Reviews by pageantree

I've pretty much liked everything I've heard from Incubus prior to receiving this album (a good handful of radio hits I've heard all my life plus a few others). Growing up, I heard "Drive" and "Pardon Me" frequently, but I realize that those were just the mainstream pieces. This was the band with the unique, smooth-voiced lead singer and the turntables. I certainly didn't group them with the other nu-metal bands (like Linkin Park, another band I grew up hearing a lot). I loved this whole album, with its alternative metal sound and interesting sound effect choices at the beginning of many of the songs (plus the dark tonality). This is a familiar sound for me, and I felt like there was enough variety to the melodies to keep me interested. The bass guitar really stands out, too. If you only really like the lighter, more poppy songs from their discography, you may not like the rest of this album, which is heavier in contrast.

I'm less than 100 albums into this project and I'm already on my fourth Zeppelin. I even got lucky enough to get the debut first. That being said, the first one was always my preference, but this album comes pretty close to it. The music is still the same combination of bluesy rock n' roll with superb musicianship, but this contains more songs I really enjoy than on the previous albums I was given ("The Rover", "Kashmir", "Bron-Yr-Aur", "Ten Years Gone"). As the albums go on, Zeppelin's music becomes more diverse and at times, experimental. But it all remains enjoyable at the end of the day.

I don't really like regular jazz music, but this funky version of jazz is pretty good. It's groovy and catchy and makes you want to dance. It was a musical journey through space.

I didn't really like this album. It's just a bunch of samples and beats mish-mashed together. Some of the combinations had an atmospheric and catchy nature, but I couldn't get into the majority of it.

The generator previously gave me this band's previous album, "A Northern Soul", only a few months ago, so my perspective on them is pretty fresh. The music style is meloncholic rock, a style that I particularly like. Of course, as I said in my other review, I already was familiar with and enjoyed "Bitter Sweet Symphony". That song is still the best song on this album and employs a good use of strings (instrumentation that is used in a few other songs too). I did like the music, but the songs are quite long and they kind of blended together after a while (something that I found also happened in the previous album). Another song I liked, and that was more different, was "The Drugs Don't Work".

Sonically, this is an early metal album. Metal is a style of music I don't usually reach for (and I still don't think I will at this point). The songs were certainly all high energy with plenty of guitar solos throughout, but they didn't really differentiate too much from each other. "The Rage" is the exception to that, it was more experimental and I would have liked to hear more songs like that one (the bass line carried it well). I'll also praise the drummer because the beat was steady and consistent and my foot was tapping along pretty much the whole time. I'm just not into the classic feel of this album, but it's listenable.

This is another brit-pop/rock album. The music has elements of folk and mysticism in it. I didn't really like it upon a first listen, but I got more into it when listening to it again. I liked the vibe of tunes like "Bigmouth Strikes Again" and "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out". I preferred the last half of the album, but it was all pretty okay.

This is my first Bowie album. I would describe it as having some classic rock sounds mixed together with lots of synths and other sounds. I also hear some pop sentiments. It's weird, of course, because it's Bowie and all I've heard about him is how unique and eccentric his music is. It's not too weird for me, though. There are several instrumental songs that are sonically interesting and at times, beautiful. I actually preferred them to the lyrical songs. "Warszawa" sounds like a piece from a film score, and I thought it was lovely to listen to. I liked the atmospheric feel of the music, for the most part.

Another 80s pop rock album. It has the familiar elements of muted drum sounds and a kind of general cheesy nature. This one incorporates real instruments and strings instead of synth beats, however. I thought the music was just okay. I liked "Blinder By the Hour" in particular.

Bluesy rock (the kind I like) with amazing guitar playing. It was nice to get to listen to a good, high-energy rock n' roll album. There's some psychedelia mixed in, but not an overwhelming amount. The music was sonically interesting and engaging (especially while wearing headphones). All in all, a solid album that I understand all the hype and praises about.

This album is a mixture of blues, country, gospel sounds, and Elvis's soulful voice. This is my first full album exposure to Elvis (the generator seems to enjoy giving me later works by an artist). Elvis always seemed more like a character to me than an artist (just based on what I've seen and heard in mainstream pop culture). Listening to this kind of humanized him for me, however. I can tell that Elvis had presence and appeal, but this kind of music just doesn't resonate with me.

The music here is groovy, jazzy, and focuses more on instrumentation than lyrics. It's not bad for background music, but this style isn't for me.

I would describe this as an ethereal-sounding British pop-rock album. The music is a mix of bright poppy-sounding tunes and darker moodier ones. I thought it was just so-so (not amazing, not bad, had some good melodies). However, I really liked "I Wanna Be Adored".

I'm not normally a country fan, but I kind of liked the mix of folk and country in this album (I read it referred to as alternative country in my research). The musical arrangements are simple and not cluttered, which allows Lucinda's voice to be high in the mix. Her voice is not super fantastic and show-offy, but it does justice to the lyrics. The album is more standard country after the first few songs, my favorite of which was "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road". My other personal highlights included "Right In Time" and "Drunken Angel".

This is probably the strangest rock music I've ever listened to (if you can call it that). The vocal style is certainly an acquired taste (out of key, a lot of spoken dialogue). There are lots of weird sound effects and samples added in. In fact, "Thriller!" is pretty much just sounds and samples. It has some funky moments and plenty of lap steel guitar. It comes across as just an extended jam session to me. It did start out more cohesive and just standard psychedelic rock, but it got weirder as time went on. I think this album was a little too weird for me, but there were a few interesting musical moments I liked (like in "Caligari's Mirror").

I generally like 90s music, and this album fits that vibe for me. The singer's voice lends a dreamy sound to garage rock inspired/heavyish music. I did feel that sometimes the music overpowered the vocals, though, but I liked how heavy it was. I did love the music, especially the songs in the second half ("Supersonic", "Slide Away", "Married With Children").

The other reviewers were right when they said this album was a combination of Queen and the Beatles. I'd also like to add disco and that the orchestra gives it a film soundtrack feel at times. The band really enjoyed playing with weird sounds as well. At times, this was a bit too weird for me, and I got too many 80s vibes off of it. It was just okay in my opinion, but not bad.

As pretty much every other reviewer pointed out, Kanye West is an awful person. However, I'm determined to listen to every album on this list and rate without bias. To be transparent, he did not receive any streaming revenue from my listen because I use new pipe to listen to all of my music (I hate ads just like everyone else). And honestly, I'm sure he's not the only artist on this list who is controversial or hated.

My first exposure to rap/hip hop on this list was OutKast, and I liked the musical diversity and uniqueness in that music. This album also has some good and unique instrumentation and beats/sounds (there's violins) and the rapping is not about the typical subjects, but serious issues that aren't cookie cutter. The guest appearances shine, especially the female vocalists ("All Falls Down" as one) and the use of harmonies. I'm not into the skits that seem to be common in these types of albums. Speaking musically, I thought it was good, definitely for a debut album. Mental illness is unfortunate and always seems to take down creative individuals.

So this album was described as new wave, and it's okay. Music from the 80s, to me, tends to overuse synthesizers and can sound kind of cheesy sometimes, but I appreciate that this album didn't do that (real instruments for the win here). The singing style, however, employs that brit-pop spoken singing, which I'm not really a fan of. I gave it a second listen and enjoyed it more than the first listen, however. I like songs with dark tones and this had a good handful of those.

I love the heavy, dark tone of this album. I also appreciate that the music doesn't have too much of an 80s sound, despite releasing in that decade (perhaps it's the emphasis of real instruments over synthesizers). The songs have an atmospheric and moody feel. It was an immersive experience.