Reviews by magsmusic

I know you aren't supposed to judge an album by the cover but this one just really gave me some ick from the start. The naked women gave me no insights into the music but then as I listened it made me feel a little incel vibe, like I am weird and strange but now that I have money I can get hot women to pose naked for me. Also what did this have to do with "Country Life." The music on its own was okay, but nothing was special or different.

I love the voice, the emotion and the strength in the songs. But I would say they are a little all over the place. Sometimes tropical, sometimes tribal, sometimes blues, sometimes rock. Each song individually I like and enjoy but as an overall album I am somewhat confused.

They live in their own weird little world and we get to be part of it for a few minutes. You always know its the B-52's, they have a sound that is all their own. Is it amazing, not necessarily but its fun and different. They are quirky but that is their appeal. I don't know if anyone understands Rock Lobster but its still a fun jam. I also really liked Hero Worship. One criticism could be that the songs don't always have a lot of lyrics but just sort of repeat the same things over and over. Cindy's voice isn't amazing, but its perfect for them and she brings so much emotion to the songs.

I am going back on this one. It is a group I have never heard of and do really enjoy. There is some complex sound here and it has a 90's alt rock vibe I really like. But there were songs that really faded into the background and I was listening but not entirely. Or the music overtook the lyrics and I wasn't really listening to what was said. Somedays I might give it a 4, but today I would go with a 3. But I am going to add them to my liked list and hope they show up more and I can experience their songs on a day when they hit me stronger.

Decent background noise that I would have heard while shopping at Express in the 90's

Do the dog not the donkey...for some reason that just made me laugh.
Its starts off with a real 50's vibe that is carried throughout but then picks up and builds a punk vibe with a brazilin island vibe. It was fun and a bop but also talk a little deeper, questioning the expectations of the time.

She has a beautiful voice, but nothing else was super special to me.

This was a pretty fun album. It started off a little weird but really got into a good fun place.

I liked this album, but at some point it became background noise. Meaning nothing grabbed me, nothing made me want to pay attention and buy in, it was just there in the background being non offensive. It could have been music on the speakers of a clothing store just playing and I would bop my head but never feel like I was into it. I would also say everything sounded exactly the same, I didn't realize I was halfway through without looking at the song list because they all sounded the same. I don't rate them so low because the music was bad, it was actually pleasant. I rate them low because compared to others on this list, I just don't get what they bring to the table that makes it so special.

Flava Flav in his prime. I appreciate Public Enemy and their message. They bring light a number of important issues and their style is slightly more hip hop and not just rap. They also have the DJ, spinning quality to it that makes it more.

This album is a good reminder of how overly dramatic the 80's were. It was good, not amazing. The one thing I will give it props for is that it fully embraced the 80's era. Reading a bit about Sananda, I wonder if he continues to embrace a similar sound or where he has gone from here.

Kind of a weird goofy album, but not bad goofy. I would listen along again and not feel bad about it. It is off, but in the right kind of off way.

Right away I thought wow this guy had a good voice so full of emotion. By doing the it was starting to get to me as a pompous and annoying. By Gypsy women I was telling at him to just shut up already.
He is just too much!

Angry 80's girl rock! It is full of emotion and is raw and angry. Was it a lot, sure, but in the 80's women had one option, to yell and be mad and talk around things not directly at things. Spellbound was a great start to a rocking good time.

So my cousin was OBSESSED with Smashing Pumpkins when they came out so I feel like I was intimately aware that this album existed and of the hits, but not necessarily the rest of it. Being into alternative music and not living far from Chicago helped build upon my knowledge of this album (because you can't be familiar with Chicago music and not know Billy Corrigan). So he is pretentious and full of himself, but this album helped to back it up.
Is it perfect, no? But it was something different at the time and really filled a void for alt rockers that were more emo and not so grungy and tough. It was someone being really vulnerable about tough things and mental health struggles. Sometimes he is yelling, sometimes he is sad, and a few times he is almost happy.

She has a beautiful voice and evokes emotion well. I liked Prom, and the extra energy in that song. A lot of it was very similar (might be the genre). But I do appreciate the lyrics (most of the time), it really embodies being insecure, unsure and trying to live up to the expectations of the world for women and the impossible expectations. Some seem simple and immature but there is a lot of truth in them (I don't always shave my legs) and what the overall message is for females. Doves in the Wind was not my favorite, I don't hate the sentiment of the song, just feel like that kind of language doesn't help offset the concerns she poses throughout the rest of the album.

It was interesting, to hear the Indian influences on western songs. I don't know if it was anything that super unique or different, people cover songs and interpret them in their own ways somewhat regularly. Part of me wishes he had leaned even more into his roots to make the songs truly different, but it was okay.

I didn't dislike this, it was all very easy to listen to and wasn't offense. But it felt like it could have been a compilation of songs out of late 80's movies. Pan's Labryinth, Blade Runner, Howard the Duck, Die Hard, Aliens, Mad Max...it felt so much in that era. I didn't dislike it but it wasn't anything new or different.

A lot of important messages here that are weaved in nice songs. But it was all the same, nothing went extra hard or slowed down a lot, it was all just kind of there.

I really enjoyed this album overall, my only complaint is that it is all really the same tempo. A little variety would have improved this album a lot for me.