Rated 6/10
The Bowie education continues. Really enjoying the soul influences; a really rich record. Have to take 0.5* for butchering across the universe. 3.5*
Highlights: young americans, somebody up there likes me, fame (1 and 3 I didn't even know were Bowie's)
Rated 4/10
Outside the well-known highlights/hits, all the songs sound the same, like an AC/DC album. Axl’s voice is more annoying the more I hear it.
Highlights: sweet child o mine, welcome to the jungle, paradise city
Rated 4/10
I listened to this on a Saturday morning, gray day drive. Very fitting. Not the biggest Springsteen fan, but this is a good piece of Americana. The back half was a huge bummer though. 2.5* rounded down.
Rated 8/10
Really enjoyed the instrumentals on this one. 4*
Highlights: I've seen all good people, starship trooper, yours is no disgrace
Rated 6/10
Never heard of this. Kinda groaned when I saw yet another 60s artist I've never heard of, but actually ended up enjoying this quite a bit. Maybe it was the simplicity of vocals + guitar. 3*
Highlights: smokey river, needle of death
Rated 4/10
As usual with this project, I'm very uneducated on hip hop and have a hard time finding stuff that's above 3* for me. I recognize the icons that WTC are but still this is 2* for me.
Rated 4/10
Is that a nip on the cover?
This was ok, kind of refreshing to not have this be fully autotuned. 2*
Rated 10/10
Have never heard this as a whole, only some songs. This version of Dumb was on my constant rotation back in high school. Went to YT to get the full experience. This album really showcases the voice Kurt Cobain had, with all its flawed pitches and roughness. Easy 5*
I like how the wiki says these are "lesser known" songs, where they are all iconic/well-known songs now.
Highlights: about a girl, come as you are, the man who sold the world, dumb, polly, on a plain, all apologies
Rated 4/10
This was ok, nothing outstanding, generic rock album maybe.
Rated 4/10
Ok, but like the NIN x Pink Floyd comments are pretty spot on. It also acquired Metallica growling. Meh.
It's alright, Neil Young/dad rock stuff. 3*
Rated 6/10
Enjoyed this sound, never heard of this group before. 3*
The description sounds like John's therapy sessions. This was ok, more of an album that's on here because of who it's from than its contents. It ends very abruptly? Art, I guess. 2*
Highlights: working class hero
Rated 6/10
About 1/3 of the songs were missing in Spotify, but did not adore the rest enough to go seek them out.
At moments it sounded like something from the 2000s (stroke it noel).
Enjoyable but didn't blow my mind, 3*
Rated 10/10
Wow, the first three songs are back to back bangers. I’ll never not like Where the streets have no name with its subtle start from nothing to that great guitar line. Didn’t know the rest of the songs but enjoyed what I heard. Atmospheric sounds and nice rising melodies. Doesn’t sound like it’s from the 80s. 5*
Highlights: where the streets have no name, I still haven’t found what I’m looking for, with or without you
Rated 4/10
An album full of demos, sounded ok but not needed before I die.
Rated 6/10
First Bob Dylan album for me, crazy that it’s his 30th. Also weird to start with something so late in his career. His voice is so rough.
Highlights: standing in the doorway
Rated 4/10
I don't think I had ever heard any of these FF songs except big me. You can tell the ingredients for FF are in here, but this is not them at their prime. 2*
Highlights: big me
Rated 4/10
Hotel california is a good song, but man is it overplayed.
The rest of this album is a snoozefest of dad rock. 2* mainly because hotel california.
Rated 4/10
Maybe this was ahead of its time, which is why it's on here? Idk, sounds very bland to me. Call hold music. 2* because I reserve 1* for albums I abhor.
