Reviews by quicksilver

I have gained nothing from listening to this it was the most meh thing ever

What teenage nights sound like. An absolutely impeccable combination of fantastical tunes and wailing guitars. Crazy to think this is some of their earliest music. This was crucial to the entire decade's sound scene and it's still influencing to this day.

Impossible not to think of Lloyd Christmas

It's decent I just don't understand why I have to listen to this. It feels like overkill after a while

This is makin me wanna run down some random street in Scotland while high on heroin

All of these Kinks albums are starting to blend together. I can't tell whether their music is inventive or just generic. I quite enjoyed 'Sunny Afternoon' a lot, and there were definitely a few decent songs, but I can only listen to so much British Invasion music before it all starts to sound the same.

Every single song on here was magnificent.

Except maybe 'Meeting Across the River'. That one put me to sleep twice.

Still a five though.

From Wikipedia:
"Revisiting 'Smile' was an intense emotional undertaking for Wilson, as he had been deeply traumatized by the circumstances that had originally surrounded the project."
Me: stop acting like a f*cking baby it's just an album

But then:
"Jardine, who did not use drugs, compared his position to 'being trapped in an insane asylum', citing an incident during a 'Heroes and Villains' session when Brian instructed the band to crawl around the studio and mimic pig-snorting noises."
Also me: hollup what the f*ck type of album was this

From the guy who taught us all what the name 'Milwaukee' means, it's Alice Cooper and his album 'Billion Dollar Babies', which delivers a nice blast from the 70s rock scene and provides us with a few classic rock tunes that are unfamiliar to the seasoned fan. It's nothing experimental, and it never strays into the paths of cheesy or unique, but that might actually be a good thing in this case. Alice gives us what he's good at, and it's displayed neatly in this album.

Rock on freaky bros

A little too doo wop for me, and I'm confused why there were two songs without any singing, but there were a couple nice songs. I think we all know the ones I'm talking about.

Why do I always end up liking the Kinks damnit

Unremarkably bland and mediocre punk rock that doesn't even sound too punk

I fucking hate Life During Wartime

Not so much bad as it is useless

Oh wait it is bad

Oh dear it is bad

Any album that samples the Flash Gordon theme song is an automatic 4 for me

"And, like, one and one don't make two, one and one make one."

Words of wisdom from the Who.

This is literally a government-funded band. Of course their music is shite.

If this album was just the last three songs I would have been much happier. Those are some banger cheesy classic 80s hits. The rest of the album is just bad cheesy. It balances out to be just alright, so it could have been worse.

Bury this album deep in a hole and never listen to it again