Reviews by valueram

RemedyBasement Jaxx

Rated 2/10

I listened to three or four songs and knew this wasn't getting any better and stopped. This was very annoying. 0.5/5

Can't say I was a fan of this. The genre name hit the nail on the head here with this definitely being noise. Some decent moments, but overall pretty trashy sounding and had to skip parts of songs due to them being more annoying than tolerable. Definitely won't be listening to any more of this if I can help it. 1/5

HorsesPatti Smith

Rated 2/10

I don't think she knows she can't sing 😬 I'm not sure how this album wasn't the start and end of her career, it was that bad. She had this annoying thing she did with her voice between phrases that just got under my skin, very prominent in "Redondo Beach." Also, the end of "Free Money" made me hit the skip button faster than anything else I've listened to on this list. Then there was annoying repeating of the word "horses" at one point where I about said F this. I wish I could give this 0/5.

In terms of hip hop/rap, this wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. I don't get why rap and hip hop albums feel it's necessary to have a "sounds of sex" song all the time. I struggled to finish this. 1/5

The Jam is not my jam, but still pretty good. There was a lot I enjoyed on this and yet it still didn't quite click with me. 4/5?

I'm finding I really don't like whatever punk was in Britain in the late 70's-early 80's. Subpar singing, mediocre guitar, and honestly not much going for this. Had so skip through some songs because they just didn't go anywhere. I don't plan on ever listening to this again. 1.5/5

Queen IIQueen

Rated 8/10

I don't think I've ever heard any of these songs before. This album did not disappoint either. Definitely not their most popular work, but that's OK because some of their most popular is some of their most overrated. I dig the proggy, almost poppy art rock vibe of this. I'll probably end up coming back to this. 4/5

Some of the musicianship was good, but the singing was bad. There were moments where his voice sounded fine, but then anything out of his normal talky-singy voice was out of tune and just rough. Overall, this was very boring and I couldn't be happier it's over. 2/5

I don't think I had ever listened to this whole album before, it's pretty good. I don't think I'd say the was Abad song on here; some were much better than others, but over all quite enjoyable. 4/5

I know this is supposed to be one of the best rock albums, but Pink Floyd just never really did it for me. There's good elements to it, but I'm just not a big fan. 3.5/5

Hot RatsFrank Zappa

Rated 6/10

Definitely an interesting one. I could do with less squawking sax throughout the album, but there were some good elements. 3/5

EliminatorZZ Top

Rated 8/10

Some classic songs on here, but also a few stinkers. Honestly not a ton of variety, but still overall good. 4/5

This was rough. Basically Kanye babbling about with some beat tracks playing in the background for over an hour. Pretty stupid. 1/5