Reviews by mcthrasher

Utterly forgettable.

Some fun songs, but definitely didn’t need to be a double album.

Uses long track length to its advantage. Each track builds a vibe and lets you live in it long enough that it starts to really get to you in a way that most standard-length songs don’t. Total vibe with a great voice.

Compared to the other thrash classics on this list, Master of Puppets & Rust in Peace, this one is really lacking in the production department. It often sounds muddy, and a couple of the songs could have used one more pass to add some more interesting arrangements. Still brutal and awesome, with an incredible opening trio of songs.

The hits are really the worst songs on this album. “I’ll Be Waiting” and “One and Only” are genuinely great, supremely soulful tracks that perfectly suit her voice. She really needs a full band behind her, and not just a piano.

Great blend of country and rock with some wonderful vocal harmonies and a nice variety of moods and sounds.

Had no idea this band was from Sweden, but now that I know it, the ABBA influence is very apparent. Combining disco and 90s alternative gives this album a very unique, satisfying sound. The singer’s voice is beautiful, her melodies are catchy, and the album overall is flawlessly produced.

Pretty awful stuff. They used any instrument they could just to say they did, with no regard for whether they could play it or if it fit the song. Abysmal singing as well, sounded like the dude was being tortured at times.

Every song sounds the same, it’s too long, and his voice is even worse than when he was younger.

If you’re even a tiny bit familiar with BB King, you’ll know what you’re in for with this. He’s one of the greats in his field, but I find the blues to be quite repetitive.

After listening to so many other 1960s albums on this project, I can better appreciate just how innovative this album is. It really sounded like nothing else at the time. Love the combination of rock riffs with blues soloing.

I appreciate a generic “rock” band that isn’t pretentious about what they do. The sheer simple honesty of this makes it so much more appealing than so many other generic “rock” albums that have been on this list. I also appreciate the levity in the lyrics.

Not my thing.

Missing the raw power and instrumental virtuosity that makes The Who great. You have an incredible vocalist in Daltry, but then give half the songs to Pete Townsend to sing? Absolutely baffling. The songs don’t work on their own, and as a whole, the “rock opera” is pretty bad and nonsensical.

Pop metal with an actual edge to it. All the instrumentalists can play well, and the vocalist has a very unique voice, for better and for worse. The hits are the hits for a reason, and all the other songs don’t hit nearly the same highs.

Some of the most generic “alternative” music I’ve ever heard.

Pretty generic late 60s stuff with terrible Dylan-esque vocals.

Really missing that raunchy rock ‘n’ roll edge edge of his first album. His voice is certainly better and the arrangements are certainly more advanced, but it ends up feeling like a generic pop album instead of something unique.

A lovely blend of folk and country with a great voice and some great songs.

Who listens to this? Who prefers music with digital instruments over real instruments, and why?