Reviews by somelocalloser

This was great. Chuck D laying down truths and Flavor Flav doing his thing.

My one complaint is that it’s so long. Maybe my attention span is just shot.

Solid record displaying Carole’s great songwriting skills. My only real qualms with it are her versions of Will You Love Me Tomorrow? and Natural Woman - which, pardon the pun feel uninspired.

This is just a stupid fun record. The amount of spandex and coke that must have been involved in its recording is palpable.

Lo-fi massive shoe gaze-y guitar gods.

Didn’t realize that I knew half of these songs. Kind of replaceable late aughts indie pop. Not a bad listen, just very 2009.

Pre-war Elvis is obviously the best Elvis and his debut is strong. He’s still searching for his sound here. Blue Suede Shoes and I Got A Woman feel fully formed. The ballads less so - there’s a strong Buddy Holly sound to some of them.

I’m not going to turn into a huge Anthrax fan - but this was surprisingly not awful. I dug how thrashy it was and there’s a bit of math metal sounding moments.

Shit this is good. Just a fun record - a few moments of misogyny, but not nearly as prevalent as some of the Gangsta Rap on this list.

I’ve really enjoyed the African albums on this list so far, this one doesn’t disappoint. A bit mellower than say Fela Kuti - it nevertheless has great rhythms and beats.

This was unexpected. I was a bit skeptical that I would like this a few minutes into the first song but man - this slapped.

How I got to my 40s without hearing Fela Kuti I’ll never understand. The energy and rhythms just make it impossible to not groove along.

You know what makes me feel like I’m dying? 22 fucking minutes of the Whipping Post.

This may have been the most stereotypical 70s rock/pop record I’ve heard. It’s like he took pieces of whatever sound was popular and mashed it together in the most boring way possible.

Life is too short to listen to Eric Clapton.

A breezy 30 minute debut. Like most Tom Petty its up and down. However - ending your debut record with a banger like American Girl is great.

Meh. It didn’t have West End Girls so. . .

The album your high school friends’ ska band would have made circa 1996-2000.

After a while all these trip hop albums start to blend together as forgettably long mush.

This at least had a Latin flavor to it. Still not my thing, not as bad as others.

This was such a fun little record. Bratty pop punk from the 80s that would not have been out of place in the early aughts.

The best Stones album, maybe. Between this and Exile you can’t go wrong.