Reviews by trixxstrr

Wow, this was great! I had really only heard of them, and recently heard the cover Garbage did of Cities in Dust, so heard the original after that. But ya, for being 1981 this surprised me for sure. Post punk it says, that lines up, and maybe REM was even inspired by some of this jangle rock?

When the wiki summary said ska, I was like oh god, I can't stand ska. But I guess in the early 80s ska meant something different than in the 90s. But ya still, this was just ok, 80s pop with some variety. I knew Our House before this.

GoldRyan Adams

Rated 4/10

I felt like I heard his name a lot and even recognized the album cover but wondered why I never heard it. Oh, it's country stuff, no thanks.

RamonesRamones

Rated 8/10

I knew Blitzkrieg but never heard a full album by them before. It was good, but a lot of them were a bit samesy.

Surfer RosaPixies

Rated 10/10

I’m a big Pixies fan and ya this one is great. The live versions on the Death to the Pixies album are especially good.

GraceJeff Buckley

Rated 8/10

I’ve tried listening to this album a few times before and it never really hit but this time it did, some really good singing, guitar and feeling in these songs.

BossanovaPixies

Rated 10/10

I love Pixies but I actually only own the Death to the Pixies best of album, so I know like half of these songs and some others were half familiar from streaming a few times, but first time listening to this fully and ya it was great!

The BandThe Band

Rated 4/10

I only had one rock station in town when I was a kid. I listened to Cripple Creek way too many times waiting for them to play new rock songs.

Mostly instrumental ambient kind of stuff with a few songs with singing. It was ok but I’d be fine never hearing it again.