Reviews by suspiciousnumber

Man, a British rap album from the early 2000s is a recipe for disaster if I've ever seen one. The dude who made this list has decent taste in American rappers, but has a real deaf ear for his side of the pond. A broken clock is right twice a day, though, and this dude occasionally stumbles upon a gem. This album sounds great the whole way through. She's really versatile as an artist because she can rap and sing without sounding stilted doing either

4/5 Nice work, England

I thought this album was really solid overall. I don't particularly want to like Taylor Swift, but I can't deny that she can write a hell of a song. I liked 1989 better, but that was also designed to be a funner album, so I'm once again stuck here liking Taylor Swift

4/5

This album is fun at first, but it gets sorta samey after a while. I think just a little more variation in the music would have gone a long way here

3/5

Man, if you want me to get hyped up about an album, have the artist hold up an MPC on the cover. This is a solid Q-tip album. It's not at the level of the Tribe albums, but it's still really solid all the way through. Not a huge amount to say about it, the samples are really mellow

4/5

I think this is my favorite White Stripes album that I've heard so far. I was never all that into this bad when they were popular, but this album works for me. I love how heavy the distortion is on the guitar. Also, Jack White is a good songwriter. Fine, I guess I like the White Stripes

4/5

If there is one artist that this list has changed my opinion, it's Rod Stewart. I always thought he was this kind of nothing pop star. Every album I've heard of his on this list shows a different side of him, but it's astonished me how varied and deep his creative output was. This album is closer to what I always thought Rod Stewart was before I listened to his albums, but it's still a really cool album that features his voice perfectly. All the songs are good on here, and the album goes by really fast

4/5

I really wasn't looking forward to this album, since I've always thought about this album as the point when Metallica stopped making good music and started making music that would make them money. Upon reflection, I think this album is better than that. It sounds good overall. The lyrics are kinda stupid, but I never really came to Metallica albums to hear their thoughts. Overall, this album doesn't reach the heights that Master of Puppets did, but it doesn't sound generic either. They moved in a different direction here, but I think that some of the albums that came after this were coloring my perception of this album

4/5

I watched a mini-documentary on this band that gave a lot of context for this album and how the band felt about it. It was really interesting, though I'm not sure if it helps my appreciation of the album. Anyway, this is some bangin ass 90s dance music, and every song is solid. It starts to sound a little samey after a while, but then again so does most dance music

4/5

I do love the work of Stan Getz, and Byrd is a perfect pairing for his style. Getz's sax is so fluid and elegant throughout. This is a beautiful jazz album that flew by too fast while I was listening to it

4/5

This album is cool, but I'm also not very good at distinguishing between different reggae albums in terms of their influence on the genre. That makes it tough for me to say much about it, but it's an enjoyable listen overall

3/5

This shit is weird. To be fair, though, everything coming out of Germany in the 60s and 70s was weird as fuck. You can definitely hear some Can in this album, especially in the first song. This album doesn't live up to their standard, but it's still a cool listen.

3/5

This album was really cool. Very relaxed overall, but there's always a lot happening. Not a huge amount for me to say, but I've reviewed over 1000 albums at this point, so I don't have much to say in general

4/5

Much like the last Rufus Wainwright album I got on here, this album isn't particularly for me, but you really have to give him credit for his spectacular voice. It's just sublime. On the other hand, I've never seen another wainwright with so little skill at repairing wagon wheels. Truly an embarrassment to the skill of his forefathers

4/5

Peter Gabriel's solo albums all seem to be really good, and this one in particular, absolutely fucks. It has most of the pop songs that he is known for, but the hole album is good. The fact that he doesn't get around to In Your Eyes until the last song is a testament to how good the whole album is

4/5

Oh fuck you, you're going to give me The White Album and then Imagine back to back? I'm already having a shitty week. I don't deserve to be subjected to the most self-indulgent works of the Beatles. John Lennon needed to be with Paul McCartney to write a great song, but the converse was not true. This whole album just feels uninspired. It's hard to give it too bad a score, but, like, come on John Lennon

3/5

Poor, poor Beatles. You fell into the same trap that so many other bands have found themselves in. You though, "We've got enough material for two albums, so let's just record a double album!" Unfortunately, just like nearly every other band that tried it, you did not have enough material for two good albums, at least according to the standard you set for yourselves. If you took out the filler, this album would be fucking amazing, certainly in competition for the best Beatles album. Instead, I wouldn't put it in the top 5, despite having some of my favorite Beatles songs.

4/5 What hath man wrought?

I don't have a huge amount to say about this album, but I've listened to it twice now, and it fucking kicks ass, so what else do you really need to know

4/5

Honestly, the worst thing about this album is that the cover looks like the Mt Rushmore of pallid dorks. The music is fucking awesome, and Buddy Holly was a big swinging dick despite looking like he got kicked out of the chess club for being uncool. It's just wall to wall bangers, and the real tragedy is that Buddy Holly wasn't able to record this stuff just a bit later after production standards had increase. The album has strong country roots, but it doesn't feel like a country album, it feels completely fresh relative to almost everything I've heard from this time

5/5

One of the facts that has come through loud and clear on this list is that Scottish music is awesome. This album sounds great and has so much cool music in it. I had to keep reminding myself that this is not a Bowie album because the guy's voice sounds just like Bowie on several songs. Truly a hidden gem

4/5

This album is both cool and weird. The music is really variable, and the vocals, particularly the harmonies, make it work well

4/5