Reviews by uhhhellurr

mars volta was a name i've heard for a while but i had no idea what their music was like and never looked into it. man i was a little blown away by this one! really fun, aggressive modern prog rock. really great to listen to. at times this album almost sounds like a progged out santana, which is a fucking cool as hell sound. maybe an unfair comparison, but to me this sounds like what i wish muse sounded like. but what makes this album for me is the production. this album sounds fantastic. so bombastic. it feels like it should be chaotic but it is so meticulous. just really cool stuff. i'm glad i listened to this one.

i really love this album. it's really rough around the edges and i'm sure not everyone likes it. nico's voice is not for everyone, the musicianship is kinda sloppy. it kinda sounds like shit. there's droning stuff. it's not for everyone. but it's for me. i don't think it's a perfect album, some of these songs aren't my absolute favorite in the world, but some of them are. either way, the album is a vibe, and it's my vibe. just a really cool album.

fascinating album. it is genuinely so cool to listen to. it's really hard to listen to. it is about as industrial sounding as you can get. literally. a lot of this album sounds like it was recorded in a manufacturing plant or something. i don't know that i ever would have sought out this album or will ever seek it out again, but i do think it's cool and fascinating. how do you rate something like this? one of the most interesting sounding albums you've ever heard, but also one you never want to listen to again? i don't think i properly can but the closest approximation i can give it is a 3.

didn't know what to expect from this one but was pleasantly surprised! the album reminds me a lot of what father john misty would put out after. fairly compelling and interesting and pleasant to listen to. if i had a nickel for every instance of a slur during this project, i would have many many nickels, but there's one song on here that contributes a lot to that total (although i understand it's aimed at the sort of people who would use the slurs, but hey, they're still there).

when i saw paul weller's name attached to this one, i was pretty optimistic. i like his other work. oh my god, what the hell is this. sometimes it's a swing album. sometimes it's the most boring 80s pop album you've ever heard. sometimes it's a terrible rap album. sometimes it's a knock-off of a knock-off of a raydio album. genuinely a bizarre album that has no idea what its identity is. sure, let's throw everything at the wall and see if it sticks! well, nothing sticks. it's all not great. what the hell

it's not the worst album i've ever heard but it's also not very good. here we've managed to turn a very vibrant genre with a lot of feel into the most nothing album i've ever heard. there's nothing here unlistenable, but it's not very good. this album is the progenitor of jason mraz. i must listen to this before i die?? surely there's a more authentic reggae album out there that deserves to be on this list more.

i am a bee gees fan, and i do really like their early stuff (as well as their disco stuff) and so i was excited to listen to this one, as i'd never heard it but have always heard good things. and it was good. a bit uneven. this album has one of my favorite bee gees songs of all time, 'lamplight' and there are a handful of other songs on here that are great, but there's a lot of mid here too. don't get me wrong, there is some beautiful orchestration on here and some other great moments, but as a whole, it was a little bit disappointing for me.

didn't know much of these guys outside of their big hit 'don't dream it's over' and so i was pretty optimistic. this album is not really that at all. it's not... bad. it's pretty nothing, to be honest. a lot of it reminds me of the band squeeze, but this album is not as fun or interesting as stuff that squeeze put out. quite frankly, it's kind of boring. it's so MOR, i don't think you could get more middle on that road. it's here, we've achieved pure mid. a lot of this sounds like a dentist's waiting room. the most boring guy you know listens to this to get in touch with his "sensitive side." bleh

really solid rap album. has a lot of old school soul samples that it wears on its sleeves, which i really liked. ghostface killah has great flow and it really shines here. a lot of skits, which like, definitely of the era, but maybe could have cut a few. but whatever. it's a good album.

when i listen to bjork, i do genuinely appreciate her music. it's really cool and, although challenging to listen to, it's a bit fulfilling to listen to for me. that being said, i don't know if i would really listen to this album on repeat. it's cool, no doubt, but the replay value here for me is very minimal. i rode the ride. it was neat. that's about all.

didn't really know what to expect with this one. i like david bowie but i tend not to like these sort of dour, "end of life" albums that other artists have put out. but this one didn't feel like the others. this one felt uplifting, interesting, and nice. the vibe here is pleasant and feels hopeful. it's not depressing, it just sort of is. and i appreciate that about it.

