Reviews by suspiciousnumber

I think I liked the other album of MIAs that I got on this list better, but her debut is really solid. Just fun dance music with some hip-hop

4/5

I liked this one better than Dub Housing. This one just feels a bit more coherent

4/5

This album was cool. I don't know what I was expecting from a John Cale album, but it was different than I thought. Very relaxed

4/5

This is honestly just a super pleasant album that has a sort of timeless quality to it. You could have told me that this was made in the 70s, and I wouldn't doubt it at all. His voice is a beautiful baritone that is very soothing when set to the music. He doesn't have the greatest vocal range, but he's not trying to do to much, so it works really well

4/5

I don't really know what to think about this album, but I know that it really didn't interest me. Generally, I'm a big fan of early post-punk, especially the synthesizer variety. This just didn't speak to me, through, and I don't care enough to figure out why

3/5

This album is really interesting as a spiritual successor to The Miseducation of Lauren Hill. The album feels very personal and genuine, and the confessional-style spoken pieces between the songs really add something, which I think is something I've only ever said before with Lauren Hill's album. The music is great, and it really seems like it gets better as the album goes on and you start to get more of a feel for her personality and her history in relationships

4/5

This is just a really fun techno album. It's solid the whole way through without getting boring. Just the right amount of beeps and boops

4/5

I discovered this album a few years ago, and I've listened to it a ton since then. This band is everything that RHCP could have been, and they did it a generation earlier. The album is a bit uneven, as the first half is fucking amazing, while the second half just feels like it's kinda missing something. It's not bad by any means, just not the complete murderer's row of bangers that make up the first 6 or songs.

4/5

Okay, I'm pretty sure that there's more Nick Cave albums on this list than Radiohead albums. While the construction of such a list is a matter of opinion, and all earnest assertions are valid, this is also objectively wrong because of my feelings.

So anyway, like all of the other Nick Cave albums, this one is fine, but I'm not coming back to it

3/5

Yo, I don't even know what this is, but I gotta say that it has a kind of charm to it. It helps that I tend to enjoy industrial music, and this album seems like it was influential in the advancement of the genre into the 90s. I don't love the weird military and nationalism stuff, but that was also common in industrial music in the 80s, and it all seems pretty tongue in cheek.

4/5 It's not the most pleasant listening experience, but it's certainly interesting

I don't really know what to think about this album. It feels like it never starts, but I'm on the 11th song already. Luckily that means I only have (looks at track list) THERE'S 19 SONGS LEFT ON THIS FUCKING ALBUM? WHO HAS THE TIME FOR THIS SHIT?

3/5 The music isn't bad, but it's long and boring all the same

This was a cool jazz album. More traditional than I was expecting, given that the artist is South African, but it was a very pleasant listen

4/5

One of the greatest jazz albums released in the greatest year for jazz. This is one I've enjoyed for a long time, and listening to it again today, it still retains its magic. The cool jazz vibe mixed with unusual time signatures is a thing to behold in the hands of great jazz musicians

5/5

Okay, I'll admit that I rolled my eyes a little when I saw this album on the list, but this album holds up so much better than I thought it would. There's a variety of genres mixed in here while still staying true to its blues roots. The music is fun and takes you through a bunch of moods. Her voice sounds great.

4/5 This is a much better album than I remember it being. I think my perception of Sheryl Crow might have been colored by the fact that she tends to date douchebags like Eric Clapton and Lance Armstrong (no shade on you, Owen Wilson, you seem like a charming guy)

This album is cool, some good Ray Charles. It doesn't have any of my favorite songs on it, but it's a solid R&B album

4/5

Wow, there really are two Ryan Adams albums on this list. Luckily, everything I said about the previous Ryan Adams album is basically true about this one. It's competent, but doesn't feel original, nor does it feel significant. But, hey, you gotta put some albums from the early 2000s on here, so why not this one?

3/5

This album was good overall, and certainly was exactly what I was expecting out of a Ravi Shankar album, but I felt a little uninspired anyway. I think that the intro part where he's talking about and showing examples of the structure of Indian music for a long time kinda took the wind out of my sales

3/5

This band sounds like the Flaming Lips if they were sad all the time

3/5

When I got this album, I was pretty excited to hear another Husker Du album, since I've really enjoyed Zen Arcade. Boy, this was not what I was expecting based on their previous work. This album definitely showcases the evolution in their sound and songwriting. They veered away hardcore punk and made an album that sounds a lot like the post-grunge alternative movement. Definitely an influential album that was well ahead of its time

4/5

This is some fun blues rock. It's interesting that Mick Jagger compared it favorably to Sticky Fingers. I don't know that I would go that far, but it was a good time listening to it this morning

4/5