Reviews by magsmusic

I listened through most of this and didn't really feel connected to the music. It just all seemed the same, slow jam, sexy thing over and over. It wasn't bad, but it just felt meh. After chatting with someone else they suggested watching videos and that this album was meant to be a visual experience on top of the music so I watched some of the videos. That did increase my enjoyment and connection to the music. I also was able to get a little more into the lyrics and songs. It helped to pull out the female empowerment and more relationship topics she was including in her songs. She is absolutely beautiful and stunning. I am not sure I am have going to be a true Bey fan but I can at least appreciate that her talent.

There are some really amazing guitar riffs and drums throughout this album. For metal the yelling isn't that bad (much better than I was expecting!). But the yelling and repetitive lyrics of the genre just don't do much for me. Of metal its actually not awful, but it just not my thing.

This is how you do emotions in music right! You feel everything but it doesn't feel like he is doing too much or that he is over the top. It feels raw, real and true. I didn't know he did Respect first, but thats awesome and a very different perspective hearing it from a guy! Lots of soul...deep soul here. Gotta give him respect

Good, fun, simple. They are here for a good time not a long time.

It sort of felt like someone put a frat boy's ipod on shuffle. This album was here there and everywhere. Everything was different and there was no real connecting piece other than it was upbeat. I can see how this band has had a revolving door of members, its less a band and a vibe of music.

So 1950's, but then again it was weirdly whiny for a guy singing it. I have a core memory listening to Cathy's Clown with my dad, and so that song hits a little. Are there moments that are a little weird now, sure (Made to Love) but it was the 50's. It goes a little between pop and country which is also kind of interesting mix for back then. Its fun to hear the oldies and some are really catchy and fun but nothing really stands out as amazing.

For all the drama that was going on while recording this album I don't feel like it really showed in the music. The vocals and music really blended together seemlessly and the music was really good, which is impressed because the band seemed disconnected from the writing and singer. I read some reviews saying it was pretentious. But I don't get that he was trying to be pompous and or thought he was more important, more that he had a lot of emotions that he wanted to get out and he didn't want to spend time partying. Music was a release for him and didn't want to necessarily deal with fame. For the band they wanted to be famous and rock out doing something they were good at. Neither is wrong...in the meantime they made a decent album

This project gave me a different perspective on Bruce and E-Street. A big part might be me getting older but I really kind of dig this album. Its about working hard but having fun, life is good and bad and anything in between but thats life. It can get you down (thats okay) but you can also find simple happiness. He is also way more open and progressive in his lyrics then I realized. E-Street are just a fun band sensation with a little bit of everything making a really rocking sound.

There is something about this that just feels so drippy and whiny. He likes expects the world to fall down at his feet and to be so amazing and wonderful, yet he seems to not find happiness in the little things in life and wants to do nothing to find happiness. Let's just mock those around him that are simple and find happiness in the normal everyday life around them. Its not bad...but just get over yourself dude.

Queen is fun, its dripping in drama and over the top in a way that makes you laugh, clutch your pearls and fall into this fantastical world of imagination.

It just felt like noise that didn't really add anything to my day. Sometimes they were trying to be juvenile funny and other times trying to be serious and melodramatic. Just confused and not amused.

For me 1 or 2 Depeche Mode songs are enough. Their sound is interesting and a little different but it also grates on me

Started nice, but sounded so much like David Bowie. After a while it just dragged and was semi one note.

I didn't enjoy this as much as the others, just felt simpler and less Beastie.

This was much more blues then I was excepting, I really thought of them as more a psychedelic band. The Blues was not a bad thing, I enjoyed then the psychedelic stuff. It is subtle and can be a little quiet so you have to really listen to pick up how much talent and skill goes into it. The big hits that I think of when it comes to the Doors (LA Women, Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm) are all on this album, so it does have good bones. The other songs are good, but not standouts. Part of me really enjoys this and knows they are so iconic that I should be rating this as a 4. But there is another part of me that doesn't see how this is amazing, but just a decent album that keeps it mellow coming in at a 3. Instead of 6/7 its 3/4

Never heard of her, but I enjoyed her. Good lyrics about women not putting up with crappy dudes and they went good with the music. Hugged that borderline between rap and R&B, and did it well.

It wasn't bad or unpleasant but it didn't do anything to stand out as better than any other 80's English rock.

Marley is an icon. His music was so much bigger than songs, it was a movement, freedom, change and impacted the world so much. His impact is so important that it's hard to criticize. The only thing I could say is it's repetitive but it's also so perfect as chants and protest music. I can't say I will listen to it all the time but it is amazing and monumental.

I was waiting for Ray Charles and really going to be upset if he wasn't included in this list, so this was a happy moment. I will say when I first noticed it was a double album, I was a little worried it would be long, but wow he really had a knack for making a great song in just over 3 minutes! He shows how to back a song full of emotion, soul, joy, sadness and everything in between in a nice like package that makes me love it and not feel like I am unsatisfied. His voice is unique but perfect for his musical style blending with the piano, background singers and everything else to just be fun and soul touching.

Of Joni this is my favorite (but really not sure we needed 4). The only real criticism I have is that sometimes she rushes her lyrics because she wants to get so much in a song and it takes me a little out of the flow of her songs. But that's not all bad because i don't fall into a musical trance where I zone out. But overall it is really great, her voice is really beautiful in such a different way. Case of You is absolutely beautiful. I also love how she can have such a mature outlook on the world, but still get sucked into insecurities and heartbreak that we often consider so juvenile. Her reflection of the female experience is so normal and real that I can see why so many woman connect to her. It is also so sad in a way, River for example, is she really selfish and hard to handle or just not the picture of a perfect woman who didn't question a man at all? I feel like she is probably just a normal strong independent woman that the world and men took issue with because she didn't just smile and stay quiet and was gas lite to make her feel like there was something wrong with her. Joni girl, pour that heart out and remember it is not you at all, you are perfect :)