Reviews by namelessghoul665

Some great stuff here, but it all kinda blends together and therefore is a bit boring. Hard to pick a favorite track because of that, too.

Album #154
Ali Farka Touré album 1/2
Cover rating: 3/5
Favorite Track: Soukora

This sounds amazing, but it is way too repetitive, especially with multiple 5+ minute tracks. Also, I am going to start rating the album covers too because of this album.

Album #153
Donald Fagen album 1/1
Cover rating: 5/5
Favorite Track: I.G.Y.

The bookending tracks on this are pretty good, especially the titular track, but the rest of it is just standard soft rock faire, not being bad nor particularly great.

Album #152
Eagles album 2/2
Favorite Track: Hotel California

Pretty great stuff, I loved the guitar. Ozzy has such a unique and amazing voice.

Album #151
Black Sabbath album 1/3
Favorite Track: N.I.B.

The first half of this album is outstanding, just a beautiful cacophony of sound headed by Nick Cave's great voice. However, the second half kind of lost me because 1) I'm not really a slow song guy and thats basically what this entire half was and 2) it sounded a bit basic outside of the choir.

Album #150
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album 1/5
Favorite Track: Hiding All Away - I loved the part at the end with just so much noise going on, it sounded magnificent.

This was great stuff, the sitar is an amazing instrument. However, I don't really know how to explain it but the sitar is kind of a lot to take in sonically, so it kinda tired me out near the end, especially with the 13 minute track.

Album #149
Ananda Shankar album 1/1
Favorite Track: Raghupati

I really dug this, I didn't know electronica was really a thing in the 70s. It sounds like arcade game music in the best possible way. I thought the vocals were nice, too. I'm okay with electronic music having some nice vocals as long as they don't take away from the main focus, the instrumental.

Album #148
Kraftwerk album 1/3
Favorite Track: The Hall of Mirrors

Great stuff, I loved the vocals and the lyrics. It's great how there wasn't any misogyny to undermine their message (cough cough, Ice Cube, cough cough). The beats weren't really my favorite, but there were some good ones on here.

Album #147
Public Enemy album 1/3
Favorite Track: Caught, Can We Get A Witness?

I love 80s pop rock, man. I've only listen to Phil Collins' popular songs, but this album sounds a lot like that, which is great. I didn't really dig the slow songs, though, they were a bit boring.

Album #146
Peter Gabriel album 1/3
Favorite Track: Sledgehammer

This is a pretty good rock opera. I don't think it does anything incredibly unique, though, so 1969 recieves yet another 3.

Album #145
The Who album 3/5
Favorite Track: Christmas

I liked the instrumentation but honestly Wainwright's voice was just tiring. It's like he's trying to be Thom Yorke but stretching out the words waaaaaaayyyy too often.

Favorite Track: The One You Love

This guy has an outstanding voice, and the instrumentation is pretty good as well. Unfortunately, this album all kind of blends together with no variety.

Favorite Track: Cry to Me

Most of this album was just okay or plain annoying (cough Moonchild cough). BIG HOWEVER, The Court Of The Crimson King is a masterpiece of a song. Singlehandedly brought this from a 2 to a 3. When that chorus hits with the "ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhh, ah ah" and the organ? Amazing stuff. Other than that though, a meh album. Prog rock just isn't for me.

Favorite Track: The Court Of The Crimson King

I think I love plunderphonics. It is crazy what DJs can do with a bunch of unrelated stuff. Some of it is some great chill beats, other times it's a bit intense, and there are some quite eerie tracks here too. I loved every second of it. That Twin Peaks sample at the end was honestly just the cherry on top.

Favorite Track: What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)

1969 strikes again. I was gonna give this a 2 for being okay but boring as fuck, however I really dug Gypsy Woman so this is a 3.

Favorite Track: Gypsy Woman

This album has some of the best sampling ever. When they sing a bar and then rhyme a sample with it? It's euphoric when it hits. However, the vocals themselves are just so annoying and grating. I can handle the Beastie Boys in one or two song bursts, like maybe happening to hear Intergalactic or Sabotage back-to-back on a playlist, but being yelled at for an entire 53 minute album is just exhausting. I basically had to try to ignore the vocals to enjoy the genuinely good instrumentals and samples.

Favorite Track: Car Thief

Some nice, chill electronica. I loved the infusion of the accordion throughout the album, it sounded great.

Favorite Track: Triptico

Some great rock. I don't know what else to say.

Favorite Track: You Shook Me All Night Long

Samey with too-short tracks. I couldn't understand the lead singer at all and I don't really like Colin Newman's style of singing on this, either, it's kind of annoying. The instrumentals are just okay punk rock, nothing more.

Favorite Track: Reuters

This album was quite nice. Morrissey's vocals were nice, even though I feel like it's the kind of voice I would usually get annoyed with after a while. On the contrary, I wish this album was longer. I liked the more subdued nature of the instrumental on this, too.

Favorite Track: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out