Reviews by microtonalpanic

The singer's vibrato is excessive and incredibly annoying.

The album started off really bad in my opinion, but improved as it went along.

Pretty boring. Ages poorly compared to other 2005 rap albums, which was a particularly dry time in music.

Yet another album on this list that is perfectly fine, but I just don't understand what warrants this being included. It's a mid-90s coffee shop album. Not controversial, not particularly interesting, etc.

BANGGGERRRRRRRRRR

Each track is put in a specific order: I Love you, I hate you, I love you, I hate you. Figure it out, girl!

Wow this is so different than the more prolific PF albums. Barrett really provided a different vibe to the band, leaning more into classic psych.

I have to say nothing really stood out, but it was fun to hear little themes in this album that would become the Pink Floyd sound.

Dark vibes, great lyrics

This is just another Steely Dan Record.

interesting....very interesting... probably won't ever listen to it again, but it wasn't really all that bad.

Definitely can see the influence it had on punk going forward

instant 1. Holy shit this is terrible.

This came out one week after In Utero, just for a reference for how dated it sounded at release.

Hey Chat GPT, compose an incredibly generic "punk record" using the same drumbeat on every song, and make sure to include every punk trope into the lyrics.

Ok that all said, I feel like this album probably had a big influence on John Dwyer of the Oh Sees. "Jack on Fire" Sounds like a mid-album track you'd find on an Oh Sees album nowadays.

It's a great album, for sure. I just don't really understand how it's in the top 5 of most lists.

i don't think any other indie album was as influential on the overall sound of the 2010s as this one, and I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing anymore.

this is not a remarkable album at all.

it's not bad but it sounds just like every late 80-s early-90s rap. It's honestly kind of crazy how old hip hop has aged; Like, it's not bad at all, it's just all sounds exactly the same regardless of who the artist is. Kind of crazy TBH.

It is cool seeing a female artist breakout in the genre so early, though.

The song featuring De La Soul was fun.

The Singer sounds like a zesty Ozzy Osbourne.

20 tracks and 69 minutes (nice) all sound the same. Why is this album so long? Why does it sound so bad? What *Exactly* justifies it's placement in this list?

yeah it's ZZ Top; what else do you want? La Grange!

Gothy, post-punk.

I can see why it's on a list like this, but wow it was not a fun listen.

It's as I thought. The Hits on this album, "Starlight", "Supermassive Black Hole", "Knights of Cydonia" are great tracks and invoke a feeling of nostalgia.

The rest of the album is unremarkable, same-y tracks. Not bad at all, to be sure, but needless.

This would have been a decent EP.

"The State I'm In" is a great track and was rightfully ranked by pitchfork on their "best of the 90s" list. I enjoyed "Expectations" even more. Off to a great start!

If You're Feeling Sinister seems to be the better album by this group, however.