Reviews by somelocalloser

Fun summer record. I listened to it as I was grilling. A few fun covers of well known songs and a nice classic R&B funky soul sound.

Certainly not my favorite record I’ve listened to for the list. Very clean late 80s sound, which to me makes it less interesting. This is definitely music that your mom would have listened to in the minivan carting you around. That said Raitt’s guitar playing and lyrics aren’t anything to sneeze at and I’ve listened to far worse recently.

Music for 12 year old white boys who’s mom is a real “bitch” for making him do his homework.

Solid hip hop. After listening to mostly 90s rap on this list it was interesting to jump ahead 20+ years and hear how the art form had evolved.

Kendrick’s lyrics are good - although they are juvenile at times. Beats and samples were top notch.

Have you ever wondered what a Rain Dogs era Tom Waits Beauty and the Beast musical set in a traveling French circus would sound like? Well dear reader, half of this record is the answer to that question. The other half is terrible Industrial. Can’t win them all.

Look - I didn’t finish this. I got halfway through this 75 minute long record and couldn’t listen to the boring Britpop these guys were selling anymore.

Everything is derivative, vaguely religious garbage. I feel like the only reason this is on the list is because of bittersweet symphony - which is not a great song.

I really enjoyed this. Upbeat, big band swing coupled with King Louie singing and playing trumpet.

Music for incels not in on the joke. Part of me wants to think that this is all for shock value - but then you realize that Eminem is still putting out the same juvenile bullshit in his 50s.

First side is up and down. Heroes, Beauty and the Beast and Joe the Lion are fun.

Second side is meh at best.

I’m not super into Miles’ fusion era, but after a string of electronica this was a welcome respite. Feels more like a mellow rock album with the occasional Miles solo thrown in.

Well I listened to the wrong Daft Punk record the first go round which felt like some kind of bad karma.

This debut is repetitive, boring and annoying. Yet somehow I was tapping my foot to the beat. Damn you French Robots!

Bad trip hop with bad rapping. Over an hour long.

This album certainly is from 2010. Big Tame Impala and My Morning Jacket energy. Wasn’t my favorite.

I hate trip hop - but really like Portishead. Great vocals, non-repetitive beats and an ethereal vibe.

As someone who listened to and enjoyed a lot of punk/ska in the mid to late 90s this was pretty bad. Brought back memories of getting badly sunburned at Warped Tour.

Not sure why this particular New Order record is on the list. Nothing to hear here. I guess it’s the album they when into Acid House - which is unfortunate because it really blows. Gone is the Post-Punk brilliance and I’m not on ecstasy so 1 star.

Certainly a specific vibe. Maybe being over 40 makes me not so into it. I could see if this came out in my 20s I would have known every song.

The only Who record I consistently go back to. Baba O’Reilly is one of the great rock and roll songs and Daltrey’s scream at the end of We Don’t Get Fooled Again is iconic.

All that said the middle portion of this drags - it’s really the top and bottom of this that makes it a good album.

28 songs in 33 minutes and nary an intelligible work to be heard. Honestly - this wasn’t as terrible as I expected. It sort of became white noise after a bit and I didn’t hate it.

Straight up classic outlaw country. A breezy half hour. This is great road trip music.