Reviews by shankss

This is better than I was expecting. I came in thinking ugh. Early 90's British electronica at its most pastiche. And sure it's that, but it it also seems to be the best of that era. I really liked hanging out in clubs where this type of music played in the background. Music to drink fancy cocktails too.

This is tedious except the single. That's pretty good.

Finally a good electronic album on this list that is enjoyable to listen to. Gonna take a star off because the first song hasn't been funny in a very long time.

I was very pleasantly surprised by this. I was fearing the worst. Thought I'd give it a four but gets a bit repetitive. I think I'd prefer a single to an album.

It's hilarious how side one is generally a decent British band and side two is just Freddie Mercury (trademark). I wonder how different the band would have ended up if they went with the first sides sound. Good album but they clearly had growth.

Fucking Slipknot. I had a string of banger albums so of course it couldn't last.

Is it a good album? No
Does it mark a point in culture? Probably. It just made me wonder what are the sad white boys listening to now a days? That virgin Andrew Tate? Guess there are worse things than slipknot. Anyway this album has a time and a place. I think this is better than the other one on this list (2 seriously?)but still not good.

Ugh. Did Eric Clapton own the only blues album in England? Its just so derivative.

Better than I remember. Like a goth Jim Morrison. I just can't square the circle that this band ended up being new order

What a weird album. Of course this has to be on this everyone had it and there's so many singles. But so weird. And I can't quite figure out why it feels weird. The drummer plays the same driving beat throughout the album and it's turned wayyyy up. The guitarist is stuck in the early 80's which I guess is sort of ahead of its time? And then there's the rest... I can only imagine how much weirder this would be if those parts weren't there? Lyrics are insane and the intros to some of these songs are almost avant garde jazz? I don't know. It's unsettling.

Not what I was expecting from the cover. The music is really good, but the singing is just so terrible. Probably on purpose like a tom waits sort of way, but I hate tom waits too.

The soundtrack to a straight to video movie that takes place in a goth bar, but the band that plays these songs in the movie clearly never touched an instrument until 30 seconds before they started filming. The bar is just a set from golden girls lit like an operating room with two bats on the wall.

Guess what I'm saying is they clearly don't live up to their name.

I never was into them because they felt really smug about their schtick. Listening to it now I've mellowed out and this sounds a bit more up my alley. It still gets a bit repetitive and dull but not as bad as I remember.

I'm a sucker for Duran Duran. The non hits are a bit blah but man you know when a single hits. They really hit.

I remember this being a more full sounding album. The mix is terrible. That being said the band is so in sync it's a great album. I also think the singing is kinda terrible, but I don't think it really needs to be good. It just sets a general tone. First side would be a 4 but they get a bit lost in the weeds on the second side.

Jason lytle if he wasn't cool. I feel like two is too harsh but they definitely aren't a three. Fuck it I'll be nice.

I could never hear the connection between muse and Radiohead until the third song of this album started. Because he's clearly trying to sing like thom Yorke but sounding like the lead singer of muse. It's wild how there is a whole subgenre of bands that tried to rip off the sound of the bends when no one really liked that album outside of England. I feel like this was an album that was advertised everywhere but I never actually heard a single song off this album. I'm a sucker for yearning voices but I don't know how relevant this is as an album

I think I listened to this a bit too much when it first came out. I was obsessed. I still think it's an amazing album but it feels like they lose some steam about half way through.

This was the first "cool" album I bought. Its such an odd album in that it all feels cohesive in the way it's so random and almost searching? Its not the best album but I think that's the point. When it works it's magic and when it doesn't it's still a whole lot of fun. My 5's are getting weird

I love this band, I don't think I've listened to this album all the way through though. It feels a bit shaky compared to their later albums. All the elements are there, but it just feels timid? I don't know about 2/3 the way through it seems to kick in though. Not what I was expecting but good. Hopefully this isn't their only album on here because I don't quite think this album gives them justice.

I love yes. Is it really a yes album if one side of the album isn't one long song though?