Reviews by magsmusic

So let's ignore the while Phil Spector part because he is a bad person and I don't want him to taint the talented artists. Really fun, pop Christmas album. I think this is one of the best versions of Santa Claus is coming to town. Sleigh ride is also great, all the background sounds add to the album in a great way. A marshmallow world was a fun bop that seemed original. Christmas and Wooden Soldiers were also great classics. Overall a fun and festive album to celebrate with.

I will start with Make Me Feel Your Love was my wedding song. I loved that song (not by Dylan) but my husband loved Dylan so it worked out. Now that is where my love for this album ends. Dirt Road Blues, Trying to Get to Heaven and Not Dark Yet weren't bad. But for those (and all of the songs) I kept checking the length because they felt like they just kept going and going. They also felt so long because the rhythm and melody didn't change it was just the same cords over and over each song making them seem longer.
I don't mind Dylan, not my favorite but I appreciate the depth in some of the lyrics and the folk style. This album confused me with the half blue half folk styling. Beyond that it was just song after song about how someone broke his heart and he never recovered. Nothing was deep into why this happened or what caused it, just she walked out the door, I was happy before I met her but now I am miserable. It really got grating and whiny coming from an old man who showed no accountability or depth into why the relationship ended.
This is an album I feel like Dylan could have done without. Did people really like this album or were they just to afraid to say Dylan did something bad?

I am an old millenial but I do not get what is soooo amazing about this band or album. They gave me pretentious douche bag vibes from the start (turns out I was right!).
As for the album, its not bad...its even somewhat enjoyable, but its nothing special or new or inventive. Black Mirror gave me total Elvis vibes and Intervention sounded like it came straight off a Bruce Springsteen album
Would I listen to the album again, sure and I did enjoy some of them but it sounded like a lot of indie millenial alt rock of the time.

I am not sure what makes this influential. Was it the first time a live album audience never made a sound because they were too high? Was it the longest recorded LSD trip? Was it the first time dolphin mating calls were used in an audio recording? Nothing was terrible, just nothing was interesting. It was just indie psychedelic rock. Maybe they were the first but others have done it better. Down through the Night gave me Garden of Eden vibes. There were some cool bass parts, guitar parts and the flute was interesting at times, but everything just kept going and it wasn't something I wanted or needed to keep going. Also the lyrics were just random and so pretentious. All in all not something I need to hear again.

I don't love it hate it. There are some really fun things going on with the music, sometime complex but child like in the melodies. They do do well together and build some beautiful songs. The music is very contrasting to the deepness and darkness in the lyrics. It's very fitting knowing they were in college and sort of coming of age individually and as a band. I will say I appreciated tracks 5-10 better. I didn't dislike the first four, but I'm kind of over hearing a women's perspective on things from a man's perspective....mainsplaining is really and I'm kind of over hearing how they think we perceive things. Overall I would check them out again but not going to rush to do so.

Nothing really grabbed be but I enjoyed most of it. There were some random almost pretentious songs in the middle that didn't feel totally necessary.

I feel like my older sister had this cassette tape and it made me feel like a big kid to listen to her music. This one particularly stood out because something about the cover made me think I was listening to real adult rock music. I remember Love Bites coming on and wanting to fast forward, because I didn't get it....now I get it and it's a good one! I didn't know why but I did know there was something dirty about Pour Some Sugar on Me (but still shook my hair around!).
One thing I have always loved about Def Leppard is that you always know its them, because they have their own unique sound. But they balance it so well, that each song does sound different.
Animal is just amazing, I love it! And beyond that, they are just all good! There sound is unique but great, they have good lyrics and overall there is nothing bad here. This is a great album, turn it up, sing along and dance!

First time listening to a Kiss Album.
Looking back on the 70ish Rock bands, is kind of funny because they were considered so hard and cutting edge at the time, but in retrospect they are fairly tame. But they did lay the ground work for a lot of other musicians so I won't take that from them.
There fast songs were great, guitars, lyrcis, drums, I enjoyed them all.
The ballads however...RIDICULOUS!!!! Beth I hear you are lonely and that I am a bad boyfriend, but I am just going to spend a few hours with my boys. This one was even funnier when it was followed by a song asking the woman if she really loved him ROFL. Great Expectations...so hilarious! This was so 70's-80's rock band, believing that women just would cream for them because they could play the guitar and drums and somehow singing it slowly to me was romantic!

Stick to the fast rock songs and I could give it a four, but those ballads were just sooo bad and did not hold up. I want to believe they were so bad it was a joke, but I really don't think so.

Overall I enjoyed it. Nothing hit me as, "Wow this is so amazing, or different" but nothing was overtly offensive. It reminded me a lot of Beatles era music. I could have it on and enjoy it, but nothing about this album makes me want to seek it out again.

Songs 4-7 would be ranked a 4. Some in the beginning and end (To Kingdom Come, The Wheel's on Fire, and Suzie) are closer to 2's. There is very little cohesion.

Most of this was a three for me, but the last song I'd Rather be the Devil, was fire. I could listen to that all day.

Memory Lane was good. I appreciate this one, I can understand it, its draws a picture well of a story and feelings on a world/life (I don't understand) and it is not solely focused on ho's and how great he is. I am not a big rap fan, but I can appreciate there is something really impressive behind this album.

I started to make notes about specific songs, but really I just loved the whole album. It was unique and different and great.

Never listened to Elvis Costello so I had no idea what I was getting, but sort of expected big things.
At first his voice was pretty, but then some just got sort of annoying and whiny (Man out of Time specifically), especially The Long Honeymoon.
Human Hands made me think of Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It took me a while to get my thoughts on it, but then it hit me...they sort of all feel like TV show sitcom theme songs (Human Hands really solidified this).
Part of me wants to give this a 2 because I have no desire to listen to it again, nothing was really that amazing or unique, and not really sure who he influenced because its so blah. But its not offense or does not hurt my ears so I guess I will bump it to a 3.

I don't get blues scatting, I don't get it even more when it isn't harmonious.
Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road #1...was she on LSD?
Alife turned into some weird folk cult chant where an animal was being sacrificed.
Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road #2...The end was okay, but it was like three songs mixed together. But then the lyrics those just went way way left.

Blending together, very dreamy vibes to start out and then it got more raw and rougher.
I have a hard time with things that don't seem to go together. It is like they wanted to write lyrical poetry and make cool vibes and then force them together.
Didn't hit for me

I am going to steal a line from another review I read about this album...I feel like I am supposed to like them more than I do because they are Radiohead.
There are some interesting beats and mixes (Idioteque for instance) but overall I don't love it or see how it is so groundbreaking. It was different from Radiohead's previous album so yes for them it was a big departure, but its sad electronic music at its core.

It wasn't bad...but it wasn't anything special. I guess I was expecting something more since it was the John Lennon, but I feel like it could have been a lot of people from this folk rock era.

Quick listen, but a calm one. Nothing really hit me, but it all sort of made me want to float away.

I go back and forth on this album (and Smashing Pumpkins in general). Part of me loves them and is so deep, different and I can connect with what he is singing about so much. Then other times (Silverfuck) just seem so pretentious and overdone. Overall I think it is a great album. Love the hits and many of the lesser knowns.