Reviews by lancia037

It took some effort to find and play this, but it was worth it at the end. Quite a pleasant surprise. It blends a bunch of different stuff together and it all sounds pretty pleasant and cohesive at the end. There's a bunch of variety too. I didn't like everything on here, but quite a few songs had good beats under them that made them pleasant to listen to. This Latin direction of Hip Hop is something I really dig.

This feels like the type of music Punk was rebelling against, rather than Prog rock. It's all fine and there are a lot of familiar songs on here, but ELO often feels kind of soulless. It's Pop, but the type of Pop music that seems to take itself too seriously. Either be a Pop album or a 4 side long piece with a side long rainy day concerto, both doesn't relaly work. Everything here is fine and I can't say I really disliked any moment, but I'm never really moved by any particular ELO song.

Kind of a weird King Crimson album, good in its own right. It hardly sounds like Rock, it feels like this has already moved the band out of the Prog Rock sphere into more of a weird Avantgarde and Fusion turn. Song structure is barely there and half the album is shreiking violins and other weird noise. It still has some good Rock elements though. Enjoyable enough album but it kind of requires a different pair of ears to listen to.

Welcome and fun surprise. Multiple memorable songs that were on here. It’s a good blend of alt rock, grunge and general noise and shoegaze. I know next to nothing about this band and don’t think they ever really moved the needle in terms of influence. That said, 1001 leaves space for music that is a product of its time and just solid, which this is.

Really smooth R&B, like really really. Might as well be the soundtrack to a porno. It kind of meanders a lot and doesn't really try to put forth many regular songs. Doesn't really need to though. It sounds good and fits a certain vibe really well.

We’re going millenial wine mom-core on this one. All in all pretty solid, half of this album might as well be a 90’s greatest hits album. The hits are the main appeal, but there’s some genuine surprises with the deepcuts as well. It’s quite a varied album and Alanis blends pop and alternative really well. Having a song named Mary Jane should be a crime, but the song itself is fine. It’s easy to see why this album took off like it did.

A very good album, obviously. The Doors sound had definetely evolved at this point to incorporate more Jazz-like elements and had moved away a bit from Psychedelia. This feels like one of those great albums for road trips, especially with songs like L.A. Woman and Love Her Madly. One or two songs here don’t do as much for me, but on the whole it’s probably one of my top Doors albums.

A lack of consistency is what this album suffers from for me. ELP studio albums already suffer from this a bit, but I find it even worse on Pictures At An Exhibition. There’s no doubt they are a brilliant band and they made a ton of actually great pieces. For every nice song on here, particularily at the end, there’s some needless and directionless soundscapes being made, which kind of sound grating with the harsh organ to boot. I still do like it, it represents the more chaotic and eclectic side of Prog Rock well. Emerson, Lake & Palmer didn’t always take themselves too seriously and as a bit of goofing around it works better than as some percieved fine art masterpiece.

Fine enough, it does lack a bit of direction without Eric Burdon. It’s kind of a generic Funk album. It has some nice jamming but kind of feels aimless in its approach and doesn’t reallt go anywhere. It’s all very decent but it’s one ear in and out the other. Still, good enough to put up and might be worth revisiting.

All fine and well, but I find the Jam albums to be completely forgettable. Aside from hits that are big and I've been hearing elsewhere, I really struggle to remember anything from this listen. Kind of hard to give it a fair shot. Should be right up my alley but something just never really clicks. Neutral for the lack of really being able to say anything about it.

God awful. Musical songs that were rejected for Adam Sandler movie end credit scenes. There was no shortage of love songs, didn’t need to make an album full of them. The most boring milquetoast type of decorated pop music right here. The only thing this really does well is actually being a short album.

Amazing how jam-packed this album is. This has to be my favorite Rolling Stones album, when they were still Blues based but also started fooling around with Sitars and other instruments. I love just how many songs they managed to put on this 40 minute record. There's a lot of variety, between songs like Stupid Girl and Lady Jane and even a 10 minute Blues jam. I just really like this album, every song is a banger and it's one of the best Rock albums of this period leading up to the era of rapid experimentation.

50 minutes into this album and I've come to realise I didn't really find any part of this album I actually liked listening to. I do like the concept, this weird Hindi-infused Trip Hop Ambient music. Like a lot of 90's albums, they don't really do anything interesting with the concept. Songs are too stretched out and the beats are nice but not really more than that. Wish it was better.

This album is possessed and cursed. I put it on and my car died. The music itself sounds the part too. The soundtrack to a horror movie that doesn't even exist is a novel concept. A lot of good soundtrack albums overshadow the movie they feature in, so having an album in the same lieu but completely decoupled from a real movie isn't even all that weird of an idea to me. The music is a bit boring though. It sets an atmosphere but doesn't do much for me besides that. Just random spooky excerpts that may or may not bring bad voodoo energy.

Flea really outperforms the rest of the band here, why is a professional jamming out with some high school band? I don't really hear the Metal in Funk Metal here. The album is unnecessarily long as well, victim of the CD era. The hits are ok and some deepcuts are alright and a lot of it is ranging from fine to mediocre. Sounds like I hate it, but it wasn't all that bad.

Really solid and varied album. I think it's a very good sequel to the already good debut album. This album goes everywhere, from great jams to hits to slow and soulful songs. It doesn't bore you and there's a ton of great guitar playing throughout, as you'd expect from Santana. Rock, Funk, Latin, all here pretty much.

Family Affair is one of my favorite and most listened to songs, gotta give it props for that. A lot of the rest of the album is nice, but has this unfinished feel to it. A lot of songs have a groovy funky hook or beat but don't really do that much with it. Some songs on here drag on for a bit long or just aren't all that interesting to begin with. It's still really good, but perhaps not quite as good as I always thought this album was. Family Affair just really kicks it up a notch.

Fine enough, kind of what you'd expect from an earlier Everything But The Girl album. They have their own sound, this sort of adult contemporary sound that doesn't suck like a Michael Bolton or Kenny G does. It's quite boring of a listen though, kind of comes with the territory. Made for someone but not me.

Classic Punk album. Really short and hardly even an actual album. Perhaps a bit basic nowadays, but it was one of the first to make music like this. Minor Threat and Fugazi went on to make a lot of cool and interesting stuff, it's nice to hear their debut already being really solid.

Pretty good but bug standard classis rock. It's good, not that long and does what it sets out to do. Some fun bops here and there but not an all too consequential listen. Bit of an odd inclusion to pick from his entire catalogue, but it's good to see Tom Petty represented.