Reviews by sterry2289

Pretty good but I mostly hear a lesser version of Fela, think I'd rather go listen to that. The son of a famous musician is a tough one.

Pretty nice!

If you are voluntarily listening to this you need to be arrested for pre-crime. Butttt I'm kind of into it. I had the distinct sense that there was a good album hidden in here somewhere. I like horror as a genre for the jump scares, but i don't get the people that go all out on halloween and make it a central theme of their personality. Because of this I don't envision a lot of Duck Stab in my future but i am glad i listened to it. A case study in why we're doing this. There is a 0% change I would ever listen to this front to back without this exercise. Probably a 2 but I'm charmed by the weirdness and also unimpressed by Goldie. This is significantly better than Goldie.

Missy is fun for a minute but a full album is insane. Timbaland's got some beats.

All I really know about the yardbirds is they employed Page, Beck and Clapton and that may be all I need to know. Sort of a Rosetta Stone of British Invasion rock. On its own never blew my socks off, but a few tracks sounded pretty great, a few big swings production wise. Shout out to the live version of Lost Woman by James Gang.

Pleasant morning music.

I like Chicago, the huge horn centric rock sound, Terry Katy sick guitarist, but this album has way too much meandering bullshit. I fear that will be the case for a lot of Chicago full-listens. Might not be the best song writers, but sound great most of the time.

Mostly just felt that I don’t get it. Might be too dumb to appreciate poetry. Felt like the arrangements went to some cool places at times, but clearly not the focus.

Not bad? Nothing stuck but good for a passive listen.

Woah! A lot to overcome here, some of my least favorite genres but this was great. Reminded me of Pulp and The Clash. I was also mowing lawn and I'm noticing a trend that I always enjoy music I listen to mowing the lawn. Not sure what that means, it might mean im old and this is a hobby now. Unclear.

Today I listened to The Yardbirds, Emmylou Harris, that French mf, Chicago and now this. Was this the BEST of the day? Who could say. Most fun? Certainly.

It reminds me of Todd Terje “It’s The Arps” the Arps being the synth he used to make the entire thing. Here obviously it’s the 808, but both have the consistency of style without being boring.

Want to go 4, but I think I was vibing mowing the lawn and on re-listen it won’t hold up.

Fuck this guy. Why? And why do these songs have so many streams?

Kind of cool in spots. Reminded me of Pet Sounds at times. Overall didn’t have the structures or hook to keep my attention. Sounds VERY 2009.

Pretty nice world to drop into, hippie country. A few moments stood out, some felt a bit derivative, but overall pleasant experience.

Not doing anything for me.

Starts strong with Light Flight and fades.

Agree with Pat, feeling a little disillusioned and Frank’s points about this distance between the artist and audience is hard to shake. This one was very ENO, great sounds and grooves but a bit empty.

Sort of unrelated, last weekend I was in New Orleans for Jazzfest and saw a LOT of live music. Many acts that were fine but saw Tedeschi Trucks for the first time and it blew my mind. Live acts either connect with you or they don’t, and when it hits and you’re locked in it’s so good. I think where I’m going is I’ll be eagerly looking for those shows and albums that I connect with and maybe spending less time with the ones that don’t. Feels obvious, but I do think I spend a fair amount of time trying to connect when it’s not there.

Aw poor Morrissey!? STFU. He has interesting melodies and a nice voice but he might be, as the English say, a “twat”

The Irish Blood song sounds like a Killers ripoff, fun fact this album was released on the same day as hot fuss.

Crazy wiki, sad. Dude was a real rascal. Not a fan of his music. Supposed to be sex funk but it’s not sexy or funky. I think standard funk is more of both.

Moments I enjoyed, wouldnt say its psychedelic slop but its close. Something I have noticed is sometimes on the "bad" albums the song you finally enjoy is when you've gone through the entire thing and are now on another album. That happened here with "Hedgehog Song".