Reviews by willprater

Bittersweet Symphony may be their most recognizable song, but I feel like it doesn't represent their sound. I think that's done by Lucky Man, but it's altogether a long and decent album.

It wasn't bad, pretty well produced. But it didn't connect well with me.

I immediately recognized the first song as a part of the Trigun soundtrack. This album had some great musical ideas but it felt more like a brain dump of music than an arranged album. This is probably one of the best 2 star albums from my ratings though. Very listenable.

An incredible album. Easily one of my favorites. It has this great pop-rock sound on top of heavy music and dramatic vocals. I can't recommend it enough.

School's Out is such a banger. It's a shame that the rest of the album can't keep up with it.

Welp... it's another concept album. It did have a funny joke, so that was nice. But I think this is totally an album that you don't need to listen to before you die, even if it's not that bad of a listen.

It blew my mind when they introduced a young and talented composer by the name of Quincy Jones. This is just so far back. Still a great listen.

That was a great album, my only disappointment is its length and possibly the lack of a standalone hit. But as far as album criteria goes, it flows together seamlessly from track to track. It's by a GOAT artist of the Motown Soul genre. After reading the Wikipedia, I can see and agree with how highly this album ranks on many lists. Right On hits a good spot for me, it's so groovy.

Van Morrison is well represented in this list, but I only really knew Brown Eyed Girl previously. Van has a good sound, definitely an album worth throwing on but maybe not the best active listen.

What's not to love about Industrial Operatic Synth Pop Rock? It's a mood and a space.

Such a great album. I feel like the Ramones are THE pop punk band. And this is their self-titled album. If you can't enjoy this, you won't like punk.

It's interesting how her sound shifted through the span of this album. It started out so completely Country/ Singer Songwriter and shifted towards a more Pop sound. She's clearly talented, and I can see why she's popular enough for me to have previously heard of her without being a fan of her genres. I'd say this could be an easily accessible album for anyone who wanted to dabble in Country music but otherwise isn't a fan of contemporary Country.

That album was real weird. It cooked for a brief minute or two, but it wasn't good overall. I could have easily been convinced that it was made by Primus, so it was original and likely influenced an artist that I do like. I don't recommend this, despite it almost making me curious enough to look into their other albums. Okay, so after looking it up, this was selected because it's considered their most accessible album. That seals the door on my interest in looking further into this band. It was better than the other 1 star albums, so maybe it's generously a 2 star album. Oh okay, I see that it was released in 1978, the linked album on Spotify said 2016. So it was ahead of its time, but its time isn't coming, hahaha.

They were good psyche Rock, kind of reminded me of the Beatles at times. It was good. I recommend it.

Excellent Afro beats

Weirdly enough the only song that stood out to me enough to check was Pre-Road Downs. Idk what it was, maybe a change in the sound from the previous tracks. All-in-all, I still really like classic rock stuff like this, but boy is it hard for it to stand out to me.

It's so buttery smooth. It's great R&B, it's relaxing, but you could move to it. It's got musical depth spiced in. Just great.

Unfortunately, I don't have a lot to say about this album. I liked what I heard, but couldn't tell you that any of the songs stood out to me. It had a good 80s synth rock kind of sound. So maybe underwhelming or not very stand-out to me.

I didn't like this as much as the previous Amy Winehouse album. It just lacked a newness in it, and her vocal control was less utilized.

How Do You Do and Flutes were both excellent songs, the album had a good cohesive sound too. I would put it under electronic music.