Reviews by wotanmjolnir

I don’t quite know why Joni Mitchell does nothing for me. On the face of it she should be right up my street - folkish singer songwriter with a great voice, but it just doesn’t spark anything in me.

I love punk, and I recognise how influential Germs were to a lot of the alternative and grunge bands that followed them … but this is not a good punk album. Yes, a lot of punk’s raison d’etre is to be anti-establishment and part of that is not being technically polished, but there’s not being technically polished and then there’s being a pretty musically shit band. Pat Smear went on to greater things, but Darby Crash was simply not a good vocalist at all, and that really gives the album an even-rougher-than-rough feel.

It’s a shame, but there is little to like about this album.

I loved this when it came out, and periodically revisit it. Really strong groove metal album, and Dimebag’s (although he was still Diamond at this point) shredding is outstanding.

Phil Anselmo has proven to be a bit of an, erm, ‘difficult character’, and listening to some of the lyrics here with awareness of some of his apparent views does really make you wonder.

However, having said that, it’s still a great album. RIP Vinnie and Darrell.

This is ok, though it’s pretty standard non-descript mid-90s indie rock. Stupid Girl and Only Happy When It Rains are great though.

Someone seems to have listened to too much Jesus And Mary Chain

I had Ctrl by SZA yesterday, which was released 24 years after this. They could have been released on the same day for the amount of artistic progress made between the two exceedingly similar albums.

This is less obsessed with minge, which is probably a sign of the sensibilities of the times, and it has Waterfalls which is an objectively good song, so it is better than SZA. Not enough to go up a star, but it’s a high 2 as opposed to a low one.

Well, this was a load of pussy-obsessed shit, wasn’t it?

You would never miss the Brian Eno influence on this album, despite having quit the band the year previously. This is just a bit weird, and not particularly enjoyable - I’m not quite sure what it is trying to be. Lovely norks, though.

This may be the most early 2000s album I’ve ever heard. It’s like Talking Heads without the charisma or talent.

Really, really enjoyed this. Had to track it down on YouTube, and some of it isn’t there but what I heard I could not fault. Excellent.

It’s fine but left no real impression on me.

Not what I expected but not terrible. I’m much more of a punk fan than post-punk / new wave, but this has enough punk about it that it is listenable to. Once.

Really good album, but not quite great. There are some great tracks but overall it’s a little too uneven for a full complement of stars. Obviously the guitar playing is superb - Hendrix just has so much feel and is so comfortable with the instrument it barely seems like he is playing, it’s more like it’s just coming out of him - but what I think is sometimes overlooked is how great a singer he was as well. If this was a little more consistent in quality, and if we had a little more of the outtro to Little Wing, this would have been 5. As it is it’s a really strong 4.

Lush soundscapes, incredibly produced with an ethereal voice over the top … but overall a bit shit.

2/5 - would get smashed in the face by a tiny Icelandic woman wearing a swan again.

Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman.

3 stars.

It feels bad calling it background music, but really that’s what it is, and it’s pretty good at being it. Nice enough.

It’s impossible to deny that Taylor Swift has a really lovely voice … but this is all rather dull, certainly nowhere near interesting enough to keep me occupied for an hour. It’s not bad, not even close, but it is quite dull.

It’s ok. It would probably be better if I was baked out of my gourd, but I’ve got work today, so …

I don’t get some of the reviews here - rated 3.6 at the moment, but 75% of the top reviews are absolutely ragging it.

I really enjoyed this - a really good rock album, and one I will definitely be coming back to great stuff.

Why true crime now?

Hail Gein!