Reviews by rhymingnonsensically

The album is too long but it won me over as it progressed--the downtempo and more acoustic songs like Breaking the Girl and I Could Have Lied are easy winners, and Under the Bridge is a great song by any metric. The faster and heavier stuff skewed a little too closely to rap metal at times for my tastes but there is something very infectious about the way these guys come at these songs. Came in expecting a 2 after the first couple songs and it rose to a 3/3.5.

This is what the lady in the corner is playing at the brewery up north when Billy comes back to the outside bench with two 15% IPAs. He's very excited to tell you about how they used pineapples and gym socks to achieve the zesty taste. It still tastes like piss and pine cones to you but you're just happy to get a buzz on among friends. Good album.

Absolute vocal masterclass. How can someone sound so earnest with so little to say?

Early Swinging Elvis is the Very Important Artist but as time goes by I find myself partial to Tortured Fat Elvis. Pills and blubber apparently help a voice age. Go and google Fat Elvis singing Bridge Over Troubled Water live in Vegas or Hawaii or some other 1970s Lounge Lizard Mecca. Unbeatable.

Also I'm going to kill myself if I ever hear the phrase cultural appropriation again

The guitar playing is justifiably praised to high heaven but their ability to make some wildly catchy pop songs is the core part of the appeal to me. A song like Eruption can feel like an intricate escalator to nowhere but the more pop type songs combine the best of Boston with the technical proficiency.

I actually find a lot of the lyrics here pretty compelling but the music itself is kind of bland and generic compared with some of his contemporaries. That said I'm still keeping an open mind to this Elvis. Also enjoyed the Crimson Tide album cover.

I no longer have the patience, stamina, or desire to understand why the man recording the saw mill means fascism is coming to 1970s western Europe.

Even the average songs from the Stones in this period sound incredible.

D.A.R.E. to be funky. 3.5.

Not sure if it's good or bad but this is what I imagine the School of Rock kids grew up to play

Knock me over with a feather, a hip hop album that isn't 90 minutes long. Really, really enjoyed the production. Somewhere between a 3 and a 3.5

Very enjoyable if not particularly memorable. Will definitely wait for the weather to warm up and put this on while out in the yard with a drink with some fruit in it.

Skubal loose bodies in the elbow? Emotional Valdez meltdown? Fifteen guys on the IL?? PANIC IN HOCKEYTOWN

Fun album, Bang a Gong really stands out in context of the whole album. 3.5.

Time was when I'd lift weights in blue jeans with Fletcher in the basement of Hogan to this album at full blast.

There are some catchy tunes here but I can't shake the feeling that there is something missing with a lot of these songs that leave them feeling a little limp in the ear hole

Holy apathy Batman

I don't think War meant for this to be a pleasant listen but I enjoyed the extended 10 minute toe tappers.

Quentin Tarantino: The Album

This is the kind of album that plays better on AM radio road trips. The "misses" on this still have really high floors and the harmonies are incredible.