Reviews by tjehl

I enjoyed this WAY more than I anticipated.

Great beats and choice of producers, rock-solid flow and enough skits to normally make me go insane.

Didn’t think I had pushed enough drugs or shot enough folks to get Fishscale, but somehow I do.

Am I actually born for the streets?

Tune is as I will write a very positive review of The Killers next.

Now that’s what I call street!

Regatta De Blanc suffers from The Police Syndrome - too many filler tracks, but the hits are hits for a reason.

The fillers are more interesting here than on Synchronicity, but there’s also tracks like “Contact” keeping the record from being a joy all the way through.

It’s not a massive 4, but there’s enough great tracks on here to keep it from being a 3.

The Blue Nile is somehow both nothing out of the ordinary and completely their own entity all at once.

They are in no rush as they paint their chilling and melancholic stories - and it’s that calm and thoroughness that makes them stand out.

Every song is not as good as the masterpiece that is “Tinseltown In the Rain”, but as a whole A Walk Across the Rooftops still delivers something else than a lot of the other genre colleagues on this list.

For the first half of Kollaps it seems as if Blixa Bargeld is in a mission to actively destroy my speakers.

There’s a clear vision but it’s almost unlistenable.

Then something magical happens as the title track starts. It’s as if the group find some compassion and the compositions (let’s not kid ourselves and call them songs) begin to find some structure and purpose.

It continues for the rest of the record, which doesn’t make it a pleasant listen but makes it absolutely deserving of a spot on this list.

Also, all you guys calling Rammstein German industrial should probably try this.

The Libertines are not quite as good as some of their British contemporaries, but they’re still a joy. They just miss that one key component that really makes them stand out.

Impeccable rapping and some fine lyricism. The beats never won me over and I didn’t find them to evolve enough throughout the record, so I actually had a hard time keeping focused all the way through - it didn’t help that it ends on 6,5 minutes of nothing important.

Ah shit, here we go again.

In just 47 minutes The Beatles deliver some of their greatest hits, Harrison’s finest songwriting, the most memorable medley in history and also inadvertently creates doom metal - huh?!

Perfect album from the iconic opening of “Come Together” until the grand finish of “The End”.

Perfection.

Then there’s also “Her Majesty”.

I was ready to dismiss Bad Company after the first few tracks, but then the ballads started rolling and I came to enjoy it more and more.

It doesn’t end up being outstanding, but it’s enjoyable.

Fine americana record that didn’t feel that much out of the ordinary until the final two songs where especially “Everything Is Free” stood out as an actual masterpiece.

Time really flew by listening to this.
It’s not perfect at all, but it’s interesting and very much enjoyable.

If you’re into late 60’s alternative folk and perhaps Malicorne this will be worth exploring.

It’s Sonic Youth so it’ll be noisy.

On Sister it seems as if the noise is more controlled though and the melodies gets to take center stage.

It’s the perfect lead up to Daydream Nation.

Living Colour are lucky “Cult Of Personality” is such a strong opener.

Vivid is most often just silly and in search of something sturdy to lean on. Muzz Skillings’ bass tries delivering that, but it’s not enough in its own.

A formidable return to stripped down and acoustic songs by Dylan.

Blood On the Tracks is arguably his best album. That’s saying something.

Aja is easily Steely Dan’s best produced album - but it’s not quite as interesting as their debut and Pretzel Logic.

It’s still one heck of an album and even though this might be the 4th of their albums on this list, I wouldn’t remove a single one.

Sonic Youth do what you would expect on Goo. It’s equal parts noisy, pretty and kool.

What else did you expect?

R.E.M.’s first album on Warner sees the band going in a new direction. There are still the non-negotiable stadium rockers like “Orange Crush” and “Turn You Inside-Out”, but Green is also the birthplace of the more experimental sound fueled by mandolin and major keys.

Green provides a little bit of everything you want from an R.E.M. record - it’s a farewell to the IRS years and a hello to the signature sound that was to come.

I ultimately like my tango less electronic and my electronica less tango-y.

It’s probably THE hard rock album.
A genre I usually grow tired of after half an album, but Made In Japan manages to keep me entertained and engaged for its entire duration.

There’s more than a few standout moments but it would be weird if I didn’t mention “Child In Time” - mind blowing performance.

Why would you want to release a new wave-record after listening to this? Do you really think you can improve the formula? Pff…