Reviews by suspiciousnumber

Well, I can definitely say that Dre was never better than when he was with Snoop, and I think the converse is true as well. This album starts out hot, with some of Dre's greatest songs. After that, the songs aren't quite as good, but the beats are still cool, which helps the album feel even overall despite the fact that they lyrics are less fun and interesting Nuthin' But A G Thang

4/5

Not a lot to say about this album, since I'm not sure how groundbreaking it is as an electronica album, but it was a fun listen. I'm never excited to get a Fatboy Slim album, but I gotta say that he puts the work in to make them worth listening to

4/5

I don't really even know how to describe this album, but it's really beautiful. Great vocal harmonies, lots of music that feels a little unusual, but also feels like it makes sense. This is one that I'm going to come back to for repeated listenings

4/5

I've been really consistently impressed with albums from the global south that take American musical genres and incorporate them with local musical traditions to make something new. This reminded me of how Ali Farka Toure and Songhoy Blues took American blues and mixed it with African Music. American funk and Brazilian music sound so naturally together. The musicianship and production on this album are excellent. This album went by really fast, but I want to hear it again sometime soon

4/5

This album was pretty cool overall. I don't have much to say about it, but it's fun to listen to in the background

4/5

Not only is this the third Kings of Leon album that I've gotten on this list, it's the third one I've gotten in the last fucking month. I don't understand why you're doing this to me, but I beg you to stop. There are so many great musicians out there, and yet all I'm allowed to listen to is Kings of Leon. It makes my tummy sad.

2/5

This album is fine, but it is definitely not for me. There was just nothing for me to grab onto here. On the other hand, her voice is beautiful and she uses it well. The songs are well written, and the lyrics are generally good. I just also want the music to be completely different so that I can enjoy it

3/5

Well, this isn't my favorite ACDC album, since that's Back in Black, but this album still fucking kicks ass. ACDC has such a distinctive sound, and I've never really thought about it before. Incredibly heavy for the time period (or any time period), very cleanly produced, great vocals, lyrics that are as young, dumb, and full of cum as they were when they were first penned

4/5

This album starts out HOT. 1999 is once of Prince's best songs, and then he follows it up with Little Red Corvette and Delirious. The rest of the album isn't quite as good, but it is really consistent. Great 80s synthpop by one of the masters

4/5

Well, this is kinda a weird one, since this is my second Doors album in less than a week. This album feels much much more coherent in terms of the quality of the songs, whereas the other album was much more uneven. This album feels like less straightforward blues and has more of a psychedelic influence. Jim Morrison is still a completely mediocre lyricist parading as a poet, but the music is still really good. Also, what is the fucking deal with the Doors and having 7 minute long singles. Brevity is the soul of wit, Jim

4/5

Well, it's not every day that I get to review someone's mental breakdown like this, but that's certainly what this album was for Brian Wilson. It's a beautiful album, a worthy successor to Pet Sounds if not quite it's equal. The harmonies are everything you would expect from Brian Wilson. I don't particularly like this version of Good Vibrations with the changed lyrics, but it's hard to mess with perfection

4/5

I remember this being the album where Madonna completely lost me. It just felt like she was trying to keep up with where popular music was going, but it didn't feel like there was much if any of her in the music. Actually sitting down to listen to the album didn't really change my opinion about that. It's fine, but I also can't justify this album making this list. Ray of Light I could understand, but this album feels far too pedestrian to be one of the 1001 albums I should listen to before my execution

3/5

I spend a lot of time shitting on Jim Morrison, mainly because he seems like an alcoholic moron pretending to be an intellectual that no one would give a shit about if he didn't look good in leather pants.

What I can say for this album is that it has several Doors songs that I really like. A lot of the other songs kinda drag on without much that I find interesting. This is much more of a blues album than I would have anticipated. The Doors have always been bluesy, but you can really hear the blues influence on the non-hit songs on this album

3/5 The songs that I like, I really like. However, the other songs are mostly dull, which makes the album drag on and feel uneven

Well, I can feel confident now that I am not the target audience for tango. I'm not sure if anyone in the tango world was concerned about that, but the issue is now settled. This album is fine, with lots of good musicianship, but I can make heads or tails about what I'm supposed to get from this album. It's just not for me

3/5

Much like the last Kings of Leon album I got on here, I don't really get it. This sounds like a mid-00s rock album, but so far as I know it's not the first album to sound like this. It feels like they're doing a Strokes impression. Other times, they're doing an impression of a band I like even less.

3/5 It's fine, but not impressive

Why have I been thinking that The Monkees were British this whole time?

This album has a lot of interesting stuff going on in the background, with the Monkees getting creative control over their music for the first time. The result is much slower and folkier than I would have expected. It's fun overall, and the songs go by quickly. It doesn't have the Monkees hits that I would have expected, but it's interesting on its own right

3/5

It's really hard to separate this album as a work from my memories of how big it was when I was 14. The harmonies are beautiful, and the production on this album is great. I didn't feel bored during any of the songs, and the hits were definitely hits for a reason

4/5

This album is a bit different than I was expecting, mainly because of the soulful ballad You Are that comes toward the end of the album. It's a primitive version of hip-hop to be sure, but it's honestly more mature than I was expecting. Grandmaster Flash was already establishing advanced mixing techniques by this point, and the team of rappers he assembled was second to none at this point. Much of the sampling would not fly today, but it was how things were done at the time

4/5 A true early hip-hop masterpiece

I enjoyed this album. I got a different Cocteau Twins album early on in this list, and I've always wondered if I didn't give it a fair shake (I've heard several other people praise that album in the intervening years). This album is great. It very much has an 80s sound, but doesn't sound stereotypical. The vocals are consistently great and they are always doing interesting things. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that this was heavily influenced by Kate Bush

4/5

The production really shines through on this album. It's wild that he had such an incredible team of producers on his debut album. Lyrically, the album is really good as well. It's frankly too bad that this album came out during the 2000s music hellscape. If it had come out during an era where people had taste, it might have done much better

4/5