Reviews by sterry2289

My first real experience with Blue. I've always dabbled in Joni and was more drawn to Court and Spark, I think because of the bigger and jazzier arrangements. Digging into this was pretty cool. I was not aware of the Graham Nash/Joni/James Taylor love triangle. **I read Old Man was about Nash, so I take it to mean her man or bf**

I think you really need to emerse yourself in this music to enjoy it. A little painful/sad at moments. Other times I felt a little disconnected (to a famous woman traveling Europe with boy problems). Nevertheless - incredibly vulnerable. Goes without saying she is one of one and that comes across in her arrangements, harmonies and singing voice.

Gererally I think I'll always lean towards the bigger varied arrangements on Court and Spark, but when I want to get real emo I'll throw on Blue. My 2 y/o was into it too.

Solid 4. Good deep dive, very iconic music in here. I don't think I ever seek out Elton John but every time I hear it I'm impressed.

Enjoyed this a good deal more than Alex and Ted, want to go 4 but Battle of Epping Forest is a parody of prog rock. I think a good producer could cut 30 minutes of this and make it a legitimately great album. Maybe drop the vocals for some of the obnoxious medieval imagery. Left this feeling intrigued by Genesis and wanting them to chill out like 15% on the constant changes. Instrumentation rips, some songs are great as is, vocals are good minus the words. Maybe when Frank’s kid learns AI he can make me a stripped down version of this. Selling England by the Ounce? We can workshop that.

Liked this way more than i thought i would! Need to listen a few more times to figure out exactly what works, but the clean sound stands out. I think country is a blind spot for me I need to explore.

Incomplete. N/A. Sounds nice and I want more African music in my life, but need to hear more.

Had not heard of Sade until a couple years ago. Got an Uber to the airport at 3am in Savanah, and the driver had some intense Taxi Driver vibes. Telling me about all the terrible people he gives ride to. He played Sade the entire time and really sold me. Went on to listen to this album and enjoyed it. Still haven’t really figured Sade out but I think that’s her thing. Mysterious. Frankie’s First Affair has been on the regular rotation since.

All time great album. Hendrix remains my favorite guitarist.

Frank and I and our band (Easy Steps or Lesbian Make Out Party - not sure what era that was) performed Foxy Lady at our 8th grade talent show to all of our stone faced classmates. I remember being upset with Frank for insisting on doing the Fox ears mime in the chorus. We also refused to stop playing until the teachers attempted to unplug our amps. Rock n Roll baby! Pretty cool 13 year olds though, for real. Hey Joe later became a staple in the cover lineup.

For Hendrix on the full album listens you see the gap between his freakish artistic talent and his song writing ability. The good songs are transcendent and the others pale in comparison.

Alex has gotten in my head with this stereo/mono thing. The stereo on a few tracks is standing out negatively.

Not offensive. I have memories of watching the Monkees show and thinking they were cool as hell. Maybe on Nick at Night? Goin Down is a cool Monkees songs.

Didn’t enjoy as much as Heaven or Las Vegas. Still appreciate what they were going for and I think they landed the plane on HoLV. Glad we got the other album first, this one could have been a bad initial introduction.

Amazing. Love the variety, specifically with Good Time Boy. I don’t know how I’d never listened to this front to back. Young and Stills >>>

I don't like the idea of music being deemed obsolete, but if there was ever an example this may be it. I like Buddy, but this sounds too simplistic to me (70 years later).

Don’t love the title track for some reason, but other than that this album fucking rips. I probably listened to it 5-6 times this weekend. At first I was frustrated with the strange arrangements, feeling like a lot of the effects and instrumentation were not additive. Now I’m starting to see more clearly the genius in Prince. I Would Die 4 U into Baby I’m a Star…. Sheesh!

An example of the strange arrangements (credit to Frank for pointing out to me) When Doves Cry has no bass, instead the bass notes are played in the drums? I think the drum line also carries the progression.

I’m not sure I totally understand why he made these choices but the results are hard to argue with.

This album was seen as the most “pop” version of Prince to date, which IMO works well. We get hooks, normal length songs but also the Prince weirdness. I was also happy to hear him sending it on vocals and on guitar.

Someday I need to watch the movie to see how this all ties together. I still don’t connect with this music the way I do with my all time favorites, but I have a feeling this album will be one that I listen to many more times over the years. Might be on my way to becoming a full blown Prince guy!

Fuck this album!

Extremely frustrating listen. This could have been so much better without that god awful drum track. I'm not saying it could get to the heights or a 4 or 5 but man, it could have been better. Similar to a lot of early hip hop groups they weren't constrained in the way later hip hop tends to be, with the backing vocals and general jam band vibe, but they sewered all of it with those fucking drums.

No more brit pop! I hate it.

Lou is a fun character. I always assumed a lot of these phychedlic art rock bands were actually on to something and were enlightened in someway. Looking back now it's clear they were just fucked up. It's still fun to listen to though! This album in particular reminds me of summer/having a good time. Not the worst images to conjure.

Strange collection of songs - some that define the Dan (gonna try to make this abbrevation work) sound, and some others that sound heavily influenced by their contemporaries (Zappa, CSN, Big Star).

Probably a 5 by almost any other abnds standards, but I think feels like a 4 by Dan's standards, still trying to find their sound, breaking away from the down the middle classic rock.

I think Dan might be America's greatest band?

Just wrote a long review and lost it. Summary - my uncle listened to this in his nice car and it sounded great. Great production on this. Not into depressed rocking or spooky/death themes. Angry works (see RATM). Classic Rock generally is my kind of rock. Metallica is good gym music in spots. Throw a dumbell at someone in a heavy metal frenzy.

I may have been wrong about Sitar on Screaming Trees, but there is for sure one here on Where I May Roam.

Look at that french looking mf. Might be a N/A. I'm reading this genre is lyric driven and I don't speak french. I do appreciate getting some foreign language albums though.

I’m hungry Mr album generator!! Ah… slop again. Ok, thank you sir.

Goths! I forgot all about goths. Enjoyed the title track.