Reviews by pageantree

I'm already familiar with Hole and this album (I love the music from the 90s). I loved "Live Through This", but this album took me a few listens to grow on me. It's a lot more poppy and polished but there's hints of the grunge-y classic Hole sound throughout, not to mention the upbeat catchiness of many of the songs. "Celebrity Skin" is a pretty perfect song with a very recognizable riff that everybody probably knows. "Playing Your Song" is a song that could have been on "Live Through This". "Petals" is another one of my favorites: it's longer and darker-sounding, but it makes a good closer to the album.

This album consists of annoyingly synth-y, cheesy 80s pop. You could say it's high-energy and groovy, but it's a kind of music I dislike. Synths and bass have to be used a certain way for me to receptive to them, and this is just not it.

My 4 year old son loves the White Stripes. He's always randomly humming "Seven Nation Army" and he likes listening to all of their music on car rides. This album has so many good songs, all with a great beat (courtesy of Meg White on drums) and amazing guitar hooks. The combination of bluesy guitars and hard-hitting drums are not only unique, but make the songs catchy and easy to be into. Fantastic album.

The harmonies on this album are very Beatles-esque, and some of the songs have that poppy melodic quality as well. My favorite songs on here were the simple, acoustic-driven folk songs. Those songs were thoughtful and gave me a sense of peace. But maybe that's the point of folk: to be relaxing and introspective, and I enjoy having plenty of that.

I don't enjoy country too much, but I'm into folk, and this was a combination of both. I liked the melancholy sound of the music, though there was too much harmonica for me. An okay listen.

I know the song "Big Iron" right off because my husband and I used to listen to the Fallout soundtrack every time we walked our then-newborn daughter around the living room to try to calm her and get her to sleep. My husband introduced me to this type of country music (akin to Johnny Cash, who of course came later). The lyrics are unique, clever storytelling sung with a smooth voice. This is better than standard country fare.

This album is a very groovy, instrumental version of hip hop with clean lyrics. It feels very dated to me. The lyrics weren't that great either, they were overly positive. This sounded like it was straight out of an 80s or 90s sitcom. Not really my thing.

This is folk country music with some psychedelia mixed in. My favorite song was "Some Misunderstanding", which encapsulated the perfect folk-y mix for me. The country aspects I wasn't as much a fan of, but the album was a pretty decent one to listen to, regardless.

I've listened to a few Aerosmith albums on here already. They don't really capture my attention. This one especially felt like just basic classic rock with a blues flavor, nothing special. It's just okay to me.

This album was so catchy and has radio hits I recognize. Surprisingly, the classic rock feel and the synths go well together. I liked this one a lot, even though it's not my normal music taste.

This is a synth-y, atmospheric music with minimal vocals. I thought it was good background music that was mildly engaging.

This sounds a lot different than other music I've heard from the '60s. I'm aware that my favorite band, Queens of the Stone Age, was influenced by The Stooges, so much so that the guitar riff for their song "If Only" (one of my personal favorite songs) is very similar to the one for "I Wanna Be Your Dog". So, in effect, I quite enjoyed "I Wanna Be Your Dog". I also loved the distorted guitar throughout all the songs. This is a lot better than the normal psychedelic fare from this decade.

I've been getting a lot of this type of pop/rock music lately (and this is also my second Arcade Fire album this week). I still haven't decided how I feel about it. I don't love it, yet I don't hate it, either. It's dark and moody and passionately charged. I'm going to say it's just okay.

This was a cross between dance party music and atmospheric sound effects, and sometimes waiting music. I guess that's how I would describe techno. The songs were all pretty similar, not much variety. I didn't care for it.

This is a pop/R&B album with that early 2000s flavor. It was kind of boring to me because the beat was pretty much the same throughout. The only exception was "Like I Love You". That one sounds the most unique and I recognize it as a radio hit, and it's a decent song.

This album is very poppy-sounding. In fact, it sounds very Beatles/Beach Boys-influenced. But that was the popular music at the time, I suppose. It also has that sense of strangeness/psychedelia that a lot of 60s music has. Though it's catchy, I don't really like this music style.

This album reminded me of the Rufus Wainwright album I was generated not too long ago. I kinda liked that one, and the same is true of this one. The music feels fantastical and definitely arty. I wasn't thrilled by it, however. It all felt like one long song.

My opinion of this is the same as every other time I've been generated a gangster rap album. I think the beats are okay (I will say I've heard better from other albums on here) and I don't like the vulgarity and skits. Also, for a Dr. Dre album, there's significantly less Dr. Dre than there are other guests, especially Snoop Dogg.

The music on this album was fast-paced, early metal. The riffs were quite electric. The guitar solos were plenty and the drums were rapid. The lyrics in some of the songs were creepy, though ("Jailbait", for instance). My parents used to listen to this kind of music frequently (I do remember hearing some of these songs in my childhood). I'm not super into it, but it was spirited overall.

This was formulaic, twangy country that was all pretty much the same tempo throughout. I'm not a country fan, so I didn't much like this. However, "Love Hurts" was a decent song that I've heard before and can appreciate.