Reviews by mixlexic

HarvestNeil Young

Rated 6/10

And I thought I hated Neil Young. Probably a 4 but a star off because it’s Neil Young

AtomizerBig Black

Rated 10/10

Yup, first track I thought this was too heavy for me, but I loved this rocky futuristic punk that sounded like a prototype Prodigy. Wouldn’t sound out of place on a Powell and Peralta skate video.

I was asked if I had laser eye surgery because I had stopped wearing my glasses.
I explained about 1001 albums generator and how it’s a great way to get out of a musical rut and expand your knowledge. It introduces you to things that may never have been on your radar and you otherwise may never have heard of.
I then told them about The Hagman’s Beautiful Daughter by The incredible String Band, an album so terrible it made me regret the endeavour, grudge my Apple Music subscription and ultimately cut my ears off so as to never endure something like this again and that is the reason I no longer wear my glasses 🤓.

Sea ChangeBeck

Rated 6/10

Groundbreaking, boundary pushing and genre defining three phrases that do not describe this LP.
At times lovely and at times dull.
Beck is more fun when he’s having fun.

I now dislike Bowie slightly less than I thought, although the Jazz stylings of the title track make it almost unlistenable.

Oh yeah, excellent. Only let down by what sounded like a George Michael cast off right at the end.

A very important piece of hip hop history. No NWA, no or certainly very different versions of Ice Cube, Dr Dre and by extension Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Tupac to name a few. An album I first heard as 12 year old, I don’t question its cultural significance. I do however question its stature. It has 4 or 5 very good songs but songs with Easy E or no Ice Cube suffer.
Still a 4 though for its impact