Reviews by squilliam

It's Dolly. Who doesn't love Dolly?

This album was a whole lot of nothing. I wish I liked it more than I did, but it just bored me.

Nothing wrong with the album, but I just found myself struggling to stay engaged.

Favorite Songs: It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), Oddfellows Local 151

The Arctic Monkeys have a very distinct sound. Some people will love it, but I found I got a bit bored of it by the end of the album. There are no bad songs here, but it's not for me.

Favorite Songs: Perhaps Vampire Is A Bit Strong But...

The drums go crazy on this album. Liked it way more than I thought I would

Favorite Songs: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Drowning Man

Cash really makes a lot of these songs his own (especially Hurt). It's fascinating listening to such a famous artist dealing with his own mortality, which really pushes this album beyond just a collection of Johnny Cash blues songs.

Favorite Songs: Hurt, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Streets of Laredo

Nothing to dislike, but nothing to love.

Enjoyed it overall, but nothing really stuck out with this album. It all kind of just flowed over me.

Favorite Song: Feva

At first, I thought I like this a lot. As it progressed and started to lean more heavily into the African choral arrangements, it really lost it's way. The album sounds a little too "white man discovers another culture" instead of properly celebrating and exploring this style.

Favorite Song: Graceland, You Can Call Me Al

A genuinely great album. It's impact is a little diminished by everything that has come since, but it is easy to hear how they have influenced future artists.

Favorite Song: Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall

Camp in its purest form. I had a great time, and there really isn't anything else like it. Some and concepts haven't aged well, but I still enjoy it for what it is.

Favorite Songs: Bat Out of Hell, Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Really enjoyed the varied instrumentation on this album. Some songs kind of lost me and just ended up feeling like Bob Dylan songs, but it really grew on me as the album progressed.

Favorite Songs: Jimmy Hickey's Waltz, We Will Not Be Lovers, When Will We Be Married

I respect this album more than I actually like it. The message and intent behind it are great, but the music itself is not for me.

Favorite Songs: Fistfull of Steel, Freedom

A lovely album all the way through. Some may find it a little too all over the place and distracting, especially with a trumpet as the lead, but I enjoyed it

Favorite Tracks: Blue in Green, All Blues

This whole album kind of feels like Psycho Killer, just in different fonts. Really not that exciting.

Favorite Song: Psycho Killer

Would love to hear more like this throughout. I kind of love the way they introduce the performance on the album itself. It adds to the ambience.

Favorite Songs: September in the Rain, How High The Moon

I feel very conflicted on this album. I enjoy the sound of the guitars, but I don't love Liam's dragging vocals. It sounds like every other British rock album, which isn't necessarily bad, but doesn't leaving me wanting more.

Favorite Song: Live Forever

Amazing album, top to bottom. I'll never pass up an excuse to listen to this

Favorite Songs: Can I Kick It?, Ham N' Eggs

Nothing in here I haven't heard before. The guitar is the highlight (and sometimes the lowlight as well)

Love the Timpani throughout, but nothing much strikes me beyond that.