Reviews by thelastbaron

It's a classic for a reason

Has a weird sound, even for early hardcore, but still very enojayable.

I've always been stunned that anyone could listen to this paragon of boring, run-of-the-mill rock. Everything is by rote, and nothing that hadn't been done a million times before is attempted.

Excellent music but honestly could afford to drop a few of the tracks at the end.

Annoying vocals, utterly predictable lyrics, basic guitars, and cheesy sounding "new age" drumming accented with inexplicable honking that might be saxophone.

A tad long with some filler, but the good moments are very good.

Performances are off the charts on this one.

Blackstar? More like 5 star, am I right?

More like "yeah - no".

Yes, he nicked Scott Walker's sound, but the music does sound like Scott Walker, so 5 stars.

I get why some people might like it, but it's intolerably slow with annoying vocals. At its best, its background music.

Exceptional. Really had to Take Five after it was over to soak it in.

A lot of good songs, but a few very annoying ones bring this down to a three.

Great bass and some interesting and (intentionally) amusing artistic choices.

The only temptation I had was to skip every track.

oof.

Vocalist is in the wrong key and sounds like he's falling asleep. Production is incredibly cheesy - like what a 14 year-old thinks rock should sound like. Drummer is just drumming random time signatures. Low-effort nonsense.

There's better music in this vein made at around the same time but it's still enjoyable.

If nothing else, it's interesting.

Another slightly different than what was expected at the time R.E.M. album. Nothing special, but the nods to country-folk and pop punk are nice.