Reviews by wackywilliam

This was fun as hell. Super weird but never in a way that felt overbearing or forced and several absolutely banging songs too.

Fav Songs: Rock Lobster, Lava, 6060-842, Hero Worship

Least Fav: Downtown

8.6/10

Glad to see some LCD on this list. Say what you want about them now but that initial 3 album run is absolutely generational and this is easily the best record to come out of that. This is quite possibly the best mix of dance, rock and electronic music that there's ever been. Every single song here is great and there's a few which are among the best songs I've ever heard. I love how varied this album is too, with there being a strong mix of the endlessly groovy danceable tracks like Time To Get Away, Us v Them and Get Innocuous and the slower and more introspective songs like Someone Great and All My Friends. Despite the lengthy run times of some of these songs I never found myself bored or ready for them to end. One thing I've noticed when listening to LCD, especially on their first 3 albums, is that they're able to craft these really long songs that just lock you into a catchy groove for 7 or 8 minutes and they do that multiple times across this album on some of the best tracks. Overall, I think this album is basically almost flawless. There's perhaps one song here that's not as good as the rest but this album is so consistently phenomenal outside of that, that i don't think it's too big of a deal. A near perfect album for the most part and one of my favourites ever.

Fav Songs: All, but specifically All My Friends, Someone Great, New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down, Time To Get Away and North American Scum

Least Fav: None but if had to pick, Sound of Silver

9.8/10

I mean come on. This was the first metal album I ever heard and even to this day it stands as one of my favourites. Great riffs here as you'd expect from a thrash album but it's the song structures and songwriting that sets this apart from other albums within the genre. A lot of these song are very lengthy and progressive with a lot of extended instrumental sections that are really well crafted. Lyrically this album touches on a lot of things, whether that be drug addiction, mental illness, war and, of course, Cthulu. Despite the varying topics of all of these songs, none of them feel out of place and are all well written and respectful to the subjects they relate to. There's also not a bad song on here either. With only 8 tracks they couldn't really afford to miss so they went all out on every single one. Even my least favourite song here could probably stand as the best track if you were to put it on any other album. I can't really say enough good things about this honestly. Some of the best, most replayable metal music you're ever likely to hear and one of my favourite albums of all time regardless of genre.

Fav Songs: All of them but specifically Master Of Puppets, Disposable Heroes, Battery and Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Least Fav: none but if I had to pick, probably The Thing That Should Not Be

9.7/10

If it's riffs you want then it's riffs you're gonna get with this album. Vocals are a bit crap but what can you do. They're not the main focus here so they didn’t take much away from this for me.

Fav Songs: Holy Wars...The Punishment Due, Tornado Of Souls, Hangar 18

Least Fav: Dawn Patrol

9.2/10

Some good 90s alt rock. Does sound a bit dated at times but some of the production and instrumental choices set this one apart from other albums in this vain.

Fav Songs: Drive, When It Comes, Stellar, Pardon Me

Least Fav: I Miss You

7.8/10

Didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did but this was really good. Super tight gothicy post punk that slowly gets darker the further you progress into the album. I'd say i enjoyed the second half more than the first but this album is still ultra consistent and pretty much every song here is great.

Fav Songs: Night Shift, Head Cut, Monitor, Voodoo Dolly

Least Fav: Into The Light

9.2/10

I'm more of a Massive Attack guy than I am a Portishead guy but this is still no doubt a great album. Some of the songs here do sound maybe a bit too samey at points but this is still a very good listen overall with some absolutely ridiculous highs on it.

Fav Songs: Glory Box, Roads, Wandering Star, Sour Times

Least Fav: Numb

8.8/10

Another great jazz album. They apparently do some interesting stuff with time signatures on this but I couldn't really care less about that stuff if the music doesn't sound good. Thankfully, the music here is great. Very chill sounding and the instrumental work here always managed to keep me engaged, even if I did think this got a little samey towards the end.

This fucking bangs and that's all there is to it. Sometimes music really is just that simple.

Lenny Kravitz has like 2 good songs and neither of them are on this album. No idea why this is even on the list tbh because you really wouldn't be missing out on anything if you never listened to this. There's two OK songs here but a majority of this was impressively boring.

Obviously this is incredible. I've heard this album numerous times before and I've pretty much always considered it to be incredible. This time was no different. Granted, this isn't my favourite Radiohead album, I'm much more of a Kid A guy personally, but the amount of fantastic songs on here is just absolutely insane. Karma Police, Paranoid Android, Let Down, No Surprises, the list just goes on and even the lesser famous tracks like Lucky and Climbing Up The Walls are just as good too. I do have a few small issues with this, like how Thom's singing can be maybe a bit too melodramatic at points and how the overall message of the album is maybe not as impactful now given some of the statements made by some of the band members in years since, but musically this album is still phenomenal and deserves all of the praise that it gets.

