Reviews by somelocalloser

Low‐LifeNew Order

Rated 4/10

I liked the more Post Punk aspects of this. The dance/electronica didn’t do much. Still I made it through the record so it wasn’t horrible.

Wish You Were Here is the only Pink Floyd song I enjoy. This record did not change my feelings on that.

I skipped ahead through most of these tracks. Even when I got stoned I hated this.

Parallel LinesBlondie

Rated 10/10

Banger after banger from Debbie Harry and company. The fact that they put a record out with this many hits was news to me. I’ll be listening to this again.

PhrenologyThe Roots

Rated 6/10

I want to give this more stars - but the second half drags and is up and down.

On a whole this is musically all over the place - and I mean that in the best possible way. These guys are doing it all and mainly successful. But as I said the back half is a drag beyond a couple of songs and the last track is painful.

Every time I get a Wu-Tang record I feel the need to watch the 36th Chamber of Shaolin after.

The only thing I didn’t like was the “skits” between tracks. Although these were shorter and less problematic than most on 90s hip hop records.

InfectedThe The

Rated 6/10

Based on the beginning of the first track I was not confident I would finish this.

But it turned into a vaguely gothic vaguely dance record. Not as bad as first impressions.

One of the few double albums worth the price of admission. There’s a lot of peak surrealist Dylan in the lyrics and musicallly he’s all over the place.

I think Highway 61 is his masterpiece but this is a close second.