Reviews by mailia

At no point do I feel like this is an album I must hear before I die. The nicest thing that I can say about this album is that they sample Edge of Seventeen, a song that I'd rather be listening to than this shit.

Also, how is this album so fucking long? All of the hit singles are at the very beginning. I'd be inclined to give this a second star had they cut the track count in half.

I'm a sucker for jazz.

I like Suzanne Vega, although I think I'd rather be listening to Solitude Standing instead of this.

Also my god this album cover is terrible. Why did they use a completely different font for the second half of the album?

The second star is just mercy for the grace of being somewhat different and interesting enough through that.

It's a relaxing listen, but I'm not sure if there'd ever be a moment in my life again when I'd go "I wanna relisten to Shaka Zulu!"

The album has a pretty interesting background though, and is produced by Paul Simon, so I'm not opposed to it being on the list. It's just that it doesn't really hit me on a musical enjoyment levels as much as it hits me on the musical intrigue levels.

I imagine I would have never gone out of my way to find this, but this is some real solid psychedelic rock. Piece of My Heart is the standout track and a solid 5/5.

Free Bird is obviously a 5/5, but I feel like the rest of the album is more of a 4/5 than a straight 5/5. A great listen anyhow.

I'm guessing this album is here because it killed the band and not because it's good. This Is What She's Like is way too long and so was the rest of the album considering how unremarkable the songs are.

At least the album title feels accurate; it's like raw fish from the 80s.

I didn't care about listening to The Notorious B.I.G. talking about having sex, and I don't care for Jazmine Sullivan talking about having sex. Another one for the big list of post-2005 misses.

I don't smoke enough for this.

Feels extremely "safe".

This album doesn't convince me that live albums are good.

I imagined very generic pop based on the cover art, but it's actually quite a pleasant album.

I'd say that this is the best one of the Kraftwerk albums on the book. It's a solid album, but it’s now confirmed that this experiment has not turned me into a huge Kraftwerk fan.

It was a decent listen.

Very middle of the road. Also a pain in the ass to find.

I liked it at first, but then it got kinda repetitive over time.

The recording quality on the version I found was quite bad. I hope there are better versions of this album out there, since it's a decent listen.

I am still of the opinion that there's too much Bowie in this book.