Reviews by snowjones

It's listenable enough. But it's also incredibly forgettable. I can't imagine a scenario when I would listen to this album a second time

The faster funky songs are phenomenal. The slower songs are pretty boring. Unfortunately there's way too many of the slow songs

This is a hard one to rate. I Have a great appreciation for Susan! Vega. She's clearly very talented songwriter. But it's just not a style that I like. I would never choose to put this album on and listen to it. But for people who like the style, it's probably, four or five star quality.

REM put out 5, 5-star albums in row. Green is where things started to crack a bit. Still 4-stars.

Songs like Pop Song 89, Get Up, and Stand feel like REM just wanted to do something easy for a change.

Turn You Inside Out is probably their best rocker of all time.

World Leader Pretend would have fit well on a previous album. Gems like You Are The Everything and Hair Shirt are clues to what would come on Automatic For the People

So good! Each sign better than the last

This album is Punk in the same way that a mcdonald's Filet-O-Fish fish sandwich is seafood.
Fun, fast, short. All good traits. But if that's what you're looking for, put on The Strokes or White stripes.

I really dislike this style of music anyway. Country twanged folk. But I really truly tried to be objective, and gave it a listen all the way through. It actually made me like it less. The only thing that makes this genre of music. Wes is when it has self- indulgent lyrics. Wich this has throughout.
After hearing the first song, I decided I would give it a three-star neutral review just so I wouldn't unfairly move the needle based on personal taste. But after giving it a true lesson, it's two stars.
Also, it's way too long. 14 songs is probably two times too many

Better than expected. Some really good songs. Morrison still drags it down somewhat

Police at their early, simple finest

Waiting on a sunny day= good!
Nothing man = very good
Worlds Apart = very good! African rhythms actually work and the guitar rips.

Some songs generic and overproduced

Undeniably a bold and groundbreaking album. Bohemian Rhapsody alone makes this legendary. But with that said it has a lot of misses too. I appreciate the egalitarian nature of this band to allow other members to have their own songs on this album. But when you have one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, it just wastes space not track to have him on every track

Chill and eclectic. Some of it's really good, others not so much.

This album rips! Short, fast, and hard. It's a 4+. The only reason I can't round up to 5 is that would put it equal with albums that did it earlier and better, especially PJ Harvey Rid of Me. Dig Me Out very much feels like it was trying to recreate Rid of Me. And who wouldn't want to?! It comes up slightly short in a few ways. First, PJ already did it so it lacks the originality factor. But the real reason is that it just doesn't have the same vocal powerhouse.

This is an album I would definitely listen to over and over again. I just can't quite get it five-star iconic status.

Listened to this all the way through 2 times. First listen it just made no sense as a Beach Boys album 2/5. Listened again as if it were an album by just any unknown band. Still terrible. Lyrics sound like a 5th grader. Vocals are weak and scattered. Music is forgettable.

4.9 out of 5. Only so I can leave room for Gish to score higher

Legendary debut

Common People is one of the best songs of the 1990s hands down. 5/5 as a song. Unfortunately the rest of this album is pretty mediocre. A few songs that flirt with four stars, a few songs that flirt with two stars. Overall, this has to be 3/5 as an album.

Decent, but doesn't stock up against pure heroin

I don't know how I missed this album in 1999. It should have been right in my sweet spot. So glad to First hear it in 2025. Songs like I see a darkness, and death to everyone are true highlights, but the whole album is great straight through. Definitely a true musician's musician in the class of Tom waits, Leonard Cohen and the other great storytellers.

Great stuff. Surprised by the Pink Floyd vibes