Reviews by scribeben

Transcendiferous!!!

Not unpleasant background music. Zappa cover is cool.

For the first couple tracks I was thinking “this may not be as bad as I expected” given how much I loathe the singles, but as the record went on I realized it really is just as terrible as I had thought. Like Coldplay, what makes it even worse is that there’s occasionally a cool riff or something that makes you realize they could have done something much better but instead chose to make this.

Definitely in my top 10 Bowie records. Possibly track by track the most consistently great one.

Not nearly as groundbreaking or memorable as Loveless but still a cool return from the fuzzmasters. Surprised it made the list though.

Creative contemporary pop music. Kind of a less eccentric Kate Bush. It’s not bad but there’s something about Lorde that just doesn’t click with me.

My last (hopefully) of 3 Decys’ records and it’s their earliest one. I guess it’s slightly less annoying than the later ones but not by much. I like some of the horn playing anyway.

Fiona Apple just got better and better as a musician and songwriter over the years. Fantastic stuff!

Shitty hipster punk

Madcap fun

Come for the epic riffs and incomparable lush yet crunchy guitar sounds, stay for the hauntingly nostalgic songwriting.

This grooves hard as hell! And it’s anti-apartheid?! I’m here for it! Some of the melodies/chord progressions actually remind me a little of Steely Dan, be less white and cheesy. The traditional African stuff mixed with the jazz piano at the end is super cool too.

I like some Elvis but this isn’t his best work.

This was my first favorite album when I was 9 years old. I heard “Mysterious Ways” on my sister’s stereo and later tracked down the album, falling deeply in love with it. All these years later, through many developments in my musical taste. I still love it, though I don’t know how I would have felt about it had I first encountered it later in life. I think it’s unquestionably U2’s best album objectively speaking. Ironically, “Mysterious Ways” is now one of my least favorite tracks, though “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” is indisputably the low point of the record (it does have a killer bridge section, though.) “The Fly” and “Until The End of The World” have always been faves. Recently I’ve come to appreciate “Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World”. Am extremely fortunate to have been able to see them perform this record in the Las Vegas Sphere last year! Really needed this on a challenging day today.

Solid if somewhat unremarkable jazz.

Almost too smooth.

If only they knew the horrors their generation would wreak upon the world. Mostly white boy blues here with some hint of their more sophisticated work to come.

Reasonably pleasant and occasionally interesting electronic music. Didn’t hold my interest for very long though. A bit too placid. Reminded me of shopping at dsw.

I love how wildly unhinged this record is. Reminds me of my favorite Bowie album, Lodger. This is also my favorite Kate Bush album that I’ve heard so far.

Groovy and inoffensive