Reviews by tjehl

3rd times the charm.
1st and 2nd time was great as well.. But it doesn’t make for a great review start.

What an awesome record from start till end. The mix is great, Kiwanukas songwriting is it great, his blend of genres is more than great… And there’s a Womack-like quality to his vocal!

I’m on the verge of handing this a 5. But I feel like I need the final nudge. Maybe it’s one or two interludes too many that does it? Because overall there isn’t a bad song on this thing.

Consider this the biggest possible 4.

Best: You Ain’t the Problem / Piano Joint / Hero / Final Days

Lennon said after hearing the album: “It sounds just like Yokos music.” What a weirdly backhanded compliment…

Nothing really does anything but slightly bore and annoy me until Rock Lobster kicks off - always a fun thrill.

The last two songs are just plain ridiculous and unnecessary. Why on earth are they included?

Possibly the world’s most heavily sedated party band.

Best: Rock Lobster

Worst: 6060-842 / Downtown

Compared to both albums of Cohen’s discography surrounding this one, Songs From a Room seems like the weaker option.

I understand the sentiment of a record as sparse as this, but more than a few times it doesn’t quite hold up.

Bird On a Wire and especially the Partisan more than makes up for it, but it seems like something is still missing altogether.

The unlikely love child of Pixies and Dinosaur Jr.

Doesn’t really bring anything new to the table. But everything kinda works nonetheless.

Includes the 2nd best “Man on the Moon” released in 1992.

Best: Changes / Helpless / The Slim

Worst: If I can’t change your mind / Slick

Just enough good tracks to keep this boat afloat. I can’t comprehend that a group who can produce a beat like the one on Ms Jackson can also produce something as ridiculous as Snappin’ & Trappin’.

Also contains 7 interludes too many.

Best: So Fresh / Ms Jackson / B.O.B. / Humble Mumble

Worst: Snappin’ / I’ll Call B4 I Cum / Toilet Tisha

Low 3, borderline 2.

Songhoy enters the legendary Mali music scene and somehow finds themselves at home from the very first strum.

Elvis is obviously more of a phenomenon than he is a recording artist.
Genuinely didn’t truly enjoy a single track.

Elvis said of himself: “I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.”

I’m a firm believer that this would have been more enjoyable had he just known a tiny bit.

I’d completely forgotten how great Di’Anno sounds!

Best: Remember Tomorrow / Phantom of the Opera / Strange World

Worst: Running Free / Transylvania

Best: Rain When I Die / Rooster / Would?

Worst: God Smack / Hate to Feel

Jeg kan ikke nævne ét moderne britisk punkband, der ikke har skamhørt Stranglers.

En håndfuld vanvittigt stærke sange; særligt Dancer, Lost in Music, titelnummeret og Easier to Love.

De taber mig med Somebody og One More Time, der simpelthen ikke er stærke nok. Ikke nok til at ødelægge oplevelsen fra Rodgers guitar, dog. 3,5