Reviews by urthstripe321

Talk about front loading an album! Those first 3 tracks are bonafide classics. And Money for Nothing does have one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time. A bit of a fall off from there, too much emphasis on the smooth in smooth rock. Barely a 3, mostly on the strength of those first 3 tracks Knopfler's playing.

I enjoy the song Black Sabbath off the album Black Sabbath by the band Black Sabbath.

This is pretty sick shit, man, what can I say.

Sorry, I can't join the rest of the internet in their rabid Steely Dan fandom. As soft rock goes, I suppose this isn't risible, but I'm still pretty bored. Reelin' In The Years is a great song though.

This hippie shit is generally not for me.

I know it's me being a cultural heathen, but reggae tends to all blend together for me. This was nice, but near indistinguishable from other solid reggae discs. Neat politically charged lyrics though.

I dearly wish Prince didn't hit his artistic peak in the 80s. His musicianship, his playing, his songwriting, his singing.... all are unimpeachable. But I hate how most of his songs sound. I hate his dumb drum machine, I hate his dumb synthesizer taking the place of live instruments. I know this is the appeal for some, but for me, it just gives me hives.

Mixed feelings like this. Snoop's flow and Dre's g-funk production are key to socal rap. And rightfully iconic. But the lyrics kinda stink. A distinct lack of wordplay and creativity.

Bjork is one of those artists that are so singular that they got massively popular despite always doing their own thing. I wonder if that can even happen anymore in the age of the algorithm. Anyway, this is not the Bjork record I would ever reach for, but I also can't deny that this is compelling stuff with true vision. Bjork makes music that all but forces you to pay attention. We need more of that.

Sounds like shit, kicks ass, takes me back to blasting this on the blown out speakers in my hand me down Saturn in the high school parking lot.

Pleasantly surprised this made the list (although I think it has been recently removed). Love Hot Chip, love this record. It just sounds so good, some of my favorite production on any record ever. Some of the songs are a bit middling (I still don't like the baby noises on These Chains but I'm inured to them at this point), but the peaks are incredibly high.

May be my favorite Stones record? I don't really like Sister Morphine but the rest of the tracks are quite good. Fantastic Side 1 and a bit of a letdown on Side 2 but what can you do.

Not to be one of those "I never liked him anyway" about Moz, but he's easily my least favorite part of The Smiths. Marr and Rourke carry the day, but I still the insane amount of love this band gets is baffling to me. Just one of those things I guess.

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Once again, listening to this from the confines of my office and not while wasting away at a beach bar somewhere is insanely unfair.

There is something here that I like, I just think other bands have done similar things better, and without the aggravating 80s production.

One of the great power pop records of all time. 35 minutes of bangers. So many hooks. One of the great social gathering records. If you don't have a playlist ready and just need to put something on that everyone can agree on and doesn't suck, just throw on The Cars s/t.

Disco will never be over. It will always live in our minds and hearts. Something like this that was this big, and this important, and this great, will never die. Oh for a few years, maybe many years it will be considered passé and ridiculous. It will be misrepresented, caricatured and sneered at, or worse, completely ignored. Those who didn't understand will never understand. Disco was much more, and much better than all that. Disco was too great and too much fun to be gone forever. It has got to come back someday. I just hope it will be in our own lifetimes...Sorry, I've got a job interview this afternoon and I was trying to get revved up, but - most of what I said I, uh, believe.

Hilarious that Serj was like "maybe they'll find a new vocalist so I won't be holding them back anymore." Buddy, your vocals ARE the band. Wild that this is the selection for the list over Toxicity but it's a solid debut. Some good bite, some good righteous anger, a little rough around the edges, a fun listen.

I am from Atlanta, I am obliged by birth to give this album five stars. Helps this is one of the greatest rap albums of all time.

I miss when hip hop had energy like this. It's not the punch in the face that "Nation of Millions" is, but this is still a bracing listen. Fantastic beats, great samples, Chuck D tearing it up, Flav doing.... whatever Flav does. Wish they condensed it down a bit to be a more concentrated statement, but there's plenty of verve to fill out the hour, mostly.