Reviews by uhhhellurr

super frenetic and abrasive, but really neat and has really good musicianship. it kind of blew my mind that this was a duo of a drummer and a bassist? there's stuff on here that doesn't even sound like bass, which i love. it's definitely not a pleasant listen and i don't blame anyone for listening to this and hating it, but there's something in the noise that i found appealing. on the other hand, it is wholly difficult to listen to. it's not something i would go out of my way to listen to ever again, but the noise is cathartic, in a way.

Gene Clark was maybe my favorite member of the Byrds during his tenure in the band, and although I am not super well versed into his solo career, I had heard this one in the past, so it was nice to revist it. this one lives somewhere in between early country rock, folk rock, and singer-songwriter. there is some great stuff on here and gene's voice is great as ever. and although the original songs here are pretty great, my favorite is his version of 'tears of rage' which gives a completely different feel than the band's version a few years prior. my only qualm with this album is that some of the ballads here drag on a little too long or don't have a lot of meat on the bone. but the album as a whole is an underrated entry in early 70s singer-songwriterdom.

the production is nice enough and it's not a bad sounding album, but i found myself quite bored listening to this one. felt like i got the picture in the first track. not my thing.

i fell in love with this album a few years ago. it's a little bit off kilter, but still very fun and super rockin'. this is not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but songs like 'this town ain't big enough for the both of us,' 'amateur hour,' and 'talent is an asset' are so fun and really unique for the time period. to me, it's like if power pop went slightly off. it's got that pop-rock sensibility, but mixed with a level of artsyness that keeps you on your toes.

i am cut from the same cloth as the jam, with a very loud and pronounced love of 60s british rock music. this album is a really great time, and i'm kind of shocked i'd never actually sat down and listened to it, because i've been aware of it and them for a while now. it's got a bit of that late 70s - early 80s sneering british affect but clearly is reverent to "british invasion" acts throughout, most notably, the song 'start!' which directly lifts elements from the beatles' 'taxman' - which i think is brilliant and so fun. i also love 'that's entertainment' which is a more of-the-era acoustic guitar tune. the rest of the album is equally enthralling, although most of it is new to me. i will definitely come back to this one!

a really cool album. femi kuti is really a chip off the old block, so to speak. he really took on the feel and sound of his father's music and this is a really fun listen. it has the same looseness and authentic feel of fela's music and the second half of this album really cooks. just a genuinely fun listen, i had a smile on my face the whole time.

boy. there's some real potential here. some really great instrumentals. and then this dumb asshole opens his mouth and starts sing rapping. the world music here should in all rights be pretty good, but having this guy who has the affect of an obnoxious white guy who can't take anything seriously makes this whole album feel like he's spitting in your face. at least paul simon seems like he appreciates the international music he regurgitates. i don't even know what the point of this album is when most of the time it makes you feel like you're witnessing a huge asshole being a quirky annoying british guy over what is some talented backing tracks. it actually pisses me off. if it wasn't for the quality of the music he is leeching this entire album, this would easily be a 1.

interesting album. this is the exact thing i love this project for. an artist i've never heard of singing a genre of music i am unfamiliar with in a language i can't speak. so fascinating. this one is fun to listen to for most of its runtime, and definitely pays deference to a lot of western music in the process. there are even musical nods to western songs (did i hear a reference to funkadelic at one point?). but because the album has a wide swatch of influence, it unfortunately is a bit of a mixed bag. sometimes it ends up working really well, and sometimes it sounds a bit awkward. khaled's cover of john lennon's imagine is a bit laughable. it's interesting and it's certainly not bad, but i almost wish it was more on its face algerian than it actually is.

a really awesome overview of early country music with some of the most important people in the genre participating. this is really a greatest hits of all the tunes of that era with some of the biggest, most important players in the space paying tribute to from whence they came. it's all really great, but the tunes that Mother Maybelle Carter sings on here are Capital S Special.

man i really love this album. the production is unreal and holds up so well. it sounds fucking fantastic. the songs for the most part are really catchy and terrifically written. of course, the big hits 'shout' and 'everybody wants to rule the world' are great, but i also love 'mothers talk' and 'head over heels' which are equivalently great. my only qualm with this album is that there are a few slower numbers that take a little away from the peaks, but other than that, it's a really great album.

