Reviews by somelocalloser

Honestly a bit disappointed with this one. Not sure what I was expecting, but for an early Rock and Roll album it left me wanting. The first track sets you up for a greatness that the rest of the album didn’t rise to.

Ryan Adams has put out a ton of albums and dear reader it’s all crap. This is an over stuffed vanilla early aughts piece of garbage. Really not sure of what is appealing about this. His voice is reedy and uninteresting and lyrics are obtuse. The musicianship is fairly decent.

All in all not my favorite.

This was super fun. Big mid-60s energy. Not quite sure why it has such a low rating. It’s a breezy easy record.

Meh. It’s ok. There is a pretentiousness to this whole era of Radiohead.

This is one of those albums and bands I can’t believe I hadn’t heard before. Slowcore at its finest. Short record, complex time signature changes and great vocals.

Certainly some cheese factor with this - but this was a fun listen. A soul country sound with a tight backing band. Elvis’ vocal affectations sometimes got in the way.

Kitschy late 80s pop. Shades of Madonna and Prince with Hip Hop sprinkled throughout. I surprisingly didn’t hate it.

Good live record. Muddy Waters and his band are tight.

I liked this more than I thought I would. Not sure repeat listens would bring more joy however. Classic 3 record.

The first five Zeppelin albums are just so much fun that it’s hard to pick a favorite. Some days it’s III and other days it’s II. This is an almost perfect record - star deduction for Thank You which is categorically terrible.

I love this Country-fied version of the Stones. The big singles are the least interesting tracks. Not sure why this gets so much hate on here.

This is a weird one. The Irish/Scottish influence is very obvious - but where the Pogues and Dubliners had voices that came straight out of the pub this guy’s voice felt too clean. I would have appreciated it more if he had a rougher voice and the music had a less sanitized sound.

Wasn’t my favorite, wasn’t the worst I’ve heard. Mix of African, Island and French musics. A bit long and over synthesized for my tastes.

This was great. An artist I hadn’t heard before and I spent the rest of the day listening to. African beats, jazz hooks and funk. I really dug this.

I had a friend in High School who said that the best part about Kurt Cobain’s suicide was Foo Fighters.

Not having listened to this in a long time I found the top 3 and last 3 songs to be good and the rest forgettable. If you’re going to listen to a Foo Fighters album go with the Color and Shape Of.

Good post-punk! I listened to this walking around Manhattan on a beautiful spring day and it kept me from being to perky. Will spin this again.

More forgettable Brit pop. How does this band have 2 records on this list?

This album is all over the place and doesn’t know what it wants to be. Good musicians - but uneven.

Look I’m a Neil Young stan. His stretch of early solo records is just great. You have to like proto-grungey guitar that sometimes devolves into ponderous nonsense- which is something I’m here for.

On the Beach isn’t among his most well known records and doesn’t necessarily have any hits on it. But it slaps.

This record brings back a lot of memories of my 20s. Still holds up!