Reviews by stevebonus26

You can always count on Jack White to put out some top notch tunes. Everything on here ranges between good and excellent.

Scott 2Scott Walker

Rated 6/10

Definitely some tunes here that I enjoyed. But the crooning & high-pitched strings are things that I can only take in small doses.

ParachutesColdplay

Rated 6/10

Coldplay generally gives me a fairly visceral "YUCK, I DON'T LIKE THIS!" feeling, as their sound if a bit too commercial for my liking. That said, they hadn't quite yet stumbled into their go-to formula for commercial success on this first album, so this one is somewhat interesting to listen to. I still don't love it, but it's not bad.

There's a certain brilliance to this album. Also a certain ridiculousness. I really enjoyed some of it, and the parts that didn't do it so much for me at least came in shorts spurts. I probably won't ever listen to this start-to-finish again, but there will certainly be songs that stay with me.

xxThe xx

Rated 4/10

They should call this genre of music borecore. Not much interesting going on here, and even the singers sound bored. Guess I just don't get it.

Ingénuek.d. lang

Rated 6/10

Always nice to get some CanCon up in this mafk. KD Lang is one of those artists where I have always been familiar with a couple of songs (Constant Craving & Miss Chatelaine), but I've never actually listened to her beyond those. Found a few pleasant surprises here, and a few songs that just kind of plod on. It's aight.

The 2 big songs are absolute classics for a reason. Just all-time great songs. The rest of the songs don't live up to those, but also aren't bad.

TicalMethod Man

Rated 6/10

Solid enough, with a few standout tracks. I'm not the biggest hip hop head but I can appreciate this well enough.

A perfect example of how to get a whole lot out of very little. This has super basic instrumentation but the songs still all completely kick the llamas ass. This is absolutely stacked with classic songs that have been with me for over 20 years now. It's been awhile, though, since I listened to the full album start to finish, and I found myself loving the songs that I had forgotten about. An excellent listening experience start to finish.

MelodramaLorde

Rated 4/10

Well pop music isn't what my ears enjoy so this didn't stand much of a chance, but I can see someone with pop stronger sensibilities being into it.

Sounds exactly like I expect a Paul Simon album to sound. Safe, inoffensive music played well & written well.