Reviews by zmzamarripa

Fantastic. Simply fantastic.

I LOVE David Bowie.
That doesn't mean I'm not honest with myself when it comes to his albums. Just like most of his catalogue there are 1 or 2 GREAT songs on here and a couple of fantastic sections in other songs that are otherwise good to poor. Very uneven throughout. The great vastly outweighs the bad though because when Bowie is on he's genius.

I love Dusty... this isnt the album that you NEED to hear from her. This on its best day is the 3rd best album in her catalog.

Why the UK version of this album? The US version has Paint it Black which is the difference between a good album(3 stars) and a VERY good album(4 stars).

This is one of the few Stones records I own. This is before they became a parody of themselves.

Like quite a few albums on this list I think I need to be from the UK to really appreciate it.

Don't get me wrong its ok, its not bad... I just don't live in a world where this is essential listening.

Seriously?

No one NEEDED to hear this in 1992 when it came out let alone pretend like its got something that makes it a legacy album that should be passed over as a must listen.

1 star is being generous, lets go with 0.38.

Maybe one needs to be from the UK or super into mid 90s britpop to want to throat this as deeply as the British press and rags like Pitchfork have.

Im not and this is as far on the low end of mediocre as can be.

First half is INCREDIBLE. You could be a successful touring band just based on these songs for the rest of your music career, and they have.

Second half is much like the rest of The Killers discography...meh.

Today I learned that this exists.

I mean..... heres the thing. The lead single "Bad" is absolute dogshit. That said some of ol Mikeys best work is on this.

Nice! Fun throwback music performed by truly talented musicians and fronted by an exceptional arrangement.

Thats an hour and fourteen minutes of my life I will never get back. If I wanted to listen to listen to show tunes I would go to a show, a good one. Not this one.

Ugh. Seriously? One of the albums everyone NEEDS to hear before they die?

Well, this exists...

Eh, not particularly my thing but I get why people like it.

Easily Metallicas most complex, progressive album. If not for the poor thin sounding production this would be a perfect album. This is in my opinion their best album.

An absolute classic actually deserving of the praise it has received over the years and it deserves more. I wish todays hip hop had half the thoughtful lyrical content this does.

Im honestly stunned this made it on this list, its not trying too hard to be cool bullshit like the majority of this catalogue. THIS is an actual album you should hear before you die be you a fan of hip hop or not.

A lot of interesting ideas, a lot of swings and a lot of misses. Those moments that do hit though.... damn. Unfortunately they are usually moments that hit within songs not entire songs.

Worth a listen simply for the lyric:
"Do you realize
That everyone you know someday will die?"

That voice....

2 stars all day and twice a day on Sundays.