Reviews by thelastbaron

Super fun album that never flags.

4.0/5.0: Great

The lyrics can be very silly and the album is about 15 minutes too long, but the voices are amazing, and the melody choices are pleasantly surprising a lot of the time. Also, points for great production.

4.0/5.0: Great

Not as good as the other Kate Bush albums on this list. This one drags a bit, but her usual creativity is there.

3.0/5.0: Good

The instrumentals are nice, but some of the soul tracks are bad and the rapping is laughable.

2.5/5.0: Mixed

Great album with succinct songs, good melodies, atypical lyrics, and a cool album cover.

4.5/5.0: Excellent

She didn't write any of these songs, and it's country music (blegh), but her voice is undeniably amazing - not just in it's power, but in its ability to manipulate already fantastic melodies into something different.

4.5/5.0: Excellent.

Great songwriting and great voice. Some of it is a little tired, but I can forgive those moments.

4.5/5.0: Excellent

I'm kind of surprised this album has such low ratings on this site. It's a monumental album in its genre and is very listenable while achieving a weird, spacy, vibe.

4.5/5.0: Excellent

I appreciate the DIY sound of this album, but it's very late oughts/early tens, despite the 2020 release date - especially with its focus on cutesy harmonies and echoey drums. However, there's enough originality and creativity on this record to earn it three stars.

2.5/5.0: Mixed

Great album with cool production, nice riffs, and potent lyrics. A tad long, but the rest is too good to not earn five stars.

4.5/5.0: Excellent

Interesting album. I think it deserves to be on this list based on the bizarreness of the whole concept alone. Some it is hard to listen to, but it gets extra points for its creativity and themes.

2.5/5.0: Mixed

Another really interesting Peter Gabriel album. I like that he takes chances, but I also like that most of those risks work. Some of this is boring, but there's enough variety and unexpected moments that I can forgive some tedium.

4.0/5.0: Great

Good songwriting and great bass sound, but a lot of this is just run-of-the-mill pop.

3.0/5.0: Good

The folk songs "Jersey Girl" and "On the Nickel" are painfully bad (not surprisingly, the king of bad music, Bruce Springsteen, covered "Jersey Girl"). However, the remainder of the album is gritty, bluesy, jazz and really fits his voice and lyrics. Overall, without the folk numbers this is an excellent album. As it is, I'll say it's still very good.

3.5/5.0: Very Good

Yeah, not good. This is everything wrong with glam. It's just run of the mill cheesiness, with nothing interesting or special musically or lyrically. It's worst sin is that it's antithetical to everything metal should be. This is pop music posturing as metal / hard rock, and it's a shame it took the spotlight off of some actually talented metal bands of the era.

1.5/5.0: Bad

Great lyrical themes, but this is a heavily front-loaded album that really drags in the second half. It also feels like all of the artist's attention went to the pervasive production rather than the music, which is half-hearted and derivative. As for the aforementioned production, it's overdone and grating. I know all the fuzz was intentional, but it's just annoying and further detracts from the album.

2.0/5.0: Disappointing

Good album. Lots of variety, good production, quick runtime. The country songs are terrible, but that's the genre for you.

3.0/5.0: Good

Great instrumentals. Corny at times, but that doesn't mean it's not great.

4.0/5.0: Great

A little boring at times, but interesting instrumentals and not too long.

3.0/5.0: Good

About as goofy as the artist name would suggest.

1.5/5.0: Bad