Reviews by lancia037

After the first few tracks I was ready to write it off as Electronic slop and give it a 1. Then came Revolution, which I found to be a brilliant track. It's the clear bridge between the likes of Harmonia, Suicide and later electronic acts such as Stereolab. The pulsing rhythmic repetitive beats work really well in the case of Revolution and Suicide, where there is a clear drum beat and its generally more uptempo. I just wish it continued that trend more though, rather than a lot of the more boring tracks like How does it feel. When the tracks are boring, they're a real chore to get through, but there are fun songs on here I'd listen to again.

Great album, really doesn't feel like its a double album. I was blown away the first time I heard this, although I feel like I've found better Brazillian albums since discovering this. This listening of it just felt a bit off, it doesn't really have the attention grabbing music I thought it had at first, and not being able to understand Portugese makes it harder to listen to the lyrical themes here. Still a great album though.

Really middle of the road for me. Its a fun listen and pretty ahead of its time, but I almost never search for it myself. I really enjoy the remix / cover of Slip Inside This House and the overall album keeps me somewhat engaged throughout. Primal Scream makes music that noone else really seems to make, they have their own Electronic / Psychedelic niche that they fulfill really well.

Always fun to listen Mudhoney, still think they do Grunge better than the big 4. This album isn't that cohensive since it isn't really an album to begin with. Not every song is great on here but there are many that are and they're Grunge classics. Don't know why Mudhoney has 2 albums on this list though, especially when one isn't even really an album.

The bonus live tracks were more enjoyable to me than a lot of what was on the main album. La Grange is an all time classic and used to be my favorite song when I just got into classic rock. I never felt the rest of the album was as strong though. The rest of the songs aren't as hard, aren't as memorable and don't have the same atmosphere to them. It's still a nice listen but it doesn't really warrant revisiting often.

Kind of conflicted on this one. The downtempo songs are really dull and generic to me. I like the more energetic songs but they sound too much like Oasis. The production is way too bombastic and the entire thing is overproduced to hell and back. It had its moments but on the whole it's a forgettable listen with not much to make me want to come back. Opening and closing track are great though, for completely different reasons.

Fun enough to listen but not something I'd really come back to. I liked some songs here, such as Paintwork and I Am Damo Suzuki. I disliked some others and I felt indifferent about a bunch of them. Its kind of weird that this band is hugely influential yet gets little to no attention from most people. I can admire it for what it's done but it is not something I'll listen to often. Maybe a track here and there.

A lot to take in at once, but a beautiful album nonetheless. The album starts off right with a really fun rocker as the opening track. It seemed that the first disc was a more energetic album and the second one was much softer and melancholic. Amazing how Nick Cave can make consistently great albums 20 and even 40 years into his career. Will definetely revisit this one.

It's a good album to listen to for sure, but I don't really care for this one like I do with others. Lullaby is a nice song, but overall the songs feel kind of boring. The album is a bit on the long side as well. I just feel this one doesn't have much interesting to it and it kind of feels like, admittedly pleasant, background noise to me.

Not very good. I can stomach a lot of generic classic rock, but this had nothing to it IMO. No energy, no stand out tracks, no noteworthy moments. I'm a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso was the only one that was of any interest to me, since it was the only track that was noticably different from the rest. This doesn't feel essential, I can think of 1001 classic rock albums better than this.

Second Rod Stewart project in a week. His voice sounds better and more unique the more you listen to him. Never listened to this full album before and I can say I like it more than his solo work. It's quite a generic blues album, with some less inspiring covers like Memphis in there. But I'm a sucker for blues rock, so I don't really mind. Stay With Me is an amazing song and the rest of the album is enjpoyable as well. It sounds a lot like what the Black Crowes would go on to copy 20 years later.

Bangin' album, a hommage to all their Blues legends. It's full of covers and thus doesn't really have its own material, so the focus is mainly on how they play it. I'm a sucker for the 60's Blues Rock scene so this is right up my alley. The playing here is brilliant, they don't really stretch the blues songs too far like people would later in the 60's, but there is still room for them to stretch and solo the songs. Claptons guitar playing takes center stage, but I love the drums and singing here as well. I think there are other, more interesting British Blues albums, but this one is still a pleasant listen.

A real nothing album, forgot almost all of it by the time I hit play on the next album. I wouldn't say it's bad, but in a sea of 2000's indie rock bands it really doesn't stand out. The singing is bland, songwriting is not too memorable and there weren't any songs here I would wanna come back to.

The Who may have made better album later on in their career, but I just have a soft spot for this type of mid 60's R&B rock. My Generation is one of the best songs for the time. All the other songs here are enjoyable covers or originals. This album is brimming with energy, Keith has great energetic drumming and John Entwistle is one of the best bassists out there. Giving it anything other than 5 stars would be doing a disservice to how much I enjoy listening to this record.

Another classic. The influence it's had on pop culture is hard to deny and basically all alternative music of the past 40 years sounds like it. I think it still holds up well and is fun to listen to. Lots of great songs here and Curtis' delivery along with the almost robotic backbeat works really well. I feel these songs really get better as you listen to them more.

Classic album from his most iconic era. You can really hear Brian Eno at work here if you listen to this after listening to any album he produced from the time. I like the touches by Eno and Bowie's own more conventional songs here. The two don't really mix, but they intertwine and keep the album fun to listen to. I really like this one, although I think there are a few better Bowie albums than this. It doesn't have as many stand out moments as Low and Station to Station.

I've been on a Steely Dan binge the past week, so this was a welcome and fitting surprise. Every single song here is well made, well produced and a joy to listen to. This is not my absolute favorite Steely Dan album but it's a really fun one nonetheless. Countdown To Ecstasy feels a little more like a jam at times than other Steely Dan albums.

Easily recognisable as System Of A Down. I really liked it at the start and the aggresion all throughout was great to listen to. However, listening to it gets a bit grating as the album goes on. I've figured I really like listening to System Of A Down, but only in shorter bursts. 57 minutes of it is just a bit too much for me.

Dusty Springfield singing a lot of beautiful cover versions of some of the most iconic songs of the 60's. Son Of A Preacher Man is the big hit, but I actually prefer a lot of the other, more orchestrally expansive songs on this album. The Windmills Of Your Mind and No Easy Way Down are my favorites here. It's quite reminiscent of Elvis in Memphis in that its a solid collection of orchestral 60's pop covers. Just a beautiful album and a joy to listen to.

Straddles the line between being poppy and avant-garde really well. It's a regular new wave album at heart, but the wacky noises used for instrumentation throughout keep it from being stale and boring. Cars is an all time classic and I found myself enjoying a lot of the tracks here. Maybe not quite the greatest album ever made but it's a fun listen nonetheless.