i am a neil young fan and this is one of my favorites (not a hot take). although i don't think it's his strongest endeavor, it has some of his best songs on here ('heart of gold,' 'old man,' 'alabama,' 'needle and the damage done,' and 'words'). there are a couple of tracks on here that are sort of misses (specifically the two orchestral tracks that don't really fit in and are two of the lesser songs on the album). that all said, when all's said and done, it's a pretty great album, and an album that i do adore at the end of the day. a formative album, for sure, and one i will listen to for a long, long time.

really cool album. really dissonant. i had a lot of fun listening to it. i love the time signature play, i like the play with dynamics. it is genuine a cool album. it's also not an album i feel like i could listen to a lot, even if it is fascinating and interesting to listen to. i can't see myself going out of my way to listen to it again. but it is very neat.

i can see why this album was/is highly acclaimed, but it really wasn't for me. it's not really in a style of pop music that i particularly enjoy. i found it kind of dull and nothing really gripped me here. although i can see that it is of high quality, unfortunately, i didn't feel like it did much for me. sorry!

generally, i like the police, but i mostly max out at a like. they have some terrific songs but often i find that their albums get marred down by their pretension. their highs are high, their lows are... boring and eye-rolling. this album is no exception. the two smash hits off of this, 'message in a bottle,' and 'walking on the moon,' are great. most of the album tracks are fine. good even. but did we need stewart copeland's off-kilter, off-tune singing on this one? did we? eh. anyways. it's a solid enough album. there's nothing here that is even close to horrendous, but it's not my favorite police album and it ends up firmly in the 'good, not great' camp for me.

OK, I will admit, I am really biased about this album. I grew up with it and paul mccartney may be my favorite musician of all time. it's not the best solo beatles album. it's not even the best solo paul album. but it does a really great job of capturing the whimsy side of paul that none of his other albums really capture. this album is really uneven. a lot of instrumentals. a lot of goofy, unserious stuff. but what i love about this album is the diy nature of the album, but also just how great of a melody songwriter paul is. the example i always point to is 'every night,' which has a killer hook of a chorus that doesn't have any lyrics. it's just a hum. and it's catchy as hell. of course, you have the certifiably stone cold classic 'maybe i'm amazed' on here, which, is the no-brainer best song here. but i do genuinely adore this album front to back (probably more than i should).

a really great big band swing record. it's upbeat moments are sleek and grand and full of energy. the ballads are quiet and sweet. i was in my high school's jazz band, and so i have a real soft spot for this type of music. i know some basie here and there, but never listened to one of his albums in full before. this was really great! i will definitely come back to it.

an incredible artifact and the pure distillation of bob dylan, i fear if you don't like this, then you don't like bob dylan. this is a recording of one of the turning points of bob dylan's career - where he "goes electric" and a member of the audience loudly proclaims him 'judas' of the folk community. to have a recording of this concert is incredible to begin with, but it's a damn great concert too. the first acoustic set is brilliant and beautiful, and the electric set rocks like hell too. his backing band, the hawks (to become 'the band' in the future) are great and really hold it down. it really is one of my favorite concert recordings of all time, even if just for the music. probably one of the best and most important albums you will hear in this entire project.

one of my favorite "new" discoveries in this project strikes again with a winner for me. i tangentially knew blur and a few of their songs, but listening to their albums has opened up a whole world for me. really quintessentially british and clever in a way that is reminiscent of classic british bands (yes, such as the kinks). my favorite songs here were the title track, 'boys and girls,' and 'trouble in the message centre' - but there really isn't a bad track here. it gets a little goofy with the instrumental retro-lounge tracks, but i think that just adds to the vibe of the record. really enjoyed it!

this project often makes me feel like i dislike uk hiphop but i don't really know why i like it less than american hiphop. genuinely i think a lot of it is the beats and the flows of the rappers, which i find lackluster. that being said, this album was a bit different from the others i've heard on this list. i was a bit conflicted about this one. sometimes i think it's pretty cool. the beats are really unconventional and dizzee's rapping is off kilter. it definitely feels different. that being said, the uniqueness and unconventionality often approaches the level of annoying to me. it's kind of neat, but it also makes me cringe a lot. i'm not sure what to make of this. it's interesting but i don't know if i really like it.