Reviews by mikltabey

I guess I’m a Portishead fan.

I was unfamiliar and I loved it. It’s right in my 70s folk/acoustic wheelhouse.

Gave me Joni and Carol King vibes.

Too long, but overall pleasant.

It was OK. Nothing really unexpected.

Solid guitar riffs, cool songs, big hits.

Not bad. They’re very talented, but not making music I typically listen to. It’s one of those “If you love this, great! This music has value. Just not for me” bands.

Sonic Youth is squarely in my wheelhouse.

Ooooooooh, yeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhh. Reminds me of high school.

Another one I’m puzzled by its inclusion. Not very fun to listen to.

It was pretty good and had some fun moments. It didn’t really grab me, though.

Unsurprisingly really enjoyable.

I skipped this with the plan to listen at another time, as I wasn’t “feeling it.”

Mark talked me into listening and I’m glad I did. It was indeed a lot of fun.

It’s fine. I don’t get why it’s on this list. I can name 5 or 6 Neil Young albums that deserve to be on this list over this one, and that’s already too many

Dang, this caught me be surprise. I had a lot of fun listening to it.

Obviously influential. You can really hear the building blocks that rap/hip hop were built on top of going forward.

By today’s standards, a little unexciting.

Fucking no thank you.

It was alright. A solid three. I didn’t not like it.

I was starting to wonder when we would get our next “one of the greatest albums of all time” albums. Here it is.

I’ve given this one several chances and it still hasn’t clicked with me. And yet gets a four, because it’s still so good. I do love a lot of jazz, including Miles’ In a Silent Way, but something about this one still isn’t a five for me. I’ll keep trying though.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, but it still didn’t quite get over the hump to a 4.

It was OK. Not a relisten, but I didn’t hate it.