Rated 10/10
The Cure never really clicked with me outside of a few of their more popular hits, but now it really does. Really love the dark mood it sets and the more barebones approach to instrumentation. Highlights for me are Play For Today, A Forest, M and At Night. The entire album really is great though.
Rated 8/10
They just make cool noises man. Drums and bass is really groovy and nice. The scream in the album is really cool too. Really like the version of I Heard it Through The Grapevine and Typical Girls.
Rated 10/10
What a trailblazer of an album. The first side starts of with some less memorable cuts but it does build up hype really well. Side 2 and 3 have some really memorable songs like the Acid Queen and Pinball Wizard. That is also when the amazing 'See me, feel me' chorus starts popping up. The story might be a bit wacky but the album is filled to the brim with amazing energised playing and tons of memorable riffs. 60s bloat and excess at its best, a sign of what was to come in the 70s.
Maybe I've listened to this and its derivates over the past 20 years too much, but it feels a bit boring to me. Still a good album with some punchy songs and great bangers on there. One of the best 2000's rock albums.
Rated 10/10
Beautiful album, somewhat haunting at times too. Love the orchestra that plays throughout the album and the really funky guitar playing on En Melody. Gainsbourgs voice is beautiful too.
Rated 10/10
Really funky, really groovy. Really fun to listen to.
Didn't feel this one. Objectively well put together but I don't like Rowlands singing voice and the songs much. Too Rye Ay nah man.
Rated 10/10
Really good album. Groovy bass and short and punchy songs.
Positively surprised. A lot of variety on this album. The songs are a bit long but its all a pleasant listen.
Never realised just how great this album is. The samples are picked from seamingly everywhere. Lots of it seems to have been grabbed from From, Fusion and R&B. I love the flow, the lyricism. Everything here is a joy to listen to. Paced really well too.
Rated 8/10
Supposed to be a big inspiration for the first wave of Punk bands from the first wave of Punk. Don't really hear it though. I enjoyed listening to the album but it didn't really feel boundary breaking. Still a nice sounding album with some good variety throughout. The singer really belts out at times and there's some really cool riffs throughout. Reminds me most of Cockney Rebel.
Rated 8/10
Fun listen. Really liked the samples here and Ice Cube spits some great lyrics. May be misogynistic but Bitch is just a really nice word to say.
Rated 2/10
I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT
Rated 4/10
I like Ultramagnetic MC's a lot, but not so much into Kool Keiths solo work. Don't really care for the themes of the songs here and the album drags on for way too long. The few bars that do stick out are just bizarre. I do like the classical touches throughout however.
Rated 10/10
Has a few duds but one of the best Beatles albums still. Nice collection of strong hits and deep cuts.
Rated 6/10
Quite a weird metal album. Doesn't have the usual metal grunts really but singer has a really distorted singing voice. Songs often don't follow a set structure of verse and chorus and whatnot. I enjoyed parts but a lot of it doesn't do anything for me.
Rated 8/10
Really nice listen. Never heard this album outside of the first minute of Let's Get It On. Just some nice soul music.
Rated 4/10
Not really impressed. I used to like listening to Lenmny Kravitz when I was 8 years old and hadn't heard of Nirvana yet. There's a lot of quite funky and groovy elements here but the overall album sounds like pretty forgettable rock.
Rated 6/10
Was a bit dissappointed in this album. Fire and Rain is a good song and there's a few other good songs like Country Road on here. A lot of the songs I didn't enjoy or found to be very forgettable though. Runtime is short as well and I find this album doesn't really stick out in the sea of 70's singer-songwriters.
Rated 10/10
What a great bunch of songs on here, effortlessly flowing into each other as well. Love the G-funk here, the beats are all amazing, even has a flute solo at one point. The lyricism and flow is really great too, maybe not the very best but certainly up there. Still has a few annoying skits but not nearly as bad as Ready to die. Great collection of songs to listen to.
