Reviews by mikltabey

I liked this alright. Wouldn’t be mad if another of theirs came up.

Yeeeeeeesh. Some of those lyrics didn’t age well.

This had cool tracks and samples. I enjoyed it a lot. I don’t know if being able to understand him would have hurt or helped, because I don’t know what he was saying.

Some really cool songs. A few five star-ers. A very solid overall 4. I liked it a lot.

This was pretty bad.

I’ve always liked this band. Dang, the generator kind of killed it while I was on vacation, huh? It’s been fun catching up.

So fucking cool. These guys did this better than anyone.

I had never given this band a chance, which is a shame, because I quite liked this.

I liked it a lot. I agree with REM that Stand is a dumb song. But it’s great. This had some Michael Stipe droning in that I don’t typically like, so it got drug down to a 4. All in all, I think REM was a fantastic band.

This was good. I started out at a 3, but I thought it ended very strong.

I liked this quite a bit. It had some fun R&B and some interesting arrangements.

I remember when this came out and Bowie died. A pretty interesting entry in the “This is my mortality album” genre, as nobody knew he was dying.

Along those lines, I’d like to impartially recommend Seven Psalms by Paul Simon. It’s a 30 minute song about how he’s scared to die. And it’s great.

I love soul and funk music, especially 60s/70s era. This was very good, but Mr. Mayfield’s falsetto didn’t hit my ear right at times, so it couldn’t get up to a five.

I never got into The Cure, but I liked this a lot. I might have to check out more.

Not great. They sounded like a generic, local hard rock band. Nothing particularly special about their lazy riffs, mediocre guitar playing, or weak vocals.

This was great! It got noticeably better when Ginger Baker joined.

I had never heard of this and was excited to listen. I was disappointed. I’ve heard way better psychedelic music from the 60s. This reminded me of Velvet Underground and Jefferson Airplane, but worse.

I texted Mark and told him it should be illegal to make me listen to 90 minutes of this.

I actually thought it was OK, but not great. Way too long. Why he didn’t just split this into two albums is beyond me.

This displays how fantastic of a performer Elvis was. There’s some great songs and some not great songs, but, man, it’s fun to imagine that guy singing all sorts of different types of music. Can you imagine him fronting, like, Aerosmith?

This album never goes below a 4, and spends some time at 5, but I think it all comes out to a very solid four stars.

There’s not much to say about this that hasn’t been said so many times already. It’s great, and I’ve always loved Paradise By The Dashboard Light (I remember the first time I heard it.)

I passed on buying this vinyl recently, and listening now, I kind of regret it.