Reviews by lprox777

I am a bit puzzled why the hits are literally sandwich between space rock and high brow indie pop. I never heard this the entire way through before today, but the singles on this thing are soooo freakin' timeless. I never really got bored of hearing these songs on the radio growing up, cause the maximalist arrangements always let you latch on to something new when you'd hear em. Just a bit underwhelmed that nothing quite stands out like the singles. Anyways, I still think it's a great album and defo a great representation of the time, that obama era fuckin' optimistic indie and alternative pop wave. Undefeated shit right there. This is up there, with a strong 4 starts, but really somewhere in the 8-9/10 range. I do think everyone needs to give this a shot before they die.

I am under the impression that there will be other Kraftwerk albums on this list. Sonically, this album was great, very cold and minimal and robotic, and you can see the influence on many acts today. It's got great melodic pieces and vocoder phrasing. I am in awe if the album was purely made on large analog synthesizers and large modules. I think this type of work that goes into an album should definitely be acknowledged. All in all, taking in the influence this band has passed down as well as the catchiness of it all, I am thinking somewhere in the high 3.6s - I'm rounding up to a 4/5

Ehhhhhhhhhh, it's just bland. I enjoyed some songs, Dangerous is fine, so is Hold On (or whatever it's called I literally can't remember, but the one where Jamie is carrying the song with some heavy sampling), and it's like...it's atmospheric but it's not memorable like an Aphex Twin type of record. And the vocals are just not doing it for me, they're very minimal and drab and I don't think the 2 vocalists have all that much chemistry.
It's just fine, but why is this on here? Was it the hype at the time? Cause I'd rather recommend the fuckin' 1975 album that came out this same year and it's just as mid but at least it's more memorable. Idk where this came from, but whatever. It's one huge whatever/5. They're lucky I didn't absolutely hate it because I would've given it a 1, but I really think you do NOT have to hear this before you die. This is a beautiful cover for your vinyl collection and not much else.

there's no denying that Frank Sinatra would be an artist featured on a list of 1001 albums that you have to hear before you die. I think that you gotta really consider which album of his should be represented on this list as a 5/5, perfect album. The big band songs and his incredible voice really are undeniable. This album was really upbeat, really invigorating and a true peek back through history. New York through and through, it's a well put together album. I mean it’s the brass it’s the voice it’s the charisma it’s the swag it’s just…it is what it is. Big Band.

Dance punk is very much the calling of this album through and through. Super fun stuff, with colorful vocal mixes, popping and rolling bass riffs, and sometimes minimal, sometimes maximal, drum and percussion patterns. It's a feeling that really isn't matched in a lot of bands' output. Murphy had it down to a science. The looping, the whirling and the evolving song constructions are super fun. Now, I know for a fact that I prefer another album of his, so I'll leave a 4 here. I think LCDS does have to be on a list of music you have to hear before you kick the bucket, because it takes a lot from the pop before it, while injecting it with a more modern list of song topics and instrumentation. If the other album I'm thinking of isn't on here, this would be a 5. For now, I'll round to a 4.

Almost everywhere I look, I see a ton of glowing reviews regarding this album. I think there are some things in this artist that warrant a nod or maybe a type "oh I see what you mean" feeling.

This album is about having lost friends to drugs, and it's an album that is written to convey mourning and grief, but I didn't get that feeling upon my listen. I think the harebrained singing, and rough song ideas might seem like that's the fucking point, but I can't accept it. This is supposed to be a list of 1001 albums you have to hear before you die, and with this being yet another Neil Young album, I have to admit that I'm already tired of hearing this dude's fucked up high register straining and goofy middle text platitudes in the middle of a song. I don't know. I just can't accept that we might've left off some really great music for t he 5th or 6th fuckin' album by this. Boomers, I respect that you guys grew up bumping this and seeing this dude live, but I still have to admit I think most of you have lead in your brain.

This dude warranted a musical contract back in the day? You lot are really the luckiest fucks.

it's interesting, but just saying you are the music, doesn't really make it so lol. That 9th track on this album is very encapsulating of what the entire album is...mostly self inflating and being wayyy too overly proud. It's interesting, but there are some songs on here when the fast rapping doesn't really say much? Also moments where the instrumentals just fall flat and feel dated. Also his mic fuckin clips at multiple places on here. I get that it was the peak of the loudness wars but it's distracting.

