Reviews by pageantree

Smooth sounding jazz (both the music and the singer's voice itself). While it does have its groovy moments, it's just not for me.

I'm not really into this type of music, but this was an interesting listen (I even felt compelled to listen twice). It has public service messages (take care of your teeth because no one else will), social justice announcements (student demonstrations and the environment), and dark tones mixed in. I had heard of the Beach Boys, and I knew they were known for surf music, but this was better than I expected.

The guitars in this are so prominent and amazingly done throughout. I enjoyed all the melodies and different styles of music woven throughout the songs. The production quality was clean, and I thought it was quite an enjoyable listen.

I already like a lot of Green Day's songs, so I enjoyed this! A very upbeat punk album with relatable lyrics.

This contains many of those typical 80's sounds (synthy and jazzy with drum machines), and I got the vibe of that era's sitcoms and movies as I was listening. But I could also hear dark undertones, which I particularly like in music. "Listen" was an interesting atmospheric tune I enjoyed at the end of the album.

I was already familiar with Adele as several of the songs on this album were hits I'd heard before, and I thought they were good. The entirety of the album has beautiful melodies and instrumentation. Of course her voice is big and powerful, but I sometimes felt like it overpowered the music (which it was obviously produced that way on purpose because it's the asset she has that differentiates her from others). I'm just a person that's more interested in instrumentation. Overall, I think it's a solid album and easy to listen to. My favorite song is Someone Like You because I do like melancholic songs and I think songs like that make good album closers.

Jazz with lots of experimentation. Interesting to listen to.

This album was a bluesy one with smooth instrumentation. In fact, every instrument came through cleanly and blended nicely, so a very good quality recording. I liked how there were bits of experimentation sprinkled throughout (particularly midway through Land Ho!), and how some songs had ethereal qualities (Blue Sunday and particularly Indian Summer). Overall, it wasn't bad, I'm just normally not a big blues fan, mostly because of the abundance of organ and keyboards. I think my favorite song was Waiting For The Sun.