Reviews by kuvien

Though more highly rated by many, this isn't even in my top 3 favorite Beck albums. But it's damn good. I'm trying to figure out why it's not one of my favorites, and it might be because I've never had a world-weary heartbreaking depression. But though I've not shared his experience, even I am moved by the brutal resignation of the album's centerpiece, "Lost Cause". It's a devastating meditation on what's left behind when the love of your life has rejected you. I cannot imagine how subhuman one would feel in that situation.

Wait. People have actually given this clown money?

This isn't interesting for the same reason Seinfeld isn't funny. To be honest, this album is to music lovers what the Gospels are to atheists: something we've never heard but are already weary of.

There are moments when the stars align and the muses themselves come down to touch the lips and fingertips of artists they favor. This is one such album—or rather, the way “Willie the Pimp” and “The Gumbo Variations” go together. Willie is the only actual voice on this whole album, but “Gumbo” is him speaking in a different way—speaking with his feet as he walks his neighborhood, speaking with the back of his hand when he has to put his hos in line. I wish I hadn’t given my pimp costume to my friend. I had this amazing pimp costume I wore at Halloween. It was made of (fake) crushed velvet, lined with zebra-striped felt—and platform shoes to match. The ridiculous, wide-brimmed hat was lined in glittery gold ribbon. I’d wear it right now while listening to this album, the way Buscemi puts on lipstick and listens to “Telephone Line”.

I'm kinda hating the project now. I'm 121 albums in, and the idiot who made this list is right only serendipitously.

Just play the music, and stop telling us about it! Dammit, 1001-guy, you couldn't have chosen "Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas" for your stupid list? What's wrong with you?

Depeche Mode was an MTV staple back in its heyday, and since I was basically raised on MTV, the band figures prominently in my memory, especially the singles, "Personal Jesus", "Enjoy the Silence", and "Policy of Truth". I'm not actually a big fan of synthpop as a genre, but this album is just brilliant. It's not "dark synthpop", but the atmosphere evoked by the music--and even more by the vocals--is dark, not in the macabre sense but in the sense of it being urban and night.

Dude, that kid is going to fall into the ocean while you're standing there looking cool!

What y'all need is some of dem easy-listening classics!

A truly awful mess of an album. Pick a lane!

The most tedious album opener I've ever had the misfortune to hear. These skits age like milk.

Musical syncretism. I'm sure a lot of people will rightfully find something compelling herein.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkfLKiYIfL4

Damn, girl, it looks like he found you. Time to put another ocean between you and him, and let's hope he drowns this time.

A banger of an opening track with a robustness that supports its runtime! I've heard it a million times in films. So this is where it's from... huh.

Boring shit that sounds like all other boring shit.

I hate Kanye. I hate everything about him, everything he has ever done, and that feeling will never change. He is a garbage human being and a terrible musician. The world is a worse place for his existence. "It's a Wonderful Life" but in reverse.

Please like this shit?

Good music, but too anti-religious for my taste.

Well, I know what song I'm singing next time I play "this little piggy" with my kid's toes!