Reviews by somelocalloser

Straight up Country Americana with the sonorous voice of Emmylou - what’s not to like?

This record holds up! Fun flashback to my high school era.

Not my favorite of the old school hip hop records. Very same-y.

Great atmospheric music to put you to sleep.

I really liked this. Definitely Laurel Canyon-y with some Jazz thrown in for good measure.

I love that Nick Cave is essentially Gothic Tom Waits.

Certainly in the Top 3 Beatles records. As much as I dislike Paul, and make no mistake this is a Paul album - I don’t know if there’s anything to quibble about with it.

Every post punk band wishes they were this. The raw unvarnished sound that comes from Iggy and the Stooges is as good as what the VU were putting out at the same time.

Is Joy Division a good band outside of Love Will Tear Us Apart?

I don’t think so. I’ll take early New Order instead.

I got this the day Trump won a 2nd term.

To be honest - Take On Me sounds like something he would play at one of his rallies and “white man dance” to.

That is the high point of the record and it’s the first track.

So. . .

I remember first hearing this record when my friend Dave let me borrow it when I was in High School. It really ruined for me what I thought Brit Pop was - because nothing compares with this masterpiece.

Early REM is so good. Just an arty college rock at its best.

Parts of this felt like Of Montreal. But it got grating very quickly.

Probably Elliott Smith’s most accessible album - and by accessible I mean the one you can listen to without being super duper depressed after.

I keep expecting to know one of these songs from some late 80s/early 90s serious teenage movie.

Nope - just completely replaceable late 80s soft pop.

Probably the best The Fall record on the list - which is a fairly low bar. A more accessible post punk record. It does at time feel like a knock off VU cover band.

I love Tom Waits and Swordfishtrombones is the album that broke the jazz lounge-y sound he had before and turned it on its head.

As always his lyrics are great and the sounds he begins to create on this album are unique. I think I might like Rain Dogs a little bit more - but really this album can do no wrong.

. . . never could stand that dog

Cyndi Lauper just wants to have fun and it shows on this album. A solid debut from this iconic singer.

She’s such a foil to Madonna in my mind - less serious, more willing to be part of the joke.

Pardon me while my 42 year old self bursts into flames because my high school self was into this band.

I appreciate what this band was trying to do - a little shoegaze/glam/art rock/etc mash up.

Was it successful?

Nope.