Reviews by uhhhellurr

it's a shame because this sounds like music i would otherwise like. but i really felt like the songs were not very strong and the vocals were pretty bad. at times it sounds like the vocalist's voice is cracking. reminiscent of 90s slacker vocals, but without the coolness. it mostly makes it sound very limp. not a vibe i enjoy from music.

i was never a huge sinatra guy, but i've listened to a decent amount of his albums recently and have started enjoying his music. i will say, i tend to like the more upbeat swingy stuff he does rather than the more downbeat ballads he is famous for, which is great for me here. no only is everything here for swingin' Lovers, it's for Swingin' lovers as well. and it does not disappoint. everything here is really great, the orchestration is iconic and his voice is terrific. there are a handful of songs on here i would call classics ('you make me feel so young' 'love is here to stay' 'i've got you under my skin' 'makin' whoopee') but even the album cuts are great and catchy. it's a classic for a reason!

i just really adore this album. harry nilsson is one of my favorites and i think this is him at his most commercial and probably pound for pound his most consistent album. he's a really clever and funny songwriter, which i adore about him. he never takes himself too seriously, although this definitely is not the silliest album he has. the sound and production is similar to a lot of early 70s solo beatles stuff, which makes sense because he was close pals with john and ringo, especially in this time period. just a really great album from a musician i adore.

honestly i had a lot of fun with this album. it's really noisey and definitely rough around the edges, but i love the way it sounds. it's a bit avant-garde, but not offputtingly so. really, it mostly feels like you took "black angel's death song" from their first album and made it an entire album. as with every velvet underground album, it just oozes cool to me. great stuff!

this is an album i have always been perplexed by. i've always seen this album regarded in the highest standard. to be sure, the musicianship on here is great and it was a monumental moment for r&b and stax records. but, quite frankly, this album is really one note. the title track is by far the stand out song here. the rest of it is kind of whatever, even boring at times. does this album get the praise off of one song? i think so? i mean the one song is great and iconic. the rest of the album sounds like "let's make 11 other worse versions of green onions." a lot of of-the-era covers here. perhaps a lot more monumental for 1962, for modern listeners, i can't imagine there's a whole lot here for them.

a bit conflicted about this one. on one hand, i think paul weller has a knack for catchy songwriting. i felt like a lot of the songs here were well written and catchy enough. i thought the production felt a bit dated in a not-charming way, but it wasn't awful. somehow this album feels like paul weller was just trying to sound like steve winwood and i can't pinpoint why, just that i can imagine steve winwood putting this album out. it's not bad, it just feels like a lot of the albums of rock musicians from the 70s put out at this period in time. not really anything special for me here.

a pretty great 00s indie record. i liked the moments where it was more garage rock-y than the more artsy stuff, but i felt like the entire album was pretty consistent. of course, the big song off of this, 'maps' is great but i think it's pretty unique amongst all the other songs. it definitely stands out in that way. really liked it!

man i truly don't know how to feel about this one. on one hand, what a bizarre album to listen to. on the other hand, i was definitely amused by it. like, it's really goofy and off-kilter and reminds me a lot of some zappa stuff. i also don't know if i would ever come back to this album again. it almost feels like a disservice to this album to rate it, because i don't think its intention is to be rated, or acclaimed. it just sort of is. weird, wonky, and bizarre, sure. but i don't know that i would even put it on the same scale as a "normal" album because it doesn't feel like it applies to the scale. either way, even though i don't know what to do with this album, i am glad i listened to it. so i am converting that gladness into a rating.

another album that i cannot be unbiased about. i adore this record. the pinnacle of power pop songwriting. every song has an incredible hook. it's just so well written, so well performed. i love the shit out of this one. but to be a little critical, there are a couple of songs here that are a little more inessential - in particular, the closing track - that perhaps i could do without. but man, the first side of this record is pretty much perfect in my eyes.

so i consider myself a queen fan - not a huge superfan, but i like their music a lot. i'm slightly baffled by the inclusion of this one on the list. there are some shining moments on queen ii, but mostly, with the context of where the band would be headed over the next few years, this album feels a bit underwhelming. that's not to say i think it's a bad album, but just that i know queen can be and will be better and more consistent than this. they really have not hit their stride yet on this one, which i would not consider them having done consistently until perhaps their next album. what really makes this album is side two, which almost feels like it could be a mini rock opera. the first side is a lot more hit and miss, but there is nary a bad moment on side two. an iconic band progressing and approaching their timeless sound? yes. a must-hear album? not totally.

really neat album. totally against the grain at times but completely listenable. fiona apple's songwriting is on a different plane from everyone else. very uniquely and singularly her. from front to back, i really enjoyed this one!

really great album. i enjoyed it a lot. carlos santana's prowess for guitar is chiefly on display here, which i'm sure might surprise people who only know him as the 'smooth' guy. there are some classics on here that still get a lot of play today - and i think because of their omnipresence, i am less enthused by those songs. songs like 'black magic woman' and 'oye como va' are great, but overplayed and are not my favorite anymore. to me the star of the album is, 'hope you're feeling better.' it's like nothing else on the album - face melting, aggressive in a way that stand out. the rest of the album is at least good but there are some more dull instrumental moments on here.

super cool album. very much my aesthetic. love the lofi production and love the format - basically an album of little graces of power pop perfection. nothing stays longer than it has to, a lot of it goes before you want it to. super catchy. i'd heard of them before but never explored their music. i'm definitely returning to this one!

really solid album. catchy tunes, slow and smooth. the production sounds as bit dated at this point but the songs are decent enough to carry it past that. a good time, but not a great time.

solid metal album. the instrumentation is aggressive in a way that i enjoyed and i didn't mind the screaming vocals, even though i tend to find i don't enjoy that style of singing. it is definitely a loud album with attitude. unfortunately, i guess the singer for pantera has a penchant for saying edgy racist things so i do have to make the distinction that i do not agree with him and it did mar my enjoyment of this album a little bit.

a really solid new wave classic. the b-52's are always off kilter and corny and they're probably not for everyone, but i enjoy their schtick. very unique sound that is beyond referential to early 60s music. the vocals are atypical and odd but to me, that's what makes them charming. the instrumentation here is really solid. nothing flashy, but good all around. the songs here are what limit this from being a 5 for me. very clearly, 'rock lobster' (their most famous song) is far and away the best song here. there's nothing bad here, but just wish more songs were as catchy as their big song. overall, it's a cool album that i enjoyed, just wish it got to more higher highs.

a pretty solid metal album. i'm pretty new to metal and i'm still trying to figure out what i like and what i don't like in the genre. what i do know is that i enjoyed the musicianship here. the music sounds pretty good, fun, and aggressive, but the clean production left something to be desired for me. the songs were alright but sometimes were a little on the light side for me. really don't know how i feel about the cover of the blues classic 'i ain't superstitious.' i also can't help but feel like i would have liked this album better with a different singer. he's not bad, but i think his voice just isn't totally my cup of tea.

not awful, but pretty boring. not a lot here that goes above and beyond the typical trance playbook for me. was nice as background music, but that's about it. the first couple of tracks were a bit rough but the rest of it is ok.

really interesting album. it's a bit goofy at times (get used to canned sound effects, etc.) but the musicianship here is great and the songs are so interesting to me. none of them are boring and take you every which way, which is what i loved about it.

a really cool record. never have ever heard of faust before this but i was blown away by how creative i found this record. very noisey, but not offputtingly so. but it ebbs and flows, sometimes there is a lot of noise, and sometimes it subsides so that you can hear a really great 70s rock record. very neat. sounds great. i'm so glad i got to hear this one!