It's the same with this album. I particularly liked "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You" because they were also charged with early memories as a teenager. I particularly liked "Fernando" again.
5/5

I didn't have the band on my radar. I may have heard of them, but I'm no longer aware of it. I wasn't familiar with the song "We Got the Beat" either.
I found the album quite funny. The best thing about it was that it reminded me of B'52. But I prefer listening to the B'52, which is even more fun.
3/5

Contrary to the rather mediocre reviews from the community, I didn't think the album was that bad. It won't be part of my daily stream, but it was quite interesting in parts.
3/5

Yet another album that doesn't interest me at all. Maybe dance isn't a genre for me either. I like listening to techno or trance. I have no problem with repetitive music. But this simple stomping produced by a rhythm machine is boring. After a few tracks, I finished the whole thing.
1/5

I was surprised. Misled by the cover, I had expected more K-pop. I found the album quite funny and cheerful. It won't appear in my daily stream, but it was fun.
3/5

I didn't find Nick Drake's album particularly impressive. The music was quite nice and I think nice is really nice. (I think the saying "Nice is the little sister of shit" is shit :-)) But that's all it is. I won't listen to the album again on purpose, but I won't switch it off when I get to it.
3/5

I was surprised. After the rather below-average reviews, I was expecting the worst. But I quite liked the album. There are a lot of repetitions in the pieces. But that fits perfectly with a minimalist soundscape. And I find something like that very appealing. Peter Glass and Klaus Schulze's spherical sounds are also part of my repertoire. And the album fits in well with that. I will certainly listen to it again.
4/5

I just don't get on with African (world) music. I still liked the intro to the first track, a beautifully played acoustic guitar. But when the vocals started, it became too strange for me. The 2nd piece was ok, but I wasn't particularly interested. I only listened to two other pieces and then stopped the whole thing.
2/5

The album surprised me. I really liked it. I hadn't expected that. Maybe I should listen to more of the band, which I apparently misjudged.
4/5

Although I'm very familiar with the Pixies, I wasn't aware that Frank Black had a solo project. After listening to the first few tracks on the album, I wanted to abandon the whole thing in frustration. I couldn't cope with the music. But the album kept playing at first. The music reminded me a little of Nirwana, mixed with something else interesting. So I let the album play and my interest in Frank Black grew. I'm not a fan, but that could still happen.
4/5