His voice isn't the most amazing to me, and on multiple tracks on here he isn't doing much singing at all. Some of these more groovy, slow tempo, slow jam adjacent songs contain very "watching paint dry"/mundane lyrics like going to blockbuster to get a movie to watch. That line in particular felt like a subtle sponsored ad read. Insane. Yeah idk if this would fall under the YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO THIS category, so I'll be leaving it a 2 and wishing it well. I think it might even be a 1, but I don't think it fully warrants that. Idk.

lol sike. I'm coming back to this after hearing the entire album and it's lyrically full of fucking tat and platitudes and fuckin empty words along with rough interpolations and even a moment where an uncredited interpolation of oasis' Live Forever can be found (on "let's stay together", with pharrell williams obviously the culprit of this)

fuck off, it's a 1/5, somewhere around a 1.8-2.5/10. He keeps saying he's fucking great but he's so fucking mid. He's this and that and oh my gosh i'm supposed to just accept it as true lmaoooo 100 fuckouttaheres / 10

now this one was different. It was very early punk! The vocals on some of these songs are influential and you can see them in the noise rocks and experimental rock acts today... the dudes use very rickety distortions, thumping and jungle rocking drum patterns and are very solid cohesively. They really impressed. I think for it's 1960s era, the anti war sentiments and early rock foundations are really cool. I think it's nothing less than a 4 on influence alone. There are a few tracks on here that maybe should've been left off, but I have no complaints. Thisssss is some of that early stuff that HAS to be listened to. The influential elements are undeniable. I think the album sloooowwwwlly unravels into some really goofy sounding song ideas, but I can't knock it for it. It's almost unsettling.

I mean, coming off that ridiculous Coldplay album, I don't hate this man. Is this there best? probably not. They start with message in a bottle, and I think arguably that's the best song on the record. It's the most well put together song on here. There's a lot of really nice grooves and a lot of really nice vocalizations on it. Some great instrumental passages. Something tells me t that the record would've started with the title track being an instrumental intro, but it's nice. I appreciate the variations in tempo and grooves on here. I think it's better than a 3, somewhere around 3.6, I'm going to round up.

ehhhh...I've much given better albums a 3 and I have to stand on something of consistency when it comes to reviewing an album like this. Yes. Clocks is fucking important as a single and it made your dad and mom feel something back when it was released. Yes. The Scientist has been used in movies and tv moments that might've helped make you cry.

but damn. I can't call this anything but pop dribble with a melancholic rock spray paint coating. I think Coldplay did a great job of using pianos with their high falsettos and very low gain distortion "explosive" moments. I think they got away with some clever riffs and a moment in time where pop rock was finding a modern sound. Call me a hater but...man, these lyrics...have you ever read such ambiguous tat? Fuck.

I think it’s somewhere around a 3.5 I think that the legacy Curtis left is palpable and this band eventually grew as a result. It’s great gothic music, but it’s not as great as UP in my opinion. It’s good and I have no complaints. Very moody, very dark and a window to Curtis’ mind

you like that one frequency between very low (like 100hz) and like lower mid? (400hzish?) yeah, you'll love this album lol
I listened to the original version without the bass improvements, and i gotta admit, it's still pretty heavy. I've heard the fan "improvements" do bring back the clearly missing bass element, but it is what it is
There are some really poignant and strong songs on this one, with great lyrics that reference the evils of greed and capitalism and war and imperialism. It's dope. It definitely starts strong, but then it gets one note-ish pretty fast. It's a heavy metal album for metalheads, and I can't admit that I'm one of them. It does have my fav metallica song in "One" though, such a great song...great phrasing and riffing and a very strong build up and climax...all along with the most real as fuck lyrics I think the bad has ever put into one song. Anywho, I think if there were more impressive moments like that this would be regarded as iconic. I think a 3 is fair, because I know they have a better album than this.

Thankfully straight to the point, and while Rod Stewart doesn’t have the most annoying vocals of all time, I think this album doesn’t really stand out to me for its time. I think if you like Stewart this is amazing to you. I don’t think it goes toe to toe with truly iconic pop rock and blues rock from the 70s. Idk maybe it’s just me

Welp, what a funky time this was. Suuuuuuuuuper groovy, hoooooly crap. Super smooooooth vocals, basslines that run the game, some poignant lyrics about crime and being in the inner city under the violence of police and your enemies, some great moments with the drummer flexing their chops, all around a short hit of funk and power. Fucking great. I think that the album stands tall amongst a lot of the albums on this list. While I think it's a 4.5/5 overall, I think that amongst funk, I'm yet to encounter more albums to compare it to. I am not sure if in the funk genre this would be a 5/5. I will have to come back to this in the future. It could be that I'm slipping and this is a 5/5 on a list of albums YOU HAVE TO listen to.

It's actually insane how many Hip Hop albums can be a 5/5. I think this says a lot about the genre of Hip Hop as a whole, especially most recently from the 90s and onwards. I mean compare it to other genres that have been spitting 10/10 classics since the 60s and even before then.

