Reviews by rainbowsquids

I think I may not have ever listened to the full original version of "One Way or Another"??? I thought I knew the song but when the guitar solo came in I was so confused...Maybe it's been a while since hearing it outside a commercial 😅
Anyway, loved listening to this! I love "Fade Away and Radiate' - immediately added to my library. And Heart of Glass is a banger of course...I don't think there's anything I would call a skip on here!
Also as a big pop-punk/emo enjoyer, it's cool to hear what a huge influence they obviously were for Paramore / Hayley Williams. Happy to finally get into this band!

I've tried to get in to the Cocteau Twins before, though not with this album. . .
I'm mostly a lyrics-forward listener, so although the music is good and her voice is beautiful, I find it hard to stay engaged when there are no decipherable lyrics.
That said, I love the overall vibe of this album too much to give it a bad score, even if I probably won't come back to it personally.

Yay, something I already know and love!
It's been a while since I listened though, so I'm glad for the excuse 🙂
Beautiful, calming, makes me want to go for a walk in the woods.

I was thinking I might be too generous with my ratings so far, so the generator said here's "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators"!

Actually I started off thinking it was fine, but by the time I got to Monkey Island I was just waiting for it to be done...

I should really read the Wikipedia summary first, because I didn't know until after listening that the weird sound throughout was an electric jug! I did listen a second time, and I assume it must take crazy skill to play the jug like that. It almost made me add a star, but I'm just not a fan.

This one is strange for me ... I've liked the song "Two Weeks" casually for years, and I'm pretty sure I listened to the album in the past, but don't really remember what I thought at the time.
I think my expectations were maybe too high going in this time, because I found myself a bit bored.
I don't dislike anything in particular about it; I was just hoping for more like "Two Weeks," I guess.

Going to find this on streaming made me realize how many albums Bob Dylan has (Wikipedia says 40 studio albums, plus live albums, compilations, etc.) 😅
I may never get to all of them, but I assume there'll be a couple more to come here.

I know so many of these songs as classics already though; crazy that it was only his second album!
This is my second 5 star in a row, and weirdly enough the second where I'm ignoring the final track in that rating.

The generator gave me 3 days between Led Zeppelin albums, lol.
I'm still figuring out what to say in these reviews - I mostly just know what I like and often can't explain why.
Tried something different this time, so here are some thoughts on listening to this for the first (and second) time while a little high 🙃

- I resent Marvel a bit for making me think of Thor every time I hear "Immigrant Song"
- I enjoyed "Since I've Been Loving You" more and more the longer it went on.
- I like how much of a folky vibe is in a lot of these songs
- For some reason "Celebration Day" kind of just passed me by both times - it's fine I think?
- Tangerine is great, almost psychedelic?
- I like whatever guitar (and mandolin?) stuff is happening in "That's The Way"
- I think I definitely like folky Zeppelin better than full hard rock Zeppelin, but a mixture of both is good.

I'm going to pretend the last track is a bonus or something, since it's the only one I would skip.

Yay, nostalgia time! Haha, my mom is a huge Bon Jovi fan so I was pretty much raised on this one... It's been many years since I've listened to the whole thing though.
Are a lot of the lyrics cheesy and generic? Absolutely, but the delivery is perfect to me. I was laughing at "Wanted Dead or Alive" while singing along wholeheartedly :)
I don't like every song, and I was fine with having forgotten about a couple, but still very happy to see this on the list.

No thanks, not even interested in pirating this

I'll be honest, it was a little depressing listening to this in 2026 when things don't seem much different...
Can't deny the music is great though, even if I don't come back to it much personally.

I pretty much only know the hits when it comes to Led Zeppelin, so I think I'd only heard Kashmir before here.
Not a lot to say really... It's great, Kashmir is an all-time song; though a few others on here I could do without.
So not quite a 5 star, but I look forward to getting some of their other albums here.

While I like this challenge as a way to check out older albums I would have completely missed otherwise, I was so happy to get something more modern today 😂
Doubly excited because I remember listening to Dirty Computer a few years ago and really liking it. Now I wish I had listened to all her stuff then, because this was excellent!
Pretty much everything about this album is up my alley; from the sci-fi vibes to the Of Montreal feature:)
Come Alive got added to my playlist within the first 30 seconds and just got better from there!

Beastie Boys are a group I always figured I'd like if I actually took the time to listen. I started out on a bit of a roller coaster with this one though . . . I was into the first track, and then the next two made me want to hit skip 😅
But then we started going back up, to the peak of Sabotage.
Anyway, nothing I really disliked after that, although I was surprised there were multiple instrumental tracks.
I debated giving it a 3, but I think the highs are high enough for a 4.

Also, did Beastie Boys come up with deez nuts?

I think I said something similar about the Frank Sinatra album, but this was pleasant enough to listen to. Not something I'm likely to come back to, but I did genuinely laugh out loud at "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead." I need a rock cover of that song to exist.

Hadn't listened to this before other than the title track; not really surprised to find the rest of the album is pretty much 10 more "Highway to Hell"s, lol. Fine, but I'll probably just go with the hits if I want to listen to them.

The second Steely Dan album for me, and chronologically, which is nice. To be honest, this one makes me want to go back to the first album and make sure I actually did like it that much. . .
I didn't particularly dislike anything here, but nothing really grabbed me (except maybe hearing steel guitar, which I always love). Can't give it less than 3 because I don't think there's anything bad about it; I was just a bit bored.

I like the White Stripes a lot, but I wasn't super familiar with this album, other than "My Doorbell". A bit of a mix for me - some songs I added to playlists but also a few skips.

Not one of my favorite Beatles albums, but I assume I have others to come in this project.

I'm actually doing a little project making a Beatles "best of" playlist for myself. The only songs from this album I had added previously were "All My Loving" and "You Really Got A Hold On Me".
Listening this time, I really noticed how good John Lennon's voice sounds on "All I've Got To Do," so I added that one too :)

I probably won't come back to most of the covers, but it was nice enough listening to it again.

Yes, I got a little high before listening to this one, but that's the case for several albums here so far... Honestly I'm not too familiar with reggae other than a couple of Bob Marley songs, but I did enjoy a lot of the songs here. Great for a chill evening at home :)

I was expecting this to be heavier for some reason, but happy it's not.

I heard a lot of 80s rock growing up, so this was fun and a bit nostalgic for me. Will probably go listen to some of their other albums now, so it gets an extra star.