Reviews by therealab

Independent Women, Pt. 1 reminds me that there was a point in the 90s where people loved obvious movie tie in songs and Grammy voters are morons. Will Smith won Best Rap Song for both Men In Black and Wild, Wild West and those songs straight up suck. Speaking of sucking, the title track isn't improving things much. This is the girl poweriest of all girl power albums. Why is this album an hour long? The video for Bootylicious is better than the song. I don't think you're ready for this jelly...people are right, she's a tremendous songwriter, what an amazing way with words. Female empowerment and slut shaming on the same album...no cognitive dissonance at all. Fancy is a midi file from Kirby's Adventures I think. This is a perfect example of why neosoul had to save R&B from itself. Good god, this album sucks. The hits are better but the album tracks are laughably bad. Apple Pie A La Mode's lyrics are like the scribblings of a 16-year-old girl. This is one of the worst albums I've ever heard. It's hard to believe, but it continues to get worse. This album is too long. The Cinderella story is dumb. Gospel Medley might be the best song on the album. The rapping outro is the awful cherry on top of this shit sundae.

This is ok. Every song just keeps name dropping different California cities. This is maybe a little too laid back. This is a very pleasant, if somewhat unexciting, listen. Feels like the music from One Tree Hill. And a hidden song, so I get to wait here. This should just be a simple transaction between me and the album, it plays and I listen, not some stupid ass scavenger hunt to hear their music.

My dad's favorite Beatles album. Come Together is a solid start. Something is a great song. George Harrison is the most underrated Beatle. Maxwell's Silver Hammer is a throwback to the Beatles earlier, sillier work. I hate it. I have a soft spot for Ringo songs. Octopus's Garden is just as silly as Maxwell's Silver Hammer but the goofiness works better when it's Ringo. John was right, the medley to close the album mostly sucks. I have always loved Golden Slumbers and Carry That Weight...I wish they were both full songs rather than part of this medley.

I'm impressed with the title track...but I'm a sucker for blue-eyed soul. This sounds a little bit like the closing of SNL...G.E. Smith and the Saturday Night Band style. Phil Spector was a hell of a producer because this is pretty good. Apparently Dion loves drugs. Correction: loved drugs. This album is surprisingly good.

The lead singer's delivery would be better suited to a comedy album. This is post punk...I think it is proof that everything is circular because this album sounds like an homage to the Velvet Underground for a world after punk. Also, I think that maybe Brian Eno was right about the Velvet Underground because they influenced punk and then post punk. Honestly, if I could get past the lead singer, I kind of like the music.

It's like angrier Blink 182...both from San Diego too. This is not hardcore punk, it's not quite pop punk, but it isn't hardcore. This feels very nondescript. Uninteresting song after uninteresting song. This isn't awful, but it's not for me.

I'm liking this so far. Maybe not as much as that editor from NME who rated all their albums 1-7 or whatever, but it's good. It's a different sound, but they are in that same indie vibe as Wilco. I am really liking this album, every song is good. I should have given them a chance before now. Consider me a fan of The National, this is a revelation. Indie Rock is going to hit my favorite genre list soon. And what's up first after the album ends...Wilco. I nailed it!

This album was the genesis of Urge Overkill. I'd rather have Neil Diamond than this. This is terrible. Nick Drake on autoplay after this!?! What an insult to his sweet, sweet memory.

My dad loves Steve Winwood, Traffic, Blind Faith, solo work. I Like While You See A Chance, even with the super dated 80s synthesizer. I like his voice. Second-Hand Woman just lost me. I don't know how I feel about this album...every time I think I'm liking it, he he hits me with an overdose of synthesizer. Night Train is the soundtrack to an 80s action comedy. The album starts out with the best track and feels like it trends pretty steadily downwards after that. I bet Marc Cohn loves this album...and Elizabeth Vargas.

New Wave music sucks...I can't say it enough times. Message In A Bottle is a terrible song, it highlights everything that is awful about the Police. Bring On The Night, is super ska influenced which normally pisses me off, but as far as Police songs go, it's pretty alright. Walking On The Moon sucks too...the hits are the worst songs on the album. You aren't Jamaican, quit singing like that! I spoke too soon, On Any Other Day is far worse, one of the worst songs I've ever heard.