That being said. I think that this album has to be rated at a 5/5 for it's influence and it's staying power from the 2000s onwards. It's tough to think of ONE of Eminem's albums not being listed as a 5/5 (but honestly, it's closer to 4.5/5 and higher)

THE POINT IS TO MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE. THE POINT IS TO MAKE YOU MAKE A SCRUNCHED FACE AND BE DISGUSTED WITH HIM. THE POINT IS TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS DATED, BECAUSE IT FUCKING IS DATED. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW DIFFERENT THE CULTURE WAS MOVING IN 2000. IT'S A HISTORICAL MOMENT WHERE HIP HOP TRANSCENDED FROM THE EAST COAST V WEST COAST, BLACK COMMUNITY, AND GANGSTA RAP ERA OF THE 90S. A WHITE DUDE HAD TO RAP HIS ASS OFF AND SAY SOME OF THE MOST UNHINGED SHIT IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION TO HIM. LOL. YOU'RE MISSING THE FUCKING POINT IF YOU RATE THIS A 1/5. ALIENS HAVE TO HEAR THIS SHIT. (at least one of the 2 between MMLP and SSLP by Eminem, tbh I'll list the other one as a 4). BUT DUDE YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT, THIS ALBUM IS WHACKED OUT AND IT HAS TO BE ON THIS LIST.

The production knocks because Dr. Dre was experienced and a FORCE at what he was doing. Eminem was going stupid on the bars on this one, and spit his way to creating 2 iconic songs in Stan and The Real Slim Shady. The former is literally the reason why it's a word that's used as slang today to refer to crazy people who love a pop culture figure.

I don't know man. Kim is one of the most "free speech premium" moments of all time. An unhinged dramatic recreation of domestic abuse on fucking wax that is soooo off putting that I doubted leaving 5 stars on this thing, but THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT.

It's closer to a 4.75/5 but I gotta round up. It's gotta be on this list. Even if you've watched FD's video on white rappers and realize that yeah man...this dude definitely benefitted from being a white rapper who rapped his ass off. Whatever man. Politics aside, it's a stupid moment in history that has to be accounted for. He was a cult figure. If we cut this album list down to 100, he would have one album on it. It's that serious. Fucking kids in (insert 3rd world nation here) give a fuck about this record still. It's fucking crazy. You don't gotta love it, I get it.

fun album. Like a more mature beatles-esque pop rock album. There are some doot-doots and doo-wop vocalizations here and there, similar tempos of the pop rock of its time, but there are a few stand outs. I want to point to the "melody for an unknown girl" track, where you essentially get this late 90's fuckin 2:45am ass crack of dawn morning TV infomercial sound palette, with a very aesthetically pleasing, warming and comforting feel. It was extremely interesting amongst the rest of it.
Welp, not much to it, though. Very neat early pop rock from the late 60s. I don't think it's a 4, but somewhere around 3.5. It's not bad. They used to dress up in revolutionary war america attire lmfao.

I definitely can see the importance of an album like this. The queer, gender bending, and sexual topics are definitely more reflective of the post 2010's. I think historically, albums like these will be looked at as reference points down the line. I think the writing is the strongest part of this album.

I will say however, that the minimalist, stripped down pop is very very very ran through at this point in 2018. I think the standards set by pop queens like Lorde (I guess, in the 2010s moreso) are very high for someone to just come along and expect to be showered with praise for because they hit different topics. On a musical basis, I don't think the songs are here are as strong as some of the songs you'd find on other minimalist pop albums. It is what it is. Also, I admire the fact that the 2nd disc is strictly in French, but when these types of plays are made, I can't help but look at the lyrical differences between the 2+ versions. I compared the lyrics and the songs are thematically similar, so I see the potential crossover and increased audience reach when this is done well. I think for what it is, it's nice, but it's not strong enough to warrant a 4+. I think it's disrespectful to give it a 2, but it is somewhere around a 2.8+ I just think the minimalist pop has been done really well already by 2018.

The live at San Quentin album was better, I think. There were better songs on that one, alongside more banter and more moments of unique realism/interaction between artist and audience. I think this one was looked at by Cash and his team, analyzed and then perfected on San Quentin. For that reason I am giving this album a 3. I enjoyed it, but I think the other is so great that there's no way to highly rate this one.

3/5, I think. I think it could be a 4. I think the one dimensional writing is what brings this album down. There are a lot of songs on here that are extremely similar in tone and structure. Chorus verses and tempos that all merge well into one single beatles project that arguably took them to the peak of beatlemania. Influential? of course. No arguing the iconic nature of this album (and even more when you think about the album). But I can't give it a 4. It's somewhere around a 3.6-3.8. There's better beatles albums, with better singles.

I know the influence that Neil Young has had on music as a whole. I respect the legacy, however, this album falls short in a lot of places. I don't love the vocals on it, I don't really like the orchestral bits because they sound extremely unnecessary and like...i don't know, "disney music" levels of theater? They're soooo grand and they swallow his vocals and he's singing about simple life topics. I don't know, it's just not for me.