Reviews by tjehl

23 minutes of super fuzz and big muff.
Essential early grunge at its core.

You probably wouldn’t expect that a masterpiece of this caliber would hide behind such a silly cover art.

The sound is massive and every indie band to this day still looks to Pet Sounds when producing their over the top vocal productions.

Short and simple; a landmark record.

I was really taken aback by the quality of the samples and the production itself in the first half - it’s brilliant. The same goes for having Busta Rhymes introduce you on your debut album.

But of course Supa Dupa Fly has to go on for just over an hour because of megalomania, I can only assume. It’s way too long… Exhausting, actually.

Cut 20 minutes and this is quite a good hip hop album. Like this it’s way too much.

Before mumble rap there was mumble rock. Don’t care that much for either.

I understand that the vocal is an aesthetic choice and all… It’s just a boring one.

I was expecting not to care for this - but I was expecting Mariah Carey to at least deliver some impressive vocal performances.

I don’t even think she delivers on that.
It’s a horrible addition to this list.

The earliest examples of metal is sometimes attributed to everyone from The Who to The Beatles and The Kinks.

And while those bands definitely was an early influence on the genre, Blue Cheer just went straight ahead and played heavy metal - no influence needed.

Mostly included to showcase the early guitar playing of Eric Clapton. It might do that - but it accomplishes very little beside from that.

A Night At The Opera is the only studio album where Queen fully live up to their immense hype.

The production is superb and each song is masterfully crafted. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the obvious stand out, but to me it’s “39” and “The Prophet’s Song” that ultimately sells this as a perfect rock album to me.

Who came up with the idea of creating the bass/guitar duo of McGeoch and Adamson? I just wanna thank you.

Ground breaking post-punk that only gets more creative as you go further into the album.

It’s of course the 1000th album of its genre on the list so far - but this is one that should stay.

Anohni is blessed with the voice of a literal angel, and if you don’t get moved by I Am A Bird Now, you probably don’t deserve to.

Hot tip for listening to albums like this: Only listen when traveling alone by night - by car, train or walking through a busy city centre… The mode of transportation doesn’t matter. Just don’t listen in broad daylight.

At age 26 Rod Stewart sounded like he had lived a full life. An under appreciated gift.

The folk influence really suits the songs and Stewart’s style - you really feel at home and safe with a record like this.

The title track is a classic. No doubt about it. It’s great!

The rest of the album? Not that much.
Cooper and the band try to be clever and incorporate everything from jazz to progressive rock - they just never pull it off, and it ends up being more comical than impressive.

Definitely more fun and funky than furious.

The title track is legendary and the humour on especially the ode to Stevie Wonder is still intact.

But while I acknowledge the important of it, I am just now blown away by The Message in 2024.

Channel Orange is a cornerstone of modern R&B. The monolithic centerpiece of “Pyramids” followed by “Lost” is easily enough to make this album deserve its runtime.

Also, I had forgotten that it starts with a PlayStation booting up. Love it!

If Frank Zappa was an American-Armenian metal band.
What's not to love?

As Cosmo's Factory opens it promises us a new CCR. Space rock and psychedelia? It's phenomenal.

"Unfortunately" they quickly fall back into a more classic rock'n'roll/country style. It's not bad, I just yearn for more of what "Ramble Tamble" showed me.

Side two manages to return to more creative and, at least for CCR, less traditional songs such as a great rendition of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".

Also - this is the FIFTH Creedence album since the release of their debut just 2 years prior.
Maybe Fogerty should have slowed down just a bit?

Another day, another Elvis Costello album.
I wake up at least once a week and wonders what it must have cost him to get this many albums included.

Brutal Youth is number 4 so far.
There are a few decent tracks on here, but most of them are either boring or just horribly written.

But that's not the worst part.... No, no, no.

*sigh*

The worst part is knowing, that there's a few more of his albums waiting for me.

This is the sort of material that makes Ice Cube worthy of a spot on this list.

His debut was a misoginystic mess, but on The Predator Cube proves his worth as both a lyricist and rapper with an impeccable flow.
I have some problems with the production side of the beats, but this is still a solid record.

The fact that Smile was never originally finished is a crying shame.

The question now rises; which one is the truest edition? Brian Wilson’s Smile or the almost complete The Smile Session?

I’m honestly not sure.
The latter lacks the production value of the first - the first lacks the psychedelia and young Beach Boys energy of the latter.

But what a relief nonetheless that Smile eventually was realized one way or the other.