Reviews by willprater

It's the total opposite end of the popularity spectrum from yesterday. This band has thousands of monthly listeners. Big Sleep was pretty good, altogether, it is surprising to me that this album has lived in obscurity. It's too good to be so unknown. It's not the best album of all time, but it hits above its weight-class.

1989Taylor Swift

Rated 10/10

Absolutely iconic album. Neither Taylor Swift or the pop genre frequent my typical listening habits, but I can't deny the catchiness and greatness of this album. It has at least 4 tracks that are bangers, and in my opinion it marks the transcendence of the artist past their genre. Style walks all the way into the electronic sub-genre, Outrun. That's wild for an artist whose roots were acoustic guitars and cowgirl boots. Like her or not, Taylor Swift is one of maybe 5 artists worth discussing for biggest icon in music. She didn't exactly build that reputation on nothing and I would consider 1989 to be a cornerstone to the musical foundation she's built her career upon.

That transition to really deep bass, heavier chords during No Name No. 5 is where the album starts to click for me. It's a D chord, that is super recognizable as the lowest chord in drop D tuning. Up to that point I'm pretty ambivalent about the album, but I really dig it from that point on.

PhrenologyThe Roots

Rated 8/10

The Roots are phenomenal with Hip-Hop and this album was no exception. Just a really solid flow with great lyricism on top of it.

This is a vibes album. So far, Run was a solidly good vibe. Take Your Time, also cool vibes. This album is a mood and I'm gonna come back to it in the future.