Reviews by vegheadjones

I realize I'm a simple guy. I like noise, I like melody, I like the crisp lyrics, I like a distinctive voice. I never heard the Yeah Yeah Yeahs before. Don't ask me what I was doing in the early 2000s. I like this quite a bit.

This is the famous Wu-Tang album. I definitely need to listen again and listen more closely. Maybe everything innovative about it was taken and reused by other artists and it's hard for me to discern. What is unique? Well I have to admit, while a nice album, I didn't get it (yet)

Beautiful album. I know her best from her backup vocals on so many good tracks but this was the first full solo album I've heard of hers. Her voice is beautiful and haunting, particularly on the slower songs, and fun and vibrant on the faster ones. This album made me a fan. We'll seek out her other ones.

I like the first half: the tonal shifts, volume shifts, dissonance, the voice. I found the second half to be less uniformly coherent with each song or maybe it just got too much for me.

I've discovered Rehab when it first came out and thought it was a fun lark of a song. Nice update on the Spector sound. Jokingly talking about important things like Rehab. Little did I know how serious the song was and how sad until Amy passed. I can never listen to this album the same way again and I've only heard it a few times in my life this time.

When I listened lots of people who I've loved and who I've lost over the years, particularly those gone way too soon, popped up in my head. A very moving musical experience. How can I not give it five stars?

2.5 stars, I would say. Starts off strong. It's an interesting album with some cool vibes. Some of it is obviously sappy but some moments you can transcend that. Some moments you wallow right into it.

This is the type of new wave I like: sparse, open, with clear elements of punk and art rock.

I could not get into this.

Fun album with a great line-up. Some good grooves. It is mostly blues bars but the improvisation is interesting and the grooves are really solid.

I can see why people like it. Post-punk new wave done well and clearly an early example of the form, I think, but I stick with punk and could not get into the new wave elements. My loss.

I agree with other reviewers. There's just nothing compelling about this album.

This was brilliant. While I would still maintain the William Shatner version of "Common People" is legitimately better, I had never heard this full album before and thought it was dynamite. Great vibe, interesting lyrics, good guitar. Look forward to listening to it again.

Enjoyable overall. Not sure I would listen again. That final song brought it up to three stars.

I would usually add a star for originality and there definitely were original moments on this album but as a whole it was just too painful to listen to. I can't recommend it at all.

Growing up in the shadow of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain, I was under the impression that Courtney and Hole were second rate without ever listening to them fully. Now I have and while it's hard to say Nirvana is not the G-O-A-T of grunge still, this is a nice second.

Beautiful album. I didn't understand a word of it. Even if I knew Icelandic, I may not have understood a word of it but I will definitely listen again.

All good until Alife. One of the most annoying things I have ever heard. It basically went downhill from there. I'm giving it two stars because I like albums that are creative. This is definitely too creative for me.

While this is not a go-to jazz album for me, not even a go-to Miles Davis for me, personally I recommend Miles' second quintet as his best music. This album is clearly a masterpiece and highly enjoyable.

. So many people swear by The Smiths. I never listened; and Morrissey never made sense to me. His solo work that I had listened to was not impressive and his later-day comments certainly not. I This album makes sense and I get why they might be a big deal. I enjoyed it a lot.

Another album I've heard a gazillion times in my life. Loved the movie, owned the CD, heard it in every cafe everywhere. Listening to it 25 years later or so doesn't pack the same punch but still a beautiful lyrical album