Reviews by ninexnineteen

TuskFleetwood Mac

Rated 6/10

Fleetwood Mac's weakest album, in my opinion. Still an enjoyable listen.

The title track is a standout for me.

Scott 2Scott Walker

Rated 4/10

After reading some reviews, it's apparent to me this album is supposed to be a joke. I get the joke, and it's not funny. I would have also independently described it as a joke, but not in the way the artist intended

The first three tracks were just painful to listen to

Late in the Day was the first listenable song on this album for me. I quite enjoyed this one

Everything that followed was mediocre and relatively inoffensive. I could have listened to all of them in their entirety, but why? There was nothing compelling here for me

This is a concept album where the artist jokingly has decided to unnecessarily shoehorn the jaw harp he won at the county fair into every track to hide the fact he's a terrible singer and see if anyone would notice.

This was a huge miss for me. Wildly unenjoyable. To plagiarize from the title of a Gin Blossoms album: A New Miserable Experience

BlueJoni Mitchell

Rated 6/10

I liked this. Joni Mitchell is great. I don't love her singing style all the time, but I was in the mood for it today

3.5

The CoralThe Coral

Rated 6/10

This is the first band on this list I haven't heard of before AND ALSO liked the album. This is exactly what I was hoping this list would be like, and have thus far been quite disappointed.

This was fucking FUN! I really don't think it belongs on a list of albums you must hear before you die, but I don't want to diminish how much I enjoyed this album.

I appreciate the eclectic mix of styles and am reminded of how I felt listening to bands like Panic! at the Disco, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly , and My Chemical Romance for the first time. They're all doing something somewhat new with well-founded historical precedent in a way that blends nicely and makes me want to find the music that inspired this.

3.5

I never liked David Bowie. I still don't, but this wasn't bad. I probably won't listen again, but if (most of the songs) on this album came on, I wouldn't rush to skip them like I have in the past

Timbaland's fingerprints are all over this, and this is more his album than Missy's, I think. Missy's flow has always been solid and unique, but I think lyrically, she made huge improvements in later albums that I personally think are more noteworthy.

I also feel like a couple of cameos were unnecessary: Busta was just playing hype man instead of adding musical value, and Lil Kim and Da Brat have never done it for me (though I acknowledge Lil Kim's flow). Aaliyah, to me, was the only guest that added value.

This album is a good start for Missy. She only got better as she went on. I appreciate how Missy "got weird" later in her career, which is something I feel like people who listen to this genre had little tolerance for at the time. Missy was definitely her own person, which I always thought was cool

That's it. I'm done. Fuck this list. This was supposed to be fun, and it has been a slog to get through 80% of these albums. Music shouldn't feel like a chore to listen to.

This guy's voice is like nails on a chalkboard