Reviews by mcthrasher

One of the few times where the songs sounding the same actually works out. The chill vibe throughout sorta puts you into a trance when you listen, in the best way.

His voice reaches some silly high notes hear and it turns a serious song into something laughable.

Her voice is ridiculous, so I can see why it’s been parodied as the quintessential female folk singer voice. The songs are all way too similar. A couple nice moments.

This guy should stick to poetry, because he can’t write a song worth a damn.

How am I supposed to take any of this seriously when it’s done in this ridiculous accent?

She’s got a nice voice, but every song sounds the same, too sweet and poppy. The title track definitely deserved to be the hit.

Most of the songs of lots of interesting layers of sound. Some decent melodies.

This dude wants to be black sooooo bad.

The that this album is mentioned in the same breath as Rubber Soul is an absolute travesty.

Some incredible riffs. The precision timing and complex song structures are genuinely impressive, but they do get a bit too long at times. The production/mixing is the big story with this album, and it is just a travesty what they did to Jason Newstead with this album. If his bass parts were audible, this could probably be bumped up a whole star.

Some nice jams, but nothing groundbreaking. Terrible whining vocals over riffs that don’t go nearly as hard as they think they do.

Very repetitive, with improvised vocal melodies that provide no hook at all.

Incredible melodies and poignant lyrics. Slide guitar will always be an elite instrument. Nothing to dislike here.

Gabriel did himself a real disservice by eschewing cymbals. There’s a whole range of ultra-high frequencies that the cymbals fill in recorded music, and without that, the whole thing just sounds like it’s missing something. Which is a real shame because there’s some great melodies and lots of interesting sounds that would have been elevated by not arbitrarily cutting out one part of the drum kit.

Some good energy, but does fall into some of the trappings of late-60s rock with an extended blues jam somewhere in the middle.

Most of the songs sound the same, but there’s just enough variation to keep things interesting. Wouldn’t revisit, but didn’t hate it.

Most of the songs revolve around a single-measure loop, repeated for 5 minutes straight. I absolutely hate that kind of repetition. A couple of the songs escape that mold and manage to be kinda fun.

Nice variety of tones, some unique chord progressions and melodies. Great voice and production.

Standard 90s hip hop. Nothing about it stands out in a way.

I honestly liked the songs without vocals better than the ones with vocals. Great production, but the Bowie melody and songwriting just aren’t there.