Reviews by suspiciousnumber

I think this is competently made enough, there's nothing about it that I really find objectionable, but it just didn't resonate with me

3/5

I keep listening to this and not rating it, which generally means it's a 3. I like her voice, and I think the production really makes it stand out. I don't feel like it keeps my interest in the long run, though. It's nice in the background, though.

3/5 yep

This is kinda a cool relic of the dubstep era. It's weird that that the genre is old enough and has completed its lifecycle to the extend that we can reflect on it. It's fun music overall. Not mindblowing, but I enjoyed listening to it

3/5

I lost my goddamned review because my computer restarted and apparently I never saved it, but anyway I love this fucking album and even though I don't usually listen to the last few songs, this shit is loud as fuck and you just gotta respect it with 5 stars

5/5

This is one of those bands that seems like it would be tremendously fun to see live, but it's also harder to capture on a recording. This defintely feels like it has some elements of Living Colour in it, which is cool. Overall, I often found myself looking for a little more out of the music, but I enjoyed it

3/5, but a really solid 3, not like some of these pity 3's that I've been handing out lately

This is not particularly my genre, with the screaming and all, but it was pretty cool overall

3/5

I think this was an okay album, but it didn't speak to me. The sound and production and everything is fine, it just felt a bit generic at times

3/5

I thought I was going to enjoy this one after the first song. It's noisy and obnoxious, but guess what my musical love language is? This was too annoying for me in several places, and it got dull in others. It had its moments, but ultimately I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped. For some reason, the fact that this is a Japanese band makes me appreciate it slightly more.

3/5, but a pretty weak 3

Dang, Depeche Mode's sound wandered a bit early in their career, huh? This is much more of a straightforward synthpop album than I was expecting. It's early, so part of the reason why it sounds like so many other things is that this sound was developing at the time, but it does sound so much more generic than what they became. I don't fault them for it at all, again, they helped establish this sound, it's just weird because it feels so much more mundane than they became

still, 4/5

Damn, folks sounds awesome now. I've never really heard a folk album that was this electronic, but it's fucking solid. Her voice sounds great throughout, and the music is really cool. Lots of synth that helps fill out the sound. Why is this considered a folk album again?

4/5

This was a fun album. I always love getting an old country album mixed in with all this newfangled rock and roll, but I don't have a ton else to say about it

4/5

Sufjan Stevens is one of those people that I never seek out their music to put it on. I don't own any of his albums. Yet, every time I hear him, I really like him. He just writes great songs and executes them really well

4/5

Look, I can completely understand how this album showed up on this list, since my sister fell in love with the BNLs in the mid 90s. For some people, this was just the right album at the right time. For me, this is an album that I can appreciate on one level, but that I also really don't enjoy outside from a couple fleeting moments. Their harmonies are great, though, and I think it's going to somewhat rescue the score for this album, even though so many aspects of it feel generic

3/5. Fuckin BNLs

I feel like I've been writing this a lot lately, but this album just made no impression on me. I don't think it's bad by any means, it just doesn't speak to me, which makes it hard to give much of an evaluation

Still, 3/5

I don't have a huge amount to say about this one, but it's cool. Really solid indie rock album from the shittiest decade in music history. Vocals are terrific throughout, and the production does a ton to lift up the band's sound

4/5

I thought this album was really fun. Not bad for the 4th best band in Hull. It reminded me a bit of Haircut 100, which I think I got on this list roughly 300 years ago. Different instrumentation, but still a fun bop of a mid-80s post punk album

4/5

Well, of course I lost my whole review for this when I restarted my computer. Anyway, since this album wasn't all made at once, it's hard to place each song within its proper context, but it's pretty cool overall. Solid hard rock album, nothing crazy

3/5

This album sounds good overall, but like so many live performances, it feels like you had to be there. I think this would have been an amazing show if I was there, but it's harder to experience it that way listening in my office while I answer emails. Still, dude's voice holds up pretty well during a show, despite the fact that he puts it through its paces

3/5 I want to rate it higher, I really do, but the sound quality just isn't there

I keep listening to this album and intending to rate it, but then I never do, and I"m sick of listening to it. It's fine, but obviously it didn't capture my interest

3/5, I'm moving on with my life

I wasn't able to find a lot of information out about this one, but it's kinda a fun throwback for hiphop. It reminds me a lot of Jurassic 5 in terms of the delivery. Their DJ is top notch and ads a lot to the sound. I wouldn't call this spectacular, but for a rap group from this period that I've never heard of, I enjoyed it overall. I wish this style of more harmonic rap was more prominent

3/5