Reviews by uhhhellurr

an interesting one for sure. scott walker's voice is underratedly great in general, and that definitely applies here. it's a 60s pop album but has a little bit of sophistication to it. pleasant production with a bit of grandiose 60s baroque-ish inspiration. definitely has its dull spots but i don't think there's a truly bad song in the bunch. for me, this was good, not great.

listening to the first two tracks of this album, i was actually pretty excited. a proto-new wave album? awesome! track three is where this thing kinda grinds to a halt. the fun new wave sounds end and are replaced by boring to middling songs that go on for too long. the production is nice and the rest of the album is fine, not awful, but i don't know if i've felt more teased by a beginning of an album before.

an interesting album. proto-gram parsons, in a way - country folk mixed with psychedelic pop. in terms of the album, i think it works better when it's leaning more into the country sound than the psychedelic sound. the country sound was novel for the time and feels a bit more adventurous than the somewhat milquetoast psych sounds here. it's not a bad album, but leaves a little more to be desired. there is something interesting about the album, though, that was pretty progressive for the time.

pretty good album here. the highs were certainly high - i particularly enjoyed 'sleep to dream' and 'criminal.' the production on this one is still pretty sharp. i thought particularly towards the middle of the album it got a little dull. i know that fiona apple's music is widely acclaimed, especially after this one, so i am eager to listen to more of her music because i could definitely see moments of brilliance on this one. it was just a bit uneven at points for my taste.

decent enough album. i felt my interest in this one waned as the album went on. nothing here was bad, just strictly down the middle for me. i'm not sure i totally enjoyed the sound of what they were going here for - funk-metal? i guess? sounds pretty corny and not totally for me. but that being said, still listenable.

honestly i probably haven't listened to this one since it came out. it was huge then, at least at school and so i heard most of it from my friends. it's a pretty solid album! a lot of fun, some dated lyrics, not just a straight punk album which i wasn't totally expecting. it's still green day and it still sounds like green day, but it sounds like an evolution of where they were in the 90s - or perhaps a de-evolution (it does feel a bit more 'classic rock' at points than punk). either way, it's a fun enough time and i enjoyed it.

cannot be unbiased about this one. been one of my favorite albums for most of my life. the production on this one is immaculate, to this day it still sounds amazing. the songwriting is incredible - john, paul, george, and EVEN ringo firing on all cylinders. this album is really the pinnacle and the perfect ending for the beatles as a group. just a tremendous accomplishment of an album, despite the fact that the band was perhaps at its most splintering.

a starkly beautiful album. i suspect people will not be able to get past her voice, but i think it's quite interesting and love the timbre in contrast with the harp and orchestrated instrumentals. very fun, playful music. calming. really great!

pretty decent 00s indie album. definitely a little on the artsy side, if you're into that. i felt like it started with a bang but quickly sort of fell off. the first third of the album is a lot better than the last two thirds, in my opinion. but the album is pleasant enough and i feel i could grow to like it upon additional listens.

so i suspect most people aren't going to enjoy this one. pop music from over 20 years ago from a figure that has ended up a bit divisive and unpopular in the modern context (as of writing this, he notably was arrested for DWI about a month ago). that being said, i was expecting the worst going into this. justin timberlake doesn't tend to be my kind of music but honestly, this album was alright! the two songs i remember off of this - 'rock your body' and 'cry me a river' are honestly two of the more unremarkable songs here for me. i enjoyed the first two tracks 'seniorita' and 'like i love you' and also the incredibly stevie wonder-esque 'nothin' else'

it's not my favorite album ever, but it's better than i expected.

really fun punk album. it's energetic, aggressive, obnoxious. everything here works really well, the sound and the instrumentation is classic 90s punk. to me the highlights are the "big" songs - 'come out and play' and 'self esteem'

pretty decent album. i enjoyed k.d.'s voice and the songs were pleasant enough. there was nothing here that really blew me away. the highlight here for me was 'constant craving,' which i thought was far and above the best song here. all in all, good not great.

