Reviews by mkw

One great track, and then filler.

This is not a great album. I truly struggle to find what anyone sees in this. "Party fears two" is a lovely track, but the rest is far from worth listening to.

No one needs 5 and a half minutes of "let love rule" and no one needs to waste an hour of this.
Somehow this wasn't just boring, it actually made my day worse.

This is to stripped down for me. Fine as background music, but I honestly lost focus fairly quickly.

So clearly a lot of the talk around this is Ozzy and the guitar riffs, but that bass man. That bass.

This is a good album, but the opening track is less than ideal, and the end really looses momentum.
Some absolute bangers though.

I honestly think this was one Kanye album too far. I am not a big Kanye fan, but on albums before this, it has been hard to ignore the craft, and pure storytelling poured into the product. This is an unpleasant listen, and lyrics that looking back seem to indicate more than just a big ego.

80s and 90s Madonna was an absolute powerhouse. This iteration of her is very far from those heights though. A few good tracks, some that almost became the sound of the early 2000s, but nothing really had the staying power of her earlier work.

This didn't do much for me. It's not a bad album, or bad music, but it's not great either. Very little that stood out or was worth remembering.

I honestly thought I liked The Who more before starting this list.

Incredibly strong opening to the album, but the middle section is such a struggle to get through. The highs are highs, but the rest is incredibly uninteresting

Short, intense barrage of tracks short and varied tracks. I'm not the biggest Elvis fan, but it's hard not to be somewhat entertained.

Honestly this isn't the worst album ever. Sure it's generic as hell, but if it had been a one of it would have been atleast passable. The problem is that Coldplay has been recreating and touring with variations of this album for a quarter of a century. And somehow everything they put out is played to death by commercial radio the world over. I'm so fucking sick of hearing the Coldplay sound, and know nothing interesting is about to happen.

I don't know what to do with this.

I actually enjoy the music, but I truly struggle with the lyrics. This very explicit protest song, street poetry style of writing always seem to be created by a nerdy teenager.

I liked this a lot more than I expected. I really know nothing about the band, but this album was a good time in general.

Some interesting ideas, and a sound I actually kindda like. I absolutely cannot stand the vocals though.

This is Prince going all out. "Housequake" alone is worth atleast one star. I would normally say that 80mins is too long for an album, but it's pretty hard to get bored during this.

I'll freely admit that I am not a huge Bowie fan. I think this album has a good summary of the reasons I struggle with his production. There is an illusion of depth, but honestly it's fairly predictable and almost boring.

Beats and production is on point. The overall impression is that it's an album that really wasn't taken seriously by the creators. There's so much talent visible, but the overall product only shines in moments.

I have rarely been this bored by an album.

There are a lot of things to like here. This seems to be a more serious version of George Michael - unfortunately it's also a version that I find a lot less interesting.