Reviews by scribeben

Another Wyatt record, this one more than two decades removed from the first one that came up. This one is similarly full of all sorts of wildly experimental musical ideas.

This is wild. I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it before! I can totally see how Nick Cave got his entire schtick from here. Really wish I could have seen them live.

This does some interesting things and anticipates dubstep and hyperpop but the whole is less than the sum of its parts.

I had never listened to a full Tori Amos record before but I had always thought that I’d like her. I was not disappointed with this one. Incredibly masterful songwriting confidence for a debut album. A lot of Kate Bush influence in this one. I wonder if that continues throughout her oeuvre.

Wonderfully deranged. I did not know they groove this hard. Now I can see why so many of my faves love this.

This record is cool but I think I don’t like it quite as much as Moss Side Story. The Nick Cave song is great, though!

More interesting than usual electronic music.

Another Dinosaur Jr. album that’s super rad except the vocals leave me cold.

This is an absolute joy. Endearingly charming vocals and all sorts of surprising bells and whistles, anticipating The Bird and The Bee. Great rhythm section with one of the best recorded bass sounds I’ve ever heard. I dig the “Iron Man” cover as well as the Sabbath reference on “Heartbreaker”. The songwriting quality is a bit inconsistent but “Lovefool” is genuinely brilliant.

Soft white bread. Maybe there were some socially conscious lyrics in there, but couldn’t hold my attention long enough to parse much of the message. Was that an attempt at rapping on “A Gospel”. Cringe. Listening to this was a chore.

Pete Doherty?! “The Duke of Dorchester”?!? Well just like the Duke, this is not very good but has some charm.

This is some of The Who’s most interesting work. It has some of the satirical irreverence of The Kinks and the general psychedelic vibes of ‘67. This is my first time hearing it besides “I Can See For Miles”. I kinda wish Speedy Keen sang all The Who’s songs.

This is every woman my age’s favorite record, and justifiably so! The very pinnacle of the trip-hop genre.

I like this one even less than the other one by them. If punk was dad rock. Good bass playing though.

Bot quite as iconic as Raw Power but about as cool. I particularly like the song “Dirt”.

A masterful pop record with quintessential 80s vibes and genuine punk undertones. I had forgotten about “All Through The Night” until it hit me with a wave of irresistible idyllic nostalgia. “Time After Time” is my mom’s all time favorite pop song because she’s Buddhist and thinks it’s about reincarnation. “She Bop” is a truly subversive celebration of feminine sexuality. Bonus points to CL for her role in the 80s wrestling boom.

More, indeed. A mixed bag on this one. I do like the darker songs like “Man At C&A” and “Do Nothing”.

I loved this record as a teenager. Nowadays the hits don’t hit quite like they used to, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed some of the deeper album cuts like “Pictures of Home”. It’s still a great “hard rock” album largely due to Gillian’s supreme hard rock voice and was important to the development of heavy metal particularly due to Blackmore’s classical influences. I think I like IN ROCK a bit better though.

There’s just something about when someone is clearly the greatest of all time at something.

The greatest goth record of them all. Incomparably melancholic, lush and indwelling.