Reviews by somelocalloser

The more I listen to shoegaze the more I can hang with the Cure. I think my only caveat is that Robert Smith’s crystal clear voice singing those lyrics is not great for my mental health.

A jazz punk record? Sign me up!

So much humor, joy and rage on this double album. It is long, but the songs are short.

No. Woman. No. Cry.

I don’t know if I ever got white people’s obsession with Bob Marley. I guess it’s because his brand of reggae is inoffensive and accessible?

Anyways it was fine. I don’t go out of my way to listen to him, but I didn’t hate this.

It was fine. Kind of glam. Mostly just replaceable 70s rock.

Stupid inoffensive music for the masses. Reading the Brandon Flowers is LDS makes everything make sense. Vanilla rock for a vanilla fan base.

Of the 90s British rock I’ve gotten on this list - this was among the more surprising.

Felt like an emo record circa 2004 - so I was a bit shocked knowing it came out in 94.

It was a good listen - fairly depressing lyrics. And the story behind one of the band members disappearing is fascinating.

Great voice sometimes overcome by over produced 80s nonsense.

The first half of this is great - second half falls off.

Fucking trash. Clapton sucks. 0/0

Ugh - I hate how not shitty this is. It’s a fun listen. I’m now a Swiftie.

Skeezy, awful and so smooth my earbuds fell out. I felt real dirty after listening to this. Too long, too smooth, too sexual assault-y.

This record is so tight - it’s shocking it’s a live record. A brisk 30 minutes, James Brown and his band never miss a beat.

Rock music for dads with mullets who smoke so many Marborlos they're decked out in Marb gear.

Didn’t care for most of this. The one song that sampled Strange Fruit was the highlight.

In the world of break up albums this doesn’t rank very high. Feels artificially sad throughout its run time.

This was pretty awful. Bad Dylan covers with a psych-folk vibe which sanitized everything out of the original songs.

I can’t decide whether or not this would be good stoned. Probably not.

I remember hearing the White Stripes and the Strokes in the early 00s and thinking to myself that Rock and Roll isn’t dead - despite Butt Rock’s best efforts.

This record is so much fun - it gets a bit up and down towards the end. But the first half and more are absolute bangers.

Like most Pop albums I’ve reviewed for this the hits are good and fun. The rest leaves me uninterested. There’s a lot of trying hard to replicate the Michael Jackson sound that just doesn’t work.

One of my favorites - feels like the album where Zeppelin put all the pieces together. Comes out of the gate literally screaming and doesn’t let up.

Surprisingly fun listen. Some of it did not age super well, but hey it was the 90s. Like others have said - Ice T has become at least in my mind part of Law & Order and less a part of Rap History. So it was cool to get back to his origins.