Reviews by scribeben

I enjoyed this more than I expected to, but I just couldn’t shake the feeling that this was all music pillaged from previous black artists.

I’m very nostalgic for this album but it’s a bit more repetitive than I remember.

I dig these folk songs that are so bleak they make Elliot Smith sound cheery. I’m not into the more country elements as much.

There’s something about the production that makes this really hard to listen to. I dig some of what’s going on musically but have trouble paying attention. I’d like to give it another listen to get more of the story but dunno of I can bring myself to go through the whole 90 minutes again. Once was hard enough.

50 years later it’s still the one of the heaviest albums ever. And I appreciate Geezer Butler’s playing more and more as the years go by as well as the bluesiness of Ozzy’s vocals. The eponymous track is actually quite a bit faster than I’d remembered it being.

I remember when we first heard “Fell In Love With A Girl” my friends and I thought “This sounds like a Gap commercial.” It still does. I like the first song. The rest ranges from mildly irritating to skillful and not unpleasant but rather derivative.

Pure joy

I like this a lot more now than I did as a kid. It’s fun and well executed, though kinda cheesy at times where I’m like “what is this, Journey?”

Damn I really want this to be better. I’m grateful to them as one of the main progenitors of stoner tock and the album cover is wonderful. But I was completely bored only five minutes into this thing. It got slightly more interesting at some moments but not that much. Extra star for Lemmy on bass.

Way more than just a good time.

When this first came out I hadn’t liked it as much as the previous two but I was kind of burnt out on his stuff at that point given three albums with a similar vibe and now a double. I like it a bit more now. It is hauntingly beautiful but is quite long without much tonal variation, not that more would be appropriate.

Better than a lot of the Brit schlock on here, but not especially compelling to my ears.

It’s brilliant playing and I appreciate the instructions.

I’ve always wondered what The The sounded like since I saw a cassette on someone’s shelf at a Halloween Party my sister took me to when I was a kid.
It’s fine. Kinda quirky new wave. I don’t quite see what’s so special about it that nearly every review is 5 stars though. I give it a high 2.

Amazing playing and recording on this live album. I could do without some of the extended solo sections but many of the live flourishes are super fun too.

Straight fire

This is pretty decent electro pop. A lot of the sounds didn’t age well. Some of the beats are a lot of fun though. I can imagine getting hyped when some of these tracks come on in the club. Some of the best tracks aren’t on spotify so it may be worth digging them up on youtube.

It’s pretty cool. Post-punk somewhere in the vicinity of Nick Cave and The Gun Club with a dash of Can and Frank Zappa. Very sonically inventive. I enjoyed some tracks more than others but found the entire experience stimulating.

I really don’t know how to feel about The Smiths. The songs are exquisitely well crafted and executed but Morrissey’s arrogance just radiates through every second of them.

I’ll always love this demented clown show of a record.