Reviews by somelocalloser

Starting to believe that the only Smiths record worth listening to is the Queen is Dead. This is meh at best.

I always want to hate Bob Marley - then when you listen to his full albums, not just the singles it’s hard not to groove along to him.

Anyways classic 3/5 record. Nothing to hate, nothing that blows my mind.

For 3 songs clocking in at 11 minutes I can find no faults.

Cream might be the only thing Eric Clapton was involved with that doesn’t suck. Stressing the word *might*

I think one of the things this list points out is that mainstream rock in the late 80s was just so awful that an album like this becomes one you need to listen to before you die.

30+ years on this is such a forgettable drag. They wrote “There She Goes” - cool. That song and the rest of this is a snooze.

The is an album of AM Gold. Which really - I am not the target audience for.

The Carpenters always seemed to be the butt of a joke when I was growing up and I made it a point not to listen to them, knowing that they sucked.

Well time and Hollywood is a bitch - I knew most of these songs!

Ugh.

This is super vanilla, easy listening that is kitschy at best. Honestly the whole Karen Carpenter tragedy is more interesting(?) than their music.

More misses than hits. There’s a kitschyness that the Beach Boys exude. There are glimpses of the Wall of Sound working its way into things. Frankly I was underwhelmed.

I’ve been digging the Wu-Tang/Wu-Tang adjacent records I’ve gotten so far. This didn’t disappoint. GZA’s lyrics over RZA’s beats are great. I was a big fan of all of the Shogun Assassin sampling.

As others have noted - this indeed is a chore. Sort of alt-country, sort of indie. There are some interesting moments- but they don’t outweigh the sameness.

This record holds up so well. I remember listening to this obsessively when it first was released. It was fun to revisit.

Despite some of the more unfortunate 80s-ness of this record it’s a banger. Despite being close to 40 years old it feels fresh and new.

After a recent trip to the Jersey Shore I’ve been on a Bruce Springsteen kick and dear reader this album is a disappointment. It’s very much of its time with appeals to patriotism and very clear references to 9/11. It lacks the timelessness of his early work.

So smooth, so sexy - hadn’t listened to this in forever. Holds up well. Great 70s soul.

Experimental folk-jazz? Uh, apparently sign me up.

A bit of an out there listen. And he’s no Jeff Buckley, amiright? But I dug it.

AC/DC is fine. Nothing challenging here, very accessible. Back In Black and You Shook Me All Night Long are the standouts.

I dug this. Great listen for an easy Sunday morning.

This felt like a record that would have come out in 2005, not 1995. Was a fun, but not amazing listen.

Really liked this. Amazed I had never heard of her before.

This record is a bore. There’s nothing here that I find very interesting. I feel like Pink Floyd is one of those bands that if you find them at the right time you love - for me, I never got the appeal.

Doesn’t touch the greatness of Loveless. Nonetheless an enjoyable listen.