Reviews by rainbowsquids

Listened before? Yes

Thoughts:
- Not one of my favourite Beatles albums, but it's definitely solid.
- I don't know if I fully appreciated how pretty "And I Love Her" is before; what a great song.

Favorite track(s): And I Love Her; Can't Buy Me Love

I already don't really like live albums, but this I have absolutely no interest in.

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I kind of needed some Easy Listening today...
- I think I sang Scarborough Fair at some point in a school choir, lol. This version is beautiful.
- I enjoy this much more than I liked Simon's Graceland; not sure if that's a popular opinion or not.
- Not sure if "A Simple Desultory Philippic" is meant to be a Bob Dylan parody? But I did actually laugh out loud at it.

Favorite track(s): A Simple Desultory Philippic

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Not really, just know the name.

Thoughts:
- I didn't expect to like this as much as I did! I think I expected more generic rock.
- The only song I'd heard before is Been Caught Stealing, and I do like that one, but the songs after it are much more interesting to me.

Favorite track(s): Three Days

Listened before? Yes

Thoughts:
- This is one of those albums that feels like it should be a greatest hits compilation. I think there are 5 or 6 big hits on here?
- I love a long story song :) Also love a good piano ballad.
- Great songwriting; not sure what else to say here!

Favorite track(s): Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- Ok, this is the album with Angels on it so that'll get it a decent score from me.
- Other than that and "Let Me Entertain You," there isn't much I'd come back to though.
- it reminds me though that I still want to watch the monkey biopic 😅

Favorite track(s): Angels

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes

Thoughts:
- I know a few Aerosmith songs, but none of them are on this album.
- I put it on while cleaning and it made for good background music, but nothing really grabbed my attention.
- Felt especially generic lyrically. A low 3.

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No

Thoughts:
- Almost immediately was into this, yay!
- I can have trouble getting into music when I don't understand the lyrics, but it helps when the songs are danceable 😄 And great melodies throughout. I was never bored listening to it.
- I have to say, I think I like this type of blues more than the American blues I've heard so far.

Favorite track(s): Petit Metier (I did understand a bit of this one, but I'm far from fluent in French 😅

I was about halfway through this, thinking it would be a "fine but not for me," probably 3 stars... Then I started to look at some of the reviews, so thanks for saving me the time of listening to the rest 🙃

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No

Thoughts:
- Wasn't excited for this after getting an unknown '70s "punk" album yesterday that I didn't like; but this one was great! 😅
- At least 3 songs here begin by just shouting the title, lmao.
- It was fun! I think I'd listen to enough of these songs again to push it to a 4.

Favorite track(s): I Can't Do Anything

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No

Thoughts:
- What is this? Why is it on this list? Why are they covering Sonny & Cher?
- It's not terrible, but it's definitely not for me. Some of the songs are kind of funny I guess.

Listened before? Yes

Thoughts:
- Not the best or my favorite Oasis album, but still pretty good.
- A lot of the songs feel a bit too similar for me. I think it's more due to the production or mixing than the songs themselves though.
- I listened to a deluxe edition and have to say I enjoyed some of the bonus tracks / demos more than some of the album tracks (Sad Song is great).

Favorite track(s): Live Forever, Married With Children

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No - going in to this one completely blind!

Thoughts:
- I've definitely said this before about albums on the list, and I'm sure I'll say it again: it's depressing how relevant this entire thing still is. I actually had to double check that it was released in 1992.
- Lyrically great, but musically not all that interesting to me. It also feels pretty long.

Favorite track(s): Hipocricy is the Greatest Luxury

Listened before? Yes

Thoughts:
- I really enjoy the first half of this album. Bittersweet Symphony is the clear standout, but Sonnet and The Drugs Don't Work are also great songs.
- The second half does get kind of boring though. All the songs started to feel a bit too long.

Listened before? No*

Familiar with the artist? Yes! I do like Radiohead, but I've almost exclusively listened to The Bends and OK Computer.

Thoughts:
- I may have actually listened to this once many years ago. I could see teenage me not liking it because it was too weird; but I've liked a lot of weirder stuff since then. :)
- I love it when "Sit Down Stand Up" just goes crazy at the end.
- Go To Sleep feels a bit more like older Radiohead, which I like.
- I could cut a few songs out of the middle of this and have maybe a 9 or 10 song album I loved.

Favorite track(s): Sit Down Stand Up, A Wolf At The Door

Least favorite: We Suck Young Blood (not a fan of the vocals there)

I'm not really into the blues anyway, but then you give me Eric Clapton when I just had to listen to him a week ago?? Didn't finish this, I have to be honest.

Listened before? Yes, many years ago

Thoughts:
- *sigh* A few years ago I would've been excited to get this from the generator. I loved Paper Planes when it came out, and remember liking some more of her stuff. But knowing she went all conspiracy theory nutjob and became a giant hypocrite, I can't really enjoy it at this point.
- I do still think several of these songs are great, but I don't see myself actually listening to them again.

Favorite track(s): World Town, Paper Planes

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? I've heard the name before but haven't listened to them.

Thoughts:
- I don't think I'll ever be into shoegaze or similar styles. I just don't understand the appeal of fuzzy noise.
- There are a few songs I really like here, and several others I think I'd really like if they were done in a different style where I could actually hear the vocal/melody.
- Overall not my thing but I get why it's here.

Favorite track(s): Just Like Honey, Sowing Seeds (for being the least noisy)

Least favorite: "In A Hole" made me turn down the volume

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? Yes, only a few songs

Thoughts:
- Finally back to something I would expect on a "listen before you die" list.
- I know very little about reggae, but this is a great album. Lyrically interesting, even though I'm very much not religious and that's a major theme...
- I preferred the more uplifting second half, but that may just be my mood at the moment.

Favorite track(s): Turn Your Lights Down Low

Listened before? No

Familiar with the artist? No

Thoughts:
- Nice, chill vibes, kind of background music for me...
- I don't know if I'd call it "must listen" but it was pleasant enough; I enjoyed her voice.