Reviews by somelocalloser

Perhaps the one Radiohead record I adore? As a disaffected teen in the late 90s this scratched an itch NüMetal/HardNow never could.

Swedish Pop, man, goddamned ear worms. Not a memorable or great record but you can listen to it.

Typically when the Wikipedia description of an album includes that "it was nominated for the Mercury Prize" I buckle up for some real shit. However, I was into this Dad-rock singer-songwriter crooner of a record. At times bleak, at times a bit country I can see myself coming back to this for sure.

There’s some interesting cover songs and Monday, Monday and California Dreaming are classics. But for me the last half of this falls off and ends pretty flat.

This is great and I’m not sure why I’ve never listened to this all the way through.

What if the Clash wrote longer songs?

I’m not an expert on the Cure - but it seems to me that The Forest is the only reason this album is on the list.

The first half of the record is a band searching for their sound. The second half gets closer to what the general public would consider typical Cure sounding songs.

John Cale’s Loaded. Very accessible 70s Chamber Pop.

Darkly ironic songs. I can see needing to be in a certain frame of mind for this one - good for the cold January day I got it.

Also, anything that name drops Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder I’d be into.

Fun New Wave Pop Punk.

I'm usually not one for Live records but this was a blast. No notes!

Just like honey. . .

Honestly, I was a bit taken aback by hearing the same voice who sung about Buzz and Woody immediately singing a song about Red Necks and N-words.

Mariah has some pipes! I didn’t recognize any songs on this, but she can sing. I dug the more hip-hop infused songs more that the more ballad-y ones.

I remember when this came out and everyone said that “Morrissey is Back Baby!” I don’t know if I agree with that assessment - pretty sure he peaked around The Queen is Dead.

Anywho - this is really a relic of circa 2004 with politics that I’m pretty sure present day Morrissey would object to.

What a prat.

What can I say about Otis Redding that hasn’t been said before? Every time I listen to this record I hear something new in his voice.

This isn’t something I would have sought out myself, but it was a worthwhile listen. It was engaging, even if it’s not something I would go back to regularly.

Hotel California is the perfect metaphor for the Eagles - as much as we collectively has human beings have stabbed Don Henley and company with our steely knives we just can’t kill the boomer shit filled beast known as the Eagles.

This was the Wilco record that got me into them. I will admit that this sucker is long in the tooth, it really drags towards the end of the 2nd disc.

But I dig how country-fied this is. Outtasite (Outta Mind) and Misunderstood are the highlights for me.

Is this the most overrated album from a band that can't play music? I think it has to be.

I get the importance of this in the grand scheme of punk history, but give me the Stooges or the Clash instead. Also Johnny Rotten schtick was annoying from the get-go.