solid album. what i really like about this one, as opposed to other entries from deep purple, is you get some nice added live energy to the songs that you normally don't really get from their studio recordings. they're not my favorite band in the world, but the live recording made it super fun to listen to.

i had a preconceived notion about this album because of my experience with the other sepultura album on this list, but to my surprise, i actually didn't mind this one. definitely more of a straight forward thrash album, which i have the tendency to like more than death metal stuff. the instrumentals are pretty energetic and sufficiently thrashy. the vocals are still not quite my thing, but are not as over the top growly as a lot of metal tends to be, which i am not a fan of - but here it's not egregious and works fairly well. it's not quite my cup of tea, but it wasn't the worst way to spend 45 minutes.

i'm of two minds about this album. first off, the beats are really well made and pretty cool. but i found them to be a bit overstimulating and a bit annoying at times. something grating about them. i think that's the industrial influence talking, which i am not particularly fond of. so a little bit of a mixed bag. it wasn't quite unlistenable, but i can't say i would go out of my way for it again.

some of the most pure blues music you'll hear. muddy sings some of his "biggest" songs here, but really all of it is pretty cool. it's short, sweet, and to the point. he is a legend for a reason!

not really my thing. very moody, stark at points. the sound is somewhat compelling, but the songs here are just ok, the highlight being 'personal jesus.' it's an album that i can see why people enjoy it and revere it, but it just didn't land for me, for whatever reason.

solid album. rod stewart is pretty great on here, it's a pretty good selection of songs. the musicianship is good, particularly ronnie wood's guitar playing and the underrated ronnie lane's bass playing. 'stay with me' is an all timer, and although there are several other good songs on here, nothing else really strikes me better than good here. some of the songs are honestly pretty forgettable, and their cover of chuck berry's 'memphis' is pretty mid. all in all though, it's a solid enough listen.

i am of two minds about this album. as always, willie provides a chilled out, laid back album that is really pleasant to listen to. this album goes down like butter. although it is comprised of mostly ballads, it is not really all that dull. a nice rainy day album. that being said, the album genre of "established artist from another genre does an album of pop standards" does not really do much for me. the songs are nice and are classics for a reason, but i don't know that i'm really looking for willie nelson's take on 1930s swing. because of this dichotomy, i felt the end result to be a bit middling. it's pleasant, but that's about it.

as a metal newbie, i've yet to find a niche that i truly enjoy. but the iron maiden i've experienced has been somewhat close to that. this album is pretty fun from front to back. never a dull moment. the musicianship is nice and the vocals are pretty good. although, my one gripe is that it does feel a little too... theater kid... for my liking at times (the vocals on 'run to the hills' are very over the top and not totally my thing).

i have an immense nostalgia for the mamas and the papas, growing up listening to oldies radio in the back seat of my parents' car. the number one thing for me about them is their harmonies, which are top notch. i mean just michelle and cass harmonizing is incredible. of course, cass is an incredible vocalist in her own right, but michelle is underrated. the album here is a great showcase of their prowess. it's a little rough around the edges. the biggest fault here for me is that the track listing, particularly on side 2, is pretty meh. a lot of phoned in, contemporary covers, which is sort of par for the course for most artists' albums in this era. of course, 'monday, monday' and 'california dreamin' are great, and i also love 'straight shooter' and their cover of the beatles' 'i call your name.' but i could go without a lot of the lesser covers on here. that being said, i still like this one!

you know, seems to be an infamous entry in the 1001 albums project. i've seen many a post and many a review of this album as if it's an affront to music. "it can't be that bad," i said to myself the day i got this generated, "i mean it has to have some amount of merit to be included on this list." well, i can safely say that i fall in line with the people, why the fuck did i have to listen to this? it's not a good rap album, it's not a good numetal album, it's not a good album. at best it's annoying, at its worst it's borderline unlistenable. this is the biggest dirtbag you know's favorite album. this album smells like a combination of black and milds and cough syrup. even if the vocal performance and lyrics don't make you want to throw up, the production here is not great either. the album kind of sounds like shit all the way through. let this one rot at the bottom of the landfill, where it should be