Reviews by mkw

I'm not sure that I hate the fucking Eagles, man, but I certainly don't love them either. This was just boring.

Loved it.
It seems like background music, and really that's how I treated it, but it had focus for more of my workday than I would tell my boss.

Somehow medieval folk, but with some almost rock feels on a few tracks. I didn't expect to like it, and not sure I'll listen again, but great performance, and pretty unique.

I liked this much, much more than I expected to. I had heard of Janelle Monáe before, but had really listened to anything she made.
This is an album of wildly different tracks that still somehow seem connected. Not really a huge fan of every single tracks, but certainly worth a listen.

I really don't get the hate for this album. Not sure it's my thing, but it's certainly competent.
I absolutely love the Phil Spector sound. Everyone knows why he's a terrible human being, but man was he good at producing music.

I have no idea how to rate this. I hated almost every second, but this is what I signed up for in the first place.
You just have to admire this complete commitment to whatever artistic vision they decided on.
If you think Tom Waits is only slightly odd, this might be for you.

It's fine. Better than I expected, but not really something I'll remember tomorrow.

Going out the gate with that first track on a debut album… What an absolute statement from Bonham. Not every track on the album is amazing, but the ones that work really, really work.

Very surprised how much I liked this. Maybe not the most challenging album, but super smooth, and great as background music.

How are live albums on this list?
Why would I want to listen to this version rather than the original Mussorgsky?
Who did this influence or inspire?

This really should be a 1, but the guys can play…

I want to like this album. I really do. But besides 2 or 3 tracks I'm just bored.

Surprisingly I like this album a lot more than any of the 20 The Beatles albums on this list. That doesn’t say much, but it’s a solid 3. The first tracks are much better than the 2nd half of the album.

A bit of a fever dream. The opening tracks are from a completely different level, but I honestly think they lead into a bit of a lull before going full throttle at the end.
Even if I think parts of the album are slightly boring, the total score can only be a solid 5.

Incredibly boring. First half is the same song with a minimum of variation, but the album gets slightly better as it goes on. Would be an uninspired 3, but I hate his voice, and whatever he was trying to do with the solo in powderfinger.

This is an obvious 5. There's really not much to say - just absolute bangers from start to finish.

I struggle with Björk.
This album, and artist, has absolutely everything I’ve complained about in other albums. The talent is completely undeniable, there’s risk-taking to an almost unbelievable degree, and there’s just tons of creativity.
The problem is that I hate absolutely every second of it. I hate the creative goal, I cannot stand the way she insists on hard rolling on r’s seemingly at random, and I find the lyrics almost laughably bad.
I guess I completely agree that this belongs on the list, but it’s absolutely not for me.

This is too old school for me. The beats are great (even if they sound a bit dated) but the lyrics are not amazing. Not sure I needed the soul numbers included.

This really is the sound that I will always think of when someone mentions The Rolling Stones.

Amazing voice, good instrumentation, tons of passion, but really doesn't move
the needle for me. Nothing to dislike, but maybe an hour was a bit much.

What in the world is this?

If you want to do an artsy album, the first track needs better writing than "He trades the milk for booze, and Molly wants new shoes".

The last track is nowhere near good enough to be 10 minutes long. This was just overall stupid. A poorly written musical with no actors.