Reviews by michaewaratealbums

I have listened to 1984 632 times but somehow never listened to this album. In my defense I was only 4 when it came out.

Very technically clean, lots of energy and a lot of fun. I can see how you would get tired of it if you listened like 718 times but Eddie and David were quite a combo.

Two handed is the only way to tap.

4.3 stars, my only ding is that the second half of the album was a bit of a comedown.

Sweet Dreams is amazing an Annie Lennox is a treasure. Album is good, not great. 3.8

Hm. More Bowie.

The first truly pleasant surprise from this exercise. Had never heard of the artist or the album and it was all very good and entertaining. Concept albums are not my jam but I enjoyed this a lot and will definitely revisit it.

I don't play golf, never have. When I was in high school my dad gave me a ticket to a golf tournament in our town. It was a nice day and I didn't have anything else to do, so I went. I thought I might see some pretty girls.
When I got there, I fell in with a group of spectators, and followed them to a green (for other non-golfers, that is where the "hole" is - the target the golfers golf at). Not 30 seconds after I arrived at the spectator boundary, I see a ball rolling across the green and plop directly into the hole. Oohs and aahs all around, I look back to the gentleman who made the shot understandably excited, dancing and high fives &tc. It was a "hole in one" which is one of the best things you can do in golf and apparently pretty rare. I knew enough about golf to know this.
At that point, I clapped and then turned and walked back to the parking lot and left the course. I don't remember what I did next, but I knew that it was all downhill from there - I could spend all day following those guys around and would definitely not see anything like that again.
Tusk is sort of like if I would have stayed for the rest of the tournament. Not unpleasant, a good walk perhaps, but nothing like what came before it.

I tried - I really did. Initial listen I assumed was a parody. Then I read a little bit about the origin of the album and the interpersonal dynamics and gave it another listen with an open mind. I enjoy country and bluegrass, can definitely appreciate old timey music. I just couldn't turn the corner, sorry fellas.

Well, I didn't hate it as much as some of y'all did. The opening track is fantastic, no doubt about it. I really wanted to latch on to something else but it felt uninspiring to me. A lot of mid-tempo plodding. Maybe you just need to be in a mellow mood for this one. 2.5 stars.

Quite good, interesting reading about the approach to sampling used. 3.8 stars

Gave it several listens. Some of the tracks were very atmospheric and moody, really liked those. A few in the middle were not so interesting. 3.8, will definitely give it another listen.

Strangely my wife liked it more than I did. It grew on me, had obviously heard the hits but never the full album. Will come back to it. 3.8

Nothing jumped out to me. I really like some of their songs but this one played without evoking much of a reaction in me.

So far off to a good start. I have a feeling these guys got more ass than a toilet seat in their day. Liked it more than I thought I would, a couple goofy songs but I liked the jangly guitars. Would give this another listen, 3.8 stars.

Definitely listenable, can appreciate but had a hard time getting into it. My Gangsta Rap days may have been left in the past.

On an extended road trip with my dad, we had a handful of cassettes - Full Moon Fever, Green, and One Second by Yello. At that age I was drawn to Stand because I was instructed to by the radio / video powers that be, but listening to Green over and over really caused this one to burrow into my brain. I moved backward into Document and forward into some of their later work, but this one stands alone. At times haunting and meaningful in an accessible way.

Perfect. My only regret is that I can't listen to it again for the first time.

I kept waiting to get my melon twisted, could hear the buildup to that track on the others but they all seemed a little flat to me. I was spoiled by the overplaying of that one from my youth I guess.

Need to give it another listen. I felt like I was listening to VU. Some catchy songs but didn't love anything in particular.

Oh my, this is an emotional one. I found this at a time in my life when I was hopefully disillusioned - beginning to recognize that the things I wanted weren't real and wouldn't make me happy. I don't think I knew it at the time, but the feel of this album perfectly expressed my smiling dread. Beautiful and hard to listen to at times for me personally because of the emotions it evokes.

It is hard to tell, but it almost sounds like the band wasn't held under house arrest and subjected to psychological deprogramming for a full year eating nothing but soybeans while practicing for this album.

I was surprised that I couldn't remember hearing about this band, and as far as I can tell I've not heard any of these songs before. It seems like the kind of thing that I should like but it felt disjointed and I couldn't get into it.

Much better than I thought on the first pass.
Quite listenable, I never really gave her much of a chance but will come back to this one. 3.5 stars. What a voice.