Reviews by sushirrito89

I saw it was punk and wasn't super stoked, but it's very funky which is right up my alley. Some songs are ska, which was enjoyable. The jackass theme song is from this album?!
A lot of good moments, some bleh. I will say that because the songs are short the whole thing being long wasn't overwhelming like similar length albums. 3*
Highlights: viet nam, corona, my heart and the real world

This was playing out loud from PC speakers for a solid 2 minutes before I realized why it sounded so muted on my noise cancelling headphones. At least it's not the cringiest thing one could play out loud in the office.
This is very meh, unclear why it's here, maybe unique for its time. Waiting room music these days. 2*

Oh, this sounds fresh. This is why I like this project because knowing very little about hip hop, I get introduced to some great albums.
I like the teases of other songs (footprints intro, can i kick it). 4*
Highlights: luck of lucien, can i kick it

Looks like a long, but iconic album. I'm hearing trumpets do something I've never heard before (black and tan fantasy). The music is outstanding but the live-ness and talking in this adds no value unfortunately. After Cash's prison album nothing holds a candle to that kind of live album. 4.5 rounded up to 5* because the spoken interludes can be so cringy at times. Like, people started to riot? IDK, maybe I don't go to cool enough concerts. The musical artistry is impeccable.

First Elvis Costello album. This was kind of meh. I don't take as much issue with his voice as others do, but none of these tracks were interesting. Chord progressions felt kind of basic? Sounds like a cover band at a karaoke bar, not sure why it's on here.

A lot of discordant noise. Meh.
Enjoyed Chapel Hill because it was the least noisy nonsense in this album.

Wow, from the first beat I'm in. 2nd jazz album this week and I'm not upset.
Instrumental, enjoyable albums are always high stars for me. 5*
Highlight: inner crisis
Ingoo pow-pow came out of nowhere -- i know the description says afrobeat but I didn't get any of that in the other tracks.

My first sonic youth album. Teen age riot reminds me of the strokes.
Very instrumental, which grew on me by 'cross the breeze.
I think I enjoyed the instrumentals more than the vocals on this album. There are occasional moments that are really neat (eric's trip, intro to 'cross the breeze). 2.5 rounded up to 3*
Enjoyed total trash. Back half of the album got too "noisy" for me.

Never heard of this, didn't know what to expect. Sounds like a fun band to see live, good energy in the album. Would fit in the tony hawk pro skater soundtrack. It all sounded very similar, 3*

A chill jazz album, nothing wrong with it. I don't know a lot about jazz to know why this album is on here, but I have no notes. 5*

Dad rock. Not super interesting and I don't hear the few songs of his I know. Meh. 2*.

This band and album are completely new to me. I hate that spotify has this 1 sec gap between tracks when it's clearly an album that all flows together. It's super disruptive.
Read that this is rock, but there's a lot of orchestral instruments, so I don't know how to categorize it. Reminds me of late Beatles maybe. I enjoyed the overall vibes.
Highlights: sacrificial bonfire

Many many years ago I tried some country albums to try to be open-minded since a bunch of my friends loved country, but it just isn't for me 99% of the time. Spotify still thinks I want country in my daily/weekly rollups.
Anyway, Kacey Musgraves vocals kind of remind of Dolly, but the music itself feels more folksy/indie (like early 2000s female vocalists). She's a good vocalist, but I'm not sure this album belongs on this list. Dentist office music.

This is the white stripes album I thought would be on here, not the other one I already got. To this day I can't remember off hand if they were married or siblings.
In the cold cold night make a lovely intermission.
I want to be the boy(...) had a nice guitar groove.
Enjoyable rock album.
Highlights: seven nation army (an amazing opener with its stripped-down start), hardest button to button, in the cold cold night, i want to be the boy...

Excited about this one, iconic in my life. Oasis is 90s brit rock. On nostalgia alone this album gets 5*.
Is cast no shadow wonderwall in a minor key?
Highlights: some might say, wonderwall (pretend it's the first time you're ever hearing it), don't look back in anger (absolute banger), champagne supernova (a vibe)

The Offspring puts on such a good show. Looking forward to listening to this album end to end. This album goes pretty hard and makes me want to rage a bit. 4* (from 4.5 rounded down).
Highlights: gotta get away (drum intro), self esteem, come out and play, bad habit

Not country again.... Why is this here? My ears didn't bleed, so 2*. But I honestly don't see what this pile of unseasoned mashed potatoes has to offer.

First Johnny Cash album for me. His deep range is incredible to listen to, it comes so clean. I'm generally averse to country, but this I really enjoyed.
The side commentary is pretty great. Cocaine blues with the prisoners reacting to the lyrics about shooting your wife is also hilariously excellent. Bonus for telling them they can't say "shit" because it's being recorded. This guy is a storyteller, and this performance is very rock and roll even if the guitar chords are pretty straightforward. 4* because not my genre, but a very enjoyable experience nonetheless. I'm glad it wasn't edited to just contain the songs.
Highlights: folsom prison blues, cocaine blues

This feels proto-punk and Rolling stones. Have heard of this band but not their music. It somehow feels ahead of its time for 1970. A solid 3* because I don't see myself revisiting this. The last few minutes of this album were just fucking around with instruments, should have cut the recording sooner.
Highlights: down on the street

Idk about this, just blah, why is this on here, etc. 2*
It had some moments, I heard timpani at one point. The closer makes me think of a musical, but the album overall just came and went.