Reviews by shankss

I'm not going to rationalize my opinion on this. I just hate it. From the first note. It's terrible.

I feel like if I made this list I wouldn't be going this deep into Elton johns catalogue. But that being said, I heard levon on the radio a day after I listened to this so I guess people like this album? Just seems too country to be olhos self titled and too orchestrated to be honkey tonk chateau. Seems like a drug induced mess to me.

Not a fan of misogynistic lifestyles mandated by and explained away through ones cultural differences. Even if he didn't personally believe the worst parts of reggae culture he definitely made it popular. I'm just not interested. Also exodus is already on here. Is this just to fill up the lack of black artists he has on here?

I feel like with a title/cover like that there should be a more call to arms type of moment, but it seems more like a personal mantra then any sort of external force. The album starts to pick it's groove by the second side and I see bands like air clearly got their sound from this. Or stole it wholesale. It's a steady feeling but nothing I would jump out of my seat for like say funkadelic. Solid 3

The guitars are so fuzzy they just become static at certain points and his voice can peel paint. If I want a mid tier 90s brit band I'd just listen to pulp. No thanks

I'm conflicted. I love this band but this album has always been a bit boring to me. When they get it right they create amazing singles but most of these... Aren't.

This is my karma for complaining about how many double albums I gotten recently. This is probably the only triple album that works because of the very specific circumstances that came about to make it. Mostly because it's a fuck you album. The music is incredible but does it need to be three albums? Probably not. Only does because he needed to prove a point and it really comes across.

I have been getting a lot of double albums recently and they are getting really draining. This one should have just been two albums. They are both good and both are pretty different stylistically so why do they have to be on top of each other? I don't need this much nick cave in one sitting. And he's not saying anything that two albums couldn't have done.

Which is too bad because I think of all the authors obsessions Nick cave is probably the only one that warrants multiple albums on this list because his albums are so different stylistically .
Certainly not Elvis Costello.

I'm just tired.

The production on this album is impressive. Almost like if justice produced a country album. She's also a great singer, but it just feels flat? I don't know. It's interesting but not something I find I could listen too on a regular basis.

This album feels very theatrical. It's almost like he is playing a part. The woman hating seems put up on especially when he has a guest rapper come on at the end and undercuts it. One would assume this woman is buddies with him, the same way flav a flav is. Would he really talk about violent abortion with her in the room? I doubt it. I don't know it's all very ghetto drag to me. He has a good sharp flow but I can't listen to these misogynistic lyrics about hating women, hating gays, hating mexicans?(?) When you are trying to get respect for yourself. Putting down other people for your own gain feels really disingenuous and gross.

The negative reviews are hilarious because the point of the album is exactly what they don't like. I've always meant to listen to this and thanks to the list I finally have. It's figuratively and literally a deconstructed criminal.

Its not really what I would go out and listen to again, but if someone said that they liked this album I'd probably want to be their friend.

It's just incredible how many singles he produced with one album. Even the non singles would have been singles to a lesser artist. Just crazy to think how everything you touch turns to gold. Let's just not talk about the Jamaican song...

This is terrible. I try, but its just sex drugs and terrible pop culture takes from what sounds like a 15 year old trying to piss off his mommy.

Skibidy toilet for baby boomers.

I thought the more of hear this guy is finally get it. But man. It's just terrible. I hate how he doesn't really sing but clearly doesn't have any flow like a rapper either. I must have dozed off because somewhere around the halfway point someone plugged in a guitar which at least made it listenable. Probably because it went a little way to masking his horrible lyrics and voice. Every time he is on my list I swear at myself for blowing to listen to these albums the whole way through.

Yes I understand he's a great musician. Do we really need more than one album of the generally same songs though?

Is this an essential Aerosmith album? Absolutely. Do we really need more than one Aerosmith album on this list? I don't know. It is interesting to see how they evolved as a band. It's subtle but it's there. They seem to be trying to immitate a good mid era Beatles album, and that's a pretty ambitious feat even if they don't reach it. I'll give it a 3 for effort.

I just love this. It's so irreverent and fun in the stupidest way. I'm definitely playing this at the next party at my house.

Background music. I forgot I was listening to it. I think his later albums got more experimental and I assume they are on this list, but this feels a little generic. Great musicianship is stellar but I zoned out...

I can't stand her voice, I can't stand the music and I don't like acoustic guitar, but I think I finally get why people like/liked this. Obviously as a middle aged white dude it's not for me. She's kind of a fucked up girl singing her kinda fucked up music and I can totally get why that would be popular. She is probably the only one I really get of this era. The other female singer songwriter types of this era seem to be trying to be this weird and always feel forced.

This is so stupid. If the Beatles teamed up with black Sabbath to write a musical. It's terrible, but Alice Cooper needs to be on this list so this is probably the one to do it.