Reviews by lancia037

Certainly one of the albums of all time. I love Stills as a songwriter, but his songs don't come alive as much without the likes of Crosby and Young. Love The One You're With and Do For The Others are both brilliant songs, but I didn't really have any other stand-out songs on the album. Pleasant enough to listen to but not the most essential thing he's been involved with.

2000's Rappers try not to make an overly long album challenge, impossible. This didn't need to be 74 minutes long, none of it is bad but it doesn't all feel essential. That aside, it's a pretty fun listen that holds up surprisingly well. I like the big beats all throughout and 50 cent has a pleasant voice to listen to. A lot of Hip Hop in the years following tried and failed to sound like this. A bit conflicted on this one, it was a fine album to listen to but way too long and not every song is quite In Da Club genius. Points knocked for the Eminem feature as well.

It's energetic and dumb fun, just a joy to listen to this. Especially side 1 of this record is really captivating and full of hits. This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us is one of the best singles of the 70's. Sparks is an all around bizarre band and I'm glad they are included on this list. The newspaper article that was included with my Sparks record says they are addicted to candy, which explains why the entire album sounds like a sugar rush.

How do you rate an album like this? It's a pleasant listen and it's full of good songs, but that is bound to happen when you make an album spanning 5 LP's with covers from one of the greatest songwriters and composers of all time. The orchestration is beautiful, Ella Fitzgerald has a beautiful voice and they probably spent a ton of money producing this album. I don't think I'll put these 3.5 hours on for a second time. Unlike the Magnetic Fields, who also made a long album, this one is more of a compilation album than one with an overarching theme. I don't think we needed the full 5 records on this list, despite them all being filled with lots of pleasant songs from the great songbook era of music.

Deep Purple are really good at making live music and this shows it. The songs are just a vehicle off which they can make some incredible solos. The record is incredibly energetic and a real hard rock bop to listen to. This isn't an album to really listen to often though. 8 songs for 4 sides of an LP is really few and sometimes it all feels a bit too much to listen to. Still a great record to listen.

I don't really like John Lennon's solo work, this one especially has some duds. The overall vibe of the album is way too mopey and cliché 70's pop rock. More dull than the Carpenters or Captain & Tennille. Imagine and Jealous Guy are songs I've grown tried of over the years and there's a lot of awful pop slop in here as well. There's still some nice songs, John Lennon hadn't completely forgot how to make a good song, but overall not a very enjoyable album.

What Songs: Ohia is for Neil Young, Beth Orton is for Joni Mitchell. Her voice and acoustic songs are very reminiscent of Joni Mitchell especially. The Electronic touches here don't feel overbearing and seem to aid the music well. Beth Orton's voice is beautiful and the recording is very clear. Overall enjoyable, but songs sort of started blending together by the second half and becoming a bit less interesting.

This has a surprisingly high average rating, for what people tend to like here. The backstory explains a lot of this though. I feel the story behind how this album was formed really enhances what would otherwise not be the most memorable listen. But considering the horrible situation in which this was performed it's amazing how well it sounds. Jarrett's playing is absolutely brilliant, the seeming lack of other clearly defined instruments being more than made up with his talent. This album never bores even though it's a one hour, 4-part listen. The piano is just mesmerising and you can really get caught in listening to it.

Why is this the Giant Steps album they included? It wasn't a bad listen, but I'd be lying to myself if I said I was gonna listen to it again. Inoffensive boring Indie Rock with only a few moments of interest. There's a blend of a lot of different things here, all better done elsewhere. I'd probably give it a 3 on a good day, but a good day this is not.

Didn't really have hits on it, but it was nice to listen to. I tend to like the fIREHOSE albums more than those made by the Minutemen. I generally like Punk more than Indie Rock, but this just clicks more for me. Time really flew by with this listen. Sounds like it was a real precursor to all the 90's Indie music that came on the scene later on.

Very nice to have some representation from non-western music on this list. I wasn't the biggest fan of this one though. It's a very cheery and upbeat album for sure, but the late 80's / 90's production it's drenched in hampers my enjoyment of it a lot. I'm also not the biggest fan of Soukous in general, the music doesn't really have hooks and just goes on and on and on. It's nice to have the tempo increase in the songs after a few minutes, where they reach their peak enjoyment for me. Still happy to have heard this album and I feel it does deserve its placement here.

Maybe not as good as Metallica or Slayer, but a fun listen nonetheless. Dave Mustaine's vocals work really well on here and all the musicians here are apt at their instruments. There's the typical shredding and solo'ing you'd expect on a Trash album. The songs are all great and the I Ain't Superstitious cover was a welcome surprise, but they don't really stick out like they do on the first 3 Metallica albums. It's a good album still, but there are better Trash albums out there.

A little more pleasant to listen to than his earlier work, but that comes at the cost of sounding a lot more cliché. I didn't really enjoy his earlier albums, but they had their own distinct sound to them. This album sounds like a knock off of any number of bands combining rock, funk and soul at the time. Looking at the wikipedia-page and other sites, this doesn't seem to be a very influential album of his either. I think it was a boring listen, not one I'd return to.

Probably one of the most middling albums on the list and the global ratings reflect it. It's 80's British synthpop / new wave. One of many on the list, but better put together and more punch than others. Still, I don't really think it justifies its position here and I don't see myself revisiting this soon. I like how it seems to be a bit less polished than their other album on here, not edgy enough to be like the post punk and new wave I like though.

Country singers were already familiar with making concept albums before the Beatles ever tried their hand at it, such as with Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs and Bitter Tears. Ray Price here has one too, and Country music works really well for this type of storytelling. The vocals are incredibly clear and the songs are easy to understand. This album feels a bit drenched in Country clichés though, partially because of the era its from and because it influenced what came after. It's an enjoyable listen, but there's much more interesting Country music from this era.

Love this album, lots of the songs here tend to get stuck in my head. A groundbreaking album for Punk and the development of Hardcore. It's a shame they only got to record one album, but this album is one of the tightest and energetic records to listen to. The production here is also unrivaled by any of their other published works. Darby Crash's vocals are great and energizing and this entire record just pumps me up.

Aggressively middling to listen to. Can't say I really hated or disliked any part of it I listened to, but I found myself quite bored with a lot of what was presented here. Probably a big influence and all for some otherwise it wouldn't be on the list, but I can't differentiate this from a billion other indie pop musicians and bands also in existance.

Not the most thrilling Kinks album. I love the Kinks and there are some great songs on this album, but it doesn't seem to have the cohesion that some other Kinks album and albums from other artists at the time had. Can't help but feel that this album could've had a little more oomph to it than it does. Still a pleasant enough listen from the Classic R&B British Invasion era from a band of brilliant songmakers.

Not really saying anything controversial when I say that Blur is a good band. Britpop gets a lot of flack here, but this Blur album still seems pretty well regarded. There's quite a number of songs I like here, Girls and Boys and Parklife, the biggest hit singles, first and foremost. The album is full of humour and wit and brings a lot of variety to the table. There's a few weird oompa loompa band esque songs and interludes on here, but they don't detract from the listening experience too much.

I got the CD version of this at home, just like everyone else on the planet. It's never really one I put on though. There's a number of hits I remember and I like, such as Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad and Honey. Honestly, pretty much every track here is pleasant to listen to. The overall album just has a bit too much of a soda commercial vibe though. The songs are all varied but they get a bit stale by virtue of repeating the same looking sample the entire time. It's nice what Moby created here in terms of soundscapes and catchy songs with just a single sample, but I don't like it quite enough.