Reviews by lancia037

This was really fun to listen to. A bit much to take in at once, but nice nonetheless. Feels like listening to a lot of extra Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young material without the vocal harmonies. There's a bit more focus on groove here, some funky guitar playing, longer jams and influences from Louisiana Rhythm & Blues. The songs all had this semi ''outtake'' feel to them, which was explained by the way in which this album came to be. Stephen Stills is a real workaholic and eventually he was only allowed to do a few takes per song.

Nice to see a Tom Waits album. Bone Machine was one of my favorite discoveries from this generator and has become my most listened to album of this year. I don't really know what to make of this album, I guess I like it? The first half of the album left me puzzled as to what I was listening to. As with other Tom Waits albums though, it slowly drags you in and engages you. It's unlike anything else, in a good way in this case. Songs are deconstructed to barely recognisable audio waves. Everything here feels meaningless, but it's a really interesting effort to see. Will probably relisten to it sometime, let it really sink in.

It's got more depth and better songwriting than you'd expect from a Europop album. Feels like this was one of the pioneers for a more Art influenced piece of pop on the European continent. That said, I don't care for it much and I don't care for ABBA much. This doesn't really have any of the songs they are known for, so it gave me the opportunity to listen to it with new ears. I liked it but probably won't return. The title track was pretty good though.

Of all the 80's slop on here, this has to be the worst. Uninteresting tracks and using the same synths as everyone else in this decade makes it hard to stand out. At least it was over quick. It has some surprising earworms though, Wood Beez got stuck in my head really fast.

I just really like these early 60's British Invasion records. It may just be full of covers and have no real hits, courtesy of the record labels album policies at that time, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying it. The record is really energetic and the songs chosen here are pretty fun. The Stones went on to make more interesting music, but this is still a good album.

Yesterday it was Elvis Presley's debut, today it's Little Richard. This has to be the definitive 50's Rock & Roll album. The performances have a lot more energy than Elvis and he wrote more material himself. Just about every song here has been covered to death by all sorts of artists. Hugely influential and the energy translates well to the listener.

One of the oldest albums on the list, and without it there'd probably be less than half of the list on here. Really influential for sure. It's short but all the songs on here are delivered well. Can't really blame Elvis for the racist tendencies of his era and he could deliver the music a lot better than white contemporaries like Pat Boone and Neil Sedaka anyways. It's still fun to listen to, even 70 years later.

It's a really fun novelty and something really different from the rest of the list. I just wish it was a little more out there though. The movie and soundtrack are partially Western inspired, and I find those tracks to be the least interesting here. I like that the inspiration comes from all over the world and you can hear that a lot of budget went into this piece. It's not really the type of album you'd come back to often, although not having seen the movie may make me miss parts of this.

I liked this more than all of the Björk albums I've had so far. It is experimental, but it also sounds like a more typical alternative rock album of the time. It's short and has some nice songs on it, I quite like Motorcrash on here. Short and fun album. I normally don't enjoy Björks voice, but here it takes a bit more background to the other instruments.

Very 70's album this, from the Prog-like album cover to the Progressive, Folky Pop music inside. I really liked Martyn's guitar playing on this record and he manages to blend some fun musical styles together in an overall pleasant album. The Guitar Playing and Trip Hop tinges have this really hypnotic charm to them. His voice was very soft but it suited the album well.

Had seen this memorable album cover before, but I never listened to the album itself. Pretty fun alternative rock. Reminds me a bit of Screaming Trees. Don't really remember much of this though. Will probably listen to it again sometime.

Well made, well sung, well played, but doesn't really grab me. I find Wilco to be a good band, but their studio albums often feel a bit boring. I can't really find fault with the album, but I just don't have that much interest in a lot of the songs here. Still a really decent tribute to one of the greatest American songwriters out there. Wonder why we didn't get an album from Woody Guthrie himself though.

Fun album with quite a few high points, but falls off on the second disc. Basically every Frankie goes to Hollywood hit is on here, so you don't need much more than this album. Even then, this album had a number of uninteresting tracks that made the runtime felt longer than it really was. Side one and two are great, Two Tribes, Welcome To The Pleasuredome and Relax are all great 80's anthems. There's a lot of variety here too, having originals, covers, uptempo tracks and gentle ballads. I like quite a bit here but as an album it's kind of a daunting task to listen.

It's full of covers, which was the standard way to go for a pop album for a long time. Dusty Springfield delivers them soulfully with her great and clear voice. I don't think it's quite as good as some of her later albums and it's a bit of a weird one to pick, but it does show off this era of pop really well. Full of classic songs, good voice, strings and band in the background. Bonus points for the bonus track Summer is Over.

Every time I listen to Fairport Convention, I am reminded that I need to listen to them more often. Out of the albums I've heard of them so far, this one does the best at combining Medieval music with the Contemporary sounds of the 60's. There's less vocals and more focus on improvisation here. It's a very easy listen and also manages to combine some very different musical styles. Just another solid record from 1969.

Very interesting blend of Mexican music and Indie Rock. Does get a bit repetitive at times and there's quite a few instrumentals here. The album cover looks real cheap and ugly to me, so it was a pleasant surprise to figure out that the music inside is better. Still a bit of a forgettable listen.

People weren't kidding when they said this was a very front loaded album. All the hits are in the first few songs and after Somebody Told Me this really drops off. Still a pretty decent listen. Not spectacular and I don't really care for Mr. Brightside, but it's a fun enough album. Loud blaring stadium rock, probably really fun in a live setting.

Perfectly fine album that really marked how the following decade's pop music would sound. Don't you want me baby is a classic, the rest of the album is fine but not really my cup of tea. I can't help but feel like the onslaught of godawful synthpop in the rest of the decade somewhat soured my perception of this album. It was a novel sound at the time but it's not like there is a lack of synth-pop out there.

Did quite a lot to push Metal into the mainstream, but this album never really did it for me. Metallica has always had longer songs, but 9 songs on a 65 minute album is a bit silly. There are a lot of great songs here with brilliant Guitar solo's especially. Production is famously ass and having a bit more Bass would've been nice.

I've listened to multiple of them, but I really don't care for Randy Newman albums. The songwriting is obviously there and he's had some good successes, but his own performances of songs feel way too lifeless for me. His singing sounds very dull to me and is accompanied by little more than just his Piano. It's hard to really enjoy, there's a lot of songs but all of them just blend into one forgettable soup because of how similar the sound is on all of them. I tend to prefer beat over lyrics and this just has no punch.