Reviews by vict14

Beautiful album and quite the surprise. I hear lots of different artists, Carole King and Nina Simone and yet a very unique voice. However I think sonically aside may be from the guitar work on Like Fire I have a little trouble getting a sound that is fully her's. That is not really on her, more so on the low key ness of the album, but that is why it doesn't get the five.

I think nostalgia might be a factor here, but I have always loved this album. It has incredible scope in term of range, an exquisite sound pallet, things to say and ambition in terms of sound. Sure, it might be a bit messy and some songs hit less for me than others, but it is everything I could want in an album. After spending the day with it, I think it has aged a bit, as it is bound to do, but it still slaps.

Sexist, homophobic, and lazy. This is boring too, and I am sorry I find it incredibly lazy, I can't remember a bar except the f bomb. I don't get it, there are plenty of rap album I love that should be here, this is not even fun.

This isa struggle for me, as I see very little value in there. I get mad, at the number of great records from other countries we could have had, instead of this very run of the mile 00's indie thing. Every song sounds the same, (and that sound is lame). It was really not for me, I listened to it, immediately forgot it, and I can't seem to think what people will like about this.

It has a track worth listening, the rest ain't that interesting or compelling. I don't know why exactly but I was very underwhelmed

Never heard an album whose main subject are dicks, and did not expect it here. Of course, some of the lyrics seem a bit crass, and out of place, but overall that is not the feeling I get while listening to the whole thing. What I get is anger, that I can understand, that is a decent fuel creatively. I think production here is everything, beats are cool, the different featuring are too. The skits run a bit long, but yeah there was something there and it felt fresh at the time.

That was fine, repetitive but I get why it is here.

Feels like a one track album, but what a track. I think it is well made, very classical, but it works

Dorky music, but I thought the three singles were good, and I kinda got into it with multiple listens. But damn, there is not an ounce of coolness here. Most of the songs are terrible, and repeatable.

While interesting, and ambitious, I think the sound would greatly enjoy a clean up from a remaster, cause it sounds drowned out and it is too bad. It's not a fair criticism to the album, but it really bothered me. It also has problem in it self (too long and sometimes too wide of range) but overall I was impressed, and it is the kind of rare find that makes this list intersting

I am quite consistently pleasantly surprised by Queen, a very well known band that I enjoy for plenty of mega hits, but I did not expect to like their albums as much as I did.
This one has little fluff and truly a vision, the harmonies are interesting, it is jelling all superbly between styles and voices. I get it really, it is a collage of hundred influences and I think it really works

I think this album is not as great as I remember. It gets an extra point for nostalgia and it isn't bad, but aside from a couple of songs (mostly the singles) it's not that special or memorable.

This was a lock to be on there, and a lock to be a five in my book. I grew up with this, but I would argue that to this day everybody loves Fleetwood Mac and I am no exception. This is full of bangers, heart, scale, different sounds, I see ambition in the pop dominance, and I feel that the blend of the band is exceptional. I love almost every song on there, if Oh Daddy wasn't on there it would be perfect, best ever. But overall, I always found it amazing, and there is something I deeply respect in that it is for everyone, forever. That is the most difficult thing to do, and it is done absolutely masterfully here.

At first I was a bit perplexed, to me it sounded much like other bands and nothing that special. But I spent the day with it, and gave multiple listen, and I came out with a changed mind. I don't think it's revolutionary still, but it is so well made that it is hard to really dislike. I also love that it covers multiple genres and style of music, it has legs. So yes not ground breaking still, but so damn solid there isn't anything I dislike about it anymore.

It is funny that with their 10th record they make a synthesis of Rock N' Roll. That tells me that the Stones, while being iconic in their genre, are a bit stuck in their lane. Here we have a good album, it flows, it is well constructed but I have two main problems : I don't hear a hit, (plenty of songs I like, that are pretty, but no mainstay of their career in my opinion) and the second thing that is even more important, I am not surprised even a little. It is well made, mostly listenable in full, (and it should be when it is your 10th album) but yeah I have heard this throughout the history of rock, an history that they wrote in part. Little ambition and a bit tired, but can't say nothing bad about the craftsmanship.

Really great, fun and ambitious, full of different sounds. It's pretty perfect, but I have a couple gripes, a little too much about sex (in a not clever way) and too long with some songs I would not have included too keep it concise. But as a statement of what you want to do, and as a record it is just cool, and I will listen to it again, very happy to discover it.

It is better than the other projects from them I heard, and they are very talented at making singles. There are 3 very good songs in there, but much like a U2 album, the rest is slop that sound the same. It would be a bit unfair to enjoy the silence, which is an all time great, to give the album a one, but man was I bored and did not need to discover this ..

I think they are some good songs on there (got a feeling), some are terrible (the in crowd, cause nothing says I'm cool more than saying it litteraly) but ultimately it doesn't matter. I think California Dreamin is one of the whole time great collective songs, that everybody knows, that are truly mainstay and shaping culture as we know it. Every few years, a reprise of the song goes viral and that makes perfect sense to me it is that good. Therefore yes it's not awesome as an album, but it should be there anyway.

Exceptional in some places, very dated in others. Sonicaly interesting though, and too short too be boring

So close to the one it's not even funny. The only reason it's not is that while it is boring and repetitive and has no business being on this list, it is quite inoffensive. It's just way too long with zero impact.