Reviews by mcthrasher

The best parts of this album are the brief moments where the energy ratchets up and things turn into a lovely bit of controlled chaos. Beside that, it’s pretty generic chill jazz.

Classic country can do no wrong in my book. It always sounds nice, and I love the simple relatability of the lyrics. This album in particular is also super short and ends before you can start to tire of the similarity of the songs.

Great voice, but all the songs are very samey.

Only someone as dumb and shitty as Frank Zappa could conclude that The Beatles, the band that constantly innovated and knowingly alienated their audience in order to pursue their artistic vision, are “only in it for the money”. There are 1000 bands you could correctly attribute that to, but The Beatles are not one of them.

Also, the music on this album is terrible.

Each song has an intro that sounds like it’s setting up for some cool, heavy shit. Then each song proceeds into generic 2000s indie garbage.

A record with a deep, layered sound. Well-written, well-produced songs. The only problems for me are that the songs all seem to hit a similar tone, and the vocalist sounds unserious and kinda sarcastic ghe entire time.

One of the most masterfully produced albums I've ever heard. Every instrument is so clear. Many of the songs are simple blues stuff, but the southern boogie style gives it a dance-ability that a lot of blues doesn't hit. Very surprised at how good this is after hearing Eliminator yesterday.

The synths and drum machines really give this album a phony sheen that is not at all enjoyable.

These guys were really working through some stuff with this album. Very emotional. Not for me at all though, even with the nostalgia.

Every other song is just him gruffly rambling about nonsense. I understand how some could think it’s cool, but to me it’s like listening to gravel in a blender… and it’s a double album of this shit!

Pretty generic, overuse of crappy-sounding synths.

Just some good ol’ 70s rock! Love the funky soul influences.

If this album was “American Pie” and “Vincent” back to back, 5 times in a row, it would get the same score. Those two songs are just so good and make up for the rest of the songs being pretty forgettable.

Very generic and forgettable 80s stuff.

Was this even an album, of just a couple of guys fucking around with a tape recorder?

Voodoo People is a great song, and there were a couple other uptempo songs that made me wanna move. Every other song was midtempo and repetitive as hell.

Very pleasantly surprised by this. Had never heard of this band, but the vocals combined with the heavy instrumentation is a great sound. The slower, lighter songs definitely don’t hit nearly the same though and definitely drag the album down slightly.

A nice collection of songs that are absolutely ruined by the production. It will always baffle me why people were so obsessed with getting this guy to produce their records.

The fact that this was recorded at 3 different studios lends a nice variety to the sounds on the album. Strong voice, good energy, fun listen.

Great bass and guitar work. Vocals with just the right amount of grit. Memorable riffs.