Reviews by willprater

It's kind of a lot... I could see it being cool. But it's all over the place, it's more like a random list of musical ideas than an album of songs. Just One Victory is pretty cool.

Legendary artist, crosstown traffic, voodoo child, and Jimi's cover of All Along the Watchtower are must know songs for classic rock.

I'm actually really digging the vibes midway through the album. This is pretty cool psyche/grunge/rock with that 90s acid-rock kind of sound.

This album is mostly just background music, to me. I think they aim for a saloon ragtime thing, but the singer's voice lacks the body or bass to hit the sultry feel that I'd be expecting. I feel like her voice is better suited for the blues songs at the end of the album. Walking After Midnight, classic 12 bar blues, but with a cajun harmonica zest.

This is the best White Stripes album, IMO. Fell In Love With a Girl, it's like the first post-punk rock song, a return to rock. I can tell that we are gonna be friends? Yes, yes I can tell. Because the world needed that song, and it's innocent and so relatable.

It's like the predecessor or missing link between the British invasion and Ska. These vocals are all over the place, melodramatic and loopy. Musically it's not bad, but I'm just not feeling this incomprehensible impression of The Talking Heads. But then again, them horns are pretty dope in Tell Me When My Light Turns Green.

This is one of the most unusual albums so far. He takes it so seriously, and earnestly, but it's like the album is unaware of how niche it is. His dark and raspy voice is perfect for noir. But I'm still not sure what through line to draw for this album. What's its story and theme?

I actually just passed up on the chance to see this band in concert. I think I may have made the right choice, they have a couple of songs that I really like, but most of it doesn't quite click with me.

This album goes way harder than it has any right to. It slapped. It was great.

This is actually really pleasant to listen to. Love Banana Split for my Baby.

Not bad, musically it was pretty solid.

Birdland really sounds like the soundtrack to something, like a 90s sitcom or something. Rumba Mama came out of fucking nowhere, hahaha. Turns out that Birdland was a cover of the original version by Maynard Ferguson.

The vocals remind me of Tupelo by Nick Cave. It's pretty musically strong, some good jams in there.

This is a quaint little album, really feels like looking into another lifetime. But I know Dolly is one of my mom's favorite people so I suspect that it can't be too far removed from present day. I think the messages are pretty timeless, even if the specifics are a little dated.

Not my jam

Not bad, I enjoyed one track on the album more than others.

I actually liked this one a lot better than the Tres Hombres album. Also, this is the first instance of a second album by an artist that has already appeared on my 1001 albums generator. I feel like the mastering on this album was significantly better than the previous one. Even if it did feel like it was targeting a more mainstream sound, shoot maybe that's why I liked it more.

I liked Buzzin' Fly, made me think of like a very chill hippie song but folksier. This guy makes full use of the xylophone in this album. Also, it's interesting to note that he died at 28, maybe counts as a part of the 28 club. His son was the singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley.

Really great rock album, I feel like it was maybe the end of an era. I struggle to think of any rock albums since this that compared. Certainly not many with commercial success.

This is probably the first GOOD album that I ever owned. But I can't remember if I bought Meteora or Hybrid Theory first. I would condiser HT to be the better of the two regardless. When I think of Nu Metal as a genre, I consider Linkin Park to be the icon or GOAT, RIP. Also, the remixed album of this was phenomenal.