Reviews by sushirrito89

This is an angsty album. Maybe iconic for its time in the land of dude bands, but not grabbing me. 2*. Great energy to it.

RIP Chris Cornell. Solid soundgarden sound - heavy but refined, with Chris's iconic vocals. Overall solid 3* for me -- no tracks blow my mind as much as Black Hole Sun.
Highlights: Black hole sun, drums in Spoonman

This felt very rambley. Enjoyed the guitars but the lyrics and singing were very mid. Album kind of put me to sleep, like music you'd hear right before going down with anesthesia.

I only knew Nothing compares 2 u from this one. Her vocal ability is undoubtedly great; the tracks where it's just her and minimal instrumentation (I am stretched on your grave) really highlight this.
Enjoyed: three babies, black boys on mopeds, nothing compares 2 u, i do not want what i haven't got (her vocals are haunting)
Pretty solid, but not in favorite album territory, 3*

Why does this album cover kind of creep me out?
I can see how this preempts punk and maybe some 90s alternative, but it's not my jam at all. 1*

I will not let the reviews sway me before finishing going forward to form my own opinion. The lack of info on the wikipedia summary is always concerning, just don't know what I'm getting into.
I recognize Novocaine for the soul? Alternative 90s, with that recognizable drum pattern (Susan's house). It's ok, if a little out there, but enjoying it, 3* for first half. Second half was meh, 2*.
Lots of 2-3* lately...

Reminds me of the Leonard Cohen album from a while back. A musical-y piano, vocal heavy album. It's ok, not my thing but not terrible, 2*.

Enjoying the guitar/wall of sound of opening tracks. Overall a 3*.
Highlights: pictures of you, lovesong (a classic)

Enjoyable cuban music, good vibes. Doesn't quite make it to 5*/favorite territory but very enjoyable nonetheless.
Highlights: el cuarto de Tula, pueblo nuevo (really vibing with this one)

It was alright. Not overly memorable, not terrible. Maybe a little repetitive.

Enjoyed her voice. Track highlight: Miss Chatelaine (samba vibes). Back half of the album kind of dragged.

I don't know what post-punk means, but this was enjoyable to listen to. 3*. Also this being from the 80s sounds way ahead of its time.
Enjoyed: Sin in my heart (the guitar reminded me a lot of Muse)

Not into screamo metal, but love the percussion and guitars in this album. 3* for me, because of the screamo. The instrumentals and a couple of great tracks bump this up from 2*. Just can't cope with all the vocals being yelled at me. I love Korn, Slipknot, and other nu-metal, but maybe pure screamed metal isn't for me. Maybe I would have really enjoyed this in high school.
Because it was so different from everything else, I enjoyed Jasco. Itsari, which features a native chant, was very cool.
This put me onto a Korn kick.

Man, this one was a struggle to find as a whole.
It's like the same 60s sound I heard yesterday, but maybe more bluesy without being 100% 12-bar blues.
2*, but more enjoyable than the Sonics.
Enjoyed: Lazy me

That description told me nothing. the opener gives me surfer rock vibes. A rough sound. The yelling reminds me so much of Paul McCartney, who made it more songy.
Enjoyed: Do you love me (a cover)
Some of the covers (Roll over Beethoven) are ROUGH, and not in a good way.
2* -- has a lot of elements of 60s music I like, but it's just rough. The same YOWWW, 12-bar blues progression gets old after a while. All these covers someone else did better (Money, ROB).

Wait, did they purposefully give me this for Christmas? I guess if a Christmas album is on this list, it makes sense to give it in December, not in July.
I was just watching a video about how Phil Spector screwed Darlene Love out of royalties in the making of this album, as iconic as she was in Baby Please Come Home. Phil Spector sketchiness aside, this sounds pretty epic for a 60s Christmas album in the singing and instrumentals. Still, it's a Christmas album, 3*.

And now for something completely different: Grindcore
Instinct of survival's vocals sound like a barking dog. I dig the high-energy instrumentals though. These tracks are all so short!
I can see most people not enjoying this (including myself) because it's such a distinctive, inaccessible genre that will just sound like a bunch of noise to people. It's a 1-2* in the first few tracks for me.
Sounds like Doom music.
Yeah, kinda hate this one, giving me a migraine. 1*. I couldn't wait for it to be over.

I feel like I've been listening to Led Zeppelin copycats. This is already much more interesting than all the 80s hard metal bands that I've encountered so far. Not super into it though, 2*.
Oh hey, I know Kashmir. Enjoyed: guitars in Bron-Yi-Aur.

Don’t recognize these by title. Smile please sounds so clean, it's wonderful. The harmonies, the instrumentals, excellent. Stevie's voice is wonderful.
Enjoyed: Boogie on reggae woman (instant head bopper), you haven't done nothin (the brass!)
4*
I think I did myself a disservice by listening to this in a loud coffee shop...

Ugh, another 80s hard rock band. Just samey on every song. Not terrible, just incredibly boring and repetitive. The same song 11 times over. Even within a song the structure is so vanilla and uninteresting. 2*.
Isn't Love removal machine straight out of the Rolling Stones?
The born to be wild cover was mid at best.
YOOOWWW