Reviews by lprox777

this album cover is fucking crazy lol.
I think it being an album solely dedicated to heartbreak, divorce, anger (there's a song called anger on here), and sour feelings is pretty intense. I think that I'm not super won over by the textures and moods to call this a 5. I think it's somewhere around a 3.8, but I'll round up.
The vibes are immaculate, as I've come to expect from Marvin Gaye, who has a nice and smooth vocal palette across this thing. There are some great bass riffs and super silky smooth pads, alongside the funky wah wah guitars. The instrumental palette dances with perc hits everywhere and it's definitely a good album when it finds a faster groove. I'm not so hot about the slower rolls, especially with the topics not being so sexy and loving and rather being rough and bitter. It's a unique blend of lyricism and instrumentation, undoubtedly. Yeah, somewhere around a 4, but not quite a 4.

I think 2pac's smoothest tracks land on this album. It's far from perfect, there are a few tracks on here that have some iffy features and shaky background vocals. The beats, for the peak of the 90s gangsta rap and west coast revival, are a bit subdued and leave more than enough room for 2pac to do his thing. It's a great album, smooth and intoxicating, with the feelings of cognac and real world struggles embedded. I can't argue that it's anything less than a 4. Stop being a fucking bitch and open your ears to the struggle of the black community. Simple as that. I think 2pac has a better album though.

dude can you call it a concept album if it's that label dependent on the text you wrote that accompanies your album? I mean I guess it is because that's what's going on here.
So let's break it down a bit, we got some fun dub with wubbing bass synths and very metallic, sloppy and slushing drums that feel industrial but are more on the friendlier side. They're not the clanks and bangs of a depeche mode or NIN album, but they're very poppy and friendly. They're a bit tinny at times, but it's fine. The ambient pads are nice and there's some loooooong attack pads that ease chords in and out of the passages. I feel that it's a bit of a shortcut to call this a concept album if you just write a concept that goes along with your music.

It's great to help me lock in with work. I don't know about it being required listening. It seems to be a heavy influence of trip hop. And I can feel that halfway with Duke of Earlsfield. There are some distorted 808 bass hits here with a somewhat hip hop beat. I don’t think it should be a required listen though. I’ll respect the influence, and maybe more so on video game soundtracks, but yeah…not needed

I might be jumping the gun on this one, but I can't get behind these vocals properly. It starts with a bang, but it's really evident that Billy Corgan's hand in this writing process is thick and involved. The song could be a Pumpkins B-side, which feels disrespectful to Hole, but those guitar tones are extremely borrowed. In the heaviest sense borrowed. I think the best songs on here could be some of the most middle of the road Pumpkin jams. I think this album is carried by the lore, by the experiences and the 90s happenings that whirled around Courtney Love and her personal life. I think the song themes are very loose, and the 90s jams are very well put together but they don't really inspire much in me. I think it falls somewhere between a 2 and a 3. Her vocals are grating at points. It's iconic for it's time, maybe. I don't see it as a necessary inclusion on this list. I see the influences on today's women in rock, so I guess I'll give it a 3. I am feeling very cynical and I want to give it a 2. I'm torn.

I think 4 is fair
This might be a bit of rose tinted glasses talking, but the other day, before going on vacation to HI, I was singing "Tighten Up" a lot to myself, just something about that breakdown at the end of the song where they slow the tempo down and go into a refrain is very cool. When I saw this album pop up on my listening list, I was intruiged, I had never heard the entire record through.

I think they do a great job at what they do on this album, it's refined blues rock, with slow tempo and faster tracks as well, with thick riffs, solid bass lines and very thick and suffocating drum patterns. I think the vocals are very pained and passionate as well. The themes are shallow, but they're meant to be so in order to provide their sticky hooks. I think they hit their peak here, the background is love loss and betrayal really fueled something for them. I'm glad they got their moment and I think this album deserves to be on this list more than a lot of other ones I've reviewed already. Very cool.

Alright, so this one was a very awkward listen. I looked into the history and Syd was essentially forced to complete this album despite him having been kicked out of Pink Floyd due to his mental struggles. Um...yea man, the first half is okay, but the lyrics are just not it and the instrumental passages don't ever really impress me, especially for psych rock things that were popular at the time. And then as you keep listening the album is just very struggled and hair brained and they all feel like drafts of songs? Some other review said outtakes and yeah, it kind of feels like that. The dude had no business putting this album together and it just feels like a view into this dude's brain. I don't think this should be on this list. I don't think this would exist if Pink Floyd wasn't the behemoth in music that it is. Sorry. This is no offense to the musician who was pushed to release this.

