Reviews by mikltabey

I’ve never sat down and listened to this one, but turns out I’ve heard a lot of it anyway. You know…it was pretty good. The band played well together and did some cool arrangements. I think all the hits are 4 star songs. The rest was good, but not at that level. Although, not enough to drag it down.

I liked it and there were some songs that were very good. This grated on me, though.

Solsbury Hill is a nice song. The rest of the album was pleasant enough, but a little too weird without being interesting. Also, too much echo in the vocals.

This started out five stars and dropped off in quality after the third song. The rest of the album was great too, though. I overall greatly enjoyed this.

Holy fuck. It was ok, but over two hours long. I didn’t want to listen to this, I listened to it, it took all morning, it gets a 2.

I think the drumming sold this for me. Or maybe the piano. Or the bass. Or, you know what. John Coltrane put together a really great ensemble and recorded a really cool album. I have a complicated relationship with jazz. Especially the Miles Davis/John Coltrane end of the spectrum. But this was really great.

My favorite Beatles album, an easy five stars. The top rated on here for a reason, I don’t know what else to say.

I wanted to like this more, but it was all pretty uninteresting. I enjoyed it at first, but by the end, I was over it. I don’t like the vocals, especially the yelps and growls. The rest of the music just didn’t seem to have the energy to fit that. Either did the rest of the singer’s performance. This got real close to getting a two.

You ever get excited to see what today’s album is, pull it up, and then get really disappointed? That happened to me on this one.

Then, for the first time in a few years, I listened to this and remembered how great it is. I’m not sure why I was disappointed at first, because I’ve listened to this album quite a bit in my past. I think I lumped them in with The Killers in my brain. This was better.

Favorite tack: Michael - a million stars

What a good week from the list generator.

The Smiths is one of those bands that I feel like I should like, so every once in awhile, I’ll put on one of their albums. This time, I got it. A very enjoyable listen.

Back in the aughts, I went to see Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. I went in wanting to see Bob, I came out a Willie Nelson fan. His set was one of my favorite concerts I’d been to. He took me so pleasantly by surprise, as I had no interest in him to that point.

Anyway, I love Willie and I love this album.

Another solid showing from Eliot Smith.

I’ve never really listened to TV on the Radio. It was weird. It hit me juuuuuust right.

Really good and really long. I feel like, if you cut this album in half and just took the best half: 5 stars easy.

I’ve never been more on the fence between a 4 and a 5. For the first time during this project, I relistened to the album. It was a 4, but I don’t think there’s a single song on here that is less than a 4 star song. There’s one or two 5 star songs, but not enough to pull the entire album up there.

I feel like I’m pretty well versed in Bruce and it wasn’t my first time hearing this album, but it’s been awhile.

Some really beautiful music. Please don’t make me listen anymore.

I would’ve given this four stars twenty years ago.

Pretty good! This type of music is my jam. This album started and ended strong, but the middle drug my rating down a star.

Oh, nice. This wasn’t remotely on my radar, and I enjoyed it a lot. I couldn’t help compare it to Jorge Ben while listening. I loved the Jorge Ben, and this had a lot of the great things in it that I enjoyed about that. The instrumentation and the guitar tones were so sweet. This didn’t quite meet Jorge Ben standards for me, but I enjoyed it very much and it was nice that this project gave it to me, especially after the last week or so of things I’ve been listening to.

I can’t help but like La Grange. The rest of this album was pretty cool too, but it had peaks and valleys. Evens out to a sold three.