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Reviews by microtonalpanic

DrunkThundercat

6/10

Thundercat - Drunk

perfect album for a chilly Sunday morning. love the meandering jazz along with random hilarious lines scattered throughout.

It starts so strong, but does fall-off a bit as the record goes on.

I Want to give it a 4, but it'll likely be a 3

SuicideSuicide

4/10

"Upon its initial release, Suicide was greeted with some favorable reception from the UK press, but was universally panned in the United States, where it failed to chart."

Yea that's par for the course for this list, seems like.

That said, this is an album that was a huge influence on many genres including Punk, New-Wave, noise, industrial.... It belongs on the list for sure. It's just not particularly entertaining!

The Slim Shady LPEminem

6/10

The quintessential album for boys in the 90s. I was 9 when this came out and my best friend of the same age got this album. His parents didn't care what albums he got. I remember this album, Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, and Tupac being in his rotation.

I remember "Role Model" really making me laugh as a kid. I knew even then that the lyrics were satirical. It was kind of a comedy album to me.

Anyways, it's a good album. It would be great, but the lyrics, always goofy, have also aged a little poorly.

Yoshimi Battles the Pink RobotsThe Flaming Lips

4/10

an overrated album by one of the most overrated bands of the 20th century.

"hey, our music is really terrible, lets all get in a plastic ball and blast confetti everywhere, maybe our idiot fans will forget how bad this actually is!"

When your fans can only praise the band by talking about the concert experience, and that live experience isn't tied to the music itself, it's a bad sign.

Heaven or Las VegasCocteau Twins

10/10

This album got me back into listening to whole albums after years of spotify slop playlists. I had already been a fan of Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine, but Cocteau Twins introduced me to a whole different subset of shoegaze/dreampop music.

An absolute classic.

I Against IBad Brains

6/10

Never heard of Bad Brains before, but I'm glad I know them now! It's right up my alley of hardcore-adjacent music. It's a little aged, some bad moments, but I will be exploring this artist more.

The ScoreFugees (Refugee Camp)

8/10

A great album that had a massive influence on the rap game in the 90s. effortlessly sampling older works and endlessly sampled by modern hip hop artists, this album has everything.

Perhaps, more than that, it features Lauryn Hill, who would just two years later put out one of the greatest albums of all time as a solo artist.

AmeriKKKa’s Most WantedIce Cube

4/10

On one hand, this album is clearly immensely influential to future rap albums.

A lot of the lyrics have aged terribly, the beats are dated and monotonous.

"It's a Man's World" is straight Cringe.

Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon and Garfunkel

8/10

There were a few songs on this album that I felt had HEAVY Beatles influence. "Keep the Customer Satisfied" is a good example of that. Of course, it's borrowing heavily from Soul/Blues, but does so in the way the Beatles did.

"Baby Driver" is even more obvious with the Beatles influence (and even Beach Boys with the "ba ba ba baa" adlib) with the chord progressions and vocal harmonies. Sounds like Paul could've covered this song perfectly.

"Why Don't You Write Me" sounds like it would fit just fine on Sgt. Peppers.

And that's totally fine! This is a really great album.

The Joshua TreeU2

6/10

I think U2 is cringe and avoided their music. The hate may have stemmed from that album being forced on everyone’s iPhone/ipod. It may have stemmed from Bono being wildly obnoxious. Who knows.

Anyways, I committed to
Listening to this album, and I must say…it’s very good. Not as good as many album lists have them ranked. But good nonetheless.