Reviews by ninexnineteen

Something refreshing in a mountain of shit on this list. I was beginning to question if I even like music

Wasn't for me

2.5

2.5

Nothing special

This album sounds like it may have influenced the genre of glam rock.

I hate glam rock.

Quite poorly recorded; tons of clipping throughout the album. Several times throughout, I was wondering if I had accidentally damaged my headphones somehow and had to go listen to a reference track to be sure my gear wasn't the problem. It wasn't my gear.

"I don't mind" wasn't bad. I liked the blues-like pace and feel, but toward the end, they went back to sounding like a high school AC/DC cover band that forgot all of AC/DC's songs. This album was really difficult to listen to. Very little merit for me

1.5

So, this was not really enjoyable, but it was a relief after all the terrible music this list has been serving me. My only hope is that the first hundred albums I listen to are trash, and the remaining 901 albums are amazing.

This list is bullshit, really

Anyway, this album:

Inoffensive. I certainly would have liked to hear this album in the year of its release. I think it would have been really different from everything else I was used to hearing at the time. I don't know if I would have liked it, but I think I could have appreciated it a bit more than I can now

2.75

This was a breath of fresh air after some of the garbage this list has served me lately. Thank you, Croz

3.5

Another shitty noise "rock" album. Nails on a chalkboard.

1.5

This was the first album in two weeks that didn't make me feel relieved when it was over. Thank you, Tom and the Heartbreakers!

RIP, Tom. I miss knowing you were out there rocking somewhere

4.0

Not offensive, but also not enjoyable. I appreciate the early contributions to grunge, but I definitely won't ever listen to this again

Thoroughly meh

2.5

Thoroughly unenjoyable

Listening to this for the first time in more than 20 years is interesting. Simple, boom bap beats and decent (though uncomplicated) rhyme and flow for the most part. Also interesting, you can see emergence of more modern rap styles on songs like Show Business.

3.75

I'm so relieved to be listening to an album that is actually enjoyable. The last week has been a slog. Comparatively, this is a phenomenal album. Realistically, it was just alright.

Poor Leno is a standout for me as not as enjoyable as the rest of the album

3.0

If you like the White Stripes, The Strokes, Jet, Franz Ferdinand, or any of those other bands in the stripped down, lofi garage band genre, you'll love this. I think it sucked because it's very demonstrative of that shit genre that nobody asked for, and I'm pretty sure nobody ACTUALLY likes. The only thing I enjoyed about this was skipping songs halfway through, knowing that it would allow me to stop listening that much sooner.

Highly Evolved: monotone screaming, shit guitar riff, lack of melody. Unlistenable. Skipped after half the song

Autumn Shade: far better

Outthatway: not quite as bad as Highly Evolved, but in the same terrible vein. There's a melody, at least. Skipped halfway through

Sunshinin: not a-melodic, but mostly monotone vocals. Dislike. Skipped halfway through

Homesick: best song so far. Still sucked. Skipped a little after halfway during guitar solo

Get Free: trying to be grunge, but doing a bad lofi impression. Skipped during first bridge

Country Yard: definitely solidifies my distaste for "lofi trying to sound like the Beatles" genre. Skipped

Factory: fun opening ska-like riff. Maintained that ska-like energy through MOST of the song. It was ok until the chorus(?). Skipped after the second one

In the jungle: fuck this list. Skipped

Mary Jane: shit

Ain't no room: worse

1969: unenjoyable. Thank goodness this is the last song

There sure is a LOT of hot garbage on this list of albums everyone "MUST" listen to before they die. Is there some sort of subtext I'm missing there? Like, does the author think you should listen to garbage noise every once in a while to appreciate good music or something?

I completely fail to understand why this is on a list of albums a person should listen to before they die.

What the absolute fuck is Dirty Barry? Miserable.

Vermillion Kisses also fucking sucked.

There is too much garbage like this on this list. I think I'm going to quit

Quite enjoyable!

Weird, as Björk is known to be. I think this is the least weird thing I have heard from her

Not bad. Not enjoyable either though

2.75

Not super interested. Not bad either

2.75

Couldn't make it through this trash. I don't have time for this kind of shit. I could be listening to literally anything else.

After having read a lot of the reviews by professional critics, I'm left wondering what "pop" music is, since this was considered some transformational experimental pop album. Zero catchy melodies, droning overstuffed instrumentation, and virtually monotone singing...this is pop? It's more appropriately described as semi-coherent noise; barely recognizable as music

Fuck this album.

1.5