Reviews by thelastbaron

I understand the appeal, but the album just moved too slowly for me and didn't warrant its overly-long runtime.

Fun album, but undeniably goofy.

This started strong, but by the time that "Hey sha-la-la-la" showed up in the lyrics to the fifth song I knew that the creativity was spent. The rest of the album was pure filler and forced emotionalism.

The Beach Ramones.

Super fun album with great songwriting and instrumentation (especially the bass).

A minute and a half in and I was Googling "cliffs near me". Somehow I survived all 75 minutes of this cookie cutter, country-tinged, pre-packaged garbage, although it took me several hours to get through it.

Not really my style. A little repetitive and shouty, which leads to exhaustion quickly. Still - not terrible.

Easy to see how influential this album was. Good music, too.

Very interesting music, but the over-16 minute long drum solo brings this down from a 4 to a 2.5.

Great songs/performances with more than a few classics.

Not even my style of music, but the songwriting/vocal melodies are too good for this to be less than a four.

Incredibly boring with almost toneless singing. Some interesting ideas bring this up to a 2-star album.

The first track is unlistenable, and the closer is not quite interesting enough to warrant its runtime, but the five songs in between are surprisingly good with a lot of variety.

Another very interesting album from Talking Heads.

I didn't hate this, but pretty forgettable rock with punk influences. I can't imagine ever going back to this, but again, not terrible.

Kinda hypnotic.

Really interesting album with creative and varied song ideas.

Despite the preoccupation with insects, this album doesn't suck. Unlike the pretentious and posturing country/folk of the seventies peddled by Neil Young and Van Morrison, there's a real, bluesy, gritty edge to this music. It's just a man and his guitar, and it's enjoyable.

Super interesting songwriting and good performances.

Weird album, but I didn't hate it