Rated 4/10
On paper I should love Leonard Cohen. He checks most of my boxes - but I simply can’t get too into him. I don’t find anything he does on this terribly interesting.
The first live tune on this was the highlight for me - the rest was meh.
Rated 8/10
A little yacht rock-y in a good way. Lots of jazzy riffs behind Joni’s ethereal voice.
Rated 4/10
Honestly this was boringly inoffensive. I could sit through half of the album before I decided I had better things to do with my time.
Rated 4/10
This sort of music has rarely been my thing and Massive Attack is no exception.
Rated 2/10
Couldn’t make it through this one. Too much EDM combined with bad rhymes.
Rated 6/10
I’ll give this 3 stars only because of “Season of the Witch” - the rest of the album is a psychedelic bore.
Rated 10/10
The best (?) and most balanced Beatles record - probably.
Competing visions of songs from John, Paul and George - with George really stepping up. Gothic pop tunes, Sitar influenced meditations and straight up rock and roll fill out this record.
Hard to find anything to quibble with.
Rated 8/10
I really dug this. Sophisticated Pop songs. Some shades of Alex Chilton in there. A tad long.
Rated 4/10
I get the influence of Culture Club, but not sure I needed to listen to this whole thing before I die.
Rated 2/10
It’s been *years* since I’ve been stoned enough to enjoy something like this.
2 plus live hours of this band is too much. I got through ~30 minutes before I could go no further.
That said - a brisk 35 minute studio record from Hawkwind might be enjoyable. 🤷♂️
Rated 4/10
Wildly underwhelming. As someone who thinks Neil Young can do no wrong - I was mistaken.
Rated 6/10
A more produced and melodic Clash.
Rated 4/10
This was not as terrible as I expected it to be. So it passed that low bar.
It’s a mishmash of styles - hints of Britpop and Pop Punk and then poor renderings of ballads.
Not something I would return to.
Rated 2/10
Let’s just say this didn’t leave me in a hysteria.
Rated 4/10
Meh at best with a lousy Velvet Underground cover.
Rated 4/10
This was fine. Not as interesting as some of the more recent hip-hop on the list.
Minus one star for the 11 minute shout out filled outro.
Rated 2/10
Metallica still sucks.
Rated 2/10
In what world do I need to listen to 2+ hours of Deep Purple live in concert?
Rated 10/10
My favorite of their records. This was on repeat my first year of grad school.
Rated 8/10
I always want to hate on Pavement - then I listen to a record of theirs and enjoy it. This is no different. Accessible Indie with shoegaze-y aspects.
