Reviews by rainbowsquids

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I've gotten into more electronic stuff lately, so I thought I'd like this a bit more...
- It's not bad, but other than the big singles it all kind of blends together and sounds the same.

Favorite track(s): Praise You

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- Very easy to listen to, and I don't mean that in a bad way! It looks like he has at least one other album on the list so I look forward to that.
- I assume this is what Cee-Lo thought he sounded like on that awful album that I got here a while back 😅

Favorite track(s): Blue Monday People

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I was happy to see this come up, because it's one of those albums I've been meaning to "get around to" forever.
- I love musicals, love Rock operas, and loved the previous Who album I rated here (Who's Next). But I don't think I can say I loved "Tommy."
- I was pretty into it in the beginning, but the longer it went the more I found myself getting bored. I don't think I'd really go back to it, other than Pinball Wizard.

Favorite track(s): Pinball Wizard

Listened before? Yes

Thoughts:
- Really confused that they went with this one instead of Folklore, which feels like it made a much bigger impact...
- I'm pretty neutral on Taylor Swift these days; I haven't really liked her stuff since this album, but I do think the songwriting is still great here.
- I'm biased by my love for Bon Iver, but the second half of the title track is the absolute best part of this album. (Exile is also my easy favorite from Folklore).

Favorite track(s): Champagne Problems, Evermore

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- A totally pleasant album to listen to, but I don't have much to say about it...
- I'm not a big country fan, but I do love the sound of steel guitar, so points for that!

Favorite track(s): Guitar Town

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I knew Fast Car is an exellent song, so not surprised the rest of the album is also great.
- Some heavy subject matter, so I don't know if it's something I'll come back to often.
- Fast Car is still the clear standout to me, but the songwriting is great throughout.

Favorite track(s): Talkin' Bout a Revolution, Fast Car

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No

Thoughts:
- This is definitely not for me . . . It's weird, but not weird enough to make it interesting.
- I was surprised when track 3 suddenly had lyrics... Expected the whole thing would be instrumental.
- There are parts of songs that I thought were cool, and I actually enjoyed "The Sound of Someone You Love . . ." despite being 12 minutes long, but I didn't need to hear this before I die.

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I really like Bjork in general, though I've only heard 1 or 2 of her albums in full. This one is weirder than even her usual, but I am glad I've heard it.
- Wasn't really into the first 2 tracks, but "Where is the Line" is a vibe!
- Seemed to go back and forth between tracks I love, and ones I'd have a hard time making it through again. I think it depends on what kind of mouth sounds you're ok with, lol. I love the beatboxing, not so much the breathing noises.

Favorite track(s): Where is the Line, Who Is It

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No

Thoughts:
- This was fine, but I don't feel like I've missed out by not hearing it before.
- I want to like punk more than I actually do... I tend to like the lyrics when I can make them out, but I wish the production was better.

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I haven't actually listened to a New Order album before, and it sounds like this isn't considered one of their best, but I really enjoyed it!
- The first song being the pov of a dead soilder ghost was a great start for me :)
- Feels appropriate for this time of year...
- Elegia must have inspired some of the Stranger Things soundtrack, lol. I love this track though, which is odd for me with instrumental songs.

Favorite track(s): The Perfect Kiss, Elegia

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No

Thoughts:
- Going into this completely blind was a hilarious experience... After the intro I wasn't expecting rap at all, lmao.
- An album with sci-fi themes will usually win me over easily, and at first I was having a great time with this. By the time I got to the middle though it was getting pretty bad.
- (Hold on, is John Mulaneys "horse in a hospital" bit a reference to this album or just coincidence???)
- Goes on too long for me, and some of the skits / lyrics are terrible, and yet I can't say I hated it. This was a weird one.

Favorite track(s): Earth People

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- Have heard a couple of these songs on the radio but wouldn't have been able to tell you who they were...
- Song/artist/album name being the same is always funny to me. I think Bad Company is easily the best song on here though.

Favorite track(s): Bad Company 😎

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I admit, until today I assumed Sade was just the singer and not a band.
- Smooth Operator is the only song I know, so we're starting off strong, lol. It's an excellent song, though.
- Love her voice, and love the saxophone. I don't know that this is something I'll come back to much, but definitely a solid album.

Favorite track(s): Smooth Operator, Sally

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Have heard the name, that's it

Thoughts:
- I don't have much to say about this one... It was good, but not really my thing. Seeing from the reviews that they have other, more noisy albums on the list isn't good news to me though.

Favorite track(s): Cotton Crown

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- There's a bit of nostalgia with the singles here - definitely grew up hearing "All I Wanna Do" on the radio all the time.
- Those 3-4 singles are still great, but the rest of the tracks aren't really that interesting to me.

Favorite track(s): Strong Enough

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No

Thoughts:
- I know absolutely nothing about tango, or these artists, but this was pretty fun!
- I'm still not someone who really listens to instrumental albums, other than for background noise, but I'd put this on again. Sounds really good for a live album, too!

Listened before? No?

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I know I like the singles on here, but I don't think I've listened to the full thing.
- Kind of weirder than I realized, though that's not necessarily a bad thing. I enjoy weird-ass lyrics 😄
- Not a fan of the static noise in "Readymade" when listening on headphones... Otherwise had a great time with this!

Favorite track(s): Where It's At

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No

Thoughts:
- After the first couple of songs this was going to be a 1 or 2. Thankfully it got better, or at least less offensive to the ears, as it went along.
- Still not something I'm interested in listening to again, though I did like a lot of the lyrics.

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- Really, you're going to make me listen to Slipknot, after 25+ years of successfully avoiding it?
- I don't dislike metal, but this in particular is pretty much just incoherent noise to me. I think there are some good parts here musically, but I can't get past the awful vocals. I think I'd have a hard time getting through a full album of screaming vocals from anyone though, to be fair.
- I actually recognized "Wait and Bleed" which I assume was the single here.
- I liked the beginning of "Prosthetics" before the lyrics started, lol.

Listened before? No, but I know several of the songs.

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I never really got into the Smashing Pumpkins for some reason, but I do like all the hits.
- Today is the greatest.. song on this album (sorry)
- Wait maybe Disarm is actually the greatest song. I think I prefer their slower songs because I can actually understand what he's saying, lol. Spaceboy is also great.

Favorite track(s): Today, Disarm