Reviews by lindenisnotonfire

Don't think I enjoyed it as much as the last Steely Dan album I got, but it's still pretty damn good.

Eh. Not bad.

Very basic. But it's a good basic.

Bigmouth Strikes Again is fucking wild.

There are a few other... er, questionable lyrics as well.

But most of the album is good... I guess?

3/5

It's great musically! But lyrically there isn't much going on, which is the only thing stopping me from giving it a 5.

I have a feeling I'm going to really like this.

I was right.

My cat seemed to really like it.

Grooves be groovin

That was beautiful.

How could I possibly give less than five stars? It's Elton Fucking John!

The first few songs had me worried. I don't love the way the songs talk about women. But the rest of the album improved from that point, so I think I'll give it a slight pass. The song where Kendrick speaks from a woman's POV was interesting. 4/5.

P.S. I saw a review saying (to paraphrase) that when black hip-hop artists talk shit about women it's fine but when a white artist does it it's seen as misogynistic. Sweetie. I've heard white artists say MUCH worse things about women than Kendrick does here, especially on this list, and I see almost NO ONE else calling it out. But the second it's a black artist suddenly everyone is anti-misogyny.

We as humans should be calling out ALL misogyny when we see it. But if you only pretend to care about women so that you have an "excuse" to be racist, then you can fuck right off.

Now THAT'S what I call country music!

Honestly I didn't hate this as much as I expected to. However. Even if I knew absolutely nothing about Marilyn Manson as a person, hearing a white guy say the n-word in the opening track alone is enough to make me give it one star.

Oh, I am VERY much vibing 😎

She's the GOAT. What else can I say?

Did they intend for "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight" to sound so queer? I doubt it, given the time period, but I appreciated it nonetheless. Seriously, how could this song possibly be interpreted as straight? Someone help me out here!

Even stranger, that song is then followed by "Let Her Go, God Bless Her" which has such outdated (to the say least) lyrics that I felt like I was listening to a song from the 40s, not the 50s.

What the absolute hell is going on in "Katie Dear"?!

Same question with "My Brother's Will"! Does Sally have absolutely no choice in this matter? Jesus fucking Christ!

Don't even get me started on "Knoxville Girl".

How did this keep getting worse and worse? The first two songs were so nice, what happened?

I can't bring myself to give this record anything less than a 3. The musicianship is just too good. But please know that the song "Friend Zone" almost ruined the entire album for me, which is why I didn't give it anything higher. "Friend Zone" is one of the worst examples of incel misogyny I've heard in a song in quite a while. I tried looking up more information about it, in hopes that Thundercat meant for the song to be satirical. I wish that people could reply to reviews so that someone could correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears as though Thundercat meant for the song to be sincere. Ew. I can't believe that no other reviews are calling this shit out. I will never understand how men are able to speak about women like this freely and still manage to get praised in a book listing the greatest albums of all time. At least some of the misogynistic themes on this list have the excuse of being old and from "a different time". This doesn't even have that. I've come across so much misogyny on this already, only 39 albums in, and each time it passes me off more than the last.

First half made me think I would love it. But I got more and more disappointed as it went on. Would be a 3, but the homophobia and the entirety of 'Does Everyone Stare' makes it loose a point.

Not my thing

Previously, I was only familiar with the first two tracks, which are extremely nostalgic for me. I had high hopes going into this albumc, and oh boy it did not disappoint. I'm torn between giving it a 4 or a 5, but those first two songs are just so goddamn good so fuck it it's a 5.