Reviews by suspiciousnumber

This album just really did not make much of an impression on me. I listened to it twice, and there were moments that I like, but overall it just kind of passed without grabbing my attention. Not bad, but unspectacular from my point of view

3/5

On the one hand, this was not the album to play out loud in my office, though I am once again saved by the fact that I work alone in a dark basement. On the other hand, they really won me over with their song about punching nazis. I found that very charming.

Apart from that, it is what it is. I've never been hugely into the screaming side of metal, but this is very competently made. The lyrics aren't deep, but they speak directly about a deep frustration with the world that a lot of people feel. They sort of remind me of early Limp Bizkit, but less stupid. I keep describing this in a way that makes it seem like I don't like it, but I think it's good overall. It's not something that I'm coming back to, but if one of my kids told me they were listening to this after yelling at me about how no one understands them, I would pretend to disapprove so everyone could keep up appearances, but secretly I would know that they are in good hands

4/5 Rock on, you little fuckers. I don't care how stupid your hair cuts are

This is just absolutely not for me. I like lots of different kinds of electronica, but house has never been my corner of it, and I feel like his lyricism is really bland

2/5

I like these early albums that mix rock music with sampling. The music here is cool overall. I think the lyrics are a bit lacking, especially since I know this band wrote better lyrics in their later work. I don't think it's worth giving a worse score because I do think this is an innovative album that is well executed musically, but I did find the lyrics disappointing

4/5

This album is pleasant enough, but I never really got interested in it. It's well-produced, which helps a lot. Everything about it is competent, but I felt like I kept waiting for it to get my attention

3/5

This one was kind of weird for me because I've been listening to Deltron 3030 a lot lately, which is a Dan the Automator album. That album feels so vibrant and fresh, whereas this album left me kind of cold. I think maybe I'm just not that into Damon Albarn. It's not bad in any way, but knowing all the talent that is associated with this group, it has always just felt like they were underpeforming. They certainly have their moments, though, and I can't really see fit to give an album of this quality a 3.

4/5 I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed, despite the fact that I'm clapping

This album is cool and weird, and it's hard to think of new stuff to day since I've been reviewing an album every weekday for more than 5 years now, but this one really struck me. Just the right kind of weird to draw me in like Pepe Le Pew (minus the lack of consent, that cartoon has not aged well). This album is sorta like Alopecia is Beck's kid, and he's a real chip off the old block who wants to get back to his roots in the mid 90s.

4/5

I thought this album was really fun. I don't have a huge amount to say about it, but I got through multiple listens and enjoyed both of them

4/5

This is another in a long line of albums that made virtually no impression on me. It could be because I've had a migraine for 5 straght fucking days at this point, but maybe I should just stop listening to new albums for a while until I get my ears back. Anyway, that's not Bruce's fault

3/5

This album was pretty fun. Real 90s feel for an album made in the 2010s. My attention kinda waivered on this one from track to track, but there were parts of it that I thought were excellent

3/5

I've been on a run of albums that I think are fine, but just don't really get into. This was another one. Totally fine, but I listened to it twice, and I still don't know what to say about it. I have a headache, though, so I'm not going to be too harsh here

3/5

Man, this just wasn't for me. I will say that their music videos were fun, though

2/5

When this album started up, I thought I was going to absolutely loathe it, but won me over pretty fast. It's a bit of a strange album, in that listening to it multiple times still left me unable to put together much of a description, Still, I don't need to be able to describe something to like it

4/5

I don't have a huge amount to say about this, but I really like it. Her voice fits with the piano so well, and it really helps that she is such a good pianist. Everything fits together so well

4/5

Okay, I'm going to start this out by saying that I hate this album title. Fear of a Black Planet is such an iconic album in so many ways, and aping it's title in this way feels like it lends the album an instant gravitas that is completely unearned. Anything else would have been better. Calling it Sgt Pepper's Lonely Farts Club Band would have been better.

Setting that inside, I really enjoy this album. Prog is not generally my thing, but this is well constructed and feels like a journey. Definitely one that I'm thinking about picking up for my own collection

4/5 But seriously, fuck this title. What were they thinking?

One of the things about going through this list for the last 5 years of my life (is that how long it's been? Maybe I am autistic), is that I've gotten to be surprised by how much I enjoy certain genres/subgenres. I wasn't surprised that I liked postpunk, but I didn't know that I would like goth rock so much, nor did I understand its relationship to post punk. Anyway, this is more of that good shit. I've been on kind of a mediocre streak with albums lately, so this was a huge pic kme up. Fuck yeah, you sensitive british goths

4/5

I just got over being sick and I have a migraine and I'm frankly pretty sleep deprived and feeling a bit too psychedelic to adequately criticize music at the moment, but this strike me just fine so I'm not going to over think it

4/5 Also, anything from 2005 that doesn't sound like complete garbage is one of those wins you just need to take

I don't have a huge amount to say about this, since on one hand it's a soundtrack and it sounds like a soundtrack, but also it's fairly ambient at times. Still it's a cool listen and definitely ranks up there as one of the great stand-alone original scores

4/5

I've tried to listen to this one a couple of times, and it just makes no impression on me. Not bad at all, since I do love some mid-90s punk, but it's not the most interesting example of this era

3/5

This album was pretty fun overall, but it felt generic in parts for when it was made. Some of this is probably the fact that I tend not to like pop punk overall. Still, I enjoyed some parts of this album, though I would have rated it more highly if it was a bit more consistent

3/5