Reviews by mikltabey

It’s been awhile since I’ve had to listen to one on YouTube. I’m glad I listened to this.

I really liked the song Tradition and the album peaked for me right around there. I also like the horns throughout. It didn’t all add up to more than a 3, but that’s OK. I’d probably even snag this if I ever saw it in a record store. For the vibes.

We’ve got to be done with Cohen by now, right? It’s odd that so many artists are front loaded on this generator.

Stephen Stills is a very talented songwriter and musician.

….but. He’s just not as good as when he made so much 5 star music with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY.

This album is pretty good-ish. It’s got some cool parts. I’ve heard it before and it’s in my vinyl collection. By the end, it had drug down from a 4 to a 3.5 for me. And if I’m going to give it a 4, it’s gotta earn it.

You can’t argue with the “first” heavy metal album being on this list. Especially such a good one. The next two albums of theirs are better, and I prefer Master of Reality. But this band was great. Did they have a three album run of five stars?!

I liked this more than I thought I would. I still think Jim Morrison is a pretentious, untalented nob that an otherwise good band let force them make not great music.

I mean. I can see how it’s a cool movie soundtrack?

I’m realizing the major flaw of this list is that it over represents well known artists. The fuck is this doing here?

Trying to figure out how to rationalize putting as many Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, and Elvis Costello albums as you can on here doesn’t seem like the way to go about making this list.

Anyway, I’m sure Bruce doesn’t have more than two or three 2 star albums and there’s no way this is one of them. So, here’s a 3 for it. Congratu-fucking-laciouns.

I really want to pretend that I’m not impressed with Nick Drake and over it, but this was another one I can’t deny I liked.

Suite Judy Blue Eyes is a 5+ Star song. I used to hate it, but now it’s a favorite. The rest of this album is very good, but too same-y for 5 stars. Deja Vu blows this overall album out of the water.

There’s no denying that these guys were on a whole other level when making music. Some of the best musicians and songwriters of all time.

That doesn’t mean all their albums are five stars. I can’t argue with this being on the list, it’s just not my favorite of theirs.

I think that’s a project wrap on Bjork already. One thing I learned: I really like Bjork. Here’s to never listening to her again.

Pretty good!

I can’t argue against more than one Bjork album being on here, but I am starting to suspect she is one of the artists that also has too many.

This was a chore.

I had high hopes for this, but it fell flat for me. I enjoy funk and soul a lot, but this was just OK funk and soul.

I always thought that this was one of Elton’s least well regarded albums and his least personal favorite. But it’s got Tiny Dancer on it, so I guess it goes on the list. I was surprised to see this on here, and surprised it’s so highly rated.

That being said, this was fine. Tony Dancer and a bunch of unremarkable songs that were all threes.

It was indeed long. It was indeed fantastic. Several five star songs.

I’m glad that I read the reviews for this and figured out it’s not actually the album in streaming. I went to YouTube to listen. It was enjoyable, but I don’t think I’ll revisit.

It was fine. I didn’t hate it, it just didn’t grab me.

Oh, dang. I can’t remember the last time I listened to this entire thing. It starts out STRONG. The quality drops off a bit, but not enough to drag this down to a four for me.

What a nice surprise. I thought this would be a 3, maybe a 4.

We appear to be entering the Elvis Costello phase of the generator.

This is very good, but does not have that same something that My Aim Is True has. I wonder if this album is suffering from us listening to them both so close together and my comparison between the two. Would this get a 5 if it were first? No way to tell. (Probably not)