Reviews by ron_penis

björk is maybe the ultimate "basically objectively good but just not for me" artist

probably the platonic ideal of a live album, really good recording quality but still captures some of the energy and charm. i dare you not to crack a smile when she acknowledges an on-stage mistake or speak-sings to the crowd mid-song!

every album that's been removed from the book is from 1997 or later, usually removed in the next edition after its initial inclusion. somebody needs to work up the courage to go back and excise some of these boring, generic piles of bones cluttering up the early years of the book

pleasant surprise considering my preconceived notions about mudhoney. rough, raucous, hooky

musically i like it a lot actually but minus 1 point for whispery voice and unforgivable mouth noises

surprisingly enjoyable!

at least if i ever get my hands on a time machine, knowledge of the time and place of this performance gives me the perfect opportunity to put a stop to the Who

really, what is there to say that hasn't already been said a million times and more eloquently?

okay i love hole but i vehemently disagree about including a second hole album and picking this over pretty on the inside. still rules though

i can dig later Elvis when he started leaning more into gospel and soul; this is just a boring slog

pixies are the ultimate "listened as a kid and wasn't into it but revisited as an adult and just went 'oh word'" band

delicious, finally some good fucking food

this is a good album elevated to a great album by Cynicrustpetefredjohn Raga

i think if you replaced shirley Manson with a dude i would hate this so maybe I'm just a misandrist

at the risk of echoing the prevailing sentiment: superstition is an all time banger and everything else here is absolutely fine

you know, i had a ska phase in my school days just like any awkward dork, but i could never really get into the specials or most of the second wave stuff, and now i see this is one ska related area that i can agree with my teen self on

I'm starting to understand the real premise of the book's title, which is that some of these albums are intended to make you welcome death

on first blush I was not a fan, but listening more it did grow on me a lot. I don't like it as much as her earlier stuff, but there are a lot of cool melodies and inspirations being pulled in here, and her songwriting is fantastic. it does also sound a little of its time in some respects, which to me is not a compliment. this is another one where i think it may actually be a 4 but I'm feeling generous and well disposed towards it

unfortunately this was so bad it killed me and it was the last thing i ever heard. goodbye.

this is nothing music. can't be bothered to care, not even positive i spent the last 40 minutes actually listening to music. technically a 2 but spiritually a 1