Reviews by vict14

An album that is pretty dumb by design, but also quite repetitive. I think if the nostalgia factor isn't there for you, then it's not really working. And I get it, loved American Idiot, but to me it range this one just doesn't.

I struggled a bit to rate this album, cause some of it is undeniable, (Seven nation army being a generational hit in my opinion) but it feels heavy and repetitive to me in its entirety. There are plenty of songs I love on there, but ultimately it feels too long and that is my understanding of that album ultimately. I also think there is a five stars here, but not in that shape

I find it fun and interesting, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. The melodies are great it is consistent, and the ambition is there. I just think by the end of it it does get a bit repetitive and I would have liked a bit more variety in sound

Listening to the first two tracks I thought I was in for a lovely ride, but the momentum is not carried through. It is nice enough, her voice is strong but it does take a nose dive in quality in the middle of the record.

It could be 500 hundred band from that time, and no one understands why you would pick that one

Some gorgeous song, and earnestness that is touching. Coat of many colors was on my very first MP3, back when you had to download via youtube in a shitty quality and could only contain 100 songs, so that one is special to me. I do not think it reinvents the wheel, but I like it overall (especially Early Morning Breeze) and here voice is still poignant and clear.

Man, is this the lamest thing on earth? No passion, no fun, no inventiveness. It is not horrible, I could listen to it all day and feel nothing, just so fucking bland and sounding like a thousand other things, it is absolutely not noteworthy.

Same as previous album, some great ones, some are nothing burgers. I get why they are popular, but it's a bit redundant and cliché

I was thoroughly impressed by this, did not expect a record to be as loud and brash here. Very much ahead of its time, diverse and rich, I liked most of it. I do think it's not my niche or home, and some of it fell a bit flat, but I respect the hell out of it.

Interesting record, love the blend and what they are trying to archieve. Not all swings are home run, but overall the start is very strong. It is just too short, and the end of it feels a bit tiresome and I would have prefer different directions, but intersting

I don't understand why people like this. It is so derivative to me, not original in the least, and I hear too many references for Beck to have his sound down. I also think the writing is poor and dishonest, it wasn't for me

On the question of homophobia in Money for Nothing, I know the band is imagining a character being a bully and calling them a slur. Yet, the same point could have been made using "gay" firstly, but that still would have been offensive. The point is that being gay is a bad thing in the view of the guy, and they go at of their way to say that they are not gay, so that the audience doesn't have to worry. They are implying that they are safe from that criticism, and that narrator is real dumb, cause they are not the least bit gay, implying that there is something wrong with it by distancing themselves. First you need to listen to the Hilarry Duff campaign, and I get it that some straight dudes loves this and this doesn't align with their pretend values. But if people tell you that it is offensive and you are not the offended party you should probably shut it.

So the slur doesn't get a pass, and you lost a star buddy. And then there is the fact that while the start is strong, it does get limp at the end. It's good, but my mind ain't melted.

This has a lot of beauty, and some great great songs like Tis the damn season, Marjorie, Cowboy Like Me. The album is long, and not everything in on the same level, sometimes it's a bit of a miss for me (Dorothea, No Body No crime) but I respect the ambition of having many many ideas packed, and that the sound of it still remains cohesive. It's cozy, wintery, it's beautiful at times, and the sexism ain't going to get me.

To people complaining about its inclusion : this is so influential, and so very fresh. 30 years is unbelievable to be making that sound.
I don't think it's perfect, but I like ambient and I like this, my only complaint is that it is a bit long.

This album is a mess, sonically incoherent, with tracks that don't really fit together, and to hear it completly you have to dig. That being said, I did find great songs in there, and like that it is exploring different things, and doesn't sound too much like things I know. With a proper focus is and a better mixing, this had the legs to be great great, but that state it just doesn't feel finished.

Not being blown away by an album doesn't make it very very solid. I think there are many hooks, many things that work great together and it's very cohesive (a bit too much actually). I don't think it's as necessary as 21 is, but as a follow up it meets the bar. My main problem are twofold, one I don't think this album as ambition to revolutionise even her own sound, and that is ok but I always enjour that more. Also, while her voice is gorgeous, it has a tendency to over power everything and therefore make every song of hers sound similar. Like it sounds like 21, it sounds like her, and it as a potent identity that piegeon holes her a bit. I am fine if I never have another piano ballad from her, and yet when you listen to songs like all I ask, you still feel it. She is obviously talented, and a star. I'll give it a 4 cause it does work on me, though it is a small 4.

It's a good but flawed album. Some place drag, some are bearly listenable, but overall it's sharp and as a vision. Some of the hooks are great, and Every breath you take is high on the list of most misunderstood song ever.

A very good surprise, I wasn't excepting something that takes so many swings. Of course, with an album so long, some are misses, but overall I think they truly are mining for a sound that is their own and I liked most of it and was pretty impressed.

Deeply impressed with Bowie in general, (fith album from him for me) and I think his catalogue is absolutely nuts. I had never listened to this album, but I knew 2/3 of the songs just through the ether, and that to me shows the impact of this particular project. They are many many smashes here, a vision and a cohesiveness that I am truly deeply impressed by. However, I think the songs I did not know (like Star, Hang on to yourself and It ain't easy) are not as good as the rest. Hence probably why I don't already know them. It's enough for me to deduct a star, but it is still a beautiful project and Bowie was and still is the guy.

I feel that this is diverse, some of the songs are profound and the melodies are very catchy. Like a prayer is obviously a hit, but there are others here like Express Yourself and Cherish. I also think there are a couple of dudes, and it is a bit more of the same for Madonna