I’ll reassess at a later date but this one was fire

A very wired and eyes on the prize type of new wave album, which is full of some of the most mundane singing I’ve ever heard paired with some slick brass instruments and jangly guitar textures. I don’t know what to make of it. The songs need some more tuned singing and sometimes the vocals feel extremely phoned in. It was an interesting listen. I don’t know, I think it’s the most 3.5 album of all time. I will have to leave it at a 3 for now and maybe reassess down the line

I think it deserves to be on the list for the influence that it definitely has on modern punk rock and rock from the 80s onward. I think the crude, simplistic and bleak lyrics are very poignant, very straightforward and feel super direct. The record never lets off the gas pedal, and in 40 minutes it has you thinking about abortions, uk politics, liars and cheats. I think there's a definite, "representation of the state of the youth" feeling on this album. After a while, the songs will feel very one dimensional, and the growling and foaming at the mouth that the singer provides does get a little tedious. As I type this, I feel that if no one before them really released an album this vitriolic, you would have to give them 5 stars. You'd have to acknowledge the worth of all of it. I would land somewhere between a 4.3 and 4.5, I don't think it's a masterpiece by any means, but I think the influence is literally undeniable. I should round up and give it a 5/5, but I'm stuck on 4 for now. I'm not too sure.

I think my fav Beatles songs are on here. However, as an album experience, I think it has a few duds. There’s a couple songs that don’t feel like they’d be part of the Sgt Pepper band’s discography… i expected there to be more uniformity across the tracklist, as the band pretends to be another band with a psychedelic edge. It’s still a great album, but I don’t think I can give it 5 stars.

Drum and Bass? It definitely helped me lock in for some work. Very cool beats, atmospheric, well put together. I don't know much about the samples or the history of drum and bass, but some of these songs were very well arranged, with a lot of width and some nice bass hits. I think it's worth a checking out if you've never heard drum and bass before. Probably somewhere around a 3.5-4 stars. Will round up.

It's a light and breezy country album, with fun song topics, gentle guitar arpeggios, some neat bass riffs, some moments of upbeat rushes and slow burners. It's America at it's core, unrelentingly classy and at the same time a bit rustic and down to earth. It's not the show stopping Dolly Parton, but the country girl that sings about experiences and her own truths. While some songs on here are very simple, the standouts do stick in your head after you've finished this 30 minute album. I think if I had to be honest, for me it's around a 3/5. I am not a country lover, but I can recognize the impact and influence that this album has had on country music. I have to judge the art alone. Maybe for it's time it was groundbreaking and you had to be there. I like that the site recommended this to everyone today, a day after her passing. I think it's a sweet way to memorialize someone. RIP

It starts off super hot, then it meanders a bit. Guero is a new fav of mine though, so thanks for the exposure to it. Ehhh I'm not sure if other Beck albums are gonna be as good as this one, so I'll rate this one a 3. Beck is Beck, you get what you get. Slide guitars, a bit of rapping, a bit of na na na na na's and some left field instrument choices. It's nifty music.
Should it be on this list? Sure, I think people should try something like it from time to time. - 2.75ish / 5, I'll round up

They say this was a turning point in the career of this legendary group, but only the first few tracks are psychedelic. Also, they did this as a reaction to the "There's a Riot Going On" release, seeing their contemporaries' success forced them to make the change. About 2/3 of the album is their typical style of music, which to me doesn't make this a required listen. They have better albums. I think this one is somewhere between a 2 and a 3 out of 5. While the song about the runaway kid is pretty neat, I don't think I'll be going back to this one.

stripped down and with an acoustic focus, this album really captures the feeling of vast Americana, open roads, hard themes, nostalgia and pain. The lyrics are potent and at times story like, the songs are well put together in minimalism and simplicity. I really enjoyed it. I think it should be a required listen, as it culturally feels important to this country and the era in which it was written. Almost movie like. I think it's almost a strong 4

I don't know if this is a 3/5 or a 2/5. I think it's somewhere in the middle. I don't know...you have to be like well of and horny to enjoy this album. Every song is mostly about sex, and while that could be fun, you get these weird moments like Janie's got a Gun, where you should be thinking about deeper topics, but can't help but feel like he's also going on about another innuendo. The band is pretty one dimensional on here, but if you like glam metal then yea it's a required listen. For me, nah man, I'm good. I think after writing my thoughts down it's more of a 2/5. I don't think it needs to be on a list of albums you need to hear before you die.

Social satire and jokes, but not required listening imo

I enjoyed the first half of the album. I think that the jazz rock is very complex and fun and they switch it up every couple of minutes or so it doesn’t get stale. I do think that the third track is to the detriment of the album. I think the singing is very amateurish and rough. I think they played to their strengths by making the album mostly instrumental. I can probably see that this is an influential album in the setup of PROG rock and other jazz rock down the road however at face value I don’t think you have to hear this before you die.

So, my only gripe with this album is that the first half is fantastic compared to the second half, which is good but not amazing.
Some of the best political pop and folk rock from the 80s lands on this album, including some amazing songs that you've already heard.
I think it deserves to be on the list, I'll be surprised if other R.E.M. albums make it onto the list but we'll see. For now I've given it an 8/10, it's a very strong 8 though and maybe if the world changes more each day this album would increase in rating.

Extremely well cut and energetic album that serves as a precursor to conscious hip hop. It's full of topics that are still relevant in today's America. Chuck D positions himself as a knowledgeable MC alongside a hype Flavor Flav as they both navigate strong and eye opening topics on some of the sickest Terminator X beats. It's a party and it's real life wrapped into a strongly thematic album. I have to give it it's flowers and hand it a 5/5. It's probably closer to a 9/10.