Reviews by suspiciousnumber

I don't have a huge amount to say about this album, but it's a good listen. Really solid all the way through. I didn't ever focus on it too much, but I never found it dull either

4/5

I've been in love with this album so long, it's weird to try and evaluate it now. It's beautiful. Just a completely ethereal, heartfelt expression of soul from a man who's voice is an incredible instrument and who knows exactly how to use it for greatest effect. His music became less accessible over the years, but this album truly is the sweet spot for me. It's the auditory equivalent of sitting in front of a fire wrapped up in a blanket while the cold world howls off in the distance. I love it

5/5

I don't know. This sounds like roughly like I thought it was going to, having heard the songs Dead Man's Party and Weird Science before. I know that lots of folks are very impressed with Oingo Boingo, and don't get me wrong I enjoyed this album, but I feel like I might be missing something. I'll come back to it in the future and see if it clicks a bit more with me. Either way, you gotta admit that Danny Elfman can write a hell of a song

4/5

Oh god, I just instantly dislike this album. I really try not to be too harsh here in the user-submitted albums, since I don't love it when people are shitty about my submitted album. This music just doesn't speak to me, and I don't understand how this even builds on the previous work by the band and in the genre. It's not as punk as their early stuff, but it also doesn't feel like they quite mastered emo either. One thing that I can say for this is that it occasionally has some nice harmonies. I really wish they did a bit more with harmony, since I really dislike the lead singer's voice. Anyway, this is just becoming Old Man Yells At Internet About His Hatred for Pop Punk. It's fine if this is an album that really speaks to you. For me, it's one of those where I listen to 4 songs to get a good sample, and then I forget that it ever existed.

2/5

It's interesting to evaluate this album in isolation from the video. Some of the songs feel a little cloying without the visual input that Bo provides. It's still good, but I would certainly go for the video version rather than the album if I had my druthers

4/5

Sometimes you just get the perfect album at the perfect time. I've been listening to a lot of hip-hop producer albums lately (e.g. RJD2's Deadringer), so this album had its finger on my pulse. I really liked it overall. I would have preferred more instrumental tracks so you could hear what he's doing more clearly, but this album is really solid and clearly influential

4/5

I don't know about this one. I thought maybe it would be like that Bob Seger album where I wasn't excited going in, but then it turns out that all the Seger bangers are on one album. This album just never interested me at all. It was like I kept expecting to hear Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo, because every song sounds like Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo, but I never get to hear Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo, and I'm weirdly disappointed even though I don't like Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo. Anyway, I'm giving this album 2 stars. I think I'm going to go listen to Blue Oyster Cult and wash this taste out of my mouth

2/5

This album was cool. I can't say that I was overwhelmed by its greatness at any one point, but the whole album is solid and interesting. Blending dark lyrics with happy music is a generally a winning combination, and it definitely is here

4/5

I get really irritated at what modern country has become, given the incredible foundation that it's built on. I'm usually not excited when I get assigned a country album on this list, but I usually end up really enjoying it all the same. I know that all modern music has become meaningless pap in some sense, but goddamnit I hate modern country.

Anyway, this album is great. Great voice, solid lyrics, great music. Fuck yeah, old country

4/5

This type of folk music never really works for me, so I didn't connect with this much, but I also can't say that I dislike it. He has a nice voice and he crafts good songs that he performs well. It's not my thing, but if this is your thing, than I can only assume that it will really really be your thing

3/5

Well, I don't know why I was expecting a rap album, but this is definitely not a rap album. It kinda feels like a late entry in the neo-soul movement of the 00s/early 10s. It's interesting. It's so different from my expectations that I think I'll have to listen again to truly review it, but I don't have time for that now, so

4/5

This album was cool. I don't always have a lot to say about noise/post-rock albums, but this one clicked for me. It's reasonably melodic, and it has a great feel to it, lots of energy

4/5

I can't say that this sounds bad, but it really really didn't speak to me. Too be fair, I'm not a fan of Fall Out Boy, so I didn't think it was going to, but I've been pleasantly surprised before. This just felt really generic to me

2/5 Also, doing a sequel to We Didn't Start the Fire is an unforgivable lapse in judgement. I'm not saying that this played into my rating here, but I just want to state for the record that I hate it and the entire thought process that led to it

This was a cool pop album that I was totally unfamiliar with. It starts out sounding kinda like Flaunt It by Sigue Sigue Sputnik, except less abrasive. This album branches out from there, though, and it's really solid throughout. Her voice kind of reminds me of Gwen Steffani as well, though again, less abrasive

4/5

This is one of those albums that I think requires you to pay a bit more attention than many of the albums on this list. The music is great and it's easy to enjoy, and MF DOOM's rapping is solid throughout, but I feel like it's one of those albums that I get more out of the more I listen to it. It's not exactly the record to throw on if you want a dance party, but if you want a hip-hop album to really dissect because it runs deep, this shit is always right here for you

5/5

You know what, you give me a modern funk band to review, and 9 times out of 10 I'm going to give it a positive review because I just love funk. This is one of those 9 times. This shit is solid and cinematic. It feels modern and classic at the same moment

4/5

This was another album that just kinda slowly grew on me. I didn't think all that much of it at first, but the vocals end up being consistently good across the album, and the music is always right there to match it. It's not overwhelming, but there's a lot here.

4/5

Generally, I really like getting to listen to actual albums from the early period of rock, since it often gives me a much different feel for the artist and their influences. In this case, it left me kind of cold. There's a lot of great stuff here, don't get me wrong, and I'm not trying to disparage Chuck Berry's musical legacy in any way (though I'm happy to disparage several of his actions as a person). Outside of the hits, the record gets samey pretty fast. I'm sure there's plenty of nuance here that I'm not picking up on, but several of the songs seem to have the same intro, and the guitar riffs can be similar from song to song as well. Also, I just got to the end, and the last song appears to be about a high school sophomore, which will never cease to be weird to me

3/5 The songs I already knew are still great, but this album dragged a bit too much for me to give it a 4

This album was fine, but it also didn't really make much of an impression me. Like, I've listened to it 1.5 times, and I still couldn't really describe it other than that it is a rock album from the mid-00's. Not bad at all, but I can't really say that I got into it

3/5

On one hand, this was sort of an ambient poppy electronic album that felt a bit genetic at times. But on the other hand, it kept catching my interest, and it always felt like there was more happening under the surface. Overall, I gotta say that I liked it

4/5