Reviews by lancia037

Much better in the German version than the English one, English just can't replicate beautiful words like Schaufensterpuppen. I really like Kraftwerk, but this is probably my least listened album of their golden era. Still a great album, but it doesn't have the refined songcraft of Mensch Maschine or the overarching theme of Radio-Aktivitat or Autobahn. The songs are all typical Kraftwerk, sparse, electronic beats sung over by a robotic voice. There's some nice and interesting sounds used throughout. Still fun to listen to.

I think their debut album was a bit better, but this is a great album nonetheless. Just a dozen or so quickfire Metal bangers filled with the occult, fast solo's and a vocalist grunting his way through. Hugely influential for a lot of metal genres. May sound like it was recorded in a bathroom, but so does all the cool stuff it influenced. It's a landmark album and it's still enjoyable to listen to today.

This is not for me. It's objectively well made and very inventive, doing away with earthly things such as genre and song structure. The lack of that makes it a hard album to enjoy. There are nice sounds throughout, but there is no enticing structure to keep it all together. I also just don't enjoy Björk's voice much. It usually feels like more of an instrument here, but I still don't like listening to it. Maybe I'm not smart or nerdy enough for this, IDK.

I've really enjoyed this album for the past few years now. This Bluesy Punk music is the type of music I really enjoy. The atmosphere it sets here is great and there's a lot of memorable moments and hooks. The instruments sound like a blend of western and Punk. I haven''t really found any album like this, which is both a shame and testament to how unique this is.

I don't really care for Shuggie Otis' music. It should be something I really like on paper, being an excellent blend of all sorts of genres I enjoy. The playing is smooth and well performed. I just don't really care for it. It's a bit too philly Soul at times and it's a bit light on hooks or other earworms. Wish I liked it more but alas. My favorite moments were Freedom Flight and Sweet Thang, but either one wasn't part of the original album itself.

This isn't just an album, this is a complete experience. I haven't listened every Parliament / Funkadelic album there is, but this seems to be regarded as their last great album. And what a great album it is. It's like a blend of everything learned from their past years as a group, combined with new influences like Disco. The added live parts bring this album to life even more so. I also think the Maggot Brain performance here is better than the version on the album of the same name. What a brilliant album, I wish it were even longer.

This seems to get compared to Joanna Newsom quite a bit, but I enjoyed this album a lot more. His voice is still divisive like Newsoms, but I could actually enjoy this. The songs being a lot shorter and concise helps too. It's a bit monotonous at times, but the albums length and amount of songs keeps it bearable. Guitar playing here is excellent and I did like a few songs here and there. Interesting enough listen, although I wouldn't rank it as one of the 1001 essentials.

I kind of like a number of Simple Minds hits, this one only had one of them though. The rest of the album was a real snorefest though. Basic 80's pop but completely devoid of the upbeat atmosphere that the rest of the 80's and their later work also had. Completely forgettable listen. They were a popular band but this doesn't feel worthy of inclusion on the list. I really don't find any merit in this listen. Promised you a miracle isn't even that good.

Pretty enjoyable this one. Just a few dudes making loud blaring Punk Rock. This is a bit more accessible than most other Punk albums, but it doesn't really lose any appeal because of it. Prince of the Rodeo is a great song I've had saved for a while now, enjoyable listen overall.

This generator is pulling out quite a few surprises for me lately. Having an album of this era is always a special occasion. Before the concept album, before singles were included on albums and this one is even from a time when the 10 inch LP was the standard option. It's a nice collection of songs, some of which went on to be covered lots of times in the Greenwich Village-era Folk of the 60's. It's not the most interesting listen in 2025 though. I like older Folk music, but the old folk that didn't push any musical boundaries doesn't really feel like a memorable listen to me. It's good but not really outstanding.

Probably my favorite Nick Drake album. His first work was his best, perfectly balanced in between the slightly more overproduced and slightly unfinished sounding second and third album. His songwriting is excellent and his voice and guitar playing is a joy to listen to. His strongest collection of songs here.

The title track is what is front and center on this album, but I think side A deserves some credits as well here. I don't like the intro song, but after that there's a streak of nice songs. It's a nice showcase of the downright demonic sounding guitar work and jamming that will happen on the other side, while still conforming to a regular song structure. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the true centerpiece here though. A regular single, stretched to it's absolute limits and filled with solo's like only the 60's could do. The production here is famously ass, but that does give the album a certain charm. Landmark album here.

What can I say, it's a typical Elvis Costello album. I enjoyed some of the songs and the overall album was pretty decent, if not very impactful to me. I feel that part of the reason Elvis Costello became a bit of a meme on here is because he doesn't just have 7 different albums, but they all sound similar to each other. I've heard 4 of them so far but none of them really sounded all too different from one another. Elvis Costello isn't a Tom Waits or David Bowie who made radical stylistic changes throughout his career. He's just a guy who makes well written pop rock songs.

What a strange album this is, I really like how varied it is. The first half sounds like a typical, of the era Jazz album. It's inspired by the 50's vocal Jazz and has this overall overpolished and kitsch aesthetic to it. Kind of like a Pat Methany Group but without the gut to it. But then, a fucking rap song out of nowhere. And then there comes R&B, and by the end it's a blend of pretty much every sound of the era. It's all done very competent as well. Overpolished at times but the variety makes it really enjoyable.

I really love this Southern rock infused Country and America aesthetic. It's a big blend of everything Southern musically and it works really well together. Suffers a bit from being a 2000s album, with the loudness being turned up to 11 and the album being a bit overly long, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. The lyrics here are great and it's refreshing to hear a Southern band that acknowledges the somewhat troubled Southern pride while still loving the USA. The guitar playing is great here and I really like how the overly American vocals sound. AMERICA FUCK YEAHHHHH

A pretty inconsequential but fun listen. I didn't mind any part of it, and I enjoyed the bit more sparse production here. You can hear the influence the likes of LCD Soundsystem had on this band. It's fun dance Punk-esque music. Not too high art, not too important and probably not worthy of being included on this list, but a really enjoyable bop to me. The hell is that album cover though.

This album got a lot better once I started paying more attention to what I was listening. There'are loads of nice touches, but they are sort of hidden if you aren't actively paying attention. The beats are nice and D'Angelo can twist and form his voice in all sorts of crazy ways that wonderfully blend in the songs. That said, I'm still not generally a fan of 90's R&B and the album did bore me at quite a bit of occasions. Undoubtedly a great album, but not my thing.

There is nothing like this album, probably for the better for a lot of people judging by the ratings. I really like it though. It's the music of the hippie era, completely devoid of any sort of optimism. It paints a very bleak and dark picture. The extra songs tacked onto the streaming version really help the album as well, it feels like these have always been part of the album. It's a strange listen, but the closest you'll get to outsider music on this list. Coming from a soul who was well within the music scene.

Gang Starr are one of the best Hip Hop groups of all time. I love this era of Hip Hop, where seemingly anything was possible and there were tons of interesting ideas in every album. Gang Starr delivers great flow and some great backbeats as well. It has dark lyricism without falling in the yet to be established gangster rap tropes. I hadn't heard this album by them yet but I'll be sure to return to it. Neat that the song from GTA IV was on here as well.

Fun listen, very much in the style of Booker T. Kind of surprised that this was by Blue Note, it's much more linked to Soul and Blues. The songs blend together and kind of fly by. I feel like it's a great album for background listening, but he's done more interesting albums in his career. I got a soft spot for Organ-centered Jazz though.