Reviews by raretbonesteak1

This is just Zappa showing off for 45 minutes. One for the guitar folk, but wouldn't say it's his most enjoyable album.

I could listen to Beth Gibbons' voice all day mannnn. So smooth and seductive. Instrumentally I groove with it, but it stays firmly safe in its Portishead box. Bristol represent

Mr Cohen, I was not familiar with your game. This felt like when I'd deliberately make my voice deeper when calling a girl.

REM have such an interesting sound. So layered and the end result is a DELIGHT. So impressive how every song is the perfect mix of happy and sorrowful. What a record

Really liked this - sarcastic Britpop but didn't lose it's edge through the album. Not as strong as some contemporaries but this is up my street. Would go hard in the sun 4 pints down.

Ya like jazz

An iconic hip hop record. Such a sick representation of East Coast rap - bars are clever and there isn't a weak song. I'd say the only problem is it's a bit one note - that one note is great but it doesn't venture far outside Nas' box. Still awesome though.

Adaquately depressing for a grey Monday morning

Pretty dull but a welcome enough break from 'The Birthday Party'

So close to being my first DNF. Complete shit of the highest degree. Bad enough I had to stand on the packed train from Bristol to London - this made my suffering infinitely worse. Literally unlistenable but at least it was consistently shite. At least it wasn't like anything I'd heard before but maybe that's for a good reason. Album art was fun

disc 1 only. Rest of the album can't reach the heights of the first three run. I get Bono is insufferable but these guys have a fantastic sound.

MORE GAIN. MORE REVERB. LETS MAKE THIS 1 MILLION DECIBELS. Sounded like a primitive and darker Stone Roses demo.

Some groovy electronica. Some a bit dull. Really liked the vocals moving with the tunes.

I liked her Gritty voice. She sounded cool

Went into this with demand avoidance thinking it would be underwhelming or overhyped. It sounds primitive but so fundamentally different to popular rock music at the time that I can see how influential it ended up being for grungier 70s/80s punk and rock. Clearly pushed boundaries on subject matter and didn't have a notably weak song. 5 whole stars

Beats were funky as hell. Bars were fine for the most part, some pretty questionable stuff. Most performative bro ever. Way too long. Song for Assata a highlight

Not my jam but I love German accents so much. They really like trains

Run of the mill mid 2000s fedora-donning, red and black flannel hipster nonsense. Some passable lyricism, strong instrumental on the organ. But its mediocrity left me unbothered.

This steadily grew on me. This would be top tier 'intense study tunes' but as an album listening experience these IDM albums are way too long. And once you've heard 2 minutes you've heard the whole 8. 2.5 but veered to a 3.

The highest praise I can give this is that it really didn't feel like a 25-song, 90-minute drag. The four sides being so different kept this fresh and the record was so versatile and elegantly arranged. The mixing was superb but this was a 2015 remaster, not the original. Could have definitely skipped 1-2 songs per side and tightened it a lot.