Reviews by sterry2289

Love Joni

Pretty good? I won't come back but was a pretty smooth listen.

I’ve heard Babylon hundreds of times without actually knowing the name David Gray. Not really a fan of Babylon, maybe just how often I’ve heard it and the settings I’m hearing, but the rest of the album was pretty nice.

Way behind so please excuse my brevity. Gonna rip through 9 albums.

Couple bops but overall tacky. I am bothered by the term Blue Eyed Soul, curious how it is/was viewed. If it needs a distinction it should just be called white soul or maybe just "bad" soul. "Blue eyed" seems to be implying subtly something other than the artists skin color.

I got a fever and the only prescription is.... more electric jug!!!

Bangers everywhere. Overall maybe the album that made the biggest impression on me.

Notes:
Ramble On was when I learned a bass didn’t just have to copy the root notes of the guitar. That bass line is exquisite.

I think Frank said this but Plant may be a cuck.

The drum solo on Moby Dick has puzzled me for my entire life. Where I’ve landed is he was trying to be artistic? He COULD melt our faces, but this was his moment to… I don’t know.

Ozzy over Plant!?!? Robby brings it from start to finish here. AI will give us LZ2 with OO in the very near future and we’ll see.

So many good choices on here, some subtle. One that stood out here was the doubling of the lead on the intro to Moby Dick. Barely notice it but works so well. I’d say Page is the MVP but they all work so perfectly together. Kinda their deal.

One bad choice may have been the length of that Whole Lotta Love breakdown. Coulda shaved 30 seconds.

That guitar sound to open the record 🤯

I enjoyed this

Listened to this then learned he was from The Byrds. Feels like very important context in hindsight.

Psychedelic slop but some pretty cool mixing and tone/sounds etc. A couple nice songs.

I enjoyed this. Nothing grabbed me but I do have a greater appreciation of YYY’s. This mix bothered me a bit, very similar to a tiny desk concert. Low volume or velocity or something.

Admirable but not for me. I want to be pushed and challenged, but alien emo isn’t for me, AND THATS OK!

Orchestral stuff was cool. Lyrics are very raw and feel authentic/sad.

Sonically one of my favorites but have always found some of the subject matter to be pretty distracting. Lotta pedo talk! I love the musical themes weaving in and out of the album, particularly the climax/coda (See Me, Feel Me etc.), but the story itself is pretty dumb. Why does Tommy invite his pedo uncle to the Camp at the end? Is he mad at the world for his fucked up situation? Why are there two molestation songs? This time through the amount of Pete on vocals stood out. Good on Rog to stick it out.

Highlights are Amazing Journey/Sparks, Pinball Wizard, Smash the Mirror, We're Not Going to Take It. Live version "See Me, Feel Me" the last track at Woodstock, is very sick.

Pretty bad but I perked up for Flood II.

This one seems the best so far, but I still can’t do it. Mentioned to my Dad in passing that I didn’t get Nick Cave and he seemed very disappointed. Hitting Nick with an extra star for that. Someone out there likes this guy.

3 Nick Cave albums down, 1 to go and I don't think I get it even 1% more than when I started this journey. Maybe this last (?) stretch will be when it all clicks and I'll see the genius in vampire bayou rock music.

About as stark a contrast to Bad Bunny as I can imagine. Throughout this listen I've been thinking, man life is short, this old guy is dying imminently. And as i reflected on how fleeting life is I realized life's too short to listen to this album. I'd rather be juking and jiving to the latin rhythms of Bad Bunny, Ricky Martin (and Lady Gaga).

Great vocals and overall talented dude, but this felt a little half baked. An unnecessary origin story for Lenny. Cant say I’ve ever listened to any of his stuff front to back but have a feeling I’ll have a high score for one or his later albums.

Had to keep reminding myself this was Iggy Pop and not Lou Reed. Very similar story to Transformer. Punk rocker starts hanging with Bowie and records glam rock. Cool moments but mostly didn’t work. May come back for his China Girl version.

Not enough Sinead! Gave it one listen, felt pretty schizophrenic. Interesting at times. Dated at others. A few fun moments.