Reviews by moysauce08

This is such a weird album. After treading the description from Wikipedia it makes a bit more sense why it is the way it is.

My initial thought was that every song sounds like an intro song that leads to nothing. But as I kept listening to it, maybe something clicked or maybe now that I understand what the intention behind the music is, I started to enjoy it.

This ain’t music to rock your socks off, but it’s definitely very different than the norm and better than a lot of the other music on here.

Such an iconic album that I’ve heard so many things about, but never took the chance to actually listen to the full thing.

I’m really glad I did.

An album filled with “safe songs”. They’re all catchy, they’re all short, and they still within their lane the whole time. Honestly front to back there’s not really a dry moment. But this isn’t what I look for in music

I find that this is an extremely rich album with a lot of different elements. Its got gospel, jazz, blues, and probably some others that I missed.

Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it but I definitely enjoyed my time with it.

Their actual genre is “Space Rock”? How could you possible know what rock sounds like in Space? It’s impossible to have any sounds! I guess psychedelic rock would be a better descriptor.

The upbeat sections I found were good. They're pretty complex and there’s a lot going on with the instruments but it works. Particularly like the bass lines that ties it all down and provides the structure for the rest of the band.

Definitely has some highlights and lowlights. Like what’s the deal with Cop Shoot Cop with the random section in the middle?

Man this album is not for me even in the slightest. I actively hated listening to this album.

I don’t even remember listening to this album on Friday. I don’t remember hating it though, so 3?

This list actually makes me look forward to listening to a Steely Dan album. Is this what being old feels like? If that wasn’t enough, this album art would be enough to make me want to listen to this album.

I find Steely Dan to be very odd because I don’t know how to categorize them. It’s like “elevator dad rock” but I love it because it’s so unique.

This feels like a time capsule record. Like if you were to ask “hey what was music like in the 60s” this album would be included in that list.

That said, it’s pretty mid to low mid for today’s standards.

She has incredible control over her voice and the vibratos and clarity of her voice is impressive. Obviously very talented.

I think hearing a live album of her may be better than a recording to really emphasize her talent. Glad I listened to this, I enjoyed it.

Totally tuned out the record in the background. I guess it’s great background music? It can definitely set a mood into the room if playing this on speakers. But then again it sounds like music I’d hear in a restaurant.

Record did drag on at the end. As someone said to my band once “they just want to solo until the cows come home”.

I have this rated between fun and annoying. I liked the energy of the music but I hate the singer.

Definitely some really great instrumentation here. I’m happy it’s on the list, but I’ll never come back to it.

There’s like a subgenre of Blues that just isn’t for me. This is that subgenre.

It’s funny that this music is very polarizing to the general public. You either love it or you hate it. Which I find is a common theme for most “heavier” rock or fast-paced music with higher energy.

I’m familiar with The Mars Volta and to me, they’re usually a hit or miss. I find the more I listen to them, the more I like it. This is definitely one of their better records and I found that I enjoyed a lot of the songs off this record.

It’s crazy to think that this album came out in 2003. So far ahead of its time and still stands today as incredible. Aged like fine wine. I’d argue that it’s probably better in today’s music than it was back in 2003

This might be one of those guilty pleasure albums because man, this is not my style at all but I weirdly really liked it. I loved the production, I loved the inclusion of the string instruments. I thought these songs were well written.

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh it was interesting to listen to for a while but then it got kinda… boring.

Not a big fan of this record. I liked the flow at times but it’s too… old school hip hop for me. Idk the production just fell flat to me.

Generic. Boring. Lifeless.

I actually hated this album. I think I just hate Brit pop.

It has some good vibes but falls under the same problems with most electronic music with repetition.

I do like the production, I think some songs has some pretty unique elements and there’s enough from this group to stand out from other electronic artists.

This is probably a “listen to it more than once” kind of album. I did enjoy my time with it.