Reviews by vegheadjones

Not my favorite Joni Mitchell album, but it's a Joni Mitchell album, and it's pretty darn good. It's a little too poppy for my tastes, but strong lyrically, and as an Annie Ross fan, I always appreciate the final track.

First Bowie album I ever owned, and I listened to it to death. So many brilliant songs. "Life on Mars" is obviously a standout. I listened to it in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering... Is there life on Mars? More importantly, what did it mean that Mickey Mouse grew up a cow?

As good as it gets.

Yet another great album I missed. In some ways, it's like "Never Mind" part two. I've listened to Goo quite a bit, which is much rougher around the edges, Butch Vvig really makes a difference.

As a fan of the Kinks, I'm sad that I slept on this band. Not only is David Watts rocking, but I really enjoyed the Ray Davies-influenced lyrics, and the music is both beautiful and exciting. You hear a lot of bands influenced by them. They were contemporaneous with the Clash. I heard a lot of similarities. Then on to Green Day and others

I've gone back to this album many times in my life.
- When I was younger, I thought it was boring. All the instruments were doing the same thing, and the lyrics that I could understand were banal.
- As I got older, I appreciated the lyrics first, but still didn't understand most of them.
- As I got older again, I started to understand more of the Rastafarian vocabulary and the social-political situation, and understood even more.
- Finally, I could listen to the instrumentation and really hear some interesting things.

These days, I prefer the Jamaican version, but either version is... fire.

While I like that shorter earlier stuff, there's definitely a time and a place for this.

Like others, it seems I never heard of this before, and like others, it seems I loved it. Real singer-songwriter.

I will confess that I like Cream, but the more non-Cream Clapton I hear, the less interested I become. This is a great example. I'd never heard this album before, and nothing about it seemed innovative to me in the slightest. Maybe it's Ginger Baker, maybe it's Jack Bruce that makes Cream what it is, but as with Derek and the Dominoes, his solo stuff or this, I don't find anything there worth listening to more than once.

Did I need to hear this album before I died? Yes. Do I need to hear it again? I don't think so.

Really strong album. I always liked the song "To Bring You My Love" from her first album, but never listened to much else. I will be listening to this one multiple times.

Better than nevermind and that’s a high bar.

Supernatural Surf Rock. Fun.

You either like Maiden or you don't, and as a kid, I went through that period, loving it. Fun to hear it again.

I liked it

Cool stuff both part of ahead of its time.

Interesting and enjoyable.

Some good Neil Young and Stephen Stills tracks on here. The other ones I'm not so sure about. It's really 3.5 stars, probably 3, except I can always use more Stills and Young in my life. I know many people on this list feel the opposite.

The flip side of this album really slaps.

Fun at times. You could hear how this was innovative at the time. Overall, a bit too much for me.