Rated 4/10
Idk if Kate Bush is for me. Not bad, but it just went on forever and all sounded the same. 2*
Last night I watched the Sopranos episode where Christopher’s girlfriend was trying to get some band signed onto a label and the sound guy was like “where’s the chorus?” This is what that was like.
Rated 6/10
I knew none of these Queen songs before. Has a lot of the elements that make queen great (the harmonies, Freddie, the guitars), but none of the tracks really blew it out of the water for me. 3*
Rated 4/10
Not sure the rest of this album holds up; beyond KC it's an 80s cheesefest. 2*
Highlights: karma chameleon (I didn't remember this song having harmonica)
Rated 6/10
Of all Bollywood music out there, this feels like the most inoffensive/white-adjacent flavor of it, not sure why this album (a soundtrack?!) in particular was picked. So much potential, but the anglocentrism continues to come through this list's choices. 3* because it got way more interesting as it went along, it was the first couple tracks that I really disliked.
Never heard of this before, but I'm intrigued by the production of this.
"90s pink floyd" is pretty spot on, but some of it also reminded me of some M83, the xx, and even ok go that would come later. A great album to vibe to, spacey and chill. It grew on me the more I listened, 4* (-1 because the back half of cop shoot cop was a bit too revolution no 9 for me).
Rated 10/10
I <3 Royksopp -- I discovered them way after the fact, but I'm excited to listen to an album top to bottom; it's really what I need to get today going. Easy 5*, but I agree with others that it peaks early on.
Highlights: poor leno, so easy (catchy and understated), eple
Rated 10/10
This felt like a good continuation to the Chicago album. Not as funky as I expected but still very enjoyable. 5*
Highlights: can you get to that (wow that bass voice)
It was interesting enough, free form guitar is some fuckery that didn't deserve to be there, I will always disapprove of "songs" that are just people fucking around with instruments. Save that shit for practice time. Skipping that, the rest was enjoyable. 3* (-1 for free form guitar)
Rated 8/10
Lots of energy, and sounds very clean, but hard to give it more than a 4* when it all sounds the same to me/like Iron Maiden but with less heart. I was gonna give it a 3*, but this deserves more than the other very meh 3* albums I've heard.
Rated 4/10
I don't know what to make of Morrisey, it's ok. His songs sound so rambley to me, The guitar made some songs better. 2*
Highlights: everyday is like sunday, margaret on the guillotine (guitar)
Rated 4/10
A-ha is Norwegian?! Take on me is the only song I know going into this. Other tracks are super 80s. Not sure the rest holds up to take on me, 2*
Highlights: take on me (obv always a banger)
Rated 6/10
Hey, at least this is short. This is punk? I was expecting to hate this, but this was somewhat enjoyable, but then the lyrics took a nosedive. 3*
Rated 6/10
Never heard of these guys or this album, kind of enjoyed it after a hiatus from this project due to vacation. 3*
Rated 6/10
Enjoyed it more than expected, but not sure why it's on here, doesn't sound revolutionary.
Rated 8/10
To quote someone else on this site: "punk, but they know how to play their instruments"
Cool brass, musicality. Punk I've actually enjoyed listening to. Lots of ska here too.
Highlights: london calling, train in vain
Rated 4/10
Very 80s, not sure it's held up over time. May be another brit-centric entry into this list.
Rated 2/10
This album got really fucking weird in the back half. Just post-modern, weird crap. Not sure why it's here. 1*
Rated 10/10
I was about to shit on this because “yet another UK album that is by no means influential,” but I actually really enjoyed this. Good vibes all around. The back half is stuff I love working to, and I mean that in a good way. I enjoyed all the different genres blending in.
Highlights: punchbag, a minha menina, sunshine, Zia
Rated 10/10
TIL that, in spite of all the spanish in his music, Manu Chao is french?! I was convinced my entire life he was latin american. The first few tracks flow so well into each other. Really vibed with this, 5*
Fuck the reviewers that trash this or any other album only because it isn't in english; what a shitty, close-minded, ignorant take.
Highlights: je ne t'aime plus, desaparecido, bongo bong, luna y sol
Rated 10/10
I'm convinced nobody does electronic like the French. Love Justice, and this is an easy 5*.
Highlights: DNCE, DVNO, genesis, phantom pt1/2
