Reviews by somelocalloser

I know most people hate this - but I was into it. Noise Post Punk just checks some boxes for me.

Funkadelic is just fun to listen to. This band is super tight, yet so funky and smooth - it’s kind of amazing.

For atmospheric music it was fine - but when I went outside and took a walk I realized it is not great walking around music.

I really dug So and was excited to listen to this one. It was not nearly as good. It’s an okay album but not one I’d return to anytime soon.

I love Back to Black. This however was a drag - there are moments where you hear the style that is to come, but they are fleeting.

I like Prince - but mostly know his hits. This record felt like an entrance to do a deep dive through his catalogue.

Funky, surprising and fun.

I honestly expected to hate this, but didn’t. I liked the dark Norse themes of the songs.

Indian trip-hop. It wasn’t the worst I’ve listened to on the list, but it felt overly long. I made it through the whole thing because there were moments that sounded like Portishead.

This was a slog. The first of the double album is pretty classic Zeppelin, not the band at its height - but pretty darn good.

Once you get to the second album it feels like casts off. A lot of forgettable songs. I guess it probably marks the beginning of the end of the band.

German caberet singer covering Kurt Weil, Nick Cave and Tom Waits?!?

Well now you have my attention.

Is this a great album - meh. More curiosity or the perfect soundtrack to walking at night through a rainy nondescript European city.

Was surprised to hear Rod Stewart start singing on this. Early Rod Stewart isn’t bad.

As for Jeff Beck, I like him better than Clapton, but this album drags, especially the more traditional blues songs.

Wasn’t the worst electronica I’ve listened to on the list - but at close to an hour I could have done with less.

I’m going to call this Mom Rock - because my own Mother knew the lyrics to ever Skynyrd song that came on the radio.

This was so much fun. I’d happily listen to this pretty much anytime.

Honestly this era of the Kinks is a slam dunk. While the Beatles and the Stones put out great records in 1969 - here comes Ray Davies with weird concept albums that are just amazing and ahead of their time. For my money Victoria is one of the best first tracks.

70s soft pop-rock. There’s like 2 tracks that get you tapping your feet. But that does not make a great album.

Proto Grunge with some of the sounds of 80s hair metal. It’s apparent that this is a bridge record to the emergence of flannels, thermals, long greasy hair and jeans.

This feels like a record that if you were in a specific place at a specific time would be monumentally important to you.

Alas dear reader, I am not of that time nor of that place. As such I found it to be less than interesting. I get what the band was going for - but it feels like a work in progress compared to future albums that blend dance and rock.

Stick it in the fridge.

Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year’s Day are the standouts. The rest of the album veers into generic 80s New Wave. This is a band in search of a sound.