Reviews by sterry2289

Agree with Frank, great concert and brought a lot of energy, which is 90% of the battle of a live show. That said, the energy might be crucial for these songs because on the album it sounds like a bit of a drag. Style points for sure, unique sound, unique vocal layering etc.

I like the spunk of the drummer. Generally, not a fan of this music. Pretty unimaginative and repetitive.

It has got me thinking a lot about space though. Is it interesting? Can't help but feel there is more on earth these guys could have been exploring. SPACE IS DEEP. There's no reverb in space fellas. NO SOUND at all. Space may suck.

Ended where I started with Tracy on this. It’s fine! Don’t love it, don’t hate it.

Went from irritated to intrigued and finally entertained throughout this. Last few tracks stand out, specifically O Could Never Replace Your Man and It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night. One thing Prince does that kinda bothers me is where other artists would lean into a melody and make it stand out he uses the most timid imaginable synth, where you almost have to strain to latch on. A kink of his I’m sure. Good album.

If you want Bongo Rock, this is where you should go. Had a little run in with this on my quest for more soul music 10 years ago, Last Bongo in Belgium is great. A full album of this is not tolerable. But again, for what it is, not bad.

Came across this in the last year and really liked Sock It To Me. Sent that song to my friend Pat, who also likes rap, and have been self conscious about it ever since. Hyper sexual song about Missy Elliot getting fucked, maybe should have sent some kind of qualifier. Great song, but I don’t identify with it HAHA!

Fun album, couple saves, but pretty limited in the same ways a lot of these 90’s rap albums are. Big personality on Missy.

Make it hot, aight? I’m out.

Sick. If CSN and Rush had a baby. I used to skip to the outro of Starship Trooper and a kid, still rocks. Tons of great moments, only skip would be The Clap.

Deserves a 5 but getting a 4. Nothing I would change just not quiteee my tempo.

Not as high on this as I thought I'd be. Definitely enjoyed the hits when they came out, but feels a bit hollow this time through. Beautiful exterior, some great melodies, great production etc. but not really conjuring much. Will have to go back and read the review to see what the hype was about. I think in 2010 we were searching for a great rock album.

My Dad chooses random bands to loathe, which is usually funny because hes a very kind man. HATES Arcade Fire - something about the number of people in the band. Florence and the Machine makes him physically ill. I don't have that ire, but not going out of my way to listen to AF either.

Between 1 and 2 and feeling mean.

I’m behind so I can’t really absorb this the way I want to but through 1 listen it’s clearly very good. Feels like these guys are pretty underrated. Not an alt rock expert but The Strokes seemed to have pulled a lot of this guitar work. My favorite parts are when the lead singer really lets loose claiming to be an unchained dog. Love unchained dog energy from my front men, kinda wish he’d look the part a little more. Hard to picture a fat suburban looking dude in a flannel doing any of this convincingly.

Good to know something about Badu, but didn’t enjoy this much. I think every song was two chords in the same time? Nice voice etc. but this was aimless and boring.

Classic. One of the several albums on in my house growing up. I've always enjoyed it, usually only came back for the hits so the deeper cuts sounded fresh this time. I never really fell in love with this the way I have for other 5/5 albums and I think its because it lacks a little soul. "Shout" never makes me want to shout - by comparison listen to Shout by the Isley Bros. This is not a soul album, but it does lack something. Head Over Heels is the exception - that one gives me chills.

Fun Wiki page on the lead singer. “In early September 1976, the Bromley Contingent followed the Sex Pistols to France, where Siouxsie was beaten up for wearing a cupless bra and a black armband with a swastika on it.” I’m sure it was the bra they took issue with. FTR she’s not a Nazi just wanted to freak people out, which she definitely did.

This was great deep dive on a band I knew nothing about. First half of the album felt like a 4, will be some songs I add. Second half fell off. So many familiar sounds to great indie bands. Siouxsie sounds like a more punk Chrissie Hynde (pretenders) maybe.

The exceptionally high rating (3.69) tells me a lot about the age and location of many 1001’ers. We gotta have 40 year old Brit’s crawling all over this site.

Did not like this one bit. A couple moments saved it from a 1, but barely made it. Out on Depeche.

Enjoyed this but a little too much filler. I think if they cut a few tracks it could have been 4. “Alive” is a good live album by DP.

Every now and then i come across an album like this, where I've listened to the hits (Tiny Dancer, Levon) countless times and never considered listening front to back. Why am I the way that I am?

Very very good. Richhhhhh arrangements. The sitar solo works in Holiday Inn (also love the Boston shout out). Somewhat hesitant to give EJ his roses, maybe because hes so insanely popular, something manufactured about the sound I have always been a little put off by, but in this case I gotta give it up. Not a perfect album but the great moments are life-affirming. New adds for me will be Razor Face and Holiday Inn.

Some moments of brilliance for sure (Feel Flows). Interested to see Brian Wilson was becoming less involved here, especially in production. Long Promised Road feels like it could be so much better but something about the production is holding it back. A lot of those songs, plus one or two that are just bad. Need to go through the discography from Pet Sounds to this.

In the first few seconds of this album The Band demonstrate their signature skill - the ability to make something completely new and make it sound so familiar and natural. On Tears of Rage, Robbie's guitar effect sounds unlike anything I've heard before and, despite hearing the song 1000 times had never asked myself, until yesterday, "what instrument is that? how did he get that effect?"

Another stunning debut, no blemishes. I will hear arguments against their cover of I Shall Be Released. Hard to be objective on this one but what stood out is Danko was basically the lead singer. I've always thought of Danko as the sort of goofy, off speed pitch, and Helm as the true great vocalist. Helms talent definitely pops when the Weight hits.

Apologies for another Sean/Frank story - we went to a party in Providence when we were probably 19. After a long night of partying we played The Weight in a small room to roaring applause (from two guys) and I looked down and the guitar I was borrowing was covered in blood from not using a pick. The next morning we left early and shortly after our departure the house got robbed at gun point.

Great album!

"Why" sounds like an REM song. A lot of this seems like it could have been influential for 1966. I also have the same feeling I'm sure most of my teachers had about my effort levels: minimal and half assed. Learned Gram Parsons didn't join until the 6th album.