Reviews by mcthrasher

Cripple Creek is a great song, but the non-hits are all extremely forgettable. Was really hoping to like this.

Great chill-out album. The warm hiss of spinning vinyl permeates every moment.

A big theme for Gen X is being a slacker and just generally not giving a fuck. But there’s a big difference between a band that appears to not give a fuck but is actually an extremely talented group of people, and this album, which genuinely sounds like the members did not give a fuck about learning their instruments or music in general.

Very fun 90s vibe with tons of energy, but no real memorable tunes.

Well written, well performed, and very well produced, but is missing a certain something to make it unique and interesting amongst a sea of generic dad rock.

Every song here is great. It seamlessly blends low-key folkiness with the vocal energy of soul. This is perfect music for kicking back with a beer in the dog days of summer.

The political messaging is intriguing, but the music is utter shit.

Some of the dub songs were chill and nice, but a lot the other songs were just terrible noise.

How is a 45 year old man not embarrassed about these “I’m 14 and this is deep” lyrics? Or the fact that they’re sung over the most generic music ever written. It’s an absolute joke that this clown is as popular and enduring as he has been.

Really don’t get the hype for this. Pretty standard hip hop stuff.

Not really sure who this is for. Half the songs border on heavy metal, and half border on fairytale folk music. None of the harder songs have any consistent beat, and rely heavily on toms, which has always sounded bad.

Some songs sound so terribly low-quality that they’re almost unlistenable. Basically missing everything that you want from a funk/soul album.

Feels a bit unpolished compared to the other Fela Kuti I’ve listened to from this list so far (Zombie). Ginger Baker didn’t really bring anything important to the table.

Funky jams!

This late-70s/early-80s “new wave” wannabe punk stuff is always the most underwhelming music. Not a single memorable melody in the bunch.

The drum machine songs are quite repetitive and kinda annoying, but the tunes with the live band are absolutely killer. Really would have worked better as two separate albums as opposed to a double LP.

Good songs with some unique sounds and effects that add to the experience.

This starts out pretty good, feeling almost like a modernized version of classic Bowie stuff. But it pretty quickly wears out it’s welcome, and then there’s 20 more minutes of music after that. They really could have edited this down into something special.

Great album to listen to as a bassist. Every song has a great groove, but all do get a bit repetitive.

Splits the difference between Seventeen Seconds and Pornography. A few snappy, catchy tunes, with Lullaby standing out as the best song on the album. But also a few overly-echoey, garbled moan-fests that I wanted to skip.