Reviews by scribeben

Parts of this are good but it has the worst proclivities of the Foo Fighters.

I wasn’t crazy about the Swedish dark pop wave that included this when it first hit but I’ve come to really appreciate it over the years.

I had always been curious about this record due to the album art, but having listened to it I was rather disappointed. The vocals don’t do it for me. Like Neil Young minus the soul. Lyrics are too on the nose and the whole thing just kind of put me to sleep.

The first four traditional blues tracks don’t do much for me but the last two songs are true classic bangers.

I didn’t appreciate this music when I was a kid but it’s actually pretty fun.

Billy Joel’s greatest contribution to the world is the sample from “Movin’ Out” that Das Racist used in that one song. “The Stranger” is also definitely a jam. I feel like it should’ve been a Steely Dan song.

Not quite the same without Becker but it still has a lot of what makes Steely Dan great and that decadent late night vibe.

Already negatively inclined towards this because Ozzy Osbourne died yesterday and this wasn’t a Black Sabbath record. Noisy white boy blues. Gets old fast.

There’s something I kinda like about the 90s production and her lazy delivery. Not bad for a night time car ride home.

Unique pastiche of sounds and melodies, apparently born from a hyper-intellectual and traumatic upbringing. I dig it.

This has some interesting elements but the vocals mostly made it an unpleasant listen.

I don’t really like Beyoncé’s whole deal but the production makes this a kind of ear candy that’s not unenjoyable. The sexy parts are fun too.

Yet another one from this guy. Starts out fairly strong but then it’s standard Morrissey fare.

I freakin’ love this record. Possibly the most 90s thing that was ever made. Were they commercially fabricated? Sure. But Shirley Manson at least had genuine talent and heart behind her performances and she was a big part of my adolescent sexual awakening so I guess that biases me.

A spooky post-punk masterpiece that’s way funkier than it’s generally given credit for being.

I am the Great Bongholio!!!

80s vibes sans synthesizers. Kinda interesting.

Old Springsteen isn’t any better than young Springsteen and in some instances much worse.

This record was all the rage freshman year of high school. The first three tracks remain legitimate bangers, but after that the quality drops precipitously, bottoming out in the truly abysmal “All In The Family” which is one of the very worst products of Western Culture, though emblematic of the late 90s.

Possibly the best of all Sabbath albums (though a case could be made for Master of Reality). Just relentlessly awesome! I’ve even come to appreciate “Changes”.