Reviews by scribeben

This album is alright. I dig some of the tunes. But I definitely didn’t need a double album of Sonic Youth. To be fair the original album isn’t all that long for a double.

I find this album… mildly obnoxious. The jam at the end of “Sofa of My Lethargy” is kinda nice though.

This record is kinda pretty but mostly sad and boring. I generally dig sad, but not when it’s boring. “Paper Tigers” is a cool track, though. I believe that was the single.

I hadn’t heard this one before. It’s sparser and sketchier than their later work with which I’m more familiar, lacking the lush production and consummate songwriting of Disintegration and the like. But I still thoroughly enjoyed it in its raw airy simplicity and melancholy, with some definite bangers in “A Forest” and “M”.

It really is that good. Can’t help but smile listening to songs like “As”. But it’s also really long. Some parts have also been ruined for me by being featured in commercials. “Isn’t She Lovely” being the most palpable example. Still a total masterpiece of a record.

Their vocal harmonization is pretty and the musicianship is strong, and some of the darker songs are kind of cool, such as “Katy Dear”. Others like “Knoxville Girl” are really messed up. I was a bit bored by the repetitive melodies, but there’s definitely a mood here.

This album isn’t as bad as I expected. Quite milquetoast, but has some kinda interesting harmonic stuff and the singer’s voice isn’t unpleasant. There’s a delicacy to some of the arrangements that’s actually quite nice and would have been totally lost on me as a kid. Some tracks are awful cheesefests though. Some really inane lyrics and song titles too. “The Last Laugh of the Laughter”? Gimme a break. Just found out this Travis album was produced by Nigel Godrich which explains most of what I like about it! There’s def elements of it reminiscent (ahem, derivative) of Radiohead.

It’s super fun. The ballads are a bit too broadway for me but the bops really bop. And actually even the ballads have some cool instrumentation. It’s like new wave with the goth/punk melancholy stripped out of it.

This album is everything my 6th grade Social Studies teacher raved about. Janis’s voice is powerfully soulful, the songs are dynamic and heavy. Great stuff!

Majestic af

This is actually very cool nerdy experimental post-punk!

Absolutely wonderful record!

Cool, gritty bluegrass rock. Most of the songs don’t really stand out to me, though. “Bad Moon Rising” is still a banger, though. And I hadn’t heard “Sinister Purpose” before which is awesome.

It’s kinda wild how every album from 1967 sounds pretty much exactly the same. Only knowing the hits, I hadn’t realized how similar most of Disraeli Gears sounds to Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Sgt. Pepper, Her Majesty’s Satanic Request, etc.
Like everyone really seemed to be on the exact same acid trip that year.
Also “Tales of Brave Ulysses” remains an absolute banger!

Pretty solid moody country rock. About what I expected from what I’d heard of Neil Young before. I can see why Pearl Jam liked it so much.

It’s not my favorite Prince album but it may be the most Prince of all Prince albums.

Better than I expected for mod-ish retro Brit rock. Some clever songwriting and didn’t overstay its welcome.

There’s a reason it’s called “Layla and other… songs.” Besides the title track, the other tunes aren’t very memorable. Still not bad for white blues rock. Duane Allman’s slide guitars and the vocal harmonies are highlights.

Relentless and powerful to the point of exhaustion.

This is great. The whole gynecologist gimmick is definitely cringe, but it’s only a small part of it. Beats and rhymes are fantastic!