Reviews by ultraclear

They’re 2 for 2 in good album covers, and 0 for 2 on making music I like

Soothing Folky Lullaby kinda sound. Nice for the right time & place, but made for poor working music

Demonstrates that theater kid indie folk and fantasy nerd power metal have some unexpected overlap in the venn diagram. This is really cheesy, and while cheesy can be really fun, they don't quite have the goods to pull it off successfully.

Bounces and bumbles between weather channel funk and disco throwback. Weirdly uncohesive for it

A bit Bon Iver-adjacent, for lack of better reference points? Little bit floaty ambient. Inoffensive, but not groundbreaking.

Kinda reminded me of that Ministry album from the main list, where the production was way more sample-loopy than I would have expected.

Problem is I liked the Industrial Metal fusion going on in Psalm 69, but I sure as hell don't like screamo.

I got a personality disorder that makes me like this style of ska more than the Operation Ivy type. Gimme less punk, more haunted house music played on brass instruments.

Straight down the middle prog rock. Toe to tip, this is a Tarkus!

They had more than their fair share on the original list, but also come on it's Pink Floyd, they're never unwelcome.

Been a little while since a UK rapper came across my desk. Definitely a scene that the original list liked more than the user albums. This one's better than a fair number of the original list's picks, though.

Being in spanish is a novelty to me, but it's really just kind of a generic 80s soft rock thing at the end of the day

Wasn't too hot on Dogrel when it came up earlier, but I liked this one a lot more. Holding down the fort in the modern day

Dutch funky hip hop kind of thing. Bit of a LARP job, and contender for most annoying band name/album title combos across both lists.

Yet another "sardonic songs and stories from a cheeky lad" kinda entry. He may use folky instrumentation, but get this! He mentions blowjobs sometimes!

He also keeps belting without working to make his delivery less nasal. Completely obnoxious album.

Man, I didn't used to know TOOL's stuff very well, but I think the list is making me a fan. They're 3 for 3 so far.

Injected some novelty into the day, but also went overboard into Annoying territory. Like I dunno, at least Dr. John was actually from New Orleans.

Is it good, or just good for working to? Dunno! Got the job done all the same

Starts off real smooth, so that it can then start talking dirty at you. Fun enough.

I only really know him from memes, so I was surprised that this was twing twang country-sounding, rather than Island.

Era-defining sound.

I think I'm always going to resent this one, though, because I was pretty young when it released, and it was the first of many times I would get bullied for not having heard of the current trendy thing yet. Made worse by the fact that once I did finally listen to it, I hated it & thought it sucked.

With the benefit of hindsight, it's got an all-timer of an opening track, but most of the stuff that didn't make it to the radio deserved to stay in obscurity.