Reviews by michaewaratealbums

I haven't cried yet, or fallen asleep. By the third track I'm mostly wondering how to say bless you in Icelandic.

Achooo-o-wooooo
Bless you!

Achooo-o-wooooo
Bless you!

Somebody told me 20+ years ago how important this album was and I just didn't get it. I'm trying hard on this relisten to keep an open mind, but the second dream pop album in two days is making me restless so far.

Some good stuff later in, ambient but a little more substance. Soundtrack to a movie you couldn't hope to understand (hello, Vanilla Sky).

Kinda lost me in the flute zone - it is me, not you.

3.5

Kind of nice. Feels like the songs they play in the movie about the girl pop star in the part she wakes up the day after debauchery realizing she isn't living right and just before she does the high energy reset to get back on track to earning the respect of her 12 year old fans.

Parts were like Ween if they didn't huff accelerant, parts were like the Cure without Smith's crooning.

I liked it way more than I expected, had never heard or heard of this album. Sad to learn there weren't even twins involved, seems like stolen valor.

I wanted to love it but after a couple of listens nothing stood out, can't see myself seeking it out again.

3.8

I liked it, maybe not quite as much variety as I would have liked. Different than what I am used to and well crafted.
3.8

This feels like attending a fun, education-based party where I don't fit in at all and everyone is wondering who let me in.

We covered lots of important topics like parenting, social justice, income inequality, the environment, geography, and religion. But we did it all while shaking our learning butts to a positive and groovy beat.

I wake up the next day wondering if it ever happened at all or if it was just a fever dream but I'm suddenly nice as fuck to my fellow citizens and believe in god.

3.9

The existence of Starbucks and overpriced coffee is not the fault of this artist. The fact that she makes music that old people isn't some scheme, just the way it is and maybe good marketing.

I'm a sucker for her voice, she could be singing an Applebee's menu and I would get misty.

The duet she did with Dolly Parton is amazing.

My wife had this album when we were dating and it was too slow for me then (hello Blink 182) but 25 years later giving it a full listen I am finding a lot to enjoy.

Sounds a little like senior skip day down at the creek with a cooler of beer and maybe a jazz cigarette.

A little cheesy but played with feeling, fun to listen to. 3.8

Sgt. Pepper I couldn't (and can't) wait to listen to again. This one is great, but no similar emotional reaction to it.

Blasphemy, &tc.

At first I thought I would say this is the kind of album that you have to be in just the right mood to listen to. Too sad, too ... sad

But then I realized it put me in the right mood. A lot of beautiful, well crafted songs, stripped bare. I wouldn't say it is incredible music, but it evokes strong feelings. Really enjoyed the focused listen.

Plus one star for the association with Good Will Hunting, which resonates with me as I am also wicked smaat and I must assume that Minnie Driver desperately wants to jump my bones.

Very mellow and nice. Started strong with the near-perfect Pulp Fiction cover. If it would have kept that pace a 5 for sure, but the rest pulled back a bit. Great listen.

There were a couple tracks where temu Mariah carey was on point that I didn't hate but overall a struggle. Is this like Trout Mask Replica where I have to listen 7.3 times before it clicks and I think it is the greatest album ever?

Furn, high energy, musical - me gusta mucho.

I was on a Supergrass jag a couple years ago but had forgotten about them. This was a nice reawakening.

I had never heard of this album or this band but I quite liked it. It was a little bit pretentious just like me, but very easy to listen to. Everybody seemed to think that it was boring, it didn't really bother me.

A particular sonic signature throughout - hip hop montage? Not unenjoyable but doesn't hold up well.

My high school had a team of girls that danced at things - I don't think this was unique. These songs mostly make me think about watching those girls dance, wishing they were dancing to something else, and wondering how I might convince them to engage in sexual congress with me.

I think Ms. Jackson (wink) is quite talented but this isn't my cup of tea and maybe the longest album I've seen on here - over an hour felt like work.

Some groovy tracks but nothing blew me away.

The songs I love, I love. I never paid much attention to this one and was hoping for some bright spots aside from the one I know by heart from classic rock radio. Those extras weren't too extra.

Not bad, not blowing me away. Is this 'shoegaze?'

Some kinda nice atmospheric jams but a little meandering.

One star granted for acknowledging Shaq is an aphrodisiac.

I don't think I would listen to this again, but nothing about it was objectionable to me aside from the misogyny (am I woke because of the times, or because I'm 50?).

As usual, surprised in the strong reactions on both sides to an album like this.

2.5

This one is kinda like Ebby Calvin LaLoosh.

I like the Kinks and although this isn't my favorite of their stuff, the whole thing is nice and listenable. Hovering my finger over the 4 button, pending another listen.

So, so, nice.

In three days I got this one and the Birth of the Cool. Making up for all the Bowie.

I think this may be a case of "born too late." I was born in the early mid seventies, by the time I started listening to music in any real sense we were already to the Go-Go's - I think my first Bowie song was Let's Dance. Maybe there is an element of 'had to be there' to all the Gushing Bowie Reviews.

I appreciate the mastery and the ability to reinvent and all of that but these just don't hit me the way that they seem to hit most folks.

ZS is a great song of course, and I enjoyed a lot of the album but I can't see my way to saying it is a 'great' album.

3.8