Reviews by scribeben

I saw this pop up on a list of best albums to get high to on 420 and still don’t understand why.

Not unpleasant to listen to, but a bit too twee for much revisiting.

More majesty and wonder from Kate Bush. A bit more restrained on the first half and then she lets loose.

Way cooler and more fun than one would expect having only heard “Love Shack”.

Hadn’t heard this one before. I think it might be their most consistently great record. Some really excellent tunes here.

Not as heavy and epic but more high energy and lighthearted than Nothing’s Shocking. Still a fantastic record even if it does trail off a bit towards the end.

The more I listen to Morrissey, the more I realize what an insufferable crashing bore he is. From a musical perspective some of the tracks are somewhat interesting, though.

I have a soft spot for this kind of 90s electro-pop. But something is *Missing* from this particular record.

Big band is the worst form of jazz though this is a bit more interesting than most.

Definitely the best Lennon solo album and probably the best solo Beatles album overall with some really all time amazing songs.

One of his best.

This isn’t bad and he has a nice voice but it’s produced in a way typical of modern records where it’s easy to ignore. I kept forgetting I was listening to it.

This was promising with some unique instrumentation and I enjoyed some of it, but it was infected with the all too pervasive cheese of music from this time period.

As dad-rock as it gets. The talk box is fun and the songs occasionally rock but it’s a little too smooth for me and that’s coming from someone who loves Steely Dan.

It’s crazy how the first 10 seconds are kinda cool before his insufferable voice comes in. I just hope this is the last one of his abysmal records I have to endure.

Hadn’t heard this one before but was quite familiar with the follow-up having owned a copy around the time of its release. I think this one is comparable to the other, though maybe slightly less interesting without the big time features.

This is actually pretty good. I dig the vibes.

I thought I’d like this more than I do. It’s really not as fun as I was hoping it would be. “Dancing Queen” is by far the best track.

There are elements I like in this but overall I find him kinda cheesy.

This is a near perfect record. I randomly discovered Sleater-Kinney shortly after its release when I was looking at music biographies in Tower Records and got into a conversation with someone who convinced me I should go check out the free Guided By Voices concert at Central Park Summerstage. GBV was okay but the opening act was S-K and I was instantly entranced by Tucker’s banshee wail and her and Brownstein’s dueling vocal and guitar lines. They’ve been one of my favorite bands ever since. They have other great albums but none hit quite like this one.