Reviews by pageantree

This album pleasantly surprised me. I see psychedelic rock from the '60s and I'm usually disappointed. This did have weird elements (flutes, medieval-type sounds, and strange lyrics), but it also had music that was sonically pleasant to my ears. I didn't expect pop melodies and good guitar tones. I thought "Que Vida" was almost perfect with its melodies and sound. The closing track was 18 minutes (pretty much half the runtime) of bluesy jamming, which was the most experimental and psychedelic part of the album. Without that and with more of those other songs I liked, I would have definitely given this a higher rating.

This is good club music (the repetitiveness is good for dancing). It's mostly instrumental with minimal vocals. However, I don't like techno on its own because it just fades into the background and it doesn't keep my interest.

This early version of the Beatles is groovy, poppy, melodic, and occasionally bluesy. I prefer their later work myself ("Abbey Road" was quite good), but I can definitely see the appeal of this. Though I will say all of the songs were mostly similar to me.

This is a mostly acoustic folk, kind of country album with a couple of bluesy numbers thrown in. Many of the songs had catchy melodies reminiscent of pop music ("Sunny Skies", "Oh, Susannah"). Overall, this was a pleasant listen.

I'm not a fan of rap/R&B, but I've learned through the generator that there are exceptions. The instrumentals in this album are very good (interesting drum/guitar/bass parts), and any other sounds enhance the music. There was enough variety in the song structures and beats to keep me engaged, and the singing and rapping parts meshed well together. There's also a lot of groove and funk in the songs, which made them very listenable. I felt a similar way about OutKast.

This was a fun and energetic rock album. Like one of the past reviewers said, the music did indeed remind me of KISS (in particular the vocalist's exclamations). My favorite song was probably "The Next Big Thing".

Somehow, I like later Springsteen a bit more. This feels like jazzy rock n roll to me, and the saxophone gives it an 80s vibe. I think the defining characteristic of Springsteen's music is the optimistic sound, especially in the closing track "Jungleland". I suppose it makes people feel hopeful and uplifted, which is okay if I'm in the right mood.

This album is psychedelic rock. The electric jug really added to that weird sound. The music isn't insufferable, but it's not my preference.

The Wikipedia article says this album is early punk, and I would kind of agree with that. I would say it sounds like a classic-rock infused punk rock sound. For a live album, the sound was very clean. It got kind of weird at the end with the last song, the music got more jam-like and the singer went on about the revolution, so it got more psychedelic. It was okay to me.

This is a folky country-adjacent record with some grooviness to some of the songs. A lot of it was quite catchy. It felt pretty same-y for most of it, though.

This music is very country and bluesy (not my preference). I like some of Neil Young's folk music, and there is some of that in here on the back end of the album. But it's not enough to make this enjoyable for me.

This is essentially a piano-driven album of ballads. The lyrics are sung with an exaggerated passion and there's orchestral backing. The songs all blended together for me, and I've never been much into this genre when it's popped up on here before. Luckily this was relatively short, unlike those others.

I listened to "Blonde On Blonde" last week, and I like this one a lot better. The songs are softer and more acoustic, the lyrical stories are richer and more detailed, and the harmonica actually fits in without being excessive.

This is a bluesy, groovy rock n roll album that I've heard a couple songs off of before. The guitars were good and it was pretty okay overall.

Two Nirvana albums in two weeks, this is a treat for me. I have the DVD version, so I watched that instead of just listening to the audio. The songs are haunting and beautiful in their acoustic capacity, and the mix of original and cover songs works well and made this performance as notorious as it still is. My favorite songs have always been the three Meat Puppets covers, but listening to this as a whole again confirms to me that this is a five star, no skips album.

I was expecting a whole album of "School's Out"-style songs, so the rest of the tracklist was a surprise. The contents were jazzy and bluesy with bits of cabaret and psychedelia. I found myself getting lost in the musical interludes, they were quite good.

I remember Coldplay from the radio. More specifically "Vida La Vida", an annoying song probably because of the overplay (I used to work in a Home Depot), but "Clocks" as well (a good song you can melt into). This album is a lot better than those songs. It's like the perfect dark, urgent-sounding indie-rock album with pianos. My favorite song was "God Put a Smile upon Your Face". I didn't expect to enjoy it so much, but I'm glad I did.

A groovy 80s pop album with some rock n roll infused in there. 80s music tends to have elements I don't like, but this was slightly better than the typical ones. I liked some of the instrumentals too. And of course Tina Turner has quite the powerhouse voice.

This was catchy and melodic R&B music led by a smooth-voiced Frank Ocean (his voice is perfect for this genre). There were occasional samples. I liked the instrumentals and sound effects in this, too. This is not a typical listened-to genre for me, but this album wasn't bad.

I would classify this as an indie pop/rock album. A lot of acoustic guitar and orchestral backing is present, and there are a few heavier songs and even a couple of instrumentals.The softer songs sounded beautiful and the heavier songs tended to be catchy and interesting. There was also an atmospheric quality throughout the whole album. My favorite songs were "Everybody's Stalking" and "Say It Again".