Rated 10/10
East coast/Zulu beats and sampling with 90s Gangster lyrics…oddly works incredibly well. The sampling on this is timeless. Oddly though, way more socially conscious than Common…can’t believe how socially conscious the album is.
This album changed my mind forever about ice-T
Rated 4/10
Pretty milquetoast McCartney but I do like his discovering the synth and you can see the seeds for albums later albums.
Bluebird makes me want to stab my ears though. Ban the guiro in all western rock/pop.
Rated 4/10
Some good jazzy beats but nearly nothing memorable about this album at all.
One of the albums that started it all- going from Sunday AM to I’m waiting for my man…the French 60s sounds with Nico’s baritone German accent.
Huge fan of Lou Reeds solo work but to see the amount of musical movements that came from this…
Only issue…the heroin addicted John Cale/Lou Reed and their monotone trances - def a rougher listen.
Rated 8/10
What else is there to say...lyrics might be a time piece but the beats are timeless.
Rated 6/10
It's just, its so hard to on a normal sunny day to turn this on. It's so great for when you need it - but dreaded listening to it today. Though Say Yes, might be one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Rated 6/10
Same sound on every song- I like the sound don’t get me wrong. But every do g this band out out was just created to later be used in a montage of the Vietnam war/late 60s.
I also kinda was to punch Fogertys all American cockiness.
Rated 10/10
Maybe the greatest punk album of all time. A true classic, an automatic 5 star..rise above, doc pack, tv party.
The essence of hardcore it’s all there. Anyone looking to know what hardcore punk is- this is its bible.
This isn’t a punk album- avant garde hardcore. So ppl who compare this to the clash, Ramones etc- completely off.
Rated 10/10
I mean...what is there more to say that hasn't already been said....I WANT to give it 4 stars for Number 9 and a few others...but when 90% of Disc 1 are just literal classics that will never get old including Blackbird - how can you not rate 5?
Rated 6/10
There she goes might be the best jangle to ever jangle? Some other good ones in here that pave the path for Gin Blossoms and the other jangles to come.
The jump into production quality is kinda nuts. The first half is a great drum driven blues rock album way more than the opener would make it seem. Still 3.5? It’s just a bit of a slog. It gets a 4 because of the final and title track
Rated 8/10
High school memories, High school anger. Maybe it’s all nostalgia but hey what music isn’t.
Rated 10/10
A classic that a full listen through made me a radio head fan.
Rated 6/10
As high as I’m gonna rank hair metal. A little annoying and want to punch David Lee Roth every time I hear him but Eddie’s guitar is so good and it is a good amount of fun..
Rated 10/10
What is left to be said about Muddy- he’s the greatest. One of the foundations of every rock album that came after him. The guttural soul of his music can’t be and never will be matched.
Rated 6/10
Love hate relationship - love the driving guitars - hate the timepiece that is the cringe inducing falsetto.
If I’m floating for eternity out in space and need to boom sound waves reverberating out to the endless galaxy- this ain’t a bad option at all.
Wall of sound any and every day.
Rated 10/10
Maybe the best LZ album?! Immigrant song to the deep blues of since I’ve been loving you…to the acoustic jams and pure dedication to real delta blues style rock. Everything I love about LZ in one album.
Rated 2/10
I understand it's legacy - and help create a sub-genre...but so so so much better 90's hip hop out there that this isn't. From Tribe to Jurassic 5 this aint it. Ramblings of a super horny 16 yr old boy into weird science fiction - idk, i'll pass.
Rated 10/10
Blue lived on the radio so this could live in the Smokey club. Beautiful melodies, flowing piano and jazzy pop tunes to stand with the best of them. A way to sing poetry that reminds you of Patti Smith without the spit.
