Reviews by plasma

BummedHappy Mondays

Rated 4/10

I do like 80's sound in general but there isn't anything crazy crazy special on 1st listen. I would need more listens to appreciate certain songs. I liked recognizing the Beatle-ness of the Lennon-McCartney song (last track)

I have learned from this undertaking that the older 90's rap is actually ok with me. Stuff like Wu-Tang Clan and such. Never thought I would think this, huh!

The ClashThe Clash

Rated 8/10

Cmon, it’s The Clash

I like I'm so Bored with the USA it should have more streams

Nice non-electric stuff

Edit Apr 3 2026: 2 --> 3. After really loving Pink Moon by Nick Drake, I am bumping this up

VIOLENT FEMMES OHHHH YEAHHHHH

I've been listening to this album a lot recently, since it's becoming summertime and it's a great summer album

1 - Blister In The Sun

Amazing opener!!! I love the part when it gets quiet and stays like that for a while. My step mum would say in clubs back in the day, everyone would get low during the quiet part. And since it’s so long, it would always be funny staying low that long WAIIITING for it to become louder again. I would love to experience that one day - ha!

2 - Kiss Off

“YOU CAN ALL JUST KISS OFF INTO THE AIR!!!!” I love the part where it counts to ten, and how “I forget what eight is for” hehehe

3 - Please Do Not Go

This one is super fun to sing. The chorus rahhhh I love it. I like the “she like another guy” whine and “she never, see, the tears I cryyyy”

4 - Add It Up

Iconic intro. “Dayyyyyyy, after dayyyyy”. I also like when the instruments briefly go quiet for “But I look at your pants and I need a kiss”. One of my favourite parts to sing loudly is the “WAIT A MINUTE HONEY I’M GONNA ADD IT UP!!!!”

5 - Confessions

Switching up the vibe now. A nice break in the energy. My favourite part is the closing line “And you see I’ve learned my lessons. And I don’t even want to hear about your confessions”

6 - Prove My Love

Another very singable one. Welll they are all very singable - ha! I associate this one with Please Do Not Go

7 - Promise

"This is only a guess". I like that part

8 - To The Kill

I find this one similar to Promise in the sense that this one says "to the kill" while Promise says "This is only a guess" as closing lines

9 - Gone Daddy Gone

The xylophone is great here!!!

10 - Good Feeling

This is SUCH A GOOD CLOSING TRACK. This is why I don't listen to bonus tracks when listening through entire albums. This is where it should end. Has such that "ending" and "closure" feeling. I really like this track

Van HalenVan Halen

Rated 8/10

I saw somebody say Eruption should have been the opener and I AGREE SO MUCH. Would have been soooo good. I really love albums with instrumental openers... Slayer's Repentless, Testament's The Formation of Damnation, The Cure's Seventeen Seconds... and the instrumental opener on 1984 by Van Halen is probably my favourite track on that album

The guitar tone here is also SO GOOD. Like OMGGGG the You Really Got Me intro RAHHHHH. So crunchy but also... it sounds wet?? If that makes sense??? I like that combo a lot

My mum plays the top track off of each album for me to guess each day. When I first heard the top track (the title track), I thought it sounded like modern pop! I was quite surprised to learn it was from 1977

DryPJ Harvey

Rated 4/10

I like how guitar is a bit more at the front. Grunge-y

Edit Apr 15 2026: 3 --> 2

I am separating art from artist in my rating cause he’s a nazi and if I didn’t it would be a 1. I can appreciate how it was groundbreaking but it still isn’t as much my thing

I got Spacemen 3 vibes from I'm Comin' Down and that made me happy. I am really looking forward to the Spacemen 3 album