Reviews by sloppysteak

Lennon’s solo material was never great, but this record is a little worse.

Exceptionally good, and I’m not into rap.

So many samples!
A true licensing nightmare.
The results: funky.

I just don’t get the gravely deep voice soul vibe.

Why? Even as chamber music this is boring, predictable, and pointless.

Interesting. A good mix of ideas, recording and production techniques that lead to a fairly unique album.

I have a complicated relationship with Peter Gabriel’s music. I like some of his Genesis era stuff but I prefer post-Gabriel Genesis overall because he had a tendency to want to fill every empty space of their songs with vocals. Anyway, So is a well written, produced, and executed record. My one criticism is Red Rain drags on a little too long.

Awful, silly, goofy, nearly unlistenable.

Sublime.

Not bad for Young’s sophomore solo effort, but his songwriting would improve shortly.

A good record. Each song has a little something that I like. Great production.

Just awful. I hated the vocals so much. Just a miserable, boring, waste of a record.

Such a great album. Fun fact: this record was intended as a soundtrack for a movie of the same title written by Dean Stockwell.

Much better than I was expecting. All things being equal, it’s a pretty solid album.

This was once the greatest rock album ever, and it remained so until the Beatle’s next record. Whether this album has aged well is a matter of taste, but we should pause and consider how well written these songs are, and how great they sound to have been recorded in ‘63. This is an exceptional album.

Not something I normally listen to. Production is okay, but there’s so much vamping and vocal gymnastics that it overwhelms the mediocre songs. Minus one star for trying to cover The Beautiful Ones.

This . . . this was intolerable.

A real mudpie of a record. Abysmal vocals, shit-like guitars, that boring early ‘00s sound. No thanks.

A pretty decent record. Good, well arranged songs. Would probably listen again.

I was sure ready to strongly dislike this, but it turned out not to be half bad. Good songs, great production, great vocals.