Fav Songs: Paranoid Android, Karma Police, Let Down, No Surprises, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Exit Music (For A Film)

Least Fav: Electioneering (still a great song)

9.6/10

Great pop rock album. Most of the songs here do sound kinda similar but i didn't mind it too much. Loved the contrast between the super up beat sound of the songs and the lyrics which are mostly about how much life in America sucks. Can't imagine i'd return to the whole album in full but individually, these songs are great and there's definitely a good number that I will be returning to.

Fav Songs: No Surrender, Dancing In The Dark, Born In The U.S.A, Cover Me

Least Fav: Working on the Highway

8.0/10

Joni Mitchell is another one of those critically acclaimed artists that I've never really checked out until now. That was clearly a huge mistake on my part because this was pretty great. I can see why some people may not have liked this because of how repetitive and minimalistic the instrumentation is here, but I think that allowed for greater emphasis on Joni's incredible songwriting. A lot of the songs here a pretty dense lyrically, but thought they were able to paint a lot of really vivid imagery that kept me interested in these songs even despite the lengthy nature of some of them. I do think this album is a bit too repetitive at points and there's a song or two on here that do overstay their welcome slightly but overall, I still very much enjoyed this.

Fav Songs: Coyote, Hejira, Song for Sharon, Blue Motel Room

Least Fav: Furry Sings the Blues

8.6/10

A landmark hip hop album. Despite some poorly aged lyrical content and some questionable interludes I think this has actually aged quite well. The production on here is absolutely fantastic, with Dre providing beats that perfectly balance being funky and hard hitting at the same time. In terms of rapping, id say Snoop is easily the star of the show in that regard, as he provides some fantastic verses on basically every song he's on, especially on Nuthin but a G Thing and Lil Ghetto Boy. There's a few other great performances across the album from The Lady of Rage, RBX and Dre himself but Snoop was just on a different level here. I do have one complaint about this album and that's that the second half doesn't hold a candle to the first. There's still a fair amount of good tracks to be found there but a lot of them are broken up by interludes and don't back the punch of the first half which was literally just great song after great song. For the most part though, I really enjoyed this album, perhaps a bit more than I expected to as well. Fantastic production, great rapping across the board and a few incredible songs which stand as some of my favourites in the entire genre.

Fav Songs: Nuthin But A G Thing, Lil Ghetto Boy, Deeez Nuuuts, Let Me Ride, Fuck Wit Dre Day

Least Fav: The Doctor's Office

9.0/10

This is the second Miles I've listened to for this project. While I enjoyed the, at times, hypnotic improvisation on Bitches Brew, I found myself enjoying this one far more. This isn't as demanding of a listen as that album as this one offers a much calmer atmosphere with much more digestible compositions. Jazz is still a genre that I don't fully get yet, but this is definitely the most I've ever enjoyed a jazz album before and I can definitely see this growing on me with repeated listens.

Fav Songs: So What, Blue In Green, Freddie Freeloader

Least Fav: idk

9.3/10

I had never heard of this band or this album before, so I'm surprised at how much I loved this. Super high energy and endlessly catchy all throughout with only one song that I can say I didn't fully enjoy. Alright is the clear standout here for me, I had actually heard that somewhere before but had never actually known the name of it until now which is a mistake on my part because it is a genuinely fantastic song. Every other track here though is also very good though, with the exception of We're Not Supposed To, which tbf, doesn't sound like it was made with the intention of being taken seriously anyway. Overall though, this was a surprisingly great album that really took me by surprise. Idk if I'll check out anything else from this band but I'll definitely be returning to this a lot.

Fav Songs: Alright, I'd Like To Know, Mansize Rooster, Lose It

Least Fav: We're Not Supposed To

8.8/10

Fav Songs: Ex-Factor, Doo Wop (That Thing), Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You, When It Hurts So Bad, Lost Ones, To Zion

Least Fav: Nothing Even Matters

9.5/10

A solid album. The title track is the clear highlight here. It's a song that I'm pretty sure everyone has heard a million times before but that's because it is just a genuinely great, catchy pop song. There's some other solid songs here, especially in the first half but nothing comes close to the quality of that song. I wouldn't return to this in full, but I still think this is quite good overall.

Fav Songs: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Wrap It Up, Love Is A Stranger, This City Never Sleeps

Least Fav: Somebody Told Me

7.0/10

I don't think this is ever gonna be my style of music but I can respect this more some other albums in this style because at least Richard has a unique voice that brings a lot of energy to all these tracks. This still has all the problems that i have other early rock n roll albums have with a lot of the songs here sounding very similar or the exact same in some cases and I'll literally never return to this but I can appreciate the vocal talent on display here and see why this is as influential of an album as it is.

This was good but I can't say I fully loved this. I was more of a fan of the more stripped back songs than I was the ones with the more symphonic production. The vocals were also a bit iffy at points. They were mostly pretty good but on a few tracks they did kinda grate on me a bit. Wouldn't return to this in full, but there are a number of tracks here that I would definitely go back to individually.

Fav Songs: Australia, Enola/Alone, Kevin Carter, Interiors

Least Fav: Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky

7.4/10