Reviews by willprater

Even Flow is such a great song. I generally like this album quite a lot. It's a very authentic rock album, with that early grunge sound without the angst. It does peter out at the end of the album. It just starts so strong that I don't realize that it's slowly lost my interest towards the end.

Several songs are so iconic. I feel like Walk This Way is the quintessential example of rap sampling rock. My Adidas is a banger, and It's Tricky is unforgettable. Run D.M.C. came about in that transition period of Rap. Where it's old school, and kind of right on the cusp of an explosion of sub-genres within Rap. I think this album is a critical landmark in the journey of rap music.

It's so funky! And very much a concept album. I was surprised that there's really only one song on there that's not a concept song, give up the funk.

Quite an interesting concept album.

I LOVE Never Let Me Down Again, and it's a part of what I love about Depeche Mode. I think they have such a cool and unique melancholy synth pop sound, but also kind of chamber rock. The rest of the album lacks hits, but it's not bad at all. I'm probably rating this album lower than I want to. But that's in spite of how much I love the artist and first song.

This album showed musical talent. Not in the vocals, but I think those were basically just there for aesthetics. This was another one where the algorithm generated playlist after the album ended was better than the actual album.

You gotta be sure to leave room at the bottom of album lists for things like this. It's just awful. It's worse than the spy v. spy album. It's worse than the proto-industrial album. Because now it's loosely industrial, plus distorted German screaming and some literal shrieks. It is not suitable for entertainment purposes. There may have been one song towards the end of the album that sounded like music.

I think this album is fantastic. Of course, I didn't discover it until Stranger Things 4 featured Runnin' Up That Hill- inarguably the biggest hit of the album. But the rest of the album is cerebral, layered with instruments, and excellently produced- it was self-produced afaik. It also feels personal, not like a product of a studio or an artistic compromise. Highly recommend for both the auditory entertainment and the cultural significance in music history.

I think Stevie Wonder is a hit-maker artist, and this album didn't have any hits. So it didn't really do it for me, despite the greatness of the artist.

In didn't find anything about this album to stand out. It was kind of heavy metal, but didn't really scratch that itch.

Great jazzy album

Nice. I already liked this album from around when it came out. It's got a great relaxing folksy sound to it. Only one song that's very catchy though imo.

Wow, that was a true gospel album. Like the genre predecessor of country music. Like almost yodeling. Appalachia. Mandolin. I can dig it a little bit.

Man Out of Time was the first song that I connected with. But Shabby Doll was catchy. But also... Parquet Courts's vocalist sounds quite like Elvis Costello.

Hard to say what I thought about the album. Most of it is solid classic rock music, but one song struck me as being very aware of the Beatles's star power.

Wow, back-to-back Miles Davis, what a treat! This album was much shorter but still very solid. I'd recommend it. It gives strong charlie Brown jazz vibes.

Really solid Jazz, but good lord is it a long album. Great to put on in the background.

Pet shop boys are no doubt catchy.

I never knew the name of the Norwegian Wood song, not that I had particularly tried to find it. But yeah, another decent album. The Beatles were a pretty good band lol.

At first I thought this album was very conceptual and odd. Then they played the origin of the hook for Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" and I was like okay, they did have some solid musical ideas here. They're still not many people's cup of tea. I'd call them concept 80s synth pop.