it goes without saying that tina turner has an incredible voice. her voice is the reason you listen to this album. the production is violently mid-1980s and has not held up particularly well. it sounds really clunky and cheesy. there are a handful of old overs on here that i don't think are amazing covers, just sort of whatever. nothing here stood out to me as great, but was solid enough. pretty middle of the road.

a really cool foray into cuban music! i don't know if i ever would have gone out of my way to listen to this album, but i'm glad i did. the album is very passionately played and sung. you can tell that a lot of care went into this. i'm not familiar with the group, but it looks like there is a documentary that is sort of in tandem with this album that i may check out. really cool stuff. although i did enjoy myself, i'm not sure it's an album i would really come back to all the time, but it certainly is an album i enjoyed outside of the scope of the music i normally listen to and i really do appreciate it for that.

yeah i don't know about this one. i'm not even a rap hater or disliker, i'm just not really a fan of whatever this is. the bars are corny as hell at times (i audibly laughed at a bunch of them and i don't think they were supposed to be funny) although skepta's flow is pretty good. the production here is what kills me though, i don't think it's technically bad, but the beats give me absolutely nothing and sound to me like something someone just threw together in garageband or something. and the skits? like am i supposed to take them seriously? is this supposed to make him sound hard? is it supposed to be corny as shit? who knows. to me, i couldn't take it seriously. it looks like this album is pretty well esteemed but i don't know why, there was so much better stuff coming out at the time of this release. not a fan, sorry.

i am a big joni fan, but i have not listened to a lot of her non "big" albums. this was my first time with this album and i really liked it. what i thought was interesting is that clearly it is an evolution on the style from 'court and spark' adding a lot more jazz feel to it than her music before. also included are a few instances of abrasive synthesizers which i was not expecting at all. her songwriting is still great. what i think made this album stand up lesser than her others that i adore is that it feels like a lot of the "pop" joni is gone from this one. in a lot of her earlier music, there is sort of a sing-songy-ness that i didn't realize i was so attached to and i didn't get the same sort of feeling from this one. obviously it is an evolution to a more mature sound, but i'm not sure i particularly enjoy this stage of the evolution in full.

i really enjoyed my time with this one. i've not explored teenage fanclub's wider material, but it's always been a name that i've heard and have been interested to listen to. it reminds me a lot of the power pop that i love - big star, particularly. big guitars, catchy hooks, a teeny bit of noise. very fun stuff!

what always draws me to this album is the folk-punk sound they created. it's biting, it's aggressive, it's... soft? i love that about it. the lyrics and songs remind me a little bit of the modern lovers, another band i like a lot. the whole album is just really fun, and a great take on a genre that can be a bit hit or miss.

although i'm not as familiar with the "greater" nirvana discography, i have listened to 'nevermind' and some select works that dave grohl did afterwards. this was my first time listening to this album in full, and i have to say, i think i like it more than 'nevermind,' - which i'm not sure is a hot take or not. although obviously their breakthrough album is an incredibly important album for the evolution of popular music in the 20th century, i actually find this album more appealing with its more rough-around-the-edges sound and kurt cobain's more personal lyrics dealing with his experiences with fame. outside of the songs that i would consider "famous" from this album, my favorites were, 'serve the servants,' 'frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle,' and, 'radio friendly unit shifter.' to me, this album is one that takes the momentum of their first album and combines it with a more rough around the edges sound that works extremely well.

this wasn't my favorite. i think the production was pretty decent but i think has aged worse than a lot of the older first or second wave rap albums. 50's rapping is alright but just really isn't my thing. there's something about his flow that is a little too singsong-y for me. most of the songs here are fine but in my opinion not very memorable. there are a couple on here that are fun, like 'in da club,' and ,'p.i.m.p.' but other than that, i'm not sure i liked it enough to explore it further.