Reviews by scribeben

Some interesting moments but mostly weak faux-reggae.

Typical Cohen. Lyrically compelling but musically uninspired. I feel like Nick Cave and Mark Lanegan both listened the hell out of this one though.

All time snooze-fest.

Good for what it is, but too smooth for me to actively listen to for long. “Til the Cops Come Knocking” is a jam, though.

Doodly doodly doo

Two days after OK Computer I draw another record that I believe to be note for note perfect and that was a major formative part of my musical taste as an adolescent. I’ve come to prefer Animals over the years, but this remains an all time genuine masterpiece.

Epic dark glam rock comparable to Bowie and presaging Nick Cave.

One of the few perfect albums in existence and possibly the record that most defined my taste in music as a youngster when I bought it shortly after it was released. It may still be my all time favorite. Has become increasingly relevant as the present has come more and more to resemble the future it foresaw.

Another Leonard Cohen album that’s fine but kept from being great by his musical limitations. “The Partisan” is a banger though and there are some really haunting moments throughout.

I like this one a bit less than Rocks.

Pretty fun, raunchy punk rock n’ roll. Look up Queens of The Stone Age’s cover of “Back to Dungaree High” with Nick Oliveri on vocals.

Some real bangers on this one, regardless of how insufferable Plant is after awhile.

I was relieved to discover this wasn’t more country music and “Agnis Dei” was a promising start, but I had trouble getting into his Radiohead-derivative moaning with the occasional incongruous symphonic background. He strikes me as a rather less dynamic John Grant. Still the music does have a certain elegance to it. And cool to get an ANOHNI feature on here.

Much of this is brilliant but i can do without most of Dre and Cube’s cringe bs.

I didn’t get the appeal of this band when I was younger and found my sister’s copy of their eponymous compilation. But now I realize they’re really fun and musically interesting.

As good as punk rock gets!

Nope, still not my kinda grass.

White man with unpleasantly raspy voice complains in a variety of styles about various women except a single “slant-eyed lady” who was nice to him.

They have a decent sense of melody. I just wish the instrumentation wasn’t so terribly flaccid.

This is pleasant but kinda put me to sleep. Was expecting it to pick up a bit at some point. It’s okay that it didn’t really though.