Reviews by sushirrito89

A few seconds in, I can tell I'm going to enjoy this.
I enjoy their more upbeat tracks, not a fan of the slower tracks like Look at Where We Are.
I was really hyped for this, thinking it would be at least 4*, but it didn't hold strong. 3*. About half to a third of songs I like.
Enjoyed: Ends of the earth, let me be him, motion sickness, don't deny your heart
I like How do you do, but the religious lyrics irk me.
Ok, on second listen I'm more inclined to give this 4*. There's a lot of really cool moments in this album. Night and day has a cool funky start.

First exposure to motown in this. 3* overall. Enjoyable intro but not a favorite I'm going to pop in randomly.
Enjoyed: Papa was a rollin stone (scratchy swangy guitar), the singing in Mother Nature

I'm thankful that this project helped me discover Muddy Waters -- I really like blues and this guy is exceptional. 4*. This hit good with mate in the morning.

The sitar is giving me George Harrison vibes. Not sure what to make of this genre, very much of its time but I'm not sure it has held up over time. But the singing could be straight out of 2000-2010s alternative.
The more I listened the worse it got. 1*. Feels like a random array of words. Why is this on this list?? Fuck was it hard to tolerate the longer it went on. That weird dual-channel sax album was better than this. It's white people trying to emulate Indian music in the worst way possible. No dawg, you can't sing in quarter tones, you're just a terrible singer.

That wikipedia is bare bones. Never heard of this artist before. Nice wah wah funky sounds in Billy Jack.
Overall enjoyable sound, but not breaking into favorite album territory, 3*. Need to dive more into funk and soul though.
This led to Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, which was a great discovery.

First time listening to an MJ album as a whole, have only heard some of his songs here and there.
I don't really love this synthetized sound, but I can understand how this can stand out in 80s pop. All feels very manufactured except for MJ's voice, which if it were autotuned would sound robotic like everything else in the album. Maybe it's this particular usage of drum machines that is just unenjoyable to me.
2* for one of the best sellers of all time. Just doesn't stand out to me. Not bad enough for a 1* because MJ's singing is great but not something I'd pop in again to get 3*.
Standout tracks: man in the mirror, smooth criminal
Zero judgement based on MJ as a person when judging this album.

Enjoyable in the background, but I'm not entirely into it. kinda meh, 2*.

A legend, an album of classics. This is obviously a classic and innovative for its time, but I'm not sure it has stood the test of time. His vocals are outstanding and the instrumentals are bluesy, which I enjoy. For this, this is a 3* for me. Doesn't break into 4-5* territory because musically it follows a lot of well-known patterns to 21st century ears.

Kind of bored of this one. Maybe I'm inconsistent in what I enjoy.
Enjoyed: guitars in Move Over -- but then I learned from other reviews that this is a cover. I don't think it says much when the song I enjoyed the most is a cover.
2* because I didn't hate it/wasn't total trash. Just meh. Also a LONG album.
Also what's with the terrible audio quality of this album on Spotify?
Kill Em at the Hot Club was also very different from all the 70s dude rock but kind of enjoyable.
What's the deal with that last track with them talking as if they are on the radio with excerpts of their songs? Was this a thing at the time?

More than a feeling is an excellent song. Peace of mind I also really enjoyed.
The melodies, the vocal harmonies, very enjoyable. A solid 4-5* for me.
Should have given the ELO album 4*...

This is ok. Shades of early aughts music. Just ok, 2*, don't hate it. Can't tell why this is on this list. Some reviewer compared them to Arctic Monkeys, which is what this reminded me of.

This is a genre and era I thoroughly enjoy as a millennial.
Hate to say I told you so is such a strong opener. Stronger punk influence than I remember or ever knew the Hives to be (Supply and Demand, Untutored youth for example), maybe because HTSITYS is so different from the rest of the album. Overall a 3*, doesn't cross into fave albums territory.
Highlights: Main Offender, HTSITYS, AKA IDIOT

No prior experience with ZZ Top. Dig the guitar/drums in Gimme all your lovin, even though by today's standards they may seem simplistic. Maybe this is like ACDC, where all the songs sound the same after a while.
Didn't hate it, but there's no originality when it's all so samey. 2*.
This led to White Wedding though, so that's cool.

First exposure to the Pixies outside of "Where is my mind" because of that one movie, and is in this album.
Most tracks don't stand out to me. Only enjoying WIMM. 1*.
When Spotify shuffled away from this album at the end and went to 12:51 by the Strokes I actually said "oh thank god, actual music"

Have never listened to REM outside their hits. Enjoyable listen, 3*.
Enjoyed: Stand, Pop Song 89, Orange Crush

Indie but country-like in the guitars. Vocals remind me of the whole "sound out of tune" vibe of early aughts indie.
I enjoy the instrumentals but not the vocals on this one. I just don't enjoy the spoken word/not-even-trying-to-be-in-tune singing. Like what is even the start of Time will break the world?
2* for the instrumentals.
Transylvania blues was a cool track, much harder guitars and no crappy vocals.

Oh hell yeah, Radiohead! So many songs I adore in this one, so it's 4-5* before even listening to it as a whole.
Highlights: High and dry, Fake plastic trees, My iron lung, Street spirit
This album still holds up, 5*.
On full album listen also liked Planet Telex, Bullet Proof (great guitar doodling), Black Star.

This is not an ensemble; it's a bunch of musicians playing random shit on their instruments for 40 minutes. How the fuck this made it on this list, I will never know. There are moments where you can somewhat hear the virtuosity of individual instruments, but the whole is not better than the sum of the parts. This is like listening to a bunch of children playing whatever the fuck they want on their instruments. My beginner youth orchestra sounded better than this. Maybe this is what jazz sounds like to aliens.

Time to start making a playlist of song highlights. I know nothing of Elvis except his perennial greatest hits, which this album has none of. Enjoyed the gospel influence in I'm Movin On. Also harmonicas in Power of My Love!
Enjoyed: Long Black Limo, In the ghetto
Another solid album but not cracking 4-5* for me. 3*.

Cool, groovy 70s sound. Feel like I need to be smoking pot along to this album. Enjoyable, 3*.