Reviews by moysauce08

I went into this album with no expectation as I had no idea who they were. I have to say, I was pretty impressed. I actually think there's a lot to like about this album and for me it was the songwriting. I thought each track was unique and intricate and it formed the album very well. There's also so pretty catchy parts throughout. It really reminds me of Radiohead and I honestly thought the first song could have been a ripoff of Wonderwall with the guitar intro.

I think I liked it more than most of my 3 star ratings

I didn't finish the album. I didn't want to. It made my work miserable and I want to listen to something else.

The greatest part of this album, was when I turned it off. This album feels like an extension of "Live at The Witch Trials". In other words, it's terrible. I think if you wanted to torture someone, you would lock them in a room replaying Metal Box and Live at The Witch Trials over and over again.

There's nothing to salvage this album. There's nothing to analyze. There's nothing to like (the bass lines were decent, but repetitive). I can't even imagine how the producer of this record feels listening to these tracks over and over again getting the mix "just right". Although given the quality of the tracks, that probably didn't happen.

I can't believe that even Rolling Stone magazine rated this as a top 500 album. Seriously, what is their criteria?!

1

I'll admit, it was better than I thought it would be. But that's not saying much since I'm just really not a fan of Iggy Pop. I thought the song structures weren't too bad, I thought the overall tone and vibe was pretty good. It's punk, it's rebellious, it's raw, I can see people who enjoy this album. But that's not me.

There were songs on here that were incredible and just all time classics. He's the Greatest Dancer, We Are Family, I was even cool with Lost in Music, something I've never heard before. But then the "heartfelt" songs kind of brought me out of it. Somebody Loves Me for example just brought the overall "fun" vibe down. Still a fun listen

I feel like this is kinda mid for Miles Davis. It was a nice listen through, but nothing really stood out to me. I guess I can appreciate the "major development in post-bebop jazz" these songs were, but considering this came out in 1957 and I'm no where near that age, it's hard for me to be able to understand that well.
I'm debating between a 2 and a 3, but when comparing to other 2 star albums I've given, it's better than those so...

3

Very first though, this sounds like the "always melodic Smashing Pumpkins".

It's funny... listening through it the first time, I thought I didn't like this album. But then I heard Lazarus, and I loved the heck out of this song. It made me rethink about what I just listened to and now I need to listen to the album again with a difference perspective.

This is an active listening album. There's a lot of layers to these songs that just won't go appreciated when listened to in the background. For example, Run My Way Runway has this really annoying helicopter sound that I absolutely hated and I probably never want to hear again. But the feeling it gave me, of being driven insane to the point where I was getting angry, if that was the goal of that track, it 1000% succeeded. Wouldn't have appreciated the feeling it made me feel if it was in the background without headphones! The layering that happens about halfway through The White Noise Revisited was absolutely brilliant. I also liked how they did the layering. To me, it sounded like the introduced instrument or voice was loud to start to get your attention that this is not being added to this repeating rhythm. And then it faded back into the music to then be introduced by a new sound.

I feel like a lot of my annoyances from this record come from some of the distorted parts. Any time it's a simple melody over a simple guitar, I love it.

I also feel like this album is a great choice to be a part of listening groups, because I feel like there's so much to digest musically and you can talk about parts you loved and parts you hated while everyone having a unique opinion.

Overall, I really have mixed feelings about Giant Steps. There are just parts I absolutely love and are so beautifully written and performed, and then I completely opposite feeling a few moments later. I like the ambition of the unique sound, and I believe the intention of the album is exactly what it's meant to be. I would love to listen to this album again. But I might skip a few parts.

4

The more I wrote, the more I realize that this review is more like a stream of conscious then a thought out, concise review. Read it as such.

It's not nearly as bad as the previous album. I actually didn't hate it and thought it was okay as background music. I would rank this album above some of the worst ones we've heard so far, even some of the others that aren't ranked 1 star. I thought the singer "fit in" with the music more on the album, I thought the instrumentation was far better where it actually works and is listenable throughout the entirety of the record.

This feels like a proper punk record. One that I totally understand if people enjoyed. At times, it does sound like the singer is on another planet and a different song is playing in his head while he's singing. Maybe he looked at his shoes and realized they were tied the wrong way mid way through recording and started mumbling to himself. I'm willing to bet that most of his vocals were done in 1 take (it's not like he's hitting any notes that require pitch perfect vocals).

I loved this album! Funky, soulful, the solos were tasty and not tacky, absolute treat of an album today. Recognized the first song that was sampled in Kendrick Lamar's "i" and I really enjoyed that. Definitely heard it before somewhere, and after researching, it was in Anchorman. I can easily listen to this album again.

4/5

It's kind of amazing that the Sex Pistols only have one official album, and how much of an influence they had on punk music.

I thought this album was fantastic, and I totally see why it was so well received. I don't think I really have too much to say about it, I just really liked it.

The symphony was cool, but I really get listener fatigue whenever I have to listen to Metallica for more than 2 songs. I couldn't wait for this album to end so that I could listen to something else, but this album just carries on forever.

I think they could have taken advantage of the symphony a bit more by playing their slower songs more. Or at least space those out better because the front half of this album really dragged on. The fatigue faded a bit when Nothing Else Matter came on, and I thought it was a really nice song to have with the symphony.

I appreciate the ambition to add a symphony to Trash Metal, and for the most part I thought it worked. But like I said at the beginning, I just can't listen to so much Metallica in one sitting.

I had a really good time with some of the songs from here. Was very surprised to hear singing on the second track, but I still enjoyed it. The sound was pretty raw, one of those cases where "less is more" in terms of production.

Started off pretty cool, and then faded into the background and forgettable. Probably should have been a shorter album.

This album was way cooler than I ever thought it would be. I'm actually pretty amazed at how much enjoyment I got from some of these songs. I'm a sucker for non-repetitive songs that bring a lot of variety, and a lot of these songs did exactly that. I can totally understand that it can sound messy, but I eat that stuff up.

There are, however, some filler songs that I'm just not a fan of. i.e. Mrs Vandebilt, Mamunia

I've definitely heard Intro before on some instrumental playlist. It sounded way too familiar. And it's weird when a song called Intro is the most played song, but in this case, it's really good! It totally sets the tone for the rest of the album.

The intro riff for Islands is incredible. Caught my attention right away and loved it throughout. I think my favourite song from the album.
This album was a really fresh listen. The vocals remind me of Of Monsters and Men (guilty pleasure of mine). The instrumentals don't try to do too much but compliment the vocals nicely. It's one of those albums that I can put on in any mood, and I'd happily listen to it cover-to-cover.

Did it blow me away, no. Did I enjoy the heck out of it, yes.

I understand the appeal to those who enjoy this kind of music, but this style of hip hop isn't for me. That old school "thug" rap just doesn't do it for me. It reminds me of that De La Soul album, and honestly I thought that was better because it was more original than this. I couldn't tell you a song that stood out throughout this whole album.

Typically, I'm not a huge fan of AC/DC. I've heard their songs enough times, I find the singer's voice quite annoying, and the drum beats are just too simple for my taste.

However, I actually did enjoy my listen to this album. Debatably something I'd actually re-visit on my own.

4/5

The words that come to mind when I try to describe this album is "Teenage Freedom". For whatever reason when I hear this music, I picture a teenager from the 80s not having any worries and just wandering about.

I enjoyed it. Definitely no skippable tracks on here. I'm just surprised that this is #11 on the top 1001 albums. I'm not blown away by it where it deserves to be just outside the top 10 albums of all time. It was just a good, consistent listen all the way through.

It's one of those albums that you can put on pretty much any time and listen to it cover to cover. I'll save it for future feel-good listens.

4/5

I enjoyed this album more than I thought I would. I've listened to A Tribe Called Quest before and I thought their music was pretty lack lustre. But I definitely enjoyed it this time and I recognized a couple of samples in some songs which I thought were cool. Nothing particularly "wowed" me, but I also didn't think any song was worth a skip.

Maybe after listening to more music on this list, it made me appreciate this album a bit more.

3/5

I wanted to turn this off when it got to the second song. Spoiler alert, the album doesn't get any better.

I think this is the worst album I've heard on this list so far.

1/5

Was is a funky album, yes. Was it missing something? Yes, but I can't put a finger on it. I just wasn't vibing with this album like I do with other funky albums.

2/5