Never a good start when the album is not available as a unit on Spotify. Standard sunshine and drugs psychedelic rock, there are too many of these albums on this list. This is like worse Byrds. It ends on a high note with Indifference though.

Aqualung...the most famous song ever written about a homeless pervert. Mother Goose is pretty good. So much flute, I bet Lizzo loves this album. Locomotive Breath is their best song. Wind-Up is a strong closer.

An hour of DJ music is a lot of time to spend on 808s and snippets of albums. This is what you listen to when you're too high to dance, talk or listen to lyrics. RJD2 heard this album and decided what to do with his life. It's fine as background music. Stem/Long Stem - Medley is like a 1996 Tubular Bells...could very easily be the theme music for an Exorcist sequel. It's also like some one watched Blade Runner and rescored the Vangelis. Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain - Medley is the best song on the album.

Candy Says is a great start. I'm only vaguely familiar with the Velvet Underground catalog, but this is my favorite album so far. Some Kinda Love is terrific. Pale Blue Eyes is my favorite Velvet Underground song of all time. The Murder Mystery is the first miss which wouldn't be a big deal except it is 20% of the album. The banging on a piano is a nice way to close out the song. My friend had a radio show in college and always closed it out with After Hours, good song.

Piano Joint (This Kind of Love) is the hit. I feel like it was in something but I can't place it. Ted Lasso, but I had to look it up. I like this album. It would be good to have on at a low volume. As the kids say these days, it's low key good.

More electronic music...terrific. Nothing like some trip hop to get me in the mood to...hang out with people I only pretend to like because they are cooler than me/can get me in places I couldn't get in/have good drugs/are super attractive women? Royksopp's Night Out is awful. This is not a good album but probably checked a "Band from Norway" box for the editors of the list. This song takes forever and it's techno so I have no idea when one ends and another begins so I thought the second half of Royksopp's Night Out was a different (better) song but it's just a better part of the same one. Remind me is familiar from something...but it sucks nonetheless.

Def Leppard is a band that made a career out of sounding like a Rocky III/Rocky IV soundtrack. The 80s were a strange time. I remember liking the song Rocket as a kid, not so much anymore, but it's still probably my favorite Def Leppard song. Seriously, this could be the soundtrack for Rad. There's the perfect combination of rock and rock ballads to last through a 90 minute movie about a kid who just wanted his dad to accept that he wanted to be a skateboarder rather than a mine worker while he falls in love with his rival's ill-treated girlfriend only to win the big race at the end and have his dad hug him at the finish line. Love Bites is terrible. Which song has been played at strip clubs more, Pour Some Sugar On Me or Panama by Van Halen? I had friends in the early 90s who still loved Def Leppard, hard to believe this lasted when so many other bands have gone by the wayside. This whole album is very dated. I liked Pyromania better, too many power ballads on this one.

REM cover band? Apparently they are the Australian REM. This reminds me of something else I can't place yet. I bet Death Cab for Cutie loves this album. This sounds like Australian Morrissey. This sucks. If this is early indie rock, it is beyond me how indie rock got so popular. Dive for Your Memory is the best song. I'd bet they were listening to the Velvet Underground when they wrote it, the music has a Pale Blue Eyes vibe.

This is background music. TV, movies, real life...doesn't matter. This is the kind of thing you put on when you can't have lyrics distracting you. To that end, it's not terrible, it's just there. There's too much of this album. Groove St. goes on for far too long. I'm having a tough morning already and this is not providing any kind of relief. Mission Venice is my favorite track so far, even if it does just sound like a piece of a 60s heist movie score on a loop. The start of Rise sounds like the music from Final Fantasy VIII. They have better music than this. As far as EDM goes, this is probably the best of it.

Starting off ok. They sound like KISS, I'm debating which band I like better. Living Wreck is like less good Santana. I like Deep Purple better than KISS.