Rated 8/10
Overall: 8/10
Beautiful. I love how ethereal and gothic this album feels. The vocals are haunting, yet the music is danceable for the most part. These guys were totally different and unique.
Fav Song: Enjoy the Silence
Overall: 6/10
Haha that jug is so weird. It woukd have been fine as a novelty on one song but it dominates this album in the weirdest way. I've never heard anything like it. Besides that, this is a garage rock album that really isn't as psychedelic as I had hoped. The songs are pretty good though. The production is kind of ass and I don't like how this entire album sounds. I'd still recommend it, but try to get over the jug lol
Fav Song: Reverberation
Rated 8/10
Overall: 7/10
Stephen Stills was always my favourite member of CSNY. I adore his voice so much and he always seemed to not get enough credit. While I wouldn't say I love this album, I was happy to listen to Stills show off what he can do on his own. Good job.
Fav Song: Old Times Good Times
Rated 6/10
Overall: 6/10
I've loved the song Deceptacon for the past 15 years, but for some reason I never wanted to explore any more of Le Tigre's music. Possibly because it always felt like Kathleen Hanna's side project to Bikini Kill. With that being said, there's a lot of fun to be had with this album. I love punk music that makes you want to dance. I don't think all of the songs are mind blowing, but it's a good time.
Fav Song: Deceptacon
Rated 4/10
Overall: 4/10
Great voice. The music sounds like dropping a sandwich in a pile of mud.
Fav Song: Sweet Love
Rated 4/10
Overall: 4/10
Not really feeling the super heavy accent this man has when singing. On top of that, the songs just don't have enough punch for the most part.
Fav Song: Blockheads
Rated 6/10
Overall: 6/10
This is my first time really listening to Lana. She has a nice voice, and I like her style for the most part. I find her lyrics to be incredibly cringey at times and that's truly stopping me from loving this. Also, this seems like a weird choice since this is her album I've seen discussed the least in pop culture.
Fav Song: Dark But Just a Game
Rated 6/10
Overall: 6/10
This is pretty engaging stuff for just being background music. I've decided I don't like too much ambient music but there's enough going on to keep this interesting. I certainly wasn't bored listening to it.
Fav Song: Xtal
Overall: 6/10
Honestly, this was super chill and I really enjoyed it. Nice music to relax to with a book and a hot chocolate.
Fav Song: Erzulie
Overall: 10/10
Every song on this one is an absolute BANGER! Love me some Bowie and this is arguably his best work (even if I prefer Hunky Dory slightly). I don't have much to say that hasn't been said before, but I'll point out that I love how a weird thing like this became mainstream. Bowie deserves his legend status.
Fav Song: Moonage Daydream
Overall: 3/10
Well, we all have to start somewhere I guess.
Much like the early albums of The Beatles and The Beach Boys, this first album from Rhe Rolling Stones is simple, pure rock and roll. The problem is that it lacks the charisma of The Beatles and the harmonies of The Beach Boys. Instead, you have a bunch of bland and boring covers. I could forgive the fact that it's all covers if the album at least sounded nice, but the production is terrible and Mick's vocals actually hurt my ears quite a bit. The band would obviously go on to make some amazing albums, but this first one is a hard pass for me.
Fav Song: Little by Little
Rated 8/10
Overall: 8/10
I found this album to be incredibly diverse, both in it's musical stylings and lyrical subject matter. I'm honestly shocked these guys weren't a bigger deal cause they had a lot of interesting ideas. There are shades of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Byrds and lots of other B letter bands, but there seems to be only one XTC.
Fav Song: That's Really Super, Supergirl
Rated 6/10
Overall: 6/10
Decent lil' thing, but entirely uninteresting to the point that I have nothing to say about it.
Fav Song: The Cutter
Rated 8/10
Overall: 8/10
This might be my favourite R.E.M. album. After their stellar debut, they made a few good albums, but nothing that really stood out. Then this album comes out and they seem to have kicked things into high gear. The songs are just so catchy and poppy on this one, I can't help but love them. The rest of the world seemed to agree, as this was the album that broke them through to the mainstream.
Fav Song: Disturbance at the Heron House
Rated 10/10
Overall: 9/10
I love Elvis's goofy voice and unapologetic lyrics so much. I also love what the Attractions bring to the table, those guys are so talented. This album is poppier than his previous 2 albums and it works incredibly.
Fav Song: Big Boys
Rated 6/10
Overall: 5/10
I wouldn't say that I enjoyed this all that much beyond 2 or 3 tracks, but I think I get what they were going for here. It has a truly garage rock feel, complete with some of the shittiest production (intentional, I feel) I've ever heard. It's punk but it also feels a bit pretentious. I won't be revisiting this one but I certainly don't hate the artistic intent behind it. Just bad execution in my opinion.
Fav Song: Garbageman
Rated 6/10
Overall: 6/10
I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man.
Not really, but it's impossible to listen to them without thinking about The Dude. Although, this is my first time listening to a full album instead of the three songs I always knew and had a slight fondness for. What I've learned from listening to this album is that I'm mostly indifferent to it. If this is the best they have to offer then I can understand why The Dude would loathe them so much.
I like the southern feel of the album but it doesn't have the power of Lynyrd Skynyrd or the epicness of the Allman Brothers Band. The harmonies are nice but the vocals don't seem to have a lot of power overall. I'll probably add a couple of those songs to some playlists but overall it's just "okay".
Fav Song: Train Leaves Here This Morning
Rated 10/10
Overall: 10/10
"Man, what an album!"
"Dude...it's just the first song."
That's pretty much what happened to me when listening to this. I had gotten their previous album, Da Capo, earlier in my journey and gave that a 10/10, so I had pretty high hopes for this one. They were shattered almost immediately.
I love how weird, beautiful and tender this album is. It feels incredibly medieval, and I kept picturing giant castles and peasants dancing in fields. The lyrics are so wild too. I kept going back and forth on if they are genius or nonsense, and I kind of settled on both. This is somehow a step up for these guys and I truly think they should have been mega stars.
Fav Song: Live and Let Live
Rated 4/10
Overall: 3/10
I find this dude's voice incredibly annoying and it's destroying any good feelings I have about this album. To be fair, there really isn't much to like about it anyway. The guitar work is fine but doesn't really blow me away. Also, the melodies kind of get away from him at times.
Fav Song: Rejoicing in the Hands
Rated 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Nobody on the planet sounds like Sparks, and that's rare in music. I genuinely can't even think of a singke artist who ever "stole" their sound. They are singular in their art and that's something special to me. Their lyrics are insane, and I don't think anyone else could write songs like this and be able to be taken seriously. I also thought the vocalist was female the first 5 times I ever listened to this until I watched their performances on The Midnight Special. Insanely good.
Fav Song: Amateur Hour
