Reviews by mark-bionix

Sooo many hits on this album. I enjoyed this as a whole much more than a lot of other powerhouse pop albums from the 80s that have appeared on this list. It's not perfect all the way through but it's pretty great.

The Stones were just really fucking good around this time, man. I don't know what to tell you.

Some of it is very good, but I don't want to reward it because it didn't need to exist. I love Brian, but he should've just left the project alone.

I dig it.

It's cool. I get why this would've won the Mercury Prize but also be completely unknown in the States.

Ok cool I guess I like Rush now.

It's good. I like that somebody wrote a fuck song called "Tiger in Your Tank" within a year of the ad slogan becoming popular.

This is my shit. Sad to find out that my vinyl copy is warped, but man that "Powderfinger" riff sounds great on streaming too.

I know they're putting a thumb on the scale by assigning this today but I don't give a fuck. It's a gorgeous record. RIP to a hero.

Hey I usually really love dumb boomer shit, but I just can't with this. (That being said, I'm pretty impressed by the bass groove dude was laying down around minute 13 of the title track.)

Chill as fuck, an absolute groove.

Cheap Trick is fun. I like power pop. Was really predisposed to like this, but I didn't really. I really don't care for the live recording at all. Would rather just listen to a proper album.

I hate to be that guy, but it's got the three good songs and then not much else going on. Would've thought this had a three written all over it, but the second side is pretty brutal.

Immaculate production. Some great songs. Lots of stuff that hasn't aged well.

I like this. Van is good; the music sounds good live (yes he's a fucking dickhead, but two things can be true at once). But it's also completely inessential.

I think this must be the guy Billy Joel was singing about in "Piano Man." Not compelling.

This is kinda hard because I love Lou and I love almost every song on this album. But there's also just a little bit of weird fuckery happening on here that just feels like fuckery for fuckery's sake. Like there appears to be a satirical point of view but it doesn't hit. Still, this thing has "Vicious," "Wild Side," "Satellite of Love," "Hangin' Round," "Perfect Day," etc. etc. Great record.

This is a cool ass project and I found it really delightful, though it does overstay its welcome a bit.

I was dreading this one, but it's cool enough. Probably the most I'll ever like a Clapton project.

The guitars are so fucking good on this record that every time there's a string-y ballad it feels like they're taking their foot off the gas. I'm glad we get a Joe Walsh vocal, but "Prairie Girls" ain't it. Still, for the most part, this is a fucking great rock record to listen to at maximum volume. Looking forward to reading all the Lebowski